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I think "trolls" are absolutely necessary and wouldn't support banning any of them. I see I got downvoted (probably by someone who identifies themselves with the current propaganda…

The desired change is most probably to enable banning "trolls" and then slowly update the definition of a troll so they could ban wrongthink.

To me, Dropbox is "over". Moved to ownCloud, never looked back.

You are correct, it won't affect the omnipresent Google because virtually everyone has visited their domain at some point. This will target alternatives to Google, leaving us with …

It lowers their income by forcing them to succumb to non-targeted advertising which is less effective and brings less money. I'd love to see your ideas of a free and secure web wit…

Not being given looks by people passing by is exactly the reaction headscarves, burqas and other similar garments are supposed to produce. They represent chastity and modesty, and …

So, somebody was flying a war plane in Vietnam so that you could sleep safe and sound in California?

So if you want to search for something on TV, which GoogleTV is supposed to enable you to do, how would you do that using Apple's three-button remote? I have an idea about a prayer…

This has simply not been true for me. I participated in DV lottery for quite a few years, and later on had multiple visits to US Embassy and never have had any kind of problems wit…

You, my friend, have obviously never paid for sex.

Zoltan was operating in central Serbia (not even in its southern part Kosovo). NATO bombers (USA bombers in this instance, really) were attacking Serbia, and Zoltan was a soldier o…

Macedonians have never been at war with Serbia. We have traditionally been allies, mostly because we share the same orthodox religion. I will assume you have limited knowledge of w…

They say that a design is perfect when there is nothing else left to remove. I think this guy successfully stripped Twitter naked down to its bare essence. Perfect!

I underwent surgical procedure and removed a pilonidal cyst located at my lower back. Because of the surgery I was under heavy dose of pain killers, and could not sit, stand or lie…

As someone who is doing programming nearly 90% of my working hours, and someone who used all three major systems (OS X, Vista, Linux), I would suggest you go with a computer that i…

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Nobody I know quit smoking by "reducing" it. It's always either you do smoke, or you don't. I am 28 and have been smoking since I was 16, have "quit" two times counting something c…

This question might sound ridiculous to majority of people commenting here, but why are you making the site boring instead of trying to improve its performance (putting additional …

Although I'm more of a user than a contributor to HN, I have to (generally) disagree to the practice of banning blogs such as CodingHorror, Joel Spolsky etc. I simply think that th…

Well over the macbook (not mbpro) price point - and for a reason. I don't think Macbook could ever compare to Thinkpad T61/T500 for some serious development. Ever. Macbook Pro is a…