EDIT: Well, this got more popular than I ever expected. Resizing the linode now. Should be back up soon.
After months of fighting with CableOne about speed and service problems, I decided to finally spice up my website dedicated to their poor service: www.iscableoneshitty.com
Now, instead of just saying "YES," it gives an actual representation of the quality of the connection to my house. The server pings my modem 5 times at the top of every minute. It takes the response times and averages them.
If the average response time is <60ms, it reads "NOT CURRENTLY."
If the average response time is between 60 and 100ms, it reads "MOSTLY."
If the average response time is >100ms and <150ms, it reads "YES."
If the average response time is >150ms, it reads "VERY YES."
I've distributed to friends and neighbors in the area, because almost every one in my town is on CableOne for lack of other choices, so they can check and see if at least someone else is having trouble.
I have thoughts of actually tracking the data and compiling monthly reports of downtime and slowness, I just haven't gotten around to that yet.
You usually pay for this sort of thing based on profit, more or less.
In this case, his basis is $0 (his cost to acquire the asset). Were he to sell all of them, his profit is essentially 100%; however, I'm not entirely sure how bitcoin gains are codified. If they're regular capital gains, then it's done around that cost basis ($0 in this case), but if they aren't, then I don't know.
All of you asking for the transaction ID are incorrigible. The man clearly wants privacy. The kind of privacy that you all opine for every time there's some governmental incursion. Or some startup gets hacked or whatever.
lmm: (For some reason your post doesn't have a reply link) These are usually webapps for department-specific needs, and I generally find PHP to be easier. I have a few python things that I use on the backend, as well as a plethora of bash scripts. But, I admit to knowing PHP more than Python. (I'm in a smallish company, so I end up wearing a lot of hats)
generalpf: I will do so! Do you have any go-to references that you prefer? Or shall I just dig through the PHP docs?
I'll give you your second point. I bought one because I thought it was neat. If I can reduce the size of my wallet, then sure, that's great, but the biggest draw for me is "OOh. That's neat tech, how did they fit it in a credit card?"
It isn't that it relies on it, per se. You can set it to require authentication with your phone so it can disable itself if it's lost or stolen, but it works just fine without constant connection.
I'm a sysadmin and I write some simple database driven tools for internal use. I wish I could make the owners of the company realize this simple truth.
Just because I can make the program, doesn't mean your shitty neighbor's son will care more about his job.
I had David Flanagan's O'Reilly Jquery Pocket Reference show up, but it was $2.99 vs $8.49.
The only other one was a Charles Williams novel which was $2.99 vs $7.99.
The deals are a little anemic. A $5 discount just seems weak. As was mentioned above, this is very nearly full price already. In fact, there are used paperback copies available for $2.09 from the Amazon Sellers.
So far, I'm pretty underwhelmed. Just a quick browse through the available books, the pickings are pretty slim. Lots of pulp novels, not a lot of newer stuff.
It's a step in the right direction, but it isn't really there yet. I'm hoping Amazon can show publishers the light.