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I'm trying to wrap my head around this (what is probably very simple) physics question. If I have a pound (unit of weight), and let it hang, the amount of force (potential energy) the gravitational pull has is 1 lb.…

I find it a relatively trivial exercise to model my thinking onto any language that I have a relatively broad understanding of, including PHP, Javascript, etc. So it's always confused / annoyed me why folks seem so…

Lawrence Lessig at SCALE 12x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3O1MC1AqvM

With all the "red tape" surrounding alt currencies, do you think there's room for "alt currencies" which technically only behave as a "tranfer" mechanism? In other words, if the alt currency was tied to the value of US…

Why does the crappiest code tend to contain the "witty" comments. It's like these folks think they know what they're doing.

ASK HN: Question #1: If you had an influx of investment capital into a web startup and wanted to be sure to spend the money wisely (Technology department) what would you spend it on? It's not a done deal, but this would…