banderman

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by banderman 8y ago
History rhymes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog
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by banderman 8y ago
Keeping a variety of houseplants seems to help at least a bit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Clean_Air_Study
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by banderman 8y ago
Big fan of BlueScreenView and WiFiInfoView! Thanks for all the great products.
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by banderman 8y ago
My understanding is that a good number of the exchanges currently operating require payment to list new coins, often in the form of a significant stake in the coin itself. At any point has any exchange ever stated that their company and off
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by banderman 8y ago
Are there specific reasons for that particular date?
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by banderman 8y ago
What a great game! It worked so smoothly over dial up. I put a lot of hours into this back in the day. The balance in the ship types and the teamwork required is brilliant. And then all of the mods for different game types and maps... just
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by banderman 8y ago
If you want to help get it to zero there's a UN program: https://wfp.org
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by banderman 8y ago
One side might have on street parking.
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by banderman 9y ago
I imagine that in the future giving a child any significant quantity of a super sugar liquid like soda might be seen as child abuse. The way it triggers the human brain isn't much different than illegal drugs.
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by banderman 9y ago
Built in camera and video capture has improved an incredible amount. I think the value this provides to people with modern "phones" is pretty significant.
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by banderman 9y ago
They raised $7.5mm towards the end of last year, so maybe there's more ad spending going? https://digiday.com/media/atlas-obscura-ceo-david-plotz-vide...
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by banderman 9y ago
atlasobscura.com seems to mostly be click bait and paid placement these days, and it consistently gets spammed to social media platforms. I wish there was a way to filter out certain news sources from the feed.
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by banderman 9y ago
It's the same as the Microsoft "How old are you?" and Google "What painting do you look like?" apps. People don't think about what's going on behind something that seems trivial.
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by banderman 9y ago
I switched to only playing and buying games that work on Linux a few years ago and haven't regretted a moment of it. Indie games might not be as shiny and realistic looking but they're typically more creative and deep.
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by banderman 9y ago
That whole article seems like an ad. I also don't see how it's in any way hacker news related.
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by banderman 9y ago
Deflation decreases the velocity of currency (less incentive to spend due to rising value), which is bad for the economy (less activity, so fewer job opportunities, leading to even less activity).
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by banderman 9y ago
What are the odds of this being intentional? They had what, 140k pounds of potential payload? And all they sent up was a car?
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by banderman 9y ago
You can use it to record your screen, not just to live stream.
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by banderman 9y ago
It's not just Bitcoin, it's every altcoin listed on that exchange, and the other two big Tether/USD exchanges (Poloniex and Bittrex).
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by banderman 9y ago
OBS is fantastic for screencasting: https://obsproject.com/
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by banderman 9y ago
Please cash that out before this whole Tether mess unwinds.
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by banderman 9y ago
Is there anything that it can exclusively do? I mean functionally in the real world, right now.
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by banderman 9y ago
Or they already have a good idea about the credibility of the news sources and this will let them determine which users are credible.
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by banderman 9y ago
For digital movies/music the credits do stack.
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by banderman 9y ago
Those are extremely bold assertions with no evidence provided to back them up. How is Bitfinex secured from an inability to pay out? To my knowledge, they have never published an independent 3rd party audit showing that they actually have t
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by banderman 9y ago
A standard 35 hour work week could help with this.
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by banderman 9y ago
I wish that TV shows and movies had to disclose which companies paid for product/brand placement.
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by banderman 9y ago
Maybe some people don't remember how popular chat rooms were back in the AOL days?
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by banderman 9y ago
There are a lot of potential medical applications that will benefit from VR. Inspecting 3D x-rays especially. Real estate virtual tours, interior design, architecture...
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by banderman 9y ago
Some companies sell directly on eBay, usually at a discount.

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