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Agreed. I think HN is the kind of forum where a picture isn't quite worth a thousand words. With these types of articles, I'd be more interested in bulleted summaries than thumbnai…

I'll never understand why people act like a forum is a TV channel. Can't people just hide threads, or avoid topics that don't interest them? It's not like HN only has one discussio…

Halfway through, I started thinking, this piece is incredible marketing for the wife's attorney, Fisher. He's the only one really likeable character (the wife didnt care about defr…

I pretty much do the opposite. I remember that everyone was a child once and some, unfortunately, still are. Basically attributing annoyances/disagreements to ignorance/differing v…

I agree. It doesn't have to be collusion, in fact, I can easily imagine that there's no large scale coordination, maybe just coordination in small 5-10 person teams. For any incent…

I agree. It doesn't have to be collusion, in fact, I can easily imagine that there's no large scale coordination, maybe just coordination in small 5-10 person teams. For any incent…

What worked for me was removing barriers to exercise. It's been an odd, decade-long progression, but here's how it went: ------------- I. Initial Annoyance with Gym a) The biggest …

Agreed. I enjoyed getting a better idea of how people lived back in that era. Casanova, as he presents himself, was a perfect trickster archetype. For example: He mentions being at…

>> Every service is, on IFTTT or not. We care about the people who use them and build them. The changes we are asking for are indeed more work, but we know they will lead to a bett…

Never seen it taken this far, but I do the same thing in Pro Evolution. I've had a few players with bad ratings that suit my gameplay, players with unused skills (fast defenders wh…

The initial description of the library had me thinking of 'the Man Who Was Thursday', a book which includes its own absurd secret society. Also, anyone interested in real-world soc…

Then Apple wouldn't be Apple. This makes me think of the reflexivity idea Soros wrote about in Alchemy of Finance. It's valid to bemoan not buying Apple stock 20 years ago, because…

Understanding this perspective will be a huge benefit to anyone who wants to contribute as a non-technical founder. About 6 years ago, at the end of undergrad, a technical friend a…

They needed a much better explanation. I listen to most of my music on the subway with a lot of background noise; I never worry about low sound quality.

It's not just "date invitation." This is a woman complaining about a guy talking to her at a bar. As a guy, I'd be flattered if a woman asked me out in general, but extremely annoy…

No to be a bastard, but I disagree. The design is really off-putting. It instantly made me bounce off the site. If design isn't an early concern, just go for something boring/popul…

I like this quote, it's well laid-out, but I don't think the reasoning is sound. At heart, the argument it voices anger at advertisers for forcing you to see things you don't want …

For anyone interested in playing dodgeball as an adult, check out the World Dodgeball Society ( http://dodgeball4ever.com/leagues/ ) They're not aggro-competitive and most of their…

Ditto. How about in this thread? I was watched the video waiting for some big reveal, but was sort of let down by the offering. The site says more about the notebook's quality than…

These days, I see computer time as a limited resource. My eyes started acting up last summer and so I've cut down on my computer time. I save articles into something like Pocket an…

It looks like Dropbox just shut down the account's transfers. I take it a couple dozen people started mass-downloading each state's data. This would be the ideal use for a torrent …

I like your initial point about technology needing an implementation. I see this with things like the Leap Motion controller where I think it's an interesting product, but I have n…

I thought the same. In my opinion, the article should have been edited down to about 10-20 great ideas. I liked the idea for a competitor watch service, I think it's much better th…

This is fake right? South African sounding name (which happens to be one of a former president) + no mention of it anywhere else on line. Are we posting Onion articles now? It'd be…