skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Any of the following will be suitable:

http://www.hostigation.com
http://www.buyvm.com
http://www.ramnode.com
http://www.prometeus.net
http://www.edis.at
http://www.severdragon.com
http://www.ipxcore.com
http://www.bluevm.com

All of the above offer VPS's for really low prices.. Most of those have packages for under $3 per month.

Check out LowEndBox (http://www.lowendbox.com) and LowEndTalk (http://www.lowendtalk.com) for more cheap VPS services as most of the main cheap VPS providers can be found on there :).
seems the opposite of ironic to me
The standard QWERTY finger placement is uncomfortable
Show HN: News/YC - HN Reader for iOS
I have tried a few from low end box before. They aren't very reliable.
> For the rest which concentrate on technical/project issues: [insert random XKCD]

Isn't that the actual objective of this thread?

Directing people to some loosely-but-not-really related XKCD comic adds nothing to the discussion. Neither does "the best comment" about marriage counseling for that matter, but I can see how that would be controversial.

Making unsolicited life-coachy suggestions to people whom you know nothing about isn't as noble as it looks at first glance. The project's developer didn't ask us to give him tips on how to improve his life, he said he was looking to hand off the project.

The situation would be different if there was an intra-community Ask HN from the developer, but we're talking about a blog post where this reason was given merely to illustrate why he can't work on the project anymore.
Trivial to write the law perhaps, but enforcing it would be another thing entirely.
We're going to publish some comparisons in a few days, but basically you nailed it (both pros and con). We're trying to build a stellar data-oriented development environment/query language, and a stellar scalability infrastructure. All the main pieces are there, and Rethink is a lot of fun to use. The rough edges will be polished out in over the next few months.
Mathematics isn't failing here. You're mixing contexts. If you look at it from the perspective of the victim, it's less than 100% of the blame. If you look at it from the perspective of a single perpetrator, they're 100% to blame because the other perpetrator doesn't absolve them of any of the blame. If you try to add the 100% of each perpetrator in isolation together, you're making an error.
Teacher pleads guilty to "popup" porn charges
It is an old article but this is another cyber crime case that was insane.

And she actually plead guilty:

"Accused of letting impressionable students see pornographic pictures as she browsed the web in her classroom, former Connecticut school teacher Julie Amero dodged felony charges last Friday by agreeing to plead guilty to a single misdemeanor charge and surrendering her state teaching credentials, according to the Hartford Courant."
Okay, so I originally made this app for myself cause I didn't like the UI on other HN readers. In that vein, I probably didn't add some stuff that people would like in a HN client, so I want your opinions on what to include/remove/improve in v1.1 - don't hold back. I personally couldn't stand the design on the other similar apps and I want people to enjoy reading HN on their iPhones/iPods.

And yes, there's an iPad version in the works too!

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And if anybody is wondering, review time was at 5 days for this one.
Personally, knowing Facebook is actively mining my likes and check-ins is a disincentive to do more of it.
Who have you tried? I've been with many providers who advertise at Low End Box and most have been fine.

Edis, BuyVM, Hostigation, Prometeus and RamNode are some of the most respected and reliable providers there.
It is interesting for many because they use the product and many feel it is great (see others comments). If it is not maintained, its going to affect them. And many of them are using it to support their startup's installations.

And HN is not only about interesting ideas and innovative startups, its about anything interesting for a hacker. And that could include news about another hacker (or human) who has built a great product and is now in distress. And many would love to help him as a human (to reduce the suffering) and as a hacker (to keep the product alive).
From the Twitter post:

> This is getting ridiculous: the Svbtle design is not open source, and I have never given permission for anyone to use it with Wordpress.

Dude. Without trademarks, patents, or copyright, there's not much you can do. There is no permission for you to give or not give, unless your actual code is being ripped off. There is no "open source" license that the Svbtle design could be licensed under even if you wanted to do so. You could probably get a patent on the design. Apple has patents on rounded corners and page turning, for example. Once you publish something or offer it for sale in the US, you have one year to file for a patent. You still have time, but of course, IANAL.
Tell recruiters, I keep getting calls for Struts jobs and I have to tell them I know nothing about that.
I still miss bay area weather. Aside from lack of sun, I just really don't like constant rain. I wouldn't say that it has been difficult to adjust, it's just far less pleasant in that regard.
That autocommit point just made thousands of Java EE/hibernate guys cry out in terror.
I'm only semi serious, but only supporting plaintext copy and paste is more of a feature than a limitation for me. I'm sure I'm not the only person who has kept notepad open to copy into to remove formatting. Not so much an issue anymore with "paste and match style" available.
I think its super awesome that this guy is actually looking to hand the project over to people who care that can continue it despite the raft of personal problems he's clearly dealing with. Most projects in these circumstances would simply be abandoned.

I hope the best for him.
Never is a long time. Java is in a strange, precarious situation already, and JavaScript won't last forever as the only option for client-side scripting. It'll slowly fade from relevance once there's a better option.
The script excerpts make for a good tease, but I generally have a bias for HBO shows anyway. I think this is going to be interesting, unlike Big Bang Theory which bored me within the first season.
Numerous security researchers complained that the Weev/ATT case had unfortunate implications for security research. I'd argue it had even worse implications for the customers of companies whose calls US Attorneys will take. When they call the prosecutors rather than their IT staff, the customer suffers. Reasonable people can disagree about the proper form of disclosure, but surely the CFAA doesn't contribute constructively to that conversation.
LinkedIn is Shutting Down Answers Section. Big News for Quora?
Hugh Mason from JFDI.Asia and Daniel of This Week in Asia said "startups is becoming more and more a spectator sport"
I don't have a problem with the _escaped_fragment_ stuff, since no human is supposed to ever see those. I utilize those on my single-page JS website and it is fantastic. Google can index my site while I can serve blazingly fast pages to my users.

If a human ever sees an _escaped_fragment_ page...something terribly wrong has happened.
The Buddhist View on Suicide
I like how this is a twist on the old music label agent. Where artists would hound them with demos ande whatnots hoping to get discovered. One interesting take is the fact that artists are being charged money without much explanation as to what they will receive. I'm not implying that this is a scam. No sir. My point is that one should at least have more information available from the website. Maybe a little FAQ page would help convert those people who may have any doubt about this.

Now, artists are quite an unique market. They will gladly pay for this type of service. I'd say you should test charging more, because $20 dollars might come off as being too cheap. I think $99 is a good number to test. Enough to only bring in serious prospects and not hinder the aparent quality of your process.

The record labels list would be better served with their logos. Record labels are powerful brands. Artists dream with having those logos on their productions.

Though I'm curious about the business model here. I can assume you will take n amount from the profits of an artist whom you discover. Do you aim to represent the artist or merely just introduce them to people in the industry?

I hope you are ready to sort green M&Ms. ;)
What is opensource and why do i feel so guilty?
The background dots behind the text make this a chore to read, I had to give up as this was hurting my eyes.
Naked-Image Scanners to Be Removed From U.S. Airports
They've always been actively mining your likes and check-ins. The disincentive hasn't been evident until now that they've made it very transparent.
Why is it sad? I'm curious.
My vote goes to:

1. IntoVPS

2. Linode

I put Linode because they donated a year of 512MB to run FontPrep on, so kudos to them. (http://fontprep.com)
Does it run actual apps or is it the cloud-based stuff?
Not at all. There are several different definitions for inflation, each of which is equally valid depending on the context. Consumer price inflation is one type. Other types include producer prices or money supply (including debt marked to market).
"ECMAScript" sounds like some sort of horrible disease.
Wow. I'm surprised that Rep. Israel beat Sen. Schumer... Usually he wins the race for getting this type of vapid thing out on a weekly basis.
I've been wondering long enough why devs aren't forced to provide a short description why they need the permissions they're asking for.
We don't take any ownership of your IP. If you strip out our characters, art, music, sdk, you can do whatever you want with what's left. If you stick with us we want it to be because we're doing a good job as a publisher, not because we've taken ownership of all your IP.
maybe all these lenders/investors are interested in buying access to Facebook. Survey Monkey CEO is married to Facebook COO.
Yup. While part of what makes Svbtle original is the admin panel, the look itself is basically just Clarus, a free Tumblr theme, without the gradient.

I've stood up for Dustin on other matters, but I think he's in the wrong when he tries to call out people for stealing what essentially amounts to border-radiuses and an original, albeit poor UX, like button. That said, there is a brand aesthetic here and a reputation that goes along with it, so I do think it's pretty tacky for people to use the theme and misguide people reading their blogs into thinking they're a part of this internet cool kid's club, whatever your thoughts on invite-only blogging platforms may be.
I'll suggest one: Facebook mobile apps are slow and ugly.

G+'s mobile app is really nice in comparison.
Thanks for the feedback - we're looking into how we can make more of a "killer offer". We've received quite a bit of feedback that videos would be very desirable.
I'm not happy with the idea that an IRC log taken out of context created a conspiracy conviction for Auernheimer, but that said, this is a bit of a false dichotomy. The options aren't simply "silently tell the company" and "publicly shame the company by publishing sensitive data". There's also "tell the company and present a timeline in which you're going to alert the press of the vulnerability without publishing personal information of any sort"; that option is the gold standard used by security researchers.

Having said all that: testing for vulnerabilities in other people's deployed web applications is fraught and should be so. If you think consumers should be entitled to know about vulnerabilities, tell them to use only applications with a published disclosure policy, like Google and Facebook and 37signals have.
Most websites aren't very good without JS...
Yeah, I noticed some low housing prices in San Leandro too last summer, is this a safe place to live? Anyone?
Becoming My Own Boss
Did anyone seriously expect an apology? This is disappointing, but not really surprising.

This quote esp. got me:

"I must, however, make clear that this office’s conduct was appropriate in bringing and handling this case."

Strongly disagree, and I hope the docs come out to prove against this point and burn them.
Introducing the First End User Friendly Release of XBMC for Android
I think the globalization issue is a little bit overblown, since most other western countries have similar laws, and a huge fraction of the online crime that affects Americans originates from the west.
The IDF uses rubber bullets extensively as a non-lethal form of ammunition. I think during the Nth intifada there was a story about plastic bullets being used, with them being actually worse than metal since they wouldn't show up on x-ray, although they would shed energy and momentum really fast compared to metal.

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/29/world/us-protesting-israel...

http://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/29/world/israeli-army-lawyer-...
> There are indeed countries that are pleasant on the surface (i.e., are not Somalia), and have very low tax rates without relying on natural resources. Almost always they either a) have high amount of "hidden" inequality (some states in the US, some countries in Asia and Eastern Europe) b) are police states (Singapore) c) are both (Middle East)

I really can't think of any pleasant countries, to tell the truth, that have appreciably lower taxes than the U.S. Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore are all special cases, and I'm not sure their examples are really generalizable.

The Middle Eastern countries (UAE, etc) can't be counted because their wealth comes from selling off their natural capital. Selling off the furniture isn't really "income". Hong Kong and Taiwan are special cases. A lot of their expenditures are heavily subsidized (e.g. defense, by China and the U.S., respectively).

See: See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_revenu...

Sort by the Heritage Foundation column, from lowest to highest. The first country on that list I'd even consider living in is Lithuania. But even then it's not an entirely fair comparison. Countries like Lithuania are subsidized by regional stability propped-up by the defense spending of bigger neighbors. Moreover, the eastern european countries generally don't have the aging problem the U.S. and western european countries have. Then you've got Croatia, South Korea, and the U.S. around 27%. I'd live in any of those places. Going from there up to 35%, you've got some really livable countries: Japan, Switzerland, Australia, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand. If the U.S. eliminated it's deficit entirely based on tax increases (discounting the effects of the recession which we continue to be in) we'd probably only be around Ireland and Australia in terms of taxes.
This is a very neat and simple application.
Here is what I think you can charge for.

1. As jkaykin mentioned, limit clips for free users and unlimit for pro.

2. Provided a clean organized layout for pro users which can make them efficient.

3. Allow signup via email. I personally went to signup and was turned off by the two choices. No matter how many times you tell me, you don't spam my facebook wall, I will never signup via those two services. That's just me, but I'm sure plenty of HNers have the same approach. May be that's where your money is. Don't block us. </sorry>

4. I suggest one-time like pinboard, and up-sell a simple annual plan that has some neat features. You probably don't want to do monthly because, every time users see the charges in their bank, they will subconsciously reevaluate whether they should keep paying or find an alternative. So, having an annual/one-time/quarterly plan will minimize that reevaluation moment. This is all assuming that your product is easily replaceable.

Goodluck
On Facebook, users can no longer hide from search results
Nice, I like it a lot. I tend to read HN on my phone and this could be a real improvement. A few questions:

- How does voting work?

- How do I login?

- How do I get to page 2?

- Returning to the article list may be clearer with a back arrow

- I'd love to see landscape mode
Deepinder Goyal – The man who served technology and cuisine on one plate
US Congress employees found downloading pirated content online
"I respect the fact that most transgender people are better served by keeping that information private than by wearing it on their sleeve"

Uh, what are you saying here exactly? If someone's FTM they're just not going to bother with your post since it doesn't apply to them. They don't consider themselves female, that's sort of the whole point. If they're MTF, they're not exactly going to submit some sort of disclaimer to you saying that they aren't "really" a woman or something.
FAQ is a great idea.

We're working on an updated design that includes record label logos, it looks MUCH better.

You are correct on the business model.

Green M&Ms, Yellow M&Ms, as long as they are making great content, whatever they want ;)
Uh yeah i'm not on a tablet or phone; horrible experience!
The only thing better than joeyh's software (git-annex, moreutils, etckeeper, etc) is the way he handles bugreports. Post a description of your troubles to the branchable wiki.
Will this work on OS X? The mac client is horrible. My internet connection is rendered useless while files are uploading.
For those who don't have Flash, here it's on Youtube:

Part 1: http://youtu.be/l_b228qEVi8

Part 2: http://youtu.be/F90BRJHXsVI
I can't really see people using Drive on their work desktops. As for laptops, it seems most people at Google choose mac.
I was just in Chattanooga last month. Ugh. Would have loved to stop by and visit.
You were correct, but maybe add some more details and links to your sources?
It's slightly ironic that SV/tech people will enjoy watching something where they're somewhat mocked vs. fawned over, I think.
I've been looking for a way to get around this for some ADC chips I'd like to use in a one-off. Proto-vantage SMD-to-DIP boards look great for that, if slightly spendy; Radioshack even sells a few varieties.
There was a Hacker News reader for iOS and then it stopped loading news and gave errors. So I found one called Hacker Node that worked better. Which one of this, I don't see a link to the App Store just an image.
The Death of Aaron Swartz - Clive Crook
1. Yep working on it right now (landscape mode)

2. Unfortunately I haven't figured out how to get to Page(n) with the api I'm using for this: http://hndroidapi.appspot.com/ - if anyone uses this for their own and knows, hook a brother up! Edit: Also, this API doesn't allow for logging in / upvoting. I'd love to have this in there though. Anybody know any other APIs that allow this consistently?

3. Duly noted.

Thanks for the feedback, I hope you like it. Hopefully in less than a week I can have a solid v1.1 submitted to focus on everybody's issues/complaints.
right, but that's different than what the GP to my post was asking, which was how to automate a regular google search with the clean URL without having to type !g every time.
So what happens next time one of Ortiz's targets decides to die, rather than face trial?
I experienced "just charges" a few months ago after just getting steady employment a week prior. A cop in a suburban community was bored to shit and decided to run tags on the borrowed car which I was driving which wasnt registered with the state ($38 fee) which he proceed to tow about half a mile (cost $176) and charge me a days worth of work to appear in court to pay $100 in court costs to have the charges dismissed. Totally innocent. Charges are not free.
Clickable link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/news-yc/id592893508?ls=1&...
I wish more people would do stuff like this, and long-duration autonomous sea vehicles, buoys, etc.
My point isn't that mathematics is failing somehow, but rather that blame or responsibility is something that cannot be summed. Trying to do so is like trying to add up happiness and sadness. Ethics, and the underlying human emotion, don't have a system of arithmetic that we are aware of.
Unless they were standing outside a whole foods or so, I don't buy the existence of "passerby"
This article tries too hard. Employees of the US Congress are not special in anyway. They are people like you and me. Now, if a Senator or Congressperson pirated stuff, and they were the author of a SOPA-like bill or voted yes on it, THEN it could justify a big shit-show. But that doesn't seem to be the case here.
Having seen the internals of Postgres, it's a better product. It's pretty simple: it comes from a better core, with more sound theoretical underpinnings, from smarter people. It deserves the recognition and growth, and it's incredible to me that it continues to keep its high level of quality.
qz.com should have a warning sign "DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING!".

it's worse than blogspot.
I think it's great. I've spent too much time parsing SQL strings into well typed data structures, and you get it for free with Mongo.
Typed Clojure multimethod support is work in progress, but closing in.
Cordova (formerly PhoneGap)
We (and I) need to do a better job getting the word out! Any chance you're coming back? I work out of Lamp post group & I would love to introduce you and any other hackers to the group of startups we have working here.
It's a fictional comedy, not a reality show.
It's pretty good. A few user interface issues:

- The "Go To Comments" and "Return To Stories" buttons aren't styled as buttons, so it's not immediately obvious that they do anything.

- The gray bar at the top underneath the orange should really be transparent I think, it makes the top bar feel very thick and a bit clunky.

- There should be some indication that an article is loading when the UIWebView pops up. Users might not have Wifi, and it could be some time before any part of the page is rendered.

- I think the modal UIWebView should probably rise up past the top navigation bar. When you're reading an article there really isn't much need for it to be there, and every extra pixel is precious on a phone.

Nice app though overall.
It was originally called LiveScript if I remember correctly, which was a beautiful and descriptive name. But then they renamed it to JavaScript for some reason.
Why Don't Designers Talk About Money?