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As with most things, the truly terrible stuff is a minority of users. There are lots of areas on 4chan that are completely harmless and people just discussing mundane, boring stuff…

Lay off the "all you liberals" crap. If I want zealotry mixed with stereotyping I can go read the comments on any CNN or FOX news article. Leave that crap off of HN please.

nostalgia.js...GO GO GO

Sounds like a list of justifications for things that become side projects

I have plenty of app ideas I don't pursue because I know the second I make more than a few dollars all sorts of billionaire-backed NPE's will be up my ass in a heartbeat. It's not …

You've just described almost every modern Internet-enabled convenience built on decades-old protocols. I suppose if people followed your line of thinking we'd still be doing comman…

As someone who occasionally has business ideas, I've spent the past few years passing on ideas because I really don't feel like having patent trolls bleed me dry, both big and smal…

I was doing servlets and JSP in the mid 2000's when Rails came on the scene. I remember how Rails was the new hotness and Java was said to be slow, stupid and for idiots. I'll burn…

The silver lining here is that this finally lit enough of a fire under my ass to go sign up for app.net as a developer.

This completely ignores the fact that Twitter has more than a small amount of its success owed to the vibrant third party ecosystem early on. They're not slowly opening up from a c…

There are two types of people commenting on this. Those that obviously understand what it takes to become a payment processor in foreign countries, and those that can't fathom that…

Yeah, I thought I had seen it. I reposted it as more of an intellectual exercise. Note that I do not have my tinfoil hat on, the whole thing is pretty meta.

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not here.

Or pragmatism borne out of watching Oracle be a slimy, evil steaming pile of douchebaggery that has only been recently surpassed by Apple in the corporate warmongering department. …

Do you have a better idea? Signature-based malware scanning is a joke and a half. I know CA"s can be gamed but unless you're proposing a better solution then don't complain.

Hope you're proud enough to see 50% dropoff rates like this guy then.

Most people are going to donate less than $200 and the people that will donate will do it because they love the site, not because they're looking for swag. I've been reading PA sin…

Sadly though now users have had years of poor memory management burned into their memories. Regardless of if it was FF or the addons, it's associated with FF now and will take time…

This case, had it gone to trial, would have had very grave repercussions for anyone who makes a living on the Internet. The fact that it is being dropped is (A) good news for the p…

Because the MPAA and RIAA represent the owners and executives of the movie and record companies. "Hollywood" is also comprised of moneyed actors, musicians and artists that general…

MVC doesn't fit cleanly into the world of webapps, but it's still a lot better than business logic in view code, or monolithic classes than handle all HTTP interaction, etc. I've s…

Also note, he has a pretty well established disdain for the entire VC-funded startup model, and Hacker News in general. If you expect him to be polite here, I think you have some m…

He's a multi-millionaire and was able to do it while acting this way. Therefore his previous experience is that acting like that will continue making him exceedingly wealthy. Getti…

And as a side note, I'm not berating the guy for doing it. It's just another cautionary tale.