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Deflation is the big big big problem. The only bigger problem is that many people in the bitcoin community refuse to consider deflation a problem - some even deny it is happening. …

And while we are at it, why don't we put the http protocol on the list as well? This is insane.

In my book their value "1) Good interface: safe to use - hard to misuse" is the same as their non-value "3) Grand design for the future".

This is a good project that attempts to add a bit of freedom back to the internet, but the DNS concept is not the right thing for a truly free internet. We need to take it one step…

I like him mentioning the programmer's mindset associated with GC being a big danger. Some people consider GC a magic bullet and refuse to think about what's happening under the ho…

In some countries, when trademarks are transferred, there must be a continuity in the underlying product or the trademark is lost. (You cannot just buy a famous trademark and ship …

It is not that easy - that's why I added the comment - to start the discussion about open source and trademarks. From wikipedia (sorry): "Trademark law is designed to fulfill the p…

What bothers me is the trademark issue. Why should Oracle keep OpenOffice and the fork has to use another name? Trademarks exist to protect the public. Which of the projects is mor…

It happened to me with 3dicons.com. I searched for it and about week (don't remember exactly) later, it was "taken".

I doubt those are habits, they seem more like abilities. A lot of people have these abilities, but great innovators can also manage themselves and actually do something... Uhm, and…

After reading the article, I am not convinced, we should copy the techniques employed by porn sites when building all "ordinary" sites. On a porn site, the content variability is l…

If I were given questions like these, I would politely refuse to answer them explaining they have nothing to do with the important things a typical software developer does. Having …

Congrats to having the guts to drop the reflections! They may seem sexy on the first sight, but make the icons unsuitable for long term usage.

I usually criticize Microsoft, but I am on their side in this case. Why shouldn't Microsoft be using this kind of data? Google search result pages are part of the internet just lik…

Agree, playing hide and seek with crackers is waste of time. I decided to make the anti-piracy protection trivial in the latest version of my software. I just wrote a installation …

As a video author, you have the option to remove the video. Youtube is primarily a video sharing site, not a money machine.

Everyone understands this intuitively, but it is useful to say it anyway. And then act on it.