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Aging is bad because it hurts quality of life. Right now, people live longer than their bodies can perform at full capacity. Most people would prefer to remain healthy for their en…

Wow, it's the buddy system for backup! That's a great solution to the psychological barrier: usually, no one but you can tell you to backup your personal data. I went to a Christia…

And because you will by default be lazier than you should be, sit back right now and think of some worst-case scenarios that would screw up the projects you're currently working on…

Man, I had no idea. Where'd you hear/read about this?

Ha! This is honestly going into a comedy I'm writing about startups. This is Arrested-Development-level hypocrisy.

In this case, I actually find the baroque "misspelling" charming. It's like Ben Franklin is spelling the word "tweet." The overwrought spelling fits the tone of the site: a little …

And if Sousa were right, the country wouldn't now be full of clubs, bars, cafes and concert halls where live music is performed, and there'd be nothing to play on the radio (or, ok…

IBM's new business plan: Run the works of the Clash through their software, crank it through Songsmith and make millions on the YouTube adsense.

But like I said, there are plenty of awful cafes on Valencia. I guess I conflated financial success and coolness: Mission Creek, one block down Valencia from Ritual, seems to get a…

This could also be a pain for users who are used to checking the front page. If the states are listed alphabetically, everyone can find their state every time.

This also answers my longest-standing question about cafes: Why are there so few fun ones? San Francisco's Valencia Street (with its immediate offshoots) supports hundreds of inter…

The difference of magnitude between the revenue of the proposed wifi charges and the revenue of BART ticket prices is so staggering that a comparison makes little sense. It's much …

The semi-social, semi-user-generated porn site fantasti.cc was created by a group of popular dot-commers (I know who but I can't tell) who have so far kept their names off the site…

I'm honestly not being cheeky, I suppose I'm just slow: Wouldn't it be easier to just not think about the points? I've found the points useful when looking for a summary, takeaway,…

I have to complain, I've ridden BART in San Francisco for three years and had no idea I could have signed up for wifi. I wish I'd noticed the network on my phone and looked into it…

Except, I'd think, for the bit where Eric Bauman makes even more money in the sale and faces no charges for a decade of illegal business that funneled capital away from the creator…

It's okay, a little smack on the hand is just what I needed. I have no idea what's brought so many new users (I just came to find talent and advice for my startup), but as long as …

"A little dirt is good for you" strikes me as a bittersweet lesson for those of us who avoid the conflict and drudgery that's necessary to reach any worthwhile dream. Plus now I'm …

Since I'm spending a lot of time on 4chan lately as research for an article, I got a fit of giggles when you mentioned the hormone-drunk adolescents that rule...Reddit.

I just learned the very hard way to never ever comment on HN after drinking.

It would be healthy for submitters to look at headlines before they copy them directly, realizing that what makes sense for a blogger (aware of Digg) seeking some well-deserved att…

Unless you have a not-so-secret smirking attitude toward Paul Graham, having publicly ridiculed him in an earlier stage of your career and now being lucky enough to have no need fo…

And by "grown-up," we mean "like grown-ups who aren't from TechCrunch."

Ha, yes, that's a major concern for us. We lucked out and found some very experienced people who've worked with federal financial data. We're assuming major security threats from (…

Karma whores. But seriously, mostly we care more about talking to the HN community than we do about adding value to your article. When you say "more helpful," you mean more helpful…