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by aedron 9y ago
Coinbase could easily avoid, or be unable to, provide BCH balances to their bitcoin holding customers. There's no telling how Coinbase operates internally. You can't just assume that 1 customer == 1 permanent bitcoin address in Co
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by aedron 9y ago
Why not both? Which is what is used in Europe.
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by aedron 9y ago
I generally dislike web ads, but I don't really mind YouTube. The ad plays, then goes away. You can even skip it after a few seconds. As far as ads go I think it's a very reasonable implementation.
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by aedron 9y ago
Musk's system uses elevators.
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by aedron 9y ago
They left it open for the photo, and put some fresh food on the table next to it to drive the point home.
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by aedron 9y ago
Since the article did not go into details, and many of the points seem nonsensical, can someone elaborate? Why can I not "Create an app loading screen" without service workers? Why can I not "Create an initial app UI to load
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by aedron 9y ago
It was founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis (Danish) in equal measure. The software was based on Janus Friis' earlier work (the Kazaa p2p network). It was developed by an outsourced team in Estonia.
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by aedron 9y ago
How would you know if it is tunneling out the data, concealed as any other kind of traffic, and at some future point after recording? I am pretty sure it would be undetectable if done right, given no access to the source code of the multipl
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by aedron 9y ago
It wasn't even a game, it was a scripted sequence with zero interactivity.
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by aedron 9y ago
The study found that ancient Egyptians were ... also closely related to Neolithic populations from the Anatolian Peninsula and Europe.
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by aedron 9y ago
Former UFC champion George Saint-Pierre has described in interviews how he basically loses consciousness for hours at a time, and doesn't know what happened. Like he'll come to and an entire day has passed. He suspects alien abduc
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by aedron 9y ago
Chrome 58, top menu only (only appears after ten seconds). Clicking menu items, nada.
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by aedron 9y ago
Chrome 58 for me. Blank page for ten seconds, then menu headers, but nothing else, appears.
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by aedron 9y ago
What if Facebook legitimately broke your patent?
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by aedron 9y ago
I liked this part of the article: "Suleiman was respectful and generous in victory. The citizens of Rhodes were to be exempt from both taxation and conscription for the next five years. Tadini was allowed to leave. He went to the colo
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by aedron 9y ago
All I know is never bet on the white guy.
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by aedron 9y ago
If you are talking about the same 'general' tests that I have seen, I think the idea of a synthesized problem with abstract concepts is already a strong cultural filter. They may seem very general and obvious to you, but someone n
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by aedron 9y ago
Which intelligence test do you have to pass to have a good life? I am not aware of such a test, unless you believe that, to have a good life, you must make a lot of money, which requires passing some exams. Which would be a simple-minded an
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by aedron 9y ago
Apple's recent obsession with health monitoring is weird from a branding standpoint. Losing appeal with young people is the nightmare of any technology company, becoming known as that gadget for geriatrics is another level of dejection
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by aedron 9y ago
Agreed, that is a great article. Interesting and really well-written.
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by aedron 9y ago
Completely forgotten, and one of the most brutal and disgusting genocidal military campaigns in (fairly) modern time.
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by aedron 9y ago
The usual knock on diet sodas (actually artificial sweeteners in general) is that it wreaks havoc on the gut bacteria, which could have all sorts of adverse effects. Not sure how much evidence of this there is, but weight gain is not the on
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by aedron 9y ago
> Musk is not going to push forward a venture like this without loads of research from a team of really smart people. It's not like it's just the one Elon with a fantasy about tunnels. It'd start with a bunch of talented p
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by aedron 9y ago
> Waymo will have the first self driving cars on the road Which are still way, way off in the future (if ever). I propose 'self-driving cars' are the 'flying cars' of our generation: Something that seems inevitable an
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by aedron 9y ago
Man, that sounds rough. Puts some other problems into perspective. I feel for you and hope you guys pull through. I say this as someone who has been through worse stuff in my life than most people.
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by aedron 9y ago
I think interpersonal relationships are a lot more complicated today. We're supposed to be oh so civilized and well adapted, while lugging around a legacy as apex predators. Basically gorillas in suits that have to sit in an office cha
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by aedron 9y ago
I have been eating a Quest bar for lunch for a year now (to save time and leave work half an hour earlier). I'm happy with them. They are quite filling (I don't get hungry until dinner time), I like the taste of most variants (bit
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by aedron 9y ago
How is that market cap measured? In the (few) real-world cases where crypto-currencies are used, I have only ever seen bitcoin.
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by aedron 9y ago
So much so that HBO's Silicon Valley is only barely satire.
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by aedron 9y ago
It's the Uber model - investment dollars subsidize price dumping which chokes out the competition.

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