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Comment #18235553
I had the same problem, but it was because one of my privacy extensions had disabled WebRTC.
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Comment #17653255
I believe he wrote in mirror script, as the article mentions.
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Comment #17175866
Correct, but you only have to trust a centralized company within your own country. You don't have to trust a bank or money transmitter in a foreign country. In the case of people i…
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Comment #17172731
Your argument against crypto is one of the more compelling I've read. I like the "deep local optimum" visual you painted. I definitely agree if you're comparing "crypto" directly t…
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Comment #16945031
> about my language there's more info at https::/darklang.com. I find it slightly reassuring that someone is actually working on a language/compiler with PaaS features built in. I'…
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Comment #16800986
My farm consists mainly of rx 580 graphic cards. Due to depressed markets, my returns are just okay right now. Luckily my equipment has been paid off since December. To put things …
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Comment #16798246
I know HN is rather negative toward cryptocurrency in general, but for me it's fun. I run a small mining farm in my basement. It keeps my sysadmin skills sharp and more than pays m…
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Comment #16790436
If what you say is true -- on top of that, your ISP can also (in theory) fingerprint you as someone who is avoiding their DNS servers.
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Comment #16514933
> Imagine a world where police no longer pull you over for speeding, running red lights, or other traffic infractions. In that world, I can also imagine people modding their autono…
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Comment #16463033
> It's important to remember that anxiety and panic are neurochemical responses and can have strong physical and genetic components, they don't always need to have a psychological …
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Comment #16462463
Thanks for posting this! I'm always interested in other people's experience with anxiety. I'm slightly jealous yours has an origin story though. I've been anxious for as long as I …
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Comment #15796657
I get what you're saying, but your math is a bit misleading. As far as I know, the missing 4m are a subset of the 16m already mined. That still leaves ~5m to be acquired in the fut…
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Comment #15689278
Does anyone know of a good introduction to urbit? Every few months it pops up, and I can never quite wrap my head around it.
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Comment #15656309
Is there not a chrome/ff extension? You could quickly create a bookmarklet in the meantime.
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Comment #15605102
Not op, but they have no-iron dress shirts that look pretty good directly out of the drier.
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Comment #15444181
Does this affect how you perceive designs with colored text in them?
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Comment #15438391
It still does a pretty good job at preventing jitters. However, now that you say it, I think the first few times it had more pronounced effects. I'll have to try resetting my toler…
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Comment #15436548
I drink about 12oz of black combined with L-theanine every morning. Caffeine alone tends to induce anxiety.
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Comment #15295687
Yep, thanks. Didn't change it to TB on the calculator.
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Comment #15295604
Do you have something else in your estimate? It shows as $5.63 for me.
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Comment #14865534
Your story sounds so familiar, someone could read what you wrote above and think it's me.. though I like to think of myself as a generalist rather than "fullstack". I tend to belie…
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Comment #14859676
It's parallel because AWS Lambda is inherently parallel? Or are you referring to within JavaScript?
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Comment #14858763
> Terraform is basically this tool, but I want an even easier interface, terraform still feels somewhat too specific to me -- I don't want to even have to write config or specify s…
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Comment #14814643
I've recently installed Enpass and I'm currently in the process of evaluating it. I really like the idea so far. My main concern is that they're not charging enough and wonder if t…
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Comment #14783622
I've been doing something similar to your everydaycheck app, but manually using google sheets for about a year now. Works great for me too. Your app looks pretty neat! Does it get …