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I was also quite fond of Palimpsest by Stross. It’s a retelling of EoE but a more modern treatment (and the writing is quite a bit better, IMO)

This could happen without a merger

If the bug bounty program doesn’t pay out much, there will be plenty of less reputable actors happy to pay more

Which standards are you referring to?

Under $1000: A road bike. I live in LA (county) and the default is to drive everywhere, but here's the thing: driving sucks. We famously don't have great bike infra, but I thought,…

http://kadin.sdf-us.org/weblog/technology/smoking-hairy-golf...

You Won’t Believe What Happened Next!!! No chance we want to allow HN posters to cool down the article’s original title when it’s especially clickbaity?

Can you share any info about the project domain?

I'll second this. Looks like y'all are starting something really interesting, and it'd be helpful to know what your location expectations look like

The main point of this article is to inspire a bit more empathy and consideration for those with disabilities. He knows he's privileged, and that the 4/5 people who aren't currentl…

Been traveling a lot this year - this would've saved me a ton of money. If you've still got the script lying around, I'd love to check it out

WAG?

It’s not mandatory, spacex employees can keep their shares in hope of an eventual IPO

And discord was split off from a LoL-like game when it turned out to be the best part about it

Is the novel religion you’re referring to the belief in climate change? Not sure I understand your comment

Always sad to see these projects suffer from A Shortfall of Gravitas

Nope. I made the mistake of architecting my current project around Amplify. Deployment errors are thankfully rare these days, but things that should be easy are hard, and there are…

The isotope of helium they want to use doesn’t exist on earth in significant quantities. They want to make their own by running another fusion reaction between two deuterium nuclei…

From How To Save a Planet, a podcast I like: Alex Blumberg: ...and, [pipeline company] Enbridge says, stopping the pipeline won't stop the development of tar-sands oil. The oil wil…

I agree in a lot of cases, but a couple months ago I saw a pretty interesting idea on HN: https://sarcophagus.io . While I think there are some issues with this protocol, it convin…

The parenthetical "(Consider a loaf of bread, with each slice being dithered Mona Lisa)." is one of my favorites of any technical article