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I wonder however about the opposite effect. I think it was Bertrand Russell who said that boredom is an essential part of doing good work and learning to accept it an important par…

To answer your question: Yes. https://github.com/joyent/libuv/commit/804d40ee14dc0f82c482d... (please scroll). However, that's not a necessary criteria. Substitute "he" for some ot…

There is a reason to call out Sandberg. The reason is to point out that this "mainstream" practise is unjust. And that the market should not set the criteria on decency. You could …

I suggest @jlgaddis's responses highlight an important distinction between "offensive" (the word used by @sjtgraham) and "racist". While it is always a good rule of thumb to seek n…

Not to be combative, but shouldn't you be asking Google to fix their broken IMAP?

To make this complete you need "No, because I host all my own services already".

The argument (like all "nobody is entitled" arguments) is self-defeating. If others are not to whine about X, what validates the author's whining about such others? What the author…

I was about to suggest iCloud, but it does not support some features that may be of interest to HN type users: in particular, "email personalities" - the ability to send outgoing e…

There is much talk of honour systems and social contracts. None of us sign a literal social contract; it is a way to name an arrangement of affairs that we semi-willingly enter int…