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by Casseres 9y ago
I think you're paying for the form factor. I agree the ad-copy is bad taste, and ignored it, until I came across the Noodle Pi mentioned again in another article. It's pretty interesting and tempting. The creator's talents
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by Casseres 9y ago
> programs like those can be scaled back "can" does not equal "will"
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by Casseres 9y ago
> How about PowerPoint? Tangent: There's a great TV show on Comedy Central called "Corporate". (It reminds me of Better Off Ted if any of you liked that series.) There is an episode titled, The Powerpoint of Death , whe
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by Casseres 9y ago
Couldn't traceable currencies cause death too? Let's say the government knows you bought XYZ, and later a fascist regime comes to power and they have access to your spending history.
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by Casseres 9y ago
Reading the article, I imagined what the people (?) on those planets must think when they discover they're not alone. Let's say we discover we are not alone. We know those aliens must not be from our galaxy, so do we push for dev
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by Casseres 9y ago
I would have used my Nexus 5 for at least another year, maybe longer, if it didn't bootloop. I replaced it with a Nexus 5X that I would still be using today if that too didn't bootloop. Beware, your Nexus 5 is on borrowed time wi
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by Casseres 9y ago
I would venture that most people here have never managed a supply chain before. Could you please share why instead?
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by Casseres 9y ago
Someone who didn't want glass on their phone in the first place – someone who treats their phone like a tool, not a trophy.
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by Casseres 9y ago
> If Californians want to move to Texas and bring their fiscal ideas with them, tough luck! > You get to decide where and how you live. I get to decide where and how I live. This is freedom. And I also get to decide to ask you not to
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by Casseres 9y ago
Native Texan here. I and many other Texans I know welcome newcomers with open arms. We all just have one message though: Please do not turn Texas into the places y'all are leaving. There's a reason y'all are leaving after a
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by Casseres 9y ago
Texan here. We welcome y'all with open arms, just please don't turn Texas into the places that you left.
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by Casseres 9y ago
#1 could sound like a challenge to the wrong people. Please be careful. I toohave received emails intended for others. One time I was included ina group email which kept going back and forth and they would not stop emailing me after askin
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by Casseres 9y ago
It's a recognizable guesture and makes for an iconic picture. Also, perhaps it's a message to the future that this is how things used to be.
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Virtual Currencies: The Oversight Role of the U.S. SEC and the U.S. CFTC(banking.senate.gov)
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by Casseres 9y ago
That chart shows a little under 10x from beginning to peak. Many people compare cryptocurrencies to the South Sea company, however, many of the different cryptocurrencies have gone 15-30x within the last year. A lot of the hype in the medi
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by Casseres 9y ago
> They are not physical objects and carry no identifying marks. Their only property is their amount. True. It's not the "bitcoin" itself that's being tracked and tainted, it's the transactions between addresses
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by Casseres 9y ago
Mixers are a bad idea. First, you have to trust that there's no collusion with any entities. Secondly, you have to hope that you don't get tainted coins in return. A more thorough explanation: https://moneroforcash.co
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by Casseres 9y ago
And only use shielded addresses: http://jeffq.com/blog/on-the-linkability-of-zcash-transactio... At least with Monero you don't have to worry about that because everything is private by default.
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by Casseres 9y ago
He had to fake the heart-monitoring test when he was running on a treadmill.
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by Casseres 9y ago
I'd rather not use a coin that requires the use of masternodes - let everyone's vote be equal and not make it a requirement to be rich in order to vote. Also there's no way to prove that a few people don't own a majority
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by Casseres 9y ago
Monero's block size scales automatically.
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by Casseres 9y ago
I don't know, and I'm not sure how mercenaries would affect the coin's value, but the thought is scary, and it offers a potential counterpoint to the comment about coins not having militaries giving them value.
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by Casseres 9y ago
Typo, meant: "that does not require"
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by Casseres 9y ago
I read a comment on Reddit where some people were speculating about the future of their coin. (This is a coin with "masternodes" that vote on how to spend a discretionary mining tax.) They speculated that one day they might vote
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by Casseres 9y ago
Monero is inflationary, but it still might not keep up with coin loss. Even a coin with higher inflation will still be susceptible as a speculative-investment. It would be nice if there was a way to avoid that, and to keep value relatively
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by Casseres 9y ago
> There were free vending machines for PPE Employers are required by law to provide PPE for free.
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by Casseres 9y ago
Or use Monero which doesn't have transaction histories associated with it.
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by Casseres 9y ago
Not exactly like HN, but there's also StuckMic.com and pointSixtyFive.com for Air Traffic Control discussions. Also gCaptain.com for Maritime News (occassionaly linked to by others here).
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by Casseres 9y ago
What are your thoughts on Captain Fantastic?
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by Casseres 9y ago
> Verge, which routes all of its transactions through Tor. Wouldn't it be possible to use Tor with any coin?

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