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throwastone··on New Evidence About the Dangers of Monsanto’s Roundup
Respectfully disagree.

We are what we strive to be. Hacker News was, once upon a time, almost purely respectful even in the face of stark criticism or blatant dismissals. That, sadly, has changed.

throwastone··on U.S. Suicide Rate Surges to a 30-Year High
Happiness arises from either self-sacrifice for humanity, or through social connections (typically family). Rarely does one have the good fortune to find happiness through both means, as both of these typically require life devotion to achieve.
throwastone··on Chicago Police Hid Mics, Destroyed Dashcams to Block Audio, Records Show
Seconded, HPD in my experience have been extraordinarily professional and helpful. 10 year resident of O`ahu.
throwastone··on The software engineer’s guide to asserting dominance in the workplace
Nice outrigger paddling reference
throwastone··on “Subject: Urgent Warning”
Just leaving out a . at the end of a sentence can make quite a difference.
throwastone··on “Subject: Urgent Warning”
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throwastone··on Ask HN: New Year's resolution – What projects are you planning to start in 2016?
Massive group video chat => WebRTC, phoenix/elixir :)
throwastone··on Ask HN: Struggling to pay rent this month. Can I help you with a gig?
As someone that used to post to HN under an old handle many years ago, and as someone who has been lurking for even longer than that, I must humbly say that the attitude of the community here has degraded significantly.
throwastone··on Here’s Why Public Wifi Is a Public Health Hazard
The author goes on to describe DNS spoofing in the following paragraph. Perhaps this was used for the live.com attack. He even says, "Within 20 minutes he’s obtained the login details, including passwords for my Live.com, SNS Bank, Facebook, and DigiD accounts."
throwastone··on How the F.B.I. Can Detain, Render and Threaten Without Risk
Checking slashdot, they appear to have filters in their comments for things like 'insightful' and 'imformative'. Thinking more along the lines of being able to rate things like the veracity and tact of the response, with automatic filtering and prevalence based on a few metrics.
throwastone··on How the F.B.I. Can Detain, Render and Threaten Without Risk
Ooo, this inspires a good idea: a multi-dimensional voting based forum. You can up and downvote based on things like veracity, tact, agree/disagree with position, etc.
throwastone··on Bitcoin spikes 70% in a month; nobody knows why
Looks like algos picked up on log scale trendline break (Oct 25th-27th or so) from long term consolidation, thus the acceleration in the past 30 days. Buyers pile in. Price goes up.