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Interesting name choice given that Google has a subscription service called Google One: https://one.google.com/

this is cool, but needs an audio speed option.

On a somewhat unrelated note, some people believe this is what the founder of Bitcoin did. > Both his forum posts and his comments in the bitcoin source code used such Brit spellin…

An app that does exactly this was just built at YC Hacks: http://ychacks.challengepost.com/submissions/25803-oneride

Calca, too. The awk script should do if you want something simpler, but I'd recommend either Soulver or Calca for their extra features.

Why do you think this is useless?

It's a stylistic choice.

I like the idea of using a MIDI trigger pad for things like keyboard shortcuts or text snippets. I'm sure you could make something similar on the cheap with an arduino.

It's usually the latter.

The form should limit the number of digits allowed in the "I want to spend" field. Right now, it says I'll receive more bitcoins than the total possible mined coins cap (21 million…

No you're right. Coinbase does payment processing and hosted wallets. Users can buy or sell bitcoins to Coinbase, but it's not an exchange in the sense that any two users can trade…

I'm curious what tools the author doesn't consider obscure.

I guess this means it'll be browser based, but the screenshots make it look like a native app. Hmm.

I wonder how prominent the bars have to be for this effect to still work. Can they be translucent or a color other than white?

I'd rather download it off the Pirate Bay.

It reminds me of Joli OS http://www.jolicloud.com/jolios

I got invited about a month ago. I think I'll try out ghost now instead.

I have to agree. There's too much of the "free, but we sell your information to advertisers" model going around these days.

Great job, this looks really neat.

On the front page yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7051091

I don't think fashion would work well in this context. Image-based sites like pinterest or we heart it work better for it. Sports is OP's best bet.