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Virtual XS (Access)(http://www.vxsbill.com/) in The Netherlands do all kinds of billing acceptance and are one of the most reliable partners for a lot of companies all over the world. They do adult, gambling, pharmacy etc. Only legit business is allowed, because you get screened to the bone. You've to setup a company in The Netherlands, but they will wire all funds to your account. At least, you can contact them and explain your situation. They are more than willing to provide you with a suitable solution.

I don't get it. Why doesn't Gravatar use a salt to generate the checksum? The salt would only be known to Gravatar and is not bruteforcable by anyone who doesn't know the salt.

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I'm soooooooo glad, that first, there is an explanation for this on wikipedia and second I read here that I'm not the only one.

I suffer from hypoglycemia and have a very unstable bloodsugar level. With that comes that during the day I fall asleep. During the night I sometimes have to much energy and can't sleep deep enough. Sometimes I fall asleep very quick when I hit my bed. But after a few minutes I wake up and experience sleep paralysis so it seems.

What makes me curious is the effect on the brain. I read that people get scared or paranoid for a few seconds. I sometimes start to blasphemy or get a low voice in my head. In other words, I can't move my tongue properly either. Or so I think I can't.

Very interesting to read about something I couldn't talk about with somebody else until now.

Thanks for posting this subject!

One of the reasons I don't write comments is because it gets outdated so quickly. And I don't need them myself, because I read only the code, even my own. Reading the code makes also for reviewing the code. Quickly changing bits so it makes better sense (like counts outside the for-loop instead of in the statement) etc. And use version-control system to make changes, test them and roll it back (revert). TortoiseSVN helps a lot with this for me. I also try to make the code more readable by adding my codingstyle or the codingstyle by convention (I still think mine is best ;-)

Good point @Xichekolas: We don't editorializing our own life and are not aware what information we give away to whom anymore. In the old old days, people didn't knew your last name untill someone else introduced you. Now people don't even bother to know your last name. They rather have your nickname or e-mailaddress (or fb profile).

We have no control on what kind of information lands where. Be it your SSN or where you last went on vacation. And we certainly don't know with what purpose the other party gains that information. For me, I don't care about pageviews, hits or anything that projects me as being popular or noticed. I want to know the party who is receiving information about me and the purpose of what is going to happen with that information. If I show people a slideshow of family photos I certainly know they don't get a copy unless I provide it to them. In the digital era it is quite different. Sharing is nice only if you can measure what it will deliver back to you. For now, only bad things can happen if you give up your privacy.

Oh my, this rocks. What would be even cooler is a library to use these functions. That would beat me to it, since I was thinking about a general data interface for websites too. If I could implement your effort into my code (PHP) that would be so awesome. Anyhow, nice idea though.

Depending on the severity of the autism symptoms, he could try to get a more normal life. And no, I don't agree with the term normal since what is normal these days? Shooting people during a drive-by? Eating hamburgers all day? Using drugs and do everything possible to sustain that way of life? No. To me, that is not normal, but it is average in our society. He's not average, but he's using his capability to feed his interests. So let him.

In terms of real money, there is no money to pay the debt. The banknotes are just debt to pay another debt. It's backed by trust in a good future and a lot of promises of the working horde. But.... what if the crowd can't cope with it anymore? We can't predict the future and sure we can't predict mistakes made by banks or other investors. We can't let the people pay for these mistakes continuely, because the promises aren't built upon that. As long as there is no way to deal with these 'errors', there is no real way to predict investment either. Injecting 'money' (more debt) is not a cure nor a surety.

I'm sorry. I don't get it. Why is this same / similar technique posted for at least the third time on Hacker News? Has it improved in the last two weeks or are the people posting news not reading Hacker News themselves?

I can understand bringing it to attention (again), but somehow it gets annoying too. I don't like to read the same ol' same ol' news, especially if it is on the same website. Not to be a troll or anything, but could the people who post first look if something similar is posted?

First I had no idea that these where funny notes.....

I've worked for a company a couple of months that hit a hot spot on the mortgage market (oh nooooos....;-). They really compare all the products of lenders and give advice to independent advisors and consumers what to do. It makes all the products transparant and even has an overview of terms and conditions etc.

This has been done in the Netherlands before, but not so thorough as they do. If implemented right, it can be huge in any country. It is based on a subscription model per (part of) year.