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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
I definately disagree with the idea that adding private security won't remove funding from public security. If the vasy majority of wealthy townships start funding their own private security, it will be much harder to justify expensive
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
This might actually be a better way to advertise on the internet. My biggest qualm with advertising is that in almost every case, the product being shoved into your face is not the best product for you needs, it's the product with the
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HackMIT Weekend Hackathon Submissions(hackmit.challengepost.com)
2 points by PaperclipTaken 13y ago|0 comments
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
Similar to the other comments, this seems virtually unrelated to the actual arrest. This article makes it seem as though the single mistake is what allowed DPR to get nabbed, and yet there is a lot more going on in the investigation. It was
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
I'm always cautious around claims of ADHD. My experiences have been that attention span works largely like muscle. If you practice focus and force yourself to get better at it, you notice improvements over time. It has also been my obs
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
"A common misconception is that transactional confidence is based on time" Transactional confidence is based on the probability of someone compromising the network for enough blocks to undo a spend that you've already honored
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
I think that this article does discredit how much smartphones have accomplished. Now anybody with a modern smartphone has a decent camera. Anybody has access to full Google search results in their pocket. It's possible that soon your s
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
The social networks of the future will have the potential to access all of your daily interactions via your smartphone. They have the potential to know who you call, who you meet with, and where you hang out. This enables your social networ
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
This paper offers little with regards to future steps to protect your data, and basically accepts that we must give all of our information to corporations, and protect ourselves by improving our government. But future technological advancem
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
Anecdotal evidence is not scientific, but this makes a lot of sense in the context of my life. At work, when I hit a tough problem, I'm much more likely to tab over to HN or reddit, yet I've found that somehow I manage to hit the
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
OVH is still the cheapest host I've ever seen. 1 TB disk space, 100mbps connection speed, 5TB bandwidth, all for $20/mo? I'm not complaining, nor have I seen better.
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
Heinlein's Razor - "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice"
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
Maybe I have missed something, but other than being a 'search engine,' I'm not really told your site is supposed to be used. Is it good for finding courses? Is it good for finding explanations on a specific topic such as Rand
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The Honest Truth About Dishonesty(youtube.com)
2 points by PaperclipTaken 13y ago|0 comments
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
Kind of. There were theories before bitcoin but for the most part each had some major obstical that they were unable to overcome. Bitcoin represents the first cryptocurrency that was truly successful.
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
Addition information about Ripple: https://ripple.com/wiki/Main_Page
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Ripple, Digital Currency, Surpasses Bitcoin Market Cap(thebitcointrader.com)
2 points by PaperclipTaken 13y ago|7 comments
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
I'm still against using passwords at all. In today's society it's completely unavoidable but instead of expecting people to go through the trouble of maintaining a different password for every site we should be trying to move websites in th
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When Startups Need More Lawyers than Employees(techdirt.com)
7 points by PaperclipTaken 13y ago|0 comments
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
There are a few challenges facing Bitcoin, and I think that in the long run Bitcoin will not be the chosen digital currency of the world. The first problem is that there is a highly predictable and (at the moment) constant supply of bitcoin
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
There is a solution that is easier than auditing, found within the public key system. You could use the same password for every single website without any of them ever knowing what it is. You would instead associate your account with a publ
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Bitcoin Returns to a Steady Climb(bitcoincharts.com)
2 points by PaperclipTaken 13y ago|0 comments
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
This may seem cheap, but there are already many, many orders out there for ASIC, and all of the factories are backed up. Butterfly Labs only recently released models that have been on order for many months (I want to say greater than 6). If
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
Read all the responses. I spent the money because I've been tracking bitcoin for a long time, and I felt confident that I understood the markets. Even if I completely failed as a trader, I should expect to get a fair chunk back. I put in $1
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
I just yesterday wired Bitfloor over $1000, and they have yet to acknowledge my transaction. The money is gone from my bank and is currently in limbo. I'm frustrated that they have given so little information out, my recent transaction repr
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Three Improvements for the Oculus Rift
2 points by PaperclipTaken 13y ago|3 comments
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
It depends on how you define 'real money.' Bitcoin is a real medium of exchange. It offers advantages that you cannot get from any centralized currency. It is cryptographically protected, it runs on a distributed network, it's (relative to
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
I would like to point out that there aren't even 13 million bitcoins in circulation.
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
Bitcoin is not dead, it will come back. Technically, it won't even disappear. Bitcoin has many fundamental uses as an exchange of value (note the vernacular) that is not done properly by anything else. It is the reason that markets like the
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by PaperclipTaken 13y ago
Generally, exchanges take less than 1%. Mt. God takes .6%, and at least one exchange (bitcoin24?) takes 0%. So there is definitely room for this.

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