RenierZA

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   Bitcoin looks primed for money laundering(finance.fortune.cnn.com)

   6 points by RenierZA 14y ago|1 comments
2. 32.▲
   U.S. Secret Service Bans Certain Gold and Silver Coins On eBay(forbes.com)

   4 points by RenierZA 14y ago|0 comments
3. 33.▲
   by RenierZA 14y ago

   Which storage engine is Wikipedia using (MyISAM, XtraDB or Aria)?
4. 34.▲
   by RenierZA 14y ago

   Screenshot (for after they've removed it): http://imgur.com/rxIhL
5. 35.▲
   by RenierZA 14y ago

   Can someone please explain why GPUs are so much better at brute force than CPUs? Do they have better instructions/pipelines for the math needed? Why are these not useful/implemented in general CPUs?
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   John McAfee confirms he is in Guatemala(whoismcafee.com)

   10 points by RenierZA 14y ago|7 comments
7. 37.▲
   by RenierZA 14y ago

   Quote: Vice Magazine reporters are indeed with me in Guatemala. Yesterday was chaotic due to the accidental release of my exact co-ordinates by an unseasoned technician at Vice headquarters. We made it to safety in spite of
8. 38.▲
   by RenierZA 14y ago

   Here is the discussion for The Best: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4755470
9. 39.▲
   Quality isn’t enough: how producing a good game may have helped kill a studio(penny-arcade.com)

   1 points by RenierZA 14y ago|0 comments
10. 40.▲
    by RenierZA 14y ago

    That site is extremely slow (with lots of CPU usage) on Firefox. Seems fine on Chrome
11. 41.▲
    by RenierZA 14y ago

    Interesting. I can the "i" button in that video, but my app does not have it, and I don't get voice answers. Edit: Switching to English (US) does give vocal answers, but then it doesn't seem to understand my South African accent anymore.
12. 42.▲
    by RenierZA 14y ago

    I see from that report they have 589 employees. Why do they need so many?
13. 43.▲
    by RenierZA 14y ago

    15 years ago I was already building (intranet) web apps using FrontPage 97. The zero deployment advantage was quickly recognized.
14. 44.▲
    by RenierZA 14y ago

    You mean like John Locke did? http://www.amazon.com/Sold-Million-eBooks-Months-ebook/dp/B0...
15. 45.▲
    by RenierZA 14y ago

    I wonder if this is a world record for the biggest comic ever. Does anybody know?
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    HDD vs SSD: Are SSDs finally worth the money?(computerworld.com)

    1 points by RenierZA 14y ago|0 comments
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    by RenierZA 14y ago

    Unique monthly users: * Slashdot: 3.7 million * SourceForge: 40 million * Freecode: 0.5 million
18. 48.▲
    by RenierZA 14y ago

    http://www.bettercallsaul.com/
19. 49.▲
    by RenierZA 14y ago

    Franklin Autobiography: http://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Benjamin-Franklin-Illust... Franklin Biography by Isaacson http://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-Franklin-ebook/dp/B000FBJG4U
20. 50.▲
    by RenierZA 14y ago

    Is the top password not stronger than the bottom one in your example?
21. 51.▲
    by RenierZA 14y ago

    Here it is: http://xkcd.com/917/
22. 52.▲
    by RenierZA 14y ago

    Using Google's search by image I found every follower's picture I tested to be fake. One of them is even Miss World from 1994: https://twitter.com/#!/Darbyko3 https://twitter.com/#!/aishwaryarai
23. 53.▲
    by RenierZA 14y ago

    I could get rid of it in Firefox by right-clicking one of the links and selecting "Forget About This Site"
24. 54.▲
    by RenierZA 15y ago

    So they're battling online privacy? Say no to privacy! (or maybe yes to proof reading)