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patrikr··on Why are QR Codes with capital letters smaller than QR codes with lower case?
There is no "after the pandemic" (yet). The pandemic is still ongoing. (Source: WHO)
patrikr··on Only a few countries are teaching children how to think
Supplemental reading: Linus Torvalds's (from Finland) opinion of American schools: https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/J1NCgKQi55X
patrikr··on Silk Road 2.0: A concept of a distributed anonymous marketplace
The OP is a 16 year old from Belarus...
patrikr··on SQRL - Replacement for usernames and passwords
The key on the phone is of course encrypted with a password.
patrikr··on World
Wow, it even works in Opera Mini!
patrikr··on Nokia acquired by Microsoft
The title is wrong. Nokia is not being acquired, it's selling the phone business.
patrikr··on Excel can't save to paths over 218 characters
Excel 2007.
patrikr··on How Not to Sell Bitcoin on eBay for 300% Profit
TL;DR: Chargeback fraud exists. PayPal sucks.
patrikr··on Bitcoin rises
"Coin" in the Bitcoin system is a nickname for a transaction output. The value of a coin can be anything, 1 BTC, 0.000345 BTC, 500,000 BTC...
patrikr··on Bitcoin rises
Try sending a gold coin to the other side of the planet in 10 seconds...
patrikr··on Google Reader shutting down
I use page2rss.com for this.
patrikr··on Contest: Hack my bitcoins and keep them
Well, for one thing, don't use just one round of SHA-256. Or more generally: don't use the same algorithm as everyone else. Chain together different hash functions, and/or run them more than once.
patrikr··on Bitcoin breaks 30 USD
> javascript-based cryptography, which just doesn't work

LOL... Blockchain.info has over 120,000 users which disagree with you.

As the old saying goes, "the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on".

patrikr··on First Bitcoin ASIC, Delivered to Core Bitcoin Developer
When there's a gold rush, you want to be the guy selling the shovels.