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_hgt1··on Catalan referendum: Voting begins amid police crackdown
The Catalan police is here too, and they're not cracking skulls.
_hgt1··on Drop Dropbox
Unlike Eich, Rice went far beyond simply holding beliefs and making donations. She held real power and used it in unconscionable ways.

Given the current climate, I find it incredible that a cloud storage company would be involved with someone who actually wiretapped members of the UN Security Council. It's almost like they're saying "thanks for all the data, oh and f* you".

_hgt1··on What is your best programmer joke?
Before I click, just a quick bet with myself this excellent question has been closed.

[edit] yep, locked. Thanks NullUserException! Now another quick bet with myself that someone will reply to this comment defending S.O.s repeated closure of interesting questions.

_hgt1··on Who Are We at War With? That’s Classified
I thought it was Eurasia?
_hgt1··on Learn Java in Minutes
Exactly. The hard part of Java is not the language per se, but the myriad of IDEs and XML configuration files.
_hgt1··on This page is anonymous
Hey voidnull, long time no see! Welcome to HN :) Great to see SDF being promoted here, I've been a member for over 13 years
_hgt1··on Benefits matter, or why I won't work for your Y Combinator startup
The entitlement culture in the tech industry is mind boggling. One day we may look back and wonder how we ever had it so good. Perhaps we'll even envy the person paid $1 per day to suck the gold off our old circuit boards.
_hgt1··on How I got a YC interview as a single founder and blew it at the final hurdle
> "PG knew exactly what I wanted to do, it was the quickest anyone has grokked my idea. I could almost see this divide conquer algorithm working in his brain as he traversed the idea space, it was spectacular to behold."

These PG hagiographies are getting good.

_hgt1··on Evil, or why Douglas Crockford is harmful to Free Software
This is an opportunity for IBM: they can create a club called "IBM minions", and sell memberships. That way anyone can use JSLint for evil.
_hgt1··on Frustro: The Impossible Typeface
Top comment is prize-worthy:

Elijah Madden: I hope there's a fixed-width version so I can use it for coding.

_hgt1··on Newbie Fashion Tips for Grown-up Men
Soon on Hacker News:

How to eat with a knife and fork!

How to do "number twos"!

How to brush your teeth!

Sheesh

_hgt1··on The case of the 500-mile email
The case of the 500-year anecdote.