<story><title>The Lottery Hackers</title><url>http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winners/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bumbledraven</author><text>James Harvey and Yuran Lu co-founded QuicklyChat (YC S12 - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20120816231511&amp;#x2F;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.quicklychat.com&amp;#x2F;about.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20120816231511&amp;#x2F;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.quickl...&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;quicklychat-yc-s12-brings-push-to-talk-video&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;quicklychat-yc-s12-brings-push-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I guess they had no trouble with question 3 on the YC application: &lt;i&gt;Please tell us about the time you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage.&lt;/i&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The Lottery Hackers</title><url>http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winners/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mistersquid</author><text>That was a fantastic long read! Wow.&lt;p&gt;A lot of intrigue in it, too, especially with the emergence of the MIT cohort, computer programmers, and electrical engineers.&lt;p&gt;Excellent decision on the part of the investigative reporter Jason Fagone to tell the story from the vantage of the Selbees.&lt;p&gt;The article is fun even as it smudges the Selbees (and other bulk ticket purchasers) with a dab of questionable ethics as is appropriate for a (minor-ish) vice such as lottery gambling.&lt;p&gt;Thanks for sharing.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: noun verb agreement</text></comment>