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Man this guy's writing style is incredibly unclear and annoying.

I've been researching statistics on prostitution and frustratingly researchers only care about the economics and health implications, essentially focusing only on the women involve…

I never liked the O'Reilly approach. At one point I had read 20 of their books and never felt like I learned anything. Some people can learn from references, but I really prefer Ze…

Late last year I was in an incubator where Convore started. There were 2 other companies doing the same exact thing .. All of the YC companies were using HipChat, Convore seemed li…

Downtown Oakland was sadly ignored. The nice side of Lake Merritt, as well as downtown and Jack London Square are generally overlooked. Maybe that's a good thing for my rent. I pay…

It's hearsay, but a friend of mine who was there last year told me a pretty frightening story about how one of their engineers harassed and stalked my friend's co-worker for the du…

Apples an oranges here. Linode kind of sucks, their performance is good but their pricing is whack and they're not really elastic .. a 1/2 month credit when you power down an insta…

The main reason to advertise on Yelp is extortion. If you don't pay Yelp their extortion fees, they only allow a small number of reviews for your business, and even worse, their al…

The video of this is often linked when people use the term "Meat Cloud" to describe tech companies who throw bodies at problems instead of process and automation.

There was an article about something similar on Slashdot a decade ago about CD/DVD-eating fungi. http://science.slashdot.org/story/01/06/18/1317218/cd-eating...

Huh? I thought Virgin America canceled their routes between SFO and YYZ a year ago?

I heard some people at a coffee shop today discussing the possibility of convincing facebook and google to shut down all of their services for a day because of SOPA, including goog…

I received this email from Hattrack today: Want to Be in Battle School? Open Casting Call for Extras in New Orleans This Weekend Ender's Game open casting call being held at the Hi…

Yes because a lot of wealthy people visit Hacker News. Angels, VCs, startup founders, hackers who had good exits, etc. If politics are owned by wealthy corporations and individuals…

I had a pair of nail clippers confiscated entering IAD a few years ago. Just inside the security terminal was the convenience store where i had purchased that set of nail clippers,…

Sounds somewhat like a rip-off of republicwireless.com

Sounds somewhat like a rip-off of republicwireless.com

I've spent the past 4 months obsessively browsing craigslist. This summer I moved out of an apartment (non rent-controlled) because my rent was increased from $2850 to $4,150. http…

Perhaps culture is changing, ancient religious customs are failing, and those of us who are inclined towards monogamy are eschewing marriage while still committing to our life part…

Your number for SF is a bit outdated, add an extra $1k.