skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Do Americans not have food delivery services?

Most people I know under 40 in the UK use supermarket delivery. Ordering once a week takes about 20 mins, delivered more or less when you want to the nearest hour.
I would be surprised if they’re following data on this.
On the subject of increasing transparency, Jason Calacanis had a suggestion that I thought was brilliant. There should be a public database of all ads running on Facebook, that would simply show the ad, the ad purchaser, and who the ad is targeted to.

There ads would be filterable, so that someone viewing the database could filter based on the same criteria that Facebook allows advertisers to target. So if I search "non-college educated white males over the age of 40 in Midwestern suburbia", I get a complete overview of what these people have been shown. If I come across a nefarious advertiser, I can also filter to see what other campaigns they've run and who they've targeted.

Transparency, solved. Now the responsibility to police the ads becomes somewhat shared and it's easy to imagine watchdog groups monitoring different types of campaigns looking for bad actors.
I completely agree with this.

Personally I have never seen credit card information being asked in a typeform but that could just be me.

To start with maybe you could show a video of the product? A demo of some kind. If your product really is good maybe you could offer 7 days or 30 days free?

The site feels a bit unfinished too, if I click on the elite 100 at the top it seems to bring me to the index page again.

It looks nice though, good luck and I hope the feedback here helps.
>I believe this is because nicotine is an insecticide?

Okay, but how would a bird know that?
When talking about Facebook earlier this month, he posed this question: "If a firm wittingly or unwittingly becomes weaponized by Russian intelligence, isn't the responsible thing to do to shut the firm down?"

That is the kind of eye-rollingly partisan political "signalling" I'm talking about. If he thinks $100,000 of Russia linked ad-spend on Facebook flipped the votes in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, and Florida, and thus we should consider shutting Facebook down for this reason, I really can't take his analysis that seriously.
Not sure what you're after here. Remote doesn't imply "couped up in sterile, quiet home office". Remote just means no physical presence required
I can see how that would account for a big part of the trend. We seem to be good at self-organizing into particular patterns. I do wonder how difficult it is to fight against such internal biases, and whether it's even worthwhile...
Both TFA and the embedded video reference "US election ads" which I find pretty shitty as a citizen of a country not the US (though thankfully our election is now behind us).
This was obviously coming.
I even saw they were raising the minimum required to pay immigrants on an H1B from 60K to 90K which means a lot of jobs are going to either disappear or go towards big companies. It seems like a very wicked plan.
I've noticed the word "gaslighting" has increasingly come to mean "believing that something happened which is inconvenient to my argument but did actually happen".
It's especially good for deployments to AWS Lambda.
Facebook fascists
The article clearly calls out only the US. Since this announcement would have been carefully vetted by Facebook management and legal, I have to presume that means that they are only taking action over US elections.
And where is the game itself?
I think we have to be as forgiving as possible. This is first feature article about Linux I’ve seen in the Irish Times by a non tech writer in 17 years of reading it. You do see stuff in the business section but that is not advocacy.
For those unclear on the concrete (rather than philosophical) difference between Bayesian and frequentist statistics in the first place, I hope it's not inappropriate for me to share this 5-minute example that I wrote a while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11096129
> I get chills reading that some founders were eating ramen for a year.

I could eat Ramen every day but good restaurant Ramen is quite expensive.
Most serious freelancers will have accountants who provide (very crude) software portals which handle the company revenue stream tied to the business bank account. This allows each transaction to be reckoned against ongoing projects, raise invoices, handle documentation etc which are all present in that portal.

Admittedly, these tend to be quite crude but I have the added comfort that my accountant can get involved when necessary as they are familiar with it.

So perhaps the target market should be a different kind of freelancer.
What’s wrong with Facebook? I personally don’t think of social networks as malevolent — in the end they’re just tools. The real issue in my opinion is the type of content that is peddled to me.
That's a great idea but "tooth and nail" doesn't even begin to describe how hard Facebook will fight against that kind of transparency.
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Thanks, Makes sense. Before we were asking $348 ;-) but then our program was that we'd giveaway shares for the first 100 people. The whole thought process behind that was,

We are a small team of hustlers wanting to build the best experience for freelancers to work with their clients. Soon in our journey, we realized building a startup is a lot of work, and it’s hard to focus on multiple areas. This is why we’ve launched the Elite 100 program and opening our platform to only 100 users for the first 6 months. We’ll not focus on growth, but only to serve the 100 users in the best way.

It was also deep-rooted in my conviction that the disparity between the rich and everyone else is larger than ever in the United States and the rest of the world. I believe a company working with masses should also give everyone a share of the benefits gained, this aligns with my personal mission as well, I’ve been working with communities for many years (and even in my personal capacity https://www.facebook.com/COD3BOY/posts/10155519455529473) and I believe the real success happens when we have a lot of people coming together on a mission and everyone is benefitted. By giving away 100,000 shares of our company we stand by that, and says when we are successful everyone who were with us will be benefited too.
Hence the rise of the ICO for example.
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Who can tell? You won't be banned from speaking about anything, but whether anyone sees it or not is a secret matter, between Facebook and their clients.
Please could you expand on what sort of balance you chose? I’m very interested to hear what worked for you.
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Wonder which countries are going to rise out of this?
Thank you. The feedback definitely helps. We are working on a demo video as we speak. Since the elite 100 was not successful we removed the whole thing from the page. I've explained in the previous comment what the program was like.
If you're really lucky, as I'm sure you well know, you can ever put your pension into the company, and then when Enron goes bust you've got no job, no investments, no pension!
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Another possibility: being fed on by blood-sucking parasites makes birds crave the taste/smell of cigarettes, without any understanding of the insecticidal properties.
Rise? like which country benefits from this?
> Users care that their shit works, that's it.

Exactly, so when that forced OS update broke the software it is kind of nice to know that someone is still around to fix it.
I strongly suggest trying this in earnest before turning to chemical solutions, they ALWAYS come with drawbacks. Concentration and productivity is definitely dependent on habits, skills, and finding what works for you. Also take care of yourself, these problems often come in combination with poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle. It takes time, consult your doctor if you end up requiring chemical assistance.

Best of luck, I hope you're feeling well soon!
2017. We have async, promises, classes, => functions in Javascript, but we still have abysmal date & time support and 100 libraries to solve it.

This library looks less bad than momentJS' tangled ball of mud. Good job
Another problem for the less familiar with the Bayes theorem is what is described as the "Bayesian trap", explained by the youtuber Veritasium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R13BD8qKeTg
Which any wise person would sell immediately to diversify.
Thanks for the feedback. I am not sure about the spending capacity of the freelancer, but I think there are quite a good number of folks who make decent money. For those people, onboarding the clients, requirement collection, NDAs etc are a pain point. Eventually, we'd also automate the agreements, invoices, and payments to directly reach their bank accounts.

I am reworking on the typeform real soon. Thanks :)
As a non-American, I haven't understood why this issue is about Russians to start with. Aren't there many countries who donated large sums of money to American politics [1]? Also if Russian adverts are having such a huge effect on American politics, why are Russian adverts different to political adverts bought by non-Russians? Any advert is obviously bought with the intent to swing the election in favor of company purchasing that advert - likely for malicious intent by many.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/us/politics/hillary-clint...
> I consider going solo, couped up in your sterile, quiet home office, to be a certain path to failure.

You say you're happy to have a contrast to the usual, but here you are sort of arguing for the other extreme. There are plenty of people who have made amazing things in isolation and work well under those conditions. The point here is that not everyone is the same.
Windows (at least up to 8) does not follow the SI standard. It uses KB, MB, GB but converts using 1024. Which has funny consequences, like 999MB being smaller 0.94GB.
It can, but there are actually very few of those types of subs around and they tend to be limited to research and recreation. Keeping several hundred tons neurally buoyant is kinda hard and if the sub has positive buoyancy then it requires propulsion to stay down or else an elevator ride to the surface is a one-way trip. Needing constant propulsion is bad for a military sub, and being stranded on the surface after any sort of emergency surface action (even a test) would also be a bad thing.
Solo founder here. I found the first few months of my startup so tough that I must've googled Successful solo founders? a half dozen times. I'm sure you've done the same and there's a lot of stuff out there from PG, Altman, Quora et al. describing how solo founders are far less likely to succeed vs co-founders and I personally think it's not just the shared work load aspect (which is definitely big) but the fact that is lonely at the top.

That said I can tell you what helped me:

1. Good family and friends. Your support network is key - it will support you both financially and emotionally. After a hard day or a bad meeting I have someone I can talk to for advice or just to vent. Having great advisors there to tell you when you're on track or off track is incredibly important. They could be your SO, a successful Aunt/Uncle or even your parents.

2. Co-working space. After several months of trying to code my prototype at home and getting very little done compared to my previous day job where I was very productive I realized I needed to get out the house. Try telling a three year old 'no' when they're tugging on your finger and asking "Daddy, wanna play?".

Co-working is an expensive option at £400 odd per month and some angel investors will poo-poo it as a waste in those early months but for me it literally changed my business. Not only was I able to (finally) code after months of being stuck in a rut but just by being in close proximity to successful professionals and attending networking events nearby I felt energized to keep trucking.

3. Networking. Talk to people, attend networking events (I attend 2-3 a year at most right now so it doesn't need to be nuts to start with). These people become your vendors, your contractors and sometimes your future mentors and employees. A ready smile and willingness to push myself a little and chat with folk about their companies and problems has helped me solve my own company's problems.

4. Save money. Sounds simple but as a solo founder you have almost HALF the contacts a two man founding team has. Your money pool to dip into is also considerably lower. Keep your burn rate low as possible but not too low! Invest in your training (Safari Books, online courses). I didn't hire anyone to help me or buy an expensive computer until I'd built my prototype and demo'd the concept to my friends and family. Of course I'm a coder so if you're not that might be easier said than done!

5. Effective time management. Accept that some days just getting to your desk and answering emails is gonna seem like you're trying to climb a mountain. That's normal. Calendaring helped me with this - by scheduling certain afternoons as my "Do whatever you like" period I was able to look forward to an art exhibition or going to a beautiful library downtown and reading some business and management books. It's different for everyone but do schedule your week to help avoid poor time management.

There's loads of stuff you can do and I could probably write for hours on the subject. I'd say the TLDR; is to have a good support network since flying solo is emotionally tough and to have a productive space where you can work.
Unfortunately. I still use it as my primary desktop but I see why people prefer others.

It seems like most people don't want flexibility and configurability and they don't want to learn to manage OS. They just want to use PC comfortably and don't care about anything.

For example one of a few things I find annoying on Linux is multiple GUI frameworks, each having it's own OpenFileDialog so I can't always easily open recent folder or recent file. It looks totally different in Qt and in GTK.

I think Linux kernel is very solid and cool. But userspace is a mess, there is probably not enough standardization. For example also X11 (hacky, security problems) vs still buggy and unfinished Wayland. :( Compare that to OSX frameworks.

Yet I love free software, appreciate all effort people put into it and will continue using it. Maybe one day I will also be able to help GNU/Linux improve..
Two problems I see with Amazon is:

1. The search engine is pretty bad. Anecdotal example was when I search for a eye mask: there were two different categories — eyes masks and eyes masks / face pillows. Both gave me the same products, but in different order. Why is that?

2. Sometimes there is no guarantee of quality. When I look for an iPad case or screen protector, it seems that the item either has low ratings or the reviews don’t seem genuine.

Scratch that — third problem is that item description is not uniform or standardized. That makes it hard to compare products; only option is to compare reviews which leads back to problem 2.

And then I get off Amazon and use Reddit to find reviews.
There is great advice here but I’ll add: your customers are probably not just hanging out on product hunt waiting for you to come along.

Find out where they are and how to sell to them.
The message of this film feels extremely confused - probably because it's trying to single-mindedly push an agenda rather then explore the problem space. In a world where apparently drone-swarms are this cheap...what, no one ever developed counter-drones? It's the reason grey goo isn't a realistic scenario for nanotechnology: the goo has to replicate, whereas all the counter-goo has to do is kill it.

Same issue: a world where the technology to build an incredibly cheap drone that size which can hunt humans with facial recognition based on specific parameters exists...is also a world in which an anti-drone can use the exact same technology and just ram into unidentified drone vehicles to disable them. If the swarms are cheap enough for terrorists, then the counter-swarms are monumentally cheaper.

EDIT: It's worth noting you could argue other scenarios - like only governments building these, but that's what I mean by the message being confused - it's not clear what the threat is supposed to be.
Your message is bad. It starts “Become a PROFESSIONAL freelancer”.

Your target market is freelancers, who no doubt already think they’re professionals (because who likes to think they’re not professional?). They’ll be thinking: “I’m already a professional freelancer. I don’t need this product.”

“We help freelancers become more professional with automatic streamlined process...”

Again - I am already a professional freelancer. I don’t need this. Give me some concrete examples of what your product can do for me, how it can save me time, money, etc. There are some examples of how you can save me time further down the page, but they’re things that happen once per client (Onboarding, etc) which is once or twice per year. If you could outline a way you can save me time every day or even once a month, it’d be a much more compelling proposition.
Android vs iPhone, any website that is moving into a "modern" framework direction. Software that runs MRI's, or CT's. Also any software that is picked by middle management, rather than the people that actually use the software: ADP, Oracle, anything in the education realm, etc.
If you're into exercise and working out, try going OUT (shopping, cafe, people mingling, malls) in the 2-3 hours right after a workout. Your energy levels are raised, you're a lot more vocal, relaxed and "open" along with a positive physical glow and a smile on your face. You are at peak likelihood of engaging in small talk with people in this state.
Foreign to whom?

Just the US or to all governments?

Will this transparency be available to the Russians? Saudi Arabians? Egyptians? Nigerians? Brits? French? Iranians?

Even though all nations interfere in everyone's business,the undisputed number one interferer in others countries business is the United States government.

Anything short of of making these tools available to everyone would position Facebook as an agent/agency of the US Government.

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As an aside, the Russia brouhaha is a ridiculous sideshow led by people who are yet to come to terms of defeat. If a Less than a million dollars of Facebook ads shown to a few thousand people can determine who becomes president in the US, then there is a much bigger problem.

But we all know that's not the case.
Your sign-up process is completely broken. Sign-up forms can be big barriers, why do you ask me for so much information in some modal popup for a service called Typeform that I have never even heard of.

I'd suggest that your "Get Started" button drops the user immediately into the app. Generate a "guest user" account, give the user a tour. Have a banner at the top of the page reminding them that if they want to save their information, they need to sign up. Perhaps a banner at the top or bottom of the page. If the user clicks it, ask for email, password and payment information. All other information can be asked once the user bites.

There is far too much friction there at the moment. I'd even consider offering a free trial. 7-14 days.

On the plus side, your homepage looks great (visually) but I think you're missing a trick here too. Show your product. Whether that's a video, slideshow or whatever. I want to see it before I use it.
Thank you so much, you've been such a great help
Noted every one of this feedback. During the product hunt launch, we had most of the information and a gif explainer in the PH page. We are working on a video demo of whole product as we speak. I am just adding a raw video here quickly. Would love some feedback here too :) https://drive.google.com/open?id=11uAP1oNm7HzLo3q9fHiAXheFg6...

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/sieve-pro
hmm i like it email me
No, Javascript is the terrifying source of errors here.
Such a great book. How I got started :)
Well, I imagine periodically setting up a pseudonymous account to catch invites to parties is about to get a lot harder.

Unsurprisingly, many of these measures align with zucc's motives to make Facebook the new Experian as the canonical owners of your 'identity' for business purposes.
Oh this one looks nice! Documentation looks like someone actually thought about it
I think so, we are reworking on the whole homepage and working on these as we speak. The Elite 100 was removed after the program flopped. I've given a brief about what the program was in earlier comments.
Let's face it, Russians buying ads on facebook was never what swayed the election, it never came close (if it even happened).

It's just a bizarre narrative that the DNC seems to have settled on in order to avoid any serious analysis of why their candidate didn't win the election. Was it that they chose a bad candidate? Or maybe their policies are unpopular? Nope, it's definitely because a few Russian IPs spent a few thousand dollars on a bizarre and inconsistent collection of rather silly ads including the "buff Bernie Sanders colouring book" one.

Incidentally, one of the less noted features of the 2016 US election was that it actually disproved a lot of what is often said about money in politics, because the Clinton campaign outspent the Trump campaign by roughly two to one, and still lost. Political ads simply don't seem to be all that effective, at least not at the Presidential level.
Nothing in the title or intro indicates that it was caused by environmental activism, just that it's a major positive step in their view.
Noted, working on this feedback :) Do you think you'd give the credit card info if the money was refundable without any questions?
I love it! One happy-talk sentence that contradicts the rest of the article, wherein all the barriers are listed in great detail.
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You can make any laws. But how exactly do you enforce them?

Civilians manufacture and own drones, 3d printers are consumer products now, there are incredibly affordable electronic kits (e.g: Raspberry Pi)... then, for computer vision and AI you've got a lot of free toolkits to pick from... it will be challenging to effectively prevent it even if legislation forbids it.
You frequently can, at least for Lenovo/Dell/Asus laptops.
Typeform is fine. I don't think it's your problem here. I'd simplify the signup form to just take the absolute MINIMUM you need which is just:

1. Email
2. Password

If a user's willing to give that they're probably willing to give more but you've gotta hook them in the app first.

After signup the user should go straight into the app. You can prevent them from doing anything that costs you money until they've verified their email and added their billing details but it's a bread crumb trail. You're trying to lead them to where you want them to go.
Not just the DNC: The Washington Post, New York Times, MSNBC, CBS News, CNN, BuzzFeed.

It seemed like many news directors briefly had a public mea culpa moment after the election, but then decided to abandon that and launched full steam into the "fake news" narrative a few days later.

Look at that term's Google Trend curve. November 13, 2016 initial spike and it hasn't left us: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2016-01-01%202...
Isn’t that a rather odd announcement?

If I was thinking of selling a huge amount of shares, I’m not sure I would announce I was considering selling and drive the price down.

What was their thinking here?