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_nb··on Paul Graham is wrong about inequality
Can you elaborate on the 401k point? Do you think they're a problem because generally people cant make good investment decisions, or that there are structural problems with the vehicle itself that make it a bad choice for any worker?
_nb··on Why We Should Build Cloud Cities on Venus
I'd agree, that doesn't sound right at all. Perhaps they meant doubling the size of the balloon? Doubling the diameter of a sphere indeed increases its volume many times more than double.
_nb··on What was your best passive income in 2014?
This is pretty darn interesting. I've definitely noticed there's a clear split between the interesting, longer, sort of more profound messages 'from space' and the flood of 1-word test or joke messages. Any thoughts on this - is it even a problem?
_nb··on Open-source app releases first complete copy of English Wikipedia with images
Probably not. In your ordinary browsing, you're not likely to download anywhere near the entirety of wikipedia. Plus, spreading out your requests over time rather than downloading it all at once is more gentle.
_nb··on LinkedIn Intro: Doing the Impossible on iOS
Certainly an interesting workaround. I'm not that familiar with iOS development, so could someone explain what technical reasons there might be for running a remote imap proxy server to do the message modifications rather than a local (on device) one?
_nb··on Families Hoard Cash 5 Years After Crisis
Paying off debt is a transfer, so while you're now spending less, your creditor is now able to either spend or make new loans.
_nb··on Go read: fast Google Reader clone in AngularJS with Go on App Engine
Great work! I think this might finally be the one (and not a moment too soon!)

Is there any way to categorize new feeds? It imported my previous categories/folders just fine, but I don't see any to move new feeds to categories/folders.

_nb··on Assange in 2011: "They have automated the process."
Could you elaborate a bit on what you found on your honeypot?
_nb··on Chrome’s requestAutocomplete()
Ah, but you see, it's "two-click" checkout. So we're good, right?