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Good catch. I figured HN would reject it if it had already been posted. Was surprised when it went through, actually.

Estonia down.

What are the "big issues" that would be caused by forcing SSL? It sounds like visitors from Iran (and other countries that block SSL sites) might be unable to access HN. What else?…

Site appears to be down. The Google cache is here: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:tAI5zmC... But the meat of his presentation appears to be this video, availa…

For anyone who wants to download the Nightly build for Firefox 15: Windows version http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/products/download.html?product=... Mac version http://www.mozilla.or…

OSX version: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/products/download.html?product=...

Helpfully, the final paragraph of the article seems to contain its takeaway message: "So, comparing A/B testing and multi-armed bandit algorithms head to head is wrong because they…

What do you think of Myna, in these respects? Does it suffer from the same disadvantages as other bandit optimization approaches? http://mynaweb.com/docs/

Interesting story. For anyone else wondering what a "poison pill" is, in this context: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/poisonpill.asp

Yes, Nicaragua would be the protectorate, but the terms of the contract for the economic zone ultimately can only be enforced by someone with a large enough military to impose just…

Countries have military forces that can ensure the settlement of international disputes.

I run a niche dating and social networking website. After I built my own traffic analysis suite, instead of just relying on Google Analytics, I realized a ton of my bandwidth and s…

Yes, I'm interested. This article was relevant to some community building efforts I'm involved with, and I'd love to read more veteran insights on the subject.

"So, if you are a Whole Foods shopper, please consider honoring the boycott, at least for a short period of time. The impact will be very evident, and almost immediate." I have a d…