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Does it matter? This is a tactic by the US government to make the public forget about crimes they're committing against the public's privacy.

In that case, no currency has intrinsic value. If we went back to the days where I'd trade you 2 bags of rice for a fish, those things have value and other use.

Why does everyone fall back to the default argument that the USD is "backed" by the US govt. It is in theory but what does it really mean? The USD is no longer backed by physical gold. If the world decided the USD was useless tomorrow, does "backed" mean you walk up to Capitol Hill and they will give you something in exchange for your dollars? Unlikely IMO. It's backed by debt that the Fed just creates out of thin air. All this talk about "intrinsic value" is nonsense.

Methinks you've misunderstood me. If I had money to invest, how would I do so in this area? If I buy stock in Google, I don't learn search engine technology. When I buy Apple, I don't learn hardware design, etc.

The topic of debate is whether bitcoins have intrinsic value. Taxes are not the deciding criteria here. If the government did away with taxes, currencies (whether it be USD, Euro, BTC, etc) would still have value as an instrument used in barter.

"But what if you were one of the people selling to Charlie. Before HFTs made the price faster you were the one getting screwed!"

The sellers sell at their ask price (or at my bid), it's their decision to sell. If you offer to sell something to me at $10, I haven't "screwed" you just because someone else was willing to pay $11.

It absolutely is front running. Moving the price of a stock to your advantage because you know my intentions is exactly what front running is.

Can anyone confirm this sale date?

Yeah. It's like trying to sell venison at a vegan retreat

That's what's broken. The fact that "value" is irrelevant. Imagine life without utility companies and imagine life without FB. It's absurd.

I had the exact same thoughts while reading the article. Cerny created MVPs of games, got feedback and would pivot/change based on user feedback. And he did this in the mid 90's!!

OP, what software are your team using currently? Maybe the inability to make it stick is a mismatch of your team's workflow compared to the paradigm's used within Asana or Trello.

Just because your use of a computer is 'basic' enough to be serviced with bargain spec machines, doesn't make the Apple stuff "overpriced" as you are trying to imply.

To those of you saying Apple h/w is overpriced, find comparable spec'd machines to compare with and you'll find it's not as horrific as you claim. i.e. weight, battery, screen, power

I contracted for over a decade and I think this is pretty spot on.

I'd also note that there is no career progression. You can contract and grab lucrative low hanging fruit immediately, or work perm and build a career that may be more rewarding in the future.

I'm not a genius but I think the answer to your question is a simple, "contribute $21M".

I agree. A 13" rMBP w/ Haswell and 16Gb ram to me is the perfect balance of power, function and footprint. I don't have high hopes for Apple increasing the max to 16Gb though :(

Are you implying there is debate on whether he "leaked" info? It's obvious he did. The real issue is that he revealed what the NSA was doing.

Strange how the article tries to paint the decrease of internet cafe usage as a result of political agenda. The most obvious factors being that home broadband becoming widespread/more affordable and increased wealth of the middle class in China (being able to afford computer+internet access at home) aren't considered at all.

Internet cafes dying off have happened everywhere else in the world. For it to happen 7yrs later in China is no shocker.

Guys, don't forget www.freshmeat.net I still get a good chuckle when I recall the day our admin called me with this voice of concern about my surfing habits. He obviously hadn't clicked on the link but thought I was surfing porn in the office.

Currently they are at $3.2M which is only 10% of their target. Yet the $600 level is sold out. If they had removed the cap on $600 orders, I could see this getting funded. But not if they expect the bulk of their money to come in at the $830 level.

Why would you "wait for another MacBook Air update"? They just updated it 2 weeks ago with the Haswell chips.

“My name is Werner Brandis. My voice is my password"

There is no such thing as starting over. As you age/mature, your objectives will change. What you are doing now is simply evolving your career path as your life goals change. Don't feel despair and never regret the past.

That's nothing. When I was 16, I carried gas in a pail uphill from the pump to the car, and uphill back to the pump again, in the snow and in my barefeet for $5.9/hr

The idea behind pinpioneer didn't come from the 16yo. The 16yo is apparently a good programmer and was hired to do the development of this product.

Did you write the Chairman of McDonald's to ask the same question because they have employed millions of teenagers in their business?

Actually, it costs more than a MBP 13 w/ Retina

Excel/VBA and C++

Write 'intelligent' automated tests (you're a HN'er so you have these already right ;) and schedule them to run CI on your production site. That may prevent any adaptive processes from caching.

Try the R programming language

Wipe, wash hands, dry hands with paper towel, keep towel to grab door handle with, exit, discard outside.

Seen way too many disgusting people who don't wash their hands after going to the bathroom.

Can someone please explain to me the differences in Lego's following lines?

Technic, Mindstorm, EV*, NXT

I'm looking to get something for an 8yr old to pique his curiosity.

For an OSS project, I've been quite disappointed in how difficult it is to find any info on the "ubuntu for android" project. It was announced almost a year ago and I can't find any forum or list for discussion/updates.