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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4928762

This is the greatest music news I've heard in a while. I'm currently doing spotify's 2 month free trial and the only con I've come across was not having Led Zeppelin, the Beatles a…

I can't tell you how many times I played through the demo, which I believe I got in a kids-targeted-cereal box (CHEX?) I still go back every ~three years and play it again. It's Ti…

I wouldn't say there's a hostility toward woman and black people, but there's definitely a shortage in the hacker scene. Out of all the groups I've been a part of, the technologica…

This is all fine and dandy, but what really needs to happen is for these Tech Giants to come together and not ask the government for a reform, but to tell the government that a ref…

http://hackaday.com/2013/10/22/usb-implementers-forum-says-n... - This should be a good artical

Fair enough, Great work!

https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/409796087264714752 - I think this is what the poster is referring to?

Pretty cool, seems like more of an expensive novelty item. What happens if they get wet? It doesn't say anything about them being waterproof.

Neat! Any reason why it only shows five links per page?

Thank you! I don't know much about networks so I'm glad you could answer the question

When I was in High School I was using the computer lab and noticed an ethernet cable hanging down next to the switch (I think had about ~24 inputs). I plugged it in and a couple se…

HTML mostly because of the capabilities that came with HTML5.

Hmm, that's not a bad business scheme 1. Create a smart phone 2. Release a lot of free apps that put the phone at risk for the user breaking it 3. ??? 4. Profit

The only android device I have is a nexus 7. It's very large and I'm nervous I'm going to chuck it across the room.

Yes, though I may sound cliche, they put their life on the line everyday for us. When you go to work do you need to carry a gun with you and know that you might not come home at ni…

+ one of those four people was a police officer

If this was in response to the code.com video, I think this author missed the message of it. Code.com said that people should learn to code because it makes people think more analy…