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> "Two MIT students have raised half a million dollars for a project to distribute $100 in bitcoin to every undergraduate student at MIT this fall." > "The org
by chill1 12y ago
> "Two MIT students have raised half a million dollars for a project to distribute $100 in bitcoin to every undergraduate student at MIT this fall."
> "The organizers admit they do not know how students will decide to use their bitcoin. However, they plan to use the time between now and when the bitcoin is distributed to build up the Bitcoin ecosystem at MIT."
I've been waiting to hear about the next phase of bitcoin development; beyond exchanges and marketplaces. What would be the easiest way to keep tabs on the bitcoin projects at MIT? Is there a publicly accessible message board for this project?
Edit:
Reorganized this post a bit. Didn't mean to side track so much from the content of the article.
Side note:
Please stop hijacking the native browser scrolling. I don't know if it's because I ate guláš for lunch, but the custom scroll effect on this site makes me feel nauseous. Additionally, the site doesn't work at all without JavaScript. Why? The site could probably very easily be built to static HTML files for faster load times, decreased load on the server(s), and wouldn't require JavaScript to render views.
- marlin 12y agoDont understand your issue. the only javascript served by this page should be <script type="text/javascript"> function byId(id) { return document.getElementById(id); } function vote(node) { var v = node.id.split(/_/); // {'up', '123'} var item = v[1]; // hide arrows byId('up_' + item).style.visibility = 'hidden'; byId('down_' + item).style.visibility = 'hidden'; // ping server var ping = new Image(); ping.src = node.href; return false; // cancel browser nav } </script> for the <a> links, as such: <a id=up_7666264 onclick="return vote(this)" href="vote?for=7666264&dir=up&xxxx"> and this makes it surely works correctly even without javascript.
- nikentic 12y agoDid you make that up? There's like 10 jquery plugins loaded in the bottom of the body, including jquery.nicescroll
- joshstrange 12y agoMarlin, I believe he is talking about the linked page not the HN page.
- marlin 12y agoAh, i didnt realize that by the wording of OP. also, thx someone for downvoting a helpful attempt. i see the cancer found HN also
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- blueskin_ 12y ago>Please stop hijacking the native browser scrolling. I don't know if it's because I ate guláš for lunch, but the custom scroll effect on this site makes me feel nauseous. Additionally, the site doesn't work at all without JavaScript. Agreed. The custom scrollbars are awful too. I wish browsers had a way to prevent certain things from being overridden (scrolling, right click, scrollbars, keyboard shortcuts) on a user configurable basis.
- unfamiliar 12y agoPlus it kills swipe-to-go-back in Safari.
- areagle 12y agoFixing this right now. Sorry about the annoyance!
- mhaymo 12y agoAddendum to sidenote: the site also overrides Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn, which is highly frustrating.
- rlpb 12y ago> Please stop hijacking the native browser scrolling. Or just stop hijacking my browser. Why do I need Javascript to read an announcement?