Mined bitcoin blocks are the verification of past transactions. So, yes mining produces something of value, it produces a guarantee that that the transaction took place correctly. The network serves a role similar to that of banks in processing checks.

her actions constitute sexual harassment according to the sensitivity training i've recieved. if she had merely reported them to the proper authorities she would have been safe. stupid laws, stupid conduct.

also it's easier to tune out music that you are familiar with...

this. techno generally works for me, but for when someone at the next desk over is on a sales call, I find that metal (the loud, angry, heavily distorted, but not very dynamic kind) works best.

this is like saying that you'll have no trouble paying rent because you haven't over-spent your rent budget, just all the other budgets. what it comes down to is that the federal government has not plausible plan for meeting all of its financial obligations in the long run, at least no ways that don't involve dirty words like 'inflation'

since the government has already spent the money, i'd rather acknowledge this, and have you go bankrupt than have the government go bankrupt (or start devaluing currency so that it can pay its debts).

IANAL but it seems to me that that kind of advice should only result in liability if 1. if they have a duty to give you good advice or 2. if they knew or should have know that the advice was bad. If 1 is not the case then there is a whole lot of liability being incurred in these comment threads, for which many lawsuits could be filed If 2 is not the case then whenever a patient responds badly to a treatment administered by a doctor, even when the doctor does everything right (within the limits of current medical knowledge), he could be held liable for the negative outcome. Neither seem like particularly good options to me.

maybe try reading the context of a post before inserting the snark next time?

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touché, mon frère

I think the difference between AC's position and perp's is not whether there is culpability. But where it lies. Did the Lala execs have a duty to continue to ensure good service to their customers? Did apple acquire that responsibility when it acquired the company? Did the Lala execs divest themselves of responsibility when they divested themselves of the company?

To me, at least, it is quite unclear who bears what responsibility to whom (outside of those responsibilities which are clearly delineated in contracts).

According to this article, modern commercial breeds of chicken are so docile that even when given room to roam around, all they do is stand all day next to their feed trough eating, or waiting to eat. I guess that's why free range chicken isn't that expensive: no wasteful exercise.

Ironically winpcap is actually more feature-rich than the original libpcap.