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Are there bots that downvote comments on HN? Why would anyone downvote this comment?

About remembering which letters I type to go to which site, I assumed that's just the latest and greatest with browsers, and loved it without noticing that I do. But now that I kno…

The govt is not my girlfriend. Why would I want tell them anything?

BS plauditory apology. You don't get to call something you said "profound." Others can find it profound, but you can't. It's like a comedian finding themselves funny. It's normally…

Do you recommend using a password manager versus not using one? Why? Which one do you use/recommend? Why?

Since we're talking health outcomes here, how prudent is it to measure these outcomes based on respondents' self assessments of how healthy they are, as this study does, rather tha…

I don't follow chess, and I didn't know it's gendered. That doesn't make sense. Why would chess contests be gendered? That's like a gendered photography contest.

How do people know where to find/make the things they do have an innate need for without advertisement as you seem to define it?

What law is he being above? The article says he checked with the US embassy in Oslo before travelling, and they said it was all good. He isn't trying to be above the law, he double…

He makes capital. Capital is a resource that you need to run, say, a software company. Makers don't usually go too far without it. And they, makers, are the ones who put their crea…

The companies he owns make and sell stuff and services. You know, a bit like the company owned by Bill Gates, whom you seem to hold in better regard.

Hacker News is not a trade union or some other special interest group where the nature of discussion topics is predictable and consistent. It's a group of people who start off with…

While I also find the comments more compelling than the links themselves, sometimes a thread degenerates and gets marooned on Pointless Island. It helps to be able to identify PI f…

I may be wondering because I'm standing on an atoll of ignorance in a sea of knowledge, but I wonder why the intelligence themselves can't became Tor admins and do away with needin…

Is these a way to get in touch with this person, follow their work, read their research, etc.?

My guess is buyers of mechanical watches know this already. I've never seen a luxury watch advert whose main selling point was the accuracy of the watch.

No, not this one. The one I'm talking about had people talking about the product and how you could use it. The part with the song I'm talking about was a food restaurant setting (a…

Two points. One, my understanding of Paul's basic premise is that it's not the class quality that matters, it's the unicorns that matter. As in, in this game, you're not chasing go…

The page won't load for me, it said, because my browser, Opera Mini 4.x, is not supported. "But I'm browsing on a Nokia feature phone," I vehemently object. "No exploits will run. …

I've just watched footage of the Challenger space shuttle breaking up in this documentary [0], and although I knew what happened, I've instinctively reacted like I didn't know it w…

It has to slide (more like roll along) before it can float, doesn't it? It doesn't take off like a chopper, you know?

Does anyone have a link to the promo video of the original Surface, the table in a restaurant version? It's soundtrack had a song I loved, can't remember the artist, and the versio…

I hadn't noticed, and this image is just the gift that keeps on giving. What do you mean it's Photoshop? Oh yeah, the box files. I hadn't noticed. The dude's leg looks a bit weir..…

According to the permissions request dialogue, "...We [want to collect your data even after you're dropped off] to improve pickups, drop-offs, customer service and to enhance safet…

For a moment there, that headline had me thinking that school kids who happen to be weird have colorful gardens and are showing these gardens to octopuses.