discountgenius

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Google's Datacenters on Punch Cards(what-if.xkcd.com)
11 points by discountgenius 13y ago|2 comments
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by discountgenius 13y ago
A buddy and I created http://bitcoinsimplified.org to try to solve that problem.
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by discountgenius 13y ago
Mormons believe that the fastest and best improvements to the quality of life of an individual come through conversion to the church. That being said, the LDS church in general does a lot of humanitarian aid and Mormon missionaries in parti
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Anonymity in Bitcoin(bitcoinsimplified.org)
2 points by discountgenius 13y ago|0 comments
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Bitcoin simplified: A new, simpler Bitcoin guide.(bitcoinsimplified.org)
1 points by discountgenius 13y ago|0 comments
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Restore the Fourth(discountgeni.us)
2 points by discountgenius 13y ago|0 comments
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by discountgenius 13y ago
> “If this is done correctly, an organization can get to a person who is having personal issues or problems that if not addressed by a variety of social means may lead that individual to violence, theft or espionage before it even gets t
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by discountgenius 13y ago
This sort of change would only be necessary if the value of a bitcoin grows significantly making today's dust into tomorrow's crumbs. I don't generally pick up pennies, but I've never ignored a dollar before.
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by discountgenius 13y ago
It's non-trivial, but further division of bitcoins is possible to implement and would likely be accepted by the network if it was in the best interest of the currency.
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by discountgenius 13y ago
There are many reasons why kids get bullied. There is no unified theory of bullying that explains it all. For years I thought I was picked on because I was smarter than my peers. Looking back, it seems more likely that I was really kind of
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by discountgenius 13y ago
By May 2011 when the form was filled out, Mt. Gox had already pivoted to bitcoin.
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by discountgenius 13y ago
> If you can't transfer your cash to Bitcoin, or your Bitcoin to cash, then the decentralized nature of Bitcoin itself is immaterial. Unless you can turn your bitcoins into goods and services.
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by discountgenius 13y ago
> "800 officers who reached speeds of 90-130 mph" Technically, couldn't this be 799 guys who meant to go 85 but drifted up to 90 and one jerk who went 130?
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by discountgenius 14y ago
thanks for the reply. I always have bitcoinity open. (dark theme FTW). The answer to the question I was trying to ask is https://coinbase.com/network/blocks which enables me to check in on how far behind the future legitimate blockchain i
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by discountgenius 14y ago
What is a good way to follow updates on this situation?
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by discountgenius 14y ago
Whatever happened to "Name your own security question?" You used to be able to do that with many services, but now it seems every service I use forces me to a small set of easily guessed questions. A security feature that requires me to lie
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by discountgenius 14y ago
Apple's clock design was indistinguishable from the original. This is not.
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by discountgenius 14y ago
> Bitcoin doesn't allow chargebacks, an important consumer protection mechanism, therefore helping to perpetuate fraud. Chargebacks enable WAY more fraud than they stop.
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Lessons Learned From My First Blogging Success(discountgeni.us)
1 points by discountgenius 14y ago|0 comments
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White House Announces National Day Of Civic Hacking To Liberate Data(techcrunch.com)
2 points by discountgenius 14y ago|0 comments
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by discountgenius 14y ago
I totally agree that that is a moral invasion of privacy. I'm just not convinced it's a legal one.
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by discountgenius 14y ago
> ...then you can bet I would be charged with a crime! What crime? I can't think of one that would apply. > Acting in concert with someone else to violate someone's rights makes you liable... This might be where our opinions diverge
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by discountgenius 14y ago
That doesn't sound like the whole story, but if it is then their takedown request system needs to be fixed. I guess what I'm saying is I'd be interested in knowing what steps if any occurred between her emailing the website and her suing th
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by discountgenius 14y ago
I assume the majority of the pictures were taken with consent and trusted to a boyfriend, etc. If you don't like what your boyfriend did with the picture you sent him, file a DMCA request. If the pictures were not taken with consent, then i
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by discountgenius 14y ago
It seems like a DMCA takedown request should probably do the trick. As much as I think what sites such as Texxxan.com are doing is sleazy and classless, I don't think it should be illegal. We have to protect the rights of sites with user-su
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by discountgenius 14y ago
FYI: It looks fine with "Hacker News Enhancement Suite" Chrome extension.
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by discountgenius 14y ago
> I'm thinking of something a bit more substantial than a blog post. What do you have in mind? Someone needs to mobilize the little guys and get something done.
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by discountgenius 14y ago
Firing someone is still a step in the right direction if it forces other prosecutors to even think about the possibility of them being fired as well.
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Why Am I So Upset About Aaron Swartz's Suicide?(discountgeni.us)
239 points by discountgenius 14y ago|78 comments
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by discountgenius 14y ago
> This is what a broken copyright enforcement system looks like. Alright, so how do we fix it? How can content producers protect themselves from legitimate copyright infringement on services such as YouTube that allow unverified uploads

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