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I'm against the death penalty, but I'm willing to re-evaluate the position.

* Healthcare isn't a right. It's the product of someone's hardwork and as such, you have no "right" to it. * Making college education free for US citizens is a terrible idea. * We'…

I would think Netflix's strong ties to AWS would be a non-starter for Apple.

Sorry, I can't really comment on our roadmap and our priorities within it.

Have you tried Amazon Chime? We are ridiculously aware of the latency issue in high quality voip. We do not at the moment support user generated keys the way Telegram does but we d…

Boyle's law - 1/2 the pressure, twice the volume.

Rails & Server developer at biba.com - San Francisco We're building a unified communications platform that provides audio, video, screen sharing, text messaging and group messaging…

Skydiver with 3 GoPros in the family. I started with the 1, got my wife a 2, and then I upgraded to a 3. The V1 is still alive and kicking, but the image quality was so much better…

I think it's safe to say suicide is rarely anything but mental health related. There are triggers for sure, but people in good mental health don't generally face those triggers and…

s/Cyber //

First off, I would say that is some pretty awesome work by this guy to chase this down. Including his work with the manufacturer to help them reliably recreate the issue. Second, I…

no, you short on good news, buy on bad.

Languages are tools. Good carpenters use the right tool for the right job. Can you use sand paper to sand a door down to fit the space? Sure...but there is a reason the plane was i…

Care to elaborate?

If they don't like Zynga re-implementing their idea, they should keep adding features and innovating so their game is better. You can't be against the patent game the big guys play…

A large part of my family is going to have no idea what is going on or why large parts of the web are dark. I imagine that will be true for many here. It would be a good idea to ha…

At the time I didn't realize how rare this was, but the company was sold for cash, all options were accelerated to vest at close and people were payed with a check. There was a 50/…

"This won't hurt you, but it will protect you. I can't really explain to you why, but you should trust me." I have never gone through one, and I don't intend to ever go through one…

Agreed. I lurk...a lot. I rarely open my mouth. There was a short period where I looked to snipe with some witty comment, but I quickly out grew that. I've made one post and I am r…

I'll take planes I don't want to get in for 1000 Alex! Seriously, think of software projects that took years longer than predicted and went way over budget. What kind of product wa…

Successfactors (Redwood City, CA) Formerly cubetree.com. Recently acquired by SuccessFactors. We're no longer a startup but we still have that startup feel. We push code on a weekl…

Maybe these two things are related, but having just given my notice at a big corporate software company my experience is a bit different; It wasn't the bureaucracy that drove me aw…

Nice to see some skydiving love on the old hacker news. That's my friend Kurt and he jumps in Northern California.

Over the last two years I've gone from 220 to 190. The only change I've made was to start riding my bike to work. Granted, I am fortunate enough to live somewhere that makes that p…