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The actual indictment is here, it's a fairly interesting read: http://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/resources/5182013725111217608...

Hetzner is in Germany. They might have different tax rules & audits.

No; for that to be the case, equivalence would have to be proven (i.e. construct a proof of Shanuel that works when you assume this theory to be true.) Right now, it could be that …

The given answer is "no"[1], all powers are irrational. I'm not sure how this simple "no" would be helpful to you without understanding any part of the proof. [1] assuming https://…

Those who contribute share in the profits of the pool! Most things that are in the interest of the pool are in the interest of the miners. Also, as hardware gets more specialized, …

If the large pools make a deal, any transactions they don't pick up will only ever get accepted after a very long wait. Hell, since they control >50% of the network, they can simpl…

You can only mine (for a significant share) with very significant investments, and transaction fees competely go to miners, so it's in their interest to raise them (albeit slowly, …

The mining pools (groups of miners who've joined forces) control it in practice. This effectively gives a very small number of people control over significant things, like transact…

The answer to things like the Pidgin configuration issue you mentioned could be https://tails.boum.org/ -- a live USB distribution that runs all traffic through Tor, and comes with…

Given the PRISM revelations (and the today-reported fact that the AIVD has reportedly been recording and analyzing all domestic calls since 2000) try moving to drop all cases since…

I like the pricing options at https://tickets.ohm2013.org/ : 250 - Overpriced ticket 180 - Normal ticket 125 - Budget ticket from which you can choose your own price.

You'd charge $2/day? I think $60/month would seem quite expensive for an audio version of daily reminder text. I also think this is a feature, not a product? Unless you perhaps mak…

If I remember correctly, it's not some arbitrary choice of the lawyers, but it can be required by law (under some interpretations?) You should check with the lawyers if tampering w…

Presumably because the submitter's username is also the domain, so by using a link shortener he can hide the fact that it was submitted by the author.

For what it's worth, the text in the footer looks fuzzy to me (in a way that hurts my eyes on a TN panel, on IPS it's slightly less bad) (Chrome, Windows 7 64-bit)

Part of this is somewhat similar to how Windows 8 measures "Start-up impact" of applications that auto-start, and allows you to disable them with two clicks. (In task manager)

A while ago I considered getting a similar setup for traveling, but I am now very happy I did not: I've spent quite some time traveling lately, and finding good reliable wifi has b…

My guess would be http://calnewport.com/blog/2012/06/12/what-you-know-matters-...

Forward the request to the nearest newspaper too.