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Most of the comments here seem to indicate that HN should not black out, but the votes say otherwise. I voted yes. I believe that any gesture, show of solidarity or whatever you wa…

Remote employee here: Been that way since I started out of college about a year and a half ago. The majority of the developers, client support and analysts for my company are remot…

Both Hamilton's _Pandora's Star_ and Vinge's _A Fire Upon the Deep_ are "Modern" sci-fi (though, definitely not hard sci-fi) where computing and networking are important to the sto…

The other problem I've read (from another article about Amazon's Appstore, which I haven't been able to find) is that it does not support the compatibility portion of the manifest …

I wonder if Google eventually wants Google Plus to be recognized as simply "Plus". Goes along with "Wave" and "Buzz".

Also a long time DDG user. I have it set as my default search provider in chrome, and it has sped up my browsing considerably. Shortcuts like "!w some article" or "!a some product"…

For some reason, I find that completely fascinating. Such a great, elegant solution to the problem.

People seem to have a hard time understanding that freedom of expression goes both ways. Whether or not you agree with the stance the makers of this app take they have the right to…

The Hole Hawg analogy is also used in Stephenson's In the Beginning was the Command Line . He used to provide the text for free but I can't seem to find the link anymore. http://ww…

I'm graduating in a week or two with a BS in Computer Science/Systems. I don't know what schools you have experience with, but my particular school did very well at Computer Scienc…