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Still holding out strong I see :). Permit me to explain how I see this. You may disagree strongly with me but I hope to convey why your comment aroused so much passion. I don't see…

Andrew, your comment is correct when literally interpreting dictionary definitions but misses the spirit of the situation. If we take the current criticisms (of your comment) as be…

Please avoid personal remarks. It's alright to disagree strongly with someone else but mutual respect is one of the attributes that keeps HN an open and interesting discussion foru…

I found it neither confusing nor hypocritical. My take-away is that with an educated work-force and working market, a city can improve its productivity by allowing density to incre…

I have respect for people that can deliver, regardless of what they use. The allure of cool tech is strong but tech doesn't make products: people do. I cannot see what is wrong wit…

codedivine has a point and it's even admitted in this posting: "we expect the initial performance to be abysmally bad (maybe 10x slower); however, with successive improvements to t…

It is also possible that the efficiency gains brought by technology allow previously inaccessible services to become accessible to more people, thereby increasing demand for those …

I'm using the Scipy superpack ( http://stronginference.com/scipy-superpack/ ) on Lion and Matplotlib has given me no trouble so far.

As a counterpoint, I have heard complaints about the Chinese political regime from a number of Chinese students here in the Netherlands. Yes, I have also run into those who see no …

I don't fully understand. Is your app written in AppleScript?

My Emacs history only goes back 5 years. A number of days ago, I downloaded Textmate and started playing with it. In the beginning I almost wanted to just delete it and go back to …

The tabloid presses seem to have blunted Occam's razor. I have used AirBnB in the past and have come to realize that a lot of renters lose enthusiasm in time and simply don't respo…

I have some pretty strong feelings about IP (I oppose software patents and I think copyright terms are too long) but I suspect that IP will become more sophisticated and pervasive.…

You're right - DNA methylation is inherited (see epigenetics). So DNA alone does not give you enough information.

Right, but we have to limit ourselves to the upper segments of the smart phone market. If we include the cheapo Androids when talking about smart phones then Apple's relative marke…

I remember I had difficulty contributing to Kickstart since I'm in the Netherlands. Is there someone here that can set up a Paypal account for this gal? I'd happily donate a few $.…

New Mac user here (I've had mine for less than 12 hours now). Caveats upfront: I'm a long-time Ubuntu user and I'm a programmer, so I'm not exactly a parental-class user. The most …

If I had to give a name to this approach, I'd call it "adversarial debugging". It's an excellent technique for software improvement, as it somewhat mirrors an evolutionary game. Yo…

There is a relationship between exercise and weight but not nearly as big as people like to believe. You're right that diet has a much bigger impact. I had to dig out this paper th…

I don't know enough about economics to give a qualified answer but let me try. All currencies are vulnerable to feedback loops but governments can do things like change the interes…

I read some criticisms of Bitcoin (including those from a previous HN post about Bitcoin) and one of the biggest criticisms from an economics perspective (if I understand correctly…

I hope an American lawyer can answer this (or at least someone with a good knowledge of the US legal system). What can an individual (even one outside of the US) do to effect chang…

I'll hazard a possibly bad answer. MVC is not inherently OO - it's more about sending messages which, although a feature of modern OO (Alan Kay even said that he should have called…