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You can "unfollow" people that you have added, so that their posts no longer show up on your news feed. You still have them added as a friend, you just don't see their posts without visiting their profile page.
This seems to be the most obvious thing they're missing. I can't stand trying to read through HN comments without a greasemonkey script.
Re:Rappers, Sorted by Size of Vocabulary on Monday May 05, 2014 @01:53AM (#7697091)
I keep getting this error, in Firefox and Chrome:

<Error> <Code>AccessDenied</Code> <Message>Access Denied</Message> <RequestId>3CB1F41D7DFDC794</RequestId> <HostId> wHCPzEYPDsmkMJX+YIgjU40YPrGYytHrk5B44dApi7663NkQQI0RKx9A/6EX7Iph </HostId> </Error>

I keep getting this error, in Firefox and Chrome:

<Error> <Code>AccessDenied</Code> <Message>Access Denied</Message> <RequestId>3CB1F41D7DFDC794</RequestId> <HostId> wHCPzEYPDsmkMJX+YIgjU40YPrGYytHrk5B44dApi7663NkQQI0RKx9A/6EX7Iph </HostId> </Error>

Re:Why Does Backspace Go Back A Page? on Saturday March 22, 2014 @12:56PM (#7449809)
I use a Firefox add-on that does this for every form:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-...

Re:What Dreams May Come on Thursday March 13, 2014 @11:06PM (#7396744)
These title changes are getting ridiculous. The original title was actually descriptive. I have no idea what this article is about without going to the comments or clicking on it. The whole point of a link title is to describe the link.
Re:Find your color scheme on Friday March 07, 2014 @08:47AM (#7360117)
Requires cookies to be enabled too if you're using something like Self Destructing Cookies.
Re:Flight ET702 hijacked – live Twitter feed on Monday February 17, 2014 @01:40AM (#7250914)
Apparently the hijacker(s) wanted political asylum in Switzerland:

http://www.jaunted.com/story/2014/2/17/02325/1000/travel/BRE...

Ask HN: Why is there no collapse comment thread feature on HN?

Is there some benefit to making users scroll through every single comment? Reddit has this feature by default. I use a GreaseMonkey script that adds the functionality to HN, and when I browse from another device, I'm reminded how tedious it is to scroll through a long comment thread just to get to the next root comment.

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Re:Bro pages: like man pages, but with examples only on Saturday January 25, 2014 @01:48PM (#7121781)
Do you also get mad when people use the word "guys" to refer to more than one person of either sex?
Re:Largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever on Thursday December 05, 2013 @04:21AM (#6853375)
I wish there was an easy way to save the current view as a PNG. I could set it to full screen and use Print Screen, but the app icon and interface buttons would need to be edited out.
Re:Show HN: Handkommando – Real-time multiplayer RPS game on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @06:23AM (#6807543)
How do you increase your rating? I've got an 18/3 win/loss ratio, but I'm still at the default 1500.
Re:Dogescript on Sunday November 03, 2013 @06:51PM (#6665711)
I hate this bullshit.
Re:Particle effects in JavaScript on Monday October 28, 2013 @05:20PM (#6629897)
It's working for me in FF 24.0.
Re:What happens when a language has no numbers? on Friday October 18, 2013 @02:47AM (#6570118)
Here's an interview with a Pirahã speaker:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHv3-U9VPAs

Re:WikiLeaks Releases Fifth Estate Challenger: Mediastan on Saturday October 12, 2013 @07:23PM (#6540820)
They say it isn't the truth. They aren't trying to censor it, they're trying to get the truth out. How is that censorship?
Re:VLC 2.1.0 on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @10:52PM (#6448645)
There are keyboard shortcuts to manually sync audio/video.
Re:The Temple Operating System on Saturday August 31, 2013 @06:01PM (#6308298)
More info and examples of the developers schizophrenic chatter here: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1aqdxn/temple_o...
Re:Add .txt As the Extension of Your Readme file on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @02:53PM (#5634142)
Yea GUIs are stupid!
Re:Fork My Dongle on Friday March 22, 2013 @08:22AM (#5422490)
Can someone please tell me what this whole "mess" is? Apparently I've completely missed whatever happened.
Re:'Viking sunstone' found in shipwreck? on Friday March 08, 2013 @05:03AM (#5342734)
And of course, no image is available.
Re:Welcome to the new eBay on Thursday October 11, 2012 @03:09AM (#4639820)
Yea I've got the exact same suggestions.
Re:Canadian hacker dupes Walmart to win Defcon prize on Friday August 10, 2012 @12:45AM (#4364936)
No video?
Re:Amazon Launches Textbook Rental on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @02:15AM (#4348951)
This doesn't seem very profitable when so many textbooks come out with a new edition every year.
Re:Show HN: My weekend project using the Soundcloud API on Monday July 30, 2012 @03:57AM (#4311333)
A download link for each song? You can get them via a browser add-on like DownloadHelper for Firefox.
Re:Exactly How Screwed Is PayPal? (Hint: Very) on Sunday July 15, 2012 @02:54AM (#4246368)
I'm 20 and use it all the time. Don't people buy used things anymore?
Not surprising. If it was trending on Twitter that would be news.
And even if Boxopus claimed to protect you like some VPNs do, unless they also encrypt the files before uploading them to Dropbox, wouldn't you still be at legal risk with Dropbox? Or are Dropbox contents automatically encrypted upon upload so that employees have no way of knowing what they contain?
Re:US Navy buys Linux to guide drone fleet on Saturday June 09, 2012 @09:03PM (#4089837)
Guess they went with Redhat then?

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