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May not be long before shops go cashless. With increasing numbers of people using the magic plastic - cash may fade out over time. Also, bank notes (at least in the UK) sometimes h…

I don't know if I'm missing something here... but what's wrong with running your laptop directly off the mains without a battery and unplugging the cord if necessary so the compute…

Nokia 105 here as well. I love how so many people on HN have 'dumbphones'. It's gone through so much more abuse than a smartphone would be capable of taking.

You mean Ukash? Despite that, there is still a gap for prepaid Bitcoin gift cards which should be filled.

I guess you just summed up the benefit of having a non-specific HN in your last sentence. Serendipity has led me to find all sorts of wacky stuff here that I would never have found…

First off, excuse my silly attempt at a modified Shakespearean soliloquy in the title. I'm going to get straight to the point and try to be as concise as possible to avoid ambiguit…

I don't really see how people have down-voted you other than the fact that they don't agree with your opinion and I really don't think that should be an excuse to just grey out som…

According to the UK agency "...privacy has never been an absolute right and the debate about this should become a reason for postponing urgent and difficult decisions" This article…

I'd recommend this book by the way: 'Time to Eat the Dog?: The Real guide to Sustainable Living' by Thames & Hudson - search it up if you want a read. We essentially need to return…

With regards to taking a dump, you could use one of those self contained composting toilets - maybe even using the digested remains as methane gas for cooking ;)

Thanks!

Anyone ever tried printing a paper copy of OSM for their region?

Regardless of these 'toxins' - I'm sure if you evaluated the toxicity and exposure to chemicals in an average household it would be probably exceed that of industrial labs in the p…

Only Europe - since the court ruling was by the EU and applicable only to EU residents I believe.

On the whim of national governments and rich individuals, Google has already been censoring the search results that appear to everyone. The only thing this law does is give the lit…

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24476-software-beats-c...