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Economics of Bitcoin Mining [migrated]
I thought I understood the gist of what "bitcoins" are: electronic currency tokens representing $X USD that could be used to trade, buy or sell online items.
But recently I heard the term "mining for ...
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Sync as paid feature [closed]
I'm finishing an management app for Android, which was based in a school project I made and as I'm wrapping this up, I'm thinking how I could sell it in Android.
The usage of this application ...
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What are some important guidelines when starting a software cooperative? [closed]
We are a group of people who are about to start a software cooperative, which means all of us (and other future workers) will be the owners of the 'company' rather than having bosses and employees. We ...
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Economy simulation software
I am looking for a software that can simulate simple economics behaviour.
For example, I would like to create 100 households, with different utility functions, then run the simulation and see how ...
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Do programmers possess the means of production?
I was listening to The Servile State by Hilare Belloc this morning and pondering whether or not I possessed the means of production, as did the peasant of the Middle Ages; as did not his descendants ...
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Micro-economics for CS students
I recently went through the article on "Advice for Computer Science College Students", by Joel Spolsky - http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/CollegeAdvice.html .
In that Joel says that a ...
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Frameworks for targetting multiple environments
What should drive the decision behind doing development upon one or more than one framework?
For instance, an ERP is (mostly) run on a Windows station. It leverages full access to device's resources, ...
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What are the worst false economies in software development?
What are the worst false economies (that is ways of saving money that ultimately cost more than they save) prevalent in the software industry and how do you combat them?
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Why is free software good for programmers? [closed]
When I say Free Software I mean it in the FSF terms. Free as in Free Speech, not as in Free Beer.
Why is it a good idea for programmers to use and write Free Software?
