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I've heard people say they feel different when they fly on 787s. I wonder if this is why. On another note, I'm more concerned with the toxic gases coming out of people sitting next…

I read this article and skimmed the original and I'm still not sure what the exact details of this exchange are. No robo/quant investing? Minimum hold periods? No requirements for …

I worked for Dara before. Believe it or not, he is a sincere and honest person. Yes, he cares about the bottom line (as any CEO would) but he believes what he's saying here.

Wallstreet has rules. They're just not enforced. People would be shocked if they knew, for instance, how many hedge funds simply operate on a model of "black edge" insider trading.…

Sokanu.com (Vancouver, Canada) Looking for a front-end and a back-end developer. Full-stack obviously appreciated. Our stack is Postgres, Python (django), Redis, React, Backbone. O…

throwww.com might be a good alternative. No curation by editors. Recommended articles to come based on algorithms and not circle jerks. Full disclosure: I built it.

Hey, I'm the creator of Throwww. Sorry this is totally my bad. It's a result of a known bug, but recently I took my MBP to Applecare and they accidentally wiped my entire drive (lo…

For those interested in a not-self-hosted option, I built http://throwww.com Growing user base, very simple, markdown-based (includes video markdown), includes RSS & Comments

ah! thanks

From what I can tell, it went from above the fold on the first page to nowhere to be found on the first five pages (haven't checked beyond that) almost instantaneously. How does th…

I submitted a blog post http://throwww.com/a/6n1 that made the front page about an hour ago, and it suddenly disappeared. Not sure if I broke some kind of rule. I couldn't find any…

For those interested, I built http://throwww.com which is a free (and with an obvious bias) better alternative.

Interesting. That doesn't surprise me at all. The most ironic ones I find are the ones about happiness and humility. Something about sharing them on facebook strikes me as so count…