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Somewhat ironic question, but as ETFs holdings of BTC continue to grow, is there a possibility that the custodians of those ETFs start to have a backup plan for ETF holders or crea…

What I find impressive is that he somehow managed to renovate this property for only $2.7M?! Including 350 helicopter trips over two days!

Serious question: why is it hard to make small, anti-drone missiles? I assume it needs to only be within X distance of target and detonate to disable a drone.

And it's also called "Autopilot" which sets an extremely different tone and expectation than other driver-assistance/safety technologies.

Can you share some of the design houses you are recommending or are aware of? Thanks!

Relevant Money Stuff on the subject: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-01-17/snap-vote...

BUT what about the psychological value of _feeling_ like you're getting a deal, even if you aren't actually getting one? E.g. People from this research actually experience more ple…

You lose a lot more than just fiber in the juicing process: http://nutritionfacts.org/video/juicing-removes-more-than-ju...

Once I connected my calendar I actually had trouble distinguishing my real meetings from the decoy meetings. Impressive and frightening.

I'm surprised by the design of "her" avatar and the site. To me, the digital artifacts give it a slightly frightening and negative feel. Am I alone?

It almost feels as though the "Developers! Developers! Developers!" Ballmer mantra is back! [0] Microsoft has realized that it can't afford to lose anymore developer mindshare and …

HAProxy absolutely can support an HTTP response code health check, but in my experience out of the box it just makes sure the port (say 80) is open. I learned this once the hard wa…

I look forward to seeing Android devices powered by Microsoft apps/services in the future just so Google has a wee bit of competition! We (at SweetLabs) have been proponents of thi…

> One thing I did not understand is where all the mobile money on facebook is coming from. Looks like it is from app installs (don’t think FB breaks it out) which in turn is create…

I'm surprised by the privacy backlash in this thread! I understand why this product is so scary for someone who is concerned about privacy, but how is this that much worse than all…

Is there a tax advantage here? Estonia's tax system is supposed to be very simple, and allows for a 0% corporate income tax on all profits that are re-invested into the corporation…

As someone of the "Facebook generation", I have to say my mind was blown by this video. Thanks for sharing. I feel there is clearly a trend line one could draw here in the evolutio…

86400 seconds is 24 hours. It is surprisingly commonly mis-entered as 84600 seconds, as evidenced by this search. As such, many unintended consequences can ensue.

I would love to see a visual representation of the relationship between pitch deck length and successful raise. I was surprised by the length of this deck.

For a different perspective I found this older article which ponders the economic impact of forcing 9 million people to spend time and energy sorting their trash: http://mises.org/…

>> In all, I can see 41 app tiles without scrolling, both large and small, all of them are easily identifiable and relatively easy to reach. In practice, I find seeing so much quit…