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Calacanis says he "can't show device or say actual name", presumably due to a legal agreement. ( http://twitter.com/Jason/status/8270966356 )

Yes, I was being imprecise by talking about "lack of interest". It's not only lack of interest per se; there are many reasons why someone might not think deeply about a subject. La…

As a kid, I said "I don't know" when I didn't know the answer to a question, or when someone asked me to make a poorly defined prediction. Or I'd give a long answer full of qualifi…

Welcome to Hacker News (non-sarcastically!). Comments are threaded here, so you could have replied directly to fh's post.

Economic realism would do more than just satisfy the nitpicking nerds, too. It would have real artistic value in the form of more verisimilitude in the setting and social atmospher…

I second that. As I recall, it's a very enjoyable 700-page brain dump by someone who's really into his subject. The writing has a personal voice; there are lots of asides, dry wit,…

I suppose this is the academic equivalent of http://classnamer.com/ .

Also, weapons on merchant ships can be taken by the pirates and used in future attacks. So unless the weapons allow the crew to consistently prevent hijackings, they're just increa…