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Indeed, my first thought was actually "let's see if there are any whitespace issues to fix".
I love how whitespace has turned into an "issue" and how a problem has also turned into an "issue"
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I'd like to drop $500 to $1k for git-annex into tip4commit. This is money that was donated to me in a crowdfunding campaign ( http://campaign.joeyh.name/ ) and set aside to get more people committing to git-annex than just me. Problem is this: git-annex's website and indeed its BTS are part of its git repository. So it gets lots of commits from eg "name@web". I don't want tip4commit to try to send bitcoin tips to suc…
We have just implemented this feature. All the commits with email addresses that don't have "." in its domain name will be ignored. Thanks!
BTW, a@ai is a valid and IIRC actually used email address. :)
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bitcoins don't provide anonymity.
Bitcoin provides anonymity in the way that it doesn't anchor its addresses with your real life identity. Yes, the addresses are public, but there isn't a way to prove who's who according to addresses alone. Unless of course you publicly attach your identity to one.
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So was tinco.
I was not actually, I was talking about how expensive it is to be a bank. A bank account of course solves all those things, but because of the nature of bitcoin it's rather hard if not impossible to realize the financial system we know as banking using Bitcoin instead of government controlled currencies. So if he was indeed talking about a bank account, then it was a sneer towards Bitcoin itself, and he'd be quite ri…
Instead of trying to improve on the monetary policies and regulations that exists around the world, bitcoin simply tries to replace them and leave nothing in their place. It is like going from the current US government to anarchy. There are a lot of things that can and should be improved in the old system, but that doesn't mean we should throw it completely out and have nothing to replace it.
The problem with this funding model is that it encourages fluff pull requests, such as this one: https://github.com/sferik/t/pull/138/files . If there was no financial incentive, I would probably merge it but now I'm questioning the motivations of the committer. If I merge this, it means there will be less money for someone else, who makes a more significant contribution in the future. Personally, I prefer Gittip’s m…
I don't know. I find gittip's model mostly rewards popular coders. Where as tip4commit, rewards are not influence by popularity. I do see how fluff pulls could drain the pool. One needs to ask: Is changing a typo worth $4 dollars? Is it worth my time to do it? Maybe I should just click that merge button. In my opinion bountysource is the best reward system, as it gives context, popularity is a boon, and it shouldn't…
When Gittip is more well-established, anyone who wants to should be able to put a "Gittip button" on their project page. When Gittip itself has more name recognition, an unknown coder who creates a widely-used project should be able to rapidly pick up meaningful support through Gittip.
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We have just implemented this feature. All the commits with email addresses that don't have "." in its domain name will be ignored. Thanks!
To be clear, do unredeemed tips stay in or eventually get returned to the balance? BTW, a@ai is a valid and IIRC actually used email address. :)
PS: Thanks for your hint regarding valid email addresses. If your email address is a@ai or something similar - you won't receive tips, sorry.
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I don't know. I find gittip's model mostly rewards popular coders. Where as tip4commit, rewards are not influence by popularity. I do see how fluff pulls could drain the pool. One needs to ask: Is changing a typo worth $4 dollars? Is it worth my time to do it? Maybe I should just click that merge button. In my opinion bountysource is the best reward system, as it gives context, popularity is a boon, and it shouldn't…
Gittip is certainly going to help more popular coders at first. But that's true with any platform in its early growth phase. When Gittip is more well-established, anyone who wants to should be able to put a "Gittip button" on their project page. When Gittip itself has more name recognition, an unknown coder who creates a widely-used project should be able to rapidly pick up meaningful support through Gittip.
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I was not actually, I was talking about how expensive it is to be a bank. A bank account of course solves all those things, but because of the nature of bitcoin it's rather hard if not impossible to realize the financial system we know as banking using Bitcoin instead of government controlled currencies. So if he was indeed talking about a bank account, then it was a sneer towards Bitcoin itself, and he'd be quite ri…
My criticism was on the idea that so many bitcoin proponents put forward that not having any central controlling or regulatory body is a strength of bitcoin. Even if we ignore all of the macroeconomic issues this might cause, you still lose a lot without any regulations. This particular example is the complete lack of consumer protection in any dispute you encounter when dealing with someone in bitcoin. Instead of tr…