jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Coding JavaScript with Updates Appearing as You Type
http://jsbin.tumblr.com/post/4391512022/a-screencast-on-how-to-enable-beta-features-and
jsBin (and its competitor jsFiddle) allow you to view the result of your JavaScript very quickly, effectively and easily. They are coding game-changers.

In the latest beta, jsBin allows you to view changes in your coding with real-time output.

Compare and contrast this modern way of coding with, say, compiling an ActionScript routine. with jsBin you are seeing updates before Visual Studio has even finished loading.

And, btw, jsBin works on my color Nook...
Is Apple's CDMA+LTE chip the reason it can't do Voice+Data on Verizon/Sprint?
http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-5-voice-data-verizon-sprint-lte-2012-9
Could this be caused by their "revolutionary" choice to combine LTE and CDMA into one chip?
Ask HN: Reasonable of Vetting Co-founders
What reasonable methods work for vetting co-founders? As Not all of us have the luxury of growing up together, and at some point you will start working on something of value and things need to progress.
Show HN: Miniplate – Minimal Boilerplate Generator
https://github.com/helloanoop/miniplate
Most of the time the boilerplate generators out there are too big. When hacking around simple projects, I'd like to keep my app very small. Miniplate is an attempt to curate a set of minimal boilerplates for commonly used framework and lib combo's
Joseph Weizenbaum died at age 85
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weizenbaum
One of the founders of computer science, famous for his Eliza application and an outspoken critic of artificial intelligence died in Berlin at the age of 85.
What are the best ways for building critical mass of a new q&a site?
http://wisd.io/-Mj7t
Any other good ideas?
Show HN: Jsonnet Course Online
https://www.udemy.com/course/jsonnet-from-scratch/
Hi HN!
I'm usually a lurker here, but I wanted to share this: I'm an enthusiastic user of Jsonnet[1] to flexibly generate JSON and YAML files (eg for kubernetes configurations). I wanted to spread awareness of Jsonnet and made a course on Udemy.

The first 1000 students enrolling within 5 days with this link get the course for free: https://www.udemy.com/course/jsonnet-from-scratch/?couponCod...

I hope you enjoy the course (I'm interested in your feedback!) and if it makes you start using Jsonnet it will be mission accomplished :-)

[1] https://jsonnet.org/
Cloudsigma has had five outages this week, approx. 10 hours total
http://www.cloudsigma.com
As said in the title, five outages and they have been around 10 hours in total during the week.

Should we consider to move our servers or linger and see if they can fix their business? Seems unreliable.
Give Away Free Rive
http://www.freerice.com/index.php
Expand your vocabulary per a new years resolution perhaps and make the world a less hungry place. All with a few clicks.
Could this be Facebook's new video ad format? (Concept Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5PMsaY0Tlo
This ad format displays in the news feed like a photo and plays like a video when the device is rotated.
JPEG and MPEG (core part of it) decoder and encoder in java
https://github.com/atulkum/imageProcessing/tree/master/project/project/projectjava
JPEG and MPEG (core part of it) decoder and encoder in java.
VC Fundraising Manual: Convertible Debt: Delaying Valuation
http://www.markpeterdavis.com/getventure/2008/02/convertible-deb.html
Convertible debt is a valuable tool, especially for very early stage startups. This financial arrangement enables an investor to invest money in your company without negotiating a valuation for your company. These contracts enable the debt to convert to equity when the next round of capital is raised at a specified value. Essentially, convertible debt enables seed investors to leave the valuation work to the next investors.

This can be very helpful for seed stage investments as it can be disadvantageous to set a valuation of the company before the first professional investor gets involved. For example, if the seed stage investors invest at a much higher valuation than the professional investors are willing to do in the Series A, there can be...

More @ www.markpeterdavis.com
My product was just useful
http://v.jkp.im/my-product-is-useful
The alpha version of my product just proved useful for the first time, and that was really sweet, and I had to write about it.
Text Message Spam
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20593519/
Anyone else get this message too? Is an anti-spam solution likely to be implemented when the cell phone companies make money from the spam? The odd thing about this type of spam is it may have been more profitable for verizon than the spammer.
I have been FACEBOOKED without ever owning a Facebook account
I have been FACEBOOKED without ever owning a Facebook account. How could I have avoided it?
Ask HN: Parallel Algorithms for stock market analysis
I want to write a program, in which it takes the training data and generates the rules. I would imagine, it should be some combination of statistical analysis and some form of AI learning. But I am not aware of where/how to start. Can anyone show me a direction on parallel algorithms suitable for stock market analysis.
Working with Meteor Data
http://tysoncadenhead.com/blog/working-with-meteor-data
Meteor is an awesome JavaScript framework that literally lets you save data from the client to the server. This is a quick tutorial on how to work with data in Meteor.
Rebranding RSS
http://charliepratt.com/rebranding-rss/
A followup to Adam Simpson's post about the unsung glory and ownership of one's own RSS feed.
Virool Banned from Google?
https://www.google.com/search?q=virool
Seems like Google isn't too happy with Virool as their domain does not show up organically on the first page.... but then again, there is adwords!
A fresh look at traditional medical diagnostics
http://www.ted.com/talks/george_whitesides_a_lab_the_size_of_a_postage_stamp.html
This has sparked quite a long thread of comments, too.
The Future of Wireframes
http://www.madebymany.co.uk/the-future-of-wireframes-00991
Isaac Pinnock discusses the future of wireframes in web development and the death of the Information Architect
Save Homeworld (PC game)
http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/01/24/crowdfunding-homeworld-thq/
SEGA bought Relic Ent group but left Homeworld franchise. Now there is a campaign on Indiegogo to raise money for it. Why not Kickstarter???
Death of the checkin 1.0
http://www.gravity7.com/blog/media/2011/08/death-of-the-checkin-1-0.html
Reasons for the failure of checkins, and an examination of social principles valid for the checkin 2.0
New startup needs love and a lot of feedbacks
http://www.keepek.com/
Hi,

We are a young startup. We want to provide an invoicing and expense management solution for small businesses and freelancers.

We need as much feedbacks as possible. Please check it out and let me know what do you think.

http://www.keepek.com
Web Fonts and the Critical Path
http://ianfeather.co.uk/web-fonts-and-the-critical-path/
A look at some of the different ways to handle the performance impact of web fonts
Enough with the Jobs resignation...my take...
http://www.kiwiluv.com/techblog/?p=1357
Good luck Steve...all the best.
New person on the block 
http://www.facebook.com/jenson.vaj?sk=info
Live in Fresno, California. Two and a half hours away from Silicon Valley.
Can MS Outlook autocorrect be tweaked?
Seems to me emails sent in Outlook often have grammatical / spelling issues after sending...Or is my brain just deteriorating from being in a Microsoft environment? Or...the gurvenment
A great template for startup financial models
http://en.origoterra.com/2010/05/startup-financial-model-is-there-a-template/
If you are like me and don't love spending days in excel creating investor bliss with pro forma statements, this is for you too.
Show HN: Our first infographic: The evolution of Nexus devices
http://blog.getinch.com/evolution-nexus-devices-infographic/
We just finished our first ever infographic and looking for feedback. Every comment is welcome; what do you think?
Australian journalist arrested after exposing a security flaw in Facebook
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/18/3220071.htm
It will be interesting to see how this pans out...
JQCarousel with improved performance
http://carousel.mgechev.com/
jQCarousel is carousel gallery for jQuery. It's under GPL license and can be found here: https://github.com/mgechev/jqcarousel
Great UI for iPhone / Web App - Jott
http://blog.nerdburn.com/entries/user-interface-design/ui_design_examples_from_the_web_jott
In a series on UI design, Shawn Adrian talks about Jott, a great tool for task management on the web or iPhone.
BitlBee 3.0, more Bitl than ever.
http://bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.html
BitlBee 3.0 released.
Imcache : A new caching framework for Java
https://github.com/Cetsoft/imcache/
Imcache is a Java Caching Library. It supports various kinds of caching models that have been applied so far. Imcache intends to speed up applications by providing a means to manage cached data. It offers solutions ranging from small applications to large scale applications.
Show HN: Use your number pad to hike the Los Padres National Forest
https://southernlospadres.com/
I've made a basic conceptual website where you can use your number pad as compass directions to traverse from camp to camp in the Southern Los Padres National Forest.

Growing up I played a MUD called Revenge of the Jedi and my client let you use your number pad keys to move from room to room and I've always thought that would make for an interesting web navigation interface.

I also love hiking and backpacking and it seemed like a fun idea to combine the two things together.

This is a super basic website with minimal information, but I felt like I would share to see if people liked the idea of navigating a website map using a keyboard.

Enjoy and happy to collect any feedback people have of the idea :)

PS this website is not mobile friendly. However, I did try to make it as minimal and fast as possible.
Scalr's April Fool
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=4c9816f25cca18bbf75fa031d&id=f15335d407&e=5251f72a2b
Scalr Raises, Like, A Hundred Dollars...
The Philosophical Movement of User Experience
http://uxmovement.com
UX Movement is the philosophical movement of user experience design. Its purpose is to help oth­ers under stand the philoso phies and principles that make up user experience design.
Win Licence for UXPin Wireframing App able to Recognize Paper Prototypes
http://designmodo.com/giveaway-win-licenses-uxpin/
Today, we have yet another cool giveaway. DesignModo and UXPin announce the inception of their new giveaway. Today you can win 6 x 6-months long licences for UXPin App (each worth $160).
Looking for co-founder
http://consciouscycles.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/were-looking-for-a-technical-co-founder/
Our socially-minded for-profit fertility charting company is looking for a Technical Co-Founder to help us create the best fertility charting software available anywhere.

Fertility charting (also called Fertility Awareness Method) is a system of recording female fertility signs to gauge fertility on a daily basis. When practiced correctly it can be used as effective hormone-free birth control, for natural pregnancy planning, or to expand basic body literacy.
Who we are and what we’re up to:

Conscious Cycles LLC is a start-up based in Brooklyn NY, founded in 2010 by Kati Bicknell and Will Sacks. We’re creating a beautiful, easy-to-use, fertility charting web application that will allow women to practice Fertility Awareness in less time and with better results than ever before. Stage two will be mobile applications and a patent-pending medical device.
Simple Node.js Express API, hang when MongoDB replica-set hangover happens
then only working after a node restart.. any suggestions?

I have a REST API (Written with Express + Monk ) connected to MongoDB. The database is a MongoDB replica set setup with mms.

When the primary node goes down the app becomes non responsive. It need a manual restart to work again after the SECONDARY is elected as PRIMARY.

Config :

Mongodb Replica set (Ver 2.6.7) configured with MMS
Total three nodes (two data nodes and one arbiter)
All default configs as given by MMS
Node App : Express with Monk as mongodb driver. (I tried in mongoose as well,same result)
Connection string :-

mongodb://xxx1.xxx.com:27017, xxx2.xxx.com:27017: 27017/dbname
with option as
var options = {
server: {
socketOptions: {
keepAlive: 1,
socketTimeoutMS : 15000,
connectTimeoutMS: 30000
}
},
replset: {
socketOptions: {
keepAlive: 1,
socketTimeoutMS : 15000,
connectTimeoutMS: 30000
}
}
}

Is it related to something I misconfigured? Does it have anything to do with mms? How to fox this?

UPDATE: Steps I followed

Created 3 three new VMs in Azure Cloud and deployed mongodb replica set to it using MMS (One primary, one secondary and one arbiter).
Generated a new express app.
Added Monk module
Write a simple API to connect to the replica set (The API will write something to db, then read it and send back as response)
Continuously call this API form a bash script to make sure that the API is up and running
restart the machine which is acting as primary
The API will keep failing even after a new primary is elected and all VMs are back up.

A sample nodejs code I tested with is available at https://melvingeorge@bitbucket.org/melvingeorge/nodejsmongorssample.git
Ask HN: How should we approach our client for an investment?
I'm a co-founder/developer at a bootstrapping Web development company. We're going on two years now and have a steady client base. We think we have a great idea, but we believe the project deserves our complete attention.

We're considering the idea of asking our largest client for a small (~6k) investment in exchange for equity. The investment will cover our living and business expenses while we execute the idea. The client loves us, and we've got a great history working together. It helps a lot that they have connections in the industry we're targeting. But we would rather not "drop a bomb" on them.

We have a meeting this Wednesday to catch up and to discuss future work. What do you think? How should we ask them for an investment?
Michelle Obama: Do You Want Some Risotto?
http://www.sefermpost.com/sefermpost/2009/03/michelle-obama-do-you-want-some-risotto.html
"Do you want some risotto?" With that, first lady Michelle Obama began scooping mushroom risotto to help serve lunch to mostly homeless men and women who get free meals at a soup kitchen several blocks from the White House.
Seven on Seven: Guilt Marketplace
http://joshua.schachter.org/2010/06/seven.html
The results and presentation of an art piece I did in NYC earlier in the year. Used mechanical turk to estimate charitable donations for guilty feelings.
Japanese Researchers make robot that can withstand kicks and pushes
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13008-flexiblejointed-robot-is-no-pushover.html
The above URL is for the article, but this links to a fascinating video:
http://media.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/av/dn13004V1.mo...

I guess it won't be long until we'll be chatting to Lt. Commander Data!
Ask HN: Are Hackers the New Bogeyman?
With all the hype and spectacle surrounding recent high profile attacks is anyone else noticing the drumbeat of talking heads trying to make the case for government intervention in cyber-security?

Is there more at stake here than premature responses to supposed state sponsored cyber-vandalism?
Similar bug(s) to the OpenSSL ‪#‎HeartBleed‬ issue in other SSL implementations
http://b.capitolhillconsultants.com
The actual blog post is here
http://b.capitolhillconsultants.com/2014/04/blues-for-ssl-even-if-youve-been-hiding.html
Essential Principles for Creating Minimalist Web Design
http://designmodo.com/minimalist-web-design/
The history of minimalism date back to the 1960’s, it was first seen through art that was inspired by the modernist movement (society moving in to the western world in the late 19th century).
Everything is broken
http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=%22is+broken%22&start=0
I thought that I was seeing a lot of "... is broken" headlines lately and I was right.
Ask HN: Hardware Donations for Open Source?
I run an open source PHP project and am looking to add OS X testing to the project. Are there any resources for finding people willing to donate hardware to open source projects? Does anyone here have a spare Apple machine they'd like to donate?

For those interested, Flourish is currently tested on 10 different Linux, BSD and Windows environments: http://flourishlib.com/docs/Tests.
Examples of Data Visualization
http://singlefunction.com/20-inspiring-uses-of-data-visualization/
Data is boring, information is interesting! A roundup of 20 sites using data visualization that deliver information to the user in an effective and inspiring way
Automattic Acquires Simperium
http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/24/wordpress-simperium-simplenote/
Automattic Acquires Simperium, The Y Combinator-Backed Data Syncing Startup Behind Simplenote
Google maps interior of Shackleton and Scott's Antarctic huts
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18868354
Actual Google maps link for those interested https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en-US&sll=-77.552923,166.168368&layer=c&cid=18136866687947903283&panoid=IOpxazFg6mE9O-qaLRC_uQ&cbp=13,82.46,,0,0&gl=US&t=h&cbll=-77.552947,166.168246&ie=UTF8&hq=+loc:+&hnear=&ll=-77.553746,166.170294&spn=0.001448,0.012059&z=16&source=embed
Is Computer Science a branch of Mathematics?
Is Computer Science math, or a branch of math? Is it closer to philosophy?

How closely tied are Computer Science and Mathematics?

My son (15, and a whiz of a programmer/hacker) and I are locked in a discussion of the origins of Computer Science and its ties to Math.

Your take?
Stones and Pebbles, a Lesson in Time Management
http://www.8164.org/stones-and-pebbles/
Efficient time management is the key to accomplish goals
Ask HN: How was my old Google account compromised?
A moment ago I received an email from Google stating that a Google/Gmail account I created for a side project many years ago, just had a successful password reset and login from Hong Kong (IP 45.56.152.169). I've since changed password and added my current mobile number to beef up the account security.

The Google account doesn't matter much to me and there was no sensitive information stored on any of the Google services but I am honestly baffled how hackers could successfully reset the password. The account was created for a small side project that never took of, so no one knows about it (I hadn't signed into it for years). I did use the gmail address to sign up for a couple of services (flickr, skype, tumblr, etc, dropbox) but the password for every single account was very strong never re-used.

Any ideas on how attackers could reset the password? Anyone experienced something similar where an seemingly "impossible" password reset was successfully executed by attackers?
Ask HN: Estimating App Downloads by # of Reviews
I'm currently doing some competitive analysis and market sizing. Its easy to get some basic figures for websites via Compete and Alexa, but I haven't found a good way to estimate the number of downloads iPhone/Android apps get.

Some apps tell you about how many downloads they have, but was wondering if there is a better way.

One way to guess would be based on the number of reviews (Assuming an average of.5% of users review an app, multiple # reviews by 200).

I'm sure you could nuance this by using other factors (e.g. maybe crappier apps or ones users have paid for have a higher % of users that review).

So, two questions:

(1) Anyone have any data on the % of users that review an app (the app rating would be a useful data point),

and

(2) Know any better ways to estimate the number of app downloads?
Ask YC: Review Our Start-up Innoblue: [pre] YC for Penn State
http://innoblue.org
Like SSE Labs at Stanford, some Penn State Students have come together to start an accelerator style program to spearhead innovation and entrepreneurship at Penn State.

Feedback on our messaging would be helpful.

Thanks.
Is the "New Approach to Amazon EC2 Networking" really so new? 
http://my-inner-voice.blogspot.com/2011/03/is-new-approach-to-amazon-ec2.html
Comments on latest blog from AWS, wondering why some simple features are considered new, when they shoukd have had been there in the first place
Oracle Plans to Transfer Hudson IP to Eclipse
http://java.dzone.com/news/breaking-oracle-plans-transfer
This is a very clever move on Oracle's part.

Firstly, by inviting other companies to sit in governance, they did something Kohsuke couldn't do - call in favours from other large companies.

Secondly, they can use this tactic to ward off any fork of Oracle's product. Since if #1 succeeded, it means they are able to repeat this in the future.
Show HN: Secure Time Capsule – Send a rich private message through time
https://github.com/IvanVas/secure-time-capsule
Problem

Sending a private message through time to someone (your family, future self or posterity) when you have possibility to pass them a password.

Solution

This repo is a couple of scripts that simplifies the following steps:

- Compress and encrypt (AES-256) any files that we want to send through time

- Add the encrypted result to any public website as a plain text (base64) along with decryption instructions (without the key)

- Submit the page to Internet Archive to preserve the message
Silicon Valley experiencing new hiring boom
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/04/05/silicon.valley.job.market/index.html?hpt=Sbin
CS Grads - Hottest Commodity out there!
#WTF? Tide, Bounce and Downy TV Spot, 'Startup'
http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7qt6/tide-bounce-and-downy-startup
Happen to catch this on Project Runway.
Huge LinkedIn Finally Releases BlackBerry App
http://blog.appboy.com/2010/03/huge-linkedin-finally-releases-blackberry-app/
Generally speaking (and yes, this is a generalization, hence the “generally speaking part”) BlackBerry users are part of the corporate business world. They chose a BlackBerry over let’s say an iPhone mainly because of RIM’s advantage specifically when it comes to email. They care less about fun games, less about a smooth touch screen interface, and more about receiving, replying, and sending emails as soon as they arrive.
Do you like to watch Funny/Stupid YouTube Videos?
Something we did for fun. We're thinking of letting users submit their YouTube videos. What do you guys think?
http://www.123exchanges.com/funny