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Show HN: CryptoList – customizable list of cryptocurrencies and their attributes(cryptoli.st)
4 points by timbowhite 9y ago|0 comments
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by timbowhite 9y ago
I brought up the same question awhile ago, maybe the responses there will help [0]. My favorite one was: "Money is a religion. Bitcoin offends some people's gods." [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9711
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by timbowhite 9y ago
I wrote a plugin for node.js/express that performs basic bot detection and bans bots by IP address until they pay you some Bitcoin: project: https://github.com/timbowhite/botbouncer simple demo: http://
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by timbowhite 9y ago
Thanks! And good point about dropping the http/https in the URL validation.
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by timbowhite 9y ago
Thanks for the suggestion! That makes a lot of sense. You're right, most publishers are very particular about format of their content in these generated videos. Focusing on a single client would help nail down at least one use case, a
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by timbowhite 9y ago
https://vidgen.io It's a web app that generates summary videos of online articles/content. I launched it in February and it hasn't made a dime. I was charging ~$3 per generated video, but since it's had zero
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by timbowhite 9y ago
Do you think people like Rosa Parks should have started their own nation? [0] What an incredibly frightening way of thinking. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
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by timbowhite 9y ago
Same list with filtering and retail pricing from ~50 registrars: https://tld-list.com Disclosure: I made tld-list.com, so this comment is a shameless plug.
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by timbowhite 9y ago
What's the best way to import existing comment data from Disqus into Commento?
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by timbowhite 9y ago
I'd like to make a blunt suggestion: don't hijack browser scrolling.
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by timbowhite 9y ago
> It's not a novel concept. Bitcoin is a linear web of trust, applied to transactions instead of identities. Webs of trust are as old as PGP. Block C is valid against Block B is valid against Block A, which we both trust. It's
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by timbowhite 9y ago
> why so many people consider cryptocurrencies to be such a big deal. Sending value anywhere in the world in a very short amount of time without having to trust a middleman.
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by timbowhite 9y ago
> it's a little excessive to assign such heady altruistic qualities to Satoshi as if he/she/they knew ahead of time what bitcoin would become. > It'd be a shame if we elevated the experimentation of one intelligent
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by timbowhite 9y ago
> a system that would immensely benefit whoever came up with that particular currency In Bitcoin's case, Satoshi created the world's first trustless, global digital payment system and distributed it as open source. Maybe it&#x2
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by timbowhite 10y ago
I had the exact same experience with a price comparison site for a specific type of product. Got the same rejection + reason even after I spent time writing original overviews and articles about the products in question.
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by timbowhite 10y ago
My advice to job seekers who are asked to complete a "homework assignment" by a potential employer: Ask to see the company's employment agreements or contracts in writing first. I was once given a 10 hour assignment, which in
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by timbowhite 10y ago
This is a project I've been working on/off for the last few months. It makes basic slideshow videos with music, subtitles, and TTS narration using the submitted HTML content. It's running on a single OVH dedicated host with
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Show HN: Vidgen – Generate Summary Videos of HTML Content(vidgen.io)
2 points by timbowhite 10y ago|1 comments
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by timbowhite 10y ago
Sure. The other thing I've noticed is that I tend to be more aggressive during strenuous runs. For instance, if a car doesn't yield to me at a crosswalk I'll probably yell out something, whereas I normally would ignore it. Mi
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by timbowhite 10y ago
Yeah hard runs make me feel great, but it's more of a state of pleasant mental numbness. Mental focus and the ability to do any complex thinking stuff (coding, chess, etc) is entirely diminished.
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by timbowhite 10y ago
> I notice how much more clearly I can think after. If the run is more strenuous, do you still see the same effect? For me, a 3 miler at a relaxed pace definitely helps me be more focused afterwards. But if I'm going full tilt up an
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by timbowhite 10y ago
This is very cool. Do you have any plans to add additional providers? One suggestion: might be nice to have a sortable table of the providers & results so visitors could visually compare them at once.
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by timbowhite 10y ago
> we have been freed of nondisclosure obligations. > the Act restricts the use of indefinite gag restrictions that prevent providers from ever notifying customers Did Google say anywhere in that blog post that they've notified th
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by timbowhite 10y ago
TLD List - https://tld-list.com It's a price comparison website for top-level domains. Gross on average is $600/month through affiliate sales and data download subscriptions. Requires maybe 10-20 hours of work per mo
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by timbowhite 10y ago
Chase's online banking login is case insensitive (for both username and password). Frightening that a bank cares less about security than letting people in.
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by timbowhite 10y ago
Hmm different strokes I suppose, but I'd definitely interpret that behavior as aggression. Out of curiosity, if they weren't trying to sell you anything, but were behaving like that (hissing/kissing/blocking your path),
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by timbowhite 10y ago
Are you being serious? > I wonder what these people think about you If they're acting at all as GP described, then it's obvious they see you as another mark to aggressively try to extract money from. Caring about what some both
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by timbowhite 10y ago
Great site, considering sharing some of my projects. > Learn how developers are writing their own paychecks. Would love to see a forum dedicated solely to "indie hacking" for developers. ie. threads related to all the ins-and-o
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by timbowhite 10y ago
The fact that it happened at all (and without McLellan being proven guilty of anything!) is indicative of a severe security flaw in the banking system.
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by timbowhite 10y ago
Couldn't agree more. Bitcoin is not for everyone. Just like using a bank account in the real world involves not divulging your account #, bank website passowrd, SSN, birthday, etc.

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