Viewing profile — jemka

The comments of a submission are valuable to those other than the participants. To readers that don't or won't comment, the concept of 'live active discussion' is moot. In fact, I …

Off topic, but why does Google return "About 187,000 results" for ("* is about to *" site:wired.com) and only "About 14,600 results" for ("is about to" site:wired.com)? Isn't the s…

Looks interesting. You might want to consider fixing this... "Safe time optimizing bottlenecks" should be "Save"

I spent entirely too much time trying to parse 'outagelet'.

>Isn't this the same as bookmarking? >No, because when you bookmark you have to remember to go back to your list of bookmarks to re-read the article I have a folder on my bookmark …

In other news, The United States has launched a "Freedom Campaign" against itself to locate and seize weapons of mass destruction.

Alcohol makes me sleepy and lose the ability to concentrate. I have no idea why people enjoy drinking when they're trying to get stuff done. Especially if any of that "stuff" requi…

Apps like candy crush are edge cases that make general comparisons meaningless. Given most successful apps aren't anywhere near as popular as candy crush you're not comparing apple…

We'll it's what the observations converted to audible sound, sounds like.

"It will eventually blow over." -NSA

Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation). If you want to say something to us, pleas…

Google? HN Search? These weren't small incidents. You can find plenty of information on them.

You think cutting a break to unemployed job seekers that want to sleep in is a good rebuttal? If you want a job, show some hustle. If you don't have a job and need one, why are you…

Could not agree more. It's unfortunately a common (and obviously automated) way to get page views. Extremely aggravating. Put a list of related articles at the end. But don't under…

>Fine if you're plugged in all the time, but then why do you want a laptop? I sit on my couch with my laptop plugged in all the time. Am I doing it wrong?

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6250431

It provides OP, and others, with information as to why it was useless to help prevent future useless comments, improving the overall comment quality of Hacker News. Albeit, my meth…

OP asked "why". OP didn't ask, "Here are the facts I've researched and understand, do you agree/disagree?" The former is lazy and relatively useless, the latter is an opportunity f…

http://bit.ly/14DVOEC EDIT: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Why+cameras+are+banned+on+courtrooms%3F...

>If we're being spun by the super blackhole in the middle of the galaxy, then it kind of makes sense to have one. These 'tails' are not created by centrifugal forces, so the fact t…

Zimmer is an entrepreneur and his startup was Men’s Wearhouse.