shocks

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   by shocks 13y ago

   Hindsight is 20/20 [1]. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
2. 512.▲
   by shocks 13y ago

   Every time I see Dropbox on the front page of HN I think about this[1] all over again… 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
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   by shocks 13y ago

   Price has gone up by nearly $200 since you posted this comment. Still to late to invest?! :P
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   by shocks 13y ago

   Haha, best of luck to you! I noticed you're based in London, happen to work near Shoreditch? I'm in contact with Dishoom - trying to get them to accept BTC. Another reason to quit, eh? ;)
5. 515.▲
   by shocks 13y ago

   And so what if an 'Atheist' did receive a bunch of cards like that? Why does it matter? Is the 'Atheist' supposed to be 'offended'? That is pathetic.
6. 516.▲
   by shocks 13y ago

   Supposedly these ones. http://blockchain.info/address/1F1tAaz5x1HUXrCNLbtMDqcw6o5GN...
7. 517.▲
   by shocks 13y ago

   This is not true. Look at the price on BTCChina and you'll see it's pretty much equivalent to the USD price on MtGox. Bitstamp and Coinbase are lagging behind because BTCChina and MtGox make up most of the volume.
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   by shocks 13y ago

   This seems like a pretty good strategy. A bit of fun, low risk. I bet a heavy smoker spends more than £100 a month of cigarettes.
9. 519.▲
   by shocks 13y ago

   Localbitcoin also does bank transfer over here in the UK. :)
10. 520.▲
    by shocks 13y ago

    Well you can withdraw to a Chinese/Japanese bank account in one working day.
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    by shocks 13y ago

    noprocrast! :)
12. 522.▲
    by shocks 13y ago

    It's very easy to withdraw from MtGox with Japanese and Chinese currencies. BTCChina is very close to GoxUSD in terms of price. The MtGox price is actually pretty accurate, bitstamp is the one that is lagging behind.
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    by shocks 13y ago

    It's not impossible, but it is difficult. However - it's much easier to withdraw in Japanese and Chinese currencies. BTCChina is pretty close to GoxUSD.
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    by shocks 13y ago

    Engine engineers usually chuck frozen turkeys into the engine and they do just fine…
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    by shocks 13y ago

    I'm using one of those Intel Atm £2.50 OVH dedicated servers for exactly this. It works pretty well, but I've had issues when syncing files that change often. I've switched to using ownCloud for documents and other rapidly ch
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    by shocks 13y ago

    Nice! We (Yearbook Machine) tried 3CH helicopters for this - primarily attempting to streamline the sweet delivery process. Ultimately the endeavour was a failure because the helicopters didn't have quite enough lift, and the heavy swe
17. 527.▲
    by shocks 13y ago

    I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that you're not a game console developer. It's really not as simple as you're trying to make it out to be.
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    by shocks 13y ago

    See ScaleForm. In game interfaces… Powered by… Flash! ActionScript! WebGL is a natural progression on this.
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    by shocks 13y ago

    You may be surprised to know that most in game interfaces are powered by Flash/ActionScript. Would you build a website in Flash? I doubt it - you'd probably tell me it was slow and didn't deliver the same experience.
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    by shocks 13y ago

    Many commenters here may be very surprised to know that it is very common for game developers to use Flash/ActionScript to build both game interfaces and game logic. See ScaleForm. WebGL is the natural next step.
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    by shocks 13y ago

    You're assuming to many things. You assume the renderer they're using uses a large chunk of RAM. You assume they use exactly the same browser for the home interface as the normal web browsing. You assume that they're keeping
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    by shocks 13y ago

    I find both Steam and the Mac app store a huge pain in the ass to use in their native clients. Fine in a real browser though.
23. 533.▲
    by shocks 13y ago

    boogie2988 disabled comments on all his videos because the hateful spiteful messages (personal attacks re. his weight, etc) all bubbled to the top. Many people are also linking to spam, pornography, and viruses. G+'s algorithm also bub
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    by shocks 13y ago

    I think the keyword here is historically …
25. 535.▲
    by shocks 13y ago

    Brit here, since when do we find that offensive? Being 'offended' is bollocks.
26. 536.▲
    by shocks 13y ago

    I am also having this problem.
27. 537.▲
    by shocks 13y ago

    Maybe some cool 3D printed objects like a Klein bottle?
28. 538.▲
    by shocks 13y ago

    Now… wait a minute… :P
29. 539.▲
    by shocks 13y ago

    What's the stability of this like? How much traffic can I send before the RPi falls to it's knees? Awesome project.
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    by shocks 13y ago

    Well, that was inevitable.