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  1. Re: How do you listen to yourself without reading on Reading Information Aloud To Yourself Improves Memory (qz.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you listen to a recording of yourself, all you'll remember is "Do I really sound like that?!".

  2. Re:News? on Reading Information Aloud To Yourself Improves Memory (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    So the best way to remember something is to say it out loud while writing it. Since we usually read what we write, that's three senses: visual, audio and motor reflexes.

  3. Here's a question for those familiar with BTC... can you purchase fractional BTC on exchanges?

    Long version: if you ask this question then you need to read more about Bitcoin.
    Short version: The smallest unit of Bitcoin is 0.00000001 Bitcoin (a.k.a. 1 satoshi)

  4. Re:Miners are crazy people on People Who Can't Remember Their Bitcoin Passwords Are Really Freaking Out Now (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    Replace "cryptocurrency" with "money" and it's the same thing.

    Selfish assholes will always be selfish assholes.

  5. Re:Yet another downside of Bitcoin on People Who Can't Remember Their Bitcoin Passwords Are Really Freaking Out Now (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    What he means is, given a wallet address, how do you determine if the coins are lost or the owner is simply holding to them in order to sell them later?

  6. Re:Yet another downside of Bitcoin on People Who Can't Remember Their Bitcoin Passwords Are Really Freaking Out Now (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't be an idiot. You don't need to nuke gold to destroy it. All you need to do is throw your gold at the Sun with a really big slingshot.

  7. Re:Password cracking on People Who Can't Remember Their Bitcoin Passwords Are Really Freaking Out Now (slate.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Honey, do you remember what was on the kitchen table on november 23rd, 2011?"

  8. And today, those 7500 Bitcoins are now worth 87834954 British Pounds.

  9. Re:Bitcoin mining hardware cannot be repurposed .. on People Who Can't Remember Their Bitcoin Passwords Are Really Freaking Out Now (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    for example 70-80% of the mining power is located in a single country that is not known for a hands off approach to economics and finance.

    The big Bitcoin mining farms are in China, not in the U.S.A.

  10. Re:Mothership is done... on Jony Ive Returns To Apple Design Management Role After Two Years (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple won't let you see it up close, but you can get a really good bird eye's view using Google Maps.

  11. Re:Clicky Clicky Clicky on The Neon Glow of Tokyo Modified Car Culture (kottke.org) · · Score: 1

    The same could be said about PC vs Mac...

  12. Sure it is. People getting paid are being paid by bringing new people into the fold. There is no wealth being generated here.

    The same thing could be said of company shares.

    "But companies make profits and sell products!"

    Yes, but they only make profits and sell products because PEOPLE ARE BUYING THE PRODUCTS.

    The only REAL wealth being generated is by WORKING PEOPLE.

  13. Internet 2.0 is people! - Charlton Heston

  14. Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these on Nvidia Announces 'Nvidia Titan V' Video Card: GV100 for $3000 (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you want to heat your house?
    Because that's how you heat your house.

  15. Re:But can it pay for itself mining Coin? on Nvidia Announces 'Nvidia Titan V' Video Card: GV100 for $3000 (anandtech.com) · · Score: 1

    Look up the numbers for mining Monero.

  16. Re:Yeah but they'd have to be stupid to sell on About 40 Percent of Bitcoin Is Held By 1,000 Users. If a Few of Them Want To Sell, That Could Tank Values (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe the guy is buying a 150 million dollars home somewhere.

  17. Bitcoin is the complete opposite of anonymity. Anyone on the planet can trace every transaction ever made by all wallets.

    And as soon as an exchange associates a person to a wallet, which is needed when you want to cash out, you know that person's transactions history.

  18. The U.S. economy added 228,000 jobs in november on November Jobs Report: Economy Adds 228,000 Jobs; Unemployment Steady (npr.org) · · Score: 0

    Compared to the size of the population, isn't that a rounding error at best?

  19. Are North Korea using corn-based missiles? on The US Is Testing a Microwave Weapon To Stop North Korea's Missiles (vox.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because that's how you get popcorn.

  20. Re:boring and stupid on Jordan Peele To Executive Produce CBS 'The Twilight Zone' Reboot (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Star Trek Discovery is crap because it's just a weird science-fiction TV show that happens to have taken elements from Star Trek and pasted them on weird shit that never got mentioned once in ST:TNG, ST:DS9 or ST:Voyager.

    "Spore drive"? Give me a fucking break. And Klingons that look like constipated fish-men? Fuck that.

  21. Re:Wake me up on Cryptocurrency Miners Are Using Old Tires to Power Their Rigs (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Drunkulus, wake up!

    Those people are burning tires to mine Bitcoins to buy Magic the Gathering cards!

  22. Re:boring and stupid on Jordan Peele To Executive Produce CBS 'The Twilight Zone' Reboot (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you dense or just trolling? Surely you replied without reading my Tokyo TV show example.

    I don't care if ALL the different kinds of people are represented but people have to stop bitching if they feel like their category is being under-represented when the real numbers says otherwise. In my example, the numbers I gave make no sense whatsoever because at least 99% of the characters should be asian.

  23. Re:It's simple on The Firestorm This Time: Why Los Angeles Is Burning (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    If the flames reaches the Cuperino 'Heavens Gate' Spaceship Structure, it can simply take off and land again when it's safe.

    Ah, so Apple are playing Terrans. Got it.

  24. You know what would be really funny? A reboot of this TV show.

  25. Re:It's An Even Better life on Jordan Peele To Executive Produce CBS 'The Twilight Zone' Reboot (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Or "It was a good life" with the character dying because of a twist. Maybe ask M. Night Shyamalan to help with the script.