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841.
by fixxer 13y ago
Never heard of Freicoin before this... While the theory is interesting, it is kind of hard to market such a product in the presence of alternatives that don't "rot".
842.
by fixxer 13y ago
To be accurate, it was sarcasm, not lecturing. This is lecturing: "If you are anything close to hacker do yourself a favor and use something else."
843.
by fixxer 13y ago
I don't use transparency and I think it smells like feature creep... but taking it away from those who have become semi-dependent on it is very different from having the foresight to have not added it in the first place. I think those users
844.
by fixxer 13y ago
I'm running LMDE and I've got all the goodies by default. If there is something else that the package manager doesn't cover, I do this amazing thing... I download the source and make! Crazy, I know.
845.
Designing with Microcontrollers and FPGAs(youtube.com)
1 points by fixxer 13y ago|0 comments
846.
by fixxer 13y ago
exactly my point... all this technology just got a lot closer to mainstream.
847.
by fixxer 13y ago
agreed; edited my point was that these businesses that produce products with short life cycles are process oriented; can be very rewarding... VC won't come knocking, but that isn't always a bad thing.
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by fixxer 13y ago
the sustainable part of their business is not this product, but their process.
849.
by fixxer 13y ago
Is this system-on-chip?
850.
by fixxer 13y ago
Pretty awesome watching the technological innovation around Bitcoin. I personally don't have any, but just from following the progress and learning, I am starting to dabble with technologies (FPGAs, for example) in my research that I comple
851.
by fixxer 13y ago
The $2,499 miner is 10x the speed of the $274 dollar miner, so the ROI is actually better.
852.
by fixxer 13y ago
I gave up cable TV three years ago and honestly don't miss it. I still have Internet (Netflix, Amazon Prime, NoWhere TV) and the options for providers in my area are limited... but it worth it just to pay less to Comcast. This bill, if it e
853.
by fixxer 13y ago
As you point out, I think it is one thing to offer and another to ask... the former is part of a marketing strategy. I would do it, but there would be a fee for the hassle and my legal expenses.
854.
by fixxer 13y ago
I'm leaning towards "both," but I just got lectured by an MBA that the "correct" answer is disruptive.
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Ask HN: Outcome-driven innovation - sustainable or disruptive?
2 points by fixxer 13y ago|2 comments
856.
by fixxer 13y ago
jinx!
857.
by fixxer 13y ago
Streisand effect... bad move State, bad move.
858.
by fixxer 13y ago
Those are just cashers... you have to be stupid to take that job. This reminds me of a Canadian syndicate from a few years back... never caught the top guy (rumored to be British). Any followers of the Pink Panthers out there?
859.
by fixxer 13y ago
Kids are horrible. Trust me, I used to be a kid.
860.
by fixxer 13y ago
Would you prefer one exchange? Interesting things happen to commissions (the real enemy) when exchanges consolidate...
861.
by fixxer 13y ago
Show me a market where such a restrictive view is mandated and I will show you a failed market. This notion that "trading should benefit the market" is complete and total nonsense propagated by people with no understanding of liquidity. Tra
862.
by fixxer 13y ago
"And this is what bitcoiners and similar don't understand." Replace "bitcoiners" with "crypto-anarchists" and your argument is more plausible. I like bitcoin, but I have never considered it the answer to a civil war type situation. In those
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Why Amazon is supporting the Internet Sales Tax(thedailybeast.com)
2 points by fixxer 13y ago|0 comments
864.
by fixxer 13y ago
I think the long term (5 years out) result of this tax is going to be faster distribution from Amazon (local warehouses, delivery infrastructure). I hate taxes, but this makes the short bet on Best Buy more interesting to me.
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by fixxer 13y ago
How could I forget large scale violence! Probably need to add celebrity, which is another type of business domination.
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by fixxer 13y ago
Here is the general algo: Make a ton of money, surround yourself with yes-men/women, make asinine statements based on intensive market analysis (sample size of 1), use your PR machine to recast tax avoidance as philanthropy.
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by fixxer 13y ago
I strongly believe the "professor" title is not a point of strength on one's resume vs solid industry experience. In general, if one is taking the time and effort required to become a tenured professor, he/she should stick with it. Sure, th
868.
by fixxer 13y ago
"Is there a way to find positions with research freedom in the private sector without first becoming established in academia?" Define "established"?
869.
by fixxer 13y ago
"infinite time to read" Depending on what you do (and where you do it), the private sector can actually be quite liberating. I find academia stifling.
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by fixxer 14y ago
"Spaceman I always wanted you to go Into space man..."

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