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Re:Paul Allen’s yacht “Octopus” is for sale on Monday September 09, 2019 @10:55AM (#20918764)
Yes. And "a boat is just a hole in the water to pour money into".
In Australia it's not uncommon for Toyota 22R engines to run for 400Kkm before needing a rebuild.
Of course not. Those are externalized.
I run those same plugins on all my browsers and I'm still blocking between 30-60% of total requests for tracking beacons and other privacy-invading calls that get past the plugins.
Re:Flaws in Bitcoin make a lasting revival unlikely on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @04:57PM (#19505951)
If you'd been in Bitcoin over the past 10 years you would have witnessed at least five 85%+ drops and still be up over 300,000%.
"Hacker's Keyboard" on f-droid had a long and venerable history.
Re:Ask HN: Which tool have changed your life recently? on Thursday January 10, 2019 @11:57AM (#18875425)
Definitely the Pihole
Re:Boring Co. Drops LA Westside Tunnel Plan on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @01:46PM (#18554358)
Where do you think the pollution from all those added cars is going to go?
Re:Show HN: Dweb.page – Your Gateway to the Distributed Web on Saturday November 24, 2018 @12:21PM (#18522952)
You might find Holochain to be a suitable replacement for IOTA.

https://holochain.org/

Yawn... he forgot to mention the five preceding crypto bubbles that brought us to this one.
Next Cloud
Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen? on Friday September 28, 2018 @01:45AM (#18091320)
No one's mentioned _"Exit Through The Gift Shop"_; the documentary about Banksy??
Plot twist: the modification has an unexpected side effect of killing large populations of birds that relied upon the mosquitos for food.
Re:Ask HN: Good documentaries about finance? on Saturday September 22, 2018 @09:10PM (#18048871)
Neil Ferguson's "The Ascent of Money" (book and mini-series) is a good primer.

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