jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Ask PG: Tweaks to the ranking algorithms ...
OK, I know you don't want things to be completely transparent because people might game the system, but I'm puzzled by this:

29.	Happy (Summer|Winter) Solstice - 11:28 Zulu time. (wikipedia.org)
15 points by RiderOfGiraffes 9 hours ago | 4 comments

45. Tests for programmers Part IV: comparing routines (solipsys.co.uk)
45 points by RiderOfGiraffes 6 hours ago | 17 comments

Both are to external sites, the second is newer, and has more points, and yet it comes lower in the rankings. I thought newer items ranked higher, and more points ranked higher, so this is not what I expected.

Any light you can shed on the latest variant of the ranking algorithm would be appreciated.
Email Posting Things for Sale, Rent, Trade, etc. What Do You Think?
http://skril.com
I just launched a first version of this. It's sort of like Posterous + Craisglist. It may be rough around the edges and buggy. Simple idea and it's free. No $1 per image nonsense.
Mobile Phones
http://www.kevinnave.co.uk/iphone-5-need-to-be-a-successful-version-to-prove-apples-consistency/
Mobile Phones - Prepaymania is one of the leading online retailers in UK deals in huge collection of Mobile Phones and accessories. Exclusive Mobile phone deals from thousands of cheap mobile phones are available with quickest and free shipping service. We offer same day dispatch facility so you can expect your gadget the next day you order.
KUSoftas CMS 2.1 – Exclusive Capabilities
http://www.kusoftas.com
KUSoftas CMS is easy skinnable, SEO optimized and completely browser based system based on PHP scripting language, Smarty template engine, jQuery JavaScript library and RESTful architecture
Ihorizon talk about incentivising your team with EMI options
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/skin-in-the-game-emi-scheme-talk-with-ihorizon-tickets-10145119325
The Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) scheme is the ideal mechanism for the founders to align company and staff objectives. It has been designed to help early stage companies and start-ups grow and recruit top-quality talent by offering heavily tax incentivised share options.
Best way to notify my web users for new messages?
I'm building a chat app, which will work exclusively on my website.

iOS does not allow push notifications.
Android users I talk to have their web-notifications disabled globally due to spam.

What are my options? Ideally cheap/free
Jeremy Hammond (xec86) Does it again
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/six-charged-mob-activity-daley-plaza-picasso-olympic-protest-62995997.html
Firstly let me just say "Get a Haircut!"

Secondly does any of this sound familiar?

"I am very open-minded to other people's opinions, and i always enjoy a good intellectual discussion. but if there's one thing i hate, it's ignorant narrow-minded people who immediately dismiss other people's opinions without even thinking. I believe that regardless of what you have to say - even if it's stupid or hateful - you should still have the right to say it. i believe that ideas should have the right to be exposed to the public - to have free competition among other ideas. if an idea is truly damaging or hateful, then let the people think about it and decide for themselves. in addition, who decides what gets censored or not?"

Obviously Mr Hammond feel's the need to procrastinate and make those decisions for the rest of us. Free from Jail for hacking ProtestWarrior but heading back by all appearances for another bout of incarceration soon and by the looks of his appearance now compared to how he looked before prison life is doing him a world of good.

Hammond completed two years in the federal pen in late 2008 after his conviction of stealing 5,000 credit-card numbers from another Web site. The possible connection to the far more-damaging attack on Irving's site is tantalizing.

Readers might like to remind the proud and bragging father of Jeremy and Jason Hammond of his epic failure as a parent:

Jack Hammond
1271 Pleasant Ave
Glendale Heights, IL 60139
(630) 790-3008
Toyota's idea of a good UX
http://twicsy.tumblr.com/post/47799231484/toyotas-idea-of-a-good-ux
Their iphone app for making car payments makes me want to wretch.
M4P to Archos Converter
http://www.m4p-converter.org/m4p-to-archos-converter.html
If you want to play iTunes M4P music on Archos, you will need the M4P to Archos converter to remove the DRM off to be unprotected format. Here we recommend you the best M4P to Archos converter which is free and easy to use.
(How to build) A real social network
http://johnflan.com/2011/01/a-real-social-network/
Exploring the use of WiFi or Bluetooth to help build your social network.
PHP Fizz Buzz solution, any other language solutions? 
http://www.bayes-shelton.co.uk/index.php/the-fizz-buzz-challenge-in-php/
Hi,

I thought I would try and get a collection of examples of the Fizz Buzz challenge solution in different languages. If you have a solution of this challenge it would be great to see then.
How to create hidden content using the SnowShoeStamp
https://medium.com/p/9441a7b5cd89
How to create easter eggs using the SnowShoe Stamp
Setting up campaigns and optimizing ad spends with Reduce Data
http://blog.reducedata.com/post/44028264622/setting-up-campaigns-with-reduce-data-a-guide-for
Set up your campaigns and optimize your ad spends using this simple guide for marketers
Show HN: Enform.io – Align teams to objectives and keep stakeholders informed
https://www.enform.io/
Enform makes it easy to provide insight about your product teams’ activities, measure business impact of product iterations & report to stakeholders in a format they’ll actually read.
Mozilla.com down. Use this link for the linux download
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.0&os=linux&lang=en-US
Download the linux version from this link
Nimbus Brings Process Improvement to iPhone
http://iphonecto.com/2010/03/04/nimbus-brings-process-improvement-iphone/
Business process improvement is an essential strategy for increasing efficiency and staying competitive. The new Nimbus Control Player for iPhone helps mobile users stay up-to-date as processes change and improve in the enterprise.
How Grasshopper.com got the word out there
http://grasshopper.com/5000casestudy/
This is a very open account of a pretty awesome marketing campaign. Essential reading for anyone wanting to market their web-app.
Does Bidding Hurt Competition? How do you feel about bidding to fulfill services?
http://blog.thembid.com/index.php/2007/12/19/does-bidding-hurt-competition/
Several business owners have told me that they refuse to bid on services because they do not want to compete against "bottom feeders". That is, those businesses that will make the lowest bid, no matter what. I think my experience can help address this issue. Here was how I decided who to choose from 17 bidders.
Ask HN: JavaScript Application Design: Did Marian Accept Nicolas' Proposal?
Does anyone know if the author's girlfriend accepted the marriage proposal he made in the Dedication section of the book?

To Marian, for withstanding the birth of this book, your unconditional love, and your endless patience.

I love you!

Will you marry me?
Simplest DSL tutorial written
http://patrickonrails.blogspot.com/2010/04/dsls-and-insomnia-few-notes.html
Anyways, while in the grips of some cold medicine (which never lets me sleep right), I figured I might as well make some proper use of my time and wrote a small stats DSL to learn how to create a DSL.
How To Use Pinterest For Marketing? 
http://www.sourcepep.com/how-to-use-pinterest-for-marketing/ 
Pinterest is one of the top ten social media platforms today. It’s important to leverage this platform for your business. It can dramatically increase the traffic and give exposure to your brand to a wider audience.
Entrepreneur platform for finding your minimum viable idea
http://astu.co/#/
Would you guys use something like this?
Let me know your feedback!
Onit Joins Legal Cloud Computing Association (LCCA)
http://www.allvoipnews.com/onit-joins-legal-cloud-computing-association-lcca.html
Onit Joins Legal Cloud Computing Association (LCCA)
Amazon Broadens Its Computing Reach
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/amazon-broadens-its-computing-reach/?scp=1&sq=cloud%20computing%20news&st=cse
Amazon Broadens Its Computing Reach
Show HN: Tock Timer – Simple web-based timer
https://tocktimer.com/en
After seeing that Google's web-based timer is currently gone, I decided to try putting one together.

It's a bit rough around the edges at the moment, but hopefully does the job. I'll put some time into making it look (and sound) a bit nicer over the next few days.
Ask HN: what invoice apps do you use?
What apps do you use to handle invoices?
Show HN: Search for movies using natural language
https://vxai.com
Hello HN

VXAI is an an experiment to find out how useful are text embeddings for finding movies by naturallanguage. TMDB api is used to display additional information.

The site has two search modes. In the first, you can describe the movie plot and get result. In second, based on exact movie name it will provide recommendations for other similar movies.

Looking forward to feedback!
VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson goes to Russia
http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/27/venture-firm-draper-fisher-jurvetson-goes-to-russia/
Globalization is happening.
Hewlett-Packard To Open Its Mobile Platform Code
http://digieight.com/167/hewlett-packard-to-open-its-mobile-platform-code/
Hewlett-Packard Company is going to open the code of mobile operating system webOS.
YEAH
http://yeah.yeahyeahyeahyeahyeah.com/
Original Mobile Phone Photos Only. If you would like to anonymously contribute mobile phone photos to YEAH.YEAHYEAHYEAHYEAHYEAHYEAH.COM, text or email original photos to YEAH@YEAHYEAHYEAHYEAHYEAH.COM
Pinterest Launches Pins With More Info And A New Button For Mobile Apps
http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/19/pinterest-more-useful/
Pinterest announced two new features today that will help make the site more attractive to potential advertisers. The first is pins embedded with additional information about products, recipes and movies. The second is a Pin It button that is now available on nine mobile apps.
Ruby on Rails Developer
http://exvocom.jobscore.com/jobs/exvocom/ruby-on-rails-developer/b-xwlWnHCr4AiqeJe4bk1X
Exvo is a young informal startup running several projects. We’re working on an innovative distributed web based operating system, a distributed platform to manage and run your company from and several other side projects.

To support these very ambitious plans, we need several additional experienced Rails developers.

You can work from anywhere, just as long as you love what you do and enjoy making beautiful codes.

You will join a team made up of people around the world, who will challenge you to be the best you can be and most of all, have a lot of fun in the process. We currently have three teams of varying sizes.

We’re looking for junior, medior and senior developers!

We’d like you to have:

* A willingness to learn
* Good communication skills
* A passion for Ruby, a love for Rails
* Proficiency in javascript, coffeescript and jQuery
* Experience with behaviour and test driven development
* Experience with agile software development
* And generally good development skills.

And we’d love it if you:

* Have read and understood the pragmatic programmer
* Have experience with Amazon AWS and/or Heroku
* Know other languages besides Ruby and Javascript
* Know a thing or two about UX
* Are an agile evangelist
* Have contributed to open source projects
Meet new friends for activities like sports, gym, fitness and table games. Cool?
http://www.smacktive.com
Smacktive.com lets you meet new, like-minded people doing activities you have in common based on deep rooted likes and interests. Seems like eharmony without the dating component. Thoughts? Have you registered? Doesnt work on mobile yet but the web version is cool.
Playing Flappy Bird PC can be a Pint of Happiness for Your Daily Life Routine
http://flappybird.ws/2014/04/playing-flappy-bird-pc-pint-happiness-daily-life-routine/
The popularity of games is increasing day by day. Games are played on computers, smart phones, laptops, etc. These games are either played online or offline. In case of playing online, a proper internet connection is needed and in case of playing offline, just a computer system is required. Peoples and persons of various age groups starting from a school kid to an established businessman with a retired person are playing computer games nowadays, which clearly indicate the increasing demand of computer games these days. The game developers are creating games in mass numbers to fulfill this increasing demand. One such game is the Flappy bird PC.
How to Recover your Lost and Damaged Data
http://hddrecoverypro.com
I dropped my laptop accidentally and cause the screen to cracked. Not only that, it damaged the hard drive and cause some bad sectors on it. I went to a friend who happens to be a computer genius and run this program called HDD Recovery Pro. It does all the work of recovering my precious data and problem solved.
A Smart Invoicing Solution for Freelance Facebook Application Developers
http://www.fbreview.com/2010/11/03/a-smart-invoicing-solution-for-freelance-facebook-application-developers/
We all know how important are the reviews for readers and how they help them to choose the right software for their purposes. I highly recommend a very solid web-based SaaS invoicing solution which should be part of any Facebook Developer business called Invoicera.
House in Walla Walla completely surrounded by Spiderwebs
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-07/spiderwebs-surround-house-in-wagga-fields/3872772
A house is surrounded by spider webs next to flood waters in Wagga Wagga, NSW, March 6, 2012.
Ask HN: What technologies would you use for your next web app?
I'm an iOS dev with very little backend and web experience.

I'd be interested in knowing what technologies you would use for your next big idea, would be great to know why.
Show HN: 10x your analysis performance with this data platform (5 min video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFCwEw5pHuA
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How to get your app in the Top 100: Interview with Mike Amerson
http://blog.tapfortap.com/how-to-get-your-app-in-the-top-100-indie-success-with-mike-amerson?preview=true&preview_id=1516&preview_nonce=cb565ae8a1
Mike Amerson, president of WET Productions and indie creator of the very popular My Virtual Girlfriend/Boyfriend apps on iOS and Google Play comes on Tap Your App to discuss his path to success as an indie app developer. My Virtual Girlfriend and My Virtual Boyfriend really took off after Mike worked his butt off to promote the app through grassroots, basic PR tactics and blogger outreach. These efforts proved hugely valuable when they lead to some main stream media sources picking up his app and running with it. When George Lopez, MSNBC and eventually Kotaku picked up stories on his apps, things really started cooking. In this great interview we talk about how marketing your app is truly a moving target, how only a few tactics like Interstitials are on-going winners. We also have some great talks about how localization of your app means so much more than a simple translation.
Droidcon London - October 25th & 26th
http://uk.droidcon.com/
Droidcon is UK largest conference dedicated to Android development and applications, it’s a unique opportunity to meet the Android community, get hands on knowledge about Android development and see the latest in Android applications and technologies. The multi-track conference attracts the best speakers from the Android development community, on the latest topics, tablets, enterprise, design ADK. The barcamp is a unique opportunity to share and exchange experience with the 600 Android enthusiasts present at the event. The democamp is a privileged moment to see or show the latest in Android software and hardware applications.

The line-up is filling up, here are some featured speakers:

Mark Murphy, Simon Cross, Julian Harty, Matt Gaunt, Lars Hard, & Al Sutton. Companies present includes Google, Samsung, Songkick, SoundCloud, Facebook and many more!

See the full-line and get involved - http://uk.droidcon.com/
InDesign Tutorials 
http://www.erisfire.com/articles/article06_idtut.htm
InDesign has a special place in my heart as the number 1 layout program for graphic design. Take a look at some of the wonderful InDesign tutorials inside.
Google maps route calculator
http://trpevski.com/blog/?p=8
Few months ago i discover Google maps api and try to make simple application using it. In this post i’ll describe process of using google maps api for drawing and calculating route between 2 places
20 Sites to submit your logos
http://www.productivedreams.com/20-sites-to-submit-your-logos/
This post has a list of websites that accept logo submissions, along with the link to their submission forms. The ranking and other details of each site has been included as well, for your ease.
Ask HN: How do I play retro Mac games on my PC?
I downloaded Vmac and Mac OS 7 so that I can play retro Mac games which are in .sit format

I tried to extract the .sit file using Stuffit 2011 but it doesn't work.

Is there an emulator that can just play the .sit files from Macintosh Garden?
States struggle to hang up prison cell phones
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_prison_phones
@cellmate #warden is kicking ass right now
The Limits of Continuous Deployment
http://opinionated-programmer.com/2011/02/the-limits-of-continuous-deployment/
Opinions? Has anyone ever experimented with pushing continuous deployment to the limits? I have to admit that I've never actually tried the "deploy all the time" thing, though as I argue (and judging from my all-too-regular use of git rebase) I wouldn't expect it to work too well.
The Hotel Girl Theory
http://blog.rremind.me/the-hot-girl-theory
Thoughts on creating a product
WordPress: Extracting Posts by Date, Category or Count
http://opensourcecms.pro/wordpress/wordpress-introducing-wordpress-loop-part-2/
2d in a series covering basics of the WordPress loop. This article covers displaying posts by date, count or category. Includes code examples.
How do software engineers keep track of system architecture?
As a system changes and components are added/removed, how does your engineering team keep track of the architecture of the system you're working on?

Some common answers are Google docs, or Confluence, but would love to hear what other things folks use!
Computer Science Field Guide
http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/csfieldguide/
The "Computer Science Field Guide" is an online interactive resource for high school students learning about computer science.
Announcing nimbleScript - Node JS made awesome for the desktop
http://www.nimblescript.com
nimbleScript is an application and online marketplace that makes it easy to create, run, find, install, and publish JavaScript scripts and modules that can automate almost any task

We have combined the power of Node JS with a Web UI to make scripts as simple to use as a desktop app.

Check it out at http://www.nimblescript.com
SideCar & others: All in Favour of Carsharing 
http://www.kym4.com/4/post/2012/11/sidecar-all-in-favour-of-carsharing.html
What's up with hindering services that start and push ideas of community? My personal insight on how SideCar and others have added value when I'm on the move.
Python Logging - Intro
http://www.leocelis.com/python-logging-intro/
Stop using print to debug! Become a more sophisticated python ninja by using the logging lib.
ClamAV team leaves the project
http://markmail.org/thread/dvpc6xfif2oc7esn
Ten years after the first release (and five years after the acquisition by Sourcefire) the ClamAV team has left the project and the company.
Is this the end of the only open source anti virus?
How  Twitter Can Crush The Facebook Empire
http://www.techi.com/2010/07/how-twitter-can-defeat-facebook/
Could we witness a retelling of David versus Goliath with an epic battle between the two largest social networking networking competitors? You have Facebook, which continually grows amidst its privacy woes. Then you have Twitter, which faces scalability issues with increasing usage. As big as they both are, Twitter is tiny compared to Facebook’s massive user base, but maybe not for long.
Offer HN: Interview an Engineer for Feedback
Here's an unconventional offer for you guys: I'll be your interviewee punching bag for an hour on Skype and then give you feedback on your interview and company afterwards. Chances are I know nothing about who you are or what you're working on outside of any tech press you've received. But that's a good thing, I'll be like most of your candidates, a tabula rasa.

Why? Doing my first interview was an odd mix of trying not to embarrass my company or myself versus trying to form a solid judgment of a potential coworker. I'm not a perfect interviewer now, but I felt much more comfortable after my first 2-3 tries. Startups have to hire sometime and, for many, it will be the first time they've had to conduct an interview. On my end, I'd just like to hear your stories and meet more startup'eers.

About Me: IAMA engineer with xp in Java (and other JVM languages), and Javascript/Node, and a dash of Ruby/Python. I presently focus on front-end work bringing a suitable amount of knowledge in design, ux, http, and ajax. I've also been known to fire up a cluster or two thousand. I am not looking for a job.

Want to schedule an hour? Email me (in profile).

Want to be an interviewer's experiment? Email me and I'll try to hook you up with the flip side. Please tell me a little about your experience so I can matchmake you to someone who is interviewing in that expertise.
"CouchDB: the definite guide" book ...
http://damienkatz.net/2010/03/oreillys_couchdb_the_definitiv.html
... 9.99$ today only

(and this is not a plug, I am in no way related to CouchDB or Damien). I have the book and it it well worth the look (even more at this price),
Does stock market favour the rich?
http://macro-bit.blogspot.ca
Here is an interesting plot of S&P 500 historical price ( adjusted by inflation rate ) against US top 1% people's wealth share in the economy. Despite the ongoing criticism that the 2009 recovery are favouring the rich to be richer, wealth doesn't always favour the top 1% due to more frequent stock market crisis in recent decades.
DMLS - A functional titanium object 3d printer.
http://www.google.com/m?hl=en&gl=us&client=ms-android-hms-tmobile-us&source=android-browser-type&q=titanium+3d+printers
Titanium 3D printers using DMLS tech can make titanium parts previously too expensive to make at fractions of cost.
Show HN: Turn your home into VR laser tag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvGqlmGOolk
A project I submitted to the OpenCV Spatial AI competition last year and won first place for the North America region.

Using cheap off-the-shelf OAK-D depth cameras and Quest 2 headsets, turns your space into a VR laser tag game. Demonstrates a simple way to detect walls and furniture, and synchronize the headset and camera coordinate systems.

It’s a very crude prototype but does work.

I have uploaded the code (a mix of Python and C# with Unity, with a tiny sprinkling of C++) to https://github.com/trzy/MRLaserTag
Jaguar Marketing System Scam or Pyramid
http://www.jaguarmarketingrevealed.com/2008/03/25/jaguar-marketing-system-product-based-or-pyramid-scheme/
Many online marketers believe that the Jaguar Marketing System is nothing more than a hyped up pyramid scheme.
Datastore Of Known Drone Strikes, Bureau Investigates
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/category/projects/drones/
after the NYT article[1] went to number on on the homepage i wanted to offer this remarkable resource

.[1]. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6061816