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The first time I read Anathem it was certainly slow to get through the first 200 pages, because I kept referencing the glossary to learn the vocabulary. The 2nd and 3rd times I rea…

Can we please knock it off with the linkbait titles?

I get a completely blank page when js is disabled.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5395215 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8046186 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6712425

True. I was more referring to it being a confirmation that this is an email address that anyone cares about. If I wanted to be truly malicious I'd have my online checker return a "…

I'm not sure how that would help. They would have to generate a matching hash on their end, giving them a lookup table to work backwards from hash to email address. Now if they wan…

Presumably 0, since there are already people who can legitimately claim multiple years of experience with Swift.

This linkbait style of headline writing really needs to die.

Keywords humor This isn't news.

> The OpenBSD project uses a lot of electricity for running the > development and build machines. A number of logistical reasons > prevents us from moving the machines to another l…

The chart that is included is ridiculous. There's no label on the Y-axis at all, and zero indication of what it is we're supposed to take away from it. Professor Tufte is weeping s…

I can't speak to the Clojure introduction, because I was already semi-familiar with the language. However, I found your site via Google a few weeks ago when I was looking for an in…

It looks like user Tobu already fixed it, but that is quite ridiculous.

On multiple occasions I've searched for an answer, found it on S.O., thought "this seems vaguely familiar," and then realized that it was my own answer from a couple years prior. S…

Already covered on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6844702

Yes. No one uses the word "egress" unless they're installing basement windows, and I would hope that when I crack the billion mark I don't need two assistants to towel me off when …

Oh. They're selling emoticons for $10M per month. Excuse me while my brain implodes. Thank you for clearing that up though. I had no idea that such things existed.

how much money can be made selling stickers in messaging apps I'm not trying to be difficult; I really don't understand this statement. Are you talking about paper-and-adhesive sti…

Get a job from the 37 Signals site building a competitor to the 37 Signals site. https://weworkremotely.com/jobs/8

I'd settle for not having to click through three screens of "yes I'm sure" and opt-in doublespeak every time I want to "really, really, I promise you" use my credit card.

There’s no reason to have beer. On tap. In your business. Reasons #1 through #999: I'd like to have a beer. Why do freedom of choice and personal responsibility never factor into t…

I've been using 1Password for years, and until I saw the picture of everyone in their t-shirts, I had no idea that CMD-\ was the hotkey for the password menu. Still waiting for sea…

Which part of a properly designed system involves storing lists of social security numbers in an Excel spreadsheet in the first place? Yes, the government employee screwed up by se…

Hi OP. What programming concepts does this game cover that aren't already handled by the 1994 game RoboRally? Or is this "RoboRally for little kids"?