jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
How to know if I need more instances in cloud
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14595570/how-to-know-if-i-need-more-instances-in-cloud
Beginner question: I'm working on web application which I will releasing to the world soon. Right now, I'm using AWS free tier to test my application written in Asp.Net Mvc 4.

I follow HN and Reddit. I have seen many sites crash or become unresponsive when the submission gets on front page of this site and can't handle the huge load that user pour on the site.

Now I want to be ready for this situation if submit link to my app to these sites and get same huge load. But this load may vary. So I want to know how could I know when to increase/decrease the number of instances. Is there any benchmark/threshold for Asp.net mvc to let me know that I can handle this much requests at the moment and you will need another instance in next few mins or requests? Or is it the case that EC2 automatically creates new instances depending on the load and I just need to enable the settings somewhere? Or there are some third party tools that does all this for me?
Calling the best developers (iOS, android, ruby, python)
http://getbase.com/careers
We are a successful, well funded (Silicon Valley) start-up changing the reality of business software. We are growing extremely fast and so we are looking for the best iOS developers in Europe to onboard and grow with us.

More about us:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/09/cross-platform-crm-startup-future-simple-raises-6-8m-from-index-ventures-socialcapital/ -

http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/04/how-the-new-base-crm-mobile-apps-expose-market-leader-weaknesses/

Our people:
https://www.facebook.com/getbaselab?fref=ts

Sounds good? Let us hear from you: https://getbase.com/company/careers/
Blinkenlights OR "How to play Tetris on the surface of a whole office building"
http://blinkenlights.net/stereoscope
Amazing! You can also download a tool to create your own movies :)
Thesis Writing
http://www.affordablethesiswriting.com/
Affordable thesis writing provides simple and practical advice on the thesis writing process. You can get help on custom thesis writing, thesis proposals, and thesis statements writing.
Fix stupid play/pause default behaviour on mac OS X
https://github.com/thebitguru/play-button-itunes-patch
I was looking for a way to prevent itunes from starting every time I press play/pause on my keyboard and I came across this project which I want to share with Hacker News. Enjoy!
Show HN: Disposable email accounts at Boog.me
This is my latest weekend project. Please feel free to register everywhere you want using a disposable email account from Boog.me and let me know any issues you may encounter. The whole project was cooked up and deployed in less than 24 hours using AppEngine. Let's see it they can handle millions of spam emails a day ;-)
Ask HN: Is there a bubble bubble going on?
I am sick of hearing of 'Tech bubble', 'Education bubble', 'this bubble', 'that bubble'. When will the bubble bubble break and we return back to the normal use of the word for only true bubbles?
Boy finds severed finger in Arby's roast beef sandwich
http://www.industryintel.com/news/read/3329986968/Michigan-boy-finds-severed-piece-of-finger-in-Arbys.html
Anyone remember the story a couple years ago when the woman bought a severed finger off a co-worker for $100 bucks and then went to Wendy's and dropped in in a cup of chili and tried to sue them? People are nutty.
Official Blog for NY Based Entrepreneurs
http://blog.nextny.org/
nextNY is a non-profit organization to foster the next digital media and technology gurus of ny
List of tips for how to get the most out of Twitter
http://blog.snagsta.com/2008/05/09/the-river-of-twitter/
Blog post about how to make Twitter work for you
Beginning for Building Healthy Website for SEO Optimization
Look what I shared: Beginning for Building Healthy Website for SEO Optimization – archorrs @MIUI| https://archorrs.com/2019/11/24/beginning-for-building-healthy-website-for-seo-optimization/
Gadgets Come And Go
http://www.darryljonckheere.com/2012/09/18/gadgets-come-and-go/
Who else has become weary of the incessant Apple media spotlight of late?
Lets-See-What-Australia-Gets-In-2012
http://my-cricket.weebly.com/1/post/2012/01/lets-see-what-australia-gets-in-2012.html
No Doubt, 2011 proved to be a year of swinging balls for Australia and unlimited roundabouts crossed their ways. 2012 is going to be the note of recently uncommon stability for Australians for sure. The team who swept India at Melbourne have been askesd to repeat the same thrill in Sydney and even the centuries of Tendulkar and Laxman have not have not proved well enough to deliver a victory.
Affordable managed Microsoft Exchange Hosting now available from £19/month
http://www.hartserver.net/hosting/exchange/
Microsoft Exchange Hosting is now available to order from just £19 per month. Let us manage the complicated stuff and in return you'll get business-class email hosting accessible from anywhere, with 10GB storage space, and we'll even give you a free copy of Outlook 2010 when you order!
Caltech Engineers Create Indestructible Self-Healing Circuit
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2013/03/creating-indestructible-self-healing-circuits
Imagine that the chips in your smart phone or computer could repair and defend themselves on the fly, recovering in microseconds from problems ranging from less-than-ideal battery power to total transistor failure. It might sound like the stuff of science fiction, but a team of engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), for the first time ever, has developed just such self-healing integrated chips.
What To Expect When You Are Founding
http://www.women2.com/what-to-expect-when-you-are-founding/
A woman's perspective on motherhood and entrepreneurship. (Submitter's conflict of interest declaration: This was written by my wife.)
Currency Trading Basics | How To Improve Your Currency Forex Online Trading
http://www.zahipedia.com/2009/10/03/currency-trading-basics-how-to-improve-your-currency-forex-online-trading/
It doesn't matter if you are new to online currency trading or you are a part time trader, there is always a room for improvement and you can only achieve it by correcting your currency trading basics.
All Unsubscribe Links are Broken
http://codenamejunction.tumblr.com/post/28646173376/all-unsubscribe-links-are-broken
If you get a Google alert email and forward that on to someone else, the person you forwarded it to can unsubscribe you from the alert by clicking on the unsubscribe link. Same for most automated emails you get. How many people realize this?
Insane- Jet powered Daihatsu delivery truck
http://indianautosblog.com/2008/10/insane-jet-powered-daihatsu-delivery-truck/
he surprising thing is that, this vehicle(whataver it is called) is ‘Street legal’, with the Jet engine turned off that is. Who said that Japanese Mini Trucks ought to be faster?!
Qvimrc - vimrc setup tool
https://github.com/fkadeveloper/qvimrc
very simple and modular vimrc builder with a setup tool. uses vundle to pull plugins. still in development. needs and waiting for contribution.
How to choose Mobile Programming Language
http://www.brilsystems.com/mobile-app-programming-languages/
The best way to choose - know what OSs uses every language. Infographics to visualize this process.
Top 5 Sub-$300 Laptops Compared
http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2008/top-5-sub-300-laptops-compared/
Whether you’re looking for a child’s laptop, or just want a cheap piece of hardware to play with, the sub-$300 laptop category has a lot to offer. With a field full of open source plaforms and rugged designs, you’re sure to find something you’ll like. Take a look at 5 of the best.
How to Do Image Recovery Easily with uFlysoft Photo Recovery for Windows
http://www.uflysoft.com/photo-recovery-win/image-recovery.html
Want to recover images which were accidentally deleted? As the professional image recovery software, uFlysoft image recovery can help you to achieve image recovery successfully and easily from your digital camera or computer.
Do you need an idea for your tech startup?
http://www.cowonder.com/challenge.php?id=108
Involving: questions, mobile, collaboration. GO!
Show HN: an NYC content aggregator I put together around Jan 2011
http://dailysquash.com/
What do you think? I've often thought about cleaning it up.
The Sun website paywall comes into effect
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23524897
People now have to pay to read The Sun newspaper online.

The online version is called Sun+ and costs subscribers £2 per week. The daily print tabloid costs £3.20 a week.

Online readers get free access to 20 articles each month before they have to pay. UK papers The Times and Financial Times already charge for online access.
Ask HN: How do big companies perform entity resolution / record linkage?
How do big companies (Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc.) perform record linkage (deduplication, entity resolution, master data management)? Did they develop their own algorithms and are there any published papers? Are any of the implementations open-source or do any of them use commercial software?
VC Fundraising Manual: Why VCs Conduct Due Diligence
http://getventure.typepad.com/markpeterdavis/2007/12/why-vcs-conduct.html
Once a VC is excited about your company they will begin conducting due diligence. While the due diligence process varies by firm, it is an incredibly important part of the investment process for venture capitalists.

The phrase "you don't know what you don't know" is the underlying rationale...
Show HN: Online Marketplace for Planners of Small Meetings and Events
https://eventnation.com/
I created a way for the overlooked but numerous people who are planning small meetings and events to easily find appropriate venues and the right vendors.
Weekend Hack : Using Twilio and Parseapp
http://shrikar.com/blog/2014/05/09/voice-of-internet-twilio-parseapp-webflow-based-audition-platform/
Would you guys using something like for showing your talent?
A $25 Entrepreneurial E-Book for free
https://stacksocial.com/sales/entreprenuer-s-guide-to-customer-development-freebie?bypass=1
A informative conversational read.
Show HN: A quality social news site
http://www.upmarker.com
So the title basically tells what I'm trying to aim to. A quality social news site without cat pictures etc and with a very easy submit system (a firefox addon).

I'm planning to add at least chrome extension later if the site goes as planned..

At the moment the site is in it's beginning but all comments and suggestions are welcome :-)
FavColors
http://vaddo.github.io/FavColors/
A smart color collection tool for webdesigners
The “Almost” Billionaire’s Blueprint for an Abundant Life
http://www.chrisbrisson.com/strategy/michael-masterson-blueprint
How the heck do you accomplish so much in such a short period of time. This dude is an animal.
The Hacker's Diet 
http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/www/part1_1.html#SECTION0100000000000000000
Weightloss explained by founder of auto desk.
LEDBAT – Latency Optimized Background Transport
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2018/07/25/ledbat/
We just finished a shiny new blogpost with the announcement. It's full of graphs, videos, Try it yourself guides and other fun stuff.

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/networking/2018/07/25/ledbat/

enjoy ;)
Always Watching: Geek Rock/Dance Social Commentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDa9bFFRL04
a rock/drum and bass song about biometrics, click tracking, online privacy, Phorm, governmental data loss, corruption and the surveillance state featuring CC licensed samples from http://freesound.org and permissive licensed BBC footage of Chris Anderson, John Battelle, Sherry Turkle and Lee Tien from the Digital Revolution rushes. We've made the raw video footage and audio stems available on BitTorrent under the CC Sampling Plus license here: http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2226785/31654585/ to allow the conversation to continue.
CrossLoop- A probable fraudulent case in terms of Payment
http://dndcaptcha.blogspot.com/2011/05/crossloop-probable-fraudulent-case-in.html
I don't know , why these guys are being so ridiculous in replying mails and being jackass solving the problems regarding to Customer Payments.

I really like the CrossLoop as a product.
I see a probable scam/ fraud in distributing the Payments by CrossLoop system.
Views expressed here are solely mine.
Show HN: A Marketplace for Status Updates
http://backscratch.com
A bit about me: I'm a forty-something guy who works on large enterprisey applications for a living. A workmanlike programmer whose time is highly constrained, I'm more driven by whacky or interesting ideas than technology.<p>I'd love to get your thoughts and suggestions on this nascent product's clarity of proposed value, actual value (or potential, or lack thereof), design quality, and avenues of business and product development.
Zhuko - Free Local Classifieds
http://www.zhuko.com 
Zhuko provides free local classifieds fun and efficient. With user feedback and ratings, to a clean, informative website. Now you can shop locally with confidence.
The Social Media Guru
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKCdexz5RQ8&feature=player_embedded
Some profanity, but overall a good video to sit back and laugh at for web enthusiasts. :)
Ask HN: Best place to go for interactive programming help?
Sometimes I find myself stuck with a problem and I want to get some help with it. I'm an experienced engineer, with loads of smart coworkers, but I'm just not at the level of reaching out to them and asking them to spend their personal time seeing if they can spot an error in some side project code of mine. I'm not exactly looking for StackOverflow, at least not the current rat race of people trying to suck down reputation by answering questions first, etc.

Where do you all go for programming help? Do you just reach out to coworkers? Some generic IRC channel? Another code site? Is StackOverflow more helpful than I think it is?
My College Project (Ireland) - Feedback appreciated
http://www.whereis.ie
<p>Hey all,</p><p>I've just launched my college project in Ireland. It's an online business classfield service (free).</p><p>Anyway, the link is above and would love if you could give some feedback on it (if not from Ireland, even just aesthetic feedback).</p><p>OK, thanks again :)</p>
Show HN: A Brand Guidelines Online builder for owners and managers
https://www.bwandy.com
Hello HN !

My name is Satyam, i am a french startup founder (currently building a pos for restaurant), localized in The Caribbean and was struggling centralizing all brand and design assets to communicate with contractors, PR execs, collaborators and partners.

In fact, In the same day, my Sales guys ask me for an email template for prospecting, marketing agencies i was putting in competition asked me a ton of details on my branding that i HAVE but takes couple of hours to search, format and send, i have noticed also that my dev made subtle colors variations of red through our app on the different buttons,... I have searched for a dead simple tool for centralizing, in an effective way and sharing brand assets and i finish by building it myself. think about the "Design / Brand guidelines" section of big internet brands websites, i was searching for an online creator for that kind of pages.

Every tool i have found was big BAM (Brand Assets Management) tools for big corps, or arty tools by and for designers. Not the startup founder / CEO / CMO / PM dedicated tool i was searching for.

So after 2 weeks of coding here is bwandy. I will be very pleased to have some descent feedback to know if i was the only one to have the problem. You can sign up free without credit cart (find the corresponding link in the start trial page). Thanks you a lot guys !!
Show HN: Louper – live audio looping app
https://bitbucket.org/doughammond/louper
I've also written a blog post describing how it works here: https://doug.lon.dev/software/hardware/2022/03/01/louper.htm...
No support for lala customers yet.
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&src=support_site.home&locale=en_US&q=lala
i am watching like a hawk to see what apple does with lala... so far, i can only feel like they killed a great model. remains to be seen what they do with it.
The Rise of Fundamental Data Privacy Questions. Zuckerberg Gives Excuses.
http://cornelius-rabsch.de/blog/2007/12/08/the-rise-of-fundamental-data-privacy-questions-zuckerberg-gives-excuses/
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of social networking site Facebook, wrote a blog post called "Thoughts on Beacon". Beacon is the one month old highly controversial Facebook advertising platform that is developed to monetize the huge Facebook user base in better ways than before.
Gov Most Certainly Seized Gox’s Coins
http://pastebin.com/E8iU1kbK
The interesting part starts at: But Numbers Don’t Lie
With all the controversy surrounding Reddits latest update, here is my solution.
http://www.sagebump.com/?view=technocrat&info&hner
Sagebump uses your reddit preferences to merge, rank and display the data regarding the top submissions, and with some funky stuff - allows a fair and un-biased overview of your articles. Feel free to check it out, all feedback is appreciated.<p>Thank you
Bharath Talk - Indian forum - Indian talk - Indian Classifieds
http://www.bharathtalk.com/
Bharath Talk forums for people to share tips, news and discuss your favorite, the topics are IT Discussion, Movies and TV Shows, Sports, Education, Real Estate, Travel and Tourism, Health and Fitness, and General Topics.
Hillman, by Hillman Curtis. RIP
https://vimeo.com/38130536
https://twitter.com/#!/joshuadavis/status/193037793847545857
Jason Zimdars of 37signals Shows Us How to Stand Out From the Crowd
http://pencilvspixel.com/016-jason-zimdars/
As a designer and product manager at 37signals, Jason Zimdars helps build and improve products that we love and trust. When he found out there was an design opening in the company, he was certain that he was the man to take on the job. Jason walks us through his experience during the application process. He didn’t just apply for an open position at 37signals. He dedicated a web page to it. He made the final round of applicants, but didn’t get the job. Watch (or listen) to how Jason continued being persistent and how it paid off.
Jelly Bean Android flavour tasted by HTC HD2. 
http://www.searchforsoft.com/news/Jelly-Bean-ported-on-HTC-HD2--not-everything-working-,-so-who-needs-Tango-anymore--78.htm
HTC HD2 is one of those phones who became legends. He tasted practically every Windows Phone and Android flavour that can be imagined. Now it tastes Jelly Bean.
Explore the secret lives of TinyUrls
http://www.tinywurld.com
TinyWurld.com is my latest toy project. It finds tinyurls and shows thumbnails of where they lead. Of working tinyurls (a good chunk are broken) about 30% are maps--which are currently filtered out on the site.

I'm not a designer, but did the design myself, so suggestions and bug reports are welcome.
BlackBerry, Android, or iPhone... a comparison by a regular person
http://etude71.blogspot.com/2012/05/now-that-ive-used-my-first-iphone-for.html
There should be more articles like this, a comparison of mobile platforms by a regular person, not a tech.
HTC Thunderbolt 4G Android Smartphone Review
http://hothardware.com/Reviews/HTC-Thunderbolt-Review/
HTC was the first manufacturer to provide a 4G phone though a US carrier when it shipped the HTC EVO 4G from Sprint. At the end of last year, HTC promised it would once again be the first to 4G with another carrier. And days later, the company announced the Thunderbolt smartphone with Verizon Wireless.
17 Interviews & Talks with Designers
http://www.csswow.com/17-interviews-talks-with-designers/
A collection of great videos on interviews with designers
© 2010 Various Agencies
GTA-V on PC, for suckers only?
http://downloads.gtaonpc.com/
Just curious to see what other HN people think about this.
Slingshot Dynamics for Self-Replicating Alien Probes
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1307.1648v1
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1307.1648v1
Homebrew 8-bit digital effects pedal for guitar based on PIC
http://hackaday.com/2010/02/23/looping-foot-pedal/
A digital effects pedal based on PIC with 32kB of RAM and various features.
JQuery UI Datepicker with ASP.NET
http://jquery-with-asp.net/2011/07/jquery-ui-datepicker-with-asp-net/
In this article you will find step by step guide how to integrate jQuery UI Datepicker with ASP.NET
The only thing you are guaranteed to get from a PR agency is a monthly invoice
https://medium.com/@ivailo/not-all-pr-is-good-pr-cbf0fc6acabf
Is getting a PR agency, the right thing to do for your company...
Hinge Dating App CEO Talks Meditation, His Philosophy on Love And Hiring
http://therearenoroads.com/mind-open/ceo-dating-company-hinge-talks-us-meditation-philosophy-love-traits-looks-potential-hires/
Interview on There Are No Roads for Dating app, Hinge.
How to Build a Facebook-Killer
http://www.thecmosite.com/author.asp?section_id=1137&doc_id=207595
Facebook is vulnerable to a potential competitor that recognizes what Facebook doesn't: the fact that many of us play different roles in life, and that we don't like mixing those roles
Marketing Strategies -- How Much Time Should You Spend Marketing?
http://sueclement.com/blog/marketing-strategies-how-much-time-should-you-spend-marketing
Recently I made the comment - "that regardless of what business you're in, you're really in the business of sales & marketing".
Let's Swap Columbus Day for Election Day
http://www.endcolumbusday.com/
I created a petition aiming to end Columbus Day and make Election Day a federal holiday instead.

Columbus didn't discover America, he brutalized Native Americans, and he ignited the global slave trade. I don't think this chap is worth celebrating. However, I think promoting civic duty is.

Direct link to the petition:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/repeal-columbus-day-and-make-election-day-federal-holiday-instead/QKSdvhKX
Find Washington D.C.'s Best Bars to Watch Soccer
http://crossbardc.com/
We have no shortage of places to watch soccer in DC and online lists of 'soccer bars' exist, but complicated and shifting allocation of broadcast rights make it tough to know who's showing which match. I got tired of calling bars to ask if they had specialty soccer channel X or would show soccer match Y. The recurring posts in /r/washingtondc and on various local blogs suggest others were looking for quick answers to their "soccer bar" questions too.

So I started making calls again, but this time put the data on the interwebs: www.crossbardc.com

If you find yourself looking for a place to watch an early morning EPL match or just somewhere to watch USMNT in good company, I hope CrossbarDC makes your life easier. It's simple, mobile-friendly and can be easily "added to home screen" as an iOS web-app.
Mobile App for Trabbit Clone
http://www.apptha.com/mobile-app-for-trabbit-clone
The Trabbit Clone app for Android/iPhone makes it easier for your users to assign tasks to others / bid a task whilst on-the-go.If you have started your own online task posting service using our Trabbit clone script and would like to give your site users an Android/iPhone app of your service, purchase our app, configure, upload your logo and deploy it in the Android/iPhone market in just a week's time.
The Top 9 Most Costly Financial Services Data Breaches
http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/data-security/232800079?cid=hack_breach
Despite the focus on other industries, though, financial services continues to be a top target for data breaches, caused by hacks, card scams, insider data theft, and the loss of a portable device that contains financial or private information.

And the details of the data breaches are downright scary, or ingenious, depending on your point of view. Here are 9 of the largest most recent financial services data breaches.