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Re:Hemingway makes your writing bold and clear on Thursday February 13, 2014 @08:47AM (#7231291)
I also fed a chunk my unfinished novel into the Hemingway app, and wrote about the results: http://coreypein.net/blog/2014/02/13/the-hemingway-app-revie...

I really wanted to hate it, but couldn't.

Is a UK ISP filtering HN?

I had to post this by tethering my laptop to my phone and circumventing my home broadband provider, EE, which seems to be blocking HN. Perhaps the title is triggering some new and overzealous filter?The site has been inaccessible from my home for two or three days, but I can get at it from a US-based VPN and through my mobile data network.I'm not a networking expert and I don't know exactly...

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Show HN: The Jeff Bezos-Washington Post Conflict-of-Interest Crayon

http://coreyp.github.io/The-Bezos-Post-Conflict-of-Interest-Crayon/

I made this bookmarklet to highlight potential conflicts of interest related to Jeff Bezos in Washington Post stories.It's basically a quick fork from an existing GitHub repo. Anyone can suggest keywords at a wiki linked to from the GitHub page here.Tested and works in Chrome and Safari; doesn't work in my Firefox but I'm too ignorant to know why. Any help with that would be appreciated, as...

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School District Sued Over 'Toxic' Wi-Fi

http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-17726-wi_fi_woo_woo.html

There’s virtually no scientific basis for the belief that Wi-Fi is a health threat. But the federal civil suit against PPS is the latest expression of anxiety by a growing community of Wi-Fi-phobic and self-diagnosed “electrosensitive” individuals who believe a laundry list of physical ailments can be traced to the proliferation of consumer electronics.

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