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Comment · 8 years ago
In this particular case files are outright removed, not moved anywhere
Comment · 8 years ago
And how would miners convince most exchanges and services accepting bitcoin to use their own Bitcoin implementation instead of Bitcoin Core? Because Bitcoin Core and compatible implementations would just discard invalid blocks and ban everyone who broadcasts them. And after segwit2x fiasco I don't think miners will even try.
Comment · 8 years ago
> they probably just need some clear decisions around how to handle endian issues

They are handling endian issues by simply requiring little-endian.

Comment · 8 years ago
Isn't ffmpeg's libavcodec a good decoding library?
Comment · 8 years ago
Unless you cannot use GPL, I suggest to use x264 for encoding. It is simply the best there is. There is nothing similar to it.
Comment · 8 years ago
Time has changed. There is just too many information now - news, memes, TV shows, music, etc. And this is just another news in an ocean of other news. People are going to the Moon, cool, now lets check out what that Instagram celebrity that I'm subscribed to has just posted.
Comment · 8 years ago
I'm also using Windows 10, 4K monitor, Firefox and GTX 1060 and have no issues. So your issue might not actually be related to resolution.
Comment · 8 years ago
> For instance, French Emperor Napoleon gained .49 WAR for his victory at the Battle of Borodino.

Yes he won that battle and probably all other battles in that war. But he has lost the war. Does it make him a good general?

Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
There are dozens of languages using Cyrillic and many of them have their own unique letters. That would be very hard.
Comment · 8 years ago
> choosing the standard Latin-alphabet language

And of course choosing the standard Cyrillic-alphabet language

Comment · 8 years ago
I.e. all the things you would get from a proper package manager if there was one for C++.
Comment · 8 years ago
It would be ok if it is voluntary - you can upload your face and choose what information about you is shown, not if someone scans the entire internet to collect as mush information as possible and make an app of that.
Comment · 8 years ago
> it seems so inefficient to bring the entire computer online just to maintain its temperature

In what sense is it inefficient? In terms of energy 100% is converted to heat anyway

Comment · 8 years ago
Why is it a UNIX tool? What makes it UNIX? Would it not work on e.g. Windows?

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