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Normally, there is no issue with people downvoting stuff on the Internet. But on HN, voting results in karma, which results in rights. Downvoting is therefore taking away rights, a…

is it just me, or are downvoters abusing their power to suppress divergent opinion?

> I don't think we can depend on the good nature of people and rationality to ultimately prevail. least not with the current common education.

its times like these when you ignore the rules

These are pretty cool. Worth to spend some time turning these into continuous SVG.

Someone started with a no-js site index yet?

Epic picked literally the most vulnerable target audience. That's what made Fortnite a hit.

Its a common trend to use permissive licenses on your own code, and its understandable to do so as good will. But given the described problem, one might be better off with copyleft…

Maybe the ability to display references should be a feature in your tool? As for my experience from Blender, you either utilize its UI to display it where you want it or put the re…

I feel that "everything is a fullscreen application" is not such a bad idea, as I can't concentrate on more than one thing at a time regardless. The rest is just tabbing.

First try in Vivaldi's private mode got me still a 0.3 . Then I tested it while being logged into Google and it went to 0.9 . However, when I tried it again in private mode, I got …

Most argue to switch, because of Google's webRequest API changes in Chromium. Would like to remind you, that its not set in stone yet, especially whether Opera, Vivaldi and Microso…

I believe, that the way data is structured in Prolog is easier and more flexible than in SQL. Sadly I was busy with other things, so I can't tell for sure how it looks for bigger p…

I'm using IPredator. They give you a dynamic IPv4+v6 address and you can pay with Bitcoin.

The best way to learn computer graphics programming is to first ask what you want to do with it. Most people interested in this topic have some end goal, be it just writing a game.…

It is basically impossible to track the source of a hack. China might just as likely never had anything to do with any attack so far.

I think, that is a bad argument, but a good practice. Always have the devs fix their own mistakes, so that they can learn from them.

If you use !bangs, its a duck hunt.

Can't always correlate usage share with performance, especially on things that are extremely hyped.

Wouldn't be a straight Linux distribution the best choice to avoid anything annoying?

It depends to what degree a person or company acted positively on its/their own. Amazon would have never done it, if it wasn't for the immense pressure. So, it is not worth much pr…

Only increased potential cost. It is absolutely unlikely that the EU will fine huge sums for small transgressions, or even fine at all.

I wouldn't have read the article, if I wouldn't procrastinate right now.