elastic_church

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Comment · 9 years ago
Nice, I'd been wishing for a "devops" book full of case studies - what situations teams were in and how they handled it. Occasionally you get an engineering blog post, but most of those are just boasting unilaterally about a solution, and not any critical discussion of the problem or the myriad of bandaids most of us have to deal with.

This might be a step in the right direction.

Comment · 9 years ago
ah, hm, I was not familiar with that. I skimmed the article but missed that part

I'll keep VARA in mind, looks like he could use both the federal VARA law and the state's

Comment · 9 years ago
so basically, he doesn't have a case, thanks for reaffirming my world view.
Comment · 9 years ago
So your argument is that monopolies are illegal? hahaha go back to wikipedia you're regurgitating some media version of a Microsoft case that you never read yourself
Comment · 9 years ago
a friend in the industry will negotiate for you so that you can get volume prices for one-offs
Comment · 9 years ago
Just buy the bitcoin. The objective is to unlink the transaction later. Using cryptocurrency should be a completely benign action, and if there's any ounce of thought in your mind that makes you think it is an admission of "I'm doing something sketchy", then that's more reason to buy cryptocurrency and use it everywhere for completely benign things. Just like most contrived trends, you do it ironically until it is an actual habit.

For unlinking, Monero (cryptonote technology) is the private cryptocurrency to use today. The primary different between competitors is that Monero is private by default. Other 'private cryptocurrencies' are public by default with an optional privacy gimmick (see mixers, Dash, Zcash). Transparency is the optional gimmick in cryptonote.

You want to keep a balance of Monero, and use services like Shapeshift, over TOR, to pay for invoices priced in bitcoin.

Exchanges like Kraken allow you to buy Monero directly nowadays with USD. So bitcoin isn't part of this equation anymore, the network effects supporting bitcoin's incumbency were extremely overstated.

But if that infrastructure isn't yet available in your area, buy Monero on an altcoin exhcange after buying bitcoin. Or even shapeshift Bitcoin for Monero, just to top up your balance.

This is the separation of cash and state, so don't worry about what they think, this is a parallel infrastructure that doesn't leverage their financial institutions.

Comment · 9 years ago
and speaking of anonymous LLC's, I know a registered agent that takes cryptocurrency for several years

so now you can email him anonymously over TOR, and pay his bitcoin invoices Shapeshifting some Monero

I also checked the Panama Papers and none of those entities they filed for me appeared in the leak, but even in the off chance they did, you wouldn't be associated.

GreenCloudVPS also takes cryptocurrency.

and finally, there is at least one jurisdiction in the world that still offers legit bearer share companies which require no registration. And your entity no longer needs a banking relationship to acquire goods and services.

Comment · 9 years ago
Otherwise it is useless!

speaking of which, is there a generic push notification system available that doesn't require Google Play Services?

doesn't seem that hard in theory. websocket service that instructs the creation of an android notification object

Comment · 9 years ago
"5 years of Java/Javascript, with emphasis on PHP"

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Comment · 9 years ago
ya know, thats exactly how I read the statement I quoted........
Comment · 9 years ago
> RetailMeNot started out as WhaleShark Media and changed its name in 2013 after acquiring RetailMeNot.com, an Australian-based coupon site founded in 2006.

huh so thats what happened

Comment · 9 years ago
yo dawg, I heard you like kickbacks, so give us a kickback because you gave someone else a kickback, so we can kickback and relax

I'd prefer if our government did not engage in this practice

Comment · 9 years ago
Interesting choice of things to trim, I'd like no more public resources being used on the FCPA, insider trading, and "material misrepresentations", as these all seem to have disproportionate costs than effect. Who should I tweet?
Comment · 9 years ago
I've worked on social networks for several venture backed companies, and I opted out of their use half a decade ago. Drug dealers aren't users.

I like the opium analogy. Socially acceptable as long as the East India Company is forcing it down our throats. (But at least we'll get Hong Kong out of it!)

Comment · 9 years ago
"Isn't it stately and above board national defense, not subservient to outside forces?"

of course why do you ask!

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