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wrongc0ntinenton Ask HN: What are some good alternatives to HN?

I understand this was facetious, but it's not a bad question. How do you implement something like that while circumventing user posts?

wrongc0ntinenton When You Kill Ten Million Africans You Aren't Called 'Hitler' (2010)

Why do you think only rich Jewish people were victims? Coming to that conclusion takes some insanely biased history lessons. Edit: reading your comment again, it's clear I gave the benefit of the doubt when I shouldn't have.

wrongc0ntinenton Ask HN: What is Google.com/domains?

"How is Charleston Road Registry related to Google?

Charleston Road Registry (CRR) is a subsidiary of Google. Because ICANN requires that registrars and registries remain separate entities, and Google is already an ICANN-accredited registrar, CRR exists as a separate company from Google. We don't favor any registrar over any others in terms of pricing, awarding domains, or any other domain operations; we'll partner with any ICANN-accredited registrars that are interested in our domains"

From http://charlestonroadregistry.com/faqs.html

wrongc0ntinenton Ask HN: What are some good alternatives to HN?

This. And as was mentioned before, the new page (more crap, occasional spam, but lots of hidden gems).

wrongc0ntinenton Ask HN: Google employees, why is G+ more important than your users?

Wouldn't be surprised if this was true. On their other hand, there's a 4chan thread on the front page :)

wrongc0ntinenton Deleting my Google+ profile

I dropped the few fake accounts when I decided it was too much work to keep 3 different android devices going at the same time with different settings, not to mention separate purchases. Seems premature now.

wrongc0ntinenton Deleting my Google+ profile

"If you don’t have a Google+ account you can start or join a limited hangout, which only includes the option to hang out with 1 other person. If you’d like access to all Hangouts’ features including the ability to hang out with up to 9 people, share your screen, and use cool Hangouts’ apps, you can upgrade to a free Google+ account at plus.google.com"

from https://support.google.com/chat/answer/161986?hl=en

wrongc0ntinenton Dear Googles: G+/YouTube Anschluss – you've done outed me

Waiting for a follow-up to http://xkcd.com/202/

Making this privacy mess funny seems quite the challenge though.

wrongc0ntinenton A living death: Sentenced to die behind bars for what?

Edit. [disagreement was expressed re: sockpuppet]

wrongc0ntinenton A living death: Sentenced to die behind bars for what?

Edit. [disagreement was expressed re: suicide]

wrongc0ntinenton PeerServer: A Server in a Browser with WebRTC

Nice! Why not chrome, exactly?

wrongc0ntinenton Vi Hart: cramming G+ into YouTube has made comments even worse, I'm leaving

This probably happened because vimeo offered better quality encoding early on.

wrongc0ntinenton Show HN: Don't forget useful Hacker News articles, retain by ReRead'ing later

What about dead URLs? Is there a cache option?

wrongc0ntinenton Google Waves Goodbye To MySQL In Favor Of MariaDB

"Revenge or no, this mass migration will definitely have a negative impact on Oracle's open source relational database." - Brian Proffitt

wrongc0ntinenton Show HN: Salsa-as-a-service landing page

Much better!

wrongc0ntinenton A cry for help from a worrier?

1. There's nowhere NEAR enough information in the text to start diagnosing, so beware of wrong assumptions and bad advice.

2. There's an opaqueness around the post that doesn't inspire trust.

wrongc0ntinenton Show HN: a tablet first take on notes that got me YC interview

iPads, not tablets. Good luck.

wrongc0ntinenton The second operating system hiding in every mobile phone

The addition of a mechanical power switch would probably make a successful product nowadays. Shouldn't be too hard to implement on individual phones if you have nimble fingers (not sure though, it's been ~decade since I last dissected one).

wrongc0ntinenton How long do disk drives last?

It'd be very useful to have more detailed information about read/write volume and capacity, MTBF should vary a lot depending on those. Until then I'll keep being paranoid.

wrongc0ntinenton Find your health plan on Health Sherpa

It's not really a family name, it's more like what you would call a clan (actually a step above that, but not quite an ethnic group). It's also a point of pride to have that name (over the past couple generations Tenzin Norgay made it famous), which is probably why it became so popular among Nepalis (well, that combined with the lack of literacy and government record-keeping). Edit: Oh yeah, Nepali Sherpas would probably get a kick out of it, but that's about it.

wrongc0ntinenton Isomorphic JavaScript: The Future of Web Apps

Technically, you're correct, see the biology and chemistry use of the word. But seeing how you're dealing with a mathematically inclined audience, there will be disapproval. I think it's a very useful concept in general, the more it gets out into the world, the better.

wrongc0ntinenton Isomorphic JavaScript: The Future of Web Apps

I don't see why different languages would matter. It's a matter of abstracting things from one system and having that abstracted set function in a different one. edit: To clarify, yes, the set would remain intact and functional in both systems.

wrongc0ntinenton Isomorphic JavaScript: The Future of Web Apps

Actually mathematics got it from chemistry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilhard_Mitscherlich

Before maths, it was probably mostly geologists that used it. It's also used plenty in evolutionary biology, but this was probably after maths (not sure though).

wrongc0ntinenton Severing Ties with the NSA

I'm sure this has been said before, but having proof (such as it is) makes a bit of a difference that just might have political/societal consequences.

wrongc0ntinenton International Space Station Infected With USB Stick Malware

https://web.archive.org/web/20131111162541/http://www.ibtime...

This doesn't do either.

wrongc0ntinenton Show HN: Automated thoughtfulness - forget about forgetting

Might be a good idea to have a security section in the presentation, considering the sensitive info. Other than that, it's very nicely focused and consistent, makes it easy to remember (!).

wrongc0ntinenton The Mandelbulb

This is pretty much the only thing that makes me want to get an oculus rift. Edit: for the interested: https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=9...

wrongc0ntinenton Facebook Publications

Not what I hoped, but at least you don't need to log in.

wrongc0ntinenton Why I’m Not a TEDx Speaker

Not all speakers do TED(x) for the sake of congratulations or personal exposure. The best talks are the ones where the message is the most important thing. For someone caring deeply about their subject, that's usually the greatest reward.

wrongc0ntinenton Welcome to my GUI gallery

This is great, thanks, enjoyed the timeline.