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edwardy20··on 19 year-old Stanford Ph.D. dropout Andrew Hsu is Changing Education
Yeah it seems a bit of a stretch to call someone with 3 degrees a dropout...
edwardy20··on Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings. Inquire within.)
Awesome links. At first I thought it would work like Yahoo Answers or Quora- where there is no obvious benefit to answering questions. But I will refocus my efforts to let people learn a language and translate at the same time. Thanks a bunch!
edwardy20··on This is how vulnerable your Facebook Page can really be
Oops I missed that. noonat's solution seems more likely then.
edwardy20··on This is how vulnerable your Facebook Page can really be
It's actually quite easy to fake an email address because SMTP doesn't authenticate the sender. For example, I can send someone (exampleperson@example.com) an email that appears to be from 'admin@facebook.com' with one line of php code:

<?php mail('exampleperson@example.com', 'Example Subject', 'Example Message', 'From: admin@facebook.com' ); ?>

edwardy20··on Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings. Inquire within.)
Hi, I have started a crowdsourced translation website: http://www.wikitranslation.org

I am seeing a lot of people willing to request translations, but not as much people are willing to translate. How can I encourage users to contribute? Also, any pointers on the design are appreciated. Thanks for your time.

edwardy20··on [dead]
The top result in Google search is this post. I didn't know HN had that much domain authority to rank number 1 so quickly, but but this isn't really interesting otherwise.
edwardy20··on Show HN: My evening project: gphangouts.com
So basically: Chatroulette for Google+?
edwardy20··on Why bother to remember when you can just use Google?
Not always. Sometimes Google has the 'Did you mean: x', so you don't even have to do that.
edwardy20··on Larry Page On Google+: Over 10 Million Users, 1 Billion Items Shared
Nope. Techcrunch just did their math wrong.
edwardy20··on Poll: Are you using the G+ circles feature when posting?
If you never use the circles, I don't see the advantage of using Google+ over Twitter, Facebook, or Tumblr.
edwardy20··on Securing the .app gTLD for the mobile app software development community
The thing about TLDs is that everyone thinks this one will be the next big thing...then when it comes out people just shrug and continue to use .com. Remember .name? .mobi? .biz? .info? .xxx? .tel?
edwardy20··on Securing the .app gTLD for the mobile app software development community
If the price was low TLD squatting might be a concern.
edwardy20··on Internet predictions from 1982
Yeah cause they didn't have URLs back then.
edwardy20··on Rybka, the world's best chess engine, caught plagiarizing open-source software
What's funny is that they made a huge deal about Firebird being a clone of Rybka...when it was likely just based off of Fruit.

http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/chess-engine-controversy/

edwardy20··on How many .com domains are available?
If only people would stop automatically assuming .com is the only way to go, we wouldn't have a domain shortage problem.
edwardy20··on I Spent A Coin (And I Liked It) — How I Bought Lunch in Manhattan with Bitcoins
The most important by far rule for currency is stability. With stability comes acceptance of the currency. You don't have that - the owner first looked up the exchange rate to US dollars.

Maybe he looked up the exchange rate rate because he wants to be fair: he wants to charge the same price for a lunch regardless of whether people pay with Bitcoins or dollars.

edwardy20··on Wikipedia is Adding a Love Button Next Week
Awesome. I feel appreciation is one of the main reasons why I'm much more willing to write content on Quora than Wikipedia. Hopefully this will change that!
edwardy20··on Dropbox Breach: Fewer Than 100 Accounts Affected, One Person Actively Exploited
Yeah it should be "One Person Actively Exploited up to 100 People".
edwardy20··on Angry Yahoo Shareholder Confronts Bartz And Asks For Her Head (Audio Clip)
So Steve Landry goes up there and insults Carol Bartz for 6 minutes...and she gives a non-answer.
edwardy20··on Panera bread tries a "pay what you want" model
I wonder if homeless people take advantage of the cafe? What do they do about that?
edwardy20··on If It’s Worth Doing, It’s Worth Stealing
So true. It's happened many times; most of the big companies today weren't the first to come up with the idea. I've yet to see someone successfully copy Twitter though :)
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