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  1. Dovecote (en.wikipedia.org)
    2 points 1
  2. Donald Duck In Mathmagic Land (youtube.com)
    9 points 4
  3. Facebook's UX failure: preferences

    AssertTrue's summary of 37 Signals' Getting Real: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1327598 lists a number of takeaways from the book. This one crystallizes my objections to Facebook's privacy and other settings:…

    3 points 1
  4. Dictionary of Programming Languages (cgibin.erols.com)
    1 points 2
  5. New CU-Boulder hand bacteria study holds promise for forensics identification (eurekalert.org)
    1 points 0
  6. Suggest HN: For paywalled articles, enter the google search for the url

    I just submitted a WSJ paywalled article demonstrating this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1124281 When you submit a paywalled article, someone will almost always comment "I hit a paywall," and then someone will…

    2 points 2
  7. WSJ: Microsoft Targets Phones (google.com)
    1 points 2
  8. Ask HN: server security intro/reference?

    I'm just starting out in server land. Prior to this, everything I've built has been on top of an infrastructure that someone else secured and maintained. Last couple days I've been perusing security related posts here,…

    3 points 8
  9. Use PuTTY with Cygwin to access localhost on Windows (nfnaaron.posterous.com)
    1 points 1
  10. Use PuTTY as a superior command shell on Windows

    In the past I have installed cygwin and sshd on Windows, so that I can log in to localhost via PuTTY, because I like PuTTY better than the default cygwin shell or rxvt. I was just setting that up tonight, when I ran…

    5 points 2
  11. Tell HN: On scratching your own itch

    I watched Twilight with my kid last night. The music intrigued me, so I searched around and found the composer's site, carterburwell.com. On the question of challenges in composing for a "youth" audience, he basically…

    1 points 0
  12. Apt-cyg, A command-line software installer for Cygwin (code.google.com)
    42 points 15