Just realising now that between my partner and I, we have zero devices that can receive radio signals. Without a car or a dedicated radio box, I guess we're in trouble in the case of a major emergency.

Yep. At best, bitcoin is a failure and disappointment. At worst, it's evil and destructive. The latter is becoming more true every day it seems.

I remember years ago that shops were starting to accept bitcoins, but that seems to have all but disappeared. I don't encounter shops that accept bitcoin in my life, and I don't see a future for "cryptocurrencies" as a currency, and i'm not interested in it as an investment commodity. I'm happy to be proved wrong but the whole idea just doesn't seem useful anymore.

Seems like he's talking about work conditions and you're talking about compensation, related but two different topics.

It's not like we evolved from viruses, but viruses can insert their DNA into the human DNA. It's kind of their thing. So I completely agree.

I never learned cursive, and the number of loops in my signature changes each time. Also, I have fat fingers, and any digital signature is just a zig-zag line. Who's going to verify my signature, and what are they verifying it against?

Used earbuds? I think there are better things to steal.

The article suggests that the main reason humanities classes are important is because "stories matter." That's as disappointing as the Game of Thrones finale, and for the same reason.

Every article regarding cryptocurrency (this one included) refers to the product as a "currency," but it seems like that use case has been abandoned. It is strictly an investment commodity, like oil futures. Bitcoin was popularized with the internet black markets, with purchasing drugs and prostitutes. Is that still happening? Years back I started seeing posts about graphic designers who would accept payment in bitcoin. Weeks ago I saw that there were cryptocurrency machines set up in Schiphol airport, where you can convert euros to bitcoins. Discussions now are about which coin to invest in. There is little interest in buying coffee or lambos, just interest in how to maximize my (real-world, real-currency) money.

But I honestly never realized that it's a site people go to on purpose. I mentally categorized it alongside any sort of "Click here and we'll install adware for you!" ads. Has anyone here had success using this service? Is it "cragslist-y"? I don't intend to start using it, just curious.

but what does Yahoo even *do* these days? I don't remember using a Yahoo product since...Middle school?

Agreed, but the money's not there. This promotes resale, which takes away from apple's.....i mean...the phone manufacturer's....bottom line.

Kind of irrelevant, but my solution is to host my own install of tt-rss: http://tt-rss.org/redmine/projects/tt-rss/wiki It's similar to reader, and works great.

I have no experience with Apple TV but I would say the same about roku. I'm a programmer in my 20s, and I get flustered by remotes with way too many buttons; i could imagine it would be worse if i was unaccustomed to electronics. Roku remote is simple, the (FEW) buttons are large and well labeled, and as long as there aren't too many apps installed, your grandparents should be able to easily find netflix.

http://5secondfilms.com/watch/captains-order