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Fantastic article that explains the math (and physics) very clearly.

This is incredible. As a native english speaker, tones were by far the hardest part when living in China and speaking Mandarin. Good on you for coming up with a clever way to teach…

I get why someone might want Safari, what I'm asking is why the download link is on the front page of HN when there's no opinion nor perspective. I keep hearing "it's not an ad" bu…

What opinion? It's just an ad by firefox to download firefox. Do you have an opinion why I should download this you want to share?

It just feels like an ad. No mention of that other article, and it's a REAL stretch to say that these are related. No more ad spam on Hacker News, it's one of the few good sites le…

Why is this on here?

"Once setup, search will work the same way forever" - I don't know a single programmer who believes this about any software.

What if you have three groups: One with a small software startup team that, by some criteria, is judged super passionate about the product. Another from a corporation where at leas…

Absolutely. I'm sure there are many reasons for this, but a big one i always see is attention to detail. People who really care are obsessed with getting all the details right, and…

Having worked on many, many software projects myself, this is 100% accurate. One good programmer who is intensely focused and interested in a project is worth 20 - 50 (or more) pro…

If you're going to say measels is less deadly than the flu you gotta back it up. "ebola is less deadly than a sprained ankle, believe me."

"At a small enough level", though you didn't seem to read the actual comment before you spit out this statement.

Why do you think people won't want the traditional book format any longer? I'm asking because i love podcasts, i love short stories, and i love books, and these all feel completely…

Not illegal and definitely necessary for deadly virulent diseases. How do you think we're supposed to handle a deadly outbreak, wishful thinking?

This is a great point, and one I think could make more sense if I (clumsily) update the saying to "Be true to yourself". I agree with the writer that most of us probably don't need…

I also hate it, but maybe it’s like music and it’s totally subjective.

Lucky!

You don't license the good stuff with the rest of the slop, that you want to rent out a la carte. It's also why you don't see certain prestige shows on streaming such as Fargo, Twi…

This is janitors and cashiers at McDonalds, there’s no “working from home” and i guarantee it’s the same in Europe. We’re not talking about IT jobs here dude.

"55 files have been downloaded from the drive, “many of them duplicates”" - I laughed pretty hard at "duplicates"

This book was incredible, I did not know this powerful concept of "systems that get stronger through use" existed before reading this book.

This isn't the classiest thing you can do, and a little risky if someone took it way too personally, but not the worst thing inn the world. But, ultimately, this is strong feedback…

“Do not become bald” is the only English-language advice at 34 years old. Helpful.