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Jan 17

A Writer Used AI to Plagiarize Me. Now What?

Many artificial intelligence tools can be used to rip off written work, including mine. How can originality be defended against an algorithm?
By Alex Kantrowitz
An anonymous bug report posted to Cryptome with dark undertones.
Jul 20

Do Captchas Make it Easy to ID Anonymous Web Users?

Sometimes, read the comments.
By Brady Dale
Oct 14

Sounds Like Not Even Paul Graham Is Sure WTF to Do About Hacker News

Some days, it’s really hard to repress the urge to raze Hacker News and sow the ground with salt. But
By Kelly Faircloth
Cool ominous clouds, God. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Oct 7

Meanwhile, on Hacker News: Yakkin’ About the Debt Ceiling

By Kelly Faircloth
Sure, KK. (Know Your Meme)
Sep 25

Woman Attempts To Woo Computer Programmer Into Marriage With Sandwiches

By Kelly Faircloth
(Photo: Wikipedia)
Jun 18

No, Facebook Is Not Deliberately Blocking Logins from TOR

By Jessica Roy
(Photo: Heated Forest)
May 15

To Hug or Not to Hug? Hacker News Commenters Unsure of How to Interact With Real Live Human Ladies

By Jessica Roy
Oct 8

Hacker News Parody Sums Up Everything We Love To Hate About Hacker News

By Jessica Roy
(Photo: Status Chart)
Sep 5

Status Chart, the Résumé Porn for Self-Quantifiers, Officially Beta-Launches Today

By Jessica Roy
SPACE, YOU GUYS.
Aug 10

What’s NASA Done For You Lately?

By Kelly Faircloth
Betabeat gets fontBombed.
Jul 6

Use fontBomb to Blow Up Text on the Sites You Hate Most

By Jessica Roy
Mr. Basch (Photo: LinkedIn)
Jun 21

The Valley’s Vicious Cycle: Raise, Get Acquired, Repeat

By Jessica Roy
Mr. Atwood, probably yelling at you for wanting to learn a new hobby. (flickr.com/pepez)
May 15

‘Do Not Learn to Code,’ Declares Professional Coder

By Jessica Roy
Mr. Miller, pimp.
Mar 30

Engineer Chooses Alley Over Valley Because NYC Has More Ladies

By Jessica Roy
(Illustration by David Saracino / New York Observer.)
Nov 10

The Trolls Come Out For 10Gen

By Ben Popper
(twitter.com)
Oct 24

Walkin’ the Walk: Bloomberg Joins Hacker News (Maybe)

By Adrianne Jeffries
(paulgraham.com)
Oct 24

Paul Graham Publicly Releases Nodejitsu From Hacker News Jail

By Adrianne Jeffries
Aug 26

Rumors & Acquisitions: Hacker News Allegations, a Fast-Follow Start-Up, and Leave Groupon Alone!

By Adrianne Jeffries
Dec 13

Gawker Media Hacked By New Hacker Group Gnosis: It’s Not Over Yet

By Steve Huff
Dec 13

Good Guy Hackers Jump In To Save GAWKER Users From Evil Hackers

By Adrianne Jeffries
Dec 13

Good Guy Hackers Jump In To Save GAWKER Users From Evil Hackers

By Adrianne Jeffries
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