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Reminds me that according this NYT infographic : http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/newsgraphics/2012/0115-... about 20% of physicians are in the top one percent. This is the hig…

> Works that are not challenged within this period, have their rights seized, so that they can be published again. It's even more restrictive : only the public libraries can make t…

Molecular animations of ATP synthase

I think autocompletion as a selling point for static language is underrated. With autocompletion I feel I type less than half the characters that my code requires. It is not just a…

Firefox : everytime I close it, and third party cookies not allowed. Chrome : never I use Chrome almost exclusively to check my gmail account and Firefox for everything else. I am …

Moreover, I am pretty sure that Apple iProduct prices are carefully crafted to maximize profit. They could be sold with a much lower margin and completely crunch the competition. S…

The NYT has a registration wall that seems to pop up at random. At the moment with FF I can't get through unless I had r_=1 to the article url, but with Chrome it's not there at al…

I am not sure you can find a fair trade laptop. "According to a study by Oekom Research, a ratings agency with a focus on sustainable investment, 42% of consumer electronics manufa…

They probably use an atomic force microscope (google "atomic force microscope nanomanipulation").

You may be right. When you think about it, what were the odds that the 100,000,000th file would be something funny worth mentionning in a post?

They didn't mentioned the filename at first. What they actually said was : "And a Basecamp user uploaded the 100,000,000th file (It was a picture of a cat!)". So people got the imp…

I would be happy if just the filename (not the extension) is at least obfuscated. I can trust someone and still not be comfortable if he accidentally see that I uploaded "how to fi…

I wouldn't say that HN is not a business. It brings a lot of exposure to YC and its startups. So, in some ways, your free speech is moderated by private interests. This is not a cr…

Obviously you have never participated in an Apple critical discussion...