jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
ACTA still nod dead - action required
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/action-required-on-crucial-acta-votes-next-week
Next week, parliamentary committees of the European Parliament will vote on ACTA. Citizens keen to see this agreement rejected must act and contact members of the legal affairs (JURI), industry (ITRE) and civil liberties (LIBE) committees, who will cast their votes on the 30th and 31st of May.
Hacking means typing long lists of instructions into your computer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmbrFFP7bXU
1980's expose of the how hackers live. And by "how hackers live" I mean all of the silly stereotypes.

Also, sick background riff. Those wacky hackers!

(My apologies if this is a repost; it almost has to be but I couldn't find anything.)
Arista 7124FX - 24 ports of 10G with user programable FPGA
http://www.aristanetworks.com/en/products/7100series/7124fx
Everyone talks about SDN. Arista is the first to ship it in hardware.
Show HN: Discotech, an "OpenTable for Nightlife" launches in Los Angeles
http://www.discotech.me/
Discotech is a mobile app currently available on iOS that serves as a "Virtual Promoter". Discotech offers users a simple and easy alternative to the hassle of calling and texting different promoters to find the hottest events or the best value for bottle service. Users can discover upcoming events, sign up for guest lists, buy tickets, and book tables at over 20 of the most popular LA clubs directly through the app. For bottle service enthusiasts, Discotech allows them to compare the exact costs of different tables on different nights, access exclusive promotions, and earn loyalty points that can be used to redeem free bottles and other enticing rewards.

The app is available now to download for free on the iOS app store at http://www.bit.ly/discotech_app, and an Android version with identical functionality is coming soon. Discotech plans to expand to Las Vegas, San Francisco, Miami, and Washington D.C in the first half of 2014.

As an added launch bonus, Discotech is offering an “Early Adopter Promo” to readers of this blog – users who enter in the promo code “Ycomb” will receive a free bottle of champagne at any club registered on the app with their first table booking.
Learning From People Who Do
http://inkdroid.org/journal/2012/10/11/learning-from-people-that-do/
Nice writeup by Ed Summers about how to learn to do the work we all do if you're not already doing it.
Show HN: November App, Spotify for people discovery
https://www.nvmbr.co
Each day, discover 5 new people from across the world. Listen to their audio interviews and message anyone that piques your interest.

You can also record your own answers so that your profile will be shown to others.

It has both android and ios versions.

Being big fans of podcasts in general, and us wanting to make everyday people have their own podcast or share about themselves in their own voices, we wanted to build this. And make it easy for others to discover them.
Ask HN: Pre-Accelerator, worth it?
http://www.startupsparadise.com/
I received http://www.startupsparadise.com/ in my inbox, just wondering if it's legit.
Show HN: Maria – A DIY anime-inspired holo­graphic virtual assis­tant
https://maria.awardwinninghuman.com/
I wanted to share my work on my Raspberry PI-powered holographic virtual assistant. She's still very much a WIP but she's so cute and she's been really fun to work on! Git repo is at https://github.com/jessp/holo-assistant for the curious.
Appie - Be a part of the next generation Apple-killer product
http://www.appie.biz
You think you are creative enough?
Ask HN: What do you think of my music lesson website?
Looking for honest feedback here, feel free to be as harsh as you want.

Muebie (https://www.muebie.com/) is a platform where people can take online music lessons from teachers around the world. It is convenient, affordable, and easy to use! The lessons we offer are about 40% less expensive than in-person lessons, as we noticed many people often cannot afford the high prices of music lessons. We wanted to combat that by creating Muebie to ensure that every person has an equal chance to learn.

What are your general thoughts on the idea, and what do you think needs improving?
Monitor a site and send an email in 5 lines of code
http://reboltutorial.com/blog/monitor-website/
Some people tried to do it with autoit, and found it wasn't so easy. Here's how to do it easily in Rebol:

forever [
if error? try [
read url
] [
;pre-requisite: you must setup your email see here
send email "Site is down."
]
wait 0:10
]
Towards true elasticity in clouds - web-app instance starts in 2.8sec 
http://try.erlangonxen.org/zerg
Our vision is that to achieve true elasticity new instances should be spawned for each incoming request. We have put together a small demo to demonstrate that a new-instance-per-request approach is feasible.
Awesome: how humans compare with other beings in size
http://htwins.net/scale2/scale2.swf?bordercolor=white&fb_source=message
I have seen a lot of pictures trying to depict the "mightiness" of humans against smaller organisms or their "tinyness" compared to celestial bodies ... but for me this one takes the cake - be sure to give it a shot.
Reflecting on the past weeks interviews with startup founders
http://howtowriteabusinessplan.com/2012/09/how-to-write-a-business-plan-interviews/
Every Sunday we reflect on a couple of great companies that we spoke to over the past week. Here we will be restating some of the best responses to questions around writing a business plan, applying to an accelerator program and starting a company.
Animal shelter site features pics of cute puppies... with a clock counting down hours to their death
http://590klbj.com/news/article.aspx?id=1248889
Headline liberated from Fark
Unique Ways to Landing an Internship
http://blog.flashnotes.com/money/unique-ways-landing-internship/?utm_source=news.ycombinator.com&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=College+Life
Check out this post for tips on how to get noticed for an internship!
The largest protest ever held against Internet censorship. Istanbul, 15 May 2011
http://i.imgur.com/c5Xk3.jpg
Videos here:<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pfB0C7EN6U<p>http://vimeo.com/23775505
Show HN: Semantic Video Search
https://ramanlabs.in/static/videointel.html
Hi HN, I am Anubhav from Ramanlabs. We have been working on a native gui application to allow users to search any video data( mp4, mkv) or video streams (http/rtsp) using computer vision.

Application is supposed to work like a video player which displays decoded frames and recognizes objects concurrently, making it an interactive experience. It works in super real-time and only expects a quad-core CPU with AVX2 instructions at minimum.

Application is free to download (without any signup/account). We are only supporting WINDOWS for now [0]. Even though this is a binary application, we have ZERO telemetry/analytics builtin.

User interface is limited for now, and definitely needs more work. But we are releasing it here for early feedback/bugs.

We would love for you to try it out and hear your thoughts/feedback.

[0] We should also have a linux version ready in few days.
Quantum Mechanics Implies That The Reality is a Computer Simulation
http://www.bottomlayer.com/bottom/argument/Argument4.html
He makes a compelling argument, though I think the analogy to digital computers is rather labored.
Ask HN: What web design ebooks would you recommend?
I'm looking for decent web design ebooks. Are there any you've encountered you would recommend to a friend to buy?
One of The Best Web Dev Training Resources All In One Spot
http://www.skilledup.com/learn-web-design-guide/#reference
This is a great resource for young and old alike. Enjoy!
Q Circles: The crop circles of iRacing?
http://www.iracing.com/news/blog/q-circles-the-crop-circles-of-iracing/
A neat little article about a small bug caused by numerical inaccuracy in physics simulation.
Letters from Hiroshima
http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-witnessconflict/article_2506.jsp
Today is the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. For many years, mayors of Hiroshima have sent out letters of protest against nuclear weapons testing. Here are a few of them.
Tell HN: Today you, tomorrow me
Hey guys, after reading the few stories, I figured my turn. My neighborhood has been snowed in last couple of days so I helped dig a few cars out and clear a few obstructions. Lots of people were very happy due to a little help today. The best part is its quite contagious, once people saw me helping out just like that, they joined in.
How To Become a Digital Nomad
http://www.theroadforks.com/offtheroad/working_while_traveling
Love this article about travelling while working. Always something I've wanted to do. Does anybody have pros or cons from experience?
Potential XSS Vulnerability in Ruby on Rails in HTML escaping code
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/rubyonrails-security/kKGNeMrnmiY%5B1-25%5D
There are XSS vulnerabilities identified in 3 helper-type methods in all: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/rubyonrails-security
Facebook hacks the world
http://www.techinasia.com/fb-world-hack/
http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2012/08/08/facebook-announces-its-world-hack-2012-tour-dates-and-destinations/
Show HN: Fiddlehead – 3kb React alternative (hooks)
https://fiddleheadjs.com
- Similar to React
- Lean API: only use Hooks
- Lightweight, Fast and Memory optimized
Researchers create self-assembling Nanodevices
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-06/hms-rcs062110.php
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has created nanodevices made of DNA that self-assemble and can be programmed to move and change shape on demand.
STOP chasing Consumers. Collaborate with your Customers.
http://clickdocuments.com/connectthedocs/140/STOP-chasing-Consumers-Collaborate-with-your-Customers
Coming soon. eBook on Crowdsourcing - Everyone Is Illuminated. Win an exclusive early copy of Rick Liebling's (@eyecube) eBook!
Cool way to advertise that you're hiring
http://i.imgur.com/Sumxz8e.jpg
I always look at the source code of my favorite sites.
Seene: apps to make 3d images whit iphone
http://howiphoneapps.com/apps-to-make-3d-images-whit-iphone/
Free application for to make 3d images whit iphone
Ask HN: What are some good companies to work at?
I realize HN is skewed towards running your own startup and bootstraping/VC. However, I'm curious what are some good big or small companies to work for as software engineer (other than the typical Google, Facebook, etc). What companies would you recommend to your friends?
Baroness vs. CEO, and your chance to join the Great Brain Debate
http://knowledgemelbourneblog.com/baroness-vs-ceo-and-your-chance-to-join-the-great-brain-debate/
In her research Baroness Greenfield argued that Social Technology is moulding children’s brains so they are unable to think for themselves or empathise with others.

And Peter Williams, CEO of Deloitte Digital said "I am not a neuroscientist but someone who has encouraged my kids to use the web since it emerged in 1993. I have also always been interested in how my kids have used technology in a positive way to learn, make and maintain connections, solve problems and have fun. Baroness Greenfield says she is yet to meet a parent who is not worried about the consequences of the amount of time children spend in front of computer screens. The good news is I will be the first parent she has met that isn’t worried."
Packers and Movers Pune
http://www.apackersmoverspune.com/
A Packers Movers Pune offers economical packers and movers services in Pune, Pune movers and packers, Car Carrier Transportation Services in Pune and local household shifting services in Pune, etc.
Fog of war exploration app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.unchiujar.umbra
I was searching the net for something similar to see (copy :P ) what other people have done and I ran into the thread here discussing the Fog Of World Apple app doing the same thing.

Therefore shameless self promotion should ensue with a request for some feedback.
ShowHN: Beautiful hard disk visualization and duplicate finder for Windows
http://clockworkengine.com
If anyone has the domain knowledge, I'd be interested to hear how you'd go about marketing a new Windows application. We have a submission out to the Microsoft store, as well as submissions out to be reviewed by CNet, Appstorm, Softpedia and Tucows. Any advice is appreciated.
14 Best Free Mobile WordPress Themes
http://devstand.com/2011/12/08/free-mobile-wordpress-themes/
Make your WordPress blog mobile friendly by using some of the most advanced themes available for free use.
Show HN: Simple Search – a simple, minimal, usable search engine
https://simplesearch.org/
Hello HN,

Like many people I use a search engine on a daily basis, but none of the existing search engines are my perfect search engine. The results pages on many of the popular search engines are cluttered, link to too many unrelated services, and are bigger than they need to be. So I decided to roll my own minimal search engine that focuses on just giving search results. More info on the design and goals can be found at the Simple Search blog [0].

[0] https://simplesearch.org/blog/001/index.html
Google Street View of LHC
https://www.google.com/maps/views/streetview/cern
https://www.google.com/maps/views/streetview/cern
My first Android app, "Score It!" and I'm looking for feedback
http://devminded.com/projects/score-it
The link is to my personal page describing the application and has QR code and market link. The site and app are completely add-free and non-paid.<p>I'm looking for any feedback or opinions.
Pathod 0.2: the pathological web daemon gets an evil twin
http://pathod.net
pathod was submitted here a few weeks ago (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4306640), just as I was prepping a major new release and website. New features include a perverse client-side twin called pathoc, a public pathod server, and the ability to try out crafting requests and responses right on the website.
Show HN: SVG stroke-dashoffset interactive examples
https://www.joshdance.com/100/day44/
SVG stroke-dashoffsets have always confused me. I couldn't never figure out which way the line was going to move as I increased or decreased them. So I made some interactive examples to help.
Show HN: Explore popular APIs with built-in docs
https://tryapis.com/
Sometimes the best way to get started with an API is to actually call it.

Tryapis gives you a Postman-like interface for popular REST APIs, with built-in documentation based on the API's latest Swagger spec.

For example, check out Spotify's API: https://tryapis.com/spotify

Currently supported APIs: GitHub, Slack, Spotify, Netlify, GCal, GSheets, Drive, Gmail, GMaps, Twitter

Let me know if there are any others you'd like added! I'll also open source the project if there's interest :)
IP subnet by country
http://ipinfodb.com/ip_country_block.php
IP subnet (CIDR) by country
Play android apps in Facebook itself
http://blog.appsurfer.com/play-android-apps-in-facebook-itself/
Yesterday AppSurfer released a major update for users as well as android developers. Users can now play android apps in the facebook news feed itself. Similar to a youtube video, the android app can be tried, shared, liked on facebook itself.
ExceptionNotification v3.0.1 has been released
https://rubygems.org/gems/exception_notification/versions/3.0.1
Tinder was made a soft-dependency, custom email headers and an encoding bug fixed.
Don't wait anymore, update now!
If you are new developer to ThoughtWorks, check out the recommended reading list
http://techie-notebook.blogspot.com/2012/07/recommended-readings-for-lateral-dev.html
Title updated
Using bitcoind to send money easily by commandline
https://github.com/taariq/bitcoind-simple-send
The result of my second bitcoin hackathon
Erlang style message passing in python
http://candygram.sourceforge.net/candygram.html
Candygram is python library which emulates erlang style message passing within multiple threads (equivalent erlang process)
How to Make Your Corporate Blog More Popular
http://blogs.work.com/community/2008/03/how-to-make-you.html
Sit down and think about what your customers need. For example, if you are a plumber, instead of talking about your speedy service and special promotions all the time, try blogging about useful home maintenance tips, such as how homeowners can keep their pipes healthy or how to use a snake.
French board of education promotes sexism  Non sense
http://ecole-publique.fr/2012/11/05/dictionnaire-des-ecoliers-la-fabrique-de-la-domination-masculine/
A dictionnary made by young pupils reflects sexist ideas that school put in their young heads. Shame on board of education.
Really cool HR app built on Bluemix
https://github.com/IBM-Bluemix/talent-manager
This is a pretty cool HR app built on Bluemix that pulls in candidate profiles and compares them with a current employee. Basically the goal is you have an awesome employee you want to clone. IBM Watson helps find a personality match. This could be easily extended to use Twitter and LinkedIn data as well
Show HN: Tapgiant.com – Store Provisioning
https://www.tapgiant.com
In the past months I built a SaaS which allows small&medium business that commercialize physical products and sell them through small shops/stores to orchestrate their orders.

I got inspired by a friend that did all the orchestration using messaging apps thinking that I can help.

The product allows owners to create and categorize their products, manage a team that can place and deliver orders, to receive orders from customers and even export weekly warehouse exits for accountant.

It also includes analytics dashboard and activity timeline.

I've integrated Paddle for subscriptions (Initially tried Stripe but it's way more complicated and doesn't do taxes).

Currently no subscriptions can be purchased but Trial plans can be activated for anyone that wants to try the product.

Any feedback is welcomed.
Texas Education Channel launched on iTunes U
http://austintechgeeks.com/2010/08/25/texas-education-channel-launched-on-itunes-u/
This ia an awesome idea!
The most useful cloud databases
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/121912-cloud-databases-265224.html
As businesses deal with more and more data, providers are making it easier to manage that data in the public cloud
Diseconomies of scale: Startup advantage over big companies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diseconomies_of_scale
Reasons why large companies are slow moving targets
Invisible Russian cyberweapon stalked US and Ukraine since 2005
http://news.techworld.com/security/3505688/invisible-russian-cyberweapon-stalked-us-and-ukraine-since-2005-new-research-reveals/
The mysterious ‘Uroburos’ cyberweapon named last week in Germany has been stalking its victims since as far back as 2005 and large enterprises and governments need to pay urgent attention to the threat it poses, UK security firm BAE Systems has urged.
Crazy Web valuations
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/10/valuations_and.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_blogspotting
I just took a stab at figuring out what's up with some of these seemingly crazy Web valuations and buyout deals, from $10 billion-plus for Facebook to (and I really can't believe this) up to $500 million for RockYou.
A podcast  C++0x with scott Meyer
http://www.se-radio.net/podcast/2010-04/episode-159-c0x-scott-meyers
conversation with Scott Meyers about the upcoming C++0x standard. We talk a bit about the reasons for creating this new standard and then cover the most important new features, including support for concurrency, implicitly-typed variables, move semantics, variadic templates, lambda ...
Download Numbers for #2 iPhone App: Brain Tuner
http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2008/08/19/download-stats-for-2-iphone-app-brain-tuner/
just for interest
Dolby Sues RIM Over Patent Infringement, Aims To Halt Sales
http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/15/dolby-sues-rim-over-patent-infringement-aims-to-halt-sales-of-blackberry-devices/
Haven't BlackBerry device sales already halted? ;)<p>As if RIM isn't having enough problems in the market already. This is just mean.
Ask HN: Need to find energy while checked out at work
I've been disrespected at work by my boss' boss a few times and last time I had enough and spoke my mind. He didn't take it well, proceeded to diminish me even further and, as I learned from my boss, told awful things about my work (basically calling me unprofessional). I know I have things to improve on but nothing nearly as being unprofessional.

Long story short, I'm looking for a new job but my days are filled with dread and looking at my monitor without know what to do next. I need to find energy to complete some tasks. Unless I get a new job, I'm not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Any advice?
Perl 5.16 released
https://metacpan.org/release/RJBS/perl-5.16.0/
What's new : https://metacpan.org/module/RJBS/perl-5.16.0/pod/perldelta.pod
Quantitative Finance Reading List - Theoretical Foundations
http://www.quantstart.com/articles/Quantitative_Finance_Reading_List_Part_1_-_Theoretical_Foundations/
A few book ideas for beginning mathematical finance.
Turn your HTML table elements to interactive tables
http://www.daviddurman.com/dynamic-table-javascript-library.html
A tiny independent JavaScript library that turns your HTML table elements into interactive tables with sorting, filtering and paging.
Linux's Btrfs = btrees like Reiser + copy on write like ZFS. Installable today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Btrfs
After all the recent attention from someone's ZFS port on HN, I thought I'd post this - btrfs is the future Linux filesystem, and you can install with root on it today in the RHEL / CentOS 6 betas.
Intro to Calculus video lectures from MIT '68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKtYCGbCfSc&feature=relmfu
This is what education looked like here in the US when people still took it seriously.
Fossil: A standalone and distributed Version Control, Wiki and Bug-Tracking system
http://www.fossil-scm.org
From the author of SQLite.
MyBlogLog: From starting out to being bought out
http://peterharrington.info/post/59193790/the-mybloglog-story-a-great-video-with-lots-of
Great video! Very infomrative
Tying iPad video time to khan academy progress?
Any suggestions how to tie iPad entertainment time to Khan academy progress? Does anything like this already exist?
Assistant.io
http://assistant.io/
Great meeting scheduler! Simple to use & user friendly!
Ask HN: Payment handler for "directory" type site (multiple recipients)
Hi,

I'm toying with an idea which involves your standard "directory" type commerce site where you aggregate sellers (e.g. different restaurants) and let them receive their own payments off of the "food" they'd sell on the site. (I know this has been done to death, it's just for illustrative purposes). Is there any service that lets you implement this kind of payments system (i.e. let new sellers register and receive payments straight to their account) or would I have to handle the payments centrally and redistribute to end recipients myself? Any heads up much appreciated. Thanks.
Hello Android,this is Chrome calling
http://blog.quobis.com/?p=500
Today in the webrtc mailing-list announcing and the first demos are now online.
Show HN: a drag and drop framework for iOS apps
https://github.com/ice3-software/between-kit
BetweenKit is a robust framework, built on UIKit that allows you to build drag-and-drop functionallity into your iOS application user interfaces.

Check it out on Github: https://github.com/ice3-software/between-kit