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Just as an aside, there is a word for "specifically male man", it's "wereman" (just as "wifman", the old version of "woman" meant "specifically female man" -- "man" was short for "…

For the record, 18yo me would be interested in it. :)

Wow, just wow. I never studied in college in the US, and I'm horrified that this is the standard. In Israel, we had the previous tests in the library, and the student union created…

How will the "properly-applied" eugenics be done? I mean, currently people get other people to write their papers for a college degree -- think of how much they'd be willing to pay…

Yes, you are missing one thing: if you are storing that file, a security breach (several kinds of those) means an attacker can get that file. Are you thinking this is not a problem…

Maaaan. This says absolutely nothing, except for the ever-present "just start-up, it doesn't matter." It doesn't matter only if you're a Blub programmer (see http://www.paulgraham.…

Well, the contradictory argument can be made as well: If you're a start-up, and your early adopters get annoyed because someone made sure Firesheep works with your web site, and th…

What do you mean "not for professional use"? For most professional use, meaning "work", I use work's e-mail system (usually based on Exchange, but I guess that depends on where you…

This is a variant on Schneier's fundamental theorem: Any fool can design a CAPTCHA for which they cannot program a solver. Just like in crypto, the only true test of CAPTCHAs are w…

Here is a sustainable approach: make sure that teachers are legally obligated to report bullying instances they are aware of to the police. (This law can be passed in the municipal…

But that's not the point, is it? We are talking about what advice parents give to their kids. The parents who would read a thread on HN are clearly the parents who care. If a kid's…

Yes, here is a way to do it (not theoretical, worked in practice) -- get the adults involved. Make sure that your kid feels it's OK to tell you that he's been bullied (he's not bei…

I'm lucky...my mom had to recuse herself from the committee where they decided on whether to buy the software my company makes (for obvious reasons).

It can't work the way you explained it: I just solved your CAPTCHA with 33% success rate (waaay too high for a useful CAPTCHA). Perhaps if you ask for "the three pictures of X anim…

I believe denial-of-service attacks, even against someone who you think is committing a criminal activity (remember: we are all innocent until proven guilty) is still illegal. tl;d…

Nothing against scala, but you can program in Python and get all the goodness of JVM compat by simply running your programs in Jython...

I'm not even sure what he's suggesting. It's easy to say "let's ban political parties", but what would be the actual law? That people aren't allowed to call themselves Democrats (o…

When I read this, I could not stop thinking about Harry Potter & The Methods of Rationality, and how HP calls out Dumbledore out for "pretending to be wise". See http://lesswrong.c…

Two notes I did not see below: * For a site that launched a few days after FireSheep was announced, and that wants me to put in (somewhat) private data, I think that at least havin…

I would ask for a good mobile web version way before an App (android or iphone). If you have a good mobile web version, people can pretend it's an app, and if it works -- feel free…

I feel the same dichotomy. What people said below is correct -- he does not mention sexuality -- but it still tinges what he writes. In thinking why this is, I have the following t…

What I was missing is explanations for the badges: what actually got me each badge? Like dannytatom, I would have loved to know what a "Fisher Price First Tweet" is. Especially if …

I would disagree with the central thesis. You can sacrifice P for a weaker version: assume a network which "eventually heals": any live node will answer at least one message in a h…

Thanks! The article was long on CSI-style antics and short on actual science.