jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Show HN: I wrote 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.

Why did I spend time on this? I am self taught and have been a software developer for about 20 years; moved to the UK for about 10 years, now in Spain and I'm still looking for the place I want to call home. My lack of diploma has never been an issue in Europe but if I want to discover other horizons, having one makes things easier. There's a process in France call "Validation des acquis" (Validation of knowledge) which allows anybody at whatever level to present to a panel of professionals and academics a request to validate one experience and deliver a diploma. That diploma is completely equivalent to a diploma delivered from a university. The experience must validate all of the targeted diploma curriculum so I thought digging into databases will help with that...

alex at ixai.net. I'm also looking for a remote position as a Senior software developer
"How Will History View Richard Stallman?"
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/02/28/williams.html
An interview with Sam Williams, author of "Free as in Freedom."
New SAT: Write Long, Badly and Prosper
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0605/perelman.php3
Follows up the article below, on an academy for gifted children.
How to run Google Glass on your Android device 
https://awaissoft.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/how-to-run-google-glass-on-your-android-device/
No matter how you view Google Glass, you can’t help but be a little curious about how it all works. What is the user-interface (UI) like? How do you navigate from app to app, from page to page? Thanks to this post in the Glass Explorers Google+ page, I found a way for Android users to run what amounts to the Google Glass OS on their Android devices...
Ask HN: Do you think Intellectual Property laws do more good or harm?
Millions of people suffer because medical equipments and medicine are protected by these laws, there is no point in thread an individual liberty to protect an abstract concept like an idea or invention.
Show HN: I put my résumé into a DOOM WAD
https://github.com/adamrmelnyk/thisResumeRunsDoom
I was tired of of old and busted PDF résumé, so I thought why not try adding some of the information into a DOOM WAD instead. As a way of conveying information to an employer it's terrible, but if it takes longer than 30s to play, it might be looked at longer than the average résumé.
How do I motivate my friends to work on side projects?
I'm a college student studying CS and I'm constantly working on 3+ side projects as well as trying to stay up to date with all the newest trends in CS and teaching myself several new languages, and I think this makes me pretty marketable to companies as well as keeps me continuously fascinated.

I can tell many of my friends sort of want to work on side projects too, but aren't really passionate enough to dive in and actually do them. These are my friends who I really want to see succeed though, so I'm looking for advice on how to motivate them. I don't necessarily want to just invite them to work on every one of my personal projects with me, but some maybe.

Any of your input would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure many of you have faced the same sorts of situations. Thanks a lot!
Poll/Form: What is your religion?
https://docs.google.com/a/gtaero.net/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGhheGFTVTlPQ3hKenVOazVjZEJac0E6MQ#gid=0
Results are available here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgbUoWpkXDCGdGhheGFTVTlPQ3hKenVOazVjZEJac0E&hl=en_US#gid=0
How do you start a company outside the reins of big tech these days?
I'm a SWE and I want to start a company that's not beholden to the daily whims of big tech. Right now I do iOS dev, but at any time Apple can disable my account and my entire livelihood is gone.

I don't mind using services like GCP or AWS, because the cases I hear of those platforms banning devs is few and far between. I also don't mind using something like Stripe for payments since I can in theory always replace them.

But if I make an iOS app, I am always scared I will wake up to bad news.

I used to be a writer, and my Google Adsense account got disabled 6 years ago. So I'm still living with that PTSD today. 6 years later and there's still few alternatives to Adsense.

The problem I see is that we're so glued to our phones, that I'd have to build my own hardware if I want to distribute my own software. Big tech is so ingrained into our daily lives that I feel powerless.
Facebook social scam
http://generalprojects.com/blog/?p=519
133,000 Facebook members willingly associate themselves with a malware website.
3 Reasons Why I Wouldn't Do Agile Software Development
http://www.agile-software-development.com/2009/03/3-reasons-why-i-wouldnt-do-agile.html
Agile software development isn't necessarily appropriate in all circumstances...
New Gmail Interface?
http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/10/5704452/screenshots-suggest-google-is-testing-a-completely-redesigned-gmail
Screenshots suggest Google is testing a completely redesigned Gmail interface
2-5 projects that I work on every week or so
Ask HN: what about this idea for a startup?
I have suddenly come up with a silly idea in the middle of the afternoon. What if I create a startup based on this idea. Lets see how people react to this.

What if we create a site for restaurant deliveries. Scenario is like this:
1. I am going home from work
2. There is a restaurant X along the way from work to home where it has food that needs to be delivered to customer Y.
3. It seems that customer Y's house is also along my route going home.
4. What if I can be the delivery man for this restaurant and earn $ for delivering it?
5. Benefit: restaurant pays less for a delivery service/labor.

Again, I just came up with this idea a couple hours ago. Some of you will think, what kind of moron I am to come up with ideas like this and such, but I think it seems interesting. There are still loop holes, such as what if I just go and run away with the food. There are ways to solve this, such as verifying so that only "good people" can participate as a delivery man. What do you guys think?

I am going to work on this idea for the Summer. If there are any hackers or UI/UX designer interested in joining me. Shoot me an email. You need to be awesome though!
PopcornTi.me is down
http://popcornti.me/
First the installers got pulled off and now the landing page is giving 502.
An open letter to Techcrunch editors
http://startupcrunch.org/an_open_letter_to_the_techcrunch_editors_0
This is an open letter to Techcrunch in a last-ditch attempt to bring some sanity back to the main blog in the startup sector!
Ask HN: What mobile HN readers are you using?
Happy new year everyone,

I'd love to hear some recommendations, on which apps to use for browsing HN.
Searching both android and apple app stores yields dozens, which all seem quite similar.
Currently I am using an iOS phone and an android tablet, and

I'm basically looking for features like:

> Display of top HN articles and comments

> Having the articles in a readable form directly within the app

> Marking articles as favourites

A plus would be:

+ Saving articles to read offline later

+ Submit, comment within the app

Thanks a lot!
Ask HN: Is right/wrong to rate programmers by the language they use?
Before I start writing, I want to say that it is not my intention to criticize anyone. It is an open-ended question and I want to know what do you think.

Intentionally or unintentionally, do you rate an arbitrary programmer by the language he/she uses ? For instance, do you give more credit to a kernel developer (let's say he/she uses assembly and low-level C) than to a web developer (HLL and frameworks) ?

Let's consider the following stack :

-- Generic Applications (Web and Non Web) -- Level 3

-- Libraries and Frameworks -- Level 2

-- Drivers / Compilers -- Level 1

-- Operating Systems -- Level 0

I believe it is correct to make the following assumptions :
1 - Consider an average generic application. Let's forget the difficulty of scaling Web applications like Google, Amazon, Twitter and Facebook.
2 - I know that you can have gurus in each layer of the stack. Let's consider again an average programmer in each layer.
3 - Ignore the time needed to study/use a framework (e.g. Spring, Ruby on Rails... Django). This is important because I am expecting comments like : "but a compiler developer doesn't know framework XYZ").

Do you think that a programmer from one layer can do the same work as the programmer in the layer above? I'm positive that the same does not happen in the opposite direction. If so, do you think he/she deserves more respect than programmers from the top layers?

I'd really like to know the opinion of different people. For instance, in a company, do you feel that distinction/separation ? What about compensations? Do you think that a kernel developer earns more than a Web developer?

Edit : Problem with line feeds.
White House Seeks IP Enforcement Feedback
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/06/25/help-us-shape-our-strategy-intellectual-property-enforcement
From the site: "Today my office is starting the process of gathering input for the Administration’s new strategy for intellectual property enforcement. The overarching objective of the Strategy is to improve the effectiveness of the U.S. Government’s efforts to protect our intellectual property here and overseas. I want to make sure as many people as possible are aware that we are working on this so we can get the very best thoughts and recommendations possible. Part of the process of gathering public input is to publish a “Federal Register Notice” where we formally ask the public to give us their ideas. We will read all of your submissions – and we will make them publicly available so everyone can see them."
Show HN: Language aware diff on GitHub PRs
https://github.com/marketplace/difflens
Hi HN! We were frustrated with text diffs on GitHub PRs, so we made DiffLens (https://github.com/marketplace/difflens). DiffLens constructs an Abstract Syntax Tree for each file, and uses that semantic information to intelligently diff changes. Checkout the demo on our website (https://www.difflens.com).

Getting started with DiffLens is easy! Simply install the app on your repositories. The next time you open a PR, DiffLens will automatically create a diff for your changes. If you review code, especially TypeScript, JavaScript or CSS, give DiffLens a try!

We're always looking for feedback. If you encounter bugs, or want to give us feedback, we'll be around. You can also reach us at support@difflens.com.
Experimental TLD .42
http://wiki.42registry.org/page/Main_Page#WHAT_we_do.2C_in_short
Primarily, the 42 Registry offers a new, experimental, all-numeric Top-Level Domain (TLD): 42.
Raspberry Pi Available for Purchase
http://www.raspberrypi.org
unfortunately, the shop websites seem to be down at the moment...
Old, but interesting article on Friendster's demise
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20070601/features-how-to-kill-a-great-idea.html
Someone must have posted this up before at some point. I'm actually submitting this to check if there was a previous thread.
Show HN: Browse Hacker News on your Kindle via browser for free
https://kindlehnbeta.pythonanywhere.com/
tl;dr: Go to kindlehnbeta.pythonanywhere.com on your Kindle’s browser.

I wrote a wrapper over hackernews that allows me to browse it on my Kindle. Simply visit kindlehnbeta.pythonanywhere.com on your Kindle’s browser. You’ll be able to view top stories, the comments within them and even the article content that the stories link to. The articles are parsed by a library that makes its best attempt to extract the main content.

I only own a Kindle Oasis (10th Generation) and thus have only tested this on it. I’d imagine it looks fine on other Kindles, but you’ll have to tell me.

Link to screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/8kKneH0

Really, I made this for myself as a quick solution for a personal need. But it seems like there are a few of you out there that would enjoy this as well. So I am making this public for others to try out. Let me know if this is something you actually want to use. If so, and the reception is positive, then I will continue to build it out to be better and more feature complete. In addition to this, would you enjoy a generic rss feed reader as well? — one that allows you to read any rss feed right from your Kindle’s browser? I can build this if that’s something you guys really want.
Splashup reviewd by a User Interface blog. - It's pretty rough
http://humanized.com/weblog/2007/12/03/user-interface-of-the-day-splashupcom/
Not trying to pick on anyone. It's just good to hear honest feedback, especially about an interface.
Visit http://tronsoundtrack.com/ do 'View Source'
http://tronsoundtrack.com/
Kevin Flynn ASCII art hidden in source
Has anyone started a brick & mortar business?
I know this is a tech area but just curious...

I personally ran a screen printing shop at our campus that went well and ended up selling it since we're graduating.
TouchPad teardown: it costs $328 to make, $10 more than the iPad 2
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/89308-hp-touchpad-32gb-costs-328-to-make-10-more-than-ipad-2
iSuppli breakdown is here: http://www.isuppli.com/Teardowns/News/Pages/HP-TouchPad-Carries-$318-Bill-of-Materials.aspx
Usable vs. Useful? Online Energy Modeling
http://www.energysavvy.com/blog/2010/10/12/online-energy-audit/
Usability vs. Usefulness and our Online Energy Modeling tool.
Show HN: Music video using AI (Stable Diffusion) and a text editor – You can too
https://old.reddit.com/over18?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2FStableDiffusion%2Fcomments%2Fxub1aq%2Fso_i_spent_a_hot_minute_on_this_but_i_did_a_whole%2F
I went nuts on Sunday after stumbling on this animator script for the automatic branch: https://github.com/Animator-Anon/Animator

And then it's a ton of keyframing. I also found that the timings all have to be earlier than the timestamp you want to account for how long it takes to denoise to your new scene - so like .4 gives smoother but longer, .7 is snappy. To get stuff to keep showing up and stay dynamic you can zoom out continuously, it needs a UI, badly.

If you're on windows you'll need ffmpeg too.

I watched this when it came out last week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Mcuh38wyM

I followed this to get it running locally: https://stablediffusionguides.carrd.co/#one
Dark Social Media, real shereability You don't see (IT industry)
http://blog.sotrender.com/2013/05/dark-social-media/
We have to remember that Dark Social Media is not the same as Dark Social. The notion of Dark Social Media is only the extension of Dark Social. The first one refers to social media; the second one applies to WWW sites
YouTube is down
http://www.youtube.com
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Application open but closes soon for Pres. Innov. Fellowship
http://michellehertzfeld.com/thoughts/uncle-sam-wants-you/
Apply and help your country while working on a great team which top-notch programmers, designers, and entrepreneurs.
Synchronised shaking connects gadgets securely
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn12912-synchronised-shaking-con%0Anects-gadgets-securely.html
Brutal ads on this site. You'd hope for better from the New Scientist.
Show HN: Lookback – capture the stories behind your photos
https://www.lookback.life/
Like many others, I rely on photos to document my memories. Over time, I’ve come to realize that they’re not very good at it. Memories need stories, and photos can’t tell stories. Lookback is my take on what I think a better solution looks like.

It’s basically a photo sharing app that lets you attach video messages (stories) to photos and share them privately. When your invites watch your memory, they'll hear your story play while scrolling through your photos, just like they would if you were looking at the photos together in-person. They can reply by adding their own photos and video messages, creating a shared memory of stories and photos that you can tap into and relive anytime you want.

Now instead of looking at old photos and wishing I remembered more, I can look at old photos and hear my friends and family relive every detail.

Looking forward to feedback from the HN community.
HTML5 Solitaire Game
http://solitaire.cloudvent.net/
Built this game using backbone.js, HTML and CSS. Anyone keen to read about how it was made? Any feedback about the game?

Nice wee surprise for people when they win
Show HN: Bonjourr · Minimalist browser homepage inspired by iOS
https://bonjourr.fr
Hey all! We've been working on this browser extension with a friend for the last three years and we've made a few updates recently, so I figured I'd post it here :)

We're building it as an open source and more modern alternative to things like Momentum. There's still a ton more we'd like to do and we're looking for constructive criticism or advice, both to improve it and make more people know about it.

We're really proud of it and hope you like it. Cheers!
CSRF on moneybookers, yfrog and few other sites
http://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/hacking-skrillformer-moneybookers.html?sup
well, let's teach develepers.
20 Free and Fresh Icon Sets
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/25/20-free-and-fresh-icon-sets/
I'm not 100% sure of the license for some of these icon sets, so buyer beware!
Formula search on a million scientific documents
http://arxivsearch.mathweb.org
We, at KWARC, developed a search engine capable of searching arXiv, see [1]. It can search latex-style formulae and CMML formulae.
In addition, one can also use "query variables", which means that if I search for, e.g., "?a + ?a" (?a is a query variable), I will get all sums of two equal terms. ?a could be an integral, a fancy function, or just a one-letter variabl
My requested Reddit AMA: I am an iPhone developer and I used to be a drug dealer
In response to this:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1409028

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/cd547/i_was_one_of_the_biggest_drug_dealers_on_my_side/
Noam Chomsky - The Purpose of Education
http://blip.tv/learning-without-frontiers/noam-chomsky-the-purpose-of-education-5925460
Prof Chomsky on the purpose of education, the impact of technology, cost and investment and assessment vs autonomy.
Show HN: Communication platform for async remote teams
https://twist.com/
Because there was a recent post about sync and async in remote work, I decided to show this tool.

Its UX decisions are tailored to async workflows, and they have really cool blogposts about async remote and UX details.

It’s from the same compony as TODOIST
Peer-proxy - Local HTTP webservice proxy behind NAT/FW
https://github.com/InstantWebP2P/peer-proxy
Proxy web service or website from peer.

Features

Support proxy to local/home http server, behind firewall/nat
Partial support proxy to remote website, behind firewall/nat
Support Websocket
Secure end-to-end connections
Token-based authentication for user's ip
Support rewrite location header in 301/302 redirection response
Support rewrite href in text/html response
Looking for Hackers in Orlando, FL
http://www.facebook.com/workurbn
We are building a start-up team here in Downtown Orlando, we have an incubator off of Magnolia and Jefferson called WorkUrbn. We are searching for a developer to join the team on a few start-up projects. If anyone's out there near by let me know, or send us a message on our workurbn Facebook page.
Github is down (main site, *.github.io opening now)
http://robfig.github.io/revel/manual/index.html
Well the submitted URL is opening now, but the main site (https://github.com/) is still down
JIRA vs GitHub
https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/importer-migrations#!jira-GitHub
I have to say that i really dislike JIRA. It's overblown in features and the UX is a total disaster. I am currently in the process of recommending to my Boss to switch to GitHub Enterprise, because it feels streamlined, light and focused.

Now i wonder why these 5 points are mentioned on the Atlassian page. Are these known issues/weak points of Github? Or is this just marketing blah-blah?
Open Angel Forum San Francisco March 4th
http://openangelforum.com/2010/02/07/applications-open-for-oaf-sf-march-4th/
Very happy to report that Chris Sacca and Kevin Rose have opened the third chapter of Open Angel Forum. The San Francisco chapter will be hosting it's first even on March 4th.

We are accepting applications from startup companies actively raising funds, as well as applications from angel investors who have made at least four known investments in the past year.

all the best, and I hope the HackerNews community has many members apply! Jason
Quitting my job to work on mobile apps and travel the world: One month later
http://www.shenventure.com/2011/02/02/one-month-under-new-management/
It's been one month since I gave up my day job to work on mobile apps full time and take a one year round the world trip with my wife. Here is a slightly irreverent one year retrospective. Comments and questions are welcome.
Javascript Map Code Behind today's XKCD
http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1110.js
The Actual comic itself can be seen at http://xkcd.com/1110/
In the early iChatAV days...Steve Jobs called me “fuckchop”
http://gklst.tumblr.com/post/24870582043/in-the-early-ichatav-days-one-of-the-many-things-steve
Announced on Geeklist - “In the early iChatAV days, one of the many things Steve Jobs called me was a “fuckchop”. When I got to iPod, I thought it would make a nice title.” - Andy Grignon
Face Recognition Demos
http://demo.pittpatt.com/
This company has an online face recognition demo that will pick out people who are the same in two images. Seems to work best with frontal faces. They have a downloadable demo as well.
Show HN: Minimalist CSS Framework
https://neat.joeldare.com/
This is an update to my minimalist css framework, which I use for simple blog posts, sales pages, and now dashboards. This version adds a simple grid, among other things.