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  1. There's also proof-of-stake.

  2. Re:Canadian paper ballots are amazing on The Computer Scientist Who Prefers Voting With Paper (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Since I post too much and never get any mod points, all I can give you is a virtual +1 Informative.

  3. Re:economics on Bitcoin Drops Over $1,000 In Value Over 48 Hours (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    If you have an infinite growth economy...

    "infinite growth economy" is bullshit implanted in young MBA's heads by people who only understand numbers without any link to the real world.

    But there's no such thing. We have a limited number of people who can live on this planet with a limited liveable area and a limited amount of ressources.

  4. Re:Dutch auctions on Paradise Papers Expose Canadian Scalper's Multimillion-Dollar StubHub Scheme (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Spam emails still exists because they're lucrative even though "nobody" replies to these things.

    And you're asking people to NOT buy things they WANT?

  5. Earlier this year, a butt plug made by the company -- the Hush -- was also found to be hackable.

    backdoor

  6. Re:Vulnerability on Bitcoin Drops Over $1,000 In Value Over 48 Hours (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Dogecoin to the moon!!!

  7. Re:My investment was hurt on Bitcoin Drops Over $1,000 In Value Over 48 Hours (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    I have no idea how to play poker.

    May I join your game? I'll just learn as I go.

  8. Re: Tomorrow - Bitcoin gains $1000 in a day on Bitcoin Drops Over $1,000 In Value Over 48 Hours (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You know what else is up?

    Giggity.

  9. Re:Most wanted present on Here Comes the World's Biggest Shopping Spree -- Again (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    "for some odd reason"

    Sure.

  10. Re:wow on The Booming Japanese Rent-a-Friend Business (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Do I know you? You sound familiar, eh?

  11. Re:Looks more like a gopher than a mouse on Man Who Sent GIF of Laughing Mouse To Employer After DDoS Attack Is Now Arrested (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    You didn't read TFA, they state at the very end:

    The mouse image above is not the same that Gammell used in his emails.

    I think you should blame Catalin Cimpanu, the author of that article, for that gopher image.

  12. When Disney hears he's been using a cartoon mouse, he'll be in even more trouble.

  13. Don't forget on Here Comes the World's Biggest Shopping Spree -- Again (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    11/11 is also "Pocky Day", because 11 11 looks like four of them.

  14. Re:Always wanted to ask on Exit Interview: Scott Kelly (atlasobscura.com) · · Score: 2

    Real quotes... movie quotes... all written in Taiwan!

  15. Re:wow on The Booming Japanese Rent-a-Friend Business (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    If I learned anything by watching anime and hentai is that there's no 20 years old Japanese girls. They're either all 14 or 40.

  16. Re:wow on The Booming Japanese Rent-a-Friend Business (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    In my country we call escort "a piece of crap made by Ford".

  17. Re:wow on The Booming Japanese Rent-a-Friend Business (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    wearing emotions on sleeves

    Is that an expression or did they actually start wearing coloured bracelets or something?

  18. Re:wow on The Booming Japanese Rent-a-Friend Business (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, let me assure you there's nothing crazy about cheese curds with gravy on french fries. It's perfectly normal.

  19. Re:wow on The Booming Japanese Rent-a-Friend Business (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    French fries are german?

  20. With all the drama that's happening with it, I find it funny that Logitech has a product "Harmony".

    Still doesn't change the irony of what's happening with it.

  21. Re:None. on Ask Slashdot: How Many Books Do You Read a Month? · · Score: 1

    Same for me. And as we're getting older we start to forget things, so in a way we can say we're currently reading "minus 0.2 book per month".

  22. With all the drama that's happening with it, I find it funny that Logitech called the product "Harmony".

  23. Re:Stupid on IBM's Quest To Design The 'New Helvetica' (fastcodesign.com) · · Score: 1

    Didn't have Apple II's around here.

    We had Color Computers 2, which used monochrome 256x192 on colour TVs and used artifacts to create colours.

    The worst part is, the result looked better than CGA with its default palettes.

  24. Re:You are going to HATE the touchpad on Ask Slashdot: What Should A Mac User Know Before Buying a Windows Laptop? · · Score: 1

    and gamers don't use touchpads

  25. Re:That's so Jewish on iPhone X Costs Apple $370 in Materials: IHS Markit (ihsmarkit.com) · · Score: 2

    Miniaturization and tight integration of components isn't free.