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Are there any caches of crypto wallets where the owners have lost their passwords/keys? I’ve heard a story of someone disposing of a hard drive with keys to a wallet with many BTC in it. Would such an owner eventually…

I know this isn't Reddit :-) But since it's impossible to talk with an actual Mod at Reddit these days, I thought I'd try here on HN. I had a Reddit account that I used for 17 years(!). Unfortunately, I gave it a bad…

Is there any work going on for new and interesting operating systems for the desktop? I'm growing tired of Windows, macOS, and Linux. I'm mostly interested in new interaction models and the GUI. The documents on a…

Dumpster Diving used to be all the rage in information security for finding discarded but useful equipment and “interesting” information. I don’t see much about it any more, but people are no doubt just as careless…

Hi. I'm looking for recommendations for a small desktop. I'm normally a Mac guy, but I need a system to develop relatively simple desktop applications in .NET using MS Visual Studio. It seems I'll get the most for my…

Maybe there is one and I haven't found it? But, it seems like all the reverse lookup sites are extremely scammy. Obviously, it probably costs something for the data, and to keep it current. And, advertising is probably…

I'm looking for recommendations for a good US-based domain attorney to help negotiate the purchase of a dot-com domain that is currently owned by a third-party but not being used. Of course I can Google, but I'd like…

Google buys robotics companies. Drones. China lands a rover on the moon. Iran sends monkeys into space. Exciting times :-)

I'm looking to learn an easy yet powerful front-end framework. I'm coming from a background in Rails, JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Thoughts?

I've been building a web app using Ruby on Rails. Recently, someone asked me why I wasn't developing in DotNet, stating that it was much more secure. I searched a bit, but all the articles I found comparing the security…

I'm looking for suggestions on what to do about problems with Google Chrome (browser) on Mac OS X. It had been working completely fine for me for months. Then suddenly last week it's become so slow it's almost unusable.…

Hello, HN. I've been programming in a variety of languages as a hobbyist over the years. About a year ago, I started to learn Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and Sintra. Now, I want to build a production web app. But everything…

I'm a beginner (hobbyist) Rails developer. I've gone through many of the available tutorials, such as Michael Hartl's excellent Ruby on Rails Tutorial at http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ (both editions, books, and…

Are there any IP attorneys reading HN? For a while I've had an idea to build a site where users can up/down vote consumer brands. In simplest terms, think of it as "Hot-or-Not" for Brands. However, it's been suggested…

I know this isn't a typical 'Ask HN' question, but I'm looking for recommendations for a very quiet Windows desktop. A friend lives in a small studio apartment and must have his PC near his bed. The fan on his current…

I've become a little jealous of the HN Chicago mail-list, so I started one for Milwaukee, WI. Check it out and join if you'd like at http://groups.google.com/group/hn-milwaukee.

Just a warning for my friends on HN: If you are going to buy or sell a domain name, use a transfer agent (i.e., an escrow service). Over the years I've bought and sold a few domains (under 5), and I've used transfer…

Sorry if this is a FAQ. Why is there no feature to just save a news item so I can mark it for later reading and then decide if I want to vote on it? I know this isn't Reddit, but it sure would be useful, IMHO. Or, is…

Maybe I don't want to up-vote or down-vote, I just want to save an article so I can find it later... just like I can on Reddit. How hard would it be to add this functionality?