siegler

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Comment · 8 years ago

Got this one from Bill Burr's podcast: Never order scrambled eggs. They usually get made ahead of time in large quantities and sit underneath a heat lamp.

Comment · 12 years ago

List of open-source Android apps

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124002

Comment · 15 years ago

http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_th... Note that the RI has a very specific purpose (eg, to serve as the RI) and is generally not updated except when/if the specification is revised.

So OpenJDK may be adequate as a RI, but will be unstable to use in a production environment.

Comment · 15 years ago

Comment · 16 years ago

Hard to believe the company is so young.

Founded only two years ago by Andrew Mason. Built on collective buying technology that he built for a site, The Point, that he started only a year before in 2007.

http://www.groupon.com/about

Comment · 16 years ago

tar ball http://www.foo.be/docs-free/morris-worm/worm-src.tar.gz

Comment · 16 years ago

Defending Your Life

From IMDB: In an afterlife resembling the present-day US, people must prove their worth by showing in court how they have demonstrated courage.

Albert Brooks dies and has to prove that he has conquered his fears in order to "move on" or get smarter.

He looks back on his life and sees how things could have been better if he'd just had more courage.

Comment · 16 years ago

They wait until the end to say that it could be just a neutron star.

Although the evidence points to a newly formed black hole in SN 1979C, another intriguing possibility is that a young, rapidly spinning neutron star with a powerful wind of high energy particles could be responsible for the X-ray emission

Comment · 16 years ago

I haven't studied Prop 19 at all, but my guess is that its primary purpose is to get democrats to the polls. It's just like all the 'defense of marriage' propositions that were on the ballot when Bush was trying to get reelected to get republicans to the polls.

If so, that's quite a way for a libertarian to waste $100k.

edit: I love the open debate. Yeah, legalizing pot is definitely the most pressing problem facing our nation, so let's downvote anybody who says differently. HN is turning into Reddit.

Comment · 16 years ago

I'm missing something. Apparently the plan was to prosecute people for posting classified documents to Wikileaks. Diabolical stuff indeed.

Comment · 16 years ago

The Ten Roads to Riches by Ken Fisher http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Roads-Riches-Wealthy-Investments/d...

Comment · 16 years ago

It was actually 35% off when the program started (it was called Live.com back then). You can see the original Fatwallet thread here http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/arcmessageview.php?catid=18&...

During a few periods, Ebay was handing out 10% off coupons that could be stacked with the cashback program for incredible deals. I bought so much stuff that I maxed out my account the first year ($2500).

Comment · 16 years ago

Yodlee is highly regarded and has been around longer than Mint. Their primary business is running back end services for banks and financial institutions (Bank of America, Scottrade, E*trade) while offering the personal service for free. They have forums to get more info http://forum.yodlee.com https://moneycenter.yodlee.com

Comment · 16 years ago

I watched the first bit to find out how Vernor pronounces his last name--turns out the 'e' isn't silent.

Comment · 16 years ago

We should dismantle the Department of Education. I suggest waiting until next year on February 6th, which would be fitting.