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541.
by evv 13y ago
Its not like one article would change the behavior of everyone on here. HN has pessimism in its culture, and most of the best comments are the critical ones.
542.
by evv 13y ago
Apple dodged all the taxes they could, and saved $1.9 trillion overseas. When they got called out on it, they hit it right back and said "go right on ahead, fix the loopholes we're using, tax us more, let us help."
543.
by evv 13y ago
More importantly, I believe, is the fact that nobody can stop alternative implementations from existing on the network. Attackers are probably already tinkering with custom BTC clients, attempting to abuse the system. If this were really a
544.
by evv 13y ago
For people interested in alternate mobile keyboards: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-minuum-keyboard-projec... http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/24/kalq/ http://www.swype.com/ http://ok.k3a.me/
545.
by evv 13y ago
Exactly. The easiest question to answer is this: Was the first cell phone locked to its infrastructure? I wasn't alive back then but I'd venture to say, "of course", how else could it have existed?
546.
by evv 13y ago
The properties on the edge are cheaper because they are less protected by the rules of the subdivision.
547.
by evv 13y ago
Not exactly. 10 years ago, there was no competitor to the smartphone which allowed you to use the internet on the go.
548.
by evv 13y ago
This is a clever security enhancement and wouldn't be hard for anyone to implement. Login data could also be sent over email to a specified address. We need an open standard for this.
549.
by evv 13y ago
Agreed. The article also seems skeptical that aliens would be willing or capable to travel for thousands of years to reach us. For a truly advanced species who have undoubtedly extended their lifetime drastically, I doubt thousands of years
550.
by evv 13y ago
I don't think I understand you. The value of bitcoin does not vanish after transactions, else it would hardly serve any purpose. Ron Paul made it pretty clear he doesn't understand the value bitcoin can have because he can't trivially put i
551.
by evv 14y ago
What is the -a option?
552.
by evv 14y ago
Exactly. One of the biggest advantages of BitCoin is that the consumers of the currency can understand exactly how and when new money enters the system. That would be a significant improvement over existing currencies.
553.
by evv 14y ago
The last sentence of the article: > Ride-sharing apps should be allowed to take over the market - until they too are disrupted by self-driving cars. And so it goes. There are a large number of technical and political hurdles before driv
554.
by evv 14y ago
http://restcookbook.com/Basics/hateoas/ - What is HATEOAS and why is it important for my REST API? This page doesn't even try to explain why HATEOAS is important. And I'm not sure that it is. This example uses some arbitrary xml to descri
555.
by evv 14y ago
What was the "Tape Deck"?
556.
by evv 14y ago
This is cool, just don't press tab.
557.
by evv 14y ago
In what way is REST self-describable? REST is not a standard, but rather a widely accepted convention. I have seen a few RESTful servers self-describe, (ie. GET /api/v1/ returns ['/users', '/posts']). However you can't claim this is a key f
558.
by evv 14y ago
It looks like Microsoft got their patent because it transmits data as well as power.
559.
by evv 14y ago
I bet serious developers will buy these things for linux development
560.
by evv 14y ago
It's not back for me. You guys must be sweating right now
561.
by evv 14y ago
Does anybody know why Google didn't refuse these charges? This sets a really awful precedent.
562.
by evv 14y ago
My guess? My hope? Bitcoin.
563.
by evv 14y ago
I can't speak on behalf of FileRock, but I suspect the following, based off of the blog post you linked: While the PBKDF2'd password CAN theoretically be snooped (if this wasn't wrapped in TLS, it would be trivial), the actual password cann
564.
by evv 14y ago
> Also, who do you think will be interested in having a common protocol? I think the answer will be "those with little data of their own". Big players do not want you to build tools that work together with 'their' data (clear example: T
565.
by evv 14y ago
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE how HTML5/JS/CSS is now a full application environment. We desperately needed networked applications, but now we have them. It is a great way of creating an interface for users. But we still need application proto
566.
by evv 14y ago
Yes, but HTML+JS+CSS has helped turn HTTP into an application environment, and not the content transport protocol it once was. REST is popular now, but it's not a real protocol. There's SOAP, but nobody really cares or wants to use it anymo
567.
by evv 14y ago
I'll wait for the blog post inviting hardware startups too, followed by a post about how $37 gives founders too much runway, and half as much ought to do it.
568.
by evv 14y ago
There are lots of jobs armless people can't perform, and hence cannot be hired for.
569.
by evv 14y ago
You're right, the searching code should be updated to hide deleted results. Don't expect companies to really delete anything- they have little incentive to do so.
570.
by evv 14y ago
Yes, with all these barriers to entry, I think people will still want it. I would be happy to pack up my tapes and disks and put stamps on a package if I knew I would never see it again and my memories are safe. What services are out there

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