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Am I the only one thinking this is all rather convenient? As any good PR team should do (and I know Apple's are excellent), after the big backlash they experienced over the GoogleV…

And, pray tell, what is the problem you are trying to solve?

I was hoping this was going to be a real breakdown and analysis of why things turned around for this blogger. For example, topics he wrote about then which he doesn't anymore or ho…

To be able to pack so much meaning into so few words is an excellent skill to have. I had another peruse of the list and this one jumped out at me: Bellum se ipsum alet ("War will …

I enjoyed going through this list - so I thought you might too! Here are a few to wet your taste buds: - a thought-provoking one: Deorum iniuriae Diis curae. ("Offences to the gods…

I had not heard of this before, but very interesting! For those wanting more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room

Your example implicitly means that you do agree someone needs to be made liable for the child through 'obligatory supervision' - because if you don't do that, you will be accountab…

I don't want to forego a stimulating intelectual discourse, but isn't it obvious? Replace 'autonomous machine' with 'child' and it is clear a parent is responsible. For autonomous …

This was submitted 561 days ago ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=109654 ) but I think it deserves a repost. I have been lurking here a while and only just discovered it. There…

Creative way to illustrate the song. OK, it is just a bit of fun and maybe not very HN-like, but I can imagine it did take quite a bit of thought to make and it is a powerful repre…

Some open thoughts: 1. Doesn't every phone these days have a voice trigger to call someone? My old Nokia has and it works pretty well. 2. It seems to require some touching to use. …

That is a pretty poorly written article with some broad generalisations based on 'a five-minute tour of sites in my bookmarks list'. The auther states 'You don’t really know what y…

Clickable link: http://www.launchly.com EDIT: Had a quick poke around. Note, I did not look at your previous iteration. This review reads more as a narrative because I am just flic…

I hadn't heard of this one before - I really like the Comedy channel. Been listening to it doing some mundane work. I think I will be switching between Grooveshark and this dependi…

I don't think this has as much to do about porn, than about being able to explain what you do by linking to a known entity. To create a powerful elevator pitch you try pack as much…

It is not OK for others to smudge/grease/smear/taint/foul or otherwise violate your screen. No matter how expensive the screen is or who owns it. I used to be one of those until I …

I think your last sentence "and recognize a boo-boo, it would be nice to be able to correct my mistake to avoid a permanent record of my foolishness" How can you make a mistake in …

I think the main reason is to keep the context of a discussion in a thread. Turning your question around: Why would you want to modify a comment after one hour? Read your comment b…

Hi All, I just wanted to share this little unexpected design gem I discovered through a link over at Gizmodo. Go here http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/level-camera-cube/ and …

What do you mean "starring/flagging items for later"? 1. To read an article later as you have no time now. 2. To save a read article for later reference. I use google reader, so: F…

Hi All, I was wondering about karma on HN and other sites, like stackoverflow, which are community driven. The essence of karma is to be a self-controlling mechanism which empowers…