jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Comprehensive css3 button maker
http://www.css3designer.com
There are a few css3 button makers already out there, but this one seems like one of the most comprehensive, complete ones that I've seen thus far.
ComiXology Security Breach
https://www.comixology.com/
This is the email I received:

Dear Comics Reader,

In the course of a recent review and upgrade of our security infrastructure, we determined that an unauthorized individual accessed a database of ours that contained usernames, email addresses, and cryptographically protected passwords.

Payment account information is not stored on our servers.

Even though we store our passwords in protected form, as a precautionary measure we are requiring all users to change their passwords on the comiXology platform and recommend that you promptly change your password on any other website where you use the same or a similar password. You can reset your comiXology.com password here.

We have taken additional steps to strengthen our security procedures and systems, and we will continue to implement improvements on an ongoing basis.

Please note that we will never ask you for personal or account information in an e-mail, so exercise caution if you receive emails that ask for personal information or direct you to a site where you are asked to provide personal information.

We apologize for the inconvenience. If you have any questions, please contact us by sending an email to support@comixology.com

Sincerely,

ComiXology
Guardian online edition as if designed in the 19th century
http://www.guardian.co.uk/info/developer-blog/2011/may/27/guardian-1821-front-page
Very good.
The 8 Principles of Great User Interface Design
http://www.developer.com/design/the-8-principles-of-great-user-interface-design.html
Yes, another (really good) article about UI design best practices. Apparently, the message still hasn't gotten through to everyone.
UPenn DIY Companion Cube with LED's
http://youtu.be/xOFvoRBPGo8
Come on, who here wouldn't want one of these?
First Tablet Mac Notebook, the ModBook, Finally Released by Axiotron
http://www.cio.com/article/168300/Axiotron_s_ModBook_Tablet_Mac_Ships_a_Year_After_its_Unveiling
Cool pen tablet based MacBook mod is finally released by the company that showed it off a year ago at Macworld.
Show HN: Transcrib, a speech-to-text Android app for WhatsApp voice notes
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.transcrib.transcrib&hl=en_US&gl=US
Hi,
I made a subscription based Android app to transcribe and read WhatsApp voice notes, supporting all the most common languages. It can be tried for free for 3 days, I'd love to get some feedback!
Multi-process or multi-threaded design in ruby?
http://building.wanelo.com/post/69742090876/multi-process-or-multi-threaded-design-for-ruby
Wanelo's engineer Eric Saxby discusses how ruby MIR's GIL (global interpreter lock) influences design decisions related to using multi-process or multi-threaded ruby daemons, or background jobs.
Ask HN: Better bookmark/feed management?
What are your favorite tools for managing bookmarks and multiple RSS feeds? I'm involved with several research projects as well as returning to study right now, and I notice that my 'library' of documents, bookmarks and tags is getting inefficient.

For example, every other time I bookmark something these days, the suggestions from my browser about where to put it are wrong and I must click again to select another folder and click again to select. Instead of a one-step operation, or a composite click-select-release one, it's a three-step affair. Of course, I can just bookmark and search or tag them afterwards, but with >200 bookmarks and 500 incoming items via RSS every day, I'm feeling it's time for a disruptive product.

I have tried various other tools like Springpad, Digg, pinboard and so forth, but haven't fallen in love with any of them. At this point I'm willing to plug in a Kinect and go all Minority Report if need be (although that won't be much good on the laptop...people on the bus probably wouldn't appreciate it!) What tools do you use, and importantly, enjoy?
Show HN: Carefulwords.com, a more inspiring thesaurus
https://carefulwords.com/solitude
I began this in late September purely on the whims of frustration with thesaurus.com, which does not bother to focus the input box! So I made my own site that focuses the input box. And because I wanted a thesaurus where I could type just the term in the address bar (eg type carefulwords.com/word) to get my results.

It is very rough around the edges right now. There are far too many synonyms, which themselves are only organized alphabetically. I hope to take the site in a more inspiring direction over time than merely synonyms. Perhaps euphemisms, or other poetic uses from the past, or author commentary, or something altogether different.
Reinventing the Magazine for the iPad
http://www.alexxhenry.com/ipad/ipad.html
Awesome combination of animation, cinema, informative copy, and a slick app.
Suggestion to Improve the Hacker News UI 
Make the link to comments section for each article more prominent.

The hyperlinked area for comments ('n comments') is too small. I need to point my mouse with more care than what is required for clicking the link to the article in the upper line.

The comments section is a very important attraction of HN. So why not extend the hyperlinked area to the entire second line? ie, clicking anywhere in :

'308 points by savemylife 9 hours ago | 237 comments'

should take us to the comments page of that article.
Show HN: Sksql a Database Engine in TypeScript
https://github.com/alexraffy/sksql
Hi! I wanted to understand more about databases' internals so I wrote one from scratch. It has a T-SQL inspired syntax with support for functions and procedures. It can be used stand-alone as a SQL engine or with a server allowing for persistence and replication to other connected clients.
Performance are nothing near sqlite of course but that's beside the point. It’s a small database engine that can run in a web app as a way to store session data, do small calculations on a web worker, store the document/data the user is editing or facilitate “multiplayer” feature by broadcasting the queries the web app is running. The server runs in a container for that specific document and shutdowns automatically after a set amount of minutes of inactivity.
Whitehouse.gov passes XHTML validation!
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitehouse.gov%2F&charset=(detect+automatically)&doctype=Inline&group=0
Proof the new administration cares about our standards.
Javascript module pattern: When to use it and why
http://briancray.com/2012/02/23/javascript-module-pattern/
There's been a few criticisms of the pattern, and I wanted to clear the air a little.
Zopim unveils mobile-optimized live chat widget 
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/07/05/zopim
zopim is a pretty strong competitor to olark. anyone checked them out yet?
How Much Money Are Facebook Apps Making? Not Much Apparently
http://mashable.com/2008/01/28/facebook-applications-revenue/
I am baffled by the hype surrounding Facebook applications. I wonder where the payoff is for the companies that develop these applications. The users are reluctant to pay for them. Advertising is clearly less than optimal at this point. Where exactly is the money coming from, or is it that money has yet to be made by anyone yet.
FirefoxOS, Internet of things (#IoT), the future 
http://talkweb.eu/firefoxos-internet-of-things-iot-the-future/
Imaginе. The future, 20xx. Driving from city A to City B on the highway. Rock music. Loud. something beeps. Beep! Beep! The driver looks at the screen and there is a message
Using Trello for Project Management
https://hackpad.com/C8sALYK813R#Using-Trello-for-Project-Management
If for any reason the introduction header of the page gets erased (it's a wiki), here it is:
Hi! I just posted this on Hacker News because I wanted some help to define how Trello can be used for project management. I made my own take on it and I'd love if people could help me and add some of their own concepts on the list. Feel free to add, edit or remove anything.
Thanks!
Tommy Bergeron http://brainpad.org
Ask HN: How can I be a better community member?
HN has shown me I can be pretty devisive. Some comments getting many upvotes, some comments getting a wrist slap from Dong himself. I've read the HN guidelines several times. How can I be less inflammatory, more emotionally stable in presenting my thoughts, and more uplifting? This goes beyond just HN, I've had issues at work, and I'm successful in spite of these traits, not because of them. Any thoughts?
Google Street View Hyperlapse
http://vimeo.com/63653873
Article: http://www.teehanlax.com/labs/hyperlapse/
Source-code: https://github.com/TeehanLax/Hyperlapse.js
Show HN: Interactive visualization of how Bitcoin works
https://layers.trudi.group/
Hi! This is a little something I've been working on to help people understand how Bitcoin and "blockchain" actually works. It's an interactive simulation of a Bitcoin-like system, running in your browser. It was originally intended as a full interactive online course, and someday it might evolve to become just that.

The source code is here: https://github.com/trudi-group/isds (Rust compiled to WebAssembly)

Feel free to use this however you like! (For teaching, for learning, as a screensaver, ...) And I'm all ears if you have comments or questions!
We put the Growl 2.0 SDK out, adding support for Notification Center.
http://growl.posterous.com/developers-growl-20-sdk-released
We put out the Growl 2.0 SDK, which is the first version to support Notification Center. Developers can drop the framework in place and gain Notification Center support in their applications that already have Growl implemented. Developers who support Growl in their new applications will get the benefits of Growl on 10.7 and 10.6, while on 10.8 getting NC or Growl depending on the scenario.
Guerilla Usability Testing on Yelp
https://medium.com/user-research/d73850f92286
Improving Yelp’s web experience
Ask HN: Where can I watch the live stream of YC demo day?
Anyone meerkat'ing?
Ask HN: How to clean smart phone to protect against Corona virus
There are a number of articles on how to wash hands to get rid of corona virus. But smart phones are the one that is being touched and worse it is rubbed against the cheeks and is in close contact with the mouth during talking.How do you clean your smart phones ?
Ask HN: Embedding Hacker News comments in your blog?
After reading the article, "I Quit Hacker News" yesterday, I'm curious, has anybody written a webapp to embed comments about a blog posting into your own blog's comment system?
Germany Steps Up HFT Scrutiny With Draft Bill
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-27/germany-steps-up-hft-scrutiny-with-draft-bill.html
Bill has been passed today.
The hand craftsmanship behind McLaren
http://www.humansinvent.com/#!/11606/the-hand-craftsmanship-behind-mclaren/
Humans Invent has been given a rare opportunity to see what goes on behind the scenes at McLaren HQ. Once you’ve finished gawping at the selection of past racing cars, including Jenson Button’s F1 car, dotted around the main hall, you begin to realise how precise and obsessively clean everything is, so much so that I started to look in earnest for any dirt or blemishes on the floor tiles and found only my reflection. The place is also unnervingly quiet. Uniformed, trainer-clad employees move purposefully through the building without making a sound.
Ask HN: What's reasonable salary for software engineer in Sydney/Australia
There is so much secrecy around salaries at work especially in a new country where you don't have many connections. I found that information online regarding software engineer salaries is unreliable as it significantly differs from job offers at the time of checking.

Based on your experience, What do you think the annual salary of a software engineer should be within the below context.

Years of experience: 5
Industry: Finance (Fin tech)
Role: Software engineering - backend systems
Programming lang: Any
Show HN: Create OpenGraph images for your Next.js application
https://scastiel.dev/create-og-images-for-your-blog-with-nextjs
Vercel recently released a library to make it easier to generate OG images in serverless functions. This is a short tutorial I wrote on how to use it in a Next.js application.
Search Competition Among Travel Sites
http://www.juiceanalytics.com/writing/search-competition-travel-sites/
We launched our new Django webapp this week at http://www.concentrateme.com (with a free version if your site has google analytics). One of the features involves pattern mining within search query data which allows you to perform some interesting competitive analysis. The post goes through a basic case study for a few Travel websites which HN people trying to find a niche might find interesting.
Running at 99%: Mitigating Application DoS Attacks
http://blog.risk.io/2013/10/mitigating-application-dos-sector-conference-talk/
Risk I/O Security Engineer Ryan Huber recaps his SecTor conference talk on mitigating application DoS attacks.
The secret sauces for successful games by King.com and Wooga
http://www.arcticmill.com/2013/02/the-secret-sauces-for-successful-games-by-king-com-and-wooga.html
Why do some mobile games turn into blockbusters and some don't? Jens Begemann from Wooga and Tommy Palm from King.com how they made it.
Email Isn't People. It's Just One (over-saturated) Way People Communicate.
http://www.austingunter.com/2013/06/email-isnt-people-email-is-one-way-people-get-a-message-across-and-its-over-saturated/
In response to Whitney Hess's great post "Email is People." (Link: http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2013/06/03/email-is-people/)
Who is the most famous philosopher of 20th century
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~rzach/logblog/2009/03/whos-most-famous-philosopher-of-20th.html
Not so interesting about the list, but thought provoking about how you can measure fame, especially in the field of science.
Show HN: a threaded forum in ~200 lines of js (not counting firebase)
http://jsfiddle.net/LcXQU/
Since the post about the collaborative excel spreadsheet earlier that ran with Firebase I wanted to do something in it because it seemed pretty awesome. So here is a pretty basic threaded forum which supports user-created rooms.

And yes, anybody can delete any post or even the rooms as well... have fun?
What I learned today: It's not worth it.
https://medium.com/what-i-learned-today/8ad916ae2da9
Don't push yourself to your limits.
Insane Measures Apple Takes to Protect Its Unreleased Products
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/09/10/inside-look-apple-security-measures/
It’s no secret that Apple takes ridiculous security measures for its unreleased products that probably put the White House to shame.
Where can tiny startup ($0rev) outsource accounting/bookkeeping/companycreation?
I haaaaate doing that stuff. One of my achilles' heels. Is there a good company to hire that's tech savvy, that can integrate with our systems, that will do all of that? Thanks!
Startups vs the NFL (PayPal Mafia vs Bill Walsh Legacy)
http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/paypal-mafia-bill-walsh-nfl-infographic
Infographic pitting the PayPal Mafia against the 14 NFL coaches in Bill Walsh's "Coaching Tree."

Spoiler alert: the startups win.
Flash paint program
http://www.pixlr.com/
http://www.pixlr.com/
Show HN: Prepare your tax return on the command-line
https://github.com/habutax/habutax
Hi HN,

I wanted to be able to easily compute my tax return using simple open-source software and be able to trust that it was correct. So I'm building that software, with a goal of keeping it simple to add and maintain tax forms/logic so that portion can be crowdsourced.

At its core, HabuTax, is a very simple dependency solver. The tax logic is modular and specified at line-level granularity (one formula per line per tax form). This means there is less to keep in your head when implementing, since each field must only consider its own inputs and output, making it easier and less error-prone.

I would love your help, whether that is trying it out and reporting bugs/suggesting improvements, implementing additional forms or adding support for more scenarios, or submitting anonymous tax data to help build a test suite.

Thanks!
Show HN: I made a builder that lets you create a sales page for Gumroad products
https://www.wrappinggum.com/
Hey everyone,
Would love to hear your feedback

I just released the beta for a no-code builder specifically for people selling on Gumroad.

Seeing lots of artsy and non-technical folks selling through Gumroad, their only real option when advertising is to create a sales page throuh something like Square or Wix.

Like all non-niche things, this becomes hard when you actually want to link up your payment and email subscribers directly to your page. (Not to even mention affiliate sellers).

Wrapping gum is my response to this

So if you're a seller on Gumroad, would love to hear some feedback from you on whether or not you would find this usefull or not

Brutal feedback is always encouraged :)

Thank you
CellSpin looking to hire web designer/developer
http://www.cellspin.net/
We're seeking a web designer/developer with professional experience to join a small and exciting startup. You should be skilled in XHTML, CSS, and javascript (ajax). CellSpin is a relatively young company who have just launched its first product. It is a service that allows users to easily upload media from their mobile phones to their favorite sites on the internet. In additon, we have a web application that allows them to manage their media once its online. Currently, we are looking for an addition to our superb engineering team. You will get to work with smart people who play hard and work hard.

Responsibilities
- must be able to design, execute, and maintain the web front end for a company who's website is part of their main product
- must be able to manage large projects and manage their time spent on multiple tasks and still provide results
- must work with design team and backend developers

Required Qualifications
- hand-coded standards-compliant XHTML
- expert in tableless CSS layouts
- expert in javascript
- must be well-versed in unix environments, source code repositories, and bug tracking systems
- skills and experience in developing cross-browser compatible websites
- graphic design skills (must be able to use photoshop and illustrator)
- excellent written and oral communication skills w.r.t. to everyone at the company
- must know how to write good code
- must be passionate about user interaction, interfaces, and usability

Desired Qualifications
- well versed in a "modern" web framework such as django or ruby on rails
- know python
- understand web services and distributed system concepts
- you have worked in an agile development environment before

Please send resumes to jobs[at]cellspin[dot]net. If you have websites that you've done thats online, we'd love to play with them. This is for a full time position, but if you are awesome and can only work as a contractor, we can work something out.
Organic tools found in Stone Age camp
http://sciencenordic.com/organic-tools-found-stone-age-camp
Sensational new archaeological find reveals paddles and bow in underwater Stone Age settlement.
Tumblr blog running on Meteor
http://q42.nl/blog
Using the Tumblr API, we ported our Tumblr blog to Meteor. Source code:

https://github.com/Q42/q42.nl/blob/master/server/blog.js

Actual Tumblr blog:

http://blog.q42.nl

When you first load the blog, if there are no posts, it fetches them with the API and puts them in our MongoDB, which is synced to the client's minimongo store by Meteor. Since everything is reactive, if we post a new post, it will automatically show up without visitors having to refresh the page.

So far we're very impressed with Meteor, our main site at q42.nl runs on it too. Try it out yourself: http://meteor.com or join a meetup: http://meetups.meteor.com
Game of Coins: The Uprise of Bitcoin Mining
http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1dknhf/game_of_coins_the_uprise_of_bitcoin_mining/
How creative. Attackers are leveraging compromised websites to infiltrate servers and steal resources to use for Bitcoin mining.
Show HN: Joy of Unix in Windows
http://cli-bundle.wiztools.org/
A collection of tools inspired by Unix, written in Java, available as Windows build.
Video tutorial on how to optimize big transparent PNGs
http://youtu.be/t6ke6eJN9EE
In this video I explain how to use Posterize in Photoshop in order to reduce the number of colors in a transparent PNG. Of course, this means that the resulting image will be smaller in size, but at the same time it will keep its original quality and its alpha transparency.
Think Your monday sucks?
http://thenextweb.org/2008/08/25/mischievous-monday-mornings-think-your-monday-is-tough/
See this guy freak out. Word is it is a viral for a new movie. Not sure...
Ben & Jerry’s Launches Campaign Against Citizens United
http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/02/ben-jerrys-launches-campaign-against-citizens-united/
The founders of Ben & Jerry’s, Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield launched their campaign against Citizen’s United on February 13 on the MSNBC show, the Dylan Ratigan Show.
Show HN: The OpenStack Fund: Companies that support an open cloud
http://openstackfund.com/
This fund is a collection of companies that have pledged support to the OpenStack project. Based on the Teehan + Lax UX Fund.

Each company's position in the fund is based on: launched products based on OpenStack, future product roadmap, and partipation in the OpenStack community.

Historical market capitalization is based on the closest 10-Q filing with the SEC.

The fund is not doing well due to the US debt ceiling crisis and earnings season. What does it look like on Monday after Congress makes a move?
99 Pages to Linux Free eBook
http://detacloud.com/index.php/download
Ever wanted to learn Linux but couldn't find an easy way? Here's the 99 Pages that will get you there. Best part: It's absolutely FREE, No Signup, No Catch!
Show HN: Fight against spying on your Smartphone
https://secupwn.github.io/Android-IMSI-Catcher-Detector
Calling all Hackers and Security-Geeks out there!

Law enforcement agencies, criminals and dictatorial regimes use IMSI-Catchers and StingRays, which are false mobile towers acting between the target mobile phone(s) and the service providers real towers. The FBI or local police might deploy the device at a protest to obtain a record of everyone who attended with a cell phone. IMSI-Catchers can not only intercept mobile phone traffic and track movement of mobile phone users, but even remotely manipulate your handset. Unfortunately it seems that IMSI-Catchers have been exponentially popular lately, with an explosion of various "bastards" with governments and criminals all the same, using it.

Our "Android IMSI-Catcher Detector" aims to detect and avoid these IMSI-Catchers. Users shall be warned if the ciphering is turned off. Several other protection-mechanisms are in the works, too. We started to implement the first detection methods and need people who can check our App on real IMSI-Catchers or equivalent self-build hardware.

Also (and this is no joke), if you work for a company producing software for IMSI-Catchers, leak it to us! Should you work for the police (or similar organization) and feel like giving our App a test on the IMSI-Catcher in your garage, have some fun and do it! NOTE: Since all members of our project value privacy to be one of the most important things to keep, please protect yourself when undertaking any action. We do not want do endorse you losing your job, family or lives. Just feel invited to keep our project moving by leaking IMSI-Catcher software and other secret information to us.

WARNING: Our App is currently in BLEEDING ALPHA state - do NOT complain that stuff is not working, start contributing pull requests!

Website: https://secupwn.github.io/Android-IMSI-Catcher-Detector/
Roadmap: https://github.com/SecUpwN/Android-IMSI-Catcher-Detector#development-roadmap

Be brave and join us!

SecUpwN and the whole AIMSICD-Team.