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vdddv··on China declares cryptocurrency deals ‘illegal’
how many times has it happened already?
vdddv··on Stripe banned us for payment disputes but we never had a single dispute
Kudos for stepping in. But you should really have a process in place where the CEO does not have to look into it based on the issue being posted on Hacker News.
vdddv··on MacKenzie Scott’s Money Bombs Are Single Handedly Reshaping America
and it could happen every year if unicorns were not dodging their taxes
vdddv··on Penny hoarders hope for the day the penny dies (2014)
what's the cost of melting the coins and extracting the copper though? It does not look very profitable
vdddv··on Stack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8B
all the users sharing they are in the "top X%" on SO shows how much the "gamification" took over and was fully embraced by the users. On HN, I never read comments on Reddit where users write "I have X karma points" or comments on Twitter with people writing "I have X number of followers".
vdddv··on Show HN: A simple blogging platform I built out of frustration with other tools
Hi, could you share some examples of real blogs built on the platform? Thanks
vdddv··on Amazon Sidewalk
reminds me of fon.com
vdddv··on Employees are happier when led by people with deep expertise (2016)
very little information given on who is behind that site. One name, linking to one twitter account with very little on it
vdddv··on Reddit is banning any Aimee Challenor mention. UK public figure and Reddit admin
"Please do not name this individual" But we won't tell you who the individual that shall not be name is.
vdddv··on EU vaccine rollout severely lags behind
It's easy to miss how far we are on a global scale.

3.4% World

1.5% Asia

0.42% Africa

15% N. America

10% Europe

4.8% S. America

0.44% Oceania

https://twitter.com/CoVacProgress

vdddv··on German man loses 400k GBP about $500k in Twitter Bitcoin scam
you can't cheat an honest man
vdddv··on Trader Buys $36M of Copper and Gets Painted Rocks Instead
"bean-counter MBAs" holders:

Tim Cook — CEO, Apple

Satya Nadella — CEO, Microsoft

Sundar Pichai — CEO, Google & Alphabet

Katrina Lake — founder & CEO, Stitch Fix

Stacy Brown-Philpot — CEO, TaskRabbit

Jeremy Stoppelman — cofounder & CEO, Yelp

Tony Xu — cofounder & CEO, DoorDash

Jack Ma — cofounder & CEO, Alibaba

Susan Wojcicki — CEO, YouTube

vdddv··on Open source chess developers warn about a commercial engine based on Stockfish
Many commenters are missing that the issue is not that an Open Source project was repackaged as a commercial project, but that the open source origin has been hidden.
vdddv··on OpenBoard – FOSS Keyboard for Android which respects your privacy
Does that mean that the "default" keyboard on Android does not respect my privacy? As in, what does it do? Should I be worried about entering username, passwords etc from my Android device?
vdddv··on E Foundation – deGoogled unGoogled smartphone OS and online services
"Since our OS runs on a totally deGoogled Android" Was that added to their site after you wrote your comment?
vdddv··on The local timeline is the key to enjoying Mastodon
"I use Linux and I like FOSS and I am still an oldschool BSD nerd, and I also like regional communities." FOSStodon is the obvious choice https://fosstodon.org/public But I think the article actually misses the main point about Mastodon. You an follow and interact with people on any instances.
vdddv··on Search Engine for Free Music Ranked by Usage of Youtubers
You should reconsider the name of your site. Unless your plan is to get some coverage when Youtube comes after you.
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