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by flatline 13y ago
> Tidbit uses the Stratum protocol, which would enable websites to get paid based on total work contributed to the mining pool rather than total Bitcoins mined No, that's what P2Pool, or really any pool, does. Stratum, as the link s
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by flatline 13y ago
xxbondsxx is also a fake, just of a different variety. Convincing perhaps at first glance, if you only read the first sentence of his post and moved on, but lacking any apparent understanding of the issue at hand and moreover, I suspect, fu
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by flatline 13y ago
I've seen more people get jacked of all their cryptocurrency holdings than any significant amount of fiat on their person, due to targeted viruses and backdoored systems. I've also seen numerous occasions where someone sent money
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by flatline 13y ago
Risky - is possible but you would basically be trusting the machine (or anyone else who scans the cup) not to steal all your money. You could limit the damage with a separate wallet I guess, but generally the payer should be the one initia
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by flatline 13y ago
This is a false dichotomy if there ever was one. I love my iOS devices, they just work, I can generally trust the software not to pwn my device, and really there's a lot of nice software to choose from. I also love hacking on the Lin
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by flatline 13y ago
Not for bitcoin you can't. Not really, anymore. The rise of ASICs has marginalized everyone but the ASIC producers. They will always have the edge going forward. Even if they rent you the equipment, you are sharecropping and paying
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by flatline 13y ago
I believe the problem they describe is both real and somewhat frivolous at the same time. The minimum transaction amount that does not incur fees is currently .01 BTC, so I think there is an actual issue for micro-transactions as things sta
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by flatline 13y ago
> actors transact only when the net outcome is more valuable to each of them At least, the perceived value, but often times in real economies this does not match up with actual value at all. People hoping to better their fortunes end up
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by flatline 13y ago
Markets are complex systems and defy simple explanations, but many analysts make a living from ignoring this fact and making it seem like everything can be summed up in a 10 second soundbite. That sell was a drop in the bucket compared to
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by flatline 13y ago
I seem to recall that Windows 2000 had large releases to patch remotely exploitable bugs, but that was a whole other era in the field of security.
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by flatline 13y ago
There is even some evidence that double-spending attacks have already happened. You don't strictly speaking need 51%, that majority just ensures that your chain will win out over time. The original bitcoin paper[1] details the probab
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by flatline 13y ago
My earliest memories are very clear, and I astounded my father when I recounted them as a teenager. I remember riding in the car by my dad's work at the University, and seeing owls on the facade of some of the buildings. We always stop
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by flatline 13y ago
I got a Facebook notification about a friend's birthday the other day, who passed on from brain cancer over two years ago. It is an eerie feeling, for a brief moment it's like she was still alive and well just everyone else on Fac
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by flatline 13y ago
A few of these are funny/wrong, but most just look like laziness or some minor confusion about language/framework specifics. Thedailywtf definitely has better content.
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by flatline 13y ago
There's certainly an increased risk of death from e.g. falling asleep at the wheel, but I'm not aware that sleep deprivation can kill you outright. People have gone without any sleep for extensive periods and recovered quite norm
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by flatline 13y ago
Hmm WaPo, Fairfax, I think you may be onto something here...
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by flatline 13y ago
Plummeting morale has been the norm for federal employees for the last 5+ years. I'm sure the Snowden leaks have not helped things for the NSA but everyone has been on a pay/hiring freeze for ages with the public and administratio
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by flatline 13y ago
The CLR has at least two that I'm aware of, the "regular" heap (not sure if it has a special name) and the Large Object Heap. Pretty sure there are unmanaged heaps associated with a single .NET process as well -- certainly t
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by flatline 13y ago
Last time I had an EMG involved 45 minutes of a doctor poking needles into me to measure current. Moderately uncomfortable, and does not seem feasible to do on oneself. I assume this one just involves an electrode on the skin? Is that even
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by flatline 13y ago
Yeah, the 95% confidence interval is completely arbitrary to begin with. Is it really better than, say, 94% -- which will most assuredly not get you published? In many fields, I think that a p-value indicating 95% confidence in the result
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by flatline 13y ago
That would seem to fly in the face of what the article said, specifically the 2003 solar storm and this: "Several solar scientists speculated that the sun may be returning to a more relaxed state after an era of unusually high activity
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by flatline 13y ago
I personally did not like Shadow , and stopped about 3/4 of the way through. The original two books were great. Xenocide and Children were...readable. The standard of writing went way down in Shadow , and while the concept was
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by flatline 13y ago
Yes, but the ball rolling down the hill is not very contentious, whereas evolution is (at least in the US), and wrongness explaining it makes dismissing it easier.
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by flatline 13y ago
I really miss carrying a knife, but since 9/11 it has been almost impossible to actually, you know, go anywhere. I have had multiple times when I simply forgot to ditch it before going out and wasn't able to get into places, parti
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by flatline 13y ago
I suspect that quite a few people wanted to use it for projects that had a high likelihood of being considered "evil" by some people, so while the licensing restriction is ridiculous, I wonder if it didn't actually serve its
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by flatline 13y ago
It varies by state, but in Maryland, new construction requires it, and older houses are required to install detectors with sealed-in, long-life batteries or AC detectors by 2018: http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/fnotes
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by flatline 13y ago
We will find you. If you are high enough profile, and your crime happens to match the current set of prosecutorial priorities laid down by the administration, justice dept., etc., then we will find you. With reasonably high probability. &
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by flatline 13y ago
I'm constantly looking at the clock when the hand strikes 5 because I've got to pick up the kids from daycare. Sometimes if I finish whatever I was working on 10 minutes early, yeah, I'm checked out. What does it matter? Y
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by flatline 13y ago
> try to imagine crossing the street in the above simulation Just start walking, the cars will steer around you! More seriously, there are already separate express and local routes for many major roads across the US, I don't think
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by flatline 13y ago
It's funny, because Eli was making a moral argument, but I was not, yet that seems to be the default argument against immortality. I think you last question is actually close to what I was striking at - who is it that's immortal?

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