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That's a pretty flippant statement, just like the one in the main article. When did having fewer people make it junk/worthless?

The article is funny, and the cynicism adds to the humor. But as someone who was on the faculty market last year, I have to say it is not at all representative of Computer Science.…

I'm sure you meant "is" :-)

First, I'm so glad that there are so many NFL fans on HN. Now to the article; its going to be like getting your news from blogs. When you make something accessible to the masses, t…

Hah, I agree with the first commenter. Not the best strategy to advertise - dissing the mouths that feed you. What constitutes a start up or not is obviously very fluid. And this i…

"License has expired .. youtube app will not come pre-installed .. ". Does this mean we will have no youtube (iOS has no flash support, remember) or that we need to explicitly down…

Wow, that's super cool. I wonder if this technology is being used on any earth-based applications? If not, I'm assuming there are harmful side effects that don't necessarily affect…

Also, consulting a lawyer for specific work is different from hiring an iOS programmer. You get specific help that you cannot get otherwise and the law firm is on the hook for the …

Heh, sounds like it started out as something in between an ego-trip and a way to shoo customers away which has taken a life of its own and is now hotly being debated by the HN comm…

I find this line of discussion dubious. What you want to know is _not_ if he has spent hours preparing but if what he is saying is correct/the best way to explain something. He mig…

No, he meant the swarm of micro-helicopters as part of the same project. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8LkcgYRHdA

It might be interesting to have different levels of abstraction, especially for code. Many times, I'm more interested in looking at how the overall design/interfaces of a module ch…

The fact that a lot of people like the feature and want to use it for starters. If they can sell enough ads to make the hosting worthwhile, they have a successful company I'd assum…