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the first question seems a tad ambiguous to me. Is a contiguous rectangular block a rectangle s.t. all restaurants == P, or is it rectangle in which every P has at least one immedi…

twice. will do it again soon.

+1 for Bringhurst, definitely. Plus, when you meet a cute designer somewhere, he or she will be impressed when you drop that name.

men performing sexual favors for men in exchange for money... right?

thanks! I do read LtU, and I'll check out this "Kragen's" of which you speak.

To Long, Didn't Read: I'm down with what you're saying, but I didn't ask that question. Where's the hot links? Yes yes, I've asked ever so foolish a question and missed the fundame…

hmm. might could. I am consuming HN exclusively through google reader, so maybe I need to see a little more what it can do for me.

I'm not exactly trying to be snarky about this, but basically, there's a subset of content on HN that I actually care much about, what I'd describe as the hard facts and interestin…

I'm currently a dev at a small company in New York, but am about to leave to pursue a graduate degree in LA. I'm wondering if anyone has advice on how to start up and run a limited…

what. the. hell. A+

I agree with revolvingcur-- I was pretty skeptical at first, but I certainly got the value out of this for free (and was mildly entertained, too.). More to the point, just on princ…

good, now that joke's been made. The API is weak, though. Everyone knows you lead with something interesting, and go to the name only after an actual conversation. UNLESS you're us…

Because robots have been the next revolution for at least 50 years.

I think this corner of the flame war is pretty uninteresting. Balance is everything. Have a good idea and do it well. Or just get lucky.

Write interesting job posts. You may be able to tap into the small but motivated and smart pool of people with non-traditional backgrounds. Evaluating them means being clear with y…

There was a study in a CS dept. somewhere that had a pretty convincing test. I can't remember where I saw it or the school, so I'll just try to recount it. The test was given to st…

Someone get this cat a dictionary so he can look up "decimate", a better word for what happened than removing "a handful" of staff.

hahahahaahahaha.

No. Would you hire someone who made basic arithmetic mistakes?

but they do have more satisfying sex lives.