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I have recently started using a laptop underneath a big honking monitor. It is fantastic. You get a second screen (down low) for stashing things like shells or firebug and looking …

I just want to point out that Canvas is doing a rather good job of modernizing LMS software: http://www.instructure.com ...It took me a long time to find that tool when I needed to…

My first computer was a Macintosh Plus at age ~5. Not sure what I would be doing with my life without his contribution.

Washington, DC - Python! Hey HN, we at neworganizing.com are seeking Python developers to work on an exciting civic engagement project during the next election cycle. We are a non-…

I wonder if anyone has data on the broader question of whether numbers that are easily divisible perform better than prime or hard to divide numbers?

Someone had shared a public repo with me on Monday. It started 404ing the next day and I had assumed he took it down. I realize now that it must have been this issue. I just checke…

I like the way your eyes get directed on that page. Read the whole pitch then follow the trail back to the top.

My guess would be that it doesn't. A public DHT can ensure that data is not corrupted or changed, but you cannot prevent others from seeing your data.

I hope posterous is hard at work building a delicious clone! edit: Not completely sure why you all hate this comment, but fwiw I was being sincere not snarky.

It seems to me that all their sites are run off one complicated db schema. I just confirmed that my Lifehacker user name is in there.

Monopolies can do a great deal of anticompetitive things without the help of the government. In the past antisocial pricing that was the primary concern. While these firms are diff…

A trick my mom taught me to find a neutral posture: Stand normally. Stick your arms straight out at your sides, palms facing straight up. Bring your arms down slowly, letting them …

There is after all a strategic benefit to this; getting your talent for cheaper. Consequently a deal like this b/t direct competitors is harder to get off the ground. Also as an op…

Exactly. These deals were not really Apple vs. Google. The real contest was managers vs. employees. In this case managers were cooperating to suppress the pay of engineers. Now wit…

This code was released to developers as an incomplete preview. I'm not sure why people are holding it to the same standards as a finished product that's being released to end users…

Admirable, but note that JavaScript is quite different than Java. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/245062/whats-the-differen...

I've been perplexed for a while about this. It seems like many people are either unaware of how restrictive this license is, or are choosing to disregard it. For example, I find it…

I always love reading these types of stories. The NYT has taken the art of dancing around obvious vulgarity to another level.

How about a dead simple document sharing website that lets people read the same doc, on multiple computers, at the same time? (i.e. if you have a bunch of people on a call with com…

I was mostly pointing out the irony that Conde Nast is continuing the legacy of William Randolph Hearst. My assertion isn't completely implausible though.

After all these years, it looks like the publishing industry is still threatened by marijuana.

"Groupthink (wikipedia.org)" Love the juxtaposition!

I'd suggest anyone in this situation try slicehost / ubuntu / nginx / fcgi as a starting point. Reasonably fast, low memory, slicehost is awesome and has awesome tutorials. I find …