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It already has the "fix" inherited from the Bitcoin code they reuse. Though you shouldn't count on that feature to not have bugs: the Dogecoin codebase is old and poorly maintained…

This script asks a node for the 2000 headers between block 783,569 and 785,568. It's normal for a node to request headers in chunks of 2000, either as part of syncing the entire ch…

I think their name is deceptive, see my other reply :-)

I wouldn't even call them a publisher. They're a printer, drop-shipper and a book store. I am both the writer and the publisher and I hired my own editor. A lot of companies call t…

Ah, I see your point. Here's a January 6, 2009 snapshot from the Way Back Machine. This was before he publicly released the code. The entire project is MIT licensed and only contai…

You're confused about the roles here. An editor is someone who works either directly for the author or they work for the publisher. In any case they don't work for the printer / di…

I did not say: "They will all scan physical books" I said: "It's a matter of time before they all scan the content before printing."

You take everything literally I assume?

I guess Hackernews doesn't render the tl&dr I wrote:

Maybe I was not clear enough on this: I'm not claiming my book was censored, at least not in the traditional political sense of the word. What I'm saying is that the way the book g…

So you're saying that Amazon will communicate their requirement to a "real" publisher, but not to fake publisher like me? Some sort of old boys network I should just pay to join?

If Amazon wanted more detailed proof, they could just ask for that. There's no limit to how pedantic one can be in evaluating evidence. Maybe they need a physical wet signature fro…

Nowhere do I predict Amazon to become a monopoly. The prediction is that all other publishers will start following their model of screening content. Perhaps against some global bla…

Yes, because Amazon doesn't scan paper books, this route still works. But there aren't that many companies that can print books. It's a matter of time before they all scan the cont…

I stopped reading at “James Damore, who was sacked after he circulated the misogynist iniquitous 33,000-word memo” as it reveals this journalist has an overt agenda and doesn’t min…

How would you go about testing the business model of each of these apps? Are you able to test it this week? Idea one sounds most useful to me, if it hasn't been done yet. Given you…