swagv

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1. 31.▲
   by swagv 11y ago

   BuzzFeed is horrible enough. This is even worse.
2. 32.▲
   by swagv 11y ago

   I don't. I think it will have selective advantages, but saying this is like saying video is the future of journalism. And on the BBC News app, I still pass over every news item that is just video.
3. 33.▲
   by swagv 11y ago

   Very relevant to the hacker community of course
4. 34.▲
   by swagv 11y ago

   https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10529613 Stop, please.
5. 35.▲
   by swagv 11y ago

   Well this is not advertising spam
6. 36.▲
   by swagv 11y ago

   I always thought social media status posts were a boon to home burglars
7. 37.▲
   by swagv 11y ago

   Err, hasn't Nike been doing this for a while now? (Save for gluing the soles on.)
8. 38.▲
   by swagv 11y ago

   "Think of the children" is a cliché
9. 39.▲
   by swagv 11y ago

   It's like it's 1987 all over again
10. 40.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    I love Twitch. It would be my vector to destroy a generation.
11. 41.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    Only slightly ego-mad.
12. 42.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    "Space hacker" is kind of an insult to the guy's accomplishments
13. 43.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    I get why they're using the pitch, but it almost suggests that people who speak Arabic or Farsi might noy be worth the effort otherwise.
14. 44.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    I think there's the confluence of a couple of factors here. One is that the ANC is no longer untouchable among a growingly frustrated electorate. Holding government responsible for more than what happened 21 years ago is becoming accep
15. 45.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    I'm easily convinced by the premise
16. 46.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    Someone currently inventing the smart toilet will soon rule them all.
17. 47.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    And yet photos on Yelp is still one of the least useful things about the service.
18. 48.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    Can .slac be far behind
19. 49.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    What's an unforseen side-effect of so many people posting about their PIDed Silvias on the Internet that I noticed people who were hesitant to buy a Silvia because they thought too many people were manually correcting for a design flaw
20. 50.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    I learned this a couple years ago. I'm not sure what's new about it now.
21. 51.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    It's little more than a rehash of facts with little exploration beyond that. I expected more from such a read.
22. 52.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    The W3C still exists? I thought it was defunded by 2000.
23. 53.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    Three cheers for the coming surveillance economy
24. 54.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    Too many entrenched interests. Snowden is only coming back to the US in a casket.
25. 55.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    When two income families arose, San Francisco ultimately required two incomes to buy into a house. Now we will be creating a necessity in that only those who operate private hoteling will be able to afford to buy in the city anymore. Those
26. 56.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    Looking forward to the day where nobody can afford to live in SF unless they are also running a private hotel. That will be the new standard.
27. 57.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    Cannot upvote this enough.
28. 58.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    Native apps are just a momentary crutch until Web standards on devices get better. Especially since most so-called apps are merely glorified Web pages in custom browsers.
29. 59.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10133379
30. 60.▲
    by swagv 11y ago

    Well there's a false headline. Oscar winning is the story of people, not of objective criteria.