Snowden is, and will forever be, a patriot in my eyes. Our government (in the US) takes away more and more of our civil liberties and constitutional rights with each passing day and I'm personally tired of it.
I've actually been in a very similar situation. I asked for the salary knowing they couldn't pay it and figuring it was my easiest way out without feeling like the bad guy. Hey, I just needed money and they couldn't pay it...Low and behold they unexpectedly accepted my offer. Good news, right? Not really...I wasn't happy, and after getting the salary I felt even more stuck than I was before. Get out while you still can.
Same for me. In terms of real life, something upsets you, you go punch a punching bag or beat up a pillow. In the computer world, I simply click as fast as possible until my frustration level lowers.
I know others already said this, but I clicked on this link from work and immediately became appalled when realizing it was about porn and quickly backed out. I'd gladly read this from the comfort of my own home and I'm sure the content itself is SFW but still the point is I was mislead. Can we please [mods] not change titles in cases like this?
Keep in mind that the coins can be distributed in very minute amounts. So with 100k coins remaining in circulation, that could be billions of people that all hold .00005 of a bitcoin.
I don't believe this is fake, as much as I wish it was. They are still updating their Twitter and status blogs and I'd assume if it was fake, they'd see it and at least delete it. I've attempted calling and speaking with them directly through various direct extensions but no one answers.
The official logo came first and is the more "blocky" or "3D" of the two. The author created his version later, which somehow got picked up as the "official" logo according to Wikipedia. Thus news sites started using this "official" logo believing Wikipedia albeit incorrect.
I'm not a lawyer, but the author's image is in fact a derivative work of the original, and as such I'm not sure there's much he can do in this case. If it were an entirely unique creation that was being used without permission you'd have more options.
I'll just start following them on Twitter then. I've recently started working somewhere new where we use SendGrid, and this is the first outage I've been aware of.
As a SendGrid customer, I'm certainly glad I visit HN frequently and was able to find out about this. I'm surprised we weren't notified by them directly, though.
Anyone else having issues paying? I use my CC online all the time to pay bills and buy off Amazon, and never have any issues, but I receiving an error first that my card was declined, and then after retyping everything "There is a problem with the card you entered." - Contacting my bank now to see if they can give any insight.
That's true, makes sense. At first, I just felt like this guy was rebutting based on the common belief that life evolved on its own on earth. In the past I've seen evidence discounted and honest theories rejected simply because they contradict the norm, and what everyone is taught. I don't believe this is one of those situations now, but that's just how it felt to me at first.
Okay, I'm no scientist but one part of the argument just kind of irks me:
[i]In other words, all the diatoms shown in the paper are from known species on Earth. That makes it somewhat less likely they are native to space. And by somewhat, I mean completely. Like, zero chance they are from space.[/i]
UNLESS, Panspermia is correct and all life on earth came from space, in which case it would be completely in the realm of possibility that life from space that landed on earth had already landed here before, in the distance past.
These costs are roughly what I'm faced with as well. I have insurance on myself but my kid is uninsured because I can't bring myself to pay so much per month when my child is only at the doctor 2-3 times a year and the cost is probably around $180 for a whole year, or less than the cost of a single month of insurance which I'd still be paying a copay on.
I used the same rational. Whichever font looked bolder, I choose and got it correct. Also, the Staples Arial version didn't have the "registered" mark so I got that one easily.
I accidentally did something similar. I ordered an item, and paid for overnight shipping on a Thursday morning. The item didn't arrive as promised on Friday, in fact it didn't arrive until Wednesday the next week. That weekend, I called in complaining that I hadn't received my item. The label was printed Thursday, but UPS never picked up the package. They assumed it was lost and re-shipped my package. Low and behold, I received both packages and ended up with a 2 for 1. I kept the extra still in the box for a month, figuring I'd get a call from Amazon eventually asking for it back - when I never heard from them I decided to sell it.
I'm going to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but I honestly believe my opinion is the truth. The corporations truly run America by financing the politicians and if they say pull this paper or lose funding, you are going to pull the paper.
The big corporations (that run America) don't want patent reform. They buy up all the patents and force the little guys either out of business or to pay them large sums of money that shouldn't have to be paid. The patent system allows big corporations to keep a monopoly.
When I see a company get a patent for page turns, I can't help but put my hand to my face and just worry about the future of innovation.