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Re:Sent $10,701.03 to Coinbase. Still missing bitcoins. on Thursday December 19, 2013 @07:06AM (#6934145)
Hi, <name> from Coinbase here. Sorry for the delay on that - definitely not the customer experience we are striving for.

<some phone shit right here>

Edit: <we actually did our job and made it work. we also gave you 0.01% on top!>

Ask HN: How do you use Twitter?

Do youa) read all of your timeline tweets (i.e. scroll back for tweets you missed overnight)b) don't care what you missed and start reading from present time on?

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Ask HN: Do you misuse apps?

Do you quickly check if you have a working internet connection by looking at CloudApp (exclamation mark on cloud = no internet connection)?Do you ever write MON, TUE, ... in front of the task in things even though you're using the 'Today ' tab?Do you misuse apps? How and how often?

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Re:Wikipedia: Size in volumes on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @11:40AM (#6244373)
Sometimes when you look at similar graphics to this one, you go: "Wow, that's big."

Somehow, this wasn't one of those times. This one was: http://demonocracy.info/infographics/eu/debt_greek/debt_gree...

I'm not saying you'll be dead in 5 years time if you spend more than 12 hours a day sitting on a chair programming. But it adds up if you're doing that your whole lifetime and neglect healthy food and physical activity. Of course it differs from person to person but I think you see my point.

Regarding stress free comment... I guess it depends on the person in question. Besides, when you finish for the day, you really finish for the day and that's the most important thing. Entrepreneurship is not for everyone.

Smart people will put health before entrepreneurship, especially if it prolongs their life and not just in the sense how many years will they have to life.

Strangely enough, this idea has gone through my mind a couple of times, for a completely different reasons though.

Mortality is closely connected with the hours we spend sitting each day. So that's one reason.

The other one is that after working so hard and saving up enough for the rest of your life, you need something that is much more stress-free. And selling something so basic as food is exactly that.

I thought these points are common sense.
I'd like to see what's inside that 512MB file, though.
Re:Github: Investigating an increased number of unicorns on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @10:02AM (#5977812)
Witty attempt to be funny but the reality is that their service which isn't free is down. I don't see the funny side.
Re:Never Trust Facebook on Monday July 01, 2013 @04:16PM (#5973292)
I also run a pretty tight ship on Facebook. Only closest friends and family (13 people in total), visibility to friends only and such things.

Father created Facebook account a week ago to keep up with our favourite sports team. I sent him a friend request but he managed to hide it and didn't find it later. Yesterday he received an email saying something in this style: Do you know these people? A list with 13 people was underneath it and these 13 people were my friends.

Thankfully he knows most of them so it didn't get awkward but still a massive, massive worry for me.

Re:Never Trust Facebook on Monday July 01, 2013 @04:13PM (#5973275)
Internet's a postcard, not an envelope.
Re:Never Trust Facebook on Monday July 01, 2013 @03:58PM (#5973203)
I'll give you a little advice that's been working wonderfully for me so far - don't ever post something that is politically/ethnically/whatever questionable and you'll be fine. Even better than that, it'll play in your favour.
It's not mine but a product I frequently use. See for yourself.
Re:iOS 7 As Defense on Thursday June 27, 2013 @12:39PM (#5953199)
Before I read the article; why does the permalink symbol looks exactly like the infinity symbol (∞)?
Thanks! I think of this topic as rarely discussed but its 'products' are often used.
Does anyone have enough expertise to tell me in which program this was made?

http://cl.ly/image/1o070d3s2Y0b

Re:Thinking of Doing a PhD? Take this simple test on Sunday June 09, 2013 @02:36PM (#5849954)
The test might be perfectly adequate to decide whether you should do a PhD.

However, I can't stop thinking that tests where the outcome is based on Mostly A's (or B's or C's or ...) are designed for pre-teen pupils deciding whether they should break up with their this-week boyfriend or have a chocolate or vanilla ice cream.

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