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by parallax7d 16y ago
>to keep sales of in-game currency for real money under control, the publisher/developer for eve online a while back created the mechanism of redeemable subscription codes Replace the word "keep" with the phrase "cash in on". Eve never
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by parallax7d 16y ago
In the 50's and 60's it looked like the US was just trying to maintain a 2:1 lead over the Soviets. I wonder if it was driven mainly by bragging rights.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
Yeah I know nanotech has current limited applications. That's why I said "widespread". As in electricity once had limited applications, now it's widespread.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
My dad doesn't think we are aliens, and he used to listen to music encoded on disks as a kid... Humanity is changing much slower than you may think. The big leap was electricity, and that is well behind us. I doubt the next big leap (nano
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by parallax7d 16y ago
I love the lobster idea. It would be even better if the lobsters survival was based on the integrity of the data. This would provide evolutionary ECC. You would also need some mechanism to signal people in the far future that the lobsters
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by parallax7d 16y ago
I accept the concept that Wikileaks puts informants at additional risk. I also accept that the government is lying through their teeth about the activities on the ground in Afghanistan. Is it more important for a the taxpaying population t
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by parallax7d 16y ago
So was I. But technically "No Support Staff" means no one, on staff, doing any support. Thus the customers would have to use a stack exchange or some other type of self-sufficient system.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
God forbid clever hacks we may want to run on our own hardware.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
I would posit that discarding something because you see drawbacks and no benefits is logical. Prescribing what someone you've never met knows or doesn't know would be, if not foolish, presumptuous.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
A market for trading perception of value should be regulated to increments of days or weeks, not minutes. The current structure for valuating securities does absolutely no good for our society. Not that it's overly evil or anything, it's j
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by parallax7d 16y ago
"A Bit More" is a little too wordy, unless of course there was a "More" button as well, to put it in context. This would also open the possibility for the "Just a Tiny Eency Weencie Bit More" and "A Heck of a Lot More, Son" buttons.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
It sure doesn't help the learning curve though, as you basically can't talk about which keys to use with most (qwerty) users.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
At least it wasn't saying "Look behind you" or something.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
This is a great idea. And when you sell/toss out your computer there should be a "shut down, for the very last time" button you can press that would play something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbN0g8-zbdY Although after the
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by parallax7d 16y ago
That's amazing, I'm going to leave the search window open now, A badly designed Windows feature is the best virtual pet I can think of.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
"In accordance with regulatory instructions" has the overtone of a regulatory issue, but their little communique fails to elaborate properly, thus I assume paypal messed up somehow. It does reiterate several times how sorry they are. They
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by parallax7d 16y ago
When it comes to news sources, it's best to 'throw out the whole dog' when they can't get the very basis of their usefulness correct - reporting facts.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
Sometimes I feel deeply ashamed when I read stories on HN, because there are stories of people who achieved absolutely incredible things in the face of adversity: People who created businesses while destitute; people who built families and
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by parallax7d 16y ago
I did the Digg > Reddit > Hacker News migration path. I'm glad to see HN seems to have the general community stability of a Slashdot or Metafilter. Reddit was a disappointment, although certain subreddits are very useful.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
Not only does gates throw lots of money at problems, they follow up the results with effectiveness studies.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
This is a good step, but the state should also be taxing them at close to 90% as well. That way all the other billionaires who don't care about philanthropy are forced to contribute back into the system that allowed them to gain the wealth
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by parallax7d 16y ago
I didn't seriously compare manipulating people to murdering bums, the post had an air of facetiousness to it. But the analogy is valid. The end goal is to satiate animal drives by using people. One may be more extreme, but that is simply
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by parallax7d 16y ago
And if you like that, I would suggest that learning an intricate technique to regularly murder bums and get away with it is another great method to improve self-confidence for the depressed young man.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
Could someone explain what this post is about, I'm dumbfounded.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
Advantages is determined by the existing competition. If they aren't innovative, and you are, it's a competitive advantage. Same goes for anything in your business model that you can do better than the existing competition. Worrying about n
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by parallax7d 16y ago
Can someone tldr this? Basically meat is bad, but whey is ok, and soy isn't quite as good as once thought?
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by parallax7d 16y ago
Due to the distribution of servers, and the way data is routed about the internet, i would imagine it would be different for everyone.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
I think you have it backwards. If someone is going to cheat, they are not going to be interested in this rpg. The rewards of leveling up are a new found productive habit, not just some silly swag or xp in a lame game. On top of that, by i
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by parallax7d 16y ago
On answering why there are so few food addicts? I would suggest cost, availability, and social pressure would be some factors that temper overeating. Ever meet a broke starlet from an impoverished nation? Skinnay.
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by parallax7d 16y ago
This article was full of unqualified statements, but also full of very interesting tidbits. It's too bad it was so poorly done, but I think a case for the main point could be easily salvaged.

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