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by smtddr 13y ago
Can still go either way. I don't have funds in MtGox, but I really wish they could at least make everyone whole using profits (that hopefully were eventually moved into fiat) before shutting down. I'm mildly impacted in that my d
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by smtddr 13y ago
I agree with this. I strongly believe people who put down the lottery just can't let go of their super-rational minds and just enjoy an irrational thrill every once in a while. Sure, the people who spend $100 a month on Lotto when they
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by smtddr 13y ago
Perhaps HN is expanding to be more than 1s & 0s. I think that would be a good thing.
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by smtddr 13y ago
My workplace is _exactly_ the same. Bummer about Android Support. But on the flip side, installing apks outside of PlayStore is actually very easy on Android. Compared to the provisioning-profile stuff involved with iOS. I guess I'm
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by smtddr 13y ago
So I don't have a horse in this race. I'm PostgreSQL-or-MariaDB kinda guy. Just trying to understand what's wrong wtih MongoDB. I agree I see a bunch of complaints in that HN thread, but I also see this: http://www
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by smtddr 13y ago
Is there something wrong with MongoDB that I don't know about? Is it not suitable for Coinbase's business?
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by smtddr 13y ago
Someone should make: http://canyouwithdrawfrommtgox.com ....and just have a giant font "YES" or "NO".
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by smtddr 13y ago
Standard with all the cool people in Nigeria.
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by smtddr 13y ago
>>It's no more irrational than being an entrepreneur. I love this whole bitcoin thing, but let's not get carried away. Bitcoin is not at all comparable to starting a business unless _ you _ are satoshi... then maybe we can
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by smtddr 13y ago
My own anecdotal is from when I started at&t out of college in 2001. The tiny 1 to 3% annual salary raises cannot compare to the quantum-leaps after hopping through 3 start-ups. Also, I never negotiate salary. I just tell them what I w
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by smtddr 13y ago
This was a lot more informative than I thought it'd be. I expected everything in YC to be hush-hush.
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by smtddr 13y ago
Nope. The major difference between your common Windows user and Linux user is that Windows users are often logged in as Administrator. So if arbitrary-code-execution happens that code owns the whole system - checkmate. The typical Linux use
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by smtddr 13y ago
>>this seems to become cold war part 2.0 Based on the Snowden leak, I don't think the USA knew Cold War 1.0 was over.
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by smtddr 13y ago
Here you go: 1. http://gokicker.com/2013/04/25/how-sweatshop-conditions-kill... ...even in America. 2. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2096551/Apple-shamed... >>Worke
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by smtddr 13y ago
Oops, sorry. I actually don't have direct experience with them. I personally only use coinbase and btc-e. Other random folks I see online[1] seem pleased with bitstamp and I've never heard anything bad from coworkers who are into
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by smtddr 13y ago
That's like saying... "I know I chopped off 2 of your fingers, but the employer across the street will take a whole arm... so ya know ...this is better than the alternative." Yes, it could be worse but that doesn't mea
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by smtddr 13y ago
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/19844i/ It's as good as any other BTC exchange I guess. I mean, it hasn't closed down and run off with everyone's funds. That's about all you
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by smtddr 13y ago
Now watch all the HN men start to defend themselves, completely missing the message. ____ Preemptive: I know what's coming next. Don't even bother asking me what the message is. Doesn't matter what I say, it'll spiral in
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by smtddr 13y ago
Ah... okay, then I agree with you now.
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by smtddr 13y ago
* Day-trading So on a site like btc-e.com, if you're buying & selling on little peaks & valleys you can make significant income. If you buy 400 litecoin for 14 then the price goes up 3 bucks after 5 hours, you've just made
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by smtddr 13y ago
Oh, definitely there'd be some people saying "Hey! That's not fair! We can't all fly to Japan" , but I suspect the overall effect would be a net-positive. At least, after the the people yelling "unfair!"
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by smtddr 13y ago
I definitely don't know how this will all end up. But I get the impression that if MtGox does collapse, you will be the most emotionally/financially impacted person on HN. I am absolutely not a Schadenfreude-type person. I'm
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by smtddr 13y ago
>>The video on youtube does not add anything negative to the current situation: Withdrawals are not possible, in no way. If you think this video does not negatively impact MtGox's public image or cause people with funds stuck i
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by smtddr 13y ago
>> or that releasing coins for privileged customers would help MtGox... I don't agree with that. If this person got his coins back, people would have gained a little faith that MtGox might actually get back on its feet. So at l
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by smtddr 13y ago
Because if a customer with a lot of coins flies to Japan to confront the CEO while being video-taped and _still_ doesn't get his coins back... people will believe things must be very bad. I'm convinced that it's one of 2 th
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by smtddr 13y ago
http://i.imgur.com/zIWLiyr.png For some reason, I'm only allowed to report it. =/ EDIT: I was able to block the user, but the comment remains it seems.
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by smtddr 13y ago
Thanks! I'm sure Google gets like a million of these a day. I'm probably in some queue somewhere.... and I've never dated a white girl. ;-)
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by smtddr 13y ago
>>How is he being an a__h___? He is exactly right. Being a a__h___ and being right aren't mutually exclusive. :) Sidenote: BTW, now that we're talking, if you have a coworker at Google who can get this comment[1] removed f
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by smtddr 13y ago
I've talked about this before. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7086399 You won't be able to find me without the authorities forcing the exchanges to provide info since they make their own cut helping me move t
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by smtddr 13y ago
I agree with your comment. Once every 2 months or so, I buy one of these[1]. But there's no way it can be "part of a healthy diet just like anything else" , as the person I replied to seems to think. It is an exception to

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