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This was a major reason I got an MBA. It is honestly the first laptop I've used where I feel absolutely no need to plug a USB mouse in. The trackpad is one of the most fundamental …

> Reddit's very rudimentary up/downvote system, well, sucks. It lets the lowest common denominator rise to the top, Which is why Hubski's solution is interesting. You're recognizin…

When you drop instruments in it often doesn't take. When you attempt to delete instruments it often does not. I think it works better as a whack-a-mole variant (trying to 'x' out i…

>a far different picture emerges, like being free from the nanny-state and its attempts to infiltrate my life. I think people living on something like this would illustrate that th…

> The community is extremely anti-advertising, I can't think of a community that is less anti-advertising. If I had a nickel for every time a Redditor has talked about purposely le…

I'll second this. It's both thorough and accessible. Sounds like a good fit for what OP is looking for. At any rate, I think that it is a question of which history of philosophy th…

Quest communications was allegedly the only telecom co that didn't roll over to the NSA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwest#Refusal_for_NSA_spying A lot of time has passed, and the…

>They can control the experience and the app store to cut down on the crap apps and provide a more seamless interface. I wonder if you'll be able to go outside of RIM for Android a…

I tend to agree, but perhaps they are looking at people leaving the BBM ecosystem for other platforms, and letting those who remain be able to keep connected to their friends and a…

Hmm, I dunno. Apples to oranges for me. I look at HN as a place where techies discuss topics that interest them, vs Techmeme which lists tech stories in the media, sans discussion.…

I guess by lazy I mean, as the author put it, "I didn't work hard enough..." And yes, it is entirely possible that I am lazy as well.

I read the entire article, but if the act of summarization is lazy by definition, then yes. But I don't think it is... :)

As opposed to the allowances it makes for men who want to pursue other interests? She was insecure, lazy, and unambitious. I think those were much larger factors than the mysteriou…

tldr, don't be lazy, fail to network, and insecure in your abilities to the point where you stop trying. Nothing specific to Academia there.

Result: http://hubski.com/ Creator of this site used source. Has some interesting features like the ability to create frontpage loaded only with content from users you follow (call…

I really think they need to define 'startup'. I don't think that word means what they think it means...

Interesting, but what I really want to know is do those changes in the brain's structure manifest in any sort of measurable cognitive improvement. That should be the next thing to …

37signals really missed the point. Are they seriously calling them out for not offering more constructive criticism? Um...that's not why that site exists... On a side note, there i…