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  1. Poll: Do you primarily use Mosh instead of SSH?

    So, Mosh [1] has been out for almost two years now, and has become one of the first packages I install, even if my connection is not "mobile". I wonder how many people feel this way, and weather it con be expected to…

    2 points by ezequiel-garzon 3 poll
  2. Poll: Require email verification during signup?

    If you had a 3 step (web-based) sign up flow for a business service which requires: company info, billing info, then a required email verification step. Do you think its useful to have that required email validation…

    2 points by matan_a 1 poll
  3. Poll: How would you eliminate the desire for piracy?

    NB: This question is not how you'd eliminate piracy itself, but rather how you'd entice people to convert from piracy first. I'm looking for some feedback, which of these options would you use? Which do you think is the…

    2 points by dylangs1030 11 poll
  4. Poll: Which Operating System do you mainly use?
    2 points by behnamoh 4 poll
  5. Poll: How did you find your current job?

    Inspired by https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17791766. I've taken the most common answers and collected them in this pool to gather some statistics.

    2 points by lukeqsee 1 poll
  6. Poll: Where do you stream your music from?

    If you listen to music, where do you stream it from ?

    2 points by codegeek 1 poll
  7. Poll: Child-free flights

    Would you prefer a child free flight on your next trip, if available? Please upvote to keep the poll up.

    2 points by michaelkscott 1 poll
  8. Poll: will you buy Lenovo after the Superfish incident?

    I woke this morning and read numerous stories about Lenovo and Superfish from various sources. My gut reaction is that this is a step too far and I would not be buying or recommending Lenovo again, at any grade/level. I…

    2 points by petecooper 3 poll
  9. Poll: Do you pay for Evernote?

    Evernote is a very good tool and seemingly very successful (http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/19/evernote-by-the-numbers-34m-users-1-4m-paying-and-how-different-platforms-pay/) I was wondering how many hackers here in the…

    2 points by mace 2 poll
  10. Poll: What keyboard layout do you use?

    Some devs don't think it's important to use native OS key handling, which ensures proper support for various keyboard layouts. Not everyone types qwerty, for me it's to reduce strain on my hands and wrists (switching to…

    2 points by sjs 0 poll
  11. Poll: Is This AI Wave Really That Disruptive? Where Do You Stand?

    Is This AI Wave Really That Disruptive? Where Do You Stand? Over the past year, the narrative around AI in software development has shifted dramatically. Not long ago, the headlines were filled with optimism-AI…

    2 points by bobosha 3 poll
  12. Poll: your browser's home page?

    What do you use for your browser home page? Wondering if the "home page" is actually used or if it is a kind of vestigial tail. Is your home page an active part of your workflow (or is it just, kind of, "there")?

    2 points by yarone 5 poll
  13. Poll: Are you aware that HN has a polling function?

    This implies, of course, an awareness of the fact before having clicked on this post. Here at Hacker News, we aim to provide causal significance!

    2 points by partingshots 2 poll
  14. Poll: What is your work situation?
    2 points by Xcelerate 0 poll
  15. Poll: Who has been exposed to swine flu?
    2 points by helium 6 poll
  16. Poll: Are client web requests sent to upstream servers or downstream servers?

    I hear both terms used in either direction. It can be somewhat confusing! The HTTP spec indicates the requests are "downstream" and dependencies are "upstream" [1] nginx indicates the opposite [2], even naming modules…

    2 points by Jupe 2 poll
  17. Poll: For or Against AI

    We're hitting peak AI. There's a lot of noise, hype, ChatGPT wrappers and clones. There's infinite generative things and talk of replacing life with a metaverse/AI equivalent. But there's also significant value being…

    2 points by asim 5 poll
  18. Poll: What would you rather build now? High-growth startup or small business?

    At this point, it's really hard to tell whether the HN crowd is geared towards fast-growing startups, or small businesses that would sustain a good living for the foreseeable future. Perhaps this poll could help. So…

    2 points by majani 1 poll
  19. Poll: Loops vs. Recursion

    Even after learning to understand recursion better, by reading SICP and similar books, I find recursive code generally more difficult to reason about than iterative code. I'm wondering if this is only because I learned…

    2 points by cloogshicer 2 poll
  20. Poll: What computing device do you access HN with?

    I am curious how this evolves over time.

    2 points by Bender 0 poll
  21. Poll: Do you use a web Adblocker?

    Such as the popular Firefox extension Adblock Plus.

    2 points by rms 0 poll
  22. Poll: Do You Deal with Depression?

    It seems from a number of posts over the years that many here may struggle with depression. It's also something of a common belief that creativity and depression are often linked. If nothing else, it could show those…

    2 points by danielrm26 0 poll
  23. Poll: Was HN Being Down An Improvement Or Problem For Your Day

    HN was down for a day or so. During that time, did you experience more productivity? Less? Would you like it to be down more often? Did you really miss something by not being here that couldn't be replaced?

    2 points by DanielBMarkham 4 poll
  24. Poll: Will Python ever lose the GIL?

    The standard Python interpreter has a global interpreter lock (GIL) that prevents multithreaded parallel programming of the style you find in most programming languages. People have tried to remove this restriction, but…

    2 points by lacker 3 poll
  25. Poll: EBooks or Paper books for tech reading?

    See additional discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32888730

    2 points by Tempest1981 2 poll