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by corin_ 13y ago
Either this idea was made years ago or I had the idea years ago, I'm pretty sure the former. (Can't really remember, but it's very familiar to me, think I can vaguely remember visiting a site like this in the past.) Personall
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by corin_ 13y ago
They are an exchange, not a shop. They would be buying from their users, not themselves.
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by corin_ 13y ago
I can't find who stole my mobile phone, it doesn't necessarily mean the FBI couldn't (if they wanted to). Obviously this is not relevant to the technical specifications of Bitcoin, but my point is that this comparison isn&#x2
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by corin_ 13y ago
Surely you could still keep anonymity (as long as you can work around the billing issues) by only accessing the servers yourself through Tor. The bigger advantage of Tor is if you also want to prevent law enforcement from finding the server
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by corin_ 13y ago
That's certainly the common thought (that it would be impossible), but does it hold up in practice? Let's say a repeat of 9/11 happened, then judging by expected outcomes it would definitely be better to all rush the hijacker
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by corin_ 13y ago
Actually it sounds like today's hijackers were indeed that dumb, they just managed to be circling over an airport by the time they ran out of fuel. (Or perhaps that wasn't a surprise to them and they knew they'd be safe over
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by corin_ 13y ago
Ah right, that's interesting, never found modafinil to make me chatty. Coke on the other hand..
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by corin_ 13y ago
For similar reasons? I've never been to Vegas (on purpose, I refuse to go to CES each year, I wouldn't do well stuck in casinos day after day!) but imagine it quite different to London. And actually I don't mind spending more
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by corin_ 13y ago
Is nicotine gum actually not a health risk? Tobacco held in the mouth (for example Scandinavian 'snus') certainly has serious effects with long-term use, albeit they aren't exactly the same as smoking cigarettes. Gum is gener
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by corin_ 13y ago
One other big difference, in my experience but also heard the same from others, is that caffeine makes it hard to sleep (like cocaine, etc.) whereas modafinil doesn't, it just makes you not think about the fact that you need to sleep.
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by corin_ 13y ago
Sure, but (based on anecdotal experience of places I know along the Thames) there are lots of places where houses are built to expect at least some level of flooding - steps up to the door, etc. - meanwhile cars left on the street can go ve
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by corin_ 13y ago
Can probably be said about most places, but a common joke is that true Londoners both think London the best place in the world, and also the worst. (Personally I spend 1-3 days a week in London, have done for years, absolutely love it but w
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by corin_ 13y ago
Slight correction (or maybe just clarification) is that the ball of bees generate a temperature of around 47c not just because that's their body temperature, but by vibrating muscles very fast to heat it up. Pretty incredible what natu
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by corin_ 13y ago
Both you and the person you are replying to have taken personal anecdotes and expanded them out to decide that America has either too few or too many cops.
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by corin_ 13y ago
That's badly implemented 2-factor, though. If you have a system that allows you to bypass a protocol, then of course it will be easier to... bypass that protocol.
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by corin_ 13y ago
> If you honestly think the guy with the $20k ad spend is going to "try again just to make sure", then I think I'll go short some FB stock before it takes it's final dive. That person has already replied with more i
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by corin_ 13y ago
He's clearly not saying that, but talking about this one specific individual.
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by corin_ 13y ago
They haven't really talked about funding publicly, but we do know that Pierre Omidyar is involved (there've been stories about him funding them before [1], and on the about page of this site he is listed as "Publisher" f
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by corin_ 13y ago
I've lost more in casinos and left with a "oh well" attitude too. Pretty sure plenty of people have. Of course, I've also left casinos with "fuck that sucked" attitudes, and also "look at all the money I j
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by corin_ 13y ago
It doesn't trump the ability to record stats. When it comes to business there are certain things you can't do without, for most sites (that are big enough to matter) stats are absolutely required, no improvement on usage would be
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by corin_ 13y ago
I'm gay, and a friend and former colleague went through a period of regularly endorsing me with anything that sounded at all that could sound either camp or gay. I can't seem to figure out how to find them now, and off the top of
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by corin_ 13y ago
Disinterested can mean both, but uninterested can only mean the one thing, so it's possible to use uninterested incorrectly, but not disinterested
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by corin_ 13y ago
Your word choice was fine, and your English sounds great. But I don't think the image was trying to make her seem disinterested, I think it was trying to make her seem unqualified. The person in that job should be interested AND qualif
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by corin_ 13y ago
On plenty of networks (it's been years since I was on IRC, so unsure which IRCd's support it, but iirc both Quakenet and Freenode do in slightly different ways) even support host-masking as long as you are auth'd on the netwo
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by corin_ 13y ago
Similar in the UK with Sky, sports seems to be their biggest 3D draw (on Sky Sports 3D I think it's called), but they show other content too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_3D Not sure how popular it is (I don&#
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by corin_ 13y ago
I don't know much about the specifics of what Twitter are selling, but there's two possibilities: 1. They're just selling raw feeds of data that people can pay for and analyse as they wish. This is something they definitely a
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by corin_ 13y ago
I was going to make this point, but more than just "things can change" - AOL keywords didn't start getting massively used in adverts/etc. (in the UK at least) until pretty much when AOL were losing relevance, for search
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by corin_ 13y ago
He's not denying that they don't allow trading of any currencies, including BTC. What he says they allow is selling BTC-related products (such as mining machines).
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by corin_ 13y ago
It can be taken too far though. If I go shoplifting am I "hacking the shop"? If my shower breaks and I pour bottled water over myself to clean am I "hacking bottled water"?
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by corin_ 13y ago
The only reason I don't like boarding last is that sometimes the overhead storage is so full it can be a pain in the ass to fit my suitcase anywhere near my seat, which not only is a minor annoyance when boarding, but can delay me when

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