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Frequent job posts by YC companies prioritized on front page: ZeroCater (YC W11) Is Hiring a Full-Stack Engineer in SF - 1 hour ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21508840) …

Just counted... I wrote 169,020 lines of code in 9,691.25 hrs over 4 yrs from 2007-11 for a part-time job while going to school. That's 17.44 lines per hour or 0.29 lines per minut…

When I saw "If this then that" I instantly knew what IFTTT was. However, when showing it to people I noticed they "got it" after seeing the recipe "If the forecast calls for rain t…

Hmm... I have 31 purchases from newegg and returned 25 of those purchases with 0 problems. That's 80% return rate with 100% satisfaction. I'm glad we hold companies accountable as …

> I bet this is the last Mac Pro. If you wanted to kill a product line, an “update” like today’s would be a good way to clear out parts and keep selling to a few desperate buyers f…

How is Google Drive different from the way Google Docs is meant to be used? Seems like Google Drive is Google Docs with a new name and an intro video.

With Chrome you should block all plugins, not just Java. You will still be able to watch a YouTube video by 'right' clicking the plugin's element and choosing 'Run This Plug-in'. S…

Looks the same to me... maybe it hasn't rolled out to everyone yet? What exactly has changed?

jimmyjazz14, I too worked for a large Fortune 200 company until moving to SV and working for a successful startup. "working at a large company has meant I get to focus solely on th…

The best part of the video in my opinion http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=e...

Right on! This should be titled "How not to sell software that costs under $1000 in 2012" because the do/don'ts obviously are wrong for non-cheap software.

Can't speak for anyone else, but I always run my browsers with Flash disabled or uninstalled so Flash cookies make no difference to me.

Tons of businesses cash checks without a bank account. Another concern is kiosk hacking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSu8z3vrfcY

This is a duplicate post. Next time post this as a comment on the original. See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3537323 .

Here is a duplicate post that points to the slashdot story: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3537862

List of Anonymity Networks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Anonymity_networks My Top 3: 1. .i2p Eepsites - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I2P 2. .onion sites - http://en.wikip…

Here are some of my friend's salaries. 1-4 graduated from the same school as me in TX in the same year, not sure where 5 went to school: (1) $120k/yr - tester - Seattle area - larg…

$600-$1200+/mo for 1 room with room mates in SV $1200-$1900+/mo for 1 bedroom apt in SV $1900-$4000+/mo for a house with 2+ rooms in SV ... from my recent housing searches on CL

I'm using this version: http://bayimg.com/CalNEAaDP

good news! this reminds me of "Love and Other Drugs" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758752/

I was just using Gearman::Client and Gearman::Worker today... it's still used by at least me.