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by asciimo 13y ago
How did "average joe" purchase the the bitcoins that he is unable to sell? When this hypothetical selloff occurs, who will buy his bitcoins? How is this hypothetical selloff different than those that have already occurred in the
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by asciimo 13y ago
Are you referring to the 144,000 BTC confiscated in the Silk Road bust? There are almost 12,000,000 BTC in circulation. The Silk Road share accounts for about 1.2% Compare that with any government currency that is 100% government-contro
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by asciimo 13y ago
The bathroom is the shower. http://www.nomadmicrohomes.com/uploads/3/2/7/6/3276237/51529...
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by asciimo 13y ago
I really like the approach and the visuals. I almost never think of Git visually and this opens a whole new dimension for me. I'm looking forward to discover techniques and workflows outside of my everyday patterns. Thank you for sh
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by asciimo 13y ago
To assure consumers that it's not actually made of mole skin, despite the spelling in the headline.
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by asciimo 13y ago
I started to sign up for this to see what it was all about. It looks exactly like a credit card to me, backed by a bank. Here's the introduction to the standard terms and conditions you get with any credit card application: > Prio
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by asciimo 13y ago
This headline made me chuckle. One of my biggest disappointments while working at NYT Digital in the late 00s was that there were so many engineers. To organize them all, technologies and staff were piled into silos (eg the database team,
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by asciimo 13y ago
Their language was slightly more optimistic in this October 10 comment: > There is definitely a chance we will port Macaw over to Linux. We are working on getting the Mac and Windows versions out first then we will re-evaluate.
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by asciimo 13y ago
Good point. Perhaps a "download catacombs" feature?
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by asciimo 13y ago
Do you think that your contractor status is defending you against ageism, to some degree?
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by asciimo 13y ago
If by "code circles around EVERYBODY" you're implying quality rather than quantity, then this is not valuable for most young companies. The quantity of atrocious code produced by some young developers is astounding. Often, t
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by asciimo 13y ago
Thank you!
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by asciimo 13y ago
Good story. Perfectly crafted for my attention span.
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by asciimo 13y ago
I mine about .0015 BTC a day, a figure that has been declining consistently and rapidly.
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by asciimo 13y ago
I was about to post, "How do you make money on this?" And then I remembered that I use AdBlock. D'oh! I paused it and refreshed a couple times.
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by asciimo 13y ago
This is fascinating. It took me a while to discover the purpose of subscribing to this data, and I finally found it at https://www.hhsmithy.com/tour "Finding the best tables to play on is impossible without up to date
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by asciimo 13y ago
Just take both envelopes and run.
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by asciimo 13y ago
Man, do not worry about naivete. It's actually very difficult to learn the truth about the products we consume. That you are openly expressing your enlightenment is remarkable, and worth celebrating.
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by asciimo 13y ago
One exception that comes to mind: A cow approaches you and graciously hands you a gallon of milk it excreted from its own udder, expressly as a gift to you.
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by asciimo 13y ago
Why the heck are we launching rockets on top of a wildlife refuge? https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=nasa&data=!1m4!1m3!1d...
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by asciimo 13y ago
Does anyone recongnize the Famous Pickup Artist? http://tynan.com/how-i-became-a-famous-pickup-artist-part-1 Note that he garnered this reputation prior to living in an RV.
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by asciimo 13y ago
Thanks for that perspective. I certainly didn't mean that all ESL speakers exhibit wanton mispronunciation. Perhaps none do. In fact, your eloquent rebuttal has left me sympathizing with even Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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by asciimo 13y ago
And some people don't even try. I'm fascinated when I listen to someone who speaks English with excellent syntax and vocabulary, but with consistently poor pronunciation. Sometimes it comes off as a mark of pride, like "I&#x
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by asciimo 13y ago
It's amazing that, in the right context, curling up in a fetal position and remaining very quiet can seem heroic. I'm sure that Hollywood will add some embellishments in their retelling: http://www.newsandstar.co.uk&#x
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by asciimo 13y ago
This artifact belongs in the hands of someone who can answer that question for himself. I know he's not me; I would waste its potential by enclosing it in a Plexiglas cube and displaying it on my desk. "Look at this curiosity!
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by asciimo 13y ago
Me, too. When I figured it out I felt silly. Maybe emphasize the construction area and deemphasize the preview? Could the preview be static, and to the right of the construction area and palettes?
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by asciimo 13y ago
I stopped math at highschool precalculus, and I've been afraid of it ever since. But I think I can foster a new relationship with math through this book. I am currently reading Quicksilver, and I was sold when I read about Gottfried W
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Good Math: A Geek’s Guide to the Beauty of Numbers, Logic, and Computation(pragprog.com)
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by asciimo 13y ago
Turning 100g of protein into 15g of protein is not "very effective and efficient."
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by asciimo 13y ago
The potential reduction of animal exploitation is so great that this vegan hardly cares how it comes into being. But I wouldn't eat it myself.

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