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Re:Why I closed my Coinbase account after 10 days on Monday October 27, 2014 @01:48PM (#8516975)
Get a local wallet in your own computer/phone and use localbitcoins.
Re:Ad blocker that clicks on the ads on Monday October 27, 2014 @01:00PM (#8516664)
I see the extension also works with duckduckgo. Thank you very much.
Re:Ad blocker that clicks on the ads on Monday October 27, 2014 @12:27PM (#8516469)
Is there a similar option for the referrer?

And while I'm at it, is there a way to prevent a website from rewriting a url when I click on it? sites like Google and DuckDuckGo show the actual url in the href, but when you click it (or right click and copy it) it becomes something like http://example.com/something?url=encoded_real_url and I detest that.

Re:Ad blocker that clicks on the ads on Monday October 27, 2014 @12:16PM (#8516383)
If I get a free burger with onions in it and I don't like onions, I won't eat the onions.
Re:Lawrence Lessig Interviews Edward Snowden [video] on Monday October 27, 2014 @12:04PM (#8516303)
His location?
Re:The day UFOs stopped play on Friday October 24, 2014 @07:32PM (#8506545)
So they already admitted it. Why is nobody doing anything about it? What's the next step after learning aliens exist?
Isn't the record for highest sky-dive? isn't height all that matters? is using a different parachute somehow not sky-diving?
> 1. Making the ascent.

Sitting in a globe and wait to get up there

> 2. Surviving the environmental conditions of the ascent.

That's what the suit is for, no ability needed from the rider

> 3. Converting the ascent to a fall.

Pressing a button

> 4. Surviving the environmental conditions of the fall.

Again, the suit

> 5. Surviving subsequent contact with the ground.

This time the parachute

> 6. Getting home from wherever you landed.

The team working with the guy

> 7. (optional) Taking good pictures and video.

Ok, so his prowess is in being able to not faint in the process and being able to hold a camera.

Compare to say, free diving, were the person needs the ability to hold his breath for a period of time, or mountain climbing where they need the physical strength to walk up a mountain several kilometers with 20kg on the back.

Well, the suit handles all the hard work of not dying. It could have been anyone in that suit, it just happened to be that guy.

I can stand in ovation at the engineering work in all this, but I don't see reason to applaud the rider.

Re:A grouped pure CSS parallax demo on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @03:00PM (#8489093)
I didn't notice the effect until I scrolled back up and saw a jerky movement in the buildings. Then tried scrolling back down and up not getting it to work until I noticed it moved with the mouse movement not the scrolling.

I would consider redesigning it.