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Microsoft's open sourcing of .Net: The back story(zdnet.com)
5 points by Avalaxy 13y ago|0 comments
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
Wow, this despresses me. It pushes my nose unto the fact that I really suck at 2048, because no matter how hard I make it, this AI solves every problem I throw at it. Yet, I haven't managed to surpass 6568 after days of playing.
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
Correct, XBT is the ISO name for bitcoin. Most people don't know this and are still using BTC, but BTC is wrong.
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
At least it is in Metro.
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
I would really love to use Balanced, I'm really excited for the escrow and the bitcoin features... If only they accepted customers from the Netherlands.
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
It isn't. I'm Dutch, and had to learn Dutch (obviously), English, French and German. And so did all the other people I know. People who attended gymnasium also had to learn ancient Greek and Latin.
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
Then you haven't been to Reddit. There's a guy there who lost 4000-ish coins.
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
Ah not much, around 1.7 bitcoins. Bought them pretty cheap (<$300) in the recent weeks because I wanted to take the bet. Turned out I lost the bet. But that's not a big deal, I made around 1 bitcoin profit through btc.sx.
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
Doh, those are just events that already happened. Not rocket science here.
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Does the Language You Use Make a Difference (revisited)?(simontylercousins.net)
3 points by Avalaxy 13y ago|0 comments
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
Thanks! I checked with Balanced to see if I can sign up as a European company, but they didn't offer any ways to do that. I'll just keep looking for alternatives.
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
Dogue. Like vogue.
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
Too bad, Balanced only works with US companies. Bummer.
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
Thanks for the suggestion! Cancelling the project because of some legal obstacles isn't really an option, I put quite a bit of work into this already before I came up with the idea of implementing it as an escrow. I think I'm just
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
Escrow'ing is not my business, it's just a measure I'd like to take to protect consumers against other (fraudulent) consumers. It's how AliExpress does it (and maybe ebay too, but I don't really know ebay): you buy
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Ask HN: Do I need a license to be an escrow?
1 points by Avalaxy 13y ago|7 comments
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
Market capitalization. Basically the amount of outstanding shares (bitcoins) multiplied by the value of each share. The current bitcoin market cap is around 10 billion USD. The reason why this is not enough is pretty simple; first of all it
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
You want to measure the amount of bitcoin users on WP by checking how many downloads I've got? Kraken is a very small exchange, they only have around 60k registered users. Downloads are in the lower 1000+ so far. Engagement though is e
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
I'm working on a WP8 app for Kraken (the bitcoin exchange): http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=a3857353-599a-434f-8293-... . It's fully functional. It shows live rates, your open & closed orders, your balance
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
I can confirm this, having interned at MSFT. There were a lot of deals where developers would get free devices if they published x apps. The only thing that mattered was the amount of apps, they didn't really look at the quality. Manag
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Microsoft allows Bitcoin trading app on Windows Phone 8(techienews.co.uk)
2 points by Avalaxy 13y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft just gave Bitcoin a huge endorsement(leoncullens.nl)
1 points by Avalaxy 13y ago|1 comments
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Show HN: I just launched the first (and only) bitcoin trading app for WP8(leoncullens.nl)
2 points by Avalaxy 13y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft approves major update for WP8 Kraken app that adds bitcoin trading(leoncullens.nl)
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
When I read the title I thought: "well, must be an issue with internationalization (see Turkey test)". When I read the actual article I just thought "w..t..f... This just doesn't make any sense, who came up with this?&qu
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Ask HN: how to answer the "where do you wanna be in 1 year" question?
2 points by Avalaxy 13y ago|0 comments
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Help me crowdfund my Kraken/bitcoin app(bitcoinstarter.com)
1 points by Avalaxy 13y ago|0 comments
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
Wow, I don't even know where to start. This OP is so insanely arrogant and ignorant, I can't even find the words to describe it.
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
Down: 100 Mbps Up: 10 Mbps Location: Netherlands ISP: UPC Cable :)
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by Avalaxy 13y ago
Well, the CEO seems pretty convinced that bitcoin is awesome and worth trying. And he's right; why not? If you convert it to dollars with bitpay, there isn't much risk, and there's a PR bonus.

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