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HN has the same issue as Reddit: accounts tend to get Hell-banned / Voted into obscurity for merely voicing alternative thought processes / not conforming to the 'logical-identity'…

Thank you. This isn't to say Google themselves had anything to do with this evil I then quoted from Alice in Wonderland... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0 ~Chalk it up …

http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html The level to which the user base has ignored this, and merely uses the down-vote button to incline their personal displeasure is hilarious. …

Because the entire industry is a shell game? ~Fundamentals, people, fundamentals. [aka: if you really think that a producer of gadgets is worth more than most countries' GDP, then …

HN doesn't disappoint! Down-votes, and no-one can do due diligence. Push Singh He was named one of the "IEEE Intelligent Systems 10 to Watch," an award that honors young researcher…

I'd look into AI specialists who all decided to kill themselves in that "very common" way of putting a bag over their head, wrapping duct tape around their necks and then 'doing an…

Just for an interesting comparison: Top 100 mining companies in the world: You'll note that even BHP only hits ~$200bil. http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page67?oid=9…

I'd think it would be more likely: " what's the % of players with access to Western standard credit cards for the RMAH ". Any country with an acceptable level of security for the "…

Traditionally Israel is counted as nominally European for this type of thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Israel Note: this might be a little too meta for HN

If no-one noticed, in the video that meatsock posted ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iABPKd0vFxQ ) you'll notice that in the fluff (audio: "military bases" "border controls", "ch…

As far as I understand the American system, this is a false analogy: your Congressman 'lobbies' for interests within their core voting block . i.e. why your mid-west Congressman lo…

All such deals are offered as "promotions" to the start of the next year. They merely get extended ("through January 31st 2014") as a legal formality once the date is hit. Essentia…

I assumed it was common knowledge that Sony offered the PS3 at a huge discount retail production costs to make Blu-Ray the industry standard (which did indeed succeed). e.g. Samsun…

Thank you, I understand the metric used now, although I'd say you'd have to offset the costs against traditional print advertising (e.g. 1/2 page advert in Guardian / Ha'aretz jobs…

Ah, I apologise - I thought they were offering a real-world replica. I'm also fascinated on how they're going to do this: I'll offer good money that says within 5 minutes of loggin…

How so? Retail Diablo III ~ $60 CEO Intern getting to level 60 ~ 12 or so hours @ $0 / hr 1,000,000 Diablo III gold ~ $4 Cheap Chinese Sword ~ $96 Single / static webpage ~ $200 57…

Ah, this place really has become Reddit. Within 7 minutes, a down-vote, while the comment "fredoliveira 25 minutes ago | link This is quite sad. Signs of a company struggling to be…

BBR Saatchi Israel is on the hunt for a great programmer, and it's taking its recruiting to the place where most of them are hanging out: in the realms of 'Diablo 3.' http://creati…

I was reading through your blog, assuming this was some faux-naivety mixed with socially uplifting product placement (look! hip young designer of the future actually LEARNS from ha…