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by bitcartel 14y ago
The Crowdtilt site is written in Perl using the Dancer web framework. Perl may no longer be the default choice as a scripting language for those new to programming, but it's just as capable as Ruby and Python.
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by bitcartel 14y ago
It seems like developing classroom material to teach kids how to code is the gravy train du jour. Just from yesterday, "Treehouse gets $7M to bring learn-to-code programs to high schools". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5520726
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by bitcartel 14y ago
> If everyone hoards, and never spends, then the economy stalls and then recedes. Why are "savers" demonised as "hoarders"? Why should they be blamed for the structural problems of an economy too reliant upon debt-fueled consumer spendi
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by bitcartel 14y ago
During the hey days of the British Empire, the interest rate was stable, held at 5% for over a 100 years. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/13/interest... Meanwhile, today's 0.5% interest rate is unprecedented, a record low
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by bitcartel 14y ago
The Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook has a standard mSATA connector, while the larger Dell XPS 14 Ultrabook accepts 7mm SATA drives. Both laptops are smaller than the rMBP.
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by bitcartel 14y ago
As SSD technology improves and prices lower, it's great that consumers can easily upgrade their laptops with a 960GB SSD or perhaps a 480GB mSATA SSD. Meanwhile, MBP Retina owners have to sit on the sidelines because Apple decided they didn
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by bitcartel 14y ago
The physical connector is different, so you can't plug in a standard mSATA drive. "Keep in mind that although the interface is electrically SATA, it is not physically SATA or mSATA or any other standardized interface - this is entirely App
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by bitcartel 14y ago
I bet MBP Retina owners would love to upgrade their machines with this SSD. Oh wait, they can't, because Apple came up with their own butchered SATA interface instead of using the standard one.
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by bitcartel 14y ago
Folk might want to print out Bitcoin wallets or store devices in a Faraday cage... in the unlikely event Kim Jong-Un pulls a wild card! :-) http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/19/north-korea-...
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by bitcartel 14y ago
Large investment banks don't really exist anymore :-) http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/sep/22/wallstreet.mo... "Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, the last two investment banks left standing, will become traditional bank holding co
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by bitcartel 14y ago
Er, yes, I can read: Why are Germany repatriating their gold? Why do they want it in their own hands? Why go through all that trouble instead of just selling? Why would they want to keep holding onto a "piss poor investment"? Regarding C
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by bitcartel 14y ago
> Gold is a piss poor investment. Do you know something that the Chinese, Germans and Russians don't ? "Central Banks Bought Most Gold in Nearly 50 Years" http://www.cnbc.com/id/100458951 "The Russian central bank will continue to buy
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by bitcartel 14y ago
Just 18 months ago, the EU said that Cypriot banks were healthy and had passed EU-wide bank stress tests. http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/cyprus-banks-pass-eu-stres... Many think the bank stress tests are a joke and only exist to raise
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by bitcartel 14y ago
Devil's advocate: "Any counter-proof that Satoshi Nakamoto did not design a ponzi scheme on purpose?" Cached copy (original was deleted): http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:XJ8SqHg... More discussion here: https://bit
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by bitcartel 14y ago
What is the potential impact of Bitcoin forking, given that it's trivial[1]? Q1. We can differentiate between fiat currencies by looking at the qualities of the issuing authority, and thus determine that it's better to have savings in Swiss
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by bitcartel 14y ago
What is the potential impact of Bitcoin forking, given that it's trivial[1]? Q1. We can differentiate between fiat currencies by looking at the qualities of the issuing authority, and thus determine that it's better to have savings in Swiss
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by bitcartel 14y ago
Even if you are prudent and spread your savings across different banks, you might still find yourself one day seeking taxpayer help. In December 2012, the FDIC and Bank of England published a paper saying: "deposit guarantee schemes may be
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by bitcartel 14y ago
The decision has already been made that 28 banks are too big to fail. Here is the full list: http://www.financialstabilityboard.org/publications/r_121031... If you are management at one of these banks, you essentially have a risk-free bus
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by bitcartel 14y ago
It's unfair to only blame the Cypriot leadership. "bank customers would pay a levy of 6.75% or 10% on their bank deposits... The EU and IMF have demanded the levy in return for a 10bn-euro ($13bn; £8.6bn) bank bailout." [1] We don't reall
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by bitcartel 14y ago
What's funny is that the FDIC is funded by the banks themselves, the same people who need the bail-outs in the first place. The FDIC insurance fund has about $30 billion, while total US bank deposits are around $5 trillion[1], and outstand
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by bitcartel 14y ago
When push comes to shove, the deposit guarantee may not protect your money. "Back in December 2012 the FDIC and the BoE published a joint paper outlining their new approach for how to resolve any future collapse of one of the Too-Big-To-Fa
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by bitcartel 14y ago
Summly discussion over the past few days: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5442290 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5445159 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5449394
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by bitcartel 14y ago
Why not both? The media are part of the hype machine but they aren't responsible for investing in companies like Summly, holding demo days, running weekend hackathons, acqui-hiring or bringing on board token celebrity investors... are they?
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by bitcartel 14y ago
Sure, but kids and parents are not immune to the media's filter bubble. Young programmers might feel pressure to emulate celebrity wunderkids instead of following their own passions.
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by bitcartel 14y ago
The start-up scene is, in a way, kind of sad. The tech media and mainstream press routinely salivate over stories of 13... 15... 17... and 19 year old whiz kid entrepreneurs. Yet there was a time when teenagers and young adults wrote softwa
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by bitcartel 14y ago
Reporters should also ask how a 10,000 mile telecommute from London is ok, but not from the Bay Area!
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by bitcartel 14y ago
His first Internet adventure was back in 2000... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/655740.stm "Police had to step in to keep order among investors queuing to buy shares as the internet gold rush swept dramatically into Hong Kong. A cro
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by bitcartel 14y ago
Li Ka-Shing's right-hand man is Canning Fok, who is often referred to as, yes, you guessed it, Cunning Fox. http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-sons-rise-in-the-states-2...
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by bitcartel 14y ago
Surely you mean Ka-Shing ;-) The first investor was Horizons Ventures, the investment arm of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing, who put in $300k.
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by bitcartel 14y ago
I'm sure Yahoo employees are asking questions too. $30 million could be spent on building daycare for all Yahoo mums and dads who can no longer work from home.

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