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antoniuson A simple way to "get more people to code"

One of the suggested solutions is for companies to raise wages. As far as I know, these companies already pay high five-figures for new, full-time employees.

antoniuson Malaysia Airlines MH370: Possible debris in Indian Ocean

Hoping this is true and the plane's black box can be located as well.

antoniuson 900 Workers Have Already Died Building Qatar’s World Cup Infrastructure

This and news that a Qatari firm paid off one of the top FIFA officials for votes during bidding for the World Cup doesn't help Qatar's image going forward. [1]

[1] http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/mar/18/jack-warner-...

antoniuson [dead]

Like the Flappy Bird phenomenon.. it will slowly go away.

antoniuson Can the Bloomberg Terminal be "Toppled"?

If a start-up can figure out a way to provide the mass financial information that Bloomberg provides and charge even 1/10th of what Bloomberg charges ($20,000 per year), it would disrupt the monopoly that is Bloomberg.

antoniuson Poll: How much money do you have in your bank account?

Living in Canada and under CDIC rules, only $100,000 is covered. Thus, backing up my original post of not putting all your fiat eggs in your bank basket.

antoniuson Poll: How much money do you have in your bank account?

Depends on how you handle your finances and carry risk. If you keep 100% of your short-term assets in a bank and it goes under, under Canadian banking rules (where I'm from), only $100,000 is covered by the government. Same goes with investing all your money into a specific stock, if the stock performs poorly, your net worth takes a hit.

antoniuson Poll: How much money do you have in your bank account?

..but that's not a reason to give them all your money.

I'm curious as to how many people actually keep 90% or more of their total liquid short-term assets in a bank. It seems like a basic rule of diversification of never keeping all your eggs in one basket, including the the bank.

antoniuson Mark Karpeles' blog hacked

Waiting for a class-action against Mark Karpeles any minute now.

antoniuson Start-up NY

Pay no taxes for 10 years as a start-up in NY? Sign me up.

antoniuson Twitter Pays $36 Million to Avoid IBM Patent Suit

" According to the SEC document, Twitter now owns 956 patents — up from just nine before it filed its IPO in November."

Twitter's been busy buying up patents with its' IPO capital by the looks of it.

antoniuson [dead]

It's like Minesweeper for ni^^ers

Really?

antoniuson Ask HN: Looking for contributors?

Looks neat. I'm also commenting here so I can remember to come back to this in a few weeks time!

antoniuson Turn a Raspberry Pi into an FM transmitter

It has enough range to cover your home, DIY drive-in movie, a high school ball game, or even a bike parade (depending on the stragglers).

Interesting idea... but wouldn't you need to increase the broadcast range for that to work effectively?

antoniuson Planes Landing in Beijing: Video from Space

Site is down for me. Any mirrors?

antoniuson [dead]

A campaign to collect airfare for single people? lol

antoniuson With Free Version of Windows, Microsoft Gives In to the Google Way

As the article mentions, Windows revenues have been important to Microsoft's business for quite some time. It's hard to imagine how positively shareholders would react to this type of business decision.

antoniuson The Inside Story of Mt. Gox, Bitcoin’s $460M Disaster

The biggest red flag for me was Mt.Gox not declaring itself as money transmitter and being fined by the U.S Government as a result.

Knowing it would have a great deal of American users and that it would have to abide to rules, Mt.Gox overlooked this. Everything that followed only validated my decision to stay away.

antoniuson Apple.com (2004)

The change in technology and "coolness" is staggering. I remember buying the white 20GB iPod with the scroll wheel and being the coolest kid in high school. Looking at it now and it looks painfully outdated and ugly (IMO).

antoniuson Just Called Mt. Gox

Mt.Gox Announcement (from mtgox.com) :

ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR COMMENCEMENT OF A PROCEDURE OF CIVIL REHABILITATION

An overview of the situation should be published here shortly (probably on March 3, 2014 (Japan time)).

Contact information

A call center has been established to respond to all inquiries. The call center is planned to start on March 3, 2014. All inquiries to MtGox Co., Ltd. should be made to the following telephone number:

Telephone number +81 3-4588-3921 Working hours Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm (Japan time)

Please refrain from contacting the office of the supervisor/investigator.

antoniuson Bitcoin: The future of money is at stake

.."Satoshi Nakamoto", its mysterious inventor, may have democratised finance – much as open internet protocols have democratised communication.

But what about "turning off" the world wide web so to speak? I'm sure if governments really believe bitcoin is a threat to their currency, they will do whatever it takes to essentially shut it down. If it cannot be digitally traded on the internet, then that value of bitcoin is lost.

antoniuson It's OK, You Can Still Buy Flappy Bird (For $1500)

I get the recent popularity of this game but besides the cool characters and backgrounds.. how is this any different than the classic 'Helicopter' game?

antoniuson Show HN: Codewars

Awesome. Can't wait till more languages become available.

antoniuson NFL claims $600M in Super Bowl economic impact. Economists say it's closer to $0

What ticks me off and isn't mentioned in the article is how the U.S Government gave permission and classifies the NFL as a non-for-profit organization[1]. This classification deters millions in taxes that any other organization of its' size would ultimately be paying.

[1] http://www.nbcnews.com/business/legal-procedure-critics-cry-...

antoniuson The New York Times Redesign is Live

Thought I was on the Wall Street Jounal.. similar layouts.

antoniuson From near-death to Silicon Valley CEO

This seems like an amazing plot for a screenwriter to sink their teeth into and turn into a movie. Great read.

antoniuson Data Structure Visualizations

Glad I found this to reiterate what I learned as my Data Structure exam is tomorrow :)

antoniuson Selling Bitcoin / Litecoin on eBay, an eBay Live Help Transcript

I was reading the transcript and got increasingly worried that you were in a vicious circle of being passed on to the next eBay representative. Glad it worked out.

antoniuson Sleeping With Your Cofounder | Founder Dating

If you're able to separate your business relationships and personal relationships and keep it professional then why not? The problem with that is it's usually easier said than done.

antoniuson For Nearly Two Decades the Nuclear Launch Code Was 00000000

Reverse psychology against hackers/spies. Let them think that it was a super obscure, difficult code to crack.