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alexbateon Ask HN: Which YouTube channels do you watch regularly?

Tom Scott - https://youtube.com/user/enyay

alexbateon Uber taxi-hailing app does not break law, High Court rules

> Black cab drivers argue that the app poses a risk to public safety and customers being overcharged, with no opportunity to challenge fares before the money is automatically taken out of their bank accounts.

Personally, I'd rather be overcharged in an Uber where I have a GPS trace of the route and an ability to challenge the fare, than a black cab where you only have a driver telling you to pay a certain amount.

alexbateon Facebook was down

BBC[1] are reporting it was a "configuration problem", no hack

[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30996928

alexbateon Paralysed man walks again after cell transplant

Yeah - kind of. The BBC's Panorama show (kind of linked to BBC News, but long documentaries) has had special access to his rehabilitation over the last year, that special airs tonight.

alexbateon Show HN: Milkshake – Real-time playlists with friends over websockets

Works great! Would be awesome to add more tracks collaboratively once in the playlist.