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I do. I was going to bail from this thread, but it sounds like you see the great potential that this idea can have, if it can work. The truth is that it works. Okay then, one last …

Our culture is rejecting the one effective test we have. Do we care about equality, or not? I tried not mentionining this aspect, hoping people would realize on their own. But a re…

Also a case study on how not to store passwords. They enforce a maximum length on the user's password. It's something short, like 12 chars. The only reason they would enforce a max…

technologists don't rule the world; they're the primary instruments by which others rule. Well, yes, of course. But there's no alternative.

"put on hold as off-topic by kevingessner, Gilles, animuson 6 mins ago This question does not appear to be about programming, within the scope defined in the help center. If this q…

Just a FYI for the submitter: that's a bannable offense, and enforced. Wouldn't want you to lose your account.

Well, is it cool?

I'm sorry to be a downer, but there needs to be a reality check, because future open source projects can learn a thing or two from this. This project is unlikely to be successfully…

If the government steps in to "de-anonymize" bitcoin, then people will simply begin using tumbling services. People don't use those services right now because there's no impetus to…

Offtopic, but please consider writing some blog posts or articles about your experiences working on nuclear submarines. That just sounds so cool, and while the work is probably dul…

What's the value in responsive web design to the end user?

I have been too. I was surprised to find that HN didn't show up on Google a couple weeks ago. Yes, it looks like I was wrong. No, pg isn't changing titles because of SEO.