Smirnoff

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by Smirnoff 13y ago
I hope Durov brothers are taking notes. Making a half-baked Facebook clone is not the same as making a fully-secured messaging system. PS: These guys are still copying Facebook. Facebook released a messaging app, so these guys did the same.
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
bitcoins don't provide anonymity.
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
Micropayments is a really tough business. Basically it's too risky. Chargebacks are often anywhere between $15 to $35 per transaction. When you earn a small percentage of a $5 transaction, which a sender claims to have sent by mistake
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
Thanks. I will instead finish my projects that I am working on :)
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
Ok, the plethora of bitcoin/litecoin articles on HN news are making me sick now. I feel like there are 3+ articles about it at any given time. Seriously, with all the hype, I got suckered into buying bitcoin/litecoin just to reali
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
I honestly don't understand why so many people disagree with you. While this article is not complete BS, many of the examples are just wrong. >> Russians don't smile in business meetings. What? Russians do smile in business
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
Umm, no, you shouldn't be able to do everything you want with your money. A payment processor has a fiduciary duty for its customers. So if you are sending $100,000 to Nigeria to pay for puppies, the Payment processor better stop thi
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
>>> When you have dozens of designers that all want to leave their mark on the product, you end up with...dozens of features, none of which fit together quite right. Google is in that state right now. I think it is quite the opposi
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
>> The typical "mess with this" kind of action would be walk up on the edge of a freeway and pop up a full sized STOP sign on the shoulder. I am pretty sure, these autonomous cars will get info about road signs, etc through
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
Central Asia (incl. Former Soviet Republics)
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
Do you really think that professors want to send their students to work? Same stuff happens in Uzbekistan (only with Cotton). If teachers and professors don't send their students to work during semester, the professors will lose their
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
Bitcoin is a deflationary currency, which means it INCREASES in value. If you don't trust me (or my Finance degree), then google and read the paper of the Bitcoin creator, where he/she/they outlined the economics benefits of
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
I think you are confused about the term "inflation". When there is an inflation, the value of that item/money goes down. Or in other words, you have to pay more to get the same amount of goods. This is clearly not the case wi
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
I understand that it's not easy. One way to solve South East crime and penury problems is to move these people away. Building corporate offices there could make it happen. Now I know that the approach of moving Anacostia people away ha
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
Oh, so construction companies are running out of places in DC? And they need the location right next to the White House? Please. There is space right across Anacostia river in the South East. Metro goes there pretty fast. Build the building
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
I don't know for sure but I think it's because I used brew to install node and npm. When installing, brew picks a different path, which sometimes causes problems.
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
How is iPad a counter-example? I have been using it since it came out: Retina display is awesome; the battery life is longer than my iPad 2's battery life; 3G support is super; iPad 3 works with no problems! And did I mention that I do
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
This tool is amazing. For those who have trouble installing, try using sudo. It helped me.
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
What are these things called? And how do I make one and append into my code?
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
You don't have to go too far. Twitter doesn't let me put my full name either. I have a typical Russian name (Vladislav) and a last name that consists of 11 letters. Is that really too long for Twitter to handle?
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
Your thought reminded me of a Ian Langworth's recent quote: "Today, as CTO and co-founder of Artillery, I’m split between infinite freedom and infinite responsibility."[1] [1] http://firstround.com/article&#x2
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
I have seen Putin talk on TV a few times and I can totally see Putin say this "in Russian." He probably had someone to write it down and translate the speech for him. So I have no doubt that Putin was the author of the speech&#x2F
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
I had a different experience with my dental insurance. My insurance (offered through my employer) was only ~$30 per month. Most of the preventative treatments were absolutely free. Apparently insurance companies discount preventative treatm
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
They go broke for many reasons: 1. US Healthcare is too expensive. Two weeks after I first came to the states, my wisdom teeth (all 4) started growing. I had to pull them out. That was a $2,000 bill and a good lesson to get insurance asap.
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
Did you participate in YC though? I don't see your main page (as well as blog) mentioning YC at all.
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
I had a similar thought when I read the texts. The first (b&w) text was just harder to comprehend due to esoteric words, lack of thought direction, and several personas. I couldn't understand what author was trying to say. The se
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
Clicking on the modulus logo takes me to your blog site instead of your main site
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
So why can't, let's say, German citizens sue Google and alike in Germany? I am pretty sure many foreigners feel that some NSA programs are unconstitutional according to other countries' constitution. What if many foreign citi
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
Great. I will give it a try!
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by Smirnoff 13y ago
Hi Balaji. I plan to build a website as a part of your class. Since I am not very tech savvy (basic knowledge of html, css, and python), will you still recommend taking your course?

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