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Oh, you're right- thanks! Just fixed the comment. I'll get the capslock key fixed on Monday.

Nice post, but: Don't self-back-pat. It read more like marketing for the company than anything of much worth. Don't use the words "web scale". It is a meaningless term. How many re…

This was the awesome kind of explanation about what went wrong and what was learned that I wish everyone would do.

I appreciate this sentiment, but it makes me think of "The queen is dead. Long live the queen." "Visionaries" and "cool people" are in many ways good and bad, flawed and gifted, li…

This is a good attempt, however way, way too glossed-over. First problem is that nothing is said about Node or Sinatra in comparison. Second problem is that no mention is made of t…

I really wanted to like this, but I think that colors preferences are both subjective and born of habit/experience which leads to wiring our brains to expect certain colors for cer…

Agreed. I have a few projects now I've not had time to integrate patches for and they've waited months. I know they are using the patches so they aren't waiting on me, and no one e…

Good post, even though had a bad experience. I think whether site or startup, it is just a (hopefully informed) crapshoot. In the end, the goals are to be happy, make money, and ma…

Are you going to tell these guys to stop taking pictures of my property, then?: https://maps.google.com/

The title is misleading. They've raised enough money that with NY's matching funds they could perhaps pay for the property and preserve it as a historic site, but it won't be a mus…

No, this is a warning for people that think they can work in a public space and be private. Privacy is a struggle, not a right. If you use a tool and expect it to keep your privacy…

When you give, your intent is not to pay for a bunch of mailers to be sent out, killing trees and increasing the world's CO2, and your intent is not to hire some Ivy+ grad with a m…

Good post, Reg! I think you made Steve's day, and it is good advice for everyone on HN as well. I would be in favor of allowing people on HN to downvote overly negative comments. T…

Places where illegal content is shared and people communicate for nefarious reasons and tools that create these places are just magnets for those wishing to find such people. Anyon…

I think HN should be a democracy: 1. Don't let people create multiple accounts so easily. Switch to OpenID and have the ability to associate old accounts with the new ID or have th…