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Comment Strategy (Score 1) 784

by czernabog (#44642707) Attached to: Bradley Manning Wants To Live As a Woman
Am I the only one who thinks there's a big possibility that this is just a desperate move in order to gain sympathy disguising himself as a member of an oppressed demographic?
Not that I have any objection, if I were in his shoes I'd be desperate enough to try it too.
Bitcoin

Federal Judge Declares Bitcoin a Currency 425

Posted by Soulskill from the i-bet-the-IRS-just-got-excited dept.
tlhIngan writes "An East Texas federal judge has concluded that Bitcoin is a currency that can be regulated under American Law. The conclusion came during the trial of Trendon Shavers, who is accused of running the Bitcoin Savings and Trust (BTCST) as a Ponzi scheme. Shavers had argued that since the transactions were all done in Bitcoins, no money changed hands and thus the SEC has no jurisdiction. The judge found that since Bitcoins may be used to purchase goods and services, and more importantly, can be converted to conventional currencies, it is a form of currency (PDF) and investors wishing to invest in the BTCST provided an investment of money, and thus the SEC may regulate such business."
Programming

Ask Slashdot: Is Development Leadership Overvalued? 252

Posted by Soulskill from the or-is-followership-undervalued dept.
gspec writes "I am an engineer with about 14 years experience in the industry. Lately I have been interviewing with a few companies hoping to land a better position. In almost all those interviews, I was asked these types of question: 'Have you been a leader in a project?' or 'Why after these many years, you are not in a management? Do you lack leadership skills?' Sometimes these questions discourage me and make me feel like an underachiever. I found an article in which the author talked about exactly this, and I agree with him. I think in this modern society, especially in the U.S., we overvalue the leaders and undervalue the followers to the point that we forget that leaders cannot do any good if they do not have good followers."

Comment Stop unifying things! (Score 1) 22

by czernabog (#43233289) Attached to: KDE Releases Plasma Media Center 1.0
I really don't like this trend of "unifying the experience" across all possible devices. It's dumb. We have a very wide range of devices with different features and purposes. This mentality is what ruined Windows 8, Ubuntu with Unity and anything with Gnome 3 or KDE 4 on top. Give me an interface best suited for the type of device I'm using, instead of clumsily trying to make a one-size-fits-all aberration.

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