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by spkthed 13y ago
No, it's covered by the FDIC. Banks can offer better protections but at least 48 hours within discovery is mandatory. http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnfall09/debit_v...
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by spkthed 13y ago
The same is possible with a credit card - you can have your card maxed, get nailed with overage charges, declined transactions, etc. It's still a headache, but when I've had it happen to me I think I had the money restored within a few minu
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by spkthed 13y ago
They don't, protections are exactly the same.
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by spkthed 13y ago
They are. Protections are exactly the same (in the US at least.) You have protection from the moment that you learn of the problem, not when it happens. Not that having your account drained doesn't suck, but your worst case scenario there
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by spkthed 17y ago
I wish I could upvote this more than once. Thanks for the submit! Crazy useful/interesting article!
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by spkthed 17y ago
Yes. http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/07/why_informa... Most people that visit sites for new content get a tiny burst of pleasure. It's the same reason that people gamble, and the impulse is strong.
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by spkthed 17y ago
Unfortunately that's something of the lifecycle of online communities. Once they reach a critical mass people that probably shouldn't belong start congregating, sooner or later there seems to be a tipping point where things start racing do
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by spkthed 17y ago
What a fascinating concept. Not only can this potentially revolutionize the lives of millions of people, but the implications past that are staggering. If this was a standard option how many lives would be saved from the moment distractio
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by spkthed 17y ago
This quote is one of my favorite Linus quotes ever. Bashing on Microsoft is such an 'in' thing to do and honestly it's so pointless. Many IT folk are stuck using their products for any of a number of reasons. Many of their products simpl
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by spkthed 17y ago
I'm so glad to see other companies actually picking up the slack on space exploration. Hopefully they'll continue to pick up steam since it's looking like government funded exploration is more and more dead. There's no reason that anyone u
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by spkthed 17y ago
Agreed. Many scientists can't even agree on the health benefits/drawbacks of foods like (cow) milk that we've ingested for centuries/millennium. Every other year for decades it's been called good or bad. I have no interest in following he
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by spkthed 17y ago
With 18 years between new games and the inability to save, better make sure you're playing at the best of your abilities.
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by spkthed 17y ago
This is an awesome thing. I can't see tech-savvy people switching to IE and keeping it unless they prefer it. All of the less-tech-savvy people out there that catch wind of this will upgrade to IE8 Goodbye IE6!!! I hope this does catch
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by spkthed 17y ago
I too am impressed with Adam's character. He has managed to turn two very difficult lessons into something that shaped the rest of his life. One of the lessons that I took from this is the value in learning lessons early on in life. He fa
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by spkthed 17y ago
Giving serious thought to getting a rackmount or cloud slice with these guys. Stories like these are darn impressive.
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by spkthed 17y ago
Materials act differently under different conditions. Lots of pressure can make some materials very brittle or even softer. Brittle materials plus the weight/stress from the water currents involved could be what they are referring to. I d
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by spkthed 17y ago
This is amazingly awesome. At the end it talks about how this device connects to the surface using cabling thinner than a human hair. Technology just blows my mind.
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by spkthed 17y ago
My favorite choice is probably MythTV + Boxee for a nicer front-end/social media application. The Mac stuff is nice, but you're locked into a single hardware piece. MythTV + Boxee let you add/modify your hardware as you see fit, select th
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by spkthed 17y ago
Borrowing someone else's car is probably more hassle than it's worth. You'll have to deal with insurance, maintenance and there's problems, you risk that relationship. You assume that older cars are cheap and newer ones aren't. Get somethi
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by spkthed 17y ago
Just jump in and try. You'll probably fail a few times. You learn and get better and try again. Eventually you'll get it. Or not, in which case time to try something new!
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Getting Started with x264 - Video Encoding(digital-digest.com)
1 points by spkthed 17y ago|0 comments
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Room in a Box - Modular Furniture.(dornob.com)
8 points by spkthed 17y ago|1 comments
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by spkthed 17y ago
Ubuntu, so nice, it must be on there thrice. Lists like these often substitute fanboyism for open-minded reviews and the full range of possible packages. You need to break lists like these down into categories, and then list out options.
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by spkthed 17y ago
Dave Ramsey plan?
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by spkthed 17y ago
This article leaves out all the people out there that simply use meetings as an excuse for social lives, the chance to be heard, or as a way out of actually working hard.
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by spkthed 17y ago
Does Howtoforge actually have created content? Every time I see one of their articles I see probably 5 absolutely identical articles on other sites. I'm not sure which way the ripping-off is happening.
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by spkthed 17y ago
If you take it a step further, there's always things that people are better at than you. Accordingly, you are constantly learning from everyone around you. Unless you're always the smartest person in the room.
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by spkthed 17y ago
That's a pretty good response. Intelligence has nothing to do with intellectual abilities. 'Idiot savants' can do brilliant and amazing things. The smartest people in the world have trouble remembering where they put their glasses. Some
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by spkthed 17y ago
You can retire well even if you only make $10 an hour for 40 years. It just requires you to be very frugal with your expenses and investing wisely. Let interest do the heavy lifting for your retirement :)
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by spkthed 17y ago
OpenDNS was having issues resolving Google yesterday. It looks like at least part of the problem today is DNS related. Anyone else experiencing that?

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