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Not to nitpick, but wombats can actually run pretty fast when they want to - up to 40kph. And I reckon kangaroos, while fast, aren't very manoeuvrable; if they're on a line they te…

> during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami when broken hazardous waste containers eventually found their way onto Somali shores leaving a large majority of the population suffering fro…

Sorry. Pretty late night where I am, and a couple too many bottles of, uh, "rose water". Anyway my point was - the lack of a real fight doesn't have much to do with the rule change…

I have to admit I love the sound of a good engine - and aeroplanes, and boats, trains, everything. It's the sound of power. Watching cars race without that sound is a far less emot…

The article title might have given it away ...

> there are no fights to watch at the top Were we watching the same race? The last 11 laps were an epic battle between Rosberg and Hamilton, and the mob contending for points was n…

My opinion is irrelevant. And if your point had any validity, it would transfer right across. You're changing the topic - you know I'm right. Take it to heart, please. These things…

> There's nothing in the comment you replied to that indicates any cavalierness about "gay rights" You missed the point. The GP's comment, by dismissing gay right's relevance to mo…

After using the toilet, do you wash your hands, or just wipe them? You've just demonstrated why washing toilets are superior. I cannot understand our misplaced, hollow pride in not…

> an ongoing conversation Patrick and I had been having with Colin, not all of which HN is aware of The knowledge that there's missing context, which was provided in some sort of b…

I understand and agree with, to some extent, the argument against centralisation. However, I don't see how this fork solves it - it's switching from one form of centralisation (ASI…

As much as $2000 GPU mining boxes have? To go with their 50c+/kwh electricity prices? Yes, yes they have.

> Nothing is gained. Well, where's the gain from mandating GPUs? > increased efficiency does not add value anywhere Back to CPUs, then?

I've seen some mining rooms which disprove your notion that GPU-only mining will stop the capitalised players having an advantage. They always will. And yes, it's always a balancin…

If we're going to do that, why not get rid of GPUs, too. ASICs are merely an efficiency increase, just like GPUs were. I somehow suspect, however, the proponents of this change are…

I don't see what the point of this is? ASICs are actually good; they perform the necessary proof of work while using a lot less power. Running all those GPUs is a needless waste. I…

> Ships via DHL International Express ($49.50) Uh, no thanks. And there's no cheaper option. Is it possible to get early access to the ebook?

At the risk of self-identifying as a coward, I never touch anything to do with sexism, feminism or "women in tech" in any kind of conversation except with my closest friends. I was…

I think we are talking about different things here. I'm well aware that 99% of companies could get by with any old web framework. Should they, though? Of course not. Since we're ta…

Well, Basho made an eyes-open decision to go with erlang, after making a thorough analysis of their needs, and well aware they were balancing benefits vs costs. I would say they ma…

You know, when we say "X is fast/slow" we usually are basing the comparison on something even remotely related. If we don't do that, the comparison is basically useless. Of course …

Yeah, well I know plenty of "blub" programmers who somehow manage to quickly deliver high quality work, who have high profile public projects with their name on them, and make six …

Rails is plenty fast - for application development. And a well-designed rails app, appropriately tuned, can be suitable for all but the highest volume loads. This rails bashing is …

Interesting option. However, the "invest mauritius" website isn't even loading for me, which perhaps isn't a good sign for this "good" connectivity...

> you can't loan out bitcoins the way you can regular money Why not? I mean sure, it would mean losing the anonymity, but the receiver would owe you the interest-adjusted amount ju…