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That has servers running in debug mode..

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Are you saying there are 200,000 Fortune 500 companies? Numbers really lose their meaning, nowadays..

Very good point. Are there any indications that this is happening?

Your point - that the software was at its peak when it was called MSN Messenger - is exemplified by the fact that most people still call it MSN Messenger. It seems even teens, who'…

How right you are! Another reason to love HN: you even get constructive feedback on a comment written in haste :)

Being Swiss myself, I can for the life of me not figure out why you should be troubled by this fact. Do you feel threatened by us? I understand you're worried about the state of sc…

Mobile learning is the future! Imagine everybody spending their idle time learning new skills (languages or anything else) instead of playing angry birds! Additionally, mobile lear…

This is actually one thing I've always been wondering about as a non-native speaker when reading English headlines. Is there any reason newspapers prefer this style? It sounds weir…

Maybe the user wants to find out if there is more weather data for Sydney, Melbourne or Canberra by comparing the number of results. Sydney has the lead, btw.

I don't think it's a meaningless number. Maybe I want to know compare the frequency of two terms, then Google's estimate of results is pretty useful. On the other hand result numbe…

This post made me laugh, and I sure hope that's what it was supposed to do. It happens more circa once per week to me that somebody "has already done all the legwork" and only need…

But what's so surprising is that I don't remember the Windows client to be nearly as bad as the one for Mac. I guess they are made by two completely different teams with no coordin…

I switched from Windows to OS X a couple months ago. Everything was bright and shiny until I installed the Skype client. I could literally not believe that this is the same Softwar…

"Beds are considered a cost center but are tolerated because they are the number one amenity requested by guests." WiFi is just as much part of the service a modern hotel provides …

I agree. The article lost me at this bit: 'The company claims that “content is being delivered over our private IP network and not the public Internet,” but that’s a meaningless di…

When I first looked at OpenStreetMap a couple years ago I dismissed it solely because I didn't like the tile design. But now I see more and more really beautiful designs popping up…

Can anybody explain me how to make an apple pie from scratch?

I noticed that Google uses +You in English (as a plug for Google+ if you're not logged in) and +Ich (= +I) in German. Maybe they really just want a three letter word. Researching f…

That plus server-side browser sniffing to serve only what the user's browser needs could result in an extremely reduced file size. But of course the PITA would then be to maintain …

Yup, I just tried it out again, because I felt stupid for not seeing the textbox before. It seems I clicked "Add to Cart" and then directly "checkout" last time. Because there is a…

Bought it as well. I couldn't find the "coupon" textbox though.. but nevermind, $33 is still a good deal!

On a related note: http://ihackernews.com/ offers a nice UI for mobile.

Thanks for the link, I'll have to check this out some time. For some reason I always find it hard to imagine how I could write a whole app in a functional language. Probably that's…