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modifieron Microsoft Changes Tack, Making Office Suite Free on Mobile

Alright then. Lets give up. Lets offer up our private lives to the prying eyes and ears of the NSA.

modifieron Microsoft Changes Tack, Making Office Suite Free on Mobile

"Come in to my parlour" said the spider[1] to the fly[2].

[1] NSA partner

[2] You

modifieron The poetry and brief life of a Foxconn worker: Xu Lizhi (1990-2014)

A few kind words, a moment of sadness and contemplation, then right back to the same consumer behaviors.

Hypocrites.

modifieron Peter Sunde: 'In prison, you become brain-dead'

Morals and ethics, staying true to one's values, that's worth making sacrifices for. I take it from your comment you don't understand that.

modifieron Dropbox is in your Office

There are options out there (that don't have ties to the US military-industrial complex). Check out the free WPS Office. The 2014 beta version has free online backup too: http://www.wps.com/

modifieron Why Silicon Valley Works

Driverless cars are going to automatically fix the problem of traffic, once and for all.

Yeah, right.

modifieron How Uber Is Changing Night Life in Los Angeles

Bozos owns Washington Post, a natural competitor to the NY Times.

I agree with your remarks regarding Amazon btw.

modifieron A foodie repents

articles which begin with a long section of blithering about the author's background, family, or cats.

It's part formula, part filler to meet word count. My eye immediately skips down a few paragraphs so I can get to the point.

modifieron How Uber Is Changing Night Life in Los Angeles

Yes, this piece is bought. It reads like a classic advertorial for Uber (with a subtle attack against Lyft).

Read it again and you'll see it.

modifieron Show HN: 300Editors – Get Your Writing Proofread in Real Time

I'll be needing this service soon.

Question about the Google Docs add-on: do you have access to all documents on Google docs, at any time?

modifieron Who Really Found the Higgs Boson

Most great inventors in history (an estimated 90 percent) are ripped off and never received credit and monetary compensation for their genius and hard work: http://cbpowerandindustrial.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/when-ha...

modifieron Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems

An ad hominem attack voted up to the top is one giveaway that the rebuttals are emotional, rather than counter-arguments supported by facts.

modifieron Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems

To any "outsider" unfamiliar with Hacker News, it's heavily populated with Google employees, contractors, and developers that build on to Google products and services.

Keep that in mind when you read the comments here.

modifieron Show HN: DeathSwitch

Ghostmemo is another alternative (I use it): http://ghostmemo.com