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Do you have a soul at all?

Other things being equal, more choice might be better. But other things aren't equal, thanks to (a) economies of scale, which make insurance cheaper for larger pools, and (b) favor…

The words 'Software Developer' are in 260% type at the top of the page. If they're looking to weed out unsuitable candidates, TLDR might be a feature rather than a bug.

Oh hey no you're right, sorry.

That's from the next post. Were you reading in Safari Reader? It's running the posts together ...

That doesn't surprise me at all. What would surprise me would be if he copied the actual text provided for him by a PR firm, as the OP suggested Lohr had done. Like every other dai…

I'm not defending the story as a masterpiece of journalism or anything, and I'm sure it was pitched to the reporter by an interested party. But you shouldn't blame 'such clunkers a…

The idea from the book that seems most obsolete to me is that a web startup founder could gain a competitive advantage by using Lisp. (Not that a Lisp might not be the best choice,…

The poster above was asking specifically about software patents.

Well, smart people have made that argument ( http://www.amazon.com/Life-You-Can-Save-Poverty/dp/140006710... ) but it's not the argument I'm making.

I comment on HN because I enjoy it. But I suspect that some people add money to Jonathan's Card because it gives them a feeling of virtue. I'd like to interfere with that feeling.

Thanks for the response. My question wasn't really directed at you—I can see all kinds of ways you could justify the project, including just curiosity. My question was for the peop…

I'm kind of playing devil's advocate here and kind of not: How can you justify spending $n to buy coffee for someone with a smartphone instead of donating $n to someone with fewer …

A meta-comment on the answers to this question: For various reasons, a disproportionate number of HN commenters are fans of "Austrian School" economics. You'll see links to papers …

Re your point one: This service wasn't for help with what an American would call term papers. It was for help with exams , which you have to write yourself (unless you hire someone…

Here's something that's easy to forget: Everyone else at a Hackspace or a meetup or a user group is there for the same reason as you. If they just wanted to write a bunch of code t…

Good comment; I agree with almost all of it. I would add, though, that it would also be possible to invent a legislative solution that's not absurdly narrow, for instance by provid…

My understanding is that the person who asked that question wants to measure the value YC is adding, separate from YC's ability to select promising teams. Obviously there's no way …

This is an issue that comes up over and over. The real problem is a mismatch of supply and demand: there are lots of ideas out there, and not enough developer hours to bring them a…

Just responding to your 'for once': U.S. publishers have long had this kind of trouble with Canadian obscenity standards. In many ways the U.S.'s free-speech regime is pretty broad…

> So we're discouraging asking questions now? That's a troubling stance. It seems pretty obvious that some questions are better not posted on a discussion site, because they bring …

You might want to put 'Hacker News' in the app's title, though.