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Well, divorced roommates ;)

My partner and I pretend we're divorced. We noticed before we had our first that our friends who were divorced with kids actually got out once in a while, because they shared custo…

I've been reading HN for a while now- I discovered Graham's essays in high school, a year or two before he started the y combinator. I was a soon-to-be-aerospace-engineering major,…

Well, yes, they could have asked for any number of things, but the end decision still rested with him. Which means, yes, actually, they did have to accept his "no." If he refused t…

The subtler point of this article is that a simple no is a good test of your authority- service personnel, students, people he had power over; they had to except his "no." Girlfrie…

"Unless you actually convey femininity as a woman or masculinity as a man, you're not going to attract a suitable companion of the opposite sex." How... heteronormative... of him. …

This article makes me smile because I am a Hacker News groupie. People can passionately follow art or music or movies and no one thinks them odd for not producing some of the same-…

Objectively... funny? As in, if the entire human race disappeared and no other beings capable of abstract thought existed, certain things would have the qualities of funny? Expound…

I'm amused that the author seems to think that precious metals are in some way more real than paper money. They are limited in physical presence, perhaps, yes. But their worth is n…

Understand it.

One word: Emo

I'm a little worried that he thinks it's a good idea for the computer to sign the "legalese" contract for you... I realize very few people actually read them, but do you really wan…

If you are interested in time and multitasking, look at some of anthropologist Edward Hall's stuff. Monochronism and Polychronism have been co-opted to apply to individuals but the…

Cincinnati, OH: Learn an instrument. San Antonio, TX: To the newly minted soldiers/airmen/sailors/marines- welcome back to the real world! Las Vegas, NV: Be at least 21 and on vaca…