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Re:Creating a Bare Bones Bootloader on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @07:30AM (#7597117)
Similar guide to write a small kernel https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7588205
Re:PyCon US 2014 – Videos on Saturday April 12, 2014 @10:20AM (#7577905)
I think it's a typo. it should be 'Videos'.
Re:Detecting duplicate images with Python on Thursday April 03, 2014 @11:49PM (#7529141)
I had the same thought.i think they are going to use this to flag similar icons(and to show recommended images).so, most likely it'll be reviewed by a human.

Edit:

From the last paragraph. > we will be using the algorithm in the future on Iconfinder to warn us if a submitted icon already exists in our collection but it can also have other practical uses. For example, because images with similar features have the hamming distance of their hashes close, it can also be used as a basic recommendation system where the recommended images are within a certain hashing distance of the current image.

That's exactly what Amazon trying to prevent.
This is a bad idea.it's easy to change the user agent to whatever you want.
sanitize GET variable!
Re:Mt. Gox login is back on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @04:09AM (#7420721)
Yes, this could be true.i was able to login using bogus account details earlier https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7419657
Re:Mt. Gox now lets you check your balance on Monday March 17, 2014 @10:47PM (#7419720)
WARNING: Looks like a fishing(fake?) page!

if works even if i enter bogus account details!

If you drop the 's' it'll redirect to the correct url. http://analytics.google.com/

Edit: Sorry, didn't read the whole title.

Oh.Yeh, you really shouldn't post it in here becasue it might cause it to get DDOSed by HN traffic.
Can you tell us the site URL so we can take a look ?