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by makira 9y ago
Full quote: "Mason's team was able to identify specific plastics over 100 microns (0.10 mm) in size but not smaller particles. According to experts contacted by CBC News, there is a chance the Nile Red dye is adhering to another u
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New antibiotic family discovered in dirt(bbc.com)
1 points by makira 9y ago|0 comments
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by makira 9y ago
So, UDP.
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by makira 9y ago
Bankrupting some restaurants != killing the restaurant industry.
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by makira 10y ago
You probably know about "A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy" by William B Irvine. If not, I think you would enjoy it.
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by makira 10y ago
That person is the least likely to make that mistake again!
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by makira 11y ago
April 1st...
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by makira 11y ago
A video is just a succession of images. An image is a video with only one frame. You could use the exact same system that protects videos to protect an image, by making a video with one frame of very long (infinite) duration.
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by makira 13y ago
MAME supports zipped roms, they should have been each zipped separately...
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by makira 13y ago
It's similar to watching only downloaded/purchased content versus watching the TV. Once you're used to having no advertisement, turning the TV on is very awkward with all the publicity. When using Bitcoin, not having to deal
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by makira 13y ago
There is an easy solution for the MtGox withdrawal problem: - open a bitstamp account, get it verified - wait for the price between bitstamp and mtgox to be stable - convert your mtgox usd to btc - immediately transfer your btc to bitstamp
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by makira 13y ago
That, and MtGox is often a leading indicator for the other exchanges.
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by makira 13y ago
China
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by makira 13y ago
More info here: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-22/it-was-aapl-after-a... "Nanex, which also uncovered the real quote-stuffing reason behine the May 2010 flash crash (and which the SEC tried to pin squa
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by makira 13y ago
tinfoil hat: NSA installed data monitoring tools on all Google traffic during those 2 minutes...
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by makira 13y ago
Password reuse is a really bad idea, regardless of how the password is stored. Depending on how the server is comprised, your password could be intercepted before it is hashed. Don't reuse passwords for sensitive stuff.
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Provably Secure DNS: A Case Study in Reliable Software (2013) [pdf](ironsides.martincarlisle.com)
2 points by makira 13y ago|0 comments
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by makira 13y ago
Direct link to the email for this story, which also contains interesting details not on the site: http://thelistservearchive.com/2013/06/06.html
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by makira 13y ago
If the original list had x salts, and you crack half of the entries, then you only have x/2 salts left to check, hence cracking goes twice faster.
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by makira 14y ago
I know about coinbase and use it, but it's very limited. U.S. only, is not a real exchange (buying bitcoins is often not possible), etc. And quite frankly, support is lacking too. Buying bitcoins is still extremely complex for most of the w
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by makira 14y ago
"The limiting factor for Bitcoin is no longer demand; it is the lack of reliable infrastructure for buying and selling them." There is a big demand, I don't understand why VCs or YCombinator are not pushing a few startups in this direction.
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by makira 14y ago
The bitcoin protocol can be changed to add as many decimal points as needed. It's not static. Whether a change is adopted depends on each person running a node: it's decentralized.
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by makira 14y ago
Which brings me to the point that the steering wheel is much more important than brakes. Being able to go faster because of brakes is not very useful if you are heading into a wall.
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NASA International Space Station Longeron Marathon Challenge(topcoder.com)
3 points by makira 14y ago|0 comments
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by makira 14y ago
Fully agree on this one. Assuming "You can earn 5% investment returns after inflation during your saving years" is the exact reason why so many retirement funds are having problems. %5 after inflation, although that might have worked great
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by makira 14y ago
Since this is free, I'm left to assume I'll be the product.
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by makira 14y ago
I am aware of App Bodega, but as you said, it's like the App Store. It's not meant to sell source code/copyrights/sales rights/website/etc.
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Ask HN: Where to buy/sell mac apps (code/sales rights)?
1 points by makira 14y ago|3 comments
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by makira 14y ago
Indeed, I was also surprised by the 'Say yes to everything.' statement. I'm currently doing nearly the exact opposite, to reduce my stress levels and avoid a burn out. Saying yes to everything might work when you are young, full of energy,
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by makira 14y ago
Mac App Store works fine on 10.6.8.

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