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by erickerr 16y ago
Everyone follows PG so the first thing you see isn't empty and discouraging
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by erickerr 16y ago
This already works though it isn't mentioned anywhere yet: http://hackerfollow.com/follow.php?add={hn-username}
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by erickerr 16y ago
We're not creating another identity for you. There aren't any profiles, it's simply a utility. I agree the messaging could be cleaner and I'll rework some of it when I have time later today, but we dont really need your email or a password
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by erickerr 16y ago
It's part of the experiment.
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by erickerr 16y ago
More context would be great (browser, page you were on, page you were redirected to). I think I uncovered the problem so you'll need to clear your cookies. Let me know, thanks!
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by erickerr 16y ago
We'd love to do that but the data isn't readily available by scraping. We could continuously fetch the parent_id post until we reach the root story, but that would result in a lot of extra curl requests.. V2 : )
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Facebook Vulnerability: Like Clickjacking(erickerr.com)
48 points by erickerr 16y ago|25 comments
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Hacking ChatRoulette’s "Report"(erickerr.com)
4 points by erickerr 16y ago|0 comments
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Facebook is Getting Orwellian. I Vote Ctrl-W.(blog.dogster.com)
34 points by erickerr 16y ago|48 comments
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New iPhone Dev Agreement Bans the Use of Third-Party Analytics and Services(erickerr.com)
133 points by erickerr 16y ago|54 comments
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Topeka Google Perspective Fail(img253.imageshack.us)
9 points by erickerr 16y ago|2 comments
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Top 5 Worst Google Fiber Pitches(techflash.com)
1 points by erickerr 16y ago|0 comments
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Recipes(xkcd.com)
1 points by erickerr 16y ago|0 comments
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Jim Reekes, The Man Behind Mac Sound(createdigitalmusic.com)
1 points by erickerr 17y ago|0 comments
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by erickerr 17y ago
Right next to the "Submit" button, it says that the tweet will be sent out. Also, the button itself says "Save and Tweet Your March Madness Bracket"
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by erickerr 17y ago
I would agree about needing to have something to show people - what do you think would encourage people to return?
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by erickerr 17y ago
I built this service in about a week as a full time student. The $5k prize is guaranteed if 5,000 people fill out the 1st page of the survey. I'd greatly appreciate any feedback on the product as a whole and if you think a Twitter-based sy
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Ask HN: Review My App - TwitBet(twitbet.com)
12 points by erickerr 17y ago|21 comments
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by erickerr 17y ago
"As the use of porn increases, the rate of sex crimes goes down" This is a perfect application of "Correlation does not imply causation". It's very likely that over time (during which internet porn has skyrocketed and made consumption fric
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by erickerr 17y ago
While I did make and launch http://browseforacause.com a few months ago (which this may or may not have been inspired from), I welcome this launching - any innovation to donate more money to charity can really only be a good thing.
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Dear New Employee(enews.org)
3 points by erickerr 17y ago|0 comments
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Brain-Computer Interface(letsmakerobots.com)
1 points by erickerr 17y ago|0 comments
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The Importance of Fear, Risk and Hacking(techcrunch.com)
7 points by erickerr 17y ago|0 comments
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by erickerr 17y ago
They probably just use a python script and type from php import cppCompiler not sure why that took 2 years
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by erickerr 17y ago
Speed here is a subject of debate. Does Google want to minimize the load time of this particular 404 page (so you can do whatever you're going to do), or do they want to minimize the time to your intended destination? I think it's the later
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by erickerr 17y ago
Good point - this could me mitigated by only returning the results if there are matching Google products