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by jeffb 15y ago
You wouldn't be screwed if your business operates in Bitcoins, and your customers pay you in Bitcoins. If you take out a loan for 100 Bitcoins, you will still owe 100 Bitcoins, regardless of the USD exchange rate. If you aren't dealing in
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by jeffb 15y ago
>> 1. at amazon.com, the only site I have been tracking the tablets in actual sales, the Xoom is either #1 or #2 in tablet sales over the past two months. I mean, it is ahead of even the iPad 2 Amazon itself doesn't sell the iPad.
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by jeffb 15y ago
I think Ronald Reagan basically defines himself as a communist here. He says communism is "the suppression of liberty in the name of a common good." But shortly before that, he suggests he is against Jane Fonda's "liberty" in the name of
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by jeffb 16y ago
When you talk about the richest country in the world, are you referring to Qatar or Luxembourg? According to the IMF and CIA World Factbook, Qatar has the highest GDP (PPP) per capita. According to the World Bank, it's Luxembourg: http://
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by jeffb 16y ago
The pictures I've seen look like mDP to me. Apple invented Mini DisplayPort, so mDP is proprietary, but it's licensed for free and VESA later adopted it as part of the DisplayPort standard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_DisplayPort
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by jeffb 16y ago
Clickable link: http://mit3k.com/ BTW, I used Pusher to implement the realtime comments, and it was ridiculously easy to integrate: http://pusherapp.com/
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Show HN: Mystery Internet Theater 3000
2 points by jeffb 16y ago|1 comments
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by jeffb 16y ago
"he also talked up the significant “value transfer” in financial terms that would come Nokia’s way as a result of reduced operating expenses and new revenue streams such as access to Microsoft’s search and advertising capabilities." Wouldn'
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by jeffb 16y ago
I doubt this is actually true. Apple has always required in-app purchases to go through Apple. That's why the Kindle app pushes you out to Safari to make purchases. Despite what the article says, I bet Sony tried to implement their own in-
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by jeffb 16y ago
"Skype Toolbar is one of the top crashers of Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13" In 2010, Mike Beltzner (director of Firefox) announced that Flash causes more crashes than any other plugin. Maybe they should ban Flash while they're at it.
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by jeffb 16y ago
stackoverflow said: "There’s also the 30 minute deploy cycle." ... "It is important to note that these issues are by no means specific to Azure; similar teething issues affect other Platform-As-A-Service providers such as Google App Engine
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by jeffb 16y ago
You don't need to download a unique .wwf file "viewer" according to the website: "WWF documents can be opened with most programs that can open PDFs." http://www.saveaswwf.com/en/faqs.html
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by jeffb 16y ago
Yes, but Dave's accidental tweet to the whole world came after Ron's email, didn't it? That's what really makes Dave look like a webtard - Ron told Dave not to "cause silicon valley more embarrassment with your unprofessional classless wri
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FTC plans to monitor blogs for claims, payments(finance.yahoo.com)
9 points by jeffb 17y ago|5 comments
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by jeffb 18y ago
It's worth noting that Kijiji and Gumtree are both owned by eBay. eBay also owns a stake in Craigslist.