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Unrealistic security should be the only reason to disapprove of a bitcoin ETF governed by the SEC. Not only is it poorly suited for reckless centralization by thousands of indirect…

I'd be surprised if they didn't. There's a markup at which it'd be very economical to be a broader registrar. Future upselling is worth pulling users away from other registrars. So…

Good move. I've been looking for a security-focused registrar. Will CloudFlare Registrar open its doors outside of an Enterprise plan?

It's no more philosophical than saying the alternative is proper. Uniformity of expectations seems more practical to me. In contrast, I wouldn't see an advantage in map ranges ever…

It is to prevent hash tables being relied on for order. Randomization was added so maps aren't treated as invariant. The behavior in a range of a map is no less correct to be chang…

1. I don't see how. 2. Impure? 3. That's the point. It's to force people to stop using maps as if they're sorted. 4. Why would you want to rely on the arbitrary nature of a hash ta…

You can mimic that syntax in Go. I don't recommend it but you'd only have to add a function. func it(n int) []struct{} { return make([]struct{}, n) } // ex. 1: for range it(10) { f…

I can't think of any modern non-monopoly companies that have obtained global domination without a need to perpetually acquire niche competitors along the way. That's especially so …

Rob Pike's Ivy: https://github.com/robpike/ivy Video about it (Nov 2014): "Implementing a bignum calculator" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXoG0WX0r_E

I left it on overnight once. It worked. The pixel re-stuck several times after so it took a few more sessions. It's been normal going on a few years. You might try rubbing the pixe…

Days convey immediacy and scale. "Today" and "same day" balance precision. If time between an exploit becoming known and fixed consistently happened in 100 seconds or less, 0-sec m…

Exploring past those gates into membership is rumored to have led to a cabal of artists and designers in the web's avant-garde scene. We may remember hell.com for what it represent…

Hell.com was in a league of its own in this genre. Those were the days. It's fittingly tragic that it's now reduced to a landing page of ads.

If you wanted to do that: b := &a fmt.Println((*b)[0])

http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/22/7038407/michigan-tesla-ba...

Corporations already decide what's illegal, largely, thanks to deficient systems. That revolving door exists. It's wide. The fact about law makers was worth mentioning because it o…

Politicians decide what's illegal. Legislative decisions are frequently ethically repulsive if not crooked. It's usually circular logic to point to text on paper as justification o…

I agree that it's sheer insanity to prevent people from interacting consensually. It's ironic, considering drugs are decriminalized in Portugal. Free markets can't effectively exis…

Exactly. This piece caused endless sighs throughout. It's especially unfortunate for someone running an exit node to not have his wife and himself up to speed on their civil rights…

- Buyer beware of someone selling their understanding of economics as a "discipline." - Supply and demand is a law not unlike Candy Crush is a post-scarcity economy. - The Ferengi …

The bar for a "science" couldn't get much lower.

That's correct. Your duplicating a home wouldn't harm me. My magical house would be Free and open source. Let me know of any bugs if you'd be so kind. Catch and release if you have…

You're welcome to do that. That's assuming you have the power to press a key and duplicate data that comprises a home and materialize it for your use. I'll even throw in a housewar…

Scott is hilarious. He's a bundle of insight. The slight jest about C++ being an alternative to itself sums it up: it can be a multidimensional beast. Quirky is a very kind way to …

D is a better alternative for many people. Speaking of Scott Meyers, C++, and D, his talk at DConf 2014 was humorous and you'll get a better sense of him. https://www.youtube.com/w…