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it won't have door handles.

that's what Calico is for ;)

I find this ironic this offering - "Bitcoin payments have been disabled for the Humble Book Bundle"

When I heard about this previously I wondered if it's a way of developing tunnel boring technology and expertise that would ultimately be useful on Mars. Underground tunnels and sp…

"No diaspora of English nobility, many of whom left rather than become subject to Normans" - do you have any other links or more information about this comment, i.e. which nobles a…

This the the acronym Seagate uses for solid state hybrid drives - http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/solutions/solid-state-hybrid/ I don't think Backblaze uses any of these so likely the…

A recent article in the Washington Post (Wonkblog) making the case for "Why daylight saving time isn’t as terrible as people think". US centric. The argument uses the data of numbe…

The Seagate drives do seem to be improving in reliability though. The higher capacity Seagate drives which I presume are newer models have better failure rate numbers than the lowe…

It's talking about Market Cap.

Pinky and the Brain reference. "Pinky: Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight? Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky - try to take over the world" https://www.youtube.…

How about a Tardigrade - not exactly a complex lifeform but a few steps up from a bacterium. I wonder if these creatures could survive this type of event? http://en.wikipedia.org/w…

The article suggests there was a worldwide climate shift: "The scientists noted that, at about the same time that Hunshandake dried out, a major climatic shift was occurring worldw…

Reminds me of this article on the price of Rolex watches and how they have increased as Rolex watches have evolved from a professional tool to a luxury item. http://www.ablogtowatc…

Yes, $5,700 seems a bargain to uncover a flaw like this. Shows an interesting potential use of bitcoin, can act as a warning system to identify bugs or insecure systems, like a hon…

I donated. It's possible to enter the amount you want to donate, unclick "Be an EFF Member", skip all the "Donor Information" fields, click "donate to EFF" and you are presented wi…

My point is that fiat money systems have costs associated with them. I'm not arguing that the costs change if there is Quantitative easing or not.

Central banks and central bankers don't work for free. How much is spent on normal banking infrastructure, cash security vans, fraud protection etc.

What are the already-known polynomial time attacks on the protocol? do you have any links? thanks

A slightly related article I read recently about how should we evaluate the claims of people much smarter than ourselves. i.e. in this specific article the example is if Krugman ma…

from http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/1/4154500/mt-gox-barons-of-bi... "Karpeles bought the site in 2011 from its founder, Jed McCaleb, also known for developing the infamous video-s…

Well that sucks. One of my most used/visited apps/sites. Maybe Yahoo should build a reader. Could be a good fit for them.

Maybe bitinstant.com

On BitPay site: https://bitpay.com/amazon