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Only problem is that half of the world is going to see "Sorry this service is not available" message unlike embedding something on youtube which available almost every where.

Great analogy. They are at the right place (with viral growth and momentum) at the right time (sitting between two at war competitors). I hope this doesn't set a bad example though. It's not like every company with viral growth is going to be acquired for such expensive valuations.

How about an app/site where random programmers exchange a single short programming tip in their favorite programming language ? One tip and you move on to the next person.

I think it will be helpful in sharing, learning and testing programming knowledge :)

For a minute I thought it was related to pair programming...

Actually creating most of the viral vaccines is more like theming a computer interface, you just need to plugin the new virus into your already well defined research work flow. That's the only reason we even have so many vaccines for so many viruses (even considering mutations and unknown strains).

Drop in one virus (AIDS, H1N1) which is out of the well known workflow and every thing goes haywire. I think the main reason for this whole mess is that, out of all the STEM fields, biology is the most trial and error prone.

It's the equivalent of trying to prove a mathematical formula every single time you want to use it because there are no axioms. Until some one discovers some standard good for everything axioms in biology, it will continue to be retarded cousin of all STEM fields.

I like this site's playground feature. Sort of like jsfiddle.. we are building something similar (https://designduke.com/designer) to play around with CSS styling.

Ya, that's correct :) It doesn't make much sense otherwise I guess...

Thanks! let me find a more readable color

answer can be found at http://madhurtanwani.blogspot.in/2009/09/find-poisoned-wine-...

Bitmaps always fascinate me. They are also the solution for one of the most common interview questions:

How do you pick a single poisoned barrel out of 1000 with 10 prisoners as your guinea pigs :)

Not for editing the whole website, but we have launched a web widget editor recently (http://designduke.com). You can edit individual HTML widgets like buttons, input boxes, forms etc :)

Wow, this makes Paypal look like angels. I suppose we are just starting see the effects of ad monopoly. Once a few more alternatives are taken away, there will be no where to hide.

I found stumble-upon to be pretty good in this regard (mainly due to the user curated bookmarks) though the quality has gone down a bit recently (thanks to the spammers)

I remember that this was under discussion a while back - whether to keep a separate tab or not - sadly, it was decided against at that time (though it might not have been needed at the time)..

Also, I think there has been a marked decrease in 'Show HN' articles that make up to the front page. I'm not sure if both are related but if a 'Show HN' article has to compete with the whole world's news, I suppose its possible to fade away without anyone noticing.