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I scrolled down and had a look at the comments on Dwolla's blog post. I was shocked to see that they're all about bitcoin!

Who is Banksy? Is he Satoshi Nakamoto?

Is there convincing evidence that resource depletion is among the highest risks to civilization? Much of what I've seen shows the opposite: for example, China is a rising superpower largely because of their huge population. Having more people means more potential productivity, and that could lead to more prosperity.

On the other hand, small countries with few people are usually able to accomplish little. Places with few inhabitants are considered rural and have a lower standard of living than places with high extremely high population density, like cities.

Notably, it appears that prior generations had higher birthrates because women were not expected to participate in the workforce. They didn't want to and/or weren't allowed to. They were treated differently than men.

A potential downside of making women equal to men is that they become more similar. They don't need each other. They don't complement each other anymore. Opposites attract, but if women are expected to succeed in the same way as men, then the prior balance is lost.

interestingly, f.lux is also free, at least for me. i use it yet haven't paid a dime. so it doesn't exactly look like they're trying to make a profit.. and i'm glad for that.

f.lux only changes the color temperature and that is what I use it for. Changing the display brightness is easy: just use the brightness adjustment keys on the keyboard. I set my display brightness as low as possible, while still keeping the screen easy to read.

Brilliant!

When my friends have asked "why is it orange?" I've launched into an explanation of how blue light at night is unnatural and causes insomnia. Somehow, I hadn't thought of just temporarily deactivating f.lux and letting them see for themselves!

Will do next time.

The 5c isn't hugely less expensive than the 5s (it only looks like half the price due to carrier subsidies). So this doesn't surprise me -- if you're going to locked into a contract, most people are better off ponying up the $100 -- much less than the cost of the cellular service. So consumers are rightly choosing the 5s.

Site needs more info. Is this a startup? Or is it a non-profit?

I want secure email but I have yet to figure it out. What are "the dozens of other ways we can have secure email"? Honest question

reminds me of the State Science Institute

I had the privilege of meeting these guys while they were developing the initial version of the app. It has come a long way! Excited to watch it take off.

Great point. The real choice is between liberty and statism. And the difference between republicans and democrats on this point is truly minuscule.

Down to 1.9k six hours after his comment. Good progress :)

Ron Paul has specifically mentioned two places as having more liberty (in certain ways) than the US: Switzerland and Hong Kong.

Reminds me of the horse manure crisis in NYC http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/11/16/09111...

Not that any comparison can be made, they are really completely different.

"Store owners, starting with online store owners, have to at least start accepting the currency, which they have shown no signs of doing."

Actually, that is happening. Namecheap now accepts bitcoins.

Looks like this is a feed reader that I can run myself: http://feedafever.com/

Not free though.

I like this. Kind of reminds me of the WordPress.org/.com model. If I don't want to run it myself I can easily use .com, but if I want full control I can easily run the .org software on my own server.

Reminds me of one of my favorite puzzle games of all time, Trainyard. http://www.trainyard.ca/ But Adrift is definitely different. Love it!

You're right. I hadn't thought to compare with the average rate of VAT in Europe. Additionally, I don't really see how people could say that the FairTax rate is awful, considering that its rate was chosen to make the tax approximately revenue neutral.

Excellent point. Getting all my receipts in a standardized electronic format so that I can look back and see what I bought would be super awesome, and I wasn't even thinking of that when I wrote the post.

I don't see how having the least amount of negative impact is unfair.

When I was attending the University of Southern California, I learned that Steven Sample, president of the University, has "patents in the field of digital appliance controls that have been licensed to practically every major manufacturer of appliance controls and microwave ovens in the world. More than 300 million home appliances have been built using his inventions."

I have no idea whether patents are the reason for the differing controls, but I just thought I'd share this interesting fact.

I agree, it's not a perfect comparison. It's appropriate, though: I can quickly understand what it's about. And they do use the word "like" - it's not exactly Google Docs, but it's LIKE Google Docs and can (for certain apps) be a great alternative.

> there are a lot of great products out there that are built much better than WordPress and I wish one of them were the dominant player.

Honest question: Can you name one?

I'm seriously looking for a WordPress alternative, but I haven't found one that is truly BETTER.

While I totally agree that Apple is handling this situation poorly, I'm even more worried about the lack of competition. Which of Apple's competitors offers better service? I can't think of one. Lenovo, HP, Dell? While I'd love Apple to be more generous, in a similar situation, in my experience, you're more likely to get left out to dry with any of their competitors.

I like the Hacker News karma system. Is there anything else like it?