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Max_Mustermann··on Ask HN: What is the best thing you ever owned?
My Kindle. Ever since it was gifted to me I have read a ton more and now have the opportunity to comfortably and very quickly read any book I'd like to for a low cost. Living in a developing country this is specially useful.
Max_Mustermann··on Wikimedia Foundation's runaway spending growth
Everipedia is a blatant copy cat site run by a guy who doesn't let anyone correct the BS on the article on him on his site.

See https://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/comments/74ba05/slug/dnxd...

Max_Mustermann··on How you can contribute to Firefox 57 success
likely _some_ of the same people..

Plenty of those long-time users giving advice to the young-uns are more than happy yo sacrifice a small part of firefox for big improvements elsewhere.

Max_Mustermann··on Backblaze's Hard Drive Stats for Q2 2017
They bought the Cadillac of shooting nails.
Max_Mustermann··on Germany, in a First, Shuts Down Left-Wing Extremist Website
I'd go with Cuba!
Max_Mustermann··on Ask HN: What online communities offer a high level of discussion?
It's easy to see why you wouldn't post the link to it. It's hard to see why you would post a comment on it regardless.
Max_Mustermann··on Feather: Open-source icons
Start organizing your resources in bookmark folders!
Max_Mustermann··on Firefox Focus – A new private browser for iOS and Android
You probably used version 55. If you're willing to give it another try, it might work quite differently once is on version 57, Nov 14, from what I last read: massive changes are coming, but mainly starting from that version.
Max_Mustermann··on Concrete-free washing machines are lighter to transport, just as good in a spin
Maybe a space for crowdfunding? or a dreaded ICO...
Max_Mustermann··on The Science of Passionate Sex
Not caring at even the basic level strikes me as a lack of empathy.
Max_Mustermann··on Apple to discontinue iPod Nano and Shuffle
You can definitely set some apps to download directly to the SD card, for example Flud, the torrent client.
Max_Mustermann··on Ask HN: What are your favorite podcasts?
* Skeptic's Guide to the Universe: Science and Skeptiscism weekly Podcast

* Savage Lovecast: Frank Sex and Relationship Advice

* 99 Percent Invisible: Design

Max_Mustermann··on Saved by Alice
that's your prerogative, but why pollute the comments on the article with such questions?
Max_Mustermann··on iOS 11 turns the iPad into a different machine
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/400/please-share-y...
Max_Mustermann··on Stop Pretending You’re Not Rich
He spewed a lot of rethoric in his speeches, but I doubt his actual economic measures were specially socialistic.
Max_Mustermann··on Stop Pretending You’re Not Rich
>Hitler was a full-throated socialist too.

Is there even remotely a consensus by historians on this?

Max_Mustermann··on Xiaomi's global vice president Hugo Barra is leaving the company
Of course you can, I'm running Nova Launcher.
Max_Mustermann··on Firefox 50.0
You can also run several profiles in parallel with the no-remote flag.
Max_Mustermann··on The New York Times is buying the Wirecutter for more than $30M
Does anyone know a way to see an overview of past wirecutter recommendations for each segment? I'd like to know which used/refurbished products could be the best option.
Max_Mustermann··on How good is your French accent?
But in Spanish you can use "orientar" in a figurative sense. I fail to see the problem.
Max_Mustermann··on What’s the Matter with Ebooks?
I'd wager most of the books your Ukrainian friends alludes to are the astoningly easy to find pirated epubs. There's zero to none friction if you know how to look for them and don't mind reading in English.

I found odd that the author didn't mention piracy.

Max_Mustermann··on I Hate the News (2006)
Could you post some examples? Specifically ones that center on world news and not only the US / Europe.
Max_Mustermann··on App Submissions On Google Play Now Reviewed By Staff, Include Age-Based Ratings
That kinda ignores all the people developing in countries for whom going to these conferences hardly qualifies as a "bit of time in networking".
Max_Mustermann··on Fuck It, I'm Going Back to Firefox
How painless is the transition with a fairly large collection of custom filters and the like?
Max_Mustermann··on µBlock dynamic filtering: default deny
This kind of questions are not really expected or wished for on Hacker News, AFAIK. I would try the subreddit /r/techsupport : http://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport
Max_Mustermann··on Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen
What were his arguments against Linux? I've never anyone actually speak ill of the concept of GNU/Linux, aside from "cookiness" and so.
Max_Mustermann··on YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video
I use winamp, ample customization and plenty of plug-ins with good performance on my largish (~8k items) library.
Max_Mustermann··on I Was Arrested for Learning a Foreign Language. Today, I Have Some Closure
Don't you think it's more likely to want to have a conversation about terrorism with people that speak arabic, especially in the US where it must be a constant burden for the Arabs after 9/11? On a 80 words deck having 10 words related to a very relevant news and discussion topic strikes you as weird? You didn't learn how to say bomb, kill, kidnap etc after years of learning french?
Max_Mustermann··on Hipster Logo Generator
Probably a bit of hn hug, it went fast just now.
Max_Mustermann··on Drone carrying drugs crashes near US-Mexico border
It's ColOmbia, not ColUmbia. It's a really pervasive misspelling which causes many Colombians grief.
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