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Re:A Tmux Crash Course (2011) on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @12:46AM (#6170891)
Totally irrelevant, but this is from 2011.
Re:Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @12:55PM (#4779400)
This is surprising. Not that it sold out after 10 minutes, but that Google didn't handle the load well.

I wonder why - surely they expected this (if nothing else, given the performance of the phone in other markets).

Re:Thank you Apple on Saturday September 22, 2012 @07:46PM (#4559387)
I think it's interesting to point out that this is Rob Pike.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Pike

Your*

Not sure about this, but I think it's what you mean. I googled "node broke", and didn't come up with meaningful results, so I assume it's "Your". Correct me if I'm wrong!

Re:Tetration on Sunday May 02, 2010 @11:54AM (#1312628)
This is a fantastic article on "big numbers" (and discusses tetration):

http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/bignumbers.html

(I think someone has posted it to HN before, which is why I am leaving it as a comment)

Re:Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? on Monday April 26, 2010 @04:30PM (#1295900)
This is an interesting article as well I think: http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/this-is-my-column-this-is-...