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Wow, thanks for pointing that out - it was fascinating to read.

On the other hand, by dint of being so loud, they've given even the quiet hackers some well-deserved recognition. Intellectualism has too long been shunned in the main stream. It's…

(t)he (r)eally (u)nusual (l)ights ... (y)ellows (a)nd (d)arks ... (u)ncommon (m)oods ... (b)rown (p)ackages (o)f (s)traw, (t)oo. You missed it, but no harm done - it was not very i…

I'm surprised you didn't mention September 1993, the neverending September. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September This isn't a big date technologically speaking, but as fa…

Surprised no one has posted this link yet: http://hackingisnotcracking.com/ It's only 100 days old on HN. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=577224 I found the link memorable, any…

This seems like a great idea to me, as it could get you a job, and make your service much faster, in that you could build your notification system into the class scheduling system,…

In my humble opinion, "very cool" is a huge understatement. Very relevant to my interests.

I, too, was surprised there weren't more. I use this; I like it quite a lot. The search feels quite superior to Thunderbird's native search.

The article in the comment you replied on has a solid theory: it's hard to patent bacteriophages in their natural state, and tailoring bacteriophages to a specific person presents …

I've heard good things about coffee shops, but I haven't tried them yet. According to a recent article on YC, this is a "third place." (The article was about MMOs.) Pubs and bars a…

It has a cleaner interface, but I have to click a button every time I find a login that doesn't work to get a new suggestion. On bugmenot, I don't have to wait for code. On the oth…

Seems kind of embarrassing, though, as far as bugs go...

Didn't chemistry.com start as a referral engine test by a PhD? (This may be heresy.)

Very handy to know! Thank you.

"A more sustainable fashion" relative to what? Carbohydrates, I'm guessing?

Something important to note is that melatonin is not going to force you to sleep. You're not going to fall asleep staring at a computer screen if you take a dose of melatonin. It w…

For sufficiently high values of drowsiness, the difference can become negligible.

A lot of people have left a comment complaining that they keep their money in a bank. This seems to be missing the point - do you also keep your fine china in a bank? How about tha…

If you hand over a wallet with a reasonable amount of cash in it that appears to be a used wallet, why are they going to decide it's a fake? How many people really carry one?

Where do you keep your laptop when you're not using it? Also at the bank?

Fake financial accounts are pretty common among corporate companies for detecting database breaches as a sort of last line of defense (or awareness, anyway), aren't they?

Do you have a better recommendation?

Very cool - I did not know this measurement, though it seems painfully obvious now that you've pointed it out. I will start using the lane dashes; thanks.

Definitely the most amusing journalism piece I've read lately. It also didn't smack of that whole "I don't know what I'm talking about" thing that plagues modern journalism.

"The safe party drug"? I haven't read anything about modafinil being used as a "party drug" in the sense that cocaine or mdma might be used. This seems like a very poorly written a…