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The question is in two parts: (1) Why do people add bad comments and stories?, and (2) How do we keep those from getting upvoted? 1) When newbies first see the karma system they be…

A good compiler without bias would help the whole market, but not enough to be worth the expense.

freerice.com for other languages, basically.

This clearly means that a "real Indian" would say "sorry, I don't know," but Google would lie. (Actually it's closer to asking whether it is a lie to be too embarrassed to admit to…

Also add a link to "Archives" ( http://www.penzba.co.uk/GreybeardStories/ )

If the Media found out that insurgents used Linux to hack military drones...

Real Estate Agents likely do not run Real Estate marketing firms.

In the spirit of the Windows 7 Taskbar (or OSX dock), what about merging main-bookmarks and tabs? I for one would use it.

For the common user with 1~5 tabs, the issue is still relevant.

It's more of ideology and design principle.

I see no one who he is arguing with. He tends to refuse challenges to debates by prominent religious leaders...

I try to avoid predictions in software further ahead than 30 years. I expect search will be rather unrecognizable by then. Just think back 50 years (PDP-10 and ITS 40 years ago; Ap…

1. open the link 2. right-click on the search box, select "add a keyword for this search" 3. for "keyword: " type "def" , for "name: " type "Google Dictionary Search" Now in your a…

I'm aware that restructuring the Domain Name System is not practical at this point but here's my idea: Domains should work hierarchically and be privately operated. Google Search w…

either: It doesn't reach down that far, or it can't lift, or they haven't thought of that.

V for Vendetta.

Summary: "Webapps are almost as good as Native Apps in many ways." The author reveals no advantages of webapps over a good AppStore that allows 3rd-party software sources. He is si…

"6. What are the accelerating effects?" Roughly equivalent to "What makes you idea viral?" ?

I home-schooled myself for a year and stumbled upon them, and decided to call them "differentials" because I had heard that term before. It's also possible I was had been sitting t…