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541.
by bobbles 13y ago
How long will it be until artists start using product placement and full blown advertising within the actual content of their songs to get around these things..?
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by bobbles 13y ago
That is an option that can be changed, there have been indiegogo projects such as the ubuntu phone, that would only have charged if funding had been successful.
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by bobbles 13y ago
You're correct, but the fees are so low and the delay is so small as to be negligible (in comparison).
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by bobbles 13y ago
So you have people exclaiming that bitcoins are worthless. Well... there are plenty of people right now spending bitcoins and receiving goods and services in exchange for those bitcoins. Plenty of things in the world can be considered worth
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by bobbles 13y ago
The problem with medical pricing seems to be the same as pricing for students and pricing for housing. When people can borrow the money or have it payed by insurance, the prices skyrocket to match the available funds. It completely screws a
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by bobbles 13y ago
Well they do have that "Special Projects" division.. I'm sure they'll be cooking up something nice for 2014.. at least I hope so
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by bobbles 13y ago
AFAIK they are able to stay fairly quiet unless the purchase reaches a certain threshold amount.
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by bobbles 13y ago
If I could drone in some furniture and land it on my balcony it would open up a hell of a lot more options than having to get it up my microscopic 3 story staircase.
549.
by bobbles 13y ago
His point is that you HAVE to be used to it. There is no 'person' that can recover your password for you in these cases.
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by bobbles 13y ago
Throwing more programmers at a problem is not a real way to actually solve that problem. This argument is similar to those people asking things like 'why does india care about protecting animals when they cant even feed their humans&#x
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by bobbles 13y ago
"Show HN: I hacked my microwave with a Raspberry Pi into a wireless airplay speaker" Classic
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by bobbles 13y ago
In Australia, I can vouch for CoinJar http://coinjar.io/ Took me about 30 mins total from wanting to buy to having my order placed. (If you use NAB it will be even faster, I had to make a cash deposit at an NAB)
553.
by bobbles 13y ago
Think back to how news reporters tried explaining the internet when they had never used it and had no idea how it worked. You wouldn't even today expect a news reader to be able to explain how the internet works even though they probab
554.
by bobbles 13y ago
Pretty sure that the idea came from this article http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DarkMatterDevelopersTheUnseen9... at least the current discussion anyhow
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by bobbles 13y ago
People spending bitcoin can also consider their purchase an investment into proving bitcoin actually has value as a currency, along with supporting those retailers helping from the other side.
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by bobbles 13y ago
So the winning team: 1) Had a member previously employed by the selection team. 2) Had built their project prior to the hackathon. 3) Was actively helped by the Salesforce team during the hackathon. 4) Was ensured a place by other teams not
557.
by bobbles 13y ago
A major retailer choosing to accept BTC as payment would be a logical next step for a media blitz. Think someone like Google accepting BTC as payment on the Google Play Store.
558.
by bobbles 13y ago
What about something like "I am now a billionaire because bitcoin"
559.
by bobbles 13y ago
As someone fairly new to bitcoin, what is the actual advantage of carrying the wallet in your pocket? Wouldn't you rather have your wallet stored say on your home PC, but be able to transfer in and out from your mobile device?
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by bobbles 13y ago
A group of people all with the exact same expression, pose and setting has been used to represent how different we are... right...
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by bobbles 13y ago
This is what I tend to struggle with when reading maths textbooks. Example from your page: Suppose that you monitor the file size during the entire download and observe that it is described by the function: f(t)=0.002t2[MB]. - '
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by bobbles 13y ago
I get 7.2MB/s on my 3G...
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by bobbles 13y ago
Since there seem to be backblaze staff posting in the thread, is there anyway as a 'personal' (non-business) user to have multiple PCs configured with one account? Think of something like a family plan. Can't seem to find rel
564.
by bobbles 13y ago
Surely there must be news organisations willing to pay for interviews?
565.
by bobbles 13y ago
I cant watch the video but did you try scrolling down the page? It explains that it uses a series of sensors to keep you informed about your appliances, possesions and property. eg. someone is moving your valuables around, or someone left t
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by bobbles 13y ago
From their supported devices list: maguro Google Galaxy Nexus (GSM) toro Google Galaxy Nexus (Verizon) toroplus Google Galaxy Nexus (Sprint)
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by bobbles 13y ago
To remove your Google+ account but keep your Google services running, visit the following link: https://plus.google.com/downgrade/ To remove your Google+ account from YouTube: Go to youtube settings: http://
568.
by bobbles 13y ago
The Blockbuster near me in Sydney just closed down and on the last day had all DVDs on sale for $2. They still had loads of stock left at the end of the day...
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by bobbles 13y ago
It's a bank that only makes change! How does it make a profit? Volume!
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by bobbles 13y ago
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