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Comment · 9 years ago
My view is that its hard to form a generalised opinion on a entire sector. Especially when that sector is in a country with 1.3 billion people.
Comment · 9 years ago
Mixers actually make it impossible to trace. What typically happens is you deposit an amount. Some amount similar to that minus a fee is then sent to the address or addresses of your choice in multiple small transactions over a period of time from seemingly unconnected addresses. It completely breaks the tractability of the history.
Comment · 9 years ago
Thats where property based tests come in very useful
Comment · 12 years ago
Yeh, just looks at the header; node activity detected Found x-powered-by: Express header in response
Comment · 13 years ago
This graph is pointless, revenue is not the same as profit. Sure total revenue has stayed the same but that tells you nothing about profit.

One the the major increases in revenue is concerts. They are expensive and often operated at a loss to promote physical media sales

Comment · 13 years ago
Its true one should FAVOUR self documenting code. Going to the absolute and never commenting your code is obviously stupid, there will always be cases when more context and information on "Why" is needed.
Comment · 13 years ago
For a start there is no guts to the article. It could be summarised in one line, "Time is valuable, make your default position no"
Comment · 13 years ago
Daft. Even if any company could just get its workers to manage their own IT needs it doesn't mean its cost efficient. The average hourly wage of IT support is often going to be less than the people they are supporting (i.e. programmers managers). They are also a hell of a lot faster at doing things since they do it every day
Comment · 13 years ago
Firstly it seems like its time to take a break. When you disillusioned you need to stop for a bit. Perhaps do a while of "normal" work.

Secondly I would advise a frank and in depth post mortem. Find out really what when wrong and when. Perhaps it was just bad luck but more likely there are mistakes you can learn from.

"Each partners I meet seems too newbie to work with." This phrase stands out. Perhaps its just because your upset right now but generally when someone blames everyone else it means the problem lies with them.

Comment · 13 years ago
If I saw a big metal thing attached to the front of an ATM I would run a mile. The turning mechanism really needs to be inside the ATM.
Comment · 13 years ago
I only partially agree. For things like hangout gmail android and reader giving support would cost so much they couldn't continue to roll out new products (given that they would have to support them).

However where significant money is concerned I agree they should have real support. Only offering support for some products could get really confusing for users unfortunately.

Comment · 13 years ago
Just because burning calories from exercise will never replace proper diet doesn't mean its worthless. You can easily double your weight loss rate by going to the gym a few times a week. Far from worthless in my books.
Comment · 13 years ago
I would go for a Jawbone Up if your using it mainly for sleep tracking. The sleep tracking on a fitbit is a bit of a hassle since you have to get it out and put it in its own separate arm band.
Comment · 13 years ago
You could only make an app that would explode if/when they decide to change keys

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