skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I dunno, the first one that comes up (http://www.iphoneporngrid.com/) doesn't use html5 (XHTML strict instead) and doesn't use the <video> tag. Just points to .mp4 files.

The second (mobile.mofosex.com) is all the way back on HTML 4.01 Transitional. It too doesn't use the <video> tag, and is just pushing m4v files.

The third, (XHTML 1.0 Transitional) is about the same.

In fact it took until the 7th result to get an HTML5 page (mobile.bangyoulater.com). Of course, it doesn't validate. http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://mobile.bangyoulater... Really sloppy coding imho. It doesn't use the video tag however.

In fact, I wasn't able to find a single thing on the first page of Google that was:

1) HTML5
2) Used HTML5 for its video

with a special bonus star for one that validated. Not a single one.
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so at 25c per GB transfered (10c in + 15c out), this would be a couple bucks a month for all of my mobile traffic. Route SMS through google voice...

wow, I sure wouldn't mind my carrier being out of the loop with respect to SMS privacy.
I think you meant Apple :D

I concur, dear Sir, I concur.

Sent from my iMac.
You could make the exact same arguments about Google, yet here's Bing, 10 years late to the party.
This might help: http://searchyc.com/Offer_HN
Yup, not as of recent. Last time I used it was over a year ago and we ended up switching to nginx because of the memory leaks and needing to restart lighttpd every few days
Often, "what if everyone did the same" is a very bad test. For example because not everybody will do the same.

I'm not sure whether that's the case here.
http://www.babycenter.in/baby/havinganother/howtocopetoddler...
we work 7 hours a day (20-30 minutes break for food and tea). coding is very intense work, hard work (as you know), better code 6:40 hours effectivly. Plus in free time after the office hours we ussually code again but for fun or our project.
This is what happens when you start an anonymous programming language debate
I'm sad I am not in San Juan that weekend and will miss it :(
>> - 'Build what people pay a lot for'

http://www.amureprints.com/img1/doonesbury/2001/db010325.gif

"Boring stuff that people actually need?"
"Yup. You'd be surprised how lucrative it is."
The community as a whole seems to appreciate them, based on the upvotes.
This brings up an idea for TrueCrypt.

Why not have two passwords: "foo" and "bar".

If I type in "foo", I get my stuff. If I type in "bar", it may selfdestruct the data, but at least it will show a different content.

So I create a 100GB container, and reserve 10GB as dummy content, maybe 1 mio. copies of the constitution, which will show up with "bar" as password. So I have a password for the police, and everybody is happy.
yep, totally.

Likewise if amazon had been called books.com they'd have a hard time diversifying into the huge repertoire they have now. The same's true of just about any popular site you care to mention. What does flickr mean? del.icio.us? What does ycombinator have to do with startups? etc etc etc.
Offer HN: Stock Tips from Seasoned Novice
Hey all,

I just wanted to see if any of you wanted investment tips and general predictions as to which stocks will rise and fall. I'm an avid watcher of CNBC, have an account on Zecco and have the Bloomberg app on my iPhone; so I'm pretty well informed. Email is in my profile, so let me know.
For sure. Do they run their course because posts like this one encourage them to run their course, or would they fade away by themselves anyway? :-)

My worry is, this one is a good idea in the wrong place. This is basically a strong variation on reddit's AMA, which has taken a solid hold there and isn't going anywhere. Since HN doesn't support sub-forums, there is a risk that we could be "stuck with" this for a while, if it has the durability of AMA but no sub-forum/site to hide in.

Another possible danger is that the community will lash back against it because of the noise, even though it's a good idea, and so we'll lose a good idea. I really do think that if someone made a special site for this (which wouldn't take that long to code up), it might be something of lasting value.
Sears adds a little zombie style to its site
That's not a fair assumption since there are no downvotes. If 20% of people really like something, and 80% hate it, it could still very easily own the front page.
Are you using broad match? If so, you should regularly:

- build out your list of negative keywords
- create new ad groups with exact matches on any queries that trigger your broad matched keywords

Also, test your ad copy continuously. You want to maximize both your CTR and conversion rate. I'm still changing ads for keywords I added 6 years ago.

Really it's just a matter of coming of with things to test and testing them, much like the iterative process of improving a website.

re: Social Ads

I have much less experience. What I've done though is to continually tighten the demographics I'm targeting. You end up creating a ton of ads, but it's the only way to find the nuggets.
You might think living with children is tough, but my roommates over the past several years could collectively be likened to children with access to a liquor cabinet.
How to improve team collaboration in the cloud?
I think Offer HN is appropriate in some situations where the offer is something particularly unique you wouldn't be able to find elsewhere on the Internet such as the Ivy League UG Application reviewer. The rest of it is offering info you could probably learn through Googling.
As a father of triplets + a 2-and-half-year-old I must wholeheartedly agree.
Offer HN: Free ad server
Hi guys,

In the spirit of giving back to the community, I'll like to give away 10 premium licenses to Trafficspaces.

If you need an ad server that you can customize and integrate with your database, and you are serving 1 million ads (or less) a month, send me an email at [niyi] at [trafficspaces] dot com.

More info: http://www.trafficspaces.com
Three weeks later and this fast food worker is still in jail. I guess in the UK there is no "innocent until proven guilty" and that's why some left to form the USA a while back. This story couldn't occur in the USA.
Yes. If you look at my recent comment history, you'll see that, by far, the most effective strategy I've found for getting comments with lots of upvotes is to find a factual error in somebody else's comment and correct it in a clear and unambiguous fashion; and within that constraint, the shorter the better. You'll see that I got a comment consisting entirely of "[citation needed]" voted up to 7.

Long comments have essentially no chance of being voted up significantly. Other things that have very little chance: speculations about the implications of something, wild and surprising analogies, speculation on others' motives, advocacy of norms. This is really unfortunate, because those are the comments I most value reading. I really get no value, beyond a little humor, from reading that gorillas aren't monkeys, since I already know that.
I actually think it is fascinating to see this, and I don't think they're spam at all and suggesting they are really not nice at all.

HN is many things to many people don't let your particular view of what HN should be dictate the status quo.

> But if everyone posted "Offer HN" posts, even if they all did it just once and with a genuine desire to help, rather than a secret need to build their public profile and/or get some interesting serendipitous contacts, HN would become much less valuable.

That says more about you than it does about the people offering their help. How could you possibly suggest that those doing this are doing it out of a secret need to build their public profile. That's a pretty cynical worldview.

> To those who believe that this new "Offer HN" craze is something worth encouraging, if that's the case, please create a site that's better tailored to making those offers. Maybe you can even get pg to link to it if it's good. You'll certainly get feedback, and so on.

Do you feel the same about Ask HN threads ? What about rate my startup ? Aren't those people 'cynically using the business, design and cumulative knowledge of HN' for their own betterment or the building of their public profiles ?

> But please don't post any more "Offer HN". Despite the generous impulse behind them

Please do !

> they are basically just spam that's pushing out other more interesting stuff, at the moment.

Such as ?

Angelgate ? Blocks of Ice ? Parachutes ?

edit: I've posted the opposite of this article here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1840143
I'll start worrying about this once it becomes a problem. So far, it's been 2 days. For now, my asumption is that it will go away soon, and it's fun to watch for a while.
Yeah, that thing is so irritating. I actually considered writing an extension to hack it out.
Freeman Dyson's "Astrochicken"
That domain now also redirects to padpressed =)
Microsoft is a dying consumer brand
Wow, nice link!

It really seems to boil down to a big ol' "I dunno" from science, which is at least a bound on the virtues/dangers of the approach if nothing else.

As someone who is actually relatively interested in science, I have noticed that it isn't very helpful when it comes to parenting, except in a few cases which tend not to be very surprising ("hey, don't smoke around your baby"). The studies are so small and there are so many confounding factors I almost wonder why they try.

I'm satisfied with our outcome, nobody got exhausted and we're in a pretty good position now, but who really knows why?
Only mentioning this as it is relevant:

Some friends (3 Harvard, 2 UTexas founders) recently launched a startup called http://MentMe.com that aims to partner prospective students with those currently at or that have graduated from universities they wish to attend.
This appears to be the third time you've posted this. However, repeating what I said earlier ...

I would definitely be interested, but I'm not sure what I want. I also suspect that what I want wouldn't be what other people would want, and I suspect that most people would want it very, very personalised.

I'll be interested to see what others think, and if there's some demand then I'll write up my thoughts for you.
I think more startups should offer free goodies.

It's the least we can all do for the community :)
Can I get to you by email? I have a question on data monetization.
Repl to the rescue: http://news.ycombinator.com/offerless

(defop offerless req
(offerlesspage (get-user req)))

(newscache offerlesspage user 90
(listpage user (msec)
ranked-stories*
[and (>= (realscore _) front-threshold*)
(cansee user _)
(no (begins _!title "Offer "))
_]
nil nil "offerless"))
A fun way to learn a little or at least get inspired is to check out LayerTennis on fridays:

http://www.layertennis.com

Each round, each layer, ask yourself "do I like that or not"? and then try to articulate why or why not. Why is this layer:
http://layertennis.com/100910/07.php
not as effective as the next volley:
http://layertennis.com/100910/08.php
For example, I didn't notice at the time that the quote had six letter 'O's in it, but now that I see it it's hard to miss. They create a lot of repetition a rhythm that ties them to the shape on the other side. The symbol and the text relate to each other even before considering the meaning of the words.

Seriously, one of the hardest parts of design is to learn how to form strong opinions and understand your reasons for them, without being arbitrary. Design is just a million tiny decisions.
The hypothetical 80% who hate it are free to vote up the items they'd rather see (higher) on the front page instead.
As I am having my first child in December I find the first part of this reassuring, as to the second half, well time will tel :-)
Five reasons not to play farmville
Thanks for sharing your perspective Dave! Looking forward to 500startups' program.
While I do not think that they are spam, I think that the trend will eventually have a negative impact on the community. If you eat too much chocolate you will get sick of chocolate.
This looks great! Not all software can be delivered entirely SaaS style, and I've personally ran into hitches with git-based auto-updating of controlled deployments myself. Will take a closer look at this as soon as I have time, thanks! :)
Yes that's a fair assumption for the moment. It'll be interesting to see what happens with WebM
Even better (for me anyways), is to use my Linksys router at home, flashed with a linux firmware with SSH enabled. I'm already paying for my connection at home, so why not use it?
Also, any good materials for those of us who have no background in NLP besides basic computer science theory?
does having a baby give you inspiration and ability to do more?

Maybe. It hasn't affected that part of me much. My kid's five, and I'm about as driven as I ever was.

Or maybe you change your life's priorities?

It does, sure. You will suddenly realize one day how much you love your kid. The first months you spend in shock -- Ohmygod we have a baby here! -- but after a while you realize how connected you are to him or her. And the pressure to provider for the baby can be intense.

On the other hand, you also realize that if you don't take care of yourself, you cannot take care of the child.

Or you are so exhausted that everything else seems uninteresting?

I've had those days. As the kid gets older (than a year, for instance) you are not a walking zombie. The outside world seems like a welcome diversion. Don't worry, you won't lose yourself.

How does having a baby change your life?

In practical terms: there's some new pressure, and new concerns, but you remain the same person you always were -- just maybe a little bit better because you have to try harder now.
Hehe. Super.

Now that's what I call applied technology :)

I think this is technically an 'Offer HN: Less Offers'
The "kill switch" applies to "critical infrastructure" which does not include Facebook or Twitter IMO. If the attack was coming from Facebook I suppose they might get tempted, though.
It is an ongoing story, the man is still imprisoned.

If he had been released and nothing further had happened, maybe you could say "No discussion required".
I delved deep into Adwords after suffering a SEO slap from Google, that cut my revenues (and staff) in half over night. As long as you find your niche and stay on top of it, Adwords is the best bet in my experience.

I would say run some tests with the voucher after learning the basics. Focus on long tail keywords that describe the problem you help to solve. If you want to share the product here or via email, I can give you more guidance.
I would definitely like some link love. We're still working on our MVP so most of the on-site issues are up in the air. Sending an email now.
What if someone wanted to offer a physical product to HN community as a thank you? Would that be appropriate?
Of all the types of posts to complain about, this type seems odd. Do you really think this trend will continue for more then a week? A month, tops?
I mean this in a genuinely inquisitive spirit: is it Walgreen's responsibility to provide such a thing, considering they are just the retail outlet for the device?

I would expect that Maylon Group (or whoever is the actual system integrator) is on the hook for publishing customizations.
I am trying to access twitter via RSS feeds to display them on the home page of my site. I have tried using ASP, but I get errors, it seems the amount of times I can update that feed are limited. When I use Google's JQuery, I don't seem to have the same problem. Is it a limitation of using ASP (classic not .NET) to pull Twitter feeds? Or is there a server limit to the amount of times their RSS URL can be polled?
I'm not what you would call an "expert", but I've got a degree in economics, having spent a lot of my college years studying accounting, finance, quant analysis, and other fun things. I also passed CFA level I and studied for CFA level II before getting bored and moving on to programming full time.

My questions are these (and I mean no disrespect, if it comes off like that): what value do you think your tips add for the novice investor above random stock selection? What is your track record? What valuation models do you use? How much analysis do you put into a company prior to investing in them? Do you read all of their SEC filings (including all the footnotes)? Do you use external sources for general economic inputs (e.g. how are you calculating your RFR over any given time period)? If so, what are these sources and what is your reasoning for using them?
Though demo was sufficient for simple ops, it needed transaction system implemented, which was really not a big deal. Couldn't sell it.

Transactional integrity across replicas is a big deal--it is, in fact, the hard part. Telling people it's not makes them think you don't know databases and they shouldn't trust your code. Maybe they were wrong (maybe I'm wrong), but it sounds like that's the impression you were giving.
I love this concept.

For the last several years I've actively reduced the number of things I own to the bare essentials.
Hey, you're part of the Secret Cabalistic Society of HN Worship now, you're not allowed to disagree anymore! Get in line!

More seriously - call me a cynic if you will, but when I see people offering help with the Twitter API or with SEO or tax advice or even help with RoR, well, I don't know, something smells fishy to me. That help is freely available on numerous forums to anyone who's looking for it, and it is a pretty standard model for those industries to offer free consultations before reeling you in.

Of course, I'm not saying that's specifically the case with these specific offers, but I'm sure we can all see where this is going.
What's the best way of handling failwhales that appear in the API? Sometimes they appear with the right HTTP response code, but at other times they don't - most helpful. Right now, I'm checking responses for the name of the failwhale image - is this what you do as well?
Why do you get to decide what this site does? Who are you to tell people to go post that stuff on another site?

If it's pushing out 'more interesting stuff', it's because people have upvoted it because THEY find it worthwhile.

I'll admit, I find them mildly annoying, but much less annoying than the total crap that occasionally gets posted, like videos of dancing bears and such.

I watch the rss feed and I see -all- of that crap. And I ignore the stuff I don't care about, and upvote the stuff I do.
It's actually much easier than you guys think. To post a photo on facebook:

- click once in the "what's on your mind box"

- click on the "attach photo" icon
If people didn't think these offers were interesting/worthwhile, they wouldn't get sufficiently up-voted to stay on the front page.
I used to be a teaching assistant for a class which was ostensibly meant to teach engineering freshmen miscellaneous math and how to program, but the real goal was to get them in the habit of finding out things they didn't know.

So many people, when they come across something they don't understand, just freeze up like Windows 95: they don't know something, and it doesn't occur to them to google it, or look for notes on the subject, or ponder the subject from another angle for a minute or so. These are such essential skills that we had a class deliberately constructed so that you would not pass unless you got in the habit of looking stuff up when you don't know it. A few years later, a lot of the students said it was the most valuable class they'd taken.
I agree fully that everyone knows how email works, and I'm not debating the point that email-capable devices outnumber javascript-web-capable devices. I'm questioning the point that because there are more email-capable devices, email is a superior medium for project communications -- because there are enough devices with modern web browsers to let people use more advanced tools.
I'm not going to argue the rights and wrongs of the law, that's a different question. What is certainly true is that he has broken the law regarding providing the password when requested to do so by officers of the law following due process.

I repeat that I'm not arguing that the law is right. I'm merely pointing out that he is not innocent of the charges for which he is imprisoned.

I'm also pretty sure there are similar or analogous breaches of what one might call natural justice in the USA - I'm sure someone can provide examples.
Likewise, people have been sleeping with their babies for millennia. The only big difference with modern day life is our beds are filled with more pillows, soft bedding, etc.
If it was undesireable, there would be no option to use it. If people offer their help, its up to the people that take them up on it to determine whether its a bait for service sales tactics. Asking people to stop volunteering their help for free is not a good idea in general. It mean's you're probably reading HN too much, and possibly on a screen that's too small. Just get used to clicking on the "More" button, it works! :P
Nice. Is this something you'd like to simply run its course? Given the nature of it, it would seem the better thing to do would be to split Ask and Offer into distinct pages, and offer both up on the header.
OH!

That's software arc.hitecture
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They die on their own. The only thing posts like this do are discourage helpful people. It causes them to see the community as hostile, and they take their helpfulness elsewhere.

These people aren't -just- posting these offers. They also contribute to the site in other ways. Their loss -is- a loss to the community.

Gently nudging them into something more helpful is great, but flat telling them to go away is very bad.
I only have one regret about becoming a parent....

I should have done it sooner.
Week 3 suggestion:

Go to a popular bar. Find a table where there are no seats but more women than men (ideally all women). Find a chair that is empty (ideally on the opposite side of the room) and drag it all the way calmly (loudly, of course) to the table. Smile, sit down, start a conversation with the group
What I meant is the way medicine reacts is well, the way modern medicine reacts. Of course the problem is real and every parent is scared about it, so it is good that we have at least some guidelines.

It's just, if you let medicine run it's course unchecked, it can get ugly. We stayed in the hospital for three days after the birth. On day two we were close to fleeing home, because the nurses would always think of yet another possible problem and yet another check they should run (everything was fine). Hard to explain if you never had the experience of too much medical interference.
Once the community gets tired of it, they'll stop upvoting them, or maybe even flag them. That's the beautiful thing about HN.

Offer HN: A cane to shake at people.
What amount of money and how much time per day would I need to start making a 10% +/-3% ROI per month in stocks?

Is this even possible?
Good materials to read? I work in a text-analytics startup, so I do have a basic understanding about NLP and related fields.

I think have a solid ML understanding can serve you well if you are doing NLP.

* Good Freely Available Textbooks on Machine Learning? http://metaoptimize.com/qa/questions/186/

Besides that, I guess it depends specifically on what NLP tasks you are looking at. Can you tell me more?
Tuesday's Heroku outage post-mortem
Could we also have http://news.ycombinator.com/offers ? It would be nice if we could see all the Offer HN threads in one page.
I thought they very idea of the internet was to create an unkillable network. This idea seems counter-productive and regressive.
For anybody who'd like a summary of the issue itself, I think Bruce Schneier covers the whole idea of an Internet Kill Switch pretty well here:

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/07/internet_kill_...
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