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That's about 7% of the total number of bitcoins in circulation. Anyone have details on how this happened? http://blockexplorer.com/q/totalbc

Why is this seemingly not true in other western countries where they have cheaper, better-functioning public institutions? I think there's truth in what you're saying, but the idea…

The idea that the mind is some sort of insanely complex, naturally evolved quantum computer is becoming increasingly credible

Wouldn't it be feasible to make an iPhone google map app that included a map caching tile server for offline mode?

I downloaded it by signing up for a free account, and it's littered with their ads

Here's a PDF of the full article: http://crayz.org/science.pdf

Right. If the genes were giving the snail sores, we'd call it a virus. Perception is reality

This is really a straw man argument. If you go read Drexler's blog(e.g. this series: http://metamodern.com/2009/12/19/molecular-manufacturing-whe... ), he is very explicit that the…

Have you seen: http://github.com/chriseppstein/compass-960-plugin

Exactly. Reading a comment right next to yours, "Are lower expectations supposed to be a good thing?". It's become ingrained in Western and especially American culture that money i…

Why don't you just upload everything to github and let the best man (team) win?

Actually the ruby would just be "if myvariable" - I think it's more readable simply because it expresses the minimalist core of what that line of code is doing. I could also use Bl…

If a person doesn't understand the value of intellesense, they're not doing it right I think the argument against a full-blown IDE which optimizes code-writing is, if it's possible…

I think the larger misconception he has is that Ruby developers solve the same kinds of problems as .Net developers. They don’t. Not even kinda.... In general, Ruby developers crea…

I like my emotions goddammit, and this essay left me flustered and angry! So this essay enabled you two experience two of your emotions, you must have enjoyed it

When he says they're 'faking' it, it's the wrong word. I would say more that in a meditative mindset, the cognitive dissonance and sheer mental noise most people are dealing with o…

We have the technology, the entire country has been geographically analyzed... The entire country of Africa?

This would probably be better done as a template, but nice job

Yeah, I'm aware this is a bit of a problem, but it seems an inescapable aspect of the format (maybe I'm just not thinking creatively enough about UI, though) Anyhow, thanks for the…

I whipped up a site to collect all the best funny/parody Amazon reviews. There seems to be something of an ad hoc community who've been posting parody, facetious or just plain caus…

Would Apple actually store individual copies of each song, or would they use compression at some level so that if two users uploaded an identical MP3 rip of a song, it would "compr…

Wow, way to fuck up the headline No rise in the atmospheric fraction of CO2 - i.e. as we add more, carbon sinks are continuing to pull the same percentage out of the atmosphere as …

If you didn't get that it was tongue-in-cheek by the "Build Quality" category, you have no sense of humor That was pretty over the top sarcasm, but still fairly amusing. I like tha…

And ruby's manifest destiny continues Your current language is too ugly or verbose? There's a ruby DSL for that