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I like the idea from a technical point of view, but I doubt it would make much of a difference in practice, because most home users log in with administrator accounts anyway. So do…

Are you joking or did you used to be a phreaker? That is hardcore! +1

Love it! To take it further, AT&T could choose to pay more to NOT have Verizon notified.

Donated. Thank you for opening up the online world to me, back in the days when just trying to connect to the Internet was a bit of an adventure!

+1, but I'd stop mentioning it after the first time (unless of course you're just doing this as an experiment and aren't really interested in selling the stuff)

Full-size image: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/2pa7akochkgsnos/IMG_0988.JPG The blocks are similar, but not identical. If you look closely you can clearly see that the line lengths are …

Who on Earth said startups were easy?

The problem is not being "a bit of an ass" (embarrassing yourself), it's being "a bit of bullshitter/scam artist" (cheating others).

Your point about the salary is valid - stating the salary does create some problems. However, not stating it creates much bigger problems. It would be relatively rare that you adve…

But the random username / random password / client-side SSL certificate is excellent security. The SSL certificate is, but not the random username. That's just a maintenance hassle…

This is something a browser extension could do (though not as well as the engine itself, of course). There is Chrome extension called "Google Blacklist"[1] but it didn't seem to ha…

Great story! Hardware manufacturing in China sounds just like software development in India: if you give very precise specifications - so precise that you may as well have written …

Agreed. You may also be ruling yourself out of consideration for future opportunities with the same company that you genuinely are qualified for, because you've created the percept…

This is basically why I give everyone a unique email address, and /dev/null the address after I stop needing it. Offtopic, but what service do you use for this email redirection se…

I'd go further: many people will happily agree to buy something for $x when they think it's all hypothetical, but would never actually buy it. Hence the oft-repeated advice "don't …

Have you done A/B testing on that, ie. whether you get more or fewer upvotes with the reminder?

+1 Perhaps it's their way of dealing with the fact that Office is just too expensive for many people, without acknowledging that to the public by dropping the price. People who don…

Instead of saying "the solution to problem X will actually be available TONIGHT at www.[startupname]ly.com" couldn't you say "the solution to problem X will be available SOON/LATER…

I can just see it now... - A hidden admin account is perfect for debugging and support! - What if someone guesses the password? - Nah, who the hell is gonna guess THAT?!

Yes. I mean, I think the guy is an arrogant, unethical bastard, but IF you can just get past that and keep an open mind I think he does have a few interesting points on productivit…

The video is definitely very impressive, but I'm still far more impressed by the fact someone made this in 100 BC than that someone re-created it in 2010 AD. I had never heard of t…

It depends on the problem. Of course, I always have a decent shot at it myself first, but if the problem is easy to describe and is most likely just a case of knowing some trick I …

If that is indeed his plan then he is incredibly naive.

+1 I think many people like houses as investments because they FEEL so "real" and tangible - you can touch them! Feelings are not a good way to decide what to invest in, however.