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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2015) on Monday June 01, 2015 @01:53PM (#9640715)
Great team, great idea. +1
Re:Why I now, unfortunately, hate Hacker News.. on Friday August 17, 2012 @08:29PM (#4399634)
HN starts with the elites. Elites make HN popular. Others join HN to be elite by proximity (or invested in). Elites leave.

This is the exact nature of an internet community that is successful. Thank god we (kind of) still have IRC.

Re:Show HN: An Open-Source Solution to Expensive Textbooks on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @01:26PM (#3591122)
Nice work Ben. Bet it felt good to get that shipped!

Know of a persistant Instant Messenger service?

I've stumped myself in trying to find the right words to search the Internet for an existing solution so I'll try HN and see if my description yields anything from you all.<p>I've tried a bunch of Instant Messenger clients that offer different protocol support, etc. But there has been a feature I really want which keeps me logged-in to all of my chat services so that whether I have...

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