Comment Re:Apps which require location? (Score 3, Funny) 67
You just discovered an additional benefit of this method.
You just discovered an additional benefit of this method.
What's amusing is that because it has the word "coin" in its name, people automatically consider it money
They should have named it PonziCoin.
Of course. Governments love bitcoin because it is actually traceable. And as an added bonus, the public perception of the bitcoin is that is totally UNtraceable.
a wind turbine with a working life of 20 years will offer a net benefit within five to eight months of being brought online."
Huh? What do the 20 years have to do with that?
If it offers a net benefit after 5-8 months, then it doesn't matter if the turbine has a working life of 1 year or 20 years, it offers a net benefit anyway.
Therefore, you should always use a tor-like algorithm to connect to the cell tower.
Talking about expensive, if everything becomes virtual, I wonder what that will do to the economy.
And how this can backfire on Google.
They still have the fastest javascript engine in the world.
(...) though only a small number of the initial wave of takedown requests has so far been processed.
Typical. They use the fastest algorithms to show search results, but when it comes to takedown requests, they just seem to do stuff when it suits them.
I hope things will improve, though classical capitalism-theory predicts they will not.
And automation was supposed to make our lives easier...
Seriously, losing access to your e-toy for a minute or two is worth killing over? Get a grip.
People have declared thermonuclear wars for less.
While Google Domains won't include hosting, website building providers Squarespace, Wix, Weebly and Shopify have signed on as partners.
I can already guess the next step: Google offering hosting and online website building.
Even if the discovery is for real, this is _not_ news for nerds.
They have just discovered what has been there all along, for billions of years.
Now, what to _do_ with this discovery, that's the real nerdy part.
After this (*) I really don't care about Disney anymore
Uhh, practically everybody is pirating music and movies, and there is still a law that says this is criminal behavior.
Here's a message to Google employees:
Find yourself a more meaningful job. Something in medicine, or in particle physics.
Or, just about anything outside of that shady advertisement business.
Software production is assumed to be a line function, but it is run like a staff function. -- Paul Licker
