dan1234

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by dan1234 12y ago
Doesn't BTC have a transaction fee in the region of 0.0001 BTC meaning you'll lose almost the same as with a Paypal transaction? I don't think BTC works very well for micro payments
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by dan1234 12y ago
The patent was only recently granted, but it was filed on September 27, 2011 - quite a long time before any of those dribbble concepts. Edit: link to actual patent: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&a
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by dan1234 12y ago
They're only dropping the pound for 2 days.
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by dan1234 12y ago
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA8BF37B0B3A38744 Slightly more relevant BBC documentary (part of their Greatest Britons series).
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Self-healing plastic inspired by blood(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by dan1234 12y ago|0 comments
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by dan1234 12y ago
Some of it has to do with controlling costs. The FIA contract out some of the more common technology (which is so tightly controlled that there's no room for real innovation) so that teams can spend their budgets on increasing performa
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by dan1234 13y ago
Plans change. Why would Facebook buy them if not for the data? It's not like Facebook is in need of new users and the app itself isn't especially novel from a technical POV.
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by dan1234 13y ago
They haven't been acquired but I think quite a few people were upset at the news Dropbox had decided to appoint Condoleezza Rice, the former secretary of state, to the company's board of directors.
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by dan1234 13y ago
There's an export button built into the app. You get a link to a zip file which has all your data in a range of formats (CSV, GPX, KML etc)
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by dan1234 13y ago
I used it every day for just over a year. It didn't seem to be to big a drain battery-wise (I charge my phone every day anyway, so it lasted "long enough"). It's a very nicely designed app in that it doesn't try to
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Moves App has been acquired by Facebook(moves-app.com)
5 points by dan1234 13y ago|0 comments
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by dan1234 13y ago
Here's a bug: I signed up via email, I was told my username had already been taken but then it let me go to the next screen and create polls with that username. I like it though, nice design & well executed.
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by dan1234 13y ago
Are you sure? The change log mentions 10.7.x for a couple of the items.
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by dan1234 13y ago
FTA: Security - Secure Transport Available for: OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5, OS X Mavericks v10.9.2 Impact: An attacker with a privileged network position may capture data or change the operations performed in sessions protected by SSL Des
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by dan1234 13y ago
>Meanwhile, look at all the nonsense that e.g. GoDaddy (who also charges for revocations) is not getting right now. Because the folks with altered understandings of reality got scared away by the $20 or whatever it costs on year 1, and a
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Petrol-sniffing spiders force Mazda to issue recall for software fix(bbc.co.uk)
8 points by dan1234 13y ago|0 comments
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5-year-old Ocean Beach boy exposes Microsoft Xbox vulnerability(10news.com)
143 points by dan1234 13y ago|79 comments
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Amazon's 'dirty cloud' criticised in Greenpeace report(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by dan1234 13y ago|0 comments
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by dan1234 13y ago
Few sites can make a subscription model work, advertising is the main income for most.
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Anti-adblock startup secures $400,000 funding(theguardian.com)
1 points by dan1234 13y ago|2 comments
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by dan1234 13y ago
It's thought that around 3% of the 1.5bn coins in circulation are fakes, with 2 million being removed each year. Source http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26632863
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Statement by Bitstamp regarding recent third party audit report(bitstamp.net)
1 points by dan1234 13y ago|0 comments
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by dan1234 13y ago
>My only wish is that OS X would get its act together and support DisplayPort MST (and 60Hz). Judging by the latest beta, 10.9.3 will enable 60Hz on 2013 Retina MBPs.
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by dan1234 13y ago
As a non american, what is the "Selective Service"?
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by dan1234 13y ago
Actually, the only Kickstarter backers who get an unlimited licence are those who pledged over $1000. The others get that standard pro licence. From the FAQ[0]: I'm a Kickstarter backer, what license will I receive? Thank you! Yo
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by dan1234 13y ago
There was a very noticeable delay before things were looking correct on my iPad, too. I initially assumed the page was broken on mobile.
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New magnetic material could boost electronics(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by dan1234 13y ago|0 comments
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by dan1234 13y ago
It comes down to cost. It's cheaper for Netflix to have you use their box than it is for them to develop & support a Linux client for the relatively small user base. Licensing restrictions and other politics likely prevent them fro
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by dan1234 13y ago
Untappd is one of those apps with an uncanny valley. It feels not quite native because some of the gestures and view transitions are slightly off vs a 'true' native app.
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by dan1234 13y ago
Yeah, I did that on the web version but the iOS app doesn't have that setting.

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