Hacker News: swagv

New comment by swagv in "The Ugly Indian"

swagv — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 23:14:08 +0000

That's brilliant, really. A beautification movement.

You don't have to be wealthy to have clean streets, manicured gardens, etc. It starts with a lack of tolerance for substandard conditions.

New comment by swagv in "Show HN: HackerRank's app guarantees an interview call after a coding challenge"

swagv — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 20:19:39 +0000

Sorry, Hacker Rank can't make me guarantee anything.

New comment by swagv in "Tesla chief Elon Musk says Apple is making an electric car"

swagv — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 01:57:37 +0000

Call Mike Wallace. Who knew?

New comment by swagv in "How a 90-Year-Old Missing Person Became a Hit on Spotify"

swagv — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:52:59 +0000

And yet why only Spotify? In fact, the article makes no mention of it and the word "Spotify" only appears in the title.

Perhaps I should be thankful that this wasn't a blatant advert for Spotify. But you have to ask...

New comment by swagv in "[dead]"

swagv — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 01:40:30 +0000

Lame

New comment by swagv in "To Catch a Rapist"

swagv — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 21:37:18 +0000

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10847966

New comment by swagv in "‘Making a Murderer’ Left Out Crucial Facts, Prosecutor Says"

swagv — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 21:36:27 +0000

Why are we pretending binge-watching entertainment is the same as the judicial process?

New comment by swagv in "Netflix Is Now Available Around the World"

swagv — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 21:35:30 +0000

F* Netflix, really.

New comment by swagv in "Many See I.R.S. Penalties as More Affordable Than Health Insurance"

swagv — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 23:56:58 +0000

You can pay and get something or pay and get nothing.

New comment by swagv in "Surgery Performed with Google Cardboard Saved a Baby's Life"

swagv — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 21:01:07 +0000

Redbook

New comment by swagv in "Why Are 20-Somethings Retiring?"

swagv — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 20:23:40 +0000

The article did a poor job of explaining its titular premise, imo

New comment by swagv in "Should Facebook Be Forced to Fight Terrorism?"

swagv — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 21:57:35 +0000

Facebook IS terrorism

New comment by swagv in "Why We Created the Yelp Elite Squad"

swagv — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 20:43:50 +0000

Somebody saw that South Park episode on them.

New comment by swagv in "[dead]"

swagv — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 19:03:57 +0000

So what would the inverted classroom look like in this case?

New comment by swagv in "12 Coders Get Naked for a Good Cause"

swagv — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 15:29:13 +0000

Stole it from the Dice ads all over town

New comment by swagv in "Diagnosing Yahoo’s Ills: Ugly Math in Marissa Mayer’s Reign"

swagv — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:35:32 +0000

Yahoo is FuckedCompany.com in slow motion

New comment by swagv in "Who's Profiting from $1.2T of Federal Student Loans?"

swagv — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 18:51:00 +0000

The question is silly. It's common knowledge that the degree inflation masters of the University of Phoenix, APUS, Liberty, DeVry, Capella, Kaplan U, etc., are all the ones cashing in on this.

New comment by swagv in "Banksy: “Steve Jobs – The Son of a Migrant from Syria”"

swagv — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 00:09:06 +0000

Was this supposed to reason to ALLOW Syrian migrants? It's not.

New comment by swagv in "How the Food Industry Engineers the Need to Eat"

swagv — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:57:56 +0000

Is it 2013 all over again?

This book is old news.

New comment by swagv in "Highly educated women no longer have fewer kids"

swagv — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:48:34 +0000

This means population control requires poverty once again