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by pixie_ 14y ago
The problem is, eventually, the web will go down for everyone. Who knows why.. a war, and big solar flare.. whatever. Also decentralization and p2p networks are difficult and complicated to operate. Look at diaspora, look at all the file sh
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by pixie_ 14y ago
How grooveshark remains in business blows my mind. They must have super lawyers, and super investors to pay them.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Every rational developer at Microsoft must be screaming in their heads, but can't say anything because god knows how many levels of management have beat the will power out of them to speak out about the horrible decision of making the start
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by pixie_ 14y ago
There are going to be x86 Windows 8 tablets coming out that run all your windows programs ever. A lot of people are going to be pissed and confused about 2 different versions of windows with entirely different sets of compatibility. Also x
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Spotify helps you be 'master of your library' by putting a file icon next to songs you have locally. It's pretty much telling you exactly what you need to download for 'backup.'
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Bitcoin follows laws - the laws of mathematics. Which unlike government laws are a lot harder to cheat.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Blockchain.info's wallet is very good. They store your private key encrypted and can only be decrypted client side with your password. They'll also email your encrypted wallet backups when your wallet changes.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
The cost of mining doesn't influence bitcoin price because creating 50 new bitcoins isn't going to inflate the currency by any perceptible amount. The price does influence those who might want to get into mining. Eventually no new bitcoins
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by pixie_ 14y ago
The interface just adds type annotations. You can still use APIs without type annotations, and untyped variables in Typescript itself if you want. It's not 'delicate' what so ever.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Yep, it's a pretty good use of 200MW of power when you're just sitting around in the ocean.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
How do you open an application quickly? For instance, in windows 7 I click start, start typing the name of the app I want, press return, and it opens. I thought the start menu in Windows 8 loaded the Metro UI. How do I use that to launch my
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Seriously, how does gittip get upvoted consistently to the front page all the time? And.. nevermind I just answered my own question, he tweets the link to the HN article. I have to start doing that with my own projects as well.. Anyways, it
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by pixie_ 14y ago
That's cool, I'll listen to it on BitTorrent and no one will make any money. I pirated music for 10 years until the 'business' actually figured out what I want - all the music, anywhere, anytime, for a flat fee, which has much more value-ad
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by pixie_ 14y ago
I believe it has been governments (societies) putting all its resources into something that has been the driver of pushing things forward. Corporations are experts at optimizing the status quo. Real progress takes real capital and great amo
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by pixie_ 14y ago
There is little productivity created in the wall st business. As the author states little of what Wall St does is raise capital for companies. Mostly it facilitates trading stock which is basically people trying to make money off of other p
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by pixie_ 14y ago
wow downvotes. let me elaborate. if you use apple's IP, they will sue you out of existence.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
God speed Samsung.
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fear
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Fine links indeed. I tip my hat to you.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
you are a king among men.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
KakaoTalk, I switched to this from WhatsApp over a year ago.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Great read. I've been there. Write an awesome code base to have someone come along to replace it all with crap.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
This is some really great advice, 'The best UIs often start as written conversations between the user and the system.'
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Moderation, how does it work? On a side note, Spotify's Facebook only policy makes me rage like nothing else. I would kill for a normal username that I could use to open up my playlists on other people's computers running spotify. If you
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Answered my own question - https://blockchain.info has an online wallet that works just like this.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
'hacked' ... Anyways, here's my question - why aren't private keys for these centralized wallets encrypted with a password the user has to put in when they do a transaction. That way private keys aren't stored on disk, but only temporarily
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Thank you.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Bitcoin is off to a great start. I'm really interested in what direction it's going to go when governements start to notice more. Will countries try to outlaw it? Tax it? or leave it alone.. who knows.. What I do know is that it's going to
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Swatch Internet Time sounds awful. Your idea to go from intuitive measurements of time to abstract measurements sounds awful. A single timezone for a 3,000 mile wide country sounds awful.
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by pixie_ 14y ago
Probably because the group of marketers using technology wants a name for themselves to convey the meaning that they're not normal marketers, but marketers that use and create advanced technology to make better decisions.

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