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by mpeg 11y ago
That's because you pick it up in person and they check / scan your id once you're there.
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by mpeg 11y ago
I think the difference in price between what it costs to get it shipped and the market price of the components (even if you just strip out the hard drives) is what makes it fraud-prone. From my day job, I know this is an issue for mobile op
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by mpeg 11y ago
Yes, you could, the pricing page doesn't mention anything about it though, hence why I wonder.
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by mpeg 11y ago
The way this usually goes is that you pay with a prepaid debit card (that doesn't verify name or address). Then you get it shipped to a name and address that are not yours, and you intercept the package before it gets there. It becomes
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by mpeg 11y ago
I'm curious about how they're going to approach this from the fraud perspective. This is a $200 charge for a device that has 50TB storage, which would probably cost you around $2000 to buy. There's people out there that will
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by mpeg 11y ago
That sounds like SOAP + SQL Server stored procedures (full replication mode to log db requests, then monitor any SQL queries). I'm assuming other vendors have similar set ups. I've ran systems like that, and I'm glad things a
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by mpeg 11y ago
No one is holding a gun to their heads though. I don't like tipping, I do it when I'm in the US because it is a norm but overall it feels like a scam; as I don't get any better service or quality than anywhere else in the wor
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by mpeg 11y ago
Yes, I believe you should be fine if you opt out. Still, as much as I understand the need for Ghostery to monetise, I personally prefer to trust the EFF.
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by mpeg 11y ago
"Targeting via tracking does not work" is a very bold claim. Better targeting is a selling point of billion-dollar ad tech companies, and retargeting just pushes more products. Some sorts of tracking are harmful, I don't like
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by mpeg 11y ago
The site is legit news, but the "This is That" section is satire. I'm assuming OP didn't realise that.
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by mpeg 11y ago
Note that Ghostery will block trackers but they do sell your usage data themselves. Use privacy badger or a tracker-blocking list for your ad blocker if you're that concerned about privacy. On another note, as an ad person, context-awa
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by mpeg 11y ago
Piracy-enabling p2p apps don't have a great track record (remember all the KaZaa clones?) You just have to do a quick google search to find that even the original devs are concerned about the number of forks, and malware-riddled copies
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by mpeg 11y ago
It's not. There's already two main sources for the Popcorn Time app (popcorntime.io and popcorn-time.se). Neither of them are distributed by the original devs, how certain are you that they are not injecting malware into the binar
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by mpeg 11y ago
Both, like any Bittorrent client. The difference is it uses a library which prioritises certain file chunks so that you can watch it as you download (stream it).
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by mpeg 11y ago
They make a point of saying it's only available in Popcorn Time though.
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by mpeg 11y ago
Because it's not clearly illegal... For instance, here's a google search [0] that gives you access to the same pirated material that Popcorn Time does (but with a worse UI) Does this mean google is an illegal site? Is HN an illega
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by mpeg 11y ago
This is a terrible article, full of inaccurate facts. The most blatant of all is that Popcorn Time is not a site, it's an application (which is why it's been so hard to block). It uses existing sites (like YTS and The Piratebay) t
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by mpeg 11y ago
Cultural appropriation is always uncomfortable in the first place. For example, see the media storm over Kylie Jenner's hairstyle [0] [0] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kadia-blagrove-/cultural-appro...
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by mpeg 11y ago
This is pretty racist, "mon".
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by mpeg 11y ago
Airport security is there to protect the planes, not the passengers.
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by mpeg 11y ago
Here's a free idea to b2b startups: before you go into a sales meeting with someone, spend some pocket money putting your ad in front of them via linkedin / facebook. They'll likely attribute it to "frequency illusion&qu
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by mpeg 11y ago
Might have been validated in step1, but the email goes out to the email in a hidden field in step2, etc.
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by mpeg 11y ago
"Growth hacking" definitely increases your salary, but it's really in consulting where you can leverage your marketing skillset to get a much higher rate (obligatory patio11 blog reference)
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by mpeg 11y ago
I don't think a potential acquisition would mean much for Heroku's independence, they continued business as usual after the SFDC acquisition, so it'd make no sense for Microsoft to worry about rolling them into Azure (these t
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by mpeg 11y ago
I like the acquisition success story, people bash on Facebook ads but they're probably the best online channel when you have a very specific audience you want to target with high reach (dog owners, UK&I) Just doesn't work as w
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by mpeg 11y ago
HBO's Silicon Valley series is probably the closest thing we're going to get to Office Space 2. Which is good, because the series is genius
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by mpeg 11y ago
I'd say the #1 rule in sales is to ask questions. Call up the businesses you think would benefit from your experience, ask them what their pain points are. I don't know what your background or area is, but for example if I was to
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by mpeg 11y ago
I have very little love for code interviews of this kind. Here's an alternative I would propose to hiring managers: Give the candidate a research paper in PDF, then ask them to implement the algorithm described there in code. You get t
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by mpeg 12y ago
"Just think – verification by SMS for all of the potential users would be millions of dollars even at a few cents per SMS." What? They received $147,210 from 10074 backers, even if every SMS sent costs you $0.04 (pricing from twil
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by mpeg 12y ago
Spiderweb can't compete with the likes of Supercell because their games are niche. It's an old-school 2D party-based rpg, it looks dated and they recycle the engine year after year to release more games, as their loyal fanbase is

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