benajnim

It sounds like you're implying that paying for Netflix and using bittorrent is mutually exclusive. If the content on Netflix were better (it has everything you would ever want to watch) and less restrictive (want to watch offline?), and content creators were fairly compensated, why would a rational consumer chose anything else and why would a content creator not advocate for this scheme?

I love streaming subscriptions for the convenience factor but I find they fall far short of their promise due to "incomplete" content and restrictions of artificial scarcity-and I say this as a supporter of these services and the model used.

The profits are still largely going to the middlemen, and from all indication (that I can see), the content creators are still being shafted.

Of course, the ideal way of sucking out the oxygen from these entities is to legalize the product they're pushing. Perpetuating the drug war is some "real evil shit" when you consider the police unions are among the biggest lobbying groups fighting to keep these substances in question illegal..

The irony in your last point, is that an electric vehicle is objectively far simpler than an internal combustion powered one.

That's not a loaded comment.. Changing your programming environment over an SSL certificate? Tell us all about how awesome it is building apps in Java!

Until there's one that doesn't suck, there should be more competition keeping the exchanges innovating and improving their services to be more competitive.

I agree with your point that paid products should be commercial free, though what about the insidious placement of commercial products embedded within the content (song lyrics or any item with a logo on it in a movie or tv show)? It seems like those commercial placements are much harder to avoid in pop culture and will likely only increase in frequency in the future. It can skew the creative process of the artisans producing content and unless true commercial-free content is rewarded in some way, this is inevitable.

What we need is a new way to communicate where spam is inherently not possible.

Litecoin itself is a clone of the first scrypt based coin, Tenebrix.

Just to clarify some of the facts.

Dogecoin uses scrypt like litecoin, but this proof of work was first used by Tenebrix. It also employs the random block reward (vs fixed for litecoin) pioneered by LotteryTickets (which includes the ongoing 10k block reward feature). I'm not exactly sure which repo it was started from, but the wallet client, namely the 1.5 release inherits all Litecoin updates since 0.6.*.

The bitcoin network's transaction verification mechanism, and all the hash power behind it (users) does give bitcoin "intrinsic value". Its true value comes from network effect.

Sounds like another LIBOR scandal waiting to happen.

Nothing makes the economy "boom" more than focusing productivity on single-use weapons and other commodities of war. The industrial production of WWII is what kicked off the boom that followed. If some is good, then more must be better - perpetual war must be the best stimulus we could give our economy!

Having worked in deep in the marketing machinery on behalf of big car companies, my take-away is automobile buying decisions are one of the most irrational decisions a person can make. So often, people will purchase a car to address "edge use cases" (e.g. pulling a boat) and most of the time a more economical car combined with renting a vehicle for those edge cases is cheaper.

Oh and each model of vehicle has a target demographic, and you may notice the marketing of any given model targets the lifestyle of the buyer. Young, hip and urban? Hard-working man's man? Eco-concious? A car for every lifestyle.

It just proves there are easier attack vectors than tor itself.

Bitcoin could play a key role here. In my experience, donating using bitcoin feels clicking a "like" button. After learning about the system and how to use the client, its as easy as logging into facebook to like something.

I recommend the forum, www.bogleheads.org

While I don't agree with CISPA, but what about the Consumer Protection Agency?

You are a venture capitalist, yes? ;^)

I've been looking at chore monster and chore wars for much the same purpose. I've tried using dry issue tracking systems, and for as creative as these "gamified" options are, I still don't see them having enough hook to truly integrate into the family routine.

Couldn't you create a repo in bitbucket and push to it as a new remote head to keep your revision history?

There are a surprising number of folks in the metro who do bicycle on even the most brutal winter days. Typically armament includes studded tires and with a "cabin" it would greatly cut down on the chill from the wind. If anything, I think it would make cycling in colder weather more accessible to more people. Also, keeping the battery indoors before going on a ride helps prevent the "sag" in voltage experience when a battery does get cold. It could also be kept in an insulated container and even heated with a heating element similar to an electric blanket.

This is unfortunately a federal restriction on electrically assisted bicycles. The motor cuts off at 20 mph, the driver can peddle faster than this but the electric assist is only for the low speed range.

Technically, these military activities are "authorized military engagements" and not outright declarations of war (which has not happened since WWII).

While this would be a good option in the spirit of the free market, many parts of the transportation industry are subsidized already making the play-field unfair to begin with.

There is an api: trello.com/docs/api

Seems inaccurate for my commuting times to various points in the metro as well. Looking at Broadway running east-west to the north of downtown, its a major thoroughfare that can take you to several major highways but its not being reflected.