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"This is, however, a really fantastically designed website." I disagree. At first glance, I thought this was another zombo.com. I'm guessing it's a text adventure, but the site spe…

First of all I fail to see how taxing people sustains jobs. You said it, "When you make military cuts, you're not just removing tanks and guns. You're also sending a lot of people …

you sure as hell don't tax people to create jobs vs military cuts ... sending a lot of people to the unemployment line. so, you don't tax people to sustain jobs, yet you don't cut …

I love it when the "quirks" break the whole theory. This is what happened in the late 1800's; there were only minor flaws in Physics that needed to be ironed out. Of course, when t…

Does anyone else see the irony in responding to pg with a list of n things? http://www.paulgraham.com/nthings.html

I think the object of the game must be to fit as much “content” onto the page as possible in an effort to overwhelm the reader, tricking them into believing that the NY Times is ju…

thanks!

otherwise although it is a loophole I am pretty sure it is illegal. It would seem that this is illegal, but I've never heard of a law protecting one's right to be listed in a searc…

"Critics argue that Khan’s videos and software encourage uncreative, repetitive drilling—and leave kids staring at screens instead of interacting with real live teachers." I don't …

This is not bad for everyone. Such blatant abuse of data capping rules is excellent ammunition for net neutrality advocates.

That is a good idea. I heard once that the younger generations of fighter pilots--those that grew up with flight simulator video games--made better pilots than when their elder cou…

or the games of late have been without substance. TF2 was the last game I bought... until Minecraft, that is.

PR firms don't plant news stories about botnets; actually using botnets to take down high-profile targets does. In that case, the publicity could translate into dollars.

"Documents you’ve written, presentations you’ve prepared, spreadsheets you’ve made — your iWork apps can store them in iCloud. Which means you can view and edit the same document, …

"I've never heard of a mugging in Virginia" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia : Richmond was ranked overall as the 5th most dangerous city and the 12th-most dangerous…

"The entire point of SL is that the users should be able to build the world. Yes, this results in less than ideal environments, yes if an engineer designed the world there would be…

My gut reaction was "this is useless." Then I actually thought about unlocking my door with my phone. This is a great idea.

It's good design, and good design is a recurring theme on Hacker News.

In Soviet Russia, Color sees you?

"An elderly Oklahoma man landed himself in jail after using bolt cutters to break his prized pooch from the pound." http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9027221

Alright then. I'll keep an eye on you guys. I like the payment system you've got set up; the service I currently use takes a rather large cut, and I need all the cash I can get rig…

From the FAQ: "...only experienced educators - PhD's, high school teachers, special education instructors, and professors with real classroom experience - can list themselves on Tu…

Apocalyptic articles like these only continue to be published because people read them; they rarely reflect anything real except a linear projection of current trends. Take, for ex…

Humans do not necessarily reproduce exponentially. Hans Rosling's TED talks feature, as a central theme, that the population can stabilize at 9 billion with the right initiatives a…

Here's what will kill this: When a social network starts, its membership is sparse. Not everyone uses it, and the odds that your best friends will all pick up and use it off the ba…