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March 1, 2012 (14y ago)
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  1. Ask HN: Interesting HN Threads or Responses

    HN responses are top quality and sometimes the comments offer more than the original submission. I am sure you would have some threads or particular individual comments saved up somewhere or favorited. Sometimes those…

    2 points 1
  2. Ask HN: Something that you learnt and made you go Wow

    Any concepts, videos, articles, books, movies, business that opened up a whole new world for you - something that you didn't know earlier or knew little of but then had this WOW / Ah-ha moment for you.

    10 points 18
  3. Ask HN: Books that you have re-read

    In the "How do you read" Ask HN thread from a couple of days ago, there were quite a few mentions on the lines of "Great books should be re-read again and again". Thought it'd be great to know what those books are for…

    2 points 0
  4. Ask HN: Anything that you pay for but are unhappy with?

    Are there any products or services that you are paying for and are not happy with but either have no other choice or the alternatives don't work for you for some reason?

    1 points 1
  5. Ask HN: Why did you quit your last job?
    79 points 101
  6. Betting on the Blind Side (2010) (vanityfair.com)
    2 points 0
  7. Ask HN: Your favorite startup(s)?

    Which startups are you closely following or are inspired by and why? For me it's Watsi because of what they are doing in healthcare in such a transparent way. An excerpt from their About page: While serving in the Peace…

    6 points 0
  8. 12 startups in 12 months (wired.com)
    1 points 0
  9. Ask HN: H1Bs earning from side projects

    Side projects can be anything - Affiliate earnings, plugins, themes, e-books, SaaS products, ad sense based. How are you doing it? Is it ok on H1B? If you are comfortable, please share details about what you are doing.

    2 points 0
  10. Ask HN: Self Taught iOS developers

    If you are a self taught iOS developer who knew little to no programming before starting with iOS and now have app(s) in the appstore or work/freelance as a iOS developer, I would love to hear from you on the following:…

    9 points 22
  11. OrbNext (ifttt.com)
    1 points 0
  12. The Million Dollar Beal Conjecture (math.unt.edu)
    1 points 0
  13. Hacker Body (hackerbody.com)
    3 points 2
  14. The Body on Somerton Beach (2011) (smithsonianmag.com)
    77 points 14
  15. Wear Fin (wearfin.com)
    1 points 0
  16. How to be a free thinker (2009) (scottberkun.com)
    2 points 0
  17. Ask HN: What do you plan to do new or different in 2014?

    Start a business? Pick up a new hobby? Learn new stuff? Get back in shape? Smile more? Travel more or less? Something else?

    5 points 4
  18. How to Avoid Burnout (jamesaltucher.quora.com)
    5 points 0
  19. Show HN: iShareFlix - My first web app after the Udacity class (ishareflix.appspot.com)
    1 points 2
  20. How do sites like PlasticJungle verify gift card balances and prevent fraud

    I have the below 2 questions that I was hoping somebody from the community would probably be able to help me with: 1. Say I sell a gift card to PlasticJungle (or other similar sites). How do they verify the balance on…

    1 points 3