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by Sambdala 12y ago
No. It used to be an "ancillary" crime, but now it's simply illegal to move money while looking like you're trying to hide the source.
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Virgin's Richard Branson offers staff unlimited holiday(bbc.co.uk)
4 points by Sambdala 12y ago|0 comments
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by Sambdala 12y ago
If this (from another comment) is true: "A quick google tells me Walmart has 11% of the us retail market and an estimated 18% of the grocery market, however again this is not a good indicator of their overall size of pos transactions,
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by Sambdala 12y ago
Credits - A built from scratch cryptocurrency that seeks to solve a few pain points with current cryptocurrencies. * Aiming for instantaneous(ish) transaction confirmations. * Much easier and safer to develop against the protocol than Satos
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by Sambdala 12y ago
Outside the US, expats (or anyone, I just mostly know expats who use it) who follow US sports can subscribe to streaming packages that are far superior to watching it over broadcast. I think you can even switch between different commentator
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by Sambdala 12y ago
> And he’s part of one camp that believes young professionals and students will eventually become cable subscribers. > “We suspect they will trade up,” Skipper said. The implication here seems to be that cable is the premium/pref
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by Sambdala 12y ago
Do you (or anyone else) have any idea if this is getting better, and how quickly, if so? I'm of the same mind that I'm incredibly willing to shell out a bunch of money on super high resolution displays (and even more powerful vide
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by Sambdala 12y ago
Liquidation preference.
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by Sambdala 12y ago
3,600 * <Current Cost per Bitcoin> is probably a pretty good approximation of the daily cost. Since Bitcoin is currently ~$500, that's ~$1.8mm per day.
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by Sambdala 12y ago
Since my background is poker, I'll use an (overly simplified) example from there. There are situations where you want to manipulate your range (set of hands) in a given spot so that your actions make up a certain distribution. For exam
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by Sambdala 12y ago
I'm not sure if it was released elsewhere, but that was posted on 2013-03-19, which was also the same day of his last activity on GitHub. https://github.com/halfinney?tab=activity
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by Sambdala 12y ago
As someone who doesn't know Bob McMillan personally (and so don't have that context when reading his articles), the title attached to an article is an important cue that should be considered. Yes, I understand he probably didn&#x2
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by Sambdala 12y ago
That's a pretty condescending title. It doesn't seem like it comes from an attitude too far removed from congressmen being proud of not understanding tech issues because it's all nerd stuff. Edit: A facebook comment on the ar
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by Sambdala 12y ago
If anyone's interested in seeing a simple implementation of something like this, but without the payment protocol implemented, I made a toy implementation earlier this year[1]. It encrypts files client-side, uses a "wallet" f
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by Sambdala 12y ago
"Regardless of what happened with Mike Brown, in the overwhelming majority of cases it is not the cops, but the people they stop, who can prevent detentions from turning into tragedies." ... "Even though it might sound harsh
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by Sambdala 12y ago
In the markets where they offer taxis as well, the app will even tell you that you can order a taxi and pay the regulated price instead of paying the surge pricing of UberX.
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by Sambdala 12y ago
I find it the opposite to be honest, but probably only because I'm using swype on mobile. It's easy to hit random characters when touch typing on a full keyboard, but it's much easier to just swipe a couple words together in
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by Sambdala 12y ago
$200k/month is not going to run you into liquidity issues.
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by Sambdala 12y ago
To add on to point 4, learning craps gives you both the best odds and the best social interaction. Once you're comfortable with the game, find a table that has a low minimum bet and a high max odds multiplier. http://wizardo
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by Sambdala 12y ago
If you can have both US and Canadian accounts, I'd deposit the USD in your US account and use TransferWise to get CAD which should save you on fees.
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by Sambdala 12y ago
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/its-time... > But those who quote Holmes might want to actually read the case where the phrase originated before using it as their main defense. If
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by Sambdala 12y ago
This is exactly what I've been wishing existed. If I could even go so far as to prepay for a set amount of time (1 to 6 months) for rent, sim, internet, and co-working space and have it all taken care of when I arrive, that would be ev
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by Sambdala 12y ago
> might very well correlate with bad education outcomes So would dying at age 16. It's definitely possible (probable?) they've taken the appropriate figures here, but there's definitely a chance for bad statistics here.
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by Sambdala 12y ago
http://hn4hn4x.herokuapp.com
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June and Jennifer Gibbons(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by Sambdala 12y ago|0 comments
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by Sambdala 12y ago
In the case of Ultimate Bet it turned out that it was an inside job, but the individuals involved didn't necessarily share in the long term profits of the company, so they were able to benefit personally to the tune of millions, while
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by Sambdala 12y ago
This is a very important issue that failed in our last attempt. As we put so many resources behind that attempt, this proves it's a difficult problem to solve that requires more resources. It logically follows that more taxpayer money
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US man finds lost mother in an isolated Amazon tribe(nypost.com)
165 points by Sambdala 12y ago|110 comments
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by Sambdala 12y ago
This isn't the case at the top end of the field. There used to be prominent winning players who were unaware of the math behind the game, but the theory nowadays is they mostly just lucked into naturally playing in a style that happene
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by Sambdala 12y ago
This is a very complicated question, and while I understand why they would use that percentage figure, I think it confuses the issue if you look into it more deeply for exactly the reason you stated. It is true that most of the money change

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