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Splendoron Show HN: Jackpocket- Buy your $586M Mega Millions ticket right from your phone

I was unable to use it. It told me location access needed to be enabled even though it already was. Nexus 4 running KitKat.

Splendoron Ask HN: Best books/tutorials you read in 2013?

I really enjoyed Telerik's "30 Days of TDD" series which just wrapped up. http://blogs.telerik.com/james-bender/posts/13-09-09/30-days...

Splendoron Ask HN: Anybody use an online IDE? Why?

I use Neutron Drive for some simple web sites that I have hosted in Google Drive. It gives me the ability to edit HTML, CSS, & JavaScript directly in the browser.

Previously I would have to download a copy of the file from Google Drive, edit it locally, and then upload the new version since Google Drive doesn't support editing these file types.

Splendoron Show HN: Bid with Bitcoin to write whatever you want on my web page

Hijacked? http://verysmartbrothas.com/images/Do-not-think-it-means.jpe...

Splendoron New Chromecast apps for the holidays

From http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/10/5196076/chromecast-suppor...

The full list of apps that have added Chromecast support today includes: Songza, Vevo, Plex, Red Bull.TV, Revision 3, PostTV, Viki, BeyondPod, RealPlayer Cloud, Avia

Splendoron New GitHub Explore Features

Anything that makes it easier to find repos I might be interested in makes me happy.

Splendoron Ask HN: What are some good gift ideas for hacker types?

Toolkit from iFixit: http://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Pro-Tech-Toolkit/IF145-072...

Splendoron Ask HN: What are some good gift ideas for hacker types?

This is no different than something like "gifts for photographers".

Splendoron Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles

Luckily insurers have begun to find a way around this by selling bulk claim data to third parties who can analyze them and extrapolate the contracted rates on their own (a la Castlight, Change Healthcare, etc.).

Splendoron Experiments to do with your baby

Testing babies for "theory of mind" is my favorite. http://www.livescience.com/10924-7-month-babies-show-awarene...

Splendoron Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles

And if you want to get really fancy, let a user search in layman's terms too (e.g. "sore throat", "mammogram", "MRI", etc.).

Splendoron Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles

I just met with Castlight this week. They have a really slick tool. Other companies like Change Healthcare and Healthcare Blue Book are trying to solve the problem too (with their own B2B solutions).

Splendoron Show HN: I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles

Additionally, you only have access to negotiated rates for Medicare whereas an insurance company providing this information is going to provide as much information as they can for all of their members by displaying their negotiated rates specific to your plan.

This is important. Contracted network discounts may not align with Medicare reimbursement rates for providers so if you have insurance through a network you should look for a tool that can compare in-network rates for your plan as MJR suggests.

Splendoron Drones should be banned from private use, says Google's Eric Schmidt

Or balloons.

Splendoron Why are all the 'cool' jobs no longer using .NET?

I agree with almost all of your points. The only issue I have is with Azure. I cannot for the life of me get them to take my money so I had to look elsewhere.

Splendoron Personal Fresh Air Desk

I bought Areca Palms from Home Depot.

Splendoron Diff tools on Mac OS X - an overview

Agreed. I've tried at least 8 different diff tools and nothing beats Beyond Compare for me either.

Splendoron Explain Shell

I've used that but I think OP's UI is sexier. Thanks though.

Splendoron Do not use Amazon chat support. This just happened to me.

That's true on Google's end. Is it true on Amazon's end? Do they view johndoe@gmail.com and john.doe@gmail.com as separate email addresses?

Splendoron Do not use Amazon chat support. This just happened to me.

My takeaway here is to reflect on how I would have responded to this service incident had it happened to me in person vs. online. I know I would be much less likely to yell and swear in person and I definitely wouldn't wait an hour before asking politely to be assisted by someone else.

Splendoron Explain Shell

Agreed. I would love to see this UI on a RegEx parser too.

Splendoron Ask HN: Best current model routers for OpenWRT, DD-WRT, Tomato, etc.?

As someone who has no idea what they're asking, how do the different memory sizes affect "buffer bloat".

Splendoron Show HN: Memes As A Service

I think it would be better if you didn't return the "Memes As A Service" header with every request but otherwise I think it's a cool idea.

Splendoron Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

It must be a regional thing. I've never had an Amazon Prime delivery made by USPS.

Splendoron Ask HN: Best isolating headphones for hacking?

Here's a good write-up on The Wire Cutter: http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-noise-canceling-headph...

Splendoron Ask HN: Which song kicks the most code out of you?

4'33" by John Cage

Splendoron The Monster Truck Madness 2 site is unchanged from 1998

http://www.microsoft.com/games/monster/audio/boogievan.wav

Splendoron Namecheap now offer .io domains

I tried to place an order twice and received this error both times: "There was an error connecting to the registry."

Splendoron An unofficial alternative to the HN interface

I prefer http://lessmeme.com/less.html because it lets me quickly see which items are new.

Splendoron Coworking Spaces

I love this idea. I've heard of http://coworkbuffalo.com/

Unfortunately there's nothing like this near me at the moment. I hope it catches on.