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by herbig 12y ago
The last sentence of the article: "And because many people—both admirers of McCandless and his detractors—regard “Into the Wild” as a cautionary tale, it’s important to know as much as possible about how McCandless actually may have di
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by herbig 12y ago
Title should be "77% of users surveyed...". User surveys seem like a really poor metric here. Also, being posted by the article creator, 12 upvotes and only 1 comment seems to suggest gaming the system.
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by herbig 12y ago
The Malala story is a really terrible example of this for three reasons: 1. Her native language is not English, so she presumably does not speak to herself in English. She is translating what she says to herself to English. She may or may
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by herbig 12y ago
Not clever.
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by herbig 12y ago
http://xkcd.com/1105/
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by herbig 12y ago
I wanted to stop reading immediately upon seeing the subtitle start with "Technically incorrect." Then I saw that's the column name? Terrible choice.
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In-Flight Catalog SkyMall Files for Bankruptcy(wsj.com)
57 points by herbig 12y ago|21 comments
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by herbig 12y ago
Probably using the term more along the lines of custom-built.
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by herbig 12y ago
No. As many of the other comments have here have said in more words, correlation != causation.
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by herbig 12y ago
I'd say they're correlated for sure.
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by herbig 12y ago
The first words of the EFF article are "The New York Times". This article, as the title suggests, goes more into the "dangers of unchecked surveillance" in a digital age.
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by herbig 12y ago
"So Do You Wear a Cape" is an excellent history of the founding and success of Magic: the Gathering and written in a way that you don't have to understand the game to grasp everything. I highly recommend checking that out.
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by herbig 12y ago
A simple Google search and I was able to find the Facebook profile of the guy whose last name was not included "out of fear of retribution".
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by herbig 12y ago
"A long-standing law required drivers passing cyclists to maintain a safe distance, but it failed to define just how big that space had to be...[The law] allows a driver to pass within 3 feet if he slows to a safe speed, said CHP Offic
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by herbig 12y ago
See my comment at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8325701 Another employee sponsored post that could not have legitimately gotten upvotes outside the company.
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by herbig 12y ago
I find it suspicious when something is posted by someone at the company and immediately receives a bunch of upvotes, with no commentary. Maybe there is useful discussion to be had about the product, but let the democracy of the HN voting sy
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by herbig 12y ago
It's a very well written article by a reputable author about a serious issue that you haven't read.
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Will Misogyny Bring Down the Atheist Movement?(buzzfeed.com)
10 points by herbig 12y ago|11 comments
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by herbig 12y ago
Pretty cool. This guy was living in a dumpster before it was hip: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-dumpst... Also check out the film "Tiny" about people who build/live in tiny h
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by herbig 12y ago
That depends on the local definition of high status. To many, the high school English assigned reading list is high culture.
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by herbig 12y ago
I'd be willing to bet that the majority of books people cite on these lists they haven't actually read. The list serves as a status symbol and there's no way to verify it anyway. Also, U.S. citizens will happily list the ent
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by herbig 12y ago
I have this issue as well. I get extremely nervous and forget very basic things during phone and in person interviews. I like reading these kinds of articles because they make me feel like less of an idiot, but that's not going to hel
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by herbig 12y ago
The "Android fragmentation problem" is mostly a myth. Developing / designing for multiple devices is not difficult. Edge cases come up because of the way some manufacturers have modified the OS, but in general it's not
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by herbig 12y ago
Thus the falseness of the article title. The title suggests that terrorists can take over planes using these methods, which is not the case.
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by herbig 12y ago
The article title is false. Within the article it admits the TSA no longer uses this type of body scanner.
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by herbig 12y ago
Looks like we were thinking the same thing within a minute of each other. I lost interest in the article immediately after seeing that.
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by herbig 12y ago
Why does the article start with a headless woman?
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by herbig 12y ago
The only interesting part of this comment was learning that the article has a 0 for an o in it.
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by herbig 12y ago
The trains are too wide or the platforms are too narrow. One of those problems needs to be addressed.
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by herbig 13y ago
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