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>I'm not sure how many of the current admins read HN there are DOZENS of us

my fault :). I have to get a few things ready for a public release of more data

MAU isn't a great metric, I'd prefer to see both platforms' DAU

also it sounds too similar to "reddit"; it would lead to hilarious Abbott and Costello-esque hijinks

That's just askreddit

I've entered into the US dozens of times, never once have I been asked to even turn on my laptop. You'll be fine

Please don't do this . . .

Centralized IRC defeats the purpose of IRC

If one were bugging a telephone line, I think they'd use something far less conspicuous

VBA. It's nice to be able to write somebody an excel macro that they can run without having to install anything. Sue me.

Yes, it's a habit I picked up from reddit, I think. It saves time, and commenters often explain difficult concepts in a more accessible way

I'm not sure I really understand the implications of this. It doesn't seem like this is an inherent weakness in computer recognition of images, but instead a weakness of a particul…

I listen to a few every time there's a new episode: * Free Beer & Hot Wings -- this is actually a radio show, but I've been listening since I was in high school and I'm a huge fan …

Some devices still probe, even for APs that broadcast their SSID. I honestly don't know enough about it to explain why , but I know some Android phones will probe (my Note used to,…

Oh wow, I thought it was a joke at first, my game was only a half-dozen moves: http://i.imgur.com/kmKQ2Wi.png

Slight correction — it's r/IAmA.

I've never counted, so here we go. Between my wife and I: 3 macbooks 1 chromebook 3 smartphones 1 roku 1 XB1 1 NAS 1 DirecTV box 1 IP printer 1 smartwatch 1 iPad 1 Sphero 2 Chromec…

Wow, I love the transparency. That's definitely refreshing

"How do you know what you know?" Don't be afraid to cross-examine your own beliefs!

It's worth noting that a "disparate impact"(racially-discriminated outcome) is the standard by which these sort of things can be judged. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disparate_impa…

I like to wget, because you can easily automate and customize it. Here's the man page: http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html

Not to rehash a tired topic, but that cross just doesn't make sense. It's shown in canon that the hilt can be cut by a lightsaber. It follows that the crossquard would offer almost…

Nice! There are a few resources in there I haven't seen before. Mind if I do some quick copy-edit? - "Save yourself hours in reading through API documentation to build this yoursel…

I wonder if something more like, "Hundreds of sales are waiting" could work?