jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Show HN: SimpleBackpacker
http://simplebackpacker.com/
Hello,

I want feedback. I've been around Asia for a year now and find it hard to believe there is no site dedicated to backpackers alone. I want this to be a source to fill up my backpacking itinerary. Simplicity being key. I've backpacked lots of cities and next month I start another 2 month trip throughout SE Asia. I'll be doing a lot of customer development while at it.

P.S. My technical skills are very low. I am more on the business side of things. Bootstrap itself was kind of a pain to the hang of.
Playamp.net
http://playamp.net
A cool page that lets you create playlists made of youtube's songs
Ask HN:  Computer science has a hidden agenda to kill religion?
The invention of the internet and related technologies has had a devastating impact on religion.

One must wonder whether computer scientists at some point realized that this would be the outcome and actively worked to bring it about faster via their research.

Do you think this is the case?
Why does this cost $85,000? Uh?
http://goodzer.com/search/?query=chair&location=40.714353%2C-74.005973&near=New+York%2C+NY
Just apply order by price filter and you'll see what I mean.
Seriously?
Show HN: An influxDB front end made for engineers
https://www.marpledata.com//influxdb
Hey HN!

I met many engineers using InfluxDB (https://www.influxdata.com/) for storing test and measurement data.
InfluxDB is awesome.

But the UI confuses them sometimes. I see people struggling to

- find the time range of their data
- make sense of window periods & aggregation functions
- compare measurements across different time ranges
- and much more...

Grafana does not plug the gap, because it is mainly aimed at monitoring real-time stuff.
Engineers need to interact in a much more interactive way with their test data.

We have solved these challenges in the past for files in Marple.
Today we bring the same UI to people using an Influx database.

This gives users
- speed: Marple optimises the queries for you
- UX: no windows, no aggregate functions to worry about
- engineering workflow: data exports, statistics, compare time ranges, ...
- projects: reuse plots and share interactively with your team

Fun fact: the refactor to generalise our data engine proved quite the challenge, feel free to ask our lead dev Jan (jan@marpledata.com) about this!

Make sure to try it out if you are using Influx - we have a free product tier!

Nero (Co-founder)
Please review my realestate site: hunting4house.com
http://hunting4house.com
hi,

i just launched this site.please provide me your feedback.
Thanks,
When to Use Try Catch
http://databoost.org/2011/03/23/when-to-use-try-catch/
Being fault tolerant and catching errors is often an after thought when it comes to coding standards in businesses simply because we tend to think about how our software works, not how it breaks. We’ve all come across the “What were they thinking” code now and then, and I’ve started to notice a trend regarding unnecessary or improper Try Catching, and that is they show up most often from newer programmers or those experienced but unfamiliar or uncomfortable to a particular part of the codebase. While these are clearly not the right reasons to use Try Catch, I can’t recall ever seeing an official “When/Why to” article.
Ryan Dahl of Node is internetly gone in a __why style
https://github.com/ry
Following what seems to have been a twitter bash, Ryan, creator of node, seemed to have taken a cover:

https://twitter.com/ryah

Personally, I hope it's temporary.
Become an Inventor
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9112629
Edison Nation, an outgrowth of the PBS television series Everyday Edisons, aims to provide an easier way for would-be inventors to navigate the sometimes costly and complicated course of taking an idea from conception to store shelves.

Feel free to digg it:
http://digg.com/tech_news/Become_an_Inventor
Show HN: Precision landing via quadcopter using aruco markers
https://github.com/VimaanUAV/precision-landing
Hello HN, me and a couple of my friends are attempting to get crack precision landing for quadcopters, we are currently experimenting with various ways of control and estimation. Here is our initial attempt at doing so.
Ask HN: What's your preferred log analyzer for clustered webservers?
My company just tried out a log analyzer that didn't work out in the usuability department (had to write an exclusion regular expression to filter results for each query) and we're working on finding a new one.

Therefore I'd like to ask the Hacker News community which log analyzers you've used in the past for clustered webserver environments and what the upsides / downsides of those tools are.

In case it matters, we're using all IIS servers in our cluster.
Tools of the Trade: iOS Development
http://mikebuss.com/2014/01/05/tools-of-the-trade-ios-development/
A quick list of a modern iOS development tools. Hope someone will find this useful!
The Human Memome Project
http://www.thehumanmemomeproject.com/
What do you think of this idea - recording, analysing and hacking memetics for health, wellbeing and lifespan?
Discover the best of PHP
http://www.abcphp.com
abcphp.com is a social news website made for people to discover and share PHP related content from anywhere on the Internet, by submitting links and stories, and voting and commenting on submitted links and stories.
JQuery InstaSlider plugin version 0.2.0
https://github.com/christill89/instaslider
jQuery InstaSlider plugin version 0.2.0 - Now accepts @username as a search term and has AUTO play.
Ask HN: Where do you get your financial news?
Once upon a time I used to like Yahoo Finance. There was a mixture of up-to-the-minute news stories, i.e. "current markets are moving this direction because x." along side more in depth stories about trending companies/stocks. Much of that data is still there but it's buried underneath a sea of ads, many of which are disguised to look like legitimate stories. I'm looking for alternatives.
Ask HN: Recommended Domain Registrar that use SSO / SAML integration?
CloudFlare has SSO locked to only enterprise users. Are there any other good domain registrars that will allow me to integrate SSO / SAML that the community recommends?
Ask HN: How can I tell where current, live, activity hotspots in my city are?
I am in Chicago but this question could apply to any big city.
It seems like a simple enough problem, but I can't find any method of answering the basic question, "where are all the people right now?"
I tried looking at Foursquare trending, Yelp checkins, live camera feeds, and nothing seems to show me the basic information of how many people are hanging out, outside or in bars or restaurants, of a given neighborhood.

Open to ideas and suggestions. Thanks in advance.
MVC Public Service Announcement #1 - Controller Obesity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91C7ax0UAAc&eurl=http://blog.fiveruns.com/
Gregg Pollack & Jason Seifer (http://RailsEnvy.com) team up with Adam Keys (http://FiveRuns.com) to bring you MVC Public Service Announcements. Film Production by Jason Hawkins (http://makefilmwork.com) and original music by Laura Balch (http://myspace.com/laurabalch).
Show HN: My company released a new iphone App
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=347386708&mt=8
We specialize in web development, so this was just a side project... but it was a lot of fun, and we learned a lot.
Show HN: API Gateway with SQL support, written in Go
https://github.com/flitnetics/APIVault
Hi, We have been working on APIVault, which is an API Gateway that supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server.

Written fully in Go (not just some NGINX proxy like Kong), we have a "protect" mode which defends OTP/SMS endpoints against DoS attacks (which can drain a company's SMS credits)

Kubernetes Ingress support is in the works.
Hackers Protest Censorship by Taking Down a Government Website in Turkey
http://mashable.com/2011/06/10/anonymous-turkey/
Hackers Protest Censorship by Taking Down a Government Website in Turkey
Ask HN: MVP Jams?
I'm a big fan of the indie game community and things like Ludum Dare 48 hour game jams (see http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/category/ld-17/). You get a lot of awful stuff made, but also some diamonds in the rough that go on to be quite successful. Time constraints can be great forcing functions.

Since I recently dumped all my ideas off my chest (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1396765) I was wondering if an equivalent idea wouldn't work in the "startup"/HN world -- call it the MVP Jam -- a fixed period of time in which everyone tries to bring one idea to fruition, followed by a round of judging (just for closure's sake.)

I think most ideas could have a reasonable MVP pulled together in a week. Would anyone be interested in participating in a 168 hour MVP Jam?
Why file2hd.com rules
http://www.file2hd.com
The other day someone posted link to academic earth.com , which is a great site aggregating some of the best university lectures available. However, a lot of times the flash video feeds are choppy crap. No problem! Just feed the URL you want to file2hd.com and then you can download it directly!
Exploding blocks with CSS and Javascript
http://www.inserthtml.com/2013/08/exploding-blocks-css-and-javascript/
Using some math to create a delete button that literally makes your element explode.
A friend worked really hard to make this awesome game about digital agencies   
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/philosophie/dev-shop
A close friend of mine has been working on a side-project at his job, where he made a game that plays like running a DevShop, thus the name. I thought it was really cool and wanted to share it with you guys! If anything the video is hilarious and worth a watch :)
IRobot & Foster Miller briefly interviewed about robotic gun platforms
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/19/robot-gun-weapon.html
Short article on combat robotics from roomba's manufacturer.

Maybe I SHOULD put "Battlebots" and "Robot Wars" as training on my resume.
Best toy store ever.
http://www.unitednuclear.com/
Unfortunately, posting this to HN might cause the apocalypse.
Are 14 online photos worth $2.1 million?
http://petapixel.com/2013/06/29/nytimes-photographer-sues-perez-hilton-for-2-1-million-for-copyright-infringement/
Apparently a NY Times photographer thinks so and has sued Perez for using his photos without permission.

I can understand the lawsuit and the infringement upon the photos by slapping on watermark.

But $2.1 million?
Show HN: Authorizer 1.0
https://github.com/authorizerdev/authorizer
I am excited to announce the stable version of https://authorizer.dev with the most significant updates . The most complex part of your application, i.e. auth has never been this simple in the open-source space before. Bring your database and have auth layer ready for the application within minutes .

Amazing Features of Authorizer

Support for 11+ databases | Sign-in / Sign-up with email ID and password | Password-less login with magic link login | Social logins (Google, Github, Facebook, LinkedIn, Apple more coming soon) | Secure session management | OAuth2 and OpenID compatible APIs | APIs to update profile securely | Forgot password flow using email | Role-based access management | Multi factor authentication | Email templating | Webhooks |

For more information check:

Website: https://authorizer.dev | Docs: https://docs.authorizer.dev | Github: https://github.com/authorizerdev/authorizer | React SDK: https://github.com/authorizerdev/authorizer-react | Javascript SDK: https://github.com/authorizerdev/authorizer-js | Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSQGbUjHc6bpaAgCiQPzNxiUP... | Examples: https://github.com/authorizerdev/examples/ | Discord: https://discord.gg/Zv2D5h6kkK | Github Sponsorship: https://github.com/sponsors/authorizerdev/ | Buy me Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lakhansamani |
Poll: Have you tried LSD? Was it worth it?
Helping out anon114 [1]

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[1]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2498478

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69 Techie Uses for Duct Tape
http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2008/69-techie-uses-for-duct-tape/
As one of the world’s most useful products, everyone loves duct tape, but techies seem to have a special place in their hearts for the versatile adhesive. From the practical to the slightly silly, here is a list of some of the best techie uses for duct tape.
Large Scale Machine Learning Workshop with CMU, Twitter, Netflix, Pandora
http://ml10.eventbrite.com
Full disclosure --this is my event. 20% discount code for hackernews: news.yc

Join us on Monday, July 9th in San Francisco for a full-day workshop on Big Learning. Featuring CMU's Graphlab and including presentations from Twitter, Pandora, Netflix, Berkeley, GA Tech, Y!, IBM Watson, Intel Labs, MapR, and many more.

The MLconf workshop on large scale machine learning is a meeting place for both academia and industry to discuss upcoming challenges of large scale machine learning and solution methods. GraphLab is Carnegie Mellon’s large scale machine learning framework. The workshop will include demos and tutorials showcasing the next generation of the GraphLab framework, as well as lectures and demos from the top technology companies about their applied large scale machine learning solutions.
The workshop will be held on Monday, July 9th in San Francisco. Register today to enjoy early bird registration fee!

Talks

GraphLab Version 2 Overview- Carlos Guestrin, Carnegie Mellon University
Large scale ML challenges - Theodore Willke, Intel Labs
TBD – Alexander Smola, Yahoo! Labs
Bloom: Disorderly Programming for Distributed Systems – Joseph Hellerstein, UC Berkeley
Large scale ML learning at MapR – Ted Dunning, MapR Technologies
Large scale ML at Pandora – Tao Ye, Pandora Internet Radio
TBD – Xavier Amatriain – Netflix
Cassovary Graph Processing System – Pankaj Gupta, Twitter
TBD – Amol Gothig, IBM Watson
Machine learning in One Kings Lane – Mohit Singh, One Kings Lane
More talks from our program committee/ external contributors to follow!

Posters/Demos

Green Marl graph processing framework – Dr. Sungpack Hong, Oracle Labs
Machine learning benchmark framework – Nicholas Kolegraff, Accenture
TBD – Prof. Alexander Gray, Georgia Tech
Alpine and MADLib Demo – Steven Hilion, Alpine Data Labs
Disk-based Massive Graph Computation – Aapo Kyrola, CMU

Platinum Sponsor: Intel

Gold Sponsors: MapR, Cloudera

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other logos are trademarks of the companies who own them, respectivley.

For more Machine Learning events see mlconf.com and follow @mlconf on twitter
All In One Design Checklist
http://www.merttol.com/articles/web/design-checklist.html
The following checklist serves to summarize the major points and to help you ensure you've done all you should before finalizing any web site you are creating.
Busting the 'XML is bloated' myth
http://www.navioo.com/ajax/examples/json/test.php
These tests were developed several years ago to demonstrate how slow XML was ... today the difference is very small. True in some circumstances json is more applicable, but it looks like advances in browser tech helps XML as well.
Organize tasks hierarchically 
http://pendactive.com
Once you use a recursive todo list you may wonder how you ever lived without it.
DABUYBUTTONINSTALL
http://twitpic.com/55opiz/full
Bug?
Fast mover advantage
http://elshawwa.blogspot.com/2010/08/fast-mover-advantage.html
I think people should think more about the "Fast Mover Advantage" (I'm surprised there is no Wikipedia page on this today). The fast mover is able to counter all the hypothetical advantages associated with the first mover.
Building A House != Building Software
http://www.tablexi.com/blog/2013/01/why-building-software-is-not-like-building-a-house/developers/
Very well put
Building a RESTful Web Service with Spring 3.1 and Java based Configuration
http://www.baeldung.com/2011/10/25/building-a-restful-web-service-with-spring-3-1-and-java-based-configuration-part-2/
How to build a RESTful Web Service with Spring 3.1 and Java based Configuration, part 2. Focus on setting up REST in Spring, the Controller and HTTP response codes, configuration of payload marshalling and content negotiation
Old-Style Writing
http://asiawriters.viviti.com
Nowadays, students are very much dependent on technology to do their tasks—no more computing, no more analyzing. Just simply input the data onto a device and you're done. In fact, some students find it awfully laborious to write down anything without the help of their computers. Most students are used to technology that even their handwriting is slower than their typing speed.
Entrepreneurs – so you think you can build a useful product? | 24 Ways To Start
http://24waystostart.com/2010/entrepreneurs-–-so-you-think-you-can-build-a-useful-product/
Art Leyzerovich maps two common “types” of entrepreneurs in the internet startup world. Which one are you? Did you make those mistakes? Don’t be that guy.
Understanding OLAP
http://devbackyard.blogspot.pt/2012/11/whatisolap.html
A brief explanation of what OLAP is and how it works.
How The Hallway Usability Test Can Make You Lose Your Job
http://www.thefrontenddeveloper.com/how-the-hallway-usability-test-can-make-you-lose-your-job/
The hallway usability test is a quick way to test how user friendly your project is. Not too long ago, a coworker got fired because I used it and the results affected her.
Surface Pro hardware issues after just two weeks
http://www.i4edge.com/2013/03/01/microsoft-surface-pro-hardware-problems-with-just-two-week-use/
Is anyone else having problems with their surface pro screen or other hardware issues?
TI, ST-Ericsson share their mobile SoC strategies
http://confidential.eetimes.com/news-updates/4233772/TI--ST-Ericsson-Mobilize-for-Mobile-SoCs
For $4.99 get a glimpse into the thinking of two players in smartphone and tablet chips, courtesy of EE Times Confidential
6 Things That Will Kill Your Call Center in 2014
http://www.thecrmprocess.com/2014/01/03/6-things-will-kill-call-center-2014/#.UscYX9IW2gR
I know this article sounds like one giant commercial for ClearView, but regardless of whether you use ClearView or not, find something to solve these problems before they weigh you down and make you fall behind your competition!
JavaFX 2: Styling Buttons with CSS
http://zoranpavlovic.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/javafx-2-css-styling-buttons.html
You can create a custom look, also called a skin, for your JavaFX application with cascading style sheets (CSS). CSS contain style definitions that control the look of user interface elements.
Soundcloud Downloader [Python]
https://github.com/RubenRocha/scdownloader
Pretty nice script to download a users' tracks or playlist from Soundcloud (even the ones that don't have download enabled).

Gets an MP3 with a bitrate of 128kbps (this is what Soundcloud keeps)
Show HN: Float – Minimalist Home Infra Start Page written in Go
https://github.com/aaqaishtyaq/float
I tried many Homelab start pages like homer[1], Dashy[2] etc, But was not happy with them. They seems very overkill just for managing different links.

So yesterday night I decide to create a static page myself driven with YAML configurations "Float".

[0]: https://github.com/bastienwirtz/homer

[1]: https://dashy.to/
Hackers Acquire Google Certificate, Could Hijack Gmail Accounts
http://blog.insecure.in/?p=948
Hackers have obtained a digital certificate good for any Google website from a Dutch certificate provider.Criminals could use the certificate to conduct “man-in-the-middle” attacks targeting users of Gmail, Google’s search engine or any other service.
Why I said no to silicon valley
http://pastebin.com/dGdJzmgV
This was shared on reddit in /r/startups

http://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1lib0b/why_i_said_no_to_silicon_valley/
Ask HN: No longer need Mac antivirus mandated by client. Do I need it anyway?
I have had Bitdefender for three years after my client contracts constantly mandated that I run antivirus on my machine. I don't have those contracts anymore and Bitdefender is up for renewal.

Do I really need it anyway?

MacOS Catalina, BTW, blocks ransomware anyway, right?

XProtect is antivirus or malware detection, right?

It's scanning applications on boot, right?
Engineering Blog
http://interestingengineering.blogspot.com
Hello I wait you all my engineering blog..
Responsive Web Design: 50 Examples and Best Practices
http://designmodo.com/responsive-design-examples/
Responsive web design term is related to the concept of developing a website design in a manner, that helps the lay out to get changed according to the user’s computer screen resolution.
How 10 Iconic Tech Products Got Their Names
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,164140/printable.html
I really liked this article!

~felipe
Nintendo confirms Wii 2 unveiling in June for 2012 launch
http://www.gizmag.com/nintendo-wii-2-unveiling-date-launch/18483/
Nintendo will show a playable model of the next-generation Wii gaming console at E3 Expo in June. The company confirmed the reveal date in a short statement earlier today and although there's still no official word on exactly what the successor to the Wii (said to be codenamed "Project Cafe") holds in store, the rumors are gaining momentum.
Show HN: Write.cx – a neat little blogging site I've made
https://zero.write.cx/hello-world
This is the first thing I've made in a while - it's a simple service that lets you make a neat little blog.

You can add custom HTML/JS/CSS, posts can be formatted with markdown, and every site gets an RSS feed. It also has server-rendered social card images, and once a post is published, you can see basic stats about how it's doing.

You can try it out for free, and then once you're ready to make your site public, it's just a $20 one-time payment to keep the lights on.

Let me know what you think :)
Entrepreneurship and Generation-Y
http://www.quarterlifemag.com/2009/09/genyentrepreneurship/
The Banker talks about starting up businesses in Generation-Y.
The fastest Web Server is TrustLeap G-WAN
http://trustleap.com
15x faster than Apache
3.5x faster than Rock (webspec's 2008/2009 winner)
4x faster than Microsoft IIS 7.0 and ASP.NET.
400x faster than PHP, 200x faster than Python
Are we ready to eat lab grown meat?
http://www.humansinvent.com/#!/11140/are-we-ready-to-eat-lab-grown-meat/
Are we ready to eat lab grown meat?

Assistant professor at Eindhoven’s University of Technology, Koert Van Mensvoort, thinks it is a good idea. "The way we produce meat today is not going to last. As more people start eating meat it will become very difficult to maintain current food production systems."

http://bit.ly/WfQqu2
Ask HN: Free Trials or full subscription?
I can't decide if I want to give my service away for free for a limited time trial, or if I should just make it available via subscription only.

Lookin for some advice from the people who would know best.
If Apple's Mac UI Came From Xerox, iPhone Came From Sony? 
http://www.muktware.com/4052/if-apples-mac-ui-came-xerox-iphone-came-sony
Same story again, only this time the concept of iPhone was not born at Xerox but at Sony.
VIM plugin for auto alignment
https://github.com/yueyoum/vim-alignment
Hi, My first VIM plugin,

wish you like :)
Getting Started with virtualenv
http://mitchfournier.com/2010/06/25/getting-started-with-virtualenv-isolated-python-environments/
It's pretty easy to get up and running with virtualenv (isolated python environments). There is no reason for you to hold off like I did.
Differential Equations in Games?
Centuries ago there was a hammurabi game. The basic idea was that you ruled a country. You had to allocate money to buy grain and allocate grain to feed people. You had to tax people to get money. Overtaxed or underfed populations would rebel. There were various causes of crop failure, etc.

It seems to me that this is just a set of interacting differential equations. I have long thought that it would be interesting to build a "game construction kit", choosing a set of differential equations (and equating them with game features). Truly difficult cases would include 3-body interactions, etc.

Does anyone know of such an approach?