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I'm running out of space on my laptop and would like to move some old files to the cloud. I also have old files on a couple of USB sticks and external HDs that I'm a bit paranoid about losing so I'd like to move this…

Why can't I install stock Android on my phone just like I can install Linux on pretty much any PC? Is there a fundamental difference with phone hardware which makes this especially difficult?

Hi HNers, I built a Slack bot which turns Slack channels into SSH terminals. I got a few signups but the main feedback I'm getting is that people will not use it because it (understandably) poses a security risk. I was…

... or is it impossibly hard? I must have tried at least 10 times to complete the CAPTCHA without success.

I had to implement a chat server for a project I'm working on and since I had never done this before, I used Slack's documentation as a roadmap and ended up re-implementing pretty much their whole API (I went a bit…

I know the deadline is passed but I've heard before that some late applications were accepted in the past (not sure if it's still the case).

I've noticed that when I write Javascript tests (and am in a rush), I often just call a bunch of functions with (semi-)randomly chosen arguments, check what return values / changed state I get and codify that in a test…

Big data is a trending topic these days and I'd like to get my hands dirty both out of curiosity and to make myself more relevant on the marketplace. That being said, I'm not sure which data sets are both interesting to…

I was wondering if there is any website where I can chose a couple of web apps (Gmail, Twitter, Reddit, etc.), fill up a form / captchas and have all my accounts created in one click? Better yet if this service has an…

From my observation, the software community seems to be largely segmented into two main subcultures or school of thoughts (while there are many other shades in between or at their intersection): the hacker one and the…

I think I'm a pretty decent programmer and can write well designed libraries, applications, etc. That being said, I really suck at system level architecture: how to cleanly separate a monolithic process into smaller…

I have been learning Python for the past few days and absolutely love the language but I just can't wrap my head around package management. Here's a few keywords I've stumbled upon trying to learn how package management…

A few years ago, it seemed as if everyone was talking about the semantic web as the next big thing. What happened? Are there still startups working in that space? Are people still interested?

Is there an IRC channel for HN ? Was this debated before ?

A good friend of mine took a programming course this autumn and really liked it. He is starting university next year and is not sure if he wants to study software engineering. How would you motivate/inspire him about…