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by rick888 16y ago
This is exactly what I thought when I saw all of the bitcoin articles on HN last week: essentially, the people who control the top Bitcoin applications are like the central banks: They control the protocols/how much money is released and
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by rick888 16y ago
The "next generation" started and went out of business in 1997. There were a whole host of sites that uses this exact model in the late 90s. All of them failed. I'm guessing it's because the traffic the advertisers get doesn't convert to
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by rick888 16y ago
I'm still not convinced. Currency has gone through many corrections because of counterfeiting and I feel pretty confident that most people won't be able to counterfeit money (especially with the new designs). Bitcoins also do not have the
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by rick888 16y ago
If you aren't selling it, you can. Most businesses aren't selling software.
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by rick888 16y ago
What's to stop someone from taking apart the software/building rogue software and generating their own bitcoins without going through any of the complicated math calculations? If they can't, then there must be some central authority prevent
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by rick888 16y ago
I believe it. Especially since many of the startups I see these days are not long-term businesses. Their only hope for success is to be bought out by a bigger company, which doesn't happen very often.
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by rick888 16y ago
Open source is devaluing developers' salaries. Why would a company pay an engineer with a college degree to build something, when they can get it for free and hire a software mechanic to make changes? It also makes it much easier to farm j
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by rick888 16y ago
It also shows you the flaws in socialism. Since there is no monetary gain, most people work on open source on their free time and important bug fixes and features are many times never implemented. There are thousands of projects like this
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by rick888 16y ago
They mention music startups. Is Grooveshark profitable?
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by rick888 16y ago
nice! I thought about doing this about a year ago...never actually put the effort into completing it though.
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by rick888 16y ago
I believe this is exactly what happens in Sweden, Denmark, and Finland. Salaries aren't public directly, but tax returns are...so you can easily see what everyone makes.
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by rick888 16y ago
I was with you until this: "My friend, a dear childhood friend of mine, went on a rant about "Barack HUSSEIN Obama" and how he was a Kenyan who wasn't born in this country, so "how could he be fit to be president?" Not to take this discussi
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by rick888 16y ago
I find that the people that attribute success to "luck" aren't willing to through the sacrifice and hard work to make it happen.
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by rick888 16y ago
The "laws" of scarcity don't have to apply here. The laws don't necessarily apply to digital goods, because we can make infinite copies. However, Space, time, hospitals, and doctors are limited...so these laws apply.
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by rick888 16y ago
I'm flabbergasted that Europeans won't admit that it's a failing system. Both France and Sweden need to scale back their systems because it's just not efficient or cost effective. I know it's just anecdotal evidence, but everyone I know fr
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by rick888 16y ago
If you are going to buy it, make sure you will use it. I can't tell you how many domains I bought and never used.
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by rick888 16y ago
The main argument for 'piracy is not stealing' is that there is still an original copy. Just like with the OP's site.
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by rick888 16y ago
So, if I copied your startup (website, graphics, and name), and didn't make a profit on it (even if you were charging), it's okay?
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by rick888 16y ago
Most millionaires didn't get there without hiring anyone. They also pay for many other things that most likely require paying people (assistants, etc). So, those millionaires are providing jobs to the economy which in turn adds more tax r
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by rick888 16y ago
This is interesting, because it works on the same principal as software piracy: The original isn't "stolen" it's merely copied. The original is still intact. I'm wondering if the same people that are so zealous and pro-piracy would be fin
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by rick888 16y ago
I've already seen QR codes at best buy near the price tag of many different things (mostly computer related hardware..like hard drives).
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by rick888 16y ago
Until we have robots that are creative enough to create the actual item (not copy), we still have scarcity: not everyone has the skills to make the song, movie, or anything else that can be copied. Currency is just paper and ink that has a
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by rick888 16y ago
"While the data itself is free, or very cheap indeed" The data isn't what you are paying for. You are paying for the years of experience and creativity involved with creating the album. Also, this isn't really for you to decide. The marke
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by rick888 16y ago
This article talks about "sampling" music. Grooveshark and last.fm are for sampling, downloading is for getting everything..IE: not sampling. I've heard the argument that most bands don't make money on the albums, only the merchandise and
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by rick888 16y ago
Keepass is terrible. Too many bugs and it used to crash on me constantly. 1password is much better. It's $40, but worth every penny.
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by rick888 16y ago
I use one called "stayfocusd". It's a chrome plugin that allows me block certain sites. I usually give myself about 10 minutes/day on all of my favorite news sites (including HN).
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by rick888 16y ago
I'm impressed with this new handheld. I haven't played games in a few years, but I'm thinking about getting this.
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by rick888 16y ago
This is one of the biggest problems: no feedback system for accounts. Since there is almost no barrier to entry, it's really easy for scammers.
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by rick888 16y ago
I'm glad we're on the same page. I'm just sick of the one-sided and biased tech community.
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by rick888 16y ago
"(bundling the browser, exclusivity with all consumer computer OEMs, etc)" Right. At the same time (10 years ago), there were many different variants of Desktop Linux available, a few different office type applications, and a ton of other

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