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Cookies and JS were workarounds introduced by Netscape. They helped us jump start e-commerce. There are certain essential tasks one just cannot do on the web without enabling JS an…

I am inclined to agree. In my experience, at any given non-technical university, the number of students studying discrete maths, or even CS, is a relatively small group. This is re…

Hmmm. How is this different from an incubator? Maybe the similarities are more interesting than the differences.

If you disable Cookies and Javascript you will stop probably 90% or more of tracking. How much tracking is done without using Cookies and without Javascript? KISSMetrics? What else…

Is there any evidence to support your worry? Because there is ample evidence that good content was available through the internet and later the web, before it was permitted to be u…

Why don't we ask plumbers what they think of a college education? And how it feels to go through life without one. Do wealthy plumbers want their kids to skip college to become wea…

HN Policy Amendment: All Facebook announced weddings can be posted on HN using links to Facebook. Disclosure: HN users who login to Facebook will be tracked according to Facebook's…

tl;dr On the heels of his decision to accept the public's money, Mark Zuckerberg ensures for himself a future tax break.