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by wcfields 12y ago
Ha, you beat me to it! https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/Chromebook I bought a refurb Acer C720 4gb and have found it perfect for everyday tasks / general use with Ubuntu installed.
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by wcfields 12y ago
Forum to pump that paycheck into: http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/
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by wcfields 13y ago
I had this as a day dream a month ago. Though it would work as in-app currency that I would give to the users and the servers / aws bill would be subsidized by the collective micromining.
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by wcfields 13y ago
Sigh... Guess I won't ever see Gene Simmons Tesla President's day KISS-A-THON sales event.
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by wcfields 13y ago
Yeah, $120k (even if only ~20k$ is cash), is a drop in the bucket compared to the WHOLE IP catalog.
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by wcfields 13y ago
Could be that pre-OSX was built with very good localization for more obscure* languages and it carried over into today. *(Icelandic has at most has ~350k speakers)
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by wcfields 13y ago
I would say that this falls squarely into the consciousness of this forum. On this forum there is non-stop debate on the NSA surveillance and this, while not part of spying, demonstrates the over-reach of government law enforcement.
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by wcfields 13y ago
Could someone who deals with PCI compliance please explain some other nuances of credit cards that I've been curious about: * Fault/Decline Codes returned from processors like CyberSource. How are these factored? How do processors
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by wcfields 13y ago
Better idea would be to do a Media/Advertising/Entertainment focused start-up in West Hollywood in Los Angeles.
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by wcfields 13y ago
Yeah, I live in Southern California and I've never heard of 99% of these Hispanic first names.
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by wcfields 13y ago
Or Scenario 1.1: Buyer and Gov settle as a well below market price, possibly to rid of these e-tokens. Buyer then floods the market with cheap coins that are still a markup from what he bought them at. Market panics ($1000 vs $100), price o
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by wcfields 13y ago
I just discovered Flex* today, another must have. * It's an easy way to flip values for tweaks for apps and Springboard. Saves a lot of time vs one by one installing these in Cydia. Eg: Staff Mode for Instagram, 5 icon dock, remove ads
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by wcfields 13y ago
"3) SteamOS users will be less annoying than Xbox and PS3 users" If I wasn't at work right now I'd bet the farm that there's a page 1 post on /g/ with "SteamOS Master Race".
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by wcfields 13y ago
What's the legal term? I think it's "double construction"? Where the prosecution knows it's you from illegal means (wiretap/NSA spying) but by that knowledge can go back and construct the legal case in revers
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by wcfields 13y ago
They already exist, there's a small fruit-named company that happens to make them.
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by wcfields 13y ago
/Did/ well. It's virtually known by everyone in the know that OCZ is synonymous for being unreliable.
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by wcfields 13y ago
Yeah, but I don't go around farting/burping in peoples faces. So don't blow your e-vape shit in my zone. It's about common courtesy.
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by wcfields 13y ago
Everyone in Mexico uses it too
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by wcfields 13y ago
I think I can echo having a list package from my mailbox vs front door and it has everything to do with FedEx/Ontrac /UPS leaving the box at my front door. One of my favorites is the recommended carrier of Monoprice, Norcon, that
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by wcfields 13y ago
Portland, Oregon can be /very/ cheap if you live outside the city. And, if you live in a large 4br house with other people (or even just another person if you both make enough) you can get your rent down to $400ish if you live wit
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by wcfields 13y ago
Ljubljana, Slovenia is really nice. It's a mix of east & west, uses Euros/EU, and rent is fairly inexpensive. I met a few ex-pat Americans that were working in tech / IT. No one will ever expect you to learn Slovenian too
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by wcfields 13y ago
Yes, there's a whole world of difference between developing a pressurized self-contained water pistol and a vague all-encompassing concept like "cloud backup".
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by wcfields 13y ago
or * Amex Corporate that start with 3787 * Australian Bank Cards But surprisingly handles JCB and Diners Club.
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by wcfields 13y ago
Easy: 0% APR + new car warranty + lemon law protection + 0 miles > whatever APR you get on a used car + 30 day at best warranty + 40k-60k miles
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by wcfields 13y ago
God bless http://twitter.com/NeilHamburger for engaging these worthless pieces of PR fluff. Honorable mention belongs to http://twitter.com/RealCarrotFacts
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by wcfields 13y ago
God yes, I love this aggregator but anything that isn't a valley dick sucking contest isn't "hacker"
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by wcfields 13y ago
They aren't going to tumble all 32 million. Even 10k-20k USD worth of coins is enough to work with for most criminal cases.
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by wcfields 13y ago
I've never gained anything beyond mountains of spam from IT recruiters from LinkedIn. Does anyone (here or anywhere) gain anything from LinkedIn?
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by wcfields 13y ago
"[Flat] is the worst form of [design], except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." Given a choice between Skeuomorphism overload and the look of bundled software with a new Motherboard I'd opt fo
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by wcfields 13y ago
A friend of mine touring through Norway decided to get a pizza and a 6 pack of beer. Ended up costing him ~$65.

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