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try telling the family of shireen abu akleh about how safe it was to be a journalist in israel

no chance this guy has kids. ppl said this same thing about television. if you read newspaper clippings from the early 20th century you can find letters to the editor about parents…

for anyone who isn't already familiar with yasha levine -- suffice to say that he is not qualified to discuss the technical capabilities of tor

it might be that way while the company is run by ibm as a subsidiary, but my bet is the exception will end once they're full 'blue-washed'

this is a false equivalency for two reasons: marijuana is not physically addictive, and THC doesn't have near the same capability to incapacitate people that heroin does.

it shouldn't be hard to understand that being mislead about the actual value of your options is unfair. pointing out that things could have gone worse doesn't change that.

though predictable, it's disappointing to read HN's collective response to posts like this

On the 7th page, the OP posted that his ticket has been closed, and he's been given his refund, more or less without a word from EA.

it's a humorous anecdote, told in a light way. it seems like some people are grasping for reasons to dislike this guy.

pleasantly surprised with the selection. a couple kurt vonneguts, a bunch of philip k dicks, lots of jules verne, as well as h. g. wells. awesome!

Blackberry supporters keep claiming that there are innovations here. I'll echo what another poster asked: what innovations? It doesn't help their cause when articles like this one …

please don't try to excuse rude behaviour by ascribing it to a culture that is defined by curiosity and tinkering. being rude has nothing to do with hacking. if you want to be curt…

Having spent a year writing AS3 code for Flex, the compiler and the runtime continually struck me as generally ambiguous, and at times contradictory. Most of these were either amus…

The video linked in the article claims they can harvest a tree every 9 years.

does anyone know of an adroid (or any brand, really) phone that is made in north america or europe?

John Carmack runs a startup that builds rockets. So yeah.

Stack-ranking is all that and worse, according to my mole. this isn't a conspiracy, it's just a gossip source. that sort of exaggeration makes the article harder to read.

i don't know if comparing Katz to Richard Feynman is appropriate. unless the app Katz stepped in to rewrite was a model of absurdity