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Re:Study Suggests Google Harms Consumers by Skewing Search Results
on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @07:06PM (#9808965)
The comments of a submission are valuable to those other than the participants. To readers that don't or won't comment, the concept of 'live active discussion' is moot. In fact, I could argue that it's most beneficial for a reader to wait until the comment activities die down.
Either way the link to another similar thread is an odd thing to be tired of.
Re:The Apple Watch Is About to Make Apps an Afterthought
on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @08:25AM (#9177312)
Off topic, but why does Google return "About 187,000 results" for ("* is about to *" site:wired.com) and only "About 14,600 results" for ("is about to" site:wired.com)?
Isn't the second query less restrictive?
Re:Show HN: Monitor your PHP application performance
on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @01:21PM (#8522110)
Looks interesting. You might want to consider fixing this...
"Safe time optimizing bottlenecks" should be "Save"
Re:Source of the recent outagelet
on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @10:34PM (#7261647)
I spent entirely too much time trying to parse 'outagelet'.
Re:Show HN: Don't forget useful Hacker News articles, retain by ReRead...
on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @11:47AM (#6726416)
>Isn't this the same as bookmarking?
>No, because when you bookmark you have to remember to go back to your list of bookmarks to re-read the article
I have a folder on my bookmark bar titled "Articles". When I don't have time to read an interesting article I see, I add it to that folder. When I'm bored and can't find anything to read, I open that folder.
I'd argue that most people's pain point isn't lack of remembering they have articles saved to read.
Re:United States Becomes World's Number-One Oil Supplier
on Thursday October 17, 2013 @12:31PM (#6566407)
In other news, The United States has launched a "Freedom Campaign" against itself to locate and seize weapons of mass destruction.
Alcohol makes me sleepy and lose the ability to concentrate. I have no idea why people enjoy drinking when they're trying to get stuff done. Especially if any of that "stuff" requires significant brain power.
Re:Y Combinator applicant advice
on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @01:01AM (#6558097)
Apps like candy crush are edge cases that make general comparisons meaningless.
Given most successful apps aren't anywhere near as popular as candy crush you're not comparing apples to apples.
The chances of building a successful anything are low. Even lower for the first attempt. So if you take 2 years to build something...you've stacked the odds so high against yourself you might as well not even try. And if you're the one paying the bills, 2 years is a long time to wait for a failure.
Re:The first-ever audio of what interstellar space sounds like
on Thursday September 12, 2013 @10:52PM (#6378285)
We'll it's what the observations converted to audible sound, sounds like.
Re:Poll: Are there too many NSA stories on HN, or not enough?
on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @04:12PM (#6369687)
"It will eventually blow over." -NSA
Re:Ask PG: Why did you kill the N*S*A* stories on HN?
on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @09:38AM (#6367041)
Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation). If you want to say something to us, please send it to [email protected].
Re:Linode Longview
on Thursday September 05, 2013 @04:39PM (#6336776)
Google? HN Search?
These weren't small incidents. You can find plenty of information on them.
Re:Ask HN: Why does "Who is hiring" always drop so quickly from top ra...
on Sunday September 01, 2013 @04:23PM (#6312000)
You think cutting a break to unemployed job seekers that want to sleep in is a good rebuttal?
If you want a job, show some hustle. If you don't have a job and need one, why are you sleeping in on Monday?
To the heart of the discussion, these should come out on a fixed schedule to give everyone a fair chance.
Re:Fastest rotating man-made object created
on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @02:52PM (#6291917)
Could not agree more. It's unfortunately a common (and obviously automated) way to get page views. Extremely aggravating.
Put a list of related articles at the end. But don't underline terms like "radiation pressure" and expect me be happy when you don't immediately tell me what that is. And especially don't put the article I'm reading as the first result.
Re:Is it worth buying a MacBook Air?
on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @08:38AM (#6289519)
>Fine if you're plugged in all the time, but then why do you want a laptop?
I sit on my couch with my laptop plugged in all the time. Am I doing it wrong?
Re:Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years in Wikileaks case
on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @12:16PM (#6251353)
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6250431
Re:The Door To The FISA Court Doesn't Even Have A Sign On It
on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @04:33PM (#6136646)
It provides OP, and others, with information as to why it was useless to help prevent future useless comments, improving the overall comment quality of Hacker News. Albeit, my method was crass.
Re:The Door To The FISA Court Doesn't Even Have A Sign On It
on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @04:15PM (#6136543)
OP asked "why". OP didn't ask, "Here are the facts I've researched and understand, do you agree/disagree?"
The former is lazy and relatively useless, the latter is an opportunity for enticing discussion.
Re:The Door To The FISA Court Doesn't Even Have A Sign On It
on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @03:31PM (#6136268)
Re:Solar System Has a Tail, Just Like a Comet
on Sunday July 14, 2013 @03:07PM (#6041817)
>If we're being spun by the super blackhole in the middle of the galaxy, then it kind of makes sense to have one.
These 'tails' are not created by centrifugal forces, so the fact that solar system rotates around the center of the galaxy doesn't explain the tail.
Re:Men’s Wearhouse’s Ouster of Founder Seen Hurting Brand
on Thursday June 20, 2013 @08:17AM (#5911564)
Zimmer is an entrepreneur and his startup was Men’s Wearhouse.
Re:Why I Just Closed My LinkedIn Account
on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @01:01PM (#5900490)
>If you will never need LinkedIn, that's fine. If you might, then you're only hurting yourself.
The point, I believe, is announcing the act in a public forum. Whether or not OP stops using LinkedIn is moot.
Re:SolusVM 1.13.03 Vulnerabilities
on Sunday June 16, 2013 @09:46AM (#5888411)
Ramnode was hacked as a result: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5888309
Re:Ramnode down after SolusVM vulnerability exposed
on Sunday June 16, 2013 @09:10AM (#5888312)
Ramnode's SolusVM was hacked earlier and attempting to log in gave you a list of every single subsciber's email address, name, and root password (plain text) to their VPS as well as IP address. Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1gga3n/ramnode_hacke...
http://localhost.re/p/solusvm-11303-vulnerabilities
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1276286
If you use SolusVM: http://blog.soluslabs.com/2013/06/16/important-security-aler...
"We are working to get things back online. We were hit with a SolusVM exploit late last night." (https://twitter.com/RamNode)
Happy Father's Day!
Re:Live on C-SPAN now: NSA Chief Testifies at Cybersecurity Hearing
on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @04:17PM (#5870449)
"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain." -Wizard of Oz
Re:Google chief wrote about 'terrifying' surveillance months before NS...
on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @11:06AM (#5862168)
At your service: http://www.readability.com/articles/1xnbyizw
(make sure to click the "readability view" at the top)
Re:The Irrationality of Giving Up This Much Liberty to Fight Terror
on Monday June 10, 2013 @12:12PM (#5855333)
I don't think it has anything to do with hindsight. Even if you were, at one point, for spending every dime on the "war on terror" and now you are opposed, what does that mean? You're in the same exact place as you were. All worked up with yet another opinion. You're not a corporation with a lobbyist. You mean nothing.
Terrorism prevention spending is an easier pill to swallow/get behind/comprehend/profit from/ compared to any other type of possible "thing" tax dollars can be spent on. The government needs to spend money on something. The economy depends on it. But what?
People are obese. They have long lists of health problems and are plagued by the high cost of healthcare. But somehow the one thing that can help them directly (healthcare) alludes them. How is that such a difficult problem?
But mention terrorist or the potential of an attack and people will usually get behind all kinds of different programs and spending. We'll fight these damn terrorists together. Hand in hand! For FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY. We might have to give up a few things. Want to read my emails? Eh, they're mostly just funny pictures of cats...so I guess that's fine. Oh you need money to fight terrorists? Here's a trillion dollars. If we get some cool gadgets out of it afterwards, then that's awesome! Just as long as it has a spill guard because you know I'll be sucking down some soda when I use it.
Priorities...
Re:How Three Guys Rebuilt the Foundation of Facebook
on Monday June 10, 2013 @10:08AM (#5854423)
Why is that?
I don't know a lot about re-writing a code base in a different language, but I doubt the time/effort required for the re-write is the only consideration. You're not just replacing the source, you're replacing the entire development process. Tools, processes, talent, stack.
Re:Social seems broken in almost all services. Can it be fixed?
on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @09:20AM (#5819209)
The only problem is people expecting niche experiences with large general service platforms.
Want to have engaging and enriching discussions about a topic? There's probably a website for that exact topic. It has a forum or IRC chat room and probably a mailing list. It might have a twitter/facebook account, but those aren't the channels you use if you're really involved.
Want to find those places that have engaging enriching discussions about topics? Stop looking at Facebook, Twitter, et al. That's not where it's happening. And my money is on it never happening. That's not what they're for.