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Additionally, the implicit threat of having your paid membership revoked for bad behavior can provide a natural check.

Something Awful has used this to great effect to keep trolls in line. I wonder what % of their membership revenue comes from banned users purchasing new accounts.

Chiming in alongside the other posts to say that I have never felt like I was isolated after deleting my FB account 6 years ago.

There are plenty of sources for news and events (I find that Twitter is great for this) and I easily keep up to date with friends and family via a mix of messaging apps.

I don't have a clue! I just use the free version of their extension.

I utilize their 2-feed layout option with HN (set to "Trending" posts) on the left and "visual inspiration" sites on the right (default is Dribbble, but I have Lapa, ffffound, Design Inspiration, etc. in the list, too).

I use the Panda extension for Chrome in part to keep track of what's trending on HN each day. If something piques my interest I'll usually check it out when I want to take a short break from work. This is a simple rule that helps limit how frequently I click through and I've found it to be very effective.

I always just buy or cook my own food prior to departing for the airport and bring it onto the plane. Considering how heinous many in-flight options are I'm surprised I don't see more people do it.

I think he'd disagree with you :P

Malcolm Gladwell hosted a podcast recently called "Revisionist History". In one episode, "Generous Orthodoxy" (http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/09-generous-orthodoxy) that explored dissent, Gladwell states that we must "respect the body we're trying to heal".

I haven't been able to get that statement out of my head since I heard it. It's simple, elegant and slightly profound. It (respect) is also precisely what is missing in the tech industries rallying cry around disruption.

Study and learn why an industry has evolved the way it has before you criticize it as "backwards". In doing so, you may very well gain a deep sense of respect for it.

Incidentally, last year had the worst weather in many, many years. Frequent sandstorms and freezing temperatures at night.

Do you have a repeat process you use with your advertising? E.g. to determine whom to target and on what platform?

To add some anecdotal evidence to the mix: a good friend of mine suffers from Crohn's disease and hasn't had a flair up since becoming vegan over 6 years ago.

Congratulations, mate! :)

I could see a lot of people on HN enjoying rock climbing. Each route you climb is essentially a puzzle to solve. It's very easy to get started and you can either do it on your own if you stick to bouldering, or you can top rope or lead with a partner.

You can choose how deep down the rabbit hole you want to fall, as it can get highly technical and it's also a great opportunity to go climb outdoors on weekends.

Another striking contrast I've found in rock gyms is that there's a greater sense of community and camaraderie. I've had strangers point out where I was going wrong on a particular route, advise me on my technique, and let me borrow chalk/tape when I was out.

Ko is a lot of fun. Highly recommended.

Apples and oranges. Also, this has been a common spectacle for me:

Click here to congratulate Jill for reaching her ninth anniversary at Yoyodyne!

"..But Jill left that company 5 years ago.."

One of my friends is a tenured professor and leading researcher on mental trauma, specializing in PTSD. YC Research piqued his interest when I mentioned it to him. Are you open to receiving research proposals?

We can help make sure this doesn't happen again to you. You should check out Domino (www.askdomino.com). We're a community of freelancers and have a lot of collective experience and have made many mistakes in the past. Learn from us!

You can find a bunch of content on the site and you're welcome to join our Slack channel for more detailed Q&A.

A few of our members are lawyers (in the U.S.) in case you want a service contract drafted up to help mitigate these kinds of issues in the future. NB: We don't take a commission.

The fundamental issue with these sites is that they attract a global labor pool to openly compete with one another for extremely price sensitive clients without the protection of artificial price controls.

Marc, you grow an excellent beard.

Oh I wasn't suggesting that it was unique to Rothko's paintings, though I think it works particularly well with the dense color fields.

If you're around a Rothko, walk up to it until it fills your field of vision and stare at it without blinking. Within several seconds you'll notice it start to move as though it's alive.

I think that you can gain more out of art and, perhaps, a particular artist if you understand their work in context. In this case, understanding what led to Abstract Expressionism and how it influenced artistic development.

I assume you need to file a 1099-MISC with the IRS for each managed account that's setup on the system?

If so, you might want to make this reporting requirement more visible in your documentation.

..Is 'Physical Review X' actually a well regarded journal?