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In case anyone is interested in the ATO's treatment of crypto currencies - https://www.ato.gov.au/General/Gen/Tax-treatment-of-crypto-c...

I'm not sure his comment was disingenuous. But you're right, it's bizarre that FB jumps to remove breast feeding images and yet leaves the most vile rubbish untouched. And unsurpri…

They (the advertisers) are under pressure from feminist activist groups like /DestroyTheJoint , and www.womenactionmedia.org/fbagreement

This whole thing is elevator gate all over again. Feminists heading into "male dominated spaces" with the intent of shaming men over whatever minor transgression they can find. The…

carjackers aren't known for their brilliance

This is very much the reason Rupert Murdoch (and by extension News Limited papers) is so opposed to the NBN in Australia.

Prosecutors acknowledged that Gonzalez did not obtain any of card numbers in the case or receive any proceeds from the thefts. I understand the need to provide some kind of deterre…

I think I'm pretty much in the same boat. I don't stick to any particular sleep schedule except I religiously sleep for two hours in the early afternoon.. just can't help it. I fin…

I would have thought google wave might be a good fit for this. Or even a wave plugin if you require something more specific, like the 'accept/reject' feature? Concept Draw Office a…

As an Australian I'm not really up-to-date on US politics, so I have a question.. why are democrats unhappy about health care reform? I thought that was what they wanted?

As a racing driver I think this guy understands the concept of "steering into the slide". In the case of blogging in China, if you're going to be a little bit courageous, it's prob…

If you can't make it to that one you could try Lechuguilla in New Mexico. Also a crystal cave, formed from acid running through limestone, it was featured in David Attenborough's "…

Gads! Those shots of Explorer 5 gave me some horrible flashbacks. My first mac, Mac II System 7, fond memories

One option might be to not ask for a password at all and auto generate it. Most sign ups include some form of confirmation email, perhaps a password could be sent with it? Not appr…

http://sharedsquare.com works, but your www subdomain isn't configured.

This juvenile practise of downvoting simply because one disagrees does not change the fact that legislation != regulation, in fact one can legislate to remove regulation. And btw, …

An act which may encourage banks to lend is not regulation . The belief that gov't would bail out the big players does not indicate over regulation, or even appropriate regulation.…

Which specific pieces of regulation made borrowing easier? An interesting wiki on the subject is the GFC timeline- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprime_crisis_impact_timeline Ther…

It wasn't a housing bubble that caused the GFC, if that was all it was it would have been contained to real estate. What brought down so many large institutions was the toxic debt …

We're not in a depression, we're in a recession.. and it was the lack of regulation that caused it not abundance.

then there's the invention of wifi, originally designed to clean up fuzzy intergalactic radio waves.. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/csir...

Are you a member of any user groups? I find them invaluable for networking local peers with the same interests. And, by definition, members are going to be passionate about what th…

Since nobody has mention it yet, one could always submit a project as a design competition at 99designs.com. Though, at design school, we were advised never to enter competitions a…

General Electric, now there's a company that's "evil". http://www.google.com/search?q=%22general+electric%22+%2Bevi... Do you see my point? To anybody outside the app development c…