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by deweller 11y ago
The block size debate is very active among the Bitcoin community right now. There are strong opinions for and against raising it. Here is a good podcast episode with opinions representing both sides (Gavin Andresen and Peter Todd): https:
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by deweller 11y ago
allegedly tried to have multiple people killed. The prosecution brought this up at trial but he was not charged or convicted of this in the criminal trial.
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by deweller 11y ago
Answering my own question: http://www.curvytron.com/#/about HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, Node JS, AngularJS, Faye Websocket
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by deweller 11y ago
Really well done. What is the backend for this?
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by deweller 12y ago
Correct. The runtime uses a copy-on-write implementation when you pass an array by value. Duplicating an array in memory every time it is passed to or from a function would be awful.
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by deweller 12y ago
I feel like Zed gave up on this project too early. He created it, gave it an initial promotional push and then "turned it over to the community." There were a faithful few people who kept contributing to the project, but it did n
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by deweller 12y ago
Here is my personal theory. The configuration was too hard. Configuration had to be compiled from a python-esque format into a database. When you wanted to change a config setting, you needed to modify the source file and then compile the
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by deweller 12y ago
Do you think Google is guilty of securities fraud as well? There are several statements on the Google Actual Cloud announcement page that are untrue. I think a prosecutor would consider it a waste of time and resources to prosecute this as
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by deweller 12y ago
I prefer Facebook IS dogfooding. See http://www.economist.com/style-guide/singular-or-plural
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There are efforts to do this in a decentralized, peer-to-peer way. https://joindiaspora.com/ http://www.synereo.com/
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> Lee was able to take down both stable and beta versions of Chrome by exploiting a buffer overflow race condition in the browser. He then used an info leak and race condition in two Windows kernel drivers to secure SYSTEM access. I&#x27
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by deweller 12y ago
It is shocking how often we choose convenience over security. Even for really important stuff. I catch myself doing it all the time. And I bet if you think about it really hard, you do too. This was a good reminder to me to stop and think
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by deweller 12y ago
This uses Simplfied Payment Verification (SPV). SPV helps with some scalability issues, but doesn't solve them all. From http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/4649/what-is-an-s... : > SPV: A Bitcoin im
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by deweller 12y ago
Granted. It is really a hope more than a well-thought out argument.
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> you'd be far less willing to spend any or invest ... This will reduce consumption and investment in the larger economy Or maybe consumers will stop buying the latest and greatest just because advertisers convinced them it will mak
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by deweller 12y ago
Hi Nadaviv. Great job on the platform so far. I wrestle with how feasible it is for systems like this to be decentralized. Bitrated is centralized. If your site shuts down or is shut the service ends. But being centralized makes it conv
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by deweller 12y ago
If your app takes user input (like from a POSTed form variable or a URL parameter) and then calls unserialize on it, it becomes a remote exploit.
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by deweller 12y ago
> should I buy bitcoins with my dollars when I can just pay with my dollars directly? Cheaper fees (0.5% vs 2.9%) can be potentially passed on to consumers. And anonymity.
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We Deserve a Better Bitcoin Experience Than Circle(uncrunched.com)
1 points by deweller 12y ago|0 comments
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People are really mean about PHP(jonkuperman.com)
3 points by deweller 12y ago|1 comments
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by deweller 12y ago
I was a little scared by the heavy use of static method calls in Laravel 4. L5 has made the statics easier to ignore if that is not your thing. But after understanding the Facade pattern that is widely used by the framework, I've conc
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by deweller 12y ago
I take issue with equating web developers and amateurs. I understand his point. And I conceed that there is a lower barrier to entry for writing a PHP signup form than a Go systems-level program. But please don't assume that all web ap
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by deweller 12y ago
To the owner: there is a significant typo under "Fully Decoupled" > Windwalker packages are very cohesion You probably meant to say that they are decoupled.
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by deweller 12y ago
Yes. This is tradeoff of privacy vs recoverability. The best security means I am completely responsible for my own private keys (or passwords). But if I lose them, no one can reset my password for me. Ultimately, though, I think we are he
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by deweller 12y ago
Mastering Bitcoin is another resource that explains the bitcoin protocol in detail. http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000001802/index.ht... It is available to read online for free.
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by deweller 12y ago
Ha. So true.
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This is UK Only: > Crowdcube does not advertise investment opportunities to people in the United States, Canada or Japan or any other country where it would be unlawful for our pitches to be advertised and investors must not register or
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by deweller 12y ago
For those here who are wondering if bitcoin use is growing, here is a graph of transactions over time: https://blockchain.info/charts/n-transactions?timespan=all
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Docker Responds to the Rocket Announcement(blog.docker.com)
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by deweller 12y ago
Been a while since music business class, but here is what I remember: Radio stations don't pay per play. They buy a blanket license from performing rights organizations. Then those organizations listen to sample data and divvy out pa

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