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by bitops 14y ago
> In many places around the world, several currencies exist and are used simultaneously. You need to back this argument up with a good reference. [EDIT: multiple currencies in the same country. Argentina is a beautiful country but it
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by bitops 14y ago
[original comment redacted] > that makes it unclear who the victim of this crime really is. Ah, okay - sorry, I missed this. There isn't really "a victim" here per se; it'd be hard to point at a person and say that they were hurt by w
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by bitops 14y ago
The issue here is the tone, not the content.
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This is one of the few times I'd ever say that government crackdown is a good thing. One country having multiple currencies at the same time could become a big logistical headache. It would definitely have political and social implications.
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by bitops 14y ago
> But if they're made from gold and silver, wouldn't they be more valuable than the coins they were confused with? Sort of, but not really. The issue here is mixing the ideas of "a dollar" with "a piece of gold worth a dollar" or "a p
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IBM's mainframes: Old dog, new tricks(economist.com)
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by bitops 14y ago
A few good beers: * Delirium * Anchor Steam * Carlsberg * Negra Modelo Contrary to popular belief, Budweiser, Coors Lite, et. al. are not actually beers but rather beer-flavored water that also contains alcohol.
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by bitops 14y ago
> What does "[going] into enterprise" mean? Going into enterprise means more than having just a behind-the-firewall solution. Deploying code behind the firewall means that you are at the mercy of the customer's environment and have to
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by bitops 14y ago
> Not because a lot of people wouldn't be able to afford it, but because a troll wouldn't enter his credit card information and other personal details just to obtain the ability to flame someone on the internet. Patently incorrect. Pe
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Internet usage patterns may signify depression(news.mst.edu)
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Meet the Man Who Invented the Instructions for the Internet(wired.com)
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Japanese researchers break record for Terahertz Wi-Fi transmission(news.techworld.com)
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by bitops 14y ago
I believe someone already did this in Minecraft. http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/09/minecraft-users-go-wild-b...
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by bitops 14y ago
> We already had. This is one of those truisms that technologists love to repeat over and over again. "It already exists, so it is not revolutionary." I think it just a curse of the people working on the tech. To technologists, the te
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A small primer on xargs - updated(bitops.io)
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Researchers Solve Tuning Problem For Wireless Power Transfer Systems(news.ncsu.edu)
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Individual typing style key to user authentication(qut.edu.au)
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Rival versions of capitalism: The endangered public company(economist.com)
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by bitops 14y ago
> As a consistent picture emerges I've found that the length of time most people take to form a "consistent picture" of someone else is very short. Generally, it is whatever is the shortest length of time required to determine "are th
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by bitops 14y ago
Really nice work! This will come in very handy when referencing information. If there's a way to donate to the development effort, I'd be happy to kick in a few bucks.
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Oracle Goes for Broke in Court Battle With Google(wired.com)
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Russia presents highest resolution image of Earth(foxnews.com)
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by bitops 14y ago
That's a fair point. Unfortunately, it's too late for me to delete. Lesson learned - I'll refrain from posting this kind of story in the future.
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by bitops 14y ago
OP here - apologies to the folks who don't think it's HN-worthy. I usually shy away from posting anything like this on HN, but IMHO the death penalty stimulates my intellectual curiosity. Usual politics and "gee whiz poll numbers" not so mu
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Wrong man was executed in Texas, probe says(news.yahoo.com)
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> If it's really weather, why are almost all of the east coast sun states significantly cheaper? Simple - people don't want to live in those states as much as California. For example, we have palm trees in California. They have them i
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by bitops 14y ago
Interestingly, San Francisco is the second most densely populated large city in the US after New York. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco
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by bitops 14y ago
> If you don't test your backups, you don't have backups. I couldn't agree more! It's amazing how often the question "we take backups, right?" produces "uuhh..". And yes, if you don't test them, they're worthless. Because the rule is,
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by bitops 14y ago
OP here - thanks all for the comments - so yes, it looks like I don't know xargs as well as I thought I did. I'll update the post to be more accurate. As for the points about a bad example, I am fully aware that it is extremely contrived. T
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak: I don't have broadband at home(guardian.co.uk)
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