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Major omission is the lack of bitcoin address. At least for me, the simplest way to donate.
Posted by
8plot on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @10:29PM
from the teamseti.org dept.
https://www.teamseti.org/donate
At they very least, they can buy a new web design :)
You make a fair enough point, the market size of bitcoin users is still very small. However, the technology it provides is real, and IMO, a valid solution to this problem. (even if it's not the only solution; it's not uncommon to accept multiple payment methods.)
Those that want to donate with bitcoin can easily google how to buy it, and will discover it's easier than ever to acquire. (in some cases, using paypal!)
Unfortunately the down-voters of my comment disagree. Until they present their argument against bitcoin, I assume they are only being ignorant.
Have you considered using bitcoin? If you have considered, but dismissed it, would you mind answering why bitcoin wouldn't work for your business?
It's posts like these that make me realize how much I miss the exposed upvote/downvote comment counters that hacker news used to display.
Yes, this! For years I have been complaining about how silly it is that I know far more about the day to day condition of my vehicle than I do about my own body.
Posted by
8plot on Saturday September 10, 2011 @06:56PM
from the ustream.tv dept.
Austin is not like the rest of Texas. It's common to hear others here comment the same: "Austin is not Texas". "Keep Austin Weird" is also a common t-shirt and bumper sticker slogan.
I'd rather skip the ads and just pay some money directly for the shows I like and want to encourage to continue. Because I don't want to be tracked, I'd prefer bitcoin.
Posted by
8plot on Saturday September 03, 2011 @06:50PM
from the motorauthority.com dept.
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1065448_toyota-smashes-nurburgring-electric-car-lap-record-video
Not yet faster then petrol powered, very very close (with a time of 7:47.79, it's <30 seconds slower than a Corvette!)
Posted by
8plot on Friday June 03, 2011 @10:00AM
from the hosted.ap.org dept.
One guy named Bernard von NotHaus created the "Liberty Dollar" and is now facing a 45 year prison sentence. After a little googling, it's unclear why exactly he is being punished, but this how one article summed it up:
"Congress has exclusive power to coin money in the U.S. and to regulate its value, according to the Treasury Department."
There should be an option for: "0 (interested and thought about it, maybe someday)".
I disagree. To me, the jail-break is just a default, one-time requirement to gain control over a device I own. It's actually not too difficult, so I don't consider it fiddling.
Since I don't consider using SSH "fiddling", I don't know what you mean, and I'd guess that most developers don't think twice about how to use SSH. (If they did, they're not much of a developer in my book).
It's ironic to me that the most difficult part was having to jail-break my iphone. Apple certainly doesn't make my life any easier.
Why? SSH is very convenient, easy for anyone to understand (including my 9 year old nephew), and I trust the security. What is better?
FWIW, using only ubuntu, I did both of these things last month to create a Christmas DVD of home movies and cell phone video clips.
Without much fuss, I transfered the video files via ssh from my jail-broken iphone, then edited, mastered and burned the DVDs using kdenlive. It was much easier than I expected.
Posted by
8plot on Monday November 29, 2010 @07:03AM
from the mercurynews.com dept.
something like: ip route change default via 0.0.0.0 dev eth0 initcwnd 10
I asked my doctor for a Modafinil prescription. She refused, but gave me a free one-week sample of Nuvigil instead. It was great. I made the sample last for months by taking a half pill only when I felt I needed it.
Posted by
8plot on Sunday May 02, 2010 @03:40AM
from the youtube.com dept.
I like naming systems after ex-coworkers, and especially ex-managers.
Posted by
8plot on Sunday April 04, 2010 @07:41PM
from the self-post dept.
http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_topol_the_wireless_future_of_medicine.html###
I wish there were more android apps for health monitoring. Fortunately, it looks like it's just a matter of time.
I've had similar conversations with colleagues. I love the idea and hope to someday try it.
One method I like is to use a simple agile/scrum type project where the product backlog is crowdsourced.
Would China even allow a YC?
"vi" is missing.
Also the two handed "vim".