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   by wcfields 13y ago

   How was a trust relationship built? I could assume that major vendors with high ratings could do early FE as their means, but would unrated vendors have to essentially front and hope that the buyer would FE? Was the FE ever automated based
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   by wcfields 13y ago

   Could someone explain how Silk Road handled it's transactions? I've been reading on it and it seems they kept in escrowe the Bitcoins until the package had been marked as "Shipped"? Was there a central wallet that one wo
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   by wcfields 13y ago

   Urban centers also offer a much richer after-work culture of independent films, theater, music, and general night life that can't be found in the suburbs.
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   by wcfields 13y ago

   Well, don't do crazily illegal shit, and the tinfoil can stay in the kitchen cabinet.
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   by wcfields 13y ago

   Is there a way to filter out high-value transactions?
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   by wcfields 13y ago

   You have to look for it harder on the T-Mobile site for the $30 100 Minutes / "Unlimited Data" monthly pay-as-you-go. http://consumerist.com/2013/06/07/t-mobile-has-a-30-unlimite...
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   by wcfields 13y ago

   Text Messages / SMS cost a LOT outside of the US. With very few offering decent text packages. Everyone I met in Mexico City used Whatsapp. I suspect BBM caught on in England for the same reason.
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   by wcfields 13y ago

   That's a really depressing number.
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   by wcfields 13y ago

   I wonder if a first nations person in Canada can have the syllabics[1] put on their ID? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Aboriginal_syllabics
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    What a great idea.
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    Yes, event the Louvre has a giftshop.
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    Yes, but I hate it when the TSA agent writes all over my phone ticket.
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    If it ain't mechanical it's a toy.
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    Grandpa! Grandpa! Tells us the story of the Great Neckbeard War of 2013, when Arch-Duke Blinkentag was murdered!
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    Could explain all the advertisements for Hooked on Phonics.
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    Power Architecture is used in spacecrafts as well: The [PowerPC] 603e processors also power all 66 satellites in the Iridium satellite phone fleet. The satellites each contain seven Motorola/Freescale PowerPC 603e processors running at
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    They probably are for awhile, then selling them. Hence the delay. Riding out some mining, then slowly releasing them. I'm thinking if someones smart enough to built a specialized piece of hardware like this, they are smart enough to wr
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    Something Awful's Hardware/Software forum has a huge thread on SSDs. The thread name is pretty explicit of what NOT to use: "The SSD Megathread - Don't buy OCZ or Crucial drives, read the OP!" http://foru
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    Nothing personal/technological; the reviews of it have been very positive. It's the $300 MSRP is a just a little ridiculous. (Though I know it takes a lot of R&D.. etc..., but this is just how Firewire devices were: full of pr
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    Ugh, don't get me started on the $300 Belkin Docks. ($250 for the Matrox DS1 / $400 for the Sonnet Echo 15!) I feel like I'm living in the early days of VHS (USB3) vs. BetaMax (ThunderBolt) right now: Expensive, and while Bet
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    Can't just signup right away, they require: Proof of ID: ID card Driving Licence Passport Proof of address: Utility bill (Gas, electricity, phone) Bank statement Official correspondence
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    Yes, this is a head-scratcher for those that complain there is no 'upgrade' pricing when the cost of the full app is what the upgrade price /used/ to be. Same could be said for FCP X : Used to sell for $1600 and new pric
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    I recently left a program manager job at an ad agency that got lots of sub-contracting jobs for interactive work. Really couldn't deal with getting to work at 7am to check-in with my developers. Our entire team of developers is based i
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    st.nyc - The homepage for the hot-garbage and urine smell of the big apple!
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    Product of our culture more than anything. We'd all be buff if we barely ate and were outdoors/hunting all the time.
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    Time travelers from 2007, apparently.
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    Or have weeks of free time to root out issues with zero documentation except for random forum posts.
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    I had been using these to game my Dropbox account: 1. Configure the VM up the point of signing up / downloading the client. 2. Change the PC Name & spoof a new Mac Address in the VM. 3. Sign up under a referral code. 4. Rollback to
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    Looks like someone from Microsoft has some old warez scene habits.
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    by wcfields 13y ago

    My father, whom after having some terrible lymph-node cancer about 15 years ago, finally couldn't eat. Due to scar tissue he was breathing in more food than he was eating so now he taking what is more close to Soylent called Jevity thr