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  1. Re:i didnt get that far on Bitcoin Exchange Ordered To Give IRS Years of Data On Millions of Users (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    reserves? I didn't see that in the summary. It's a capital gains issue, similarly to that of gold or silver.

  2. 1. The standard answer on the Bitcoin forums was that they "didn't need to pay taxes. You're a moron if you do." Of course, this was against the tax advice of the IRS, which was to declare them with buying and selling dates as Capital Gains.

    2. Well, Coinbase was happy to hold your bitcoins for you and provide an easy way to buy and sell, but then they held your account hostage and demanded more and more information to get your assets back.

  3. Re:Doesn't Make Sense on Bitcoin Exchange Ordered To Give IRS Years of Data On Millions of Users (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    If you can buy and sell them without giving your information, it would be REALLY hard to track. Like, I think the encryption worm guys aren't declaring their income.

  4. Buying or selling large amounts of bitcoin quickly enough to catch certain price points is very hard if you are selling them by hand for cash...

  5. Re:So laundering your bitcoin wasn't paranoia on Bitcoin Exchange Ordered To Give IRS Years of Data On Millions of Users (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    It is a property bought and sold for profit and is subject to capital gains taxes. Just like gold or silver profits would be.

  6. Re:Only a matter of time. on Bitcoin Exchange Ordered To Give IRS Years of Data On Millions of Users (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Capital gains based on purchase and sale points.

  7. Re:Slashdot is officially worse than breitbart now on Trump Appoints Third Net Neutrality Critic To FCC Advisory Team (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    Reality is viewed through MSM, though, which has a tilt to the left.

  8. Slashdot isn't even dead yet... Despite their attempts with BETA.

  9. Re:Better Idea on Netflix Finally Gets Download Option (netflix.com) · · Score: 1

    look what happened to Aereo

    The Supreme Court made the worst decision in decades?

  10. Re:can we now get some throttling for netflix? on Netflix Finally Gets Download Option (netflix.com) · · Score: 1

    Many Rokus only have 0.5 GB RAM. The newest ones have 1.5 GB to 2 GB RAM.

  11. This already exists. Look on your cellphone under Settings > Alerts. It's already been there for years.

  12. Re:Don't give him ideas on Trump Will Get Power To Send Unblockable Mass Text Messages To All Americans (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    Can't block Presidential Alerts on Android unless you root it.

  13. Re:Don't give him ideas on Trump Will Get Power To Send Unblockable Mass Text Messages To All Americans (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    You can block Amber Alerts in Android in settings. Since Amber Alerts are unfortunately more likely to be an ex-wife trying to get her ex-husband in trouble than an actual emergency, I turned it off.

  14. Re: Union power! on Uber Drivers Demand Higher Pay in Nationwide Protest (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't live in my neighborhood. My daughter routinely gets $15-$20 an hour to babysit.

  15. Re:Streaming is shit. on AT&T Unveils DirecTV Now Streaming TV Service With Over 100 Channels (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    And Dish just announced today that Sling TV is adding a DVR next month.

  16. Exactly. But Snowden deserves the death penalty while his old buddy Hillary should remain free.

  17. Works for Microsoft...

  18. That's what I was going to say. Were they Lenovos?

  19. I almost got run over the other day by a guy backing up his Chevy Volt.

    First problem: no noise at all. I was walking in a parking lot close to the car and he didn't see me.

    Second problem: the backup light is near the ground under an overhanging piece. If you are close to the car, you can't see it!

  20. Re:The other campaign on WikiLeaks Calls for Pardons From President Obama -- Or President Trump (wikileaks.org) · · Score: 1

    Let me explain it to you. We have states in this country. Their opinion matters.

  21. Re: Political reality on WikiLeaks Calls for Pardons From President Obama -- Or President Trump (wikileaks.org) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, she was seen onstage with 2 of the world's top Satanists on the last day (Beyonce and Jay-Z, seriously, not making this up): https://www.google.com/webhp?s...

  22. Get Ooma with the Community Blacklist. I didn't get a single political call this year. I almost never get sales calls either. In fact, when Ooma actually rings, it's somebody I want to talk to. WELL worth $9.99 per month.

  23. Re:Complete? on The Sega Genesis Is Officially Back In Production (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry, the second image should be this: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2LlicAX...

  24. Re:Complete? on The Sega Genesis Is Officially Back In Production (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but for all your knowledge, you are wrong.

    Some consoles in those days used what's known as artifacting in order to gain colors or other effects. What this means is that they rely on the fact that some pixels will fall between colors on the screen to get more colors out of hi-res images. When you "improve the fidelity with better connections", it does in fact become "too good".

    As an extreme example, look at this image: http://www.atarimania.com/8bit... and this image: https://www.google.com/search?...

    One is monochrome and one is color you say? No. They are both the same image. The first is on a "good, accurate" monitor over a very strong connection. But the second relied on the fact that certain pixels fall between the phosphors on the screen, picking up color where it didn't exist. Some NES, SNES and Genesis games were designed to rely on this process in order to look "right" and will actually not look right in HDMI. Now SNES and Genesis, being composite instead of TV switch box like Atari and NES, rely on it more for subtle effects such as brightness bleed and shadow. Particular colors are chosen because they know these effects will result on most composite TV sets.

    it's not nostalgia, it's a design consideration. One that relies on the imperfection of TV switch boxes on channel 3 or on the bleed effect of composite video. Perfection eliminates this design consideration, making the game less than it was.

  25. Re:Holding it wrong on Samsung Galaxy J5 Catches Fire and Explodes in France, Says AP (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    Not to mention, these things are often caused by damage. Letting a 4-year-old play with a Li-ion battery is really not a good idea, if you have ever watched a 4-year-old play.