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sczkid | 12 years ago | on: New Jersey slaps MIT Bitcoin hackers with subpoena

Law Abiding Citizen is a pretty thought-provoking (and pessimistic) take on the US justice system.

sczkid | 12 years ago | on: We are not normal people

This is a real-world example of the pervasiveness of scummy marketing causing even ethical marketing to be met with groans.

sczkid | 12 years ago | on: Atomic Clocks Make a Quantum Leap in Accuracy

This might clarify what he meant: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2628

sczkid | 12 years ago | on: General Assembly launches Dash, a Codecademy-style site that teaches you to code

What new features does Dash offer? The only one OP mentions is viewing your code on a simulated mobile device. While that's useful, it's not particularly relevant to the target audience of beginning web developers.

Note: Learned the basics of web programming from Codecademy - extremely helpful service.

sczkid | 12 years ago | on: Snowden impersonated NSA officials, sources say

If the NSA didn't guard against him using accounts with more clearance to download documents he wasn't supposed to have access to, I don't think Snowden's intelligence is what we should be worried about.

sczkid | 12 years ago | on: Why You’ve Never Read “I Have A Dream”

Here's a good summary of the copyright issue: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/08/...

sczkid | 12 years ago | on: Hyperloop Alpha [pdf]

No, because of the principle of eminent domain, meaning the government of California can forcefully purchase the land for public use: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain

Legally, whoever tried this would be forced to give over the land for "fair market value", and if they were difficult about it they'd probably receive much less.

sczkid | 12 years ago | on: Show HN: My new domain search tool

Very useful product and very nice UI. +1

sczkid | 12 years ago | on: I'm 13 and None of My Friends Use Facebook

Can you give some evidence that Facebook actually does this?

sczkid | 12 years ago | on: Looking at CPU/GPU Benchmark Optimizations in Galaxy S 4

This is a minor point, but I'm really glad the article title uses "allegedly". Even if it's quite probable Samsung is guilty here, I'm glad the article doesn't adjudicate the way so many news articles do.

sczkid | 12 years ago | on: Somewhat Verbatim Conversation with a Startup Recruiter

I couldn't stop laughing at the "yes/no" pie chart.