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Worthwhile article. But please correct the typo in the HN headline. (Even though it is in the original, it grates).

I have had a half-dozen gmail accounts over the past 10 years and all are active with no problem.

I have many pleasant memories of living in France many years ago: great food, strong respect for ideas, great ambiance. And, no, I did not speak French and never encountered any bi…

Population control would have to begin with the US, which on a per-capita basis has more than double the emission than any other nation or region (China, European union, etc). More…

See the section in the article with the heading "Dependency Injection". It talks about a specific scenario where there is one component that needs to show the state of the entire s…

I agree that Assad is "stomping on innocents". But so are the rebels he is fighting, namely ISIS and Al Qaeda and similar groups in a smorgasbord of terror. Shall we bomb them too …

I think Kilo is a great little project, well-structured and very educational. Another useful resource I've relied upon in the past, dates back to the 1990s: Freyja, which is Craig …

64 and still coding, although not full-time. 8 years ago I learned Objective-C and physics engines and published a number of mobile apps for IOS. Nowadays I am learning Go, Solidit…

If one wanted to overthink this, one could say there is a "calculus of privilege" that depends upon context. In many contexts (geographical and social contexts), being white, male …

Minor correction: it was Stewart Brand (of Whole Earth Catalog fame) who said "Information wants to be free". Paul Graham may have quoted it -- along with a multitude of others, si…

Solidity is the most widely adopted language, but there are other choices including Serpent (Python-like)and LLL (lisp-like). A few developers I know use Serpent because it is simp…

The article is sensationalist, especially with regard to the "fall" part of the "rise and fall of Ethereum". The reality is that Ethereum as a platform has gained strength, credibi…

I created my yahoo account many years ago, using my real first name and lastname, and using my real birthday. Now I know better, and never use any of my real information in my onli…

Thanks for the pointer to the video ("E to the Pi for Dummies" by Mathologer). It is definitely worth watching. Much more understandable, imho, than the one referenced at the top o…

There's a startup called Flywheel that has been selling shovels to taxi cab companies -- in the form of electronic dispatch, payments, navigation and GPS-based metering. https://te…

In addition to created diamonds, there are other stones that are different from and in some aspects better than diamonds. The best one seems to be Moissanite, which also has the ra…

The content in this article about anti-spam techniques is fascinating. But the title should be edited to indicate its vintage: 2014. Also, by the by, there is some interesting cont…

Poor whites in America seem to identify with rich whites more than others from different races who are working (or unemployed) right next to them. To them, Trump is like the star N…

I don't understand why you were downvoted. Your question is valid and relevant. There are problems with the current election process, that were evident in the primary elections. Th…

A relatively small circle in SouthEast Asia, with center in North Vietnam will include the majority of the world's population: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/201…

Karma, culture, governance.

Actually the "thousand flowers" metaphor is part of Silicon Valley culture going back 30 years. At least I have heard this any number of times in relation to technology innovation,…

R3 is now emphasizing the smart contract aspect, and is building their system on Java Virtual Machine (JVM). If blockchain technology is all about adding trust in a trustless envir…

But if you can accept centralization, then why not just use a conventional DBMS? (This is a real question, not a rhetorical argument.)