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codesci··on Ask HN: Why did Apple skip 7s?
The 7 dropped the headphone jack, changed from physical to "virtual" home button and added water resistance so there were more structural changes than just spec and camera bumps.

I'm more curious to why they skipped 9 (or maybe that is still coming...)

codesci··on Ask HN: What are some developer tools worth paying for?
Immensely helped is a high bar, but what comes to mind is JRebel that I found improved productivity and paid for itself quickly.
codesci··on Curl author Daniel Stenberg‏ denied entry to U.S. by ESTA
The title seems to have been edited, I posted it as "... denied to board flight to the US" just for that reason.
codesci··on OpenBSD laptops
AFAIK there is no Bluetooth support since 5.6, they dropped the entire subsystem. Found that out when I wanted to use a wireless mouse with my Macbook Air... other than that and the embedded WiFi it works fine, they've done a great job.
codesci··on Why you shouldn't use disposable email addresses to register domains
I think the point the poster is making is the specific type of disposable address they've used. Addresses on mailinator.com can be read by anyone without a password (go see for yourself). Presumably anyone could just do a password reset and take over the account.

However, just because they used a disposable contact email in the whois record, it's not necessarily the case that they used the same for the registrar account or anything else (so taking over the domain isn't as easy as implied).

In any case, I don't see any issues with "disposable" email addresses such as a random alias on a private domain with a catch-all.

codesci··on Identifying Arbitrage Opportunities with Graphs
Available volume? Forex is the most liquid market in the world.
codesci··on The African Hacker News
Not the one your looking for but I've found interesting startup stories on http://www.iafrikan.com/
codesci··on Ask HN: What's the fastest way to build an API for language X
I second this. REST/JSON is first class and even adding more complex features like OAuth is fairly easy.