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London will always have the best connection — it's a major HFT hub.

I never used it because until recently, the Mac app interface felt like a Windows app from 1999.

Just in time for Apple to patch iOS 7.1 ahead of its release. What a waste (unless it's been already patched in 7.1 beta and this is the last chance for this to be used by someone)…

So, if I — hypothetically — see Spike Lee driving my stolen car, I should stay quiet because it's not Spike's issue?

Spike Lee is very much the right addressee. He posted Garcia's original comps (not the final poster) on his Facebook. The images had "©2013 Spike Lee" slapped on them. These images…

>This isn't enforced by browsers. They will happily render all elements with the same ID and apply the same styles to all of them. We live in post-xhtml times, browsers will try to…

"No, the primary reason is that IDs prevent reuse." The fact that they cannot be reused in a single page is what makes IDs so useful. There are benefits of IDs others mentioned, bu…

This hire is a more natural fit than most techies would think. The genius of Jobs was that he understood better than others that personal tech had more to do with fashion industry …

Benedictine Monks used standing desks for their tedious book rewriting.

Doesn't this article say specifically Stripe is not for sale? I don't know if there are other investors than Y Combinator though, there might be one that will push for a sale.

"Speaking to RTÉ News in Dublin, Stripe chief executive Patrick Collison said he and brother John have no plans to sell the company. He said they already have experience of selling…

I really don't like the idea of the Playlist-driven interface forcing itself in front. I have no use for Playlist, why do I have to see it, ever? Even when I launch a file from Fin…

He doesn't get that iTunes is not a media player, but a music and video shop sneakily embedded in your computer. Media player functionality is only added there to lure you in so yo…

Paypal is a turnoff for many customers. I've met people who will not use it no matter what and will quote the popular horror stories. Braintree seems ok-ish but has a €100 minimum …

At least it's an ethos.

As a natural extension of a welfare state paradigm, children are property of the state and parents are merely temporarily assigned guardians. In Germany and Norway, children are ta…

"Forgettable" is an ironic slap for the generation this flick defined…

I don't think this was ever posted on HN and happened just 2 months ago. This is how Russia deals with extradition when the shoe is on the other foot and they want someone: http://…

Technically, the spying was just legitimized by that voting. The issue is non-existent, NSA programs are legal and mandated by Congress. Case closed. Disperse.

I did write "other than delaying traditional treatment".

I'm trying to picture what harm can be caused by telling one's pain to go, other than delaying traditional treatment.

You're saying "placebo effect" like it's a bad thing. Many doctors agree placebo is a powerful drug, and a component of every type of pill administered to a conscious person. Even …

My wrist pain is gone ever since I moved on to Wacom.

It's hard to think US would not intercept the plane at some point over the ocean. Could be the case even with a commercial flight.

I am not sure whether I find it more disturbing to see that people here think it is in any way fair to pay people for not doing anything, or that they think it is economically poss…