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obsaysdittoon Twitter bug: Make anyone follow you on Twitter

Its coincidental that Conan tweeted this message a couple days ago:

"If it ever says I’m following more than one person, I’ve been hacked. I’m a completely monogamous Twitterer—I only follow Sarah Killen."

http://twitter.com/ConanOBrien/status/13631062967

obsaysdittoon Today the Dow dropped 1000 points in about ten minutes.

the price of euro also fell to 1.25USD

http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=1&From=EUR&...

obsaysdittoon Report presented on high school web cam spying case after investigation

Also see Philadelphia Inquirer report: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20100503_Lower_Me...

obsaysdittoon Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

what no love for linux? http://img2.me/4sWE8.jpeg

Either way, I'll see what you have to offer. Good luck finding HNers

obsaysdittoon CSV dump of reddit voting data

as mentioned in the reddit thread, one coud assume that power users would allow public voting and therefore would be voting more. I of course, just looked at the extremes and do not have a timeframe

obsaysdittoon CSV dump of reddit voting data

Interestingly enough, only 498 users out of ~32K have 2000 or more votes. Whereas 4877 users only have one vote. Someone feel free to double check this.

obsaysdittoon Thousands of webcam images have been found in the school district being sued

Public school. Harriton High School in Lower Merion School District

obsaysdittoon Experiences, Not Products, Provide Happiness

Link to study... http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/98/1/146/

This study was done at Cornell, where there has been great concern for suicides. For students there, grades are their 'product' and hopefully they can see that grades and being at the top of their class isn't everything.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/education/17cornell.html

obsaysdittoon 32 years on, K&R's "The C Programming Language" still stands alone

The first and probably only programming book I've read completely.

obsaysdittoon School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home

From the Philadelphia Inquirer: "This is the first we have heard of this lawsuit being filed and the plaintiff's allegations," he said today. "However, we can categorically state that we are - and have always been - committed to protecting the privacy of our students."

"Our district was one of the first to provide free laptops to all of our high school students," Young said. "This initiative has been incredibly successful and well received in our school community."

"We have referred this matter to our attorneys for appropriate legal action and plan to communicate with parents and students with more information as it becomes available."

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20100218_Suit__Sc...

obsaysdittoon Ask HN: Review my startup - Praux.com, The Last Resume You'll Ever Write

When I go to your site, my first reaction is "so whats the next step?". Maybe give a flow chart showing the transformation of a resume/cv.

obsaysdittoon Ask HN: Please Review My New Social Music Website

Like what others have said, improve the UI... even with so few songs it was hard to navigate and see the artist/song title...

Also, the ability to que songs

obsaysdittoon Poll: Are HN users interested in sports analytics?

yes.. in fact one of my friends is working on a fantasy baseball engine http://sabrstats.com/

obsaysdittoon A = F/m, So Keep Your Foot on the Gas

If only the magical engine was always constant.

obsaysdittoon Microsoft’s Creative Destruction

"We, hackers, are so used to some concepts, we forget about our dads, girlfriends and co-workers from different departments, which are still in 1995."

Couldn't agree with this more!

obsaysdittoon Mathematician solves rowing boat "wiggle" problem

"to show that the balance of forces in this rig as the oars are pulled through the water"

If the oars are pulled through the water, the boat wouldn't move.