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I interview at FAANG and we do take this into account by holding pretty much anyone over ~2 years of experience to the same standard with respect to leetcode questions. A fresh gra…

I use it on iOS because its an easy solution for ad-blocking. Is there a good ad-blocker for Safari on iOS?

In my view, if platforms like YouTube/Twitter/Facebook are going to exercise editorial control over the content they host, they should be held fully responsible for all of the cont…

People said the same thing when photo-editing software was new. How is this any different?

The sense of security that comes with keeping a gassed (or charged) vehicle in my driveway doesn't seem like it will go away any time soon. If a family member needs to go to the em…

i've used aim almost daily for almost the whole 20 years. it is one of the first apps i set up when i get a new computer. when i get home for the day, one of the first things i do …

If you’re like me, you switched your default browser over to Chrome years ago and never looked back. Why should I take browser advice from someone who doesn't pay attention? Especi…

For me, reading and writing works , but I have major performance issues on /mnt/. `git status` for example is unreasonably slow on any directory under /mnt/. I tried to adapt to th…

seconded. please share.

I think the problem with a total ban is just the sheer number of people with diagnoses. For example, I read recently that something like 6% of adults have ADHD (I don't have a sour…

are there any popular sites that rely on Hello or Pocket to function?

my question is, do i still have to google some arbitrary and arcane silverlight hotkey code in order to change video quality?

my pleasure =]

CTRL + F "Pittsburgh" brought me here. Watson looks like a great place to work and I will be sending you a resume. Code & Supply looks really neat, thanks for posting that :-)

Hello everyone, I enjoy reading Hacker News, as I'm sure the rest of you do too. So, I've been building a Firefox extension that integrates with this site and helps to submit web p…

what a terrible change. i've spent the last week developing two firefox addons; now i regret that, because i'll never use a browser with embedded advertising.

agreed. i try to explain to people that firefox is an open source program created by an organization that is trying to keep the web free, while chrome is created by one of the worl…

why? .cmd and .bat can run any time, and can do just as much damage as powershell.

yup. personally i feel that being able to receive unfiltered, honest feedback on the internet is a feature, not a flaw.

you're right, i stand corrected. i should have said that i don't want to host my community with a single, likely profiteering entity.