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Re:Bitcoin hits $17K as bubble fears mount on Friday December 08, 2017 @05:54AM (#15877931)
Rule #1 of cryptocurrencies, trust nobody.
TIL photobucket still exists
"But if they do show up, perhaps they can be put to work programming Skype Translator to produce a less cringy version of how kids today speak"

Cring(e)y is an example of how 'kids' today speak. For whatever reason this portmanteau is now being used more frequently than cringeworthy.

https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=cringy%2C%20cringey%...

Interesting international pricing...

In the UK it's 109.99 GBP which is ~173 USD

Re:What are the best cities to work in data? on Friday May 15, 2015 @06:43AM (#9549800)
Why is git under web dev?
Re:Virgin Media stores user passwords in plaintext? on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @09:38AM (#9492378)
Oh dear...

"Only Virgin Media staff are able to view your password in an camera free enviroment. How would you take care of peoples sensitive banking details? MCr"

https://virginmedia.response.lithium.com/portal/conversation...

Re:Google - The Search Engine on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @08:13AM (#9302986)
another bing clone that won't last a week
How is this a security flaw?
Re:Copyright footnotes as a service: updopy.com on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @09:08AM (#7177414)
or...

document.getElementById('copyright').innerHTML = "© " + (new Date).getFullYear()

it's not exactly difficult

Re:GitHub is down on Friday September 13, 2013 @03:53PM (#6382714)
No it isn't
Well, that was good a waste of time.
Farenheit. Lol.
Re:Georgify: Make Hacker News More Readable on Friday May 31, 2013 @06:13AM (#5797687)
The text on that site is annoyingly difficult to read
Re:Favorite Unix Commands on Monday January 07, 2013 @03:00PM (#5022881)
What a ridiculous fixed header. It's taking up 2/3 of my phone's screen.
Re:In defence of imperial units on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @11:48AM (#4997538)
Sorry, but the arguments put forward in this article are terrible and it's full of false, subjective assumptions.
Re:Introducing the Rails API Project on Thursday November 22, 2012 @01:07PM (#4819528)
I'm not trying but be harsh but I've never really understood the need for this project. I mean, Rails just boils down to a collection of gems right? So wouldn't you be best just cherry-picking your own gems? Or using something barebones to begin with, like sinatra/padrino?
Re:PayPal has a smart new homepage on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @03:42AM (#4658791)
Shame it now replaces the + in my email address with a space when storing/retrieving it from a cookie.