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Re:Bitcoins can now be used to pay for Domino’s Pizza on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @07:45AM (#5206421)
One theory is the increase in online gambling sites who use bitcoin. Gamblers are buying it up.
Re:Support the FSF: Help us stop Restricted Boot on Saturday December 29, 2012 @02:43PM (#4983169)
This applies mostly to US phone sales.
They also take donations in bitcoin. (something that python.org and the EFF can learn from)
Re:4Chan Accepts Bitcoin on Thursday December 13, 2012 @09:37AM (#4915800)
Does "Yen" make sense to you?
Re:Arduino, 3D Printers, Kickstarter, and BitCoin on Sunday December 09, 2012 @08:21PM (#4896944)
Except for electric vehicle improvements and SpaceX, these are the technologies that actually excite me about our near-future.
Re:Bash function to copy IP to clipboard on Saturday December 08, 2012 @01:34AM (#4890931)
This reminds me of a difficult linux-Xwindows type question that I've had for years:

   How can you paste from the secondary clipboard buffer (usually this is by using the middle mouse button), via the keyboard?
Re:A less cluttered whatismyip on Friday December 07, 2012 @12:26AM (#4885617)
From a shell, here's the shortest form that I can actually remember:

   curl ifconfig.me
It's time for more encryption, at least for anything we store in "the cloud".