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What on earth was the idea behind "Quickster"? Napster?

Exactly. Twitter wasn't just a brand, it was a verb. You can't 'X' anything, you don't 'X' your thoughts. Brands that become verbs are rare gems, and Musk swapped his for a letter …

Looks like this struck a nerve over on Reddit. Curious to hear HN's take.

My bad, searched for finland quickly on the homepage and didn't see anything so figured I would post it.

I believe this is the third incident in recent months. Who would possibly have it out for Finland to not be a player in the internet market? I am slightly concerned about the Helsi…

Wouldn't that inevitably end up with your server being more closely inspected (or at least more heavily trafficked) by hackers/bots? I doubt that most script kiddies are filtering …

It's deemed "experimental" so presumably they could do anything to augment it.

I can't get this idea out of my head. Sometimes it's definitely near instantaneous in it's responses, so there is surely no human behind the curtains. But other times it's literall…

I always thought it was some kind of protectionist mechanism amongst the academic trades. Can't do your own taxes if you don't speak accounting, you have to pay somebody. Can't rep…

Staying competitive swings both ways.