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New
The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 435 posts.
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No More Fear
Here’s the country I want to be a citizen of: the one that decides to buy comfort and convenience by deploying courage.
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Google Engineer bails out student in jail
The whole experience of what happens pre-trial was a real eye-opener. One of the things which I learned was that if one uses a bail bondsman in the US they require a 10% payment which they keep even if you do show up for court. That makes getting out of jail phenomenally expensive.
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Who Writes Wikipedia?
Part 1: Wikimedia at the Crossroads Part 2: Who Writes Wikipedia? Part 3: Who Runs Wikipedia? Part 4: Making More Wikipedians Part 5: Making More Wikipedias Part 6: Code, and Other Laws
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A bad design is a good reminder
Our new office has a dishwasher. It’s sleek, modern, and silent. It blends into the stainless cabinets and countertops just perfectly. It has the same handle style as the drawers and doors to the left and right. It has no buttons or lights or anything on the outside. You don’t even know…
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Title Junk
Writing and designing bookmark-friendly web page titles.
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Why I Switched to Duck Duck Go Permanently
The leading source brandable domain names. Competitive prices. Excellent service. Get your domain name today.
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So long, and thanks for the Ph.D.
A guide to surviving graduate school, from the perspective of what I wished I had known at the start but had to learn the hard way instead.
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The answer to "Will you mentor me?" is...No.
No. Thanks for understanding. Ok that was the nutshell version. If that answers your question, that's great. The more detailed answer ...