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by polshaw 14y ago
Last I knew wine glasses were non-alcoholic. (From the quote) it seems they have carefully chosen not to market them alcohol directly.
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by polshaw 14y ago
Why not put that effort into learning JS instead of fixing someone else's JS framework?
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by polshaw 14y ago
Everyone holding Bitcoins is a speculator. If they believe the price is only going down, they will sell and crash the market, just like before. Notice i did not say everyone using bitcoins are speculators.. but if you are say a merchant w
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by polshaw 14y ago
I think the primary point of this site is not to blackmail or make money, but make a point; 'art'. I don't see any of the offerings appealing to anyone (while they'll take your money, i'm not sure they are intended to), and the charge to se
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by polshaw 14y ago
The difference is that projects like the internet were incremental. At no single point did it require "Billions in infrastructure"; to start it basically required just a couple of modems (which aren't fundamentally complex) and it ran off t
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by polshaw 14y ago
The UK government is not angling to leave the EU. The tory party (largest but not majority party) has promised, if elected in 2015, a referendum on EU membership in 2017. This was done in an attempt to head off the rising UK Independence Pa
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by polshaw 14y ago
Very nice, I could only spot OAG. How did you handle the music? As for the product, there are a couple of things that aren't clear; do you actually end up connecting directly to your friends' wifi, or are you routed through their phone? IE
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by polshaw 14y ago
Interesting (maybe?) tidbit, in the days of coining 1st/3rd world nomenclature, the then USSR was in fact the 2nd world. But it is fair to say they have slipped a bit since those days.
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by polshaw 14y ago
I can't agree with this- HN is absolutely a discussion forum, that revolves around the user submitted 'news' (which is often blog opinion). I have gained much more from reading the comments here than the articles submitted.
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by polshaw 14y ago
This is why i prefer the reddit model that a vote can be retracted/changed, it allows for a change in vote as the circumstances change. Which would also solve 'accidental downvote' occurrences.
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by polshaw 14y ago
I thought android could work on the Pi?
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by polshaw 14y ago
Primarily, hype and community (which is gained from hype). GPIO is also significant for many, and it may align better with some users requirements (eg, LAN, 2xUSB, RCA video). It is also the 0 thought solution; you can go out and start rese
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by polshaw 14y ago
Not OK. Maybe, somehow, you intended this to be genuinely friendly advice, but it comes off as stinking. You put your blogging out there for criticism when you submit it, criticism that is appropriate and useful to others in the comment thr
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by polshaw 14y ago
You're welcome. By pushing the boundaries you create something with the potential to sustain as more than a throwaway gimmick. I agree the fragility of content in the online world is.. worrying, if you take a long term perspective. I imagin
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by polshaw 14y ago
Surely this only holds until you want to convert into local currency?
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by polshaw 14y ago
The volatility of BTC is useful in such situations. If you sold now, the price may rise to $40, then crash to $15, and then rise again to new heights. So if you do sell (and are keen to stay in the long-game), you have to be confident that
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by polshaw 14y ago
if only the banking world had thought of a way to pay for things without cash..
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by polshaw 14y ago
Well, this is going to be an interesting watch! The fundamental issue is that holding is what increases the value (because, really, it is an exchange medium; the world still ultimately prices pegged to their respective local currencies, no
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by polshaw 14y ago
Some people believe in the success of bitcoins. They bought custom hardware. This proves bitcoins are going to be a success. Circular logic at it's finest!
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by polshaw 14y ago
FWIW bitcoin is still inflationary (in terms of money supply increase)-- and quite a lot more than traditional currency; although the rate of increase halved at the start of the year.
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by polshaw 14y ago
I understand this, but i was asking a broader question; is there any real deterrent or risk for a company to use GPL code (in violation) first, and then fix it if/when they get found out and threatened legal action. No one has brought up a
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by polshaw 14y ago
Excellent work! You can feel comfortable that you will have a long lasting legacy; it's a real snapshot of history, imagine having one of these from 1912. Would it be possible to see one or two of the individual images (to get a better pers
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by polshaw 14y ago
Putting ubuntu on the chromebook would really have given a much better experience than either the stock or the iPad.
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by polshaw 14y ago
1 in 3 people saying they want to get a new device is an extremely good result. IMO the ipad 1 wasn't that great either.
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by polshaw 14y ago
That is because they cheaped-out on the battery in the ARM chromebook, which almost defeats the point of going ARM for me.
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by polshaw 14y ago
Working with the assumption that Sony righted-itself in a reasonable time-frame after legal action/threats began; Could KDE prevent sales of VAIO machines if they were now complaint? I guess not? Is there ANY precedent for damages of this k
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by polshaw 14y ago
Why are people upvoting this inane nothing-article. >Explain. Ok, basically android is well known, it is not just geeks (yes there are some technophobes that don't, but a minority IMO). It is market dominant. So no, it's not a 'feature'
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by polshaw 14y ago
This leads me to a legal question about GPL stuff.. Say the guys at KDE threw their full legal might behind this- what would happen to Sony? Obviously they would be required to change it (or include the GPL licence), but is that all? What k
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by polshaw 14y ago
The fate of the steam box is rather dependent on how much support there is for developing/porting to linux.
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by polshaw 14y ago
It's great for PC gaming for say the next 4 years, for the first time in ages all AAA games will make decent use of a graphics card/features (with PCs running higher res + less optimised) . After that it will be dire and stagnated again. Th

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