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sccon Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website

This news should not surprise anybody who has used government websites in Missouri. Here is an example: https://mydssapp.mo.gov/CitizenPortal/application.do

The website takes a LONG time to load because of how many javascripts it loads!!

sccon Re-Inventing the Hackathon

I keep hearing stories like yours, I'm not sure why people who have bad experienes at AngelHack don't share their stories more.

sccon Sexism In The Tech Industry Takes Center Stage

Unsurprisingly, the guys who demoed "Titstare" are part of AngelHack - they are from the "Hate-You Cards" team which was accepted into AngelHack's "pre-accelerator" program.

sccon AngelHack Launches A Startup Accelerator, Bringing Its Hackathon To 30+ Cities

The founder of AngelHack can't code. Technical founders should avoid AngelHack on this basis alone.

sccon Hackathon Hacks for Organizers

calling a hackathon a 'hack' is confusing, the generally agreed upon definition of 'hack' is the one in the jargon file