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Just realized that my app responded to the top comment rather than the post itself.

Absolutely nothing. I've had my personal site reach the top a couple of times and its been totally fine each time. My site is static and runs on a $5 Digital Ocean droplet. The tra…

I'm the original author for this post, and there are a few things I've realised since writing it (despite the fact that it was only 2 days ago). The first is as allwein says below:…

Direct link is here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Design/inclusive but I linked to the tweet because the graphic is pretty awesome too. Disclaimer: I work at Microsoft (although…

What would the alternative be? Allow anyone to request that an account is deleted? Facebook needs some form of verification due to the password being breached (and its great that t…

This thread is great. Whenever H-1B threads come up on HN, I prepare for the onslaught of what can only be described as hatred. It's the view of many people on this site that all H…

That's the case for the OS X version, but not for the Windows version.

One of the 1Password ones ( https://team-sik.org/sik-2016-040/ ) about leaking URLs is marked as fixed, however, that's a little misleading. It's fixed if you use their newer vault…

I'm really curious to know how this compares to the rest of HN. I'd expect this to be somewhere in the middle, varying depending on country. However, am I going way overboard on wh…

I imagine it's to stop hoards of reporters from coming in and bugging them for as many details as possible.

One of the more concerning matters on this is that the BBC, for some reason, are choosing not to report on this at all. Gone are the days when the BBC were the most trusted and rep…

The author quite rightly points out that most of the English speaking countries would treat people exactly the same way, however I find it a little odd that she wouldn't ever go ba…

Just click the "web" link underneath the title on the comments page.

Your credentials aren't stored in clear text. They are encrypted with a key only your device has.

The unfortunate problem with this is that while piping directly into bash can be exploited, it remains as one of the easiest ways to install programs. Taking RVM for example. Their…

When light interferes with itself it creates a "pattern". When the light beams are out of phase, the interference pattern is different. The gravitational waves basically minutely i…

Convenience is great. It's part of why I use 1Password. There is a limit though to convenience. It's not convenient for me if my data is out there. If you aren't willing to automat…