berns

19 ms·

151.
by berns 11y ago
The only "bitcoin" that can succeed is the one that is originated from a sovereign state. For then it has the monopoly and can enforce its taxing power that is what ultimately gives value to fiat currency.
152.
by berns 11y ago
It isn't a currency, it's just another payment method. Your provider will exchange the bitcoins for a real currency to pay their employees and taxes.
153.
by berns 11y ago
Some of the features mentioned here: persistent log, powerful search, comment editing, easy onboarding and invites, code blocks; some even ask for thousand of users in a chat room and moderation tools! Wouldn't this communities be bett
154.
by berns 11y ago
Lets see... web app... small... click here... click there... one more click... $ 14.000 I don't know what I've been doing the last 25 years but now I know that I need the next 7 years to be a millionaire. Thank you!
155.
by berns 11y ago
I was answering the question of what made me choose a Microsoft phone. Offline maps has always been a strong differentiator of Nokia, now the owner of Navteq. I can't comment on the quality and extension of Open Street Maps. I gather t
156.
by berns 11y ago
Free offline maps and navigation for anywhere in the world.
157.
by berns 11y ago
Unless you're logged in the site is useless. I'm not a client so I can only comment as a prospective buyer. There isn't much to comment, though. It's a horrible experience. The help search is also useless. Tried the foll
158.
by berns 11y ago
From the docs, under "Cloud Bigtable and other storage options" If you need to store highly structured objects, or if you require support for ACID transactions and SQL-like queries, consider Cloud Datastore.
159.
by berns 11y ago
"Others, inversely, believed that it was fundamental to eliminate useless works. They invaded the hexagons, showed credentials which were not always false, leafed through a volume with displeasure and condemned whole shelves: their hyg
160.
by berns 11y ago
But what do the signs say? I'm really curious. Can you visit a friend? Do the police escort you to your friends house?
161.
by berns 11y ago
And how is it enforced? Do they ask "where are you going"? Can you answer "none of your business"? I never lived in the US but I refuse to abandon my mental image of the free country I always thought it was.
162.
by berns 11y ago
He gave a talk at DConf 2014. He said "I'm gonna make a confesion which will make many of you instantly stop listening to me which is I don't develop software." Meyers is a teacher, a very good one. http://www
163.
by berns 11y ago
There was a similar ruling in Argentina granting status of non-human person to an orangutan. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/12/23/372641268/ora...
164.
by berns 12y ago
Wikipedia cites 180,000 servers in 17 datacenters in 2014. So, not exactly AWS scale, but still relevant for comparing.
165.
by berns 12y ago
I think that OVH is the third largest hosting provider in the world. Operates its own datacenters in North America and Europe. It's at the same scale as AWS. That's why it makes sense the comparison.
166.
by berns 12y ago
It looks expensive when compared to OVH. But really everything is super expensive when compared to OVH. I mean, if you are paying more than $ 200 for cloud hosting, better just get a dedicated server at OVH. The comparison gets closer with
167.
by berns 12y ago
And most people when traveling have no problem finding wifi access. So I think the market for this must have very particular needs.
168.
by berns 12y ago
XML is very simple. Maybe YAML is simpler but both are very simple. XML is tedious to write, verbose and repetitive, but not complicated nor complex. XSLT is also conceptually very simple. XML, XML schema tools and XSLT make a very powerful
169.
by berns 12y ago
Why isn't it a github fork?
170.
by berns 12y ago
Maybe the poor don't feel guilt, but the argument is deceptive. For the rich BI works just like a small tax deduction. Lets say a rich person pays taxes for $1000 and receives $10 as basic income. It just amounts to paying $990 in taxe
171.
by berns 12y ago
It's worth mentioning that Here and the maps database from former Navteq weren't included in the Microsoft acquisition deal.
172.
by berns 12y ago
If Cordova is Phonegap and Ionic is Cordova how does Ionic solve the performance and device specific bugs they had with Phonegap?
173.
by berns 12y ago
Pricing pages without prices. I hate them.
174.
by berns 12y ago
The point was that network effect is real. And it's has nothing to do with the difficulty of opening an account. It's about discovery of open source projects. Try this: enter bitbucket.org, where's the search?
175.
by berns 12y ago
You will not find them in Project Gutenberg for sure. María Kodama, Borges widow and heir tirelessly defends the rights. She prosecuted some visible sites that published the books.
176.
by berns 12y ago
The google doodle commemorating Borges' birthday was inspired by this short story. http://www.google.com/doodles/112th-birthday-of-jorge-luis-b...
177.
by berns 12y ago
> Of course you can always just throw money away/at people, but it won't do any good. "Give a man a fish" vs. "teach a man to fish." Yes, throwing fish at the poorest is the right thing to do. Malnourished c
178.
by berns 12y ago
Helping others. There is no limit to that.
179.
by berns 12y ago
I think this is wrong or at least misleading. According to the Ecma standard: Boolean conversion maps any object o into a boolean. Boolean conversion is defined by the function application (bool v){ assert(v != null); return i
180.
by berns 12y ago
This may interest you: https://github.com/mirage/irmin

More ›