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by Sealy 13y ago
I actually prefer the feel of laptop style keys so the apple keyboards get my vote. I find the low travel and light weight touch is easier on RSI.
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Texas man charged with running $60M Bitcoin Ponzi scheme(venturebeat.com)
57 points by Sealy 13y ago|24 comments
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by Sealy 13y ago
To give an example: In line with Google's mission statement of "Don't be evil", I figure that it could extend to "Don't be annoying". > My question is: Why should a company make it easy for people to d
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by Sealy 13y ago
I can't imagine that being very practical as you're likely to die of starvation before the veggies grow big enough to feed you. This would take months to set up.
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by Sealy 13y ago
I chose MySQL based on two very non-technical reasons. 1. I am comfortable with MySQL 2. If its good enough to run Facebook, then its good enough for me
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by Sealy 13y ago
Thats very cool. How do you get around health and safety matters? What happens if someone falls off it and tries to sue you? (apologies for the morbid question, just curious thats all)
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Kipochi launches first Bitcoin wallet in Africa with M-Pesa integration(kipochi.com)
1 points by Sealy 13y ago|0 comments
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by Sealy 13y ago
I'd say 10 or more in my vicinity. Im in an office with mobiles, cisco ip phones, laptops and desktops everywhere. If you were talking about this floor... then that figure could easily go into the hundreds O_O !
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by Sealy 13y ago
hrabago has more karma then you mikestew; 587 vs 506 at the time of typing this.
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by Sealy 13y ago
Assembly gets my vote too. Its one of the lowest level languages you can learn and it gives you a more 'wholesome' appreciation of computing. Don't expect the ability to create something useful in it though.
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by Sealy 13y ago
> tl;dr - "Poverty is a more powerful influence on the outcome of inner-city children than gestational exposure to cocaine." This is an interesting and almost 'common sense' observation about demographics. It is more
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The Mind-Boggling Implications of a Bitcoin Economy(americanthinker.com)
1 points by Sealy 13y ago|0 comments
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by Sealy 13y ago
Thats really slick. What kind of charting library are you using?
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by Sealy 13y ago
Middle clicking on a link brings it up in a separate tab. If your mouse does not have a middle click button, buy one. It is a godsend. If not, re-map one of your mouse buttons to be a Button-3. I often remap the forward button to Button 3.
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by Sealy 13y ago
Unfortunately, most 'enterprise' grade software out there is horribly designed, has a terrible UI and is very hard to use I believe you have just identified a product niche. Quick hackers, lets get on it!
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by Sealy 13y ago
I hope these kind of events help lead up to a critical mass where adoption starts to skyrocket. What articles like these show is that people are starting to have more faith in the cryptography-backed currencies then their own government bac
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Bitcoin Transactions Rise As Economic Unrest Hits Argentina(techcrunch.com)
45 points by Sealy 13y ago|12 comments
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by Sealy 13y ago
I agree with you that the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is one of the best charities out there however I'm stunned that they do not (openly) accept donations: Q. Does the foundation accept donations? A. From time to time, people g
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A Weaponized Toilet Brush Crossbow Can Really Clean Up(gizmodo.com.au)
1 points by Sealy 13y ago|0 comments
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by Sealy 13y ago
I think he's referring to the relative uselessness of the code. Yes it would have taken a lot of time, talent and intellect to produce but from what I understand is of relatively little use? Can someone correct me if I'm wrong?
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by Sealy 13y ago
He alleges Apple's porn offering led to unfair competition between his wife and porn stars, which ultimately caused a deteriorating relationship Rofl
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by Sealy 13y ago
tl;dr there is also this quote: In 1997 I got a call from another startup founder considering hiring them to promote his company. I told him they were PR gods, worth every penny of their outrageous fees. But I remember thinking his company
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by Sealy 13y ago
One of Paul's posts says he used these guys: http://www.schwartzmsl.com/client_coverage.php I can't remember where it is, one second let me search... tadaa here we go: http://www.paulgraham.com/s
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Engadget: The rise (and rise?) of Bitcoin(engadget.com)
1 points by Sealy 13y ago|0 comments
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Brain activity decides what goes viral online(smh.com.au)
1 points by Sealy 13y ago|0 comments
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by Sealy 13y ago
The changes are subtle but nice. Does anyone know how much mailchimp would have paid for a redesign like that? I just want to get a better understanding of how the design industry would work in that respect.
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by Sealy 13y ago
Thanks for clarifying, I did not know a Physician was also referred to as an MD.
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Portrait of a Bitcoin miner: How one man made $192K in virtual currency(bitcoin-journal.com)
1 points by Sealy 13y ago|0 comments
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by Sealy 13y ago
Sorry to ask the obvious but what is MD in this context? Where I work it stands for Managing Director . It didn't seem to quite fit right in your post though.
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by Sealy 13y ago
I recently started to take an empathetic approach to answering customer queries. I noticed their responses changed significantly from angry to accepting. I remember reading a post on these pages that explained Apple's sales and support

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