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by mootothemax 9y ago
the correct fee should have been approximately 2BTC. At current rates isn't that a $5,000ish transaction fee? Have I misunderstood something? That seems like a crazy amount, especially given the hype surrounding Bitcoin.
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by mootothemax 9y ago
Backpage sound pretty evil here, any argument about prostitution can be ignored entirely: Backpage was focused on getting as many ads posted as possible. It instructed moderators to edit ads and strip out the code words used by pimps to in
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by mootothemax 9y ago
If you don't fancy the price of premium economy or business class, you can get some great deals at the literal last minute. Go through with your flight as normal, check in, go through security, and find a member of staff for your fligh
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by mootothemax 9y ago
For a good etymological mystery, it's hard to beat "dog." Not only is the word "dog" of unknown origin, its equivalents in Spanish and various Slavic languages also apparently appeared from nowhere. http:/&#x2
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by mootothemax 9y ago
There's already a moral hazard, either blackmail from the investigator, or bribery from the subject.
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by mootothemax 9y ago
If it was off by 5%, there could be some weird reduced-rate VAT @ 5% ( https://www.gov.uk/vat-rates ) not being printed out separately but included in the total nonetheless. If I remember correctly, most booze is at the full
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by mootothemax 9y ago
Like Linux, still not ready for the desktop? And... on to the next analogy.
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by mootothemax 9y ago
No, I mean G precisely because it has that loop at the bottom. I see it near universally in Poland, and 100% in Germany but with a terribly small sample size.
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by mootothemax 9y ago
>European numbers vs American numbers (the 1 especially)? Honestly I think 9 will be the bigger issue, to my eyes the European version is near identical to lower-case G.
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by mootothemax 9y ago
> Ok, so is it your contention that the UK would not co-operate in similar fashion? And, if so, why? Genuine sense of political autonomy or PR? My contention is that the US would not kidnap him from London's streets. Word choice is
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by mootothemax 9y ago
>I think you're being a tad literal there. The last case I remember was Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr who was kidnapped in Italy and brought to Egypt by the CIA in 2005. Italy's streets are not less intrinsically sacred than Englan
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by mootothemax 9y ago
Five years living in a single room, not able to leave or walk outside. Millions of pounds/dollars spent enforcing the same. A gigantic show of idiocy from both sides.
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by mootothemax 9y ago
>He still can't leave. The US is just going to kidnap him off the streets of London. Wouldn't be the first time. When was the last time the US kidnapped someone from London's streets?
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by mootothemax 9y ago
Ahh, yeah you're totally right, I keep forgetting that the victims need to pay with bitcoin. Well. I guess it's good that there's not a more convenient way to give in to the criminals' demands!
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by mootothemax 9y ago
Would they make more money if they demanded $10 instead of $300? While $300 isn't crazy money, it's more than enough to be painful, and definitely feels like ransom. I wonder how many people facing a locked computer would sigh, sa
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by mootothemax 9y ago
Which is beyond scandalous when Uber are also trying to do self driving cars ASAP and remove the need for drivers entirely. It really makes me question the morals of the person or people who signed off on both of these. Edit: I mean, the lo
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by mootothemax 9y ago
>That's a bit of a pain. I wonder why a laptop bomb would cause problems in the cabin but not in the cargo hold. Bags in the cabin can be put right next to the "skin" of the plane; when in the cargo hold, it's much mo
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by mootothemax 9y ago
>The mass use of fake IDs of this sort is a bizarrely American problem. In the UK, you're considered an adult at age 18. Most (aside from the unfortunate 17-year-olds) university students can legally purchase alcohol, smoke, or gamb
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by mootothemax 9y ago
>You may be overstating that a bit. I've been doing tech for a while, and I can't recall anyone ever asking me to abuse my skills for ill-gotten gain. A few years ago, a guy contacted me from HN, asking if I wanted to team up o
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by mootothemax 9y ago
Especially if eg Facebook notification emails count as transactional. Group memberships alone massively narrow things down. Throw in a few business notifications and it's game over. Even without that angle, I find it absolutely scandal
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by mootothemax 9y ago
It depends on what and how you're trying to crawl, it's trivial to verify a "true" Googlebot using reverse DNS: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/80553?hl=en I know of a few sites th
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by mootothemax 9y ago
>Unless you do it from a Google Cloud instance, that is. What's the reverse DNS for Google Cloud IPs? Google says to check that Googlebot's IP resolves to either a .google.com or .googlebot.com domain. https://suppor
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by mootothemax 10y ago
Ehhhh... not often quite set in stone enough that you can rely on it, especially for spoken language. Emphasis and a whole host of other situations lean towards - but by no means demand - order in the example given.
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by mootothemax 10y ago
By halfway through I was kinda surprised they weren't going the full hog and throwing in a good Da , or Nyet, the people's... for full effect.
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by mootothemax 10y ago
While I get your wider point, I find the different types of mistakes that ESL'ers with different mother tongues make absolutely fascinating. I've noticed, say, that in Poland, where the native tongue lacks articles, people regular
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by mootothemax 10y ago
> keeping the peace between European nations for decades It really doesn't do anyone any favours to make claims like this; the breakup of Yugoslavia and the associated genocides were hideous: https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2F
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by mootothemax 10y ago
> Many commenters in this thread are speculating on how counterfeiters are inserting the, apparently large volume of, counterfeit coins I've written elsewhere that I reckon other criminal channels might be in use. If you offer your
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by mootothemax 10y ago
>I still hadn't realised they might be fake, though. Yeah, I was the same until a machine failed and a colleague said that the coin might be fake. There is something rather delicious in the fact that we're so used to machines
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by mootothemax 10y ago
> But, what do you do with your counterfeit coins? Launder them through your other criminal activities. "Hey, you want to be paid for all the drugs you've sold recently? You can have 500 in 'real' or 1,000 in fake not
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by mootothemax 10y ago
> That took me completely by surprise. Is there really that much of a market in counterfeit coins? The profit margins just seem so modest relative to counterfeit bills. If no one's checking for counterfeit coins, and the users thems

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