MacsHeadroom

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CBT Nuggets Bitcoin Training Series released - Accepting donations in bitcoins(bitcoin.cbtnuggets.com)
1 points by MacsHeadroom 14y ago|0 comments
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
>she is a target because she is a woman We don't know that. This is an assumption made with no meaningful evidence.
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
1) No, Gavin (Bitcoin lead developer) says he wants to make the transaction and block size unlimited (or rather, let the miners limit it). This should keep fees down. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=140233.40 2) No, costs for the
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
>In case of major economic turmoil, the value of Bitcoins can drop to zero and stay there permanently. It really can't. Bitcoin is used in over 100 countries. Economic turmoil in one, or even a few, country will not be sufficient to dro
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
>Isn't this value derived from the system as a whole rather than Bitcoins themselves? Capital B Bitcoin (never plural) refers to the system as a whole. Lowercase b bitcoins refers to the units of currency. And yes, this value is derived
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
He writes about direct value of steel - but half of the examples he mentions are about metal in general and not about the particular alloy. While true, I don't see the relevance of this point. Bitcoin is a commodity with non-money uses. Yes
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
The Namecoin and Litecoin blockchains have relatively large/robust user/contributor networks behind them. Both are almost identical to Bitcoin, with very little modification.
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
In "Drills" mode it is impossible to tell the difference between lowercase L and capital I. Doesn't seem like it should be that way.
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
Bitcoin is highly liquid and only becomes more so each day.
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
Yes.
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
Ah, yes. Nose medicine.
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
What does that have to do with accepting anonymous donations? Presumably accepting donations in bitcoins can only be beneficial. Accepting payments may or may not be a different story.
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
Online gambling is not illegal in the US. Transferring USD to an online gambling service is illegal. Many gambling websites operate completely legally in the US using Bitcoins instead of USD. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-03
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
Three of the top 1000 websites in the world started accepting bitcoins in the past few months--most notably Wordpress. http://www.thebitcointrader.com/2011/12/bitcoin-bounty-ladde... Thousands of other sites and hundreds of real life loca
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
There are dozens of exchanges operating fully within the law of their jurisdictions all over the world. A U.S. exchange take down would only be good for the smaller foreign exchanges and their extended network of established Bitcoin busines
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
There are 30+ exchanges in two dozen countries that would benefit indirectly from other exchanges being taken down. The notion that these exchanges would shut down voluntarily just when things are looking up for them is ridiculous.
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
Cattle don't need flora to digest grains. They never ate grain in their evolutionary past, only grass. Their flora doesn't process it- which is why E. coli takes over. The majority of cattle which end up in a grocer, convenience store, or r
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
Have you not seen the surface in person? It makes a macbook look bulkier than the Governator. The surface pro is quite a powerful device with great battery life. Even with the keyboard attached it weighs less than a macbook air.
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
Search could work just fine with a client-side generated (Google hosted) encrypted index. Spam Filtering is a big one though. Most people don't realize that 98% of emails are spam. The spam that finds its way to your spam folder is only a t
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
"Due to the investigation into the Secret Service involvement with #AaronSwartz we have decided to disclose the following facts (1-3) " https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/292503580135538688 "1. Aaron Swartz assisted WikiLeaks #aaronwart
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WikiLeaks: Aaron Swartz assisted WikiLeaks, may have been a source(twitter.com)
15 points by MacsHeadroom 14y ago|2 comments
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
People still watched TV when you were growing up.
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
"It’s not possible to delete a Skype account" One more reason to use VSee end-to-end encrypted video chat. http://vsee.com/
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
This game looks great. Unfortunately, it plays horribly. * There is no easy way to see when all of one number have been found. * It is very easy to accidentally click the wrong number (thus losing points). * Only one level is available with
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by MacsHeadroom 14y ago
If there is one thing that can be learned from this... Use DuckDuckGo.