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iphoneseventeenon Spies and shadowy allies lurk in secret, thanks to firm’s bag of tricks

I wish I was a millionaire spy :(

iphoneseventeenon Chinese Researchers Invent New Police Car That Can Scan Faces

Why didn't you just call him RoboTop? /s

iphoneseventeenon Veil of secrecy lifted on Pentagon office planning micro-drone swarms

Self destruct after X hours?

Go Web Audio!!! I'd like to make a DAW, with something like VST Plugins, but one way to mix all these awesome web audio websites together. Like a tab mixer or something...

iphoneseventeenon Ask HN: What do you do in your free time?

Hip-Hop Music Production - Ive been doing it for 15 years, and don't plan on stopping. Development just pays the bills, I want to be in a studio all day/night.

iphoneseventeenon Ask HN: How do you manage Facebook/Whats App/Twitter/Email/Etc addiction?

For Android, I started using QualityTime. It tracks your usage. Annoyingly, it also counts background apps as "running". But it really helps to give me a snapshot of my day. I can see what time I woke up and started redditing on the can :P

iphoneseventeenon The Fed Wants to Test How Banks Would Handle Negative Rates

What I read from the article: Relax, it is just a stress test. We aren't going to actually do this. We would only do this in the case of an emergency. We would totally do this, but only if we have to. We have to do this.

iphoneseventeenon Is it the Wealth Gap that's bad or the Empathy Gap that comes with it?

"More generally, as you rise up the social ranks, you have to get more and more comfortable with gross differences in wealth and learn to be able to be comfortable with and accommodate socially those with so much more or so much less than you. This guy never seemed to learn that trick."

I am struggling with this as my income increases. My friends are looking at me like I am Bill Gates. Any advice?

iphoneseventeenon What are your problems or need in your life

I use OneNote for this.

Android app + desktop app + web app all have similar basic functionality.

iphoneseventeenon Ask HN: What would you tell your 20 something years old self?

stop renting and BUY property. Something BELOW your budget.

iphoneseventeenon Ask HN: YC interview invites are sent. What's up now?

Not to be mean, but your About Us page is extremely difficult to read. It is just words:

"we observed an urgent need of a mobile app for easy and powerful photo management and content creation."

I am amazed that you have a whole team of people working on this and nobody has the cajones to point this out.

iphoneseventeenon Is anyone else experiencing rapidly increasing health care costs?

Yes, never had so many collection notices in the mail for hospital visits, lab work, etc.. that I simply lost track of. I am extremely diligent when it comes to paying bills on time, but these just got out of hand.

Was paying $1200 a month for family of 4.

Why is this not discussed more?

iphoneseventeenon Ask HN: Moving to Philadelphia

Northern Liberties is the place to hang out. Lots of craft beer, restaurants, etc... Tons of new real estate popping up (some cheaply constructed ), but rentals are widely available for all budgets. Extremely bike friendly. But be aware because Jersey drivers. Avoid walking around shady areas. Stick to the burger (between Girard and South St). Avoid parts of Temple and SW Philly. Start-up community is taking off. Beware of job postings that list Philadelphia. Conshohocken is NOT Philadelphia, nor is Norristown.

iphoneseventeenon What is going on with SoundCloud?

A thousand times YES!!!