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RandomKid

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    Comment #14909358

    That's not a jab at your post. Look at Swift and the way they encourage creation of new frameworks and server applications [1]. Then look at the hostile atmosphere in the Go commun…

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    Comment #14898167

    >> defining sane defaults is the responsibility of frameworks and not a core library But...but.. Golang core team teaches us that "framework" is a 4 letter word and a core library …

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    Comment #14811236

    > Let me guess... another hard fork to undo this. Nah, Vitalik is not affected by the bug this time. You only hard fork, when your money are stolen.

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    Comment #14786383

    By using duckduckgo and openstreetmap. I've been using both for many years and they are quite good, I would say.

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    Comment #14759527

    For this use-case there is a better solution - GNU Taler [1]. It doesn't invent its own coins but works with existing currencies. [1]: https://taler.net/en/

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    Comment #14759487

    >> you can never protect its (gold's) value, since this will be diluted if someone else brings a lot of gold to market... Bitcoin prevents this by automatically adjusting difficult…

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    Comment #14746046

    Everyone is praising GNOME here. Am I the only one who thinks that it's not polished enough? I'm using it on my laptop and it kind of works most of the time. But there are occasion…

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    Comment #14731612

    > How does MaidSafe work, by the way? It consumes your $$$, and emissions promises that one day it'll become "a new shiny replacement of the Internet".