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Re:How to build a Bitcoin Wallet on Thursday May 15, 2014 @11:34AM (#7750023)
These kind of handson tutorials are awesome. You can just copy/paste and run the code inside the browser console and see your transaction propagate to the network. I wish more tutorials were as easily 'runnable'.
Re:Throttler: a Clojure library for rate limiting on Thursday May 15, 2014 @02:55AM (#7748127)
Not a clojure guy, but this throttler seems to be for single machine (Throttling not shared between servers).

API Rate limiters should share global state using redis or something.

So perhaps, this is more for throttling functions

Re:Finding More Than One Worm in the Apple on Thursday May 15, 2014 @02:53AM (#7748124)
Might be off topic here. But one thing I like about language like Go over C is that it enforces a strict syntax.

In Go, {} are not optional in a if statement so you will never have issue like this:

if ((err = SSLHashSHA1.update( &hashCtx, &signedParams)) != 0) goto fail; goto fail;

They will be easily caught

Re:Ask HN: Upvote on stories on the "new" page on Thursday May 15, 2014 @01:25AM (#7747977)
Are you trying to do a voting ring and get your content to the front page? Maybe your accounts are flagged to be in a voting ring?
Re:Does a Rhinoceros Have a Right to be Forgotten? on Thursday May 15, 2014 @01:18AM (#7747963)
Poachers are going extradinary lengths. Can't believe they are resorting to using the meta data in tourists photos. That's almost too savvy.
Re:The Reykjavik Confessions on Thursday May 15, 2014 @01:14AM (#7747955)
God, this makes me so sad. Being persuaded into admitting guilt to a crime that you have no idea about sounds bizaare but I am sure this case wasn't the last.