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by Permit 13y ago
>3) Your hacker news about section links to your Google+ page Someone can use Google+ and love Google+ and empathize with others who might not feel the same way. Regardless, it's entirely irrelevant. He doesn't mention Google+
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by Permit 13y ago
It's interesting to hear there's someone doing this. Nate Silver came to a similar conclusion at his Google Talk[1]. He proposed this as the answer to the question "What is the most statistically unsound tactic in sports?&quo
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by Permit 13y ago
While the mentioned companies don't donate, others do. Including Mozilla/GoDaddy with $10,000 a piece.
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by Permit 13y ago
Please. We call the "Patriot Act" the "Patriot Act". We called SOPA by its name despite disagreeing that it would "Stop Online Piracy".
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by Permit 13y ago
This is absolutely ridiculous. It doesn't take much effort to make anyone sound like a hacker. Eg. Paris Hilton is a "Media Hacker" because she's managed to create a successful brand for herself despite not having traits
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by Permit 13y ago
I think there is a distinct difference between not wanting to put yourself in harms way by getting involved with a murder and taking photos of someone who has their head stuck in a guard rail.
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by Permit 13y ago
>Same goes for every oil company in existence. We owe the 20th century and virtually every convenience in our lives to the existence of petro-chemicals. There is absolutely no justification that oil companies "don't solve real
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by Permit 13y ago
That's very similar to the effect we're trying to achieve. I was happy to see it was received well by the HN community. I think the same approach would work well in an IDE.
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by Permit 13y ago
Was that Codeporium? I believe Noah Richards and Chris Granger worked on something similar according this this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3848543 I actually saw the Codeporium .dlls kicking around inside
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by Permit 13y ago
I'm of the opinion that the way we interact with code is flawed. This author touched on it when discussing text dumps. I agree with the author that little time is spent modifying large modules of code (something NoFlow[1] is trying the
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by Permit 13y ago
How is that clear? I haven't followed the case, but it seems as though he copied important intellectual property (HFT code) when he left the firm. I'm sure if a developer at Apple or Microsoft downloaded the Windows or OS X kernel
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by Permit 13y ago
Can't wait to see all the amateur investors wishing for an opportunity to short Bitcoin like we saw in Jan/February when it hit $60.00. https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=%22short+bitco...
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by Permit 13y ago
My understanding is that Netscape failed for a variety of reasons, a major reason being they decided to rewrite their entire product. Joel Spolsky cataloged it as one of the "Things you should never do".[1] [1] http://w
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by Permit 13y ago
Maybe it's because I was born in 1990 and wasn't old enough at the time, but I can't understand how shipping IE with Windows lead to antitrust litigation. The closed systems that we're seeing on mobile seem much, much wo
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by Permit 13y ago
>It's called SELF DISCIPLINE and it's really not rocket science. Do you think self discipline is inherent or learned? If it's inherent, then you can't fault an individual without it. If it's learned, how does one
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by Permit 13y ago
I don't think anything you've mentioned is relevant at all. Google isn't going to show your negative review beside a paid ad because it'd help you build rapport with friends... Keep in mind these are paid ads, Google is
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by Permit 13y ago
How would that be in any way relevant?
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by Permit 13y ago
The guys at Netscape would love to speak to you for a minute.
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by Permit 13y ago
This is an excellent post and it's a shame it seems to be getting flagged. Not only does it address problems in diversity in technology, but it provides concrete, repeatable steps to help improve the situation. It sounded like the hack
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by Permit 13y ago
I'd never really heard of prediction markets before this post. Does anyone know the reason prediction markets are legal but other forms of online gambling such as poker are not? Edit: Apparently they've just recently started using
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by Permit 13y ago
Thanks for the info, I'll definitely be checking everything out later tonight. Best of luck going forward, I think you guys have built a really cool product.
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by Permit 13y ago
Are there any experts beyond: http://www.airpair.com/experts ? I'm working on a C# extension to Visual Studio and some of the interfaces I've come across have little (or no) documentation on MSDN. I'd love to
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by Permit 13y ago
> But we do require vaccines for people who touch our food in most places. Haha wow, you are seriously overestimating the background checks and vaccination polices for individuals who work at grocery stores.
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by Permit 13y ago
>Would you want random people having access to your building? I don't understand this argument. You already have "random" people having access to your building. You don't get to vet a single one of your neighbors, and
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by Permit 13y ago
I think his point is that it's weird that you don't comment on anything else, but manage to have impeccable timing in terms of showing up when this thread is posted. Edit: Especially if you go back in your comment history and see
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by Permit 13y ago
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/09/18/bicyclist-killed... Definitely not. However, the woman in the audio clip points out that there is both a blindspot and the sun makes it doubly difficult to see peop
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by Permit 13y ago
Linux has certainly had a number of years over the years. 2006 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1836228,00.asp 2008 http://www.maximumpc.com/article/2008_year_of_the_linux_desk... 2009 http:&
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by Permit 13y ago
The article is written in regards to Linux on the Desktop, so I'm not sure how Android is relevant.
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by Permit 13y ago
There is actually a reasonable amount of competition within the autonomous car space. A lot of people online only ever hear about Google's initiatives, but Audi, BMW et al. are building driving systems, some of which approach 100+ km&#
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by Permit 13y ago
>Of course it would never enter into my head to discuss these plans ahead of times with those involved and people are being dragged screaming and kicking to the furthest corners of the earth. And I pick the spot, every time. From the art

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