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  1. because everyone has already downloaded the others?

  2. Re:They should be called something else on San Diego Comic-Con Wins Trademark Suit Against 'Salt Lake Comic Con' (deseretnews.com) · · Score: 1

    When I did some searching earlier I found an article which said the Salt Lake City group claimed that the term comic con predated the San Diego one in the 1970s.

    Not a lawyer but I do find it surprising a term which seems generic term could be trademarked.

  3. Re:Better Idea on People Keep Finding Hidden Cameras in Their Airbnbs (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    Can't speak for elsewhere, but in Canada cameras are illegal where you have a reasonable expectation of privacy, common examples are bathrooms or change rooms in public places.

  4. Re:Application of FOIA Seems Odd on 'Nature' Editorial Juxtaposes FOIA Email Release With Illegal Hacking (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    They have scrutiny, they apply for grants and detail the research and the approach. Then they publish a paper documenting it.

  5. Application of FOIA Seems Odd on 'Nature' Editorial Juxtaposes FOIA Email Release With Illegal Hacking (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    While I understand and agree with FOIA for government and employees of government agencies, does it not seem strange to anyone else that it applies to research scientists in universities?

  6. You should read about diversification.

  7. Re:What was wrong with the original submission? on ISPs and Movie Industry Prepare Canadian Pirate Site Blocking Deal (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm suggesting you work for them....

  8. Agreed, bitcoin shills have been pushing the stories and flooding the comments with cheerleading.

  9. Re:What was wrong with the original submission? on ISPs and Movie Industry Prepare Canadian Pirate Site Blocking Deal (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    From your history its hard to believe you aren't spamming for freeznet

  10. Re: Steam no longer accepts them on Bitcoin Nears $17,000 After Climbing About $4,000 in Less Than a Day · · Score: 2

    Yea, I've known about bitcoin about 7-years and considered it bullshit the entire time, so I know even had I bothered to use PCs to mine when it was easy I would have sold it all years ago.

  11. Re:Usefulness of Bitcoin? on Bitcoin Nears $17,000 After Climbing About $4,000 in Less Than a Day · · Score: 1

    Its funny because actual stock exchanges pay some traders to trade in segments to ensure liquidity.

  12. Re: Steam no longer accepts them on Bitcoin Nears $17,000 After Climbing About $4,000 in Less Than a Day · · Score: 2

    Classic part of a bubble is people fearing they missed out and buying high.

  13. More important quote from Krebs on Bitcoin Nears $17,000 After Climbing About $4,000 in Less Than a Day · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Rational"? Really? I do not think it means what you think it means.

  14. An article titled "The real and shocking story of..." sounds like a pretty unbiased source.

    I'm not sure you understand what bias is and when its applicable

  15. What you're talking about is living at your means, not being poor.

  16. Who Gives a Shit? on Why 'Shark Tank' Investor Kevin O'Leary Refuses To Spend $2.50 On a Cup of Coffee (cnbc.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    How is this News for Nerds? More importantly do we really want to take financial advise from this guy?

  17. Re:Potential of circumvention = protection of righ on Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Says Bitcoin 'Ought to be Outlawed' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    So you speculated an won? Just remember when it pops there is always someone left holding the bag - do you want to feel responsible for someone losing their savings?

  18. Not a Nobel Prize on Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Says Bitcoin 'Ought to be Outlawed' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Swedish Banking Prize has been successfully hijacking the name of prizes established by Alfred Nobel since the 60s

  19. Re:Potential of circumvention = protection of righ on Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Says Bitcoin 'Ought to be Outlawed' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    The amount of bitcoin being used as a currency is diminishingly small, the vast majority is being held by speculators.

  20. Re:These are experts ... on Blockchains Are Poised To End the Password Era (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Based on past stories that made it to the front page its the same sort of fine journalism one can expect from the MIT Technology Review.

  21. Re:OTOH, on Cryptocurrencies Aren't 'Crypto' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The part that you're ignoring is that the crypto in cryptocurrency was there as a reference to cryptography, the term was already using crypto = cryptography

  22. Re:I don't believe it on New Study Finds That Most Redditors Don't Actually Read the Articles They Vote On (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The real irony is of course that it was posted on Slashdot 20-years after this was discovered.

  23. Re:And the fatal flaw of Bitcoin becomes visible on Coinbase Ordered To Report 14,355 Users To the IRS (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    At some point you need to get money into and out of it.

  24. Need to do something... on Snapchat Is Becoming the Anti-Facebook (qz.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Their stock has been on a downward slide since their IPO and its worth roughly half what it was then today.

  25. Chromecast is getting flakier? I haven't noticed that.

    For me if the chromecast is turned off the tray notification will be stuck on the phone for hours, Youtubes website has been effectively unusable many things will cause the stream to crash (e.g. visit a channel with a welcome video) or restart videos, Google Play Podcasts has issues with tracking podcast play positions resuming a paused cast will play briefly before jumping to the next podcast (presumably it empties the buffer), etc. etc.