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Re:Brave Browser and the Wayback Machine: Working Together on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @05:18AM (#22421817)
The lack of informed knowledge on a place like HN is pretty baffling at times.
Re:In Britain, even jails have a class system on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @12:29PM (#22415112)
Is identifying someone by their nationality racist?
Re:In Britain, even jails have a class system on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @12:12PM (#22414943)
Could it not be that he was speaking from first hand evidence of the people he was locked up with?
I take it you're living in the UK then?
Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @09:07AM (#22298549)
I'd wager the start of a new multi year bullrun, fuelled by developments in different technologies.
Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @09:06AM (#22298540)
There's a very quickly growing use case of decentralised finance, abbreviated to DeFi. Within the Ethereum chain alone, close to $1b has been locked up in different DeFi projects.
"The glitch first manifested itself as customers complained that Webroot was mistakenly flagging Facebook.com as a dangerous identity-fishing site."

Mistakenly flagged? Pretty sure that would have been intentional.

"And fair enough. None of this is easy. It might well prove impossible."

As the current political landscape props itself up, I do believe it to be impossible. As a collective, how can we make an impacting difference to the current global discourse regarding climate change when so many powerful entities are actively working against such a cause?

Re:Ask HN: People who are here- are you on Reddit too? on Thursday March 09, 2017 @07:08AM (#13828720)
Sort of, but not really. I used to browse reddit quite a lot, but fell out of touch due to the deterioration of general discussion of any topic.

I find HN to be a lot more developed in its discussions, opinions and userbase.

Re:We Used Terrible Science to Justify Smoking Bans on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @08:45AM (#13763562)
Not entirely sure why you'd consider it fake news. My grandfather has suffered from bladder cancer twice, though he has never smoked. He did, however, work in kitchens of restaurants/bars that allowed smoking. Once he left those kitchens, he went into remission and has remained so.

Ask HN: Will I miss out on the window of opportunity?

Hi guys, I'm pretty early on in my development towards becoming a competent member of the tech industry with aspirations to eventually become a web developer.My other passion in life is skiing and as it currently stands, I'll be off to Canada for the 18'/19' season to get my instructors licence.At the moment I'm running through the Udacity Front-End nanodegree and am wondering if, due to taking...

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