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The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkings. ( http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene ) The idea that organisms evolved to be survival vehicles for our genes totally inverted and …

I'm an independent developer living living Canada with some clients in the US. I am paid monthly by cheque in $US and I am looking for the most cost effective way of converting tha…

Your government (I'm assuming you live in the USA || Canada) supports "Houses of Worship" through tax exemptions. I'd feel like I was finally getting some value out of a church if …

I wish I didn't give a shit about this whole situation. It really doesn't affect me in anyway. However, when I do think about it, this is what comes to mind: 1. John and Dan starte…

I worked with a guy that complained to me one day about taking his car to a full-service hand car wash. They did a crappy job. I asked if complained and he said it was no use, he j…

Thanks. Did you change your standard of living to to follow your dream? If so, to what extent? Are you now eating raman? Also, do you have any dependents (wife, children)? Oh, and …

Nice idea. I'd be interested to know (and if you're willing to share with the community): 1. What was your job. 2. How much did you get paid. 3. How much savings(runway) do you hav…

I don't see it as nasty, just an observation of various facts that lead me to believe (perhaps incorrectly) that the post has ulterior motives. But since you ask, this is what lead…

It shouldn't be hard to hear. If it's not true then who cares what I think. Like I said, I probably just be cynical.

I think this "open letter" is a little disingenuous. A nice heartwarming letter of thanks by a poster that signed up to HN 4 days ago. Maybe I'm cynical, but this seems like astro-…

The most important feature (for me) that any music library is missing is podcast support. Just a thought.

I'm looking to replace my earbuds for my iPhone & N1. I'm no audiophile, but I do appreciate a good sound. What is important to me is durability of the product. Quality of sound sh…

WTF people!?! RMS is guilty of bad taste. Let's move on.

Crass and insensitive but in line with everything I've ever heard him profess to believe. He's never strayed from his goal in making great software available to millions of people …

I could see this argument if an article was titled "Client side scripting (JavaScript) is Dead. Long live client side scripting (Ruby)" ...assuming one of the browsers yanked JavaS…

Very different. There can only be one king.

Everyone knows that X in these two sentences originally referred to "The King". However, the sentences should be interpreted as "The (old) King is dead. Long live the (new) King." …

Working my way thru it now. His Einstein biography was fantastic.

How about "I'm in North America" rather than having Canada "included with USA". Sorry for being picky.

Is this relevant to the broader HN community?

That is quite possibly the worst "VS" wiki I have ever seen. Where are the comparisons? Why should I want to use TMux over screen? What are the pros and cons? What I learned from t…

I believe Steve Gibson said he would "Kick the ass of the next person" that spreads this horrible lie. OK, he didn't say it, but come on, it'd be fun to watch him do it.