arjunb
Re:The End of Car Culture
on Monday July 01, 2013 @01:54AM (#5968943)
Actually it has seemed like this is the primary point most of these stories have been making for a while.
"The percentage of young drivers is inversely related to the availability of the Internet, Mr. Sivak’s research has found. Why spend an hour driving to work when you could take the bus or train and be online?" (from the article)
"...[A]lmost everything about digital media and technology makes cars less desirable or useful and public transportation a lot more relevant." [from May 2010, http://adage.com/article/digital/digital-revolution-driving-...]
Re:Want to contact a stranger on Facebook? Pay $1
on Thursday December 20, 2012 @11:58PM (#4951553)
A more complex but potentially fairer variation of this idea is to create an ecosystem where each sender posts a bond when delivering a message to an unknown recipient. If the recipient finds the message abusive/spammy, they could flag it as such and claim the bond, otherwise the message is received without a cost to the sender.
Re:Engineering Pornography (2002)
on Thursday December 20, 2012 @09:19PM (#4951168)
"I don't see why every web site makes you create a new account. Why not log into everything with my facebook account?"
Actually for many web sites this is a pretty good idea too.
The Universal Mind of Bill Evans - The Creative Process and Self-Teaching
Reflecting on 3 Years At Facebook
Stephen Wolfram - Computation and the Future of the Human Condition
The Life of a Typeahead Query
Staying in Control of Your Facebook Logins
FlashCache - a general purpose writeback block cache for Linux
Re:Ask HN: Who's hiring?
on Sunday April 11, 2010 @12:50AM (#1256372)
we're looking for hackers that like to move fast:
http://www.facebook.com/careers/department.php?dept=engineer...
Working with Zuck
Re:Mint.com should be a platform
on Tuesday February 23, 2010 @05:35PM (#1146660)
like...blippy?
How Diverse is Facebook?
Re:Ask HN: What APIs do you wish existed?
on Saturday November 21, 2009 @07:29PM (#955164)
zillow has a pretty decent api
Re:Bill Gates sums up Microsoft's abusive history
on Wednesday November 04, 2009 @07:20PM (#922960)
Keep in mind: this quote is from 10 years ago.
Profitable
Re:Facebook adds @mentions to status updates.
on Thursday September 10, 2009 @09:19PM (#816587)
yeah, we're rolling it out over the next few weeks.