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Thank you. Sorry for the ban reasons guesswork in GP.

thanks for letting me know, and i appreciate your kind words. When HN pages started to load slow - "slowban" - i guess it was a "big T" for "time to go" :) for me which i didn't re…

the longer talent stays in (kept in) the less of a talent it becomes. Been there myself and when interviewing people who've been long term with a big company, it is very noticeable…

>You as an individual is an unknown quantity that they cannot absolutely determine. well, we can imagine that given more info and better algorithms they would narrow the "unknown q…

>all these gewgaws. There's work to be done, don't get too wrapped up in your tools. poor Windows people need all these exactly to get work done. (my current job is a windows shop,…

>Don't get me wrong - I love to see how the iPad just shattered the barrier of entry for non-technical users, even though I'm a FOSS guy. But I do think that it was at too great (a…

yet his [successful] endeavours look like of a billionaire

>It's disturbing to see that this is an all-too-common pattern with the large internet companies. Stories abound of companies like Google, eBay, PayPal, Facebook and Amazon closing…

instead they'd better mandate the ultrasound radar in front of the vehicle, similar to parking sensor in the rear, yet with additional chip that would take the speed (and direction…

"Both of the main detectors, ATLAS and CMS, have uncovered hints of a lightweight Higgs. If it pans out, the only remaining hole in the standard model would be filled. Even more ex…

>The real issue with freemium is that I've yet to see a single example that's actually a game, as opposed to one armed bandits masquerading as games. Today heard on NPR something a…

>I think most of us come from a sort of middle class, well behaved background that prevents us from conceptualizing what it means to be corrupted by power. from the background i co…

>These reports will be sent to the appropriate LEO to summon and indefinitely detain you. You will be sent to a secret prison. it may be not the worst what could happen to one. Rea…

according to that graph in the article http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9wJyYHagRbo/TuMibuRO59I/AAAAAAAAAM... the same frame-up was attempted in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, etc... It is a nic…

well, if you add "registered voters" who isn't a living breathing person registered at the given district (i.e. so called "dead souls") than you can easily get beyond the 100%. Hon…

>Hardly any companies that I see are willing to hire a junior dev or admin and contribute anything at all to his/her personal development, skill accumulation, and experience. well …

>I'd like more information on the CPUs and CPU/GPU bus of this FASTRA II. "the graphics cards, which are connected to the motherboard by flexible riser cables." - so this sounds li…

>Pardon the snark, but it sounds like a lot of people are either easily addicted or have poor time management skills. behold the power of [easy] dopamine.

simple recipe for being miserable: 1. make yourself belief that "the social network [Facebook] has taken over most aspects of our personal and professional lives, and is fast becom…

so we have an Apple supporter argueing that millimeter is enough of a difference to maintain originality, while several comments below another Apple supporter http://news.ycombinat…

>After edit: the second reply here asked how a diet higher rather than lower in fruits and vegetables can protect from cancers other than colon cancer. According to what I've read …

what's about this large iPad behind the regular one?

>iPad have a single physical home button which those don't have and that's something that several manufactures coped. They could use 2 buttons on the same side or mirror the bottom…