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The way I speak and the way I write are different. Avoiding slang like 'wanna' when writing is good.

This is a pet peeve of mine but...is 'wanna' a commonly used word in the USA? It grates whenever I read it as it's rarely used where I am.

As I mention in a previous comment, if you are using the TOR hidden service (3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion/) the redirect goes over a TOR exit node without https. Ideally it should use th…

One thing that would be nice to fix in the new interface: If I use the DDG TOR hidden service, 3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion, do a search and click on a search result the link goes via a …

It would be nice if some of the items in the pre-commit checklist from [1] could be checked at compile time somehow. [1] https://github.com/clearcrypt/clearcrypt/pull/3#issue-32787…

> Emphasis will be placed on simplicity, clarity, and audibility. Most projects start with this as an implicit goal. Unfortunately they tend to grow out of control as the code base…

Nix has a number of nice things going for it. You can have multiple different versions of packages installed and other packages can depend on the different versions. The management…

Do you have any tips on managing a nixpkgs clone vs using channels? How do you set it up to default to your clone for example?

I wouldn't describe JavaScript's OOP as bolted on. It's just a different kind of OOP - prototype based rather than class based. You could argue that Lua is more "bolted on OOP" sin…

As long as you hold the private keys yourself and don't keep them on third party websites your holdings are safe. Safer than cash since you can encrypt and back up the keys.

Exchanges usually charge a withdrawal fee to cover transaction fees. BTC-e also charge a fee for example. Bitcoin software doesn't provide (an easy if possible at all) means to com…

Wouldn't multisig on an exchange prevent the use of cold wallets? It wouldn't be possible to move funds to/from hot and cold without a signature from the depositor. It would also m…

At the time bitcoin wasn't worth so much so trading out might have been more reasonable. The large increase in price has made the debt much more significant. It's unfortunate that …

blockchain.info has a method of tainting and tracking coins: https://blockchain.info/tags?form_type=1 Taint is viewable using "Related tags" and "Taint Analysis" on address pages.

The Geeksphone Revolution could be an interesting choice. Comes with Android pre-rooted installed with menu options to install other ROM's including Mozilla's Boot to Gecko as a su…

It might not be a goal for Mozilla for it to be a production browser but it does seem to be for other people working on it and this is affecting what is being worked on: https://gr…

Trunk builds of Firefox OS (version 1.4ish) work fine on my ZTE Open. I doubt they'll see consumer release though. I hope they do but I'm not confident in carriers pushing it.

Mercury is used in production with PrinceXML [1] and ODASE [2]. ATS is used in production in the implementation of a bitcoin mining pool [3]. OCaml is heavily used by Jane St [4]. …

> IMO, C is no longer suitable as a systems programming language. Neither is C++. People writing new systems level code should seriously consider safer languages. ATS, Rust, Mercur…

I agree but Flattr does provide an interesting approach. With them you set aside a set amount per month you want to donate. Then when you tip a site it gets a proportion of that am…

Does Flattr do what you want with regards to enabling tipping small amounts to a website?

GHash.io and BTC Guild own >50% between them though: http://blockorigin.pfoe.be/top.php Eligius have some mining rules which one could regard as not acting in good faith (rejecting…

The question is not "Do you trust bitcoin", it's "Do you trust the Bitcoin Foundation". The latter is an organization set up recently and is not involved with the original bitcoin …

Now that Firefox Accounts is being used in Mozilla properties rather than Persona I'd expect more downplaying of Persona to come from Mozilla, including employees like OP. Is Perso…

Unfortunately it does not fail completely safely. The change transaction seems to still be available for coin selection and causes sends to fail. The getbalance command shows an in…