ShannonSofield | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are you doing to improve your health?
Crossfit.
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ShannonSofield | 11 years ago | on: An Update on Microsoft’s Approach to Do Not Track
The fact that I still get snail mail spam catalogs in my mailbox each day, with no mandated option to opt-out, I see no way that marketers will respect DNT. The gov't seems to believe that the economy relies on its ability to market to consumers, even if they don't want to be targeted.
ShannonSofield | 11 years ago | on: One Professional Russian Troll Tells All
Truly fascinating. They should make these services for hire, there are some brands that would kill for this kind of content farm.
ShannonSofield | 11 years ago | on: Inside a Chinese Bitcoin Mine That's Grossing $1.5M a Month
$80K per site. They are running six sites = $480K
ShannonSofield | 11 years ago | on: LINUX is obsolete (1992)
2015: The Year of Linux!
ShannonSofield | 11 years ago | on: LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug? (2006)
Reminds me of Richard Feyman taking LSD. He said he had an incredible breakthrough and a moment of pure clarity on a problem he had been working on mid-trip, only to come down and realize his breakthrough was really jibberish and not insightful at all.
ShannonSofield | 11 years ago | on: Rovio lays off 110 people as Angry Birds hype fades
Funny you bring up Nintendo, they were founded on September 23, 1889, more than a CENTURY ago.
ShannonSofield | 11 years ago | on: Rovio lays off 110 people as Angry Birds hype fades
My dog's Angry Bird squeaky toy I picked up in the bargain bin is the only one she hasn't tried to tear apart.
ShannonSofield | 11 years ago | on: Inside DuckDuckGo, Google's Tiniest, Fiercest Competitor
I'm a big DDG fan, but I'd hardly call them a Google competitor when they process .008 (4M/500M) queries that G does per day.
That said, their search operators are getting really powerful.
ShannonSofield | 11 years ago | on: Hacking PayPal Accounts with one click
The dev posted in the comments that he received $10,000
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