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ranit8

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About ranit8

Email: this nick on Gmail

I submitted a post on the tiny, cheap and dangerous fake iPhone charger, which got 140 points (I'm not the author). This account is now hellbanned.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3903705 http://www.arcfn.com/2012/03/inside-cheap-phone-charger-and-why-you.html Former submission, I didn't know of it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3699293

My last non-dead activity - http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=ranit8&sortby=create_ts+desc

Temporary nick is alter8

Recent public activity

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    Comment #4383075

    HN has been doing that to a lot of people as well, myself included.

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    Comment #4028021

    This stupid site completely pegs the CPU in Firefox 12 with NoScript!

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    Comment #4026063

    I didn't want to give more ammo to his elitist bullshit, but I wonder what happens if the same schools that make people hate math try teaching them to code.

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    Comment #4021422

    >from point A to point B So you know exactly how far you need to go, now calculate how much fuel you need. You can always buy extra fuel and refill on the way on very long travels …

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    Comment #4017995

    The ToC is always on the right side for quick access, so the ToC page wouldn't provide much info anyway.

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    Comment #3998792

    Nice to know it. So that's how they get their infinite supply of domains: http://mailinator.blogspot.com/2008/01/your-own-private-mail...

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    Comment #3973724

    And the HN submission: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3667741

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    Comment #3956959

    I can't believe I had used CloneDVD for such a long time without connecting its icon to Dolly. I feel so dumb.

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    Comment #3933130

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect at play.

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    Comment #3926666

    There is this (it seems the author doesnt take it seriously though): http://www.ollydbg.de/Paperbak/index.html

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    Comment #3926329

    Also, having the "Understand" button might have the same negative effect as the excessively intrusive UAC checks in Windows Vista: people pressing it without thinking twice about i…