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You don't need to root your phone to run Blokada, if that's what you're asking... I installed it sometime last year and as of right now, it claims to have blocked 595944 requests.

Nice. I know this is a thing that I should be able to just read myself, but it's way too early (or is it late?) here, so I appreciate the information! Thanks.

That's fair... I was completely misunderstanding the problem. So is it that core is not affected by that last CVE at all, or just not as much as the others?

"This is why the buffer is smaller in bitcoin than in these scamcoins." Are you saying that the buffer is smaller in Bitcoin because of that CVE issue? As in, the issue was discove…

I've not played it, but Obduction supports VR kits and is by Cyan Worlds themselves (so I can only assume it's as Myst like as you're going to get).

OK I must be missing something here: how can any of the large pools have 51% of the mining power? How can you have more than one pool, each with more than half the power? EDIT: OK …

Yeah, that's a good point and I see where you're coming from. But generally when I hear the argument about consensus, it seems to end with nothing other than an implication of "and…

The thing that I hate about this argument of 'consensus has been wrong before' when it comes to climate change is that essentially, the argument seems to be 'everyone always said w…

The entire "Politics in the Animal Kingdom" series is great, I think... http://www.cgpgrey.com/politics-in-the-animal-kingdom/

Possibly interesting to someone: Costco in Canada no longer has that Amex relationship. Instead, they are associated with Capital One and their Mastercard. There's a page on the co…

I think the difference is that the date search is for finding stuff that was originally posted / crawled in that date range. (I believe) the original comment was regarding searchin…

So FWIW, the thing about the state of Kentucky isn't true. It's listed in 'The Repository of Lost Legends' on Snopes, which is their section of made up stuff. I'm only mentioning t…

I hope that is going to be acceptable: my laptop is way too old for my battery to hold a charge, and I really only use it when I'm on the road. I'd hate to have to buy a new one si…

Having not heard of Oscar before, I was hoping this was related to the open source OSCAR EMR system. Having said that, I'm happy to see any form of investment in health care startu…

No, you end up with a single wallet with multiple addresses. FWIW, by default, every time you make a transaction you send the change to a new address, too.

Completely off topic, but it's days like these that I truly miss Groklaw...

Where exactly in Canada are you? Also, have you tried cavirtex.com?

Mt. Gox used to stand for that. It no longer does. There is a very distinct difference. I didn't say that you didn't like LG, I asked if you still referred to it as Lucky Goldstar?…

I don't know if it's because I have given up coffee or what, but this post just rubbed me the wrong way for at least three reasons. Mt.Gox is not the world's largest exchange: most…

I was fortunate enough to be able to go to the conference this year, but it's awesome to be able to watch the talks that I wasn't able to get to (especially as I had to pop out at …

Then couldn't a voter be proud of the accomplishments of the people that have been elected?

That's presuming that only DPR had the wallet in the first place. Even without the wallet he may have some trusted cohorts that can move the funds via a brain wallet or something s…

For what it's worth, Silk Road provided it's own system for guaranteeing stability of price (that is to say, there were guaranteed exchange rates if desired). I don't think there w…

I might be confused, but doesn't the fact that you're turning down work mean that you haven't yet plateaued rate wise? I mean, if you're turning down work doesn't that mean that yo…