thomasbk

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by thomasbk 13y ago
The actual indictment is here, it's a fairly interesting read: http://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/resources/5182013725111217608...
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by thomasbk 13y ago
Hetzner is in Germany. They might have different tax rules & audits.
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by thomasbk 13y ago
No; for that to be the case, equivalence would have to be proven (i.e. construct a proof of Shanuel that works when you assume this theory to be true.) Right now, it could be that there exists a proof that is valid and does not depend on Sh
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by thomasbk 13y ago
The given answer is "no"[1], all powers are irrational. I'm not sure how this simple "no" would be helpful to you without understanding any part of the proof. [1] assuming https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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by thomasbk 13y ago
Those who contribute share in the profits of the pool! Most things that are in the interest of the pool are in the interest of the miners. Also, as hardware gets more specialized, the cost to entry gets higher and power concentrates.
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by thomasbk 13y ago
If the large pools make a deal, any transactions they don't pick up will only ever get accepted after a very long wait. Hell, since they control >50% of the network, they can simply make the new transaction fees a new rule and force
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by thomasbk 13y ago
You can only mine (for a significant share) with very significant investments, and transaction fees competely go to miners, so it's in their interest to raise them (albeit slowly, to not curb the adoption of bitcoin too much.)
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by thomasbk 13y ago
The mining pools (groups of miners who've joined forces) control it in practice. This effectively gives a very small number of people control over significant things, like transaction fees.
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by thomasbk 13y ago
The answer to things like the Pidgin configuration issue you mentioned could be https://tails.boum.org/ -- a live USB distribution that runs all traffic through Tor, and comes with Pidgin preinstalled and preconfigured. It
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by thomasbk 13y ago
Given the PRISM revelations (and the today-reported fact that the AIVD has reportedly been recording and analyzing all domestic calls since 2000) try moving to drop all cases since 2000.
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What's the Deal with Hong Kong?(talkingpointsmemo.com)
28 points by thomasbk 13y ago|6 comments
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by thomasbk 13y ago
I like the pricing options at https://tickets.ohm2013.org/ : 250 - Overpriced ticket 180 - Normal ticket 125 - Budget ticket from which you can choose your own price.
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by thomasbk 13y ago
You'd charge $2/day? I think $60/month would seem quite expensive for an audio version of daily reminder text. I also think this is a feature, not a product? Unless you perhaps make it a text-to-actual-speech API?
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by thomasbk 13y ago
If I remember correctly, it's not some arbitrary choice of the lawyers, but it can be required by law (under some interpretations?) You should check with the lawyers if tampering with font size or spacing does not go against the reasons for
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by thomasbk 13y ago
Presumably because the submitter's username is also the domain, so by using a link shortener he can hide the fact that it was submitted by the author.
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by thomasbk 13y ago
For what it's worth, the text in the footer looks fuzzy to me (in a way that hurts my eyes on a TN panel, on IPS it's slightly less bad) (Chrome, Windows 7 64-bit)
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by thomasbk 13y ago
Part of this is somewhat similar to how Windows 8 measures "Start-up impact" of applications that auto-start, and allows you to disable them with two clicks. (In task manager)
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by thomasbk 13y ago
A while ago I considered getting a similar setup for traveling, but I am now very happy I did not: I've spent quite some time traveling lately, and finding good reliable wifi has been a constant battle. (Southern and East Europe) If I had t
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by thomasbk 13y ago
My guess would be http://calnewport.com/blog/2012/06/12/what-you-know-matters-...
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by thomasbk 13y ago
Forward the request to the nearest newspaper too.
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by thomasbk 13y ago
I like the concept. Perhaps you could have multiple "selection rows" under eachother -- e.g. on top scroll hats, middle you scroll shirts, below that pants, below that shoes. You can switch between the rows to choose which one you want to b
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by thomasbk 13y ago
Agree with this-- I tend to naturally look at the next picture while it's coming in, but the way it transforms hurts my eyes. Just sliding it in would be much more comfortable, although look less pretty. Also: the man/woman pictures on your
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by thomasbk 13y ago
Also, improving advertising isn't generally seen as having the highest positive impact on society, whereas a professor might contribute to a cure for cancer.
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by thomasbk 13y ago
Gwern has an amazing writeup of Modafinil, including his own (DIY "double" blind-trial) experience, effects, etc: http://www.gwern.net/Modafinil Highly recommended for anyone even slightly interested in the workings of Modafinil. His own
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by thomasbk 13y ago
My Chrome tab crashed when I tried sending a 440mb file!
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by thomasbk 13y ago
F# has an open-source compiler and runs well on non-microsoft platforms using Mono. How is it tied to the MS platform?
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by thomasbk 13y ago
For what it's worth, the algorithm is called backtracking ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backtracking ), and I'm pretty sure it's taught at most respectable CS departments in the world.
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by thomasbk 13y ago
I think the uniforms in the picture are old, and the SWAT raid was supposedly many years ago, so it might be not be fake based on that.
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by thomasbk 14y ago
You should consider replacing the stock images by your own photographs! I think that would add to the authenticity and professional appearance of your service. It might even help against first impressions like verbalist had ;-)
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by thomasbk 14y ago
The video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6GRFKWGn1k

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