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> Make sure nobody at state or DHS or justice can subvert this new agency, they need to stand on equal footing with any company or agency. Interestingly, a service similar to what …

Even Reuters is serving mobile redirect ads that send me to a fake Amazon gift card site on my iPhone. This is why people use ad blockers.

It's worth checking out Nathan Martin's talk given at TEDxPSU in 2010 (CEO of Deeplocal, #12). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju9ZJSSP2h8

I prefer to use ToadJaw ( http://toadjaw.com/hn ), which was linked to on here recently. EDIT: It was created by HN's own ronnier. http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ronnier

$ mutt -f imaps:// @gmail.com@imap.gmail.com

Monticello, Minnesota attempted to build fiber to provide 50Mbps service to the city, but was sued by the regional telecom for unfair competition. The telecom then built up the inf…

You're right; it's been corrected.

During a discussion with a friend on future technology, someone remarked that for a few days' wages ($200 for an iPod touch) you can now hold a condensed summary of all human knowl…

For curiosity's sake, could you provide some examples?

The financial aid available at top-tier schools is very generous, because so few low-income students make up the undergraduate body. If I recall correctly, at the top 120 colleges …

It's also run by fellow HN user Luke Crawford: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=lsc

It's back up now (or should be). An update: http://twitter.com/prgmrcom/status/6495790410

You're right, that was a rather asinine thing I said.

It's really no more criminal than sharing the physical card by passing it around, though the law may disagree.

> Biology is destiny, no matter what your dreams are. Short people will never play in the NBA no matter how hard they practice. Dumb people will never get smarter by studying. Ugly…

Tumblr has post-by-email and customizable themes. http://www.tumblr.com/why-tumblr Soup.io is another tumblelog platform that makes it dead simple to reblog (literally one click). …

You may be interested in the app Delicious Library: http://delicious-monster.com/ Edit: Also, Readernaut and Shelfari both offer the sorting features you describe.

Keep in mind that this is about the future of ebooks, that is, those without the limitations of today's ebook readers. Nevertheless I won't give up my physical books soon. I borrow…

"Omit needless words," as William Strunk, Jr. wrote.