Ask HN: Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"?

Re:Ask HN: Does anyone else get strange looks from people wh... by swombat on Thursday April 23, 2009 @12:05PM (#575886)

Little did you know, pg has a secret kung-fu ninja hacker script that uses a cross-platform vulnerability in CSS rendering to run arbitrary code on the machines of all visitors. You didn't hack that stranger's machine, but pg did!

This is all part of a vast, shadowy conspiracy to help YCombinator identify the best start-ups to fund ahead of time by looking at their code and their browsing habits.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone else get strange looks from people wh... by kirubakaran on Thursday April 23, 2009 @12:10PM (#575902)

I used to think this of Google. You go about your life, coding, browsing, emailing and what not and one fine day you get an email from Google saying "You are hired". They have the means, motivation and opportunity and they don't even have to "hack into" your computer.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone else get strange looks from people wh... by sethg on Thursday April 23, 2009 @01:29PM (#576080)

To receive a brochure describing job opportunities at the NSA, just pick up the phone and call your mother...

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