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>The big 5 were previously under no regulation as to their leverage ratios. http://www.nysun.com/business/ex-sec-official-blames-agency-... That article suggests that the SEC enfor…

>Bank holding companies are subject to risk-based capital requirements which prohibit them from operating with high leverage or purchasing large amounts of risky assets. I figured …

I wasn't trying to be an ass :) I just see "Breaking" all over the place these days on Reddit and I don't want HN going down the same road.

Disclaimer: not an economist. My understanding is that the Glass Steagall act in the 1930s was passed to separate holding banks (like WaMu etc) and investment banks (GS) because wh…

1. Please don't use 'Breaking' in the headline. 2. This, from what I know, seems like a terrible move.

Curious, as always. My email is in my profile :)

What are you talking about? DHH and 37signals provide a lot to the conversation, including differing points of view. If having a different opinion means "contributing nothing posit…

I'm not complaining but is it 37signals week?

Features aren't the only thing they're getting. The guys at Xobni are extremely talented and Microsoft always wants talented engineers.

I think you're making a big deal out of what, at worst, was a poorly worded phrase. Relax a little :)

I'm not sure of the checkout system, but I assume right now that the payments are left for the sellers and buyers to deal with and Etsy would instead like to establish their own sy…

"Sooner or later Valleywag will write something particularly informative or amusing and Hacker News readers will miss out." Because in the off chance that Valleywag writes this inf…

I'm not your guy, friend!

Good stuff. I would've liked to see data for: Nginx + Mongrels, Ngninx/Apache + Evented Mongrels, Swiftiply + Evented Mongrels. http://brainspl.at/articles/2007/05/12/event-driven-…

The base jQuery is very light, perhaps half the size of Prototype if I recall correctly. The added bloat comes from the effects and UI libraries. The UI library is probably superfl…

Dude... you're trying too hard on a trivial area. You only have to be close by 60 seconds give or take, so just hard code in the timestamp: http://www.unixtimestamp.com/ It's a pai…

Erm... this maybe a silly question, but how far are we supposed to take this?

Apparently not...

Wow... not one mention of the Indian Institutes of Technology which may just be the toughest engineering schools on the planet. Just have a look at their entrance exams... Bias any…

Yep, the background color. It's a little dull, but that's just my personal preference. So I don't know what other feedback you've gotten, but take what I say with a grain of salt. …

Hmm interesting. I'm just used to it I suppose. Sometimes instead of refreshing to see if something has changed, I just click the logo by habit. But, I concede the point.

Interesting... IntenseDebate also launched today. TechStars and YC are neck and neck in this space. To the Disqus guys: 1. On your home page, the logo should be clickable. 2. The l…