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coconutrandom

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    Comment #21663992

    #4 is super important once you notice that "investors" includes pension plans.

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    Comment #21513681

    Yes, they have, that's why it's called "illegal" pot.

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    Comment #21480732

    Looks less menacing than it sounds. https://mobile.twitter.com/mceleney/status/11925194405181071...

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    Comment #21440261

    Just shows "Loading" and the warning "firebase.js:39 FIREBASE WARNING: The Firebase database 'sharedrop' has reached its peak connections limit." But if this is interesting, checko…

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    Comment #21390746

    Ah yes, ".ttf" will work just the same.

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    Comment #21390261

    If anyone is interested in automating it, I wrote up quick howto in Python a few days ago. https://readevalprint.com/Schmelvetica.html

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    Comment #21333449

    If you want to Smelvetisize other fonts, I wrote up a quick script and how-to do it with python. https://readevalprint.com/Schmelvetica.html

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    Comment #21221886

    Wow, I thought that only happened to me. There was only one specific project I was on where I would have the not so practical fantasy solution like you described. Others were like …

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    Comment #19885490

    One or two people have mentioned it to him before. https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1127083480674750465

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    Comment #17180277

    meta: classic HN, top post is a Negative Nancy regardless of how impressive the new thing is. Is there a name for this phenomena yet?

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    Comment #17175034

    Look up [Delegated] Proof of Stake

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    Comment #17064448

    Keep an eye on rkt: https://coreos.com/rkt/docs/latest/using-rkt-with-kubernetes...

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    Comment #16997343

    They make money on hosting and compete on price and UI. But to be blunt, nothing can stop users from re-centralizing to the cheapest/fastest/easiest system regardless of how decent…

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    Comment #16889873

    Not sure why they downvoted this. This is an accurate comment.

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    Comment #16573721

    Money can influence but won't guarantee success. They still need to execute on something . And surely at some point in describing process for us, there could be is a nugget of know…

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    Comment #16573671

    In the past we would poke holes in the start-up idea or the weekend hacking project, but in good fun and there would be solid feedback generally. Having someone execute their idea,…

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    Comment #16549479

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102 "..forbade the hoarding 'of gold or silver coin or bullion or currency', under penalty of $10,000 and/or up to five to ten years …

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    Comment #16307204

    I'm impressed, being content is as difficult as it is laudable. Do you contribute back to society in some other ways?

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    Comment #15602791

    > never heard one good argument to backup the claims that Bitcoin can became a mainstream p2p fiat replacement There are many reasons Bitcoin will not be the currency for daily tra…

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    Comment #15269156

    This is mostly inaccurate, the code behind the token creation and distribution is public. And while it's technically possible, in practice most token contracts do not give the crea…