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No, this is not about classes. This is about organisations exhibiting qualities that none of the individuals who make up those organisations exhibit.

If you're disadvantaged because of your race, then it's racism. It's important to be clear: the outcome is racist even when no individual is being racist. You can't be reductionist…

There is relevant data, but I don't know where it is, sorry. I am under the impression that this sort of under-the-radar hiring occurs enough to be a significant cause of instituti…

If you have connections, you can land the job before it is advertised publicly; therefore the job won't be advertised publicly. If you don't have connections, you can't land a job …

Of course it makes a difference. If I am paid annually in arrears, I must live off savings or credit for the first year. I pay off the loans and rebuild my savings at the end of th…

I am paid monthly in arrears. If I was paid annually in arrears, I would have cashflow issues, would have a greater need of short term loans, and would want a larger salary to comp…

Re haptic feedback: I'm forever feeling my phone vibrate in my pocket when it isn't vibrating... and still manage not to notice when it does vibrate. Perhaps I would perceive the s…

Personally, I find tv and radio ads extremely annoying. But everyone who's experienced it finds my habit of muting the tv during ad breaks to be very strange. So I can easily belie…

For location-timezone, try http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz_database For country-currency, scrape Wikipedia?

Adverts opening the App Store without permission.

Windows/MS-DOS had file extensions (which it inherited from CP/M) before it had directories and directory separators. Did CP/M and Unix independently come up with file extensions w…

That depends on the website you want to create.

1. Add an entry to ~/.ssh/config instead of adding a bash alias: it works with scp/sftp as well as ssh. e.g. Host dev Port 22222 IdentityFile ~/.ssh/icantreadwhatyourprivatekeyfile…

Credit card, ideally in GBP, with the caveat that I don't want to be forced to care who is processing the payment. e.g. I prefer not to pay by credit card via Paypal, because then …

It reminds me of websites that insert live stock quotes into their stories. - generally the information / buy it now link isn't of interest to readers - more useful generally would…

What's the advantage of this over hiding your service behind spiped?

#10 on the front page, 125 point, 64 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8177063

Are you trying to say that their service is implemented using Docker?

The page crashed the tab after I swiped onto the third slide. Does it name any particular mobile operators at any point, or is it just FUD?

If a comment really is factually incorrect then a downvote is appropriate, but some comments that at first glance appear to be factually incorrect are really just opinions.

1. How much money would the site be paying out? 2. Where would that money come from?

Why are USB controllers reprogrammable? Is it in the standard? (Why?) Or is it cheaper somehow?

What happened to IBM?

My droplet is still up (Amsterdam). Is it just NYC 2 that's down? https://status.digitalocean.com