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They need to take that money, break Yahoo up into pieces, sell it, and then whatever money they have they should fund 100,000 startups and see what rises from the ashes. We're a li…

Actually not. Here are the rules for Show HN: Be respectful. Anyone sharing work is making a contribution, however modest. Ask questions out of curiosity. Don't cross-examine. Inst…

I prefer that they posted it as an HN comment. Scrolling isn't difficult, and mobile users rarely click on links. I probably wouldn't have read it if it was in a pastebin or linked…

Has there been research into this? That's a really cool concept. It's something I'd like to look into, if anyone knows any references.

Civilizations that have (generally) destructive, punitive, insular, judging, self-righteous, and violent myths don't. This seems to be the opposite of history. Until recently, viol…

The main problem is power. There's no way to project light into the retina without power, and it's difficult to get power to the lens without using wires. Induction is promising, b…

Part of the appeal of FF7 is the soundtrack. Make that dynamic, and you would've ruined FF7. It's a good idea that makes sense for a lot of games. Just pointing out a counterexampl…

3 million dollars is nothing. It took a million dollars to make a single very low-quality video game, circa 2008. Salaries are expensive. The investment model is set up to let foun…

And I'm saying, yes, you're right. But have hope. That's something to watch out for going forward, but we can go forward. This thread's article is interesting, because it's the fir…

There are a variety of algorithms which are safe in a post-quantum crypto world. Developing and deploying them will take time, but they exist. Making them safe will take longer, bu…

Thanks, that worked.

When I download the source and try to open index.html in Chrome, it doesn't work. "Unhandled promise rejection DOMException: Failed to execute 'texImage2D' on 'WebGLRenderingContex…

If that's true, then it should be easy to name some startups that fell into technical mediocrity and recovered. Are there any? I saw the opposite happen firsthand: a company that w…

And yet, if you proceed as if it were correct, you'll be amazed at what you'll accomplish. The comment I was replying to was essentially asking, "What would've helped you back when…

Mmhm. As with everything, it's a balance. It's important to understand that reading is one of the most effective forms of procrastination that has ever been invented. It's also the…

This domain is unique in that it's not a good idea to read. The most effective way to navigate this territory seems to be: Think of a simple goal, then force yourself to solve it. …

This is a great breakdown even for a novice who doesn't know much about how rendering engines typically function. What would you like to know? I have some time, so if anyone was ho…

When I targeted asm.js, the result wasn't much faster than plain js. Also, asm.js recently made it into Node, but Node doesn't tell you when your asm.js code is valid or not. And w…

It's more common nowadays for an 18 year old to have 10 years of experience programming. Certainly it's uncommon, but the set of all 18 year olds who've been programming for 10 yea…

Let's stop trashing on people's work. The success of an endeavor is proportional to the number of shitty hacks that have come before it. Sometimes this it true in a literal sense -…

MD5 is is broken and should not be used for anything anymore. Actually, HMAC-MD5 is secure.

I'm not sure if the elites of HN have spent much time among today's average youth, but they certainly aren't learning a common memetic foundation. They barely graduate from high sc…

unless I'm pursuing engineering or some computation-heavy career, when will I need to care about calculus? Or for that matter, why ever learn about cell biology in elementary schoo…