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Western Union had, hands-down, the best rates and the least hassle for me sending money to my home country. The old reputation of WU just doesn't hold ground any more.

Exactly the same for me. I had a bunch of goals; I fulfilled most of them, and the ones I didn't/couldn't I god much better alternatives for. I have not created any new goals; a lo…

Apparently Google "can't find" my account. I was so scared for a while, then I found that all of my family members have the same issue. Then checked HN and breathed a sigh of relie…

> There are a lot of jaded people here who refuse to accept the way the world is working. This is HN. Quite a few people here know how the world is working in favor of these things…

> Spotify is great, but it’s primarily a single-player experience. Music, on the other hand, is an inherently social experience. NO. For me, music is an intensely private experienc…

I'm not emotionally mature enough to understand the complexities of putting a penis inside of a vagina

yea I agree - one time my dad got me drunk as a kid and molested me and now I'm fucking terrified of alcohol

I choose not to drink because I am a homosexual, and I'm afraid that I might not be able to resist my urges to touch little kids in the pub after work

Personally I have a very simple rule. I don't drink alcohol, and I don't need to have a reason for it. I tend not to give any single reason if anyone asks me about it; just any exc…

OK thanks. Great idea nonetheless!

I don’t know if this would work on iOS (or if it’s already implemented), but any idea if I can make the app pop up directly every time I unlock the phone? This would mean that I do…

This is simple and genius at the same time. Great idea, will try it out.

I do agree with you on that aspect; in fact the proliferation of cheap smartphones and providers like Jio means that a lot of people are able to get their hands on actually decent …

This so much. It felt so weird that this person was talking about poverty and blogging/reading on the internet at the same time . Few poor people in the third world would know what…

Link to previous HN post which has a list of all ebooks Springer made available for free: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23520545 Has quite a few of the books mentioned in th…

All I know about him is that he was the one who created Geoff the Robot in Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show. That robot was AMAZING, it enabled a lot of good sketches! https://en.wi…

He did a collaboration with Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine) a few years ago: https://stephanpastis.wordpress.com/2014/06/07/ever-wished-t...

This is very weird, I notice a lot of apps are doing this. Even Firefox Focus, considered to be a "privacy-focused" browser, has this notification pop up every time you add a chara…

Heh, have had some similar conversations myself (how people like me are "supposed to be more X/less Y"). I've had little patience for those, and have let my own opinions be known. …

Possibly. Wish we had numbers, but I'm not sure if survey respondents would always speak the truth :)