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Why Programmers are NOT Engineers (and that's a good thing) =========================================================== 1. Engineers design and build the same types of things over …

First of all, you need to distinguish between content that is illegal and that which infringes copyright. Child pornography is illegal, copyright infringement depends on legal juri…

I'm recruiting at the moment. Having just gone through 153 resumes in a week, and 4 phone interviews so far, there are a number of things that will get you to the top of the resume…

Stingy bosses has got nothing to do with it. Those who control the means of production can set their prices. The poor's only means of rising wages is through force (either governme…

I think I may have not been clear, or I am misinterpreting your post. If you think of a person as having a balance sheet, with assets (property, shares, bonds, cash) and liabilitie…

Inflation is extremely harmful in the long term. Deflation is harmful in the short term. When you get a deflationary spiral, the shock to the economic system is sharp and sudden, a…

How about "Network of Non Human Data Publishers"?

I agree with what you say. There is a fine line, however, between censuring trolls and suppressing dissent. I think anonymous downvoting and no right of reply, risks the latter to …

About 18 months ago I stopped posting regularly on HN after my former account was downvoted into a type of purgatory that was impossible to escape from. I still read the interestin…

Your description of balance illustrates the problem. Lets say you have two groups of people, one of which thinks you should put sugar in bread, and the other which thinks putting s…

dreamhost, bluehost, hostgator etc are notorious for this. It works fine at low volumes, but as soon as you are getting a few thousand hits per day, the site is mysteriously unavai…

In the modern fascist plutocracy, the only effect you will ever have on the behaviour of corporations is through where you spend your money. The beast can only be starved, not tame…

Thanks, that was equally informative as it was depressing. It's not exactly something that is winning the hearts and minds of people in the middle east. I guess the western powers …

Does anyone keep a tally on how many civilians the US has murdered with drones?

Out of curiosity, not being a US citizen, can I ask what was wrong with: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable se…

2.0) Is inflated by algorithm, not at the whim of the central bank. 2.1) Cannot be used to pursue mercantilist trade policy. 2.2) Cannot be created from nothing as credit. On the d…

It would be great to see a market solution to this. Bitcoin is a bit like the gold rush/wild west at the moment which is fine for those who understand this before diving in, but un…

Which begs the question, how can one determine the veracity of the security claims of website operators? Bitcoins are a convertible currency but are not regulated, insured or guara…