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Re:New Jersey slaps MIT Bitcoin hackers with subpoena on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @08:14PM (#7228698)
Law Abiding Citizen is a pretty thought-provoking (and pessimistic) take on the US justice system.
Re:We are not normal people on Thursday January 30, 2014 @10:40PM (#7155104)
This is a real-world example of the pervasiveness of scummy marketing causing even ethical marketing to be met with groans.
Re:Atomic Clocks Make a Quantum Leap in Accuracy on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @05:43PM (#7140362)
This might clarify what he meant: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2628
What new features does Dash offer? The only one OP mentions is viewing your code on a simulated mobile device. While that's useful, it's not particularly relevant to the target audience of beginning web developers.

Note: Learned the basics of web programming from Codecademy - extremely helpful service.

Re:Snowden impersonated NSA officials, sources say on Thursday August 29, 2013 @01:51PM (#6297319)
If the NSA didn't guard against him using accounts with more clearance to download documents he wasn't supposed to have access to, I don't think Snowden's intelligence is what we should be worried about.
Re:Why You’ve Never Read “I Have A Dream” on Thursday August 29, 2013 @11:59AM (#6296551)
Here's a good summary of the copyright issue: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/08/...
Re:Hyperloop Alpha [pdf] on Monday August 12, 2013 @08:40PM (#6203288)
No, because of the principle of eminent domain, meaning the government of California can forcefully purchase the land for public use: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain

Legally, whoever tried this would be forced to give over the land for "fair market value", and if they were difficult about it they'd probably receive much less.

Re:Show HN: My new domain search tool on Monday August 12, 2013 @09:56AM (#6199168)
Very useful product and very nice UI. +1
Re:I'm 13 and None of My Friends Use Facebook on Sunday August 11, 2013 @07:36PM (#6196842)
Can you give some evidence that Facebook actually does this?
Re:Looking at CPU/GPU Benchmark Optimizations in Galaxy S 4 on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @12:24AM (#6131877)
This is a minor point, but I'm really glad the article title uses "allegedly". Even if it's quite probable Samsung is guilty here, I'm glad the article doesn't adjudicate the way so many news articles do.
Re:Somewhat Verbatim Conversation with a Startup Recruiter on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @08:05PM (#5988298)
I couldn't stop laughing at the "yes/no" pie chart.