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nametoremember··on Ask HN: Is brogrammer a sexist term?
I know females that say "guys" referring to both males and females.
nametoremember··on Dear procrastinator
Sorry but I don't see how you got through a degree (and a masters) without having to do unpleasant stuff.
nametoremember··on Google+ accounted for 35% of Tweeted news links last week
Same for me. Nearly all posts so far have been about Google+ or testing its features.

The problem is, with G+, you will see less posts on general because people will be posting to their specific circles which you might not be in.

nametoremember··on Try Blogger's New Interface
Have you nicknamed the Google bar as the "funeral bar" because it's dark? Are all dark things funeral things?
nametoremember··on Like vs Plus, pick your social button
Both are bad because it's hard to share something that is not good but might be important. Murder stats for where you live, for example.
nametoremember··on Anyone working at Facebook: what happening at Facebook on Google+?
There's nothing wrong with your comment and yet it is downvoted. What's going on?

Anyway, I think Google+ will stay around and replace/fulfill communication needs for a lot of people but it won't beat Facebook. People LIKE seeing everything their friends post - even if they complain about it.

nametoremember··on Anyone working at Facebook: what happening at Facebook on Google+?
Check Scobles updates. The account is legit and not surprising. Do you think nobody at Twitter has a Facebook account and nobody in Google has Twitter or Facebook?
nametoremember··on Anyone working at Facebook: what happening at Facebook on Google+?
It certainly is a feature. I often browse Facebook on a netbook which has a smaller screen. Before, photos didn't fit on my screen. Now they do.

You'll notice that Google+ has the same type of viewer.

nametoremember··on Fitbit users are unwittingly sharing details of their sex lives with the world
"Why is it so bad to have your sex duration published but its okay that your jogging performance visible to the world?"

They are completely different. Maybe not to you but if you can't see how it would bother some people then you're not thinking very hard.

nametoremember··on Fitbit users are unwittingly sharing details of their sex lives with the world
That's not the real question at all. If the website didn't explicitly state that this information would be private then it is a privacy issue.
nametoremember··on Facebook's Internet identity monopoly
If we think about real life, you need an identity for things like passports, state benefits and some other stuff but with normal things like shopping you don't need an ID at all.

So if I go to a shop and buy a tshirt then I have done that pretty much anonymously but if I buy on a website that requires a Facebook connect login then I have given way more information about myself.

nametoremember··on Ask HN: What programming language was ______ written in?
How come Windows doesn't come with a compiler for c?
nametoremember··on Reddit Hits 1.2B Monthly Pageviews, More Than Doubles Its Engineering Staff
Is Hipmunk profitable?
nametoremember··on How removing three vowels from the name of my webapp quadrupled signups.
Well this is pretty useless without knowing the real name and real shortened name. It makes sense if the new name _looked_ better than the old one. That's pretty obvious.

I think the title is a bit silly. It suggests anyone can remove three vowels and be more successful. Fcbok shuld give it a try.

nametoremember··on Visual Q&A app Piqtr has launched (feedback welcome)
I really dislike the name. It just sounds wrong when I say it (or think it).

Any plans on bringing it to Android?

nametoremember··on Exposed: Facebook’s Secret iPhone Photo Sharing App (Which Looks Amazing)
Good, if apps like these get popular then I don't want all my friends using different ones. Facebook will tie them all together which is good for me.
nametoremember··on Why I won't be using Groupon again.. A consumer perspective.
Wrong country. In the UK, wait staff don't live on tips.
nametoremember··on Free SQL dump with 200 million tweets from 13 million users
Damn, I just saw this. I would have liked to use it. How can Twitter make you take it down when it is all public information anyway?
nametoremember··on Ask HN: I make $30k/month thanks to Bitcoin. What should I do?
Wow, suddenly bitcoin sounds appealing. Is it to late to join the party?
nametoremember··on Show HN: Sleepwiththefish.es "kill" your friends on Twitter
Yep, but in this online version you can easily just not click the links. If you know your friend is playing (and I assume only those that sign up can play) then you can just not click the links to avoid dying.

In the real life version, you have no choice. You are being hunted.

nametoremember··on You have exactly three passwords, don't you?
Do you go into the file, look up the website/account and then copy the password to paste it into the password field on the website - every time?

I don't think most people are willing to do this. I know I'm not.

nametoremember··on Ask HN: What kind of regular irritations do you put up with?
Desk in your bedroom?
nametoremember··on The Hilarious Twitter Bot You Should Be Following
That is something I do not want to follow.
nametoremember··on Poll: How many Groupons have you purchased?
Ireland. It's called www.boardsdeals.ie and it is run by the largest message board in Ireland: www.boards.ie

There is another one that I haven't used yet too: www.dealrush.ie

I think I remember seeing a few others too actually.

nametoremember··on Why Blippy Failed
If you can find an idea that is different and people want then you should probably go for it. The problem with Blippy was that the idea was the bottleneck. Not enough people liked it.

Facebook might have started as a standard social networking site but it innovated fast and innovated differently. It pushed new designs even with loads of complaints, it ignored music which was one of MySpaces biggest features and it had other sites like Bebo scrambling to catch up on them.

nametoremember··on Poll: How many Groupons have you purchased?
More than 1 on groupon and on livingsocial and on one that is specific to my country.
nametoremember··on So, it appears Google is serious about +1
Not related to +1, but related to Google going social.

If I were Google, Android would come with an app called something like "Google Friends" and it would connect with your friends that have the app on their phone.

Easy app, message, video and photo sharing between friends.

nametoremember··on Facebook, Zuckerberg say ownership contract forged
I don't know much about going public but if (or when) they prove that Ceglia is lying it will reflect quite nicely on Facebook.
nametoremember··on User-centric Routing in Rails 3
Nice post. I am newish to rails and have always done it the first way. This is really cool.
nametoremember··on Loren wants to work at Airbnb
How would linking to a Google Map prove that he travels or add to this resume in any way?
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