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I did not personally downvote you, but you were likely downvoted because the HN community generally does not favorably view comments which only contain jokes/humor (or comments which complain abo…

I think the parent was confused due to your inconsistent/ambiguous use of reference points for distances (13NM away from the coast vs 12.75NM inside [apparently] of the maritime boundary). I expe…

> but there's no mission and purpose behind, just making someone make big bucks. Quite the opposite in Sillicon Valley, I suppose, where one can build something that actually affects the world…

Mechanical optical stablization does not help with shutter lag. It helps if the camera is moving during the shot, but it does not compensate for the delay between when you wanted to take the shot and …

Try reloading the search. I think there is an intermittent DuckDuckGo bug which can result in no results being displayed. I have seen it a few times, and reloading the page or resubmitting the search …

There is the arXiv[0]. In some fields—particularly physics and astronomy—the vast majority of papers are posted there, in addition to being available through the traditional journals. Not all papers h…

> These editors offer no real added value (paper formatting and a website is not worth 172 Million a year), I believe some of the Elsevier journals have formatting which is mostly done by the autho…

Is it a proxy for an intelligence test or as a way to judge if someone has the dedication to commit to completing a substantial project/undertaking (such as 4 years of college)? I think the latte…

I can see where those things would be interesting for students learning software development, but not everyone who uses git is doing that type of development. To be fair, I am coming at this from the …

But the parent's point is that this internal data structure is irrelevant to the absolute beginner, who is trying to figure out how to use git, as opposed to figuring out how git works under the …

My understanding is the outcome of the Apple Computer vs Apple Corps series of legal battles[0] was consistent with trademarks being siloed into market segments. [0] https://en.wikipedia.or…

Thanks, dang. Your response to sciurus makes more sense now. Though, his description was lacking enough in detail that I suppose he could have also lost story flagging descriptions. But I am still con…

Would you mind clarifying? The blog post (quoted by parent) seems to explicity say that flagging privs can be revoked, which directly contradicts what you are saying in the comments. Or was the quote …

Textfiles published by long-time hacker collective Cult of the Dead Cow. The wiki page has more information on the group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_the_Dead_Cow …

Seems like that should also open one up to an identifying attack of sorts. Find out when deposits were made (assuming there is more than one), grab all the security video from those times, and try to …

I see your point about going undercover. But I think the fact that they said they were with the AP modifies things slightly. If they had pretended to be a reporter from some made-up news agency, then …

That may very well be true, but in the absence of supporting evidence, prudence would suggest caution (with respect to tor) is not a bad idea.

http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/youtubes-date... is the original article, in German.…

> Writing software is not a contest for who can write the most amount of code in the most cryptic way. It can be: http://ioccc.org/

For what it is worth, this hit HN about 8 months ago and garnered a healthy amount of discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7430946 …

> Not to mention I've heard stories of developers whose motivation to work on open-source projects has gone _down_ since getting paid, since it makes it seem like work instead of a hobby. I am…

First off, congratulations to Mohammed AlQuraishi for the paper! Carrying out a big project like that and seeing it through to completion is a solid achievement. > The fact that [writing the paper]…

> I don't really need a photo organizing app, what I need is a photo metadata app. I completely agree. I also liked flickr's system, but I left a year or two ago, after deciding I would r…

> It might be true they don't work but do we really want the likes of Big Heroin, Big Cocaine and Big Marijuana like we have Big Tobacco? That would certainly be better than what we have now. …