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As OP said, you would not be able to google the specific B-Tree question because if you don't know about B-Trees you wouldn't know that you need to google it. There's a difference …

When he works for the company that this whole conversation is stemming from.

What? Not everyone works on front-facing, UI applications. What if I contributed a good amount of code to a large tech company's networking infrastructure. What do you want me to s…

same geohot

It uses AES (symmetric key cryptography) with a 256 bit key (which they refer to as a 32-character "secret").

I like the big f * you to Starbucks at the end.

Congratulations on your success. There so many comments here on what you could or should have done differently. I know you'll read it and maybe you'll give some of it a try. But if…

Do you mean it's a lot of work to type in that prefix? Because vim automatically inserts it for you when you enter command mode while something is visually selected. A making a vis…

Why was this posted to HN? He's been getting some attention because he was hired by Yahoo, so better remind everyone that he was immature and annoying when he was 15! Can we really…

1080p at 11" is still low density when you consider all the 4-5" smartphones that have 1080p displays.