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There are source links on the page. At the bottom.

"she paid in bitcoin, which was transferred into actual dollars "so there's a fixed price ... [and] we can actually pay her money back, if she changes her mind" Seems no different …

I'm at a loss of why associating ones company with Goldman Sachs is considered a good thing.

AirDrop does do what they are describing. Airdrop uses ad hoc wifi to enable iOS devices to communicate with each other without a router or some other networking device in the midd…

I like how Shaun Inman describes some of the benefits of journaling in "Lift Off. The Last Rocket Development Diary". He wrote, “By documenting your creative process regularly, you…

Why does being a thinker take quiet time? The article never says, as far as I can tell.

I don't see anything about intent or reason for the "intercept" making a difference in the law http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2511

So that means that no third-party services should be allowed? When I send an email to a company that uses third-party customer support software to consume, parse, and host the emai…

It's clear Kickstarter has failed in trying to convince people that "Kickstarter is not a store". * "I would order this..." * "I wouldn't be interested in purchasing..." * "I often…

What I really should have asked: Does the provision that allows you to "circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to works" allow you to circumvent networ…

I'm asking for clarification of the impact of this bill. Do you know the answers to those two questions off hand?

If someone has information that they only want certain people to see, would circumventing a technological measure that controls access to that information be allowed under this bil…

"Don't wait for Google to kill your feed. " - Are you saying Google is shutting down FeedBurner?

"during a big project it’s important your employees don’t feel inclined to exit as soon as the clock strikes 5 p.m." That statement belies so many things about Mr. Pozin's outlook …

Yes, that's how it works and is why the TechCrunch article calls flat design a "fad".

ORMs may be "stupid", yet Basecamp manages to handle 400-500 request per second with Rails and MySQL just fine. https://twitter.com/dhh/status/287221705443774465

Good point Guvante. Amazon has always had a gross profit. Almost no comments here recognize the vast difference between Ecomom's and Amazon's income statements. Ecomom: never had a…

Look again. I think he did include marketing and advertising as fixed costs, not variable. Top of page 4: Fixed Costs ... Advertising

Their's was not the Amazon model. Amazon has always had a gross profit http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Amazon.com_(AMZN)/Data/Gross_... and http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/filing…

I'm not impressed by the guy who convinced the monk to buy a Ferrari . That guy's raking in the dough, sure. But he's doing nothing to help customers. Do you really want to build a…

Programming is a mental juggling act. If I get distracted or stop unexpectedly, all the things come tumbling down to the floor and go bouncing and rolling to all corners of the roo…

Being "provoked to action" is not the same "making better decisions". The relevancy that the author is talking of is of things that you need to decide where the need to decide did …

21st century Beanie Babies