jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Ask HN: Any sales techniques I should learn for my business?
Hello HN, I am starting a business which is pretty much all sales.

How can I learn to make sales? What are some techniques I should use? Could any experts provide some insight?

I read a little of the sandler method but did not really get it.
How YouTube could make $1.2B a Year
http://blog.tippingpointlabs.com/2009/09/most-widely-ignored-monetization-concept-access-to-analytics/
If you’re building anything on which marketers will participate by creating, consuming, or sharing content, this article is for you. Its central message: you can easily and effectively monetize your platform by allowing marketers to pay for deep analysis of their audience and yours.
Show HN: Authum – Awesome command-line SAML authentication tool
https://github.com/CirrusMD/authum
Awesome authentication tool for connecting command line applications to SAML identity and service providers
Use of Google Translate in medical communication: evaluation of accuracy
http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g7392
This study evaluates the accuracy and usefulness of Google Translate in translating common English medical statements. There were some serious errors. For instance, in Polish “Your husband has the opportunity to donate his organs” translated to “Your husband can donate his tools.” “Your wife needs to be ventilated” in Bengali translated to “Your wife wind movement needed.”
Ask HN: US-based freelancers - how much is health insurance?
I'm from the UK, my wife is from the US, and we're in the early stages of considering a move to the US, and I was just wondering what the typical range is for health insurance costs for a healthy ~30 year old male freelance programmer. I'm just looking for a ball park. $500-1000 per month?
SOPA Protest on Twitter
http://www.blackoutsopa.org/
Join me & change your Twitter profile picture to protest SOPA.
Why The Lean Startup Changes Everything
http://hbr.org/2013/05/why-the-lean-start-up-changes-everything/ar/1
Steve Blank's article in the Harvard Business Review is free for a month! Announced at his blog ( http://steveblank.com/2013/04/16/when-hell-froze-over-in-the-harvard-business-review/ ).<p>I'm not so sure that I agree with his forward-looking statements about large corporations adopting his methods... business plans are still needed to decide which direction to go into, and product development times are long for a reason in established industries. The GE example is really just more about "understand your market" than lean start-up principles.<p>That said, I'm glad he's in HBR, and I especially like how he plays up the other people who helped articulate the framework he's pushing.
Founder PSA: Stripe Atlas Locks Your Account Until Your Application Is Submitted
All --

I am a Stripe super fan. I truly believe they are top five in the list of companies making the internet a better place. However, I recently had the misfortune of making a mistake and hope to save others from making the same.

If you are in the process of creating a corporate entity, there are a couple highly recommended options. Stripe Atlas is one of those. If you start an Atlas application on a Stripe account that has not yet been activated, that account is permanently locked until you complete the Atlas filing. You cannot go live. You cannot launch. The only recourse is to delete the entire Stripe account associated with the application and start over.

While it's maddening to have to recreate all your settings, products, pricing id's, re-upload your logos, add your EIN, re-customize Checkout, re-customize Billing Portal, etc. The especially painful part is if you qualified for credits (for instance via the Segment Analytics Startup Program, Product Hunt Founders Club, or YC Startup School) you lose the credits. The Stripe Support team will not transfer them to a new account.

I have talked with ~ 6 different support people both on the standard Stripe & Atlas teams and even reached out internally to salespeople I've worked with in the past for enterprise contracts. No luck. No one had a solution.

TL;DR - Do not even look at the "Start Application" button for Stripe Atlas unless you are 100% sure you will complete the application.
Multiple critical Atlassian product vulnerabilities
Overnight Atlassian release security alerts across their product suite for critical security defects in their product suite.

The defects include a remote privilege escalation for unauthenticated users.

Release notes:

* https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+security+advisory+2014-02-26
* https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+security+advisory+2014-02-26
* https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/FISHEYE/Fisheye+and+Crucible+security+advisory+2014-02-26
* https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CRUCIBLE/Fisheye+and+Crucible+security+advisory+2014-02-26
* https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BAMBOO/Bamboo+security+advisory+2014-02-26
* https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/STASH/Stash+security+advisory+2014-02-26
Ask HN: Jobs for an aspiring hacker
I'm fairly new to programming, having never fully learned a language to the point of making anything particularly useful. (My crowning achievement is a python script that lists prime numbers.) I am learning, and plan on becoming half-decent some day (I just finished Learn To Program, by Chris Pine). The thing is, I fear I may have started too late to make a career out of it. I recently graduated from college where I studied marketing and economics, to give you some idea of where I am in life.

My question is this: what sort of jobs are available to sub-hackers/aspiring hackers? Ideally, I would like to work somewhere that I can learn and use computer programming, but having no practical experience, I am at a loss.

What sort of work would you recommend for someone in his early 20's who is learning to program? Alternatively, what was your introduction to programming as a job or career?

Edit: I guess I should clarify a bit. I plan on continuing to learn and expand myself as a programmer. Where would you recommend I look for work while I learn?
Show HN: I made a custom news aggregator that updates automatically
https://nuntium.co.uk/
Hello HN

I visit a few sites news sites daily and wanted to see the headlines all on one page and also have it update itself throughout the day. It is not finished yet, but is usable enough to share.

If you want to make a custom page, you can click the 'build your custom page' at the top, and select the feeds that are of interest to you.

I haven't implemented it yet, but the feeds can be re-ordered as well, you just need to enter their names in the address bar, for example to show Tech Meme, BBC News and Tech Crunch you would write:
nuntium.co.uk/f/?tm,bbc,tc

Then bookmark that link to visit it later.

It is very minimal and no login or account is required. It is very gentle on the sites it polls - it only polls them once every five minutes at the moment.

I'd love to get some feedback on what other people think and if there are any feeds you would like to see on there please let me know and I will add them on :)
If we were on the west coast, we'd have been funded by now.
http://nabeel.typepad.com/brinking/2007/07/if-we-were-on-t.html
The kind lies that we tell ourselves on the east coast.
It's time to abolish the HTTP referer
In times where we see that our privacy on the internet has to be protected more strongly, there's no place for the HTTP referer anymore.

Let's abolish this obsolete piece of the HTTP specification that was introduced in 1996 when tracking was not an issue.

* Websites want to know where we are visiting from? We shouldn't care.

* Websites want to use the referer for promotional purposes? We shouldn't care.

* Websites try to create statistics by using HTTP referer data? We shouldn't care.

Let's stop thinking about websites' intentions and protect ourselves.
Can the Terms of the GPL Prevent GNU/Linux being used for War?
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/can_terms_gpl_prevent_gnulinux_being_used_war
There's been a lot of noise on the internet recently about the fact that the Windows-based software being used in the remote control system of drones use by the American military has been hit by a virus and this has caused the Department of Defense (DOD) to use GNU/Linux which is a more secure option. This has, predictably, caused raised eyebrows and demands by some that any military organisation should be prevented from using GNU/Linux in offensive weapons systems.
NSA-proof iPhone calls to dead anarchists
https://whispersystems.org/blog/signal/?t=dXNlcmlkPTUyMzE5NTY4LGVtYWlsaWQ9ODkxNQ==
Jules Bonnot, Clement Duval, Makhno, Proudhon... If only we could give Emma a call...
Ask HN: How to get customers signed up for a free trial?
I'm looking into the UI aspect of getting customers to sign up for a free 30 day trial and then convert them into paying customers.

Do you think it's best to use wording "a month" instead of "30 days"?

How about getting rid of "trial" and just using "Try namehere"

Examples:
Try namehere for a month, free!
Try namehere free for a month!

Free trial for 30 days!
Free trial of namehere for 30 days!
Free trial of namehere for a month!
Does your Macbook adapter plug wire break?
I so hate it when my macbook adapter plug breaks. Does this happen to you when the wire at either end may fray or lossen and expose the internal wires. Then I need to shell out 40-50 bucks to get an official new macbook adapter, because I've been burned buying the cheaper knockoffs. Does this happen to you. I've bought 3 macbook plugs over the course of 2 years and it sucks.
Opera Unite developer's primer
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/opera-unite-developer-primer/
I'm not sure yet, but this appears more exciting than google wave.
8 Simple Ways Your Startup Can use SMS and Voice with TelAPI
http://www.telapi.com/blog/8-simple-ways-your-startup-can-leverage-sms-and-voice-with-telapis-cloud-telephony-platform/
Using TelAPI to create applications that interact with the telephone network is simple. Dead simple. Despite its simplicity, TelAPI is a powerful tool with a range of practical uses for startups. The best way for us to prove this, is by giving you sample code and example apps to backup our claim and get you on your way to setting up your first TelAPI application.
The Cobra Programming Language
http://cobra-language.com/
Inspired by the discussion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2144012
Pnotify 1.3 released.
http://sciactive.com/pnotify/
JavaScript.
VC from Menlo Ventures taking 3 10-minute calls from anyone this morning
http://www.simplyhours.com/public/vinny
EDIT: All booked up, let us know below in the form who else we can find for you to speak with. Thanks!
AskHN: Feedback for online game: "Squad Leader" by Avalon Hill.
http://ec2-67-202-32-1.compute-1.amazonaws.com/sl/
I am making an online game based on Squad Leader. Has anyone heard of Avalon Hill's Squad Leader? I'm making an online game in facebook that will work like the demo:

http://ec2-67-202-32-1.compute-1.amazonaws.com/sl/

Feedback, please.
The Million Zimbabwean Dollar Homepage
http://millionzimbabwedollarhomepage.com/
I created this parody of the Million Dollar Homepage - it was mentioned on boingboing and the nytimes - I just want to get rid of the rest of the pixels so that I can say I sold them all. They are cheap! $0.03 per 900 pixel block. Thanks!
Please review beewulf.com
http://beewulf.com
Please review my website beewulf.com - detects which webserver a particular website run on. Thanks.
Ask HN: How do you create high quality how-to videos?
I'm working on a product that's going to require in-house video content creation. This is way outside my wheelhouse since I've only really worked on user-generated content before. I know little to nothing about video production.

What's the fastest and cheapest way to go about creating high quality how-to videos? What kind of people do you need to find, etc?
Interview with founders whose startups didn't survive (video)
http://techdrawl.com/atlanta-startups-that-didnt-survive/
An interview with 2 Atlanta entrepreneurs whose startups didn't quite make it.
Nameless: A Graph-based programming language
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WtgfUqN6SdOXQjE-tj_QyjyhB0Q9nR6jph3Pd1gnxw4/pub
This has been a toy project of mine for a while. You can play with the examples in the browser-based IDE here:

Factorial function: http://nickretallack.com/visual_language/#/ace0c51e4ee3f9d7483ec10780d1ed43
Move a box around: http://nickretallack.com/visual_language/#/f2983238d90bd3e0aede71aeec767ce1

What you see right now is an ugly prototype that doesn't allow you to share your code or work on a touch device yet, but I figure it will be pretty awesome when you can do those things.

Btw, this isn't a copycat of NoFloJS. I started working on this in 2011, long before I'd heard of them. I was surprised at their success on Kickstarter, which makes me think perhaps there is interest in this sort of programming after all.

Criticism is welcome.
I'm creating a craigslist alternative
http://www.swippet.com
I am trying to create a craigslist alternative. I have been doing this project all by myself, so I need a little bit of feedback this far. Basic things should be functional , but no where near perfect. I still need to add searching (which I am working on now), and a few other little oddities.
Let me know what you guys think so far. Also tell me if you would like to see a specific feature added.
jdefr89@gmail.com
PS: And if anyone is interested in helping out, also email and let me know! (I don't have funding or anything)
Ask HN: Am I blowing an acquihire offer?
My side project that did $40K net income in 2020 received an acquihire offer in writing today. The acquirer offered a 1-year revenue share of 35% (which would act as the asset purchase for my side project) and a full-time employment offer at $160K/year + benefits. I initially asked for $185K/year which is the salary my current employer has been paying me for the past two years but then they rescinded the offer verbally saying I just wanted a job and was not being entrepreneurial. Now with the written offer, I just asked for revenue share projections and / or minimums to be specified so I know what kind of money to expect and make sure I don't make less than what I already do.

Is this kind of structure typical with acquihires? By negotiating like this, am I in danger of blowing this offer (again)? HN's thoughts on this is greatly appreciated!

About the Acquirer:

Alexa top 5000 site
$33M in revenue for 2020
16M page views / month
Ask HN: Have you been impacted financially by Covid-19?
I'm a firmware engineer that works for a small/medium sized company. Coming from a huge Fortune 500 company previously, I've loved everything about my new job.

But now, our CEO has announced that everyone will have their hours cut to 30/wk, and thus pay will be cut to 75%, even for salaried employees like myself.

I did not see this coming. I don't know how I should respond to it. I don't think I qualify for any of the current or proposed government assistance. I'm not even sure if my company will get any help, even though they've pledged our manufacturing facilities towards working on test kits and other treatment related equipment.

I guess I'm a little lost, so I figured I'd ask around and see if anyone else is going through a similar situation.
Show HN: I decided to re-create a mini Google Wave
https://reresponse.com/about
Even though Wave was killed more than 10 years ago, I didn't fully appreciate its value until recently, when I had to spend a fair amount of time in some group email threads discussing complex subjects.

Would using chat instead solve the problem? Not really. In my opinion, chats are great for exchanging quick single-line replies. But to have a real discussion and arrive at a meaningful conclusion, we actually need more structure, not less structure. Which made me realize I wanted a product that worked exactly like Wave, but without some of its annoying features.

In my opinion, the real-time typing feature was one of the main things that killed Wave. It's a very helpful feature for document editing, but maybe not so desirable when exchanging regular messages. Taking this feature out of the equation, it amazes me that no one (that I'm aware of) has built a product with basic Wave features to support intuitive threaded discussions with granular access control that can be used in both social and workplace settings.

Reading some of the threads here on HN with people saying they wouldn't mind giving this idea a second chance if some product implemented it properly (with clean user-friendly design etc.), made me realize I might not be alone in this thinking. So after building and using it myself for taking notes and communicating with a couple of friends, I'm now ready to start sharing it with the rest of the world hoping to get some feedback on whether this implementation can be of any interest for others.

Thank you for reading this long introduction! Please let me know what you think of this idea.

My goal with this project is to small steps, iterate, and based on any feedback I can get, hopefully, eventually produce something that can provide a non-zero value :)
Ask HN: How to get major websites to cover your startup?
I have been trying to get some major tech websites coverage for my new startup but they don't even seem to read my emails and if they do, they don't even send me a reply. I have tried to make connections with some of their authors but that didn't work either!
Stimulus Watch.org
http://www.stimuluswatch.org/project/view/1194
Vote up and down on individual projects, make arguments for or against, or just least leave a rant or a rave comment... Well organized and informative.
Running CUDA on Raspberry Pi
http://www.zillians.com/running-cuda-on-raspberry-pi/
World's first CUDA application running on Raspberry Pi (or any other ARMv6/7 boards) through transparent virtual GPU emulation
Offer HN: I'll answer your javascript questions
I'll gladly answer javascript questions this weekend if you have any.

geuis.teses@gmail.com
Google Implemented New Privacy Policy Today
http://www.techieapps.com/google-implemented-new-privacy-policy-today-take-control-over-it-with-two-simple-steps/
Internet Giant Google, despite of getting warnings from the European Union that it might infringe European law, has gone ahead and implemented its new privacy policy today.
Facebook turns down $8 billion valuation, projects $550 million in 09 revenue
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/19/facebook-turns-down-8-billion-valuation-term-sheet-claims-2009-revenues-to-be-550-million/
web 2.0 is alive and well...
Show HN: TrackObject – Drag-and-drop computer vision object tracking
https://www.trackobject.xyz/
Hey HN! We're the creators of Sieve API (https://www.sievedata.com) and we recently built this fun site that folks can play around with. Frontend is built with NextJS + Tailwind UI and backend is our API.

It uses ffmpeg in the browser to transcode an uploaded video, chop it to 5 seconds, and then send it to our API endpoint which detects and tracks objects in the video. You can then "select" any object and track it over the video.

We thought it'd be a fun thing for the community to play around with while also showing the power of video object tracking!
Ask HN: Go HTML5 only for a new product?
I am working on a new SAAS product aimed at fortune 5 million (read Basecamp's target audience).

I was wondering if its ok to go HTML5/CSS3 only and not worry about internet explorer too much (IE6-8). This basically allows me to code better features more easily, ultimately resulting in a more usable product.

Would appreciate any feedback from HNers who are catering to the same market and have any stats to share. How widely is internet explorer used in fortune 5 million companies. Is it worth the extra development time and all the headaches anymore?

Thanks!
Pure CSS3 accordion
http://www.red-team-design.com/css3-accordion
In this article you’ll learn how to create a pretty simple animated accordion with CSS3 :target pseudo-class.
Ask HN: How to say no to be on-call?
I work as a software engineer (in their orga chart I'm senior) and my current company has the policy: "being on-call is not mandatory". I have so far rejected being on-call succesfully (it is paid, but I value more my time than my money). Soon my salary will be reviewed and the topic is on the table again: I have been asked if I may reconsider my position regarding being on-call.

The company explictly says that being on-call is not mandatory, there is no problem about this. Other colleagues at my same level are doing on-call and bring this topic (among other topics) to the salary review process to be considered in their favour.

I'm not going to change my decision, but I'm wondering how that will influence on my future salary. Even if the companay is transparent about this topic, I definitely think that not participating in "non-mandatory" stuff in my company makes me no favour.
A Hint of Hubris
http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2010/a-hint-of-hubris/
Leverage Haskell in Your Ruby code...
Beautycheck - Human Facial Attractiveness
http://www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/phil_Fak_II/Psychologie/Psy_II/beautycheck/english/zusammen/zusammen1.htm
How we judge the attractiveness of human faces and what are the social consequences?
Girl Tickets to ng-conf
http://reverse-disoma.tumblr.com/post/61474023482/i-find-this-offensive-i-get-that-the-intension-is
I was a bit surprised to see this in my inbox today. Am I the only one to find this a bit offensive?
Fastly CDN outage was causing major sites to be inaccessible from Australia
https://status.fastly.com/incidents/pv9wjdx0scvp
Error 503 Service Unavailable
Service Unavailable

Guru Mediation:
Details: cache-syd10133-SYD 1590040616 2064961391

Varnish cache server
Real-Time 3D in Javascript using divs
http://www.uselesspickles.com/triangles/demo.html
using javascript, html, and css...
Ask Hacker News: What do you think of this shopping cart on my new startup that just launched?
http://200nipples.com/index.php
Good morning all. I just launched a t-shirt sales site, not exactly a web app, I know. But we have a freaky business model, which required a correspondingly freaky e-commerce cart. My buddy essentially reverse engineered Ticketmaster's cart. Anyway, I love this community and respect it's opinion greatly. In fact, I learned most of my web/customer-experience design stuff by reading things I found here.

Anyway, I'd love to know what you think of the site's usability etc...
I opened with the cart, because I figured hacker types would be most interested in that, but all comments/criticisms are welcome.
A HN feed with the article's content
http://nirmalpatel.com/hacks/hnrss.html
I've been using this for months now, and I was wondering how many of you know about it. It's the only way to read HN through your RSS reader. Many thanks to Nirmal Patel.
Ask HN: review my idea for a consultancy/incubator [slides]
http://app.sliderocket.com/app/FullPlayer.aspx?id=C04AFA19-DFE8-4D4E-CFC5-D6BF1FBAE3F8
I have been considering several ideas for how to get my next startup off the ground without going back to zero income. There are several options available of course, but I wanted to focus on something that keeps paying the bills from the get go and leaves me without investors controlling the company. The idea is inspired by 37signals success turning a consultancy into a product. This takes it to the next level, a cooperative incubator funded by part time consultant work.
Ask HN: What are your big plans for 2015?
Similar to last years' threads, what is your yearly plan?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6989585

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4985473
Inventor turns cardboard boxes into eco-friendly oven
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/09/solar.oven.global.warming/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
changed title :)
In 1999, Kasparov played chess against 50000 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasparov_versus_The_World
Much more information in Further Reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasparov_versus_The_World#Further_reading