thomasbk

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 there exists a proof that is valid and does not depend on Shanuel's conjecture.

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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schanuel%27s_conjecture

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, the cost to entry gets higher and power concentrates.

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 simply make the new transaction fees a new rule and force lower transactions to not be accepted by anyone (i.e. ignoring those blocks, like a 51% attack.)

Policy by economic (mining) majority could be an issue in the future when the policy directly determines the profits of that majority.

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, to not curb the adoption of bitcoin too much.)

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 transaction fees.

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 Pidgin preinstalled and preconfigured. It has optional encrypted persistence too.

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 2000.

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 make it a text-to-actual-speech API?

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 with font size or spacing does not go against the reasons for using caps in the first place.

Edit: The reason this is done is the "Conspicuous" part at http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/1/1-201.html -- note in particular " Language in the body of a form is "conspicuous" if it is in larger or other contrasting type or color" -- your solution makes the capslock text _smaller_ than the normal text, which would possibly invalidate it. But, of course, IANAL, which is also why I don't tamper with my lawyers' texts without checking with them.

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 been a constant battle. (Southern and East Europe)

If I had to be connected to get work done, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to get very much done.

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

Forward the request to the nearest newspaper too.

I like the concept. Perhaps you could have multiple "selection rows" under eachother -- e.g. on top scroll hats, middle you scroll shirts, below that pants, below that shoes. You can switch between the rows to choose which one you want to be scrolling, but the rest of the outfit stays visible.

Agree with this-- I tend to naturally look at the next picture while it's coming in, but the way it transforms hurts my eyes. Just sliding it in would be much more comfortable, although look less pretty.

Also: the man/woman pictures on your main page repeat in Chrome for windows that do not have a specific shape.

Also, improving advertising isn't generally seen as having the highest positive impact on society, whereas a professor might contribute to a cure for cancer.

Gwern has an amazing writeup of Modafinil, including his own (DIY "double" blind-trial) experience, effects, etc:

http://www.gwern.net/Modafinil

Highly recommended for anyone even slightly interested in the workings of Modafinil. His own experiences are described in the most detail on this page:

http://www.gwern.net/Nootropics#modafinil

My Chrome tab crashed when I tried sending a 440mb file!

F# has an open-source compiler and runs well on non-microsoft platforms using Mono. How is it tied to the MS platform?

For what it's worth, the algorithm is called backtracking (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backtracking), and I'm pretty sure it's taught at most respectable CS departments in the world.

I think the uniforms in the picture are old, and the SWAT raid was supposedly many years ago, so it might be not be fake based on that.

You should consider replacing the stock images by your own photographs! I think that would add to the authenticity and professional appearance of your service. It might even help against first impressions like verbalist had ;-)

The video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6GRFKWGn1k

Idea: remember the EURion constellation? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation

It's a pattern of circles that's printed on money, and when printers detect it in a file they will refuse to print that file. I wonder what would happen if we similarly embedded this pattern in landscapes. Would it prevent printing aereal photo's?