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Re:The reason Facebook won’t ever change on Thursday February 22, 2018 @04:29PM (#16441563)
Facebook won't change until it does. Any other story is narrative fallacy - so hard to predict these things.
The community is well-aware of this problem already, right? Title seems a bit click-baity, but it's definitely an active area of research. Bitcoin is still less than a decade old :)
I feel like this could be useful for Lightning Network though. Banks that incentive which supernode to route payments through, inherently creates a competitive marketplace
How does this contribution differentiate from https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.01383? This work just seems way too early + applying quantum-safe crypto to existing Bitcoin ECDSA seems like an easier and more practical solution.
> (Unnamed): Infection-resistant materials for preventing infections

Why not give it a temp name for now? Seems strange to leave it unnamed

Re:Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @04:06PM (#11292570)
This is awesome! I'm sure if you open up the API, many people would want if for their respective players (this would be awesome with Overcast.fm, for example)
Re:Only 20% of people who can use Apple Pay have done so on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @01:00PM (#10705411)
It's a bit surprising since Apple Pay has, by far, one of the better UXs for a wallet application. Adding cards is really easy and paying with Touch ID is really simple and intuitive.

I imagined that once Apple finally came out with a mobile payments solution, Mainstream America would pounce on it, but it hasn't seemed to happen yet (or maybe ever).

Re:Google Launches Android Studio 2.0 on Monday November 23, 2015 @06:57PM (#10618213)
I have strong suspicion that Google will support Go in the future: - Go 1.5 introduced support for mobile development (and Android in 1.4): https://blog.golang.org/go1.5 - If Android can become less bound to Java, I see Go becoming the go-to language for Android development.
Huge fan of Anker products. Really solid design + aesthetic (just wish their Micro-USB cables were a bit thinner at the plug). Monoprice is also very good when it comes to bang for your buck.
Re:Walgreens announces deal to buy Rite Aid for $9 a share on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @02:35AM (#10463111)
Flights actually cost that much - most airlines don't make much money on the flight itself [0]. A flight with an airline like Spirit or Frontier charge the bare minimum for flights without any extra frills.

[0] http://freakonomics.com/2011/06/24/why-do-airlines-always-lo...

I saw this chrome extension a while back that embeds a search button directly in YouTube and searches for keywords/phrases in the video: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ytfind/gkeiaihfolc...
Re:Pay for Uber with Bitcoin on Thursday September 17, 2015 @04:31PM (#10235875)
Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to School on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @02:59PM (#10228925)
As well as Zuck inviting him to Facebook's HQ: http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/16/9338747/mark-zuckerberg-fa...
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2015) on Monday September 07, 2015 @05:44PM (#10183202)
BTW, link to intern position is broken
Re:Ask HN: What's a good real-time stock trading platform? on Monday August 24, 2015 @05:45PM (#10113092)
I believe the whole goal around Robinhood is feeless purchase of stocks for beginners. Once you get past a certain threshold of dollars traded, Robinhood isn't the most effective solution. Other apps such as Edge, Fidelity, etc. give you more information as well as more purchasing options.
Re:Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot on Saturday August 22, 2015 @10:07AM (#10102528)
They hire a lot of technical consultants - Silicon Valley does as well [0].

[0] http://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-how-season-1-b...

No, that's what you get with the GitHub student account (free for any student with a .edu/school email). BitBucket offers unlimited repositories for free.
Re:Ask HN: Which job should I choose? on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @02:42AM (#10083992)

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