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Re:How to get rich in America on Thursday February 16, 2017 @06:44AM (#13659136)
I know it's very confusing to a lot of people, but USA stands for United States of America. It's also the only country in the world that has America in its name.
Re:I have something to hide on Friday May 08, 2015 @09:53AM (#9511707)
I really appreciate the resources provided. But I'm not a fan of the website suggesting that I want/need privacy because I have something to hide.
Re:Spike Lee responds to Juan Luis Garcia's letter on Thursday November 28, 2013 @01:06PM (#6815688)
Spike Lee not taking responsibility? I'm shocked.
I really don't appreciate an autoplay video that I can't pause.

Why force me to watch it? It's not supposed to be an ad. Let me watch at my leisure, or at least let me stop it..

Re:Facebook drops "Clear Chat History" on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @11:33AM (#1764343)
I expect Facebook to archive my profile and everything I've ever posted there or publicly. I don't really expect them to archive my private chat and not give me a way to delete it.
Re:Facebook drops "Clear Chat History" on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @11:12PM (#1762549)
I guess they want to make sure that there is a permanent log of everything. Yet another reason not to use Facebook.
Re:Tell HN: Every photo in Facebook is somewhat publicly accessible on Wednesday September 29, 2010 @11:58AM (#1739874)
Another fun fact:

Even if you delete a photo from an album, Facebook doesn't get rid of it immediately. I know this because I was able to retrieve a photo that I'd seen in someone's album, a day after it had been removed from that album, by retrieving the image url in my browser history.

Re:Ask HN: How To Delete Whois History From Domaintools.com on Monday September 20, 2010 @06:30PM (#1710725)
I don't think you can remove the whois information. It is a matter of public record, and they can and do archive it.

From what I've seen in the past, domaintools will not be willing to remove this information.

How many of 500+ people will have negative experiences which they will share online?

That's the danger of an event like that.

Re:The mysterious disappearance of HBO subscribers on Tuesday September 14, 2010 @12:24AM (#1689433)
HBO needs to make all their shows available online for a fee. Just imagine how many monthly subscribers they would have, if they could provide access to all their shows.
Re:Soda Pop Stop - Niche Business Insights on Monday September 13, 2010 @08:21PM (#1688866)
It's always encouraging to see someone who absolutely loves what he does.
Re:Protect yourself against today's (and future) PDF zero-days on Thursday September 09, 2010 @01:54AM (#1674517)
I didn't even know Chrome had its own PDF viewer. Thanks for sharing.
Re:Show HN: Bandidate, my first useful app on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @06:30PM (#1673738)
Hey, I think it is a great idea.

Except that you limit it to people who use iTunes? You're shutting out a whole lot of people.

Re:Ask HN: Favorite Domain Registrar? on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @06:24PM (#1673721)
Namecheap is definitely a good choice.

I highly recommend to everyone who is ever registering a domain name to stay away from Go Daddy. Unfortunately they are always looking for opportunities to make $. They make it difficult to transfer the domains to other registrars as well.

They also look for opportunities to replace your website with their parked page so they can enjoy ad revenue from your traffic until you notice and change it.

Re:Ask HN: Daily Available Startup Domain Names... Interested? on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @01:06PM (#1672503)
This is something that I would definitely subscribe to. The available names that you shared are pretty nice.

I do think that it would be hard to find people willing to pay for a list of available domain names, unless it were a very small amount, but even then you wouldn't likely have very many subscribers (and I think most would be domainers).

I think a way to monetize a free service/list like this would be to charge a fee for specific requests. Once you had established yourself as someone who could definitely come up with good names, I expect people would come to you, and you could charge to come up with a private list of available names for whatever their topic is.

Re:Bribing maitre d' to skip the line on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @04:04PM (#1654053)
Despite how effective this generally is, I feel dirty every time and I hate doing it.