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Re:Is Dvorak a Professional Troll? on Saturday August 15, 2009 @06:19PM (#765311)
Yes he is.

He also speaks his mind like every fat-mouthed, intelligent American from Franklin to Vidal did. So shut your trap and get on with life. lol.

Re:Is Dvorak a Professional Troll? on Saturday August 15, 2009 @06:04PM (#765287)
You kids! His persona is often troll... however, his operandi is journalism. Remember that? You know, telling the ugly truth (as you saw it), without fear or hinder?
Re:Ask HN: Best Mathematics book for complete noobie? on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @08:56AM (#755090)
'Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea' by Charles Seif
Cute. To illustrate the sum of limits, however, I prefer a graphic with sum -> 1. Take an empty circle then add a chunk of shaded semicircle, then add one quarter, then add one eighth... you get the idea.
Re:Google Squared is Live on Thursday June 04, 2009 @06:43AM (#641200)
'Squirrel' returns a good search square, but no red or grey squirrels.
Seems to me there are more Reddit-type comments submitted lately. It is something I have been very conscious of, much stronger than a hunch or gut feeling. I'm curious as to why you tried to measure this - do you still suspect a drop in the mean quality of the HN clientele despite what the /classic page might suggest?
Re:Wolfram Alpha to Launch Live on Justin.TV on Wednesday May 13, 2009 @03:28PM (#607473)
It looks incredible. I think Google are right to be concerned. Others should be too - take the mortgage example: it wouldn't be hard to integrate current deals on offer from mortgage providers.

One query I'd like to build is a TCO for a particular model of car based on running cost, service cost and the probability I will die in a crash which obviously limits my future earnings.

Re:Amazon releases the rumoured large-screen Kindle on Wednesday May 06, 2009 @01:23PM (#596229)
It looks great. Now let's compare it to the competition... Amazon's web page for the Kindle shows only one entry under 'Browse similar items in Electronics': 'Kindle DX'
Tax isn't about raising money... its purpose is to instill fear and drain your mental energy so you are not equipped to compete with the bureaucratic entity that imposes tax on you.
Re:Lithium in water 'curbs suicide' on Saturday May 02, 2009 @06:30PM (#590278)
I'm not one to break house rules, but sometimes it is necessary. So why did my comment get down voted? Assuming it wasn't a slip of the click etc you have to conclude it was a deliberate decision by someone who didn't _like_ what I said. I don't know what it was in my comment that gave offence to you, guy, but fact #1 is you shouldn't be in charge of our water supply. QED. :)
Re:Failure is overrated, redux on Saturday May 02, 2009 @06:20PM (#590270)
Link bait. One minute it is plain text passwords the next it is this. Somebody call these guys out.
Re:Lithium in water 'curbs suicide' on Saturday May 02, 2009 @06:00AM (#589737)
The problem is the definition of 'healthier, happier humans'. Who gets to decide? Some people would be keen ensure 'healthier, happier humans' == compliant slaves.
Re:Ask HN: What are your must-have apps? on Saturday May 02, 2009 @05:50AM (#589729)
Textmate

Transmit

Sequel Pro

OmniFocus or OmniOutliner for GTD

I'm finding I use Nambu more and more for reading Tweets

Re:Ask HN: What do you think of my new site? on Sunday April 26, 2009 @02:45PM (#580252)
The annoyance: this will be fixed. I'll add it to the list. :)
Re:Ask HN: What do you think of my new site? on Sunday April 26, 2009 @02:33PM (#580238)
I'm running Rails... I had to move it from the root directory to ./public/images and it seems to work now.
Re:Ask HN: What do you think of my new site? on Sunday April 26, 2009 @01:20PM (#580173)
Oh, if you switch Javascript off, only your first selection from 1 -> 10 is accepted. Well, that is the way it should work, but I'll test that.
Re:Ask HN: What do you think of my new site? on Sunday April 26, 2009 @01:13PM (#580166)
I'll investigate that.

The favicon is uploaded.

Re:Ask HN: What do you think of my new site? on Sunday April 26, 2009 @01:02PM (#580150)
The checkboxes will soon be turned into radio buttons.
Re:Ask HN: What do you think of my new site? on Sunday April 26, 2009 @12:54PM (#580134)
There is an 'embed' link to allow you to do this. Typically, I find it's broken at the moment, but should be fixed soon!
Re:Ask HN: What do you think of my new site? on Sunday April 26, 2009 @12:53PM (#580131)
I'll probably have the price taper off when it hits the high end.
Re:Ask HN: What do you think of my new site? on Sunday April 26, 2009 @12:51PM (#580128)
Thanks for the helpful input... the page is fixed now ;-)
Sixty-eight deaths from around one thousand infections is a lethality of 7%. That alone should make us take this very seriously until we have more data.

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