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I would never want to speculate, but I speculate that CNN's ratings will be back to their abysmal levels in a few weeks. :)

So much linkbait on HN today.

Note that you can't use hola for anything except the browsers it supports. (As far as I know.) So it's good if you want privacy only in the browser.

I wonder: this kind of malware doesn't require admin permissions, does it?

This explains everything :).

I think that Microsoft would make more money if those "500 million!" XP users woke up one day, realized their 10-year-old XP tower no turns on, and were forced into buying a newer …

I haven't finished the article yet, but so far: > Microsoft XP Haha! > Microsoft is dumb Haha! I guess so. :)

Given what we've seen, I'm not inclined to believe that the UK government will use this newfound power for good.

You can have an async implementation and synchronous code. http://meteor.com does that part quite nicely. The compiler or runtime should be handling this kind of cruft for us in mo…

Would be interesting if Twitter created their own bot to make it seem like they have more active users than they actually do.

Just because my database says I have $100 trillion does not mean I have $100 trillion.

Bitcoin isn't a currency by most textbook definitions. As Bitcoin is now, it will never replace fiat currencies because it is not a stable store of value (among other reasons). For…

That was Charlie Munger, but Bitcoin fans tried to pin it on Buffett too, because he is a billionaire and happened to be in the same room as Munger at the time.

Just wondering: why do people here keep spelling his name 'Buffet' rather than 'Buffett'? Is it some form of veiled insult?

Genetics probably has some influence over it, too, if you believe other mice experiments. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/health/overweight-maybe-yo...

I suppose I can use my limbs to buy illegal drugs. If only they were virtual and could be transferred internationally with little or no fees - all done more easily than sending an …

"Not involved with Bitcoin" leaves the door open to having been involved with Bitcoin in the past. I wonder if he was trying to deny past involvement with Bitcoin but worded it poo…

These tend to be people who drink it heavily.

I remember hearing something about self-XSS in another story earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7350818

That's the world we live in. "You need to eat healthier," says a skinny person smoking a cigarette and drinking alcohol.

Ouch. Even the mention of XSLT is painful.

> I always feel like I am just trying random things until something works Indeed.

Ah, my bad, I didn't know they were still experimental. :)