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Coinbase users have had the ability to create recurring buys and sells of bitcoin (every day, week, month, etc.) for some time. This feature, however, was difficult to find and often forgotten.

We’re pleased to announce that we have brought this option front and center, making it easier to get started right from the buy or sell page.

Recurring exchanges are great for people who want to:

slowly buy bitcoin over time to avoid timing risk (also known as dollar cost averaging)
automatically sell bitcoin they receive as part of a paycheck
To get started, you can create a recurring buy or sell here. …read more

This news story says Donald Trump was asked whether he would run for president outside the major parties. He said “no”, but not in an absolute sense.
Also, see this story. Trump’s comment that everyone who voted for Ross Perot in 1992 would have voted for George H. W. Bush if Perot had not been running is contradicted by 1992 exit polls. Those exit polls showed half of Perot’s voters would have voted for Bill Clinton if Perot had not been running, and the other half said they would vote for President Bush. Of course …read more

Will Leitch, an author and blogger who is more noted for his writing on sports, here comments on the Fox News rules for the August 6, 2015 Republican presidential debate. His piece is on Bloomberg Politics. Leitch writes, “Allowing pollsters and television networks to choose who gets to be a candidate long before any actual voter gets to see them is profoundly undemocratic in the purest way.” …read more

Here at the Dark Android Project, one of the top questions I receive goes something like this: “Hey, Dr. Sovryn, I have an iOS device. Is there anything I can do to make it similar to a Dark Android-style device?”
I love the question, because honestly, there’s a part of me that still loves Apple. The Mac G4 Cube is still my favorite computer of all time (it even bests the Commodore 64, in my book). Also, in my opinion, if you’re not going to run AOSP or CyanogenMod (or something similar) on your Android device, I think you might as …read more

The United States House of Representatives has 435 voting members. In 291 of the districts (66.9% of the districts), independent voters can vote in all major party congressional primaries, without having to join any party. In another 20 districts, independent voters can vote in any major primary but they must join that party at the polls on primary day. In another 7 districts, independents can vote in Democratic primaries without joining the Democratic Party, but they can’t vote in Republican primaries.
States in which independent voters can’t vote in either major party’s congressional primary without joining a party …read more

(RT) — Facebook announced it will use 100 percent wind energy to run its new data center in Texas. The social networking giant has committed to powering all its operations with 50 percent renewable energy in the next three years.
Facebook will partner with Alterra Energy to build a 202-megawatt wind farm on 17,000 acres to fully power the Fort Worth plant. The company won’t own the wind farm, but it will buy the power for the data facility that will house computers and storage systems.
“Thanks to our continued focus on efficiency and our investments in renewables in recent years, the …read more

Commonwealth Magazine is a quarterly print publication as well as an on-line magazine. The Summer 2015 issue has this detailed article advocating that Boston use instant runoff voting for its city elections. The article explains how the system works in elections that elect multiple winners, such as at-large city council seats. Thanks to Dave Holtzman for the link. …read more

Kalamazoo County, Michigan – This week, a woman was jailed for failing to pay for a $35 licence for her dog on time. To make matters even worse, she was actually arrested after she had already paid to renew the licence!
After getting a number of threatening letters and phone calls from the city, Becky Rehr paid to renew the licence for her dog, and then went to the police station to show them proof that the fee had been paid.
Instead of updating their records, officers at the Kalamazoo County sheriff’s actually arrested Rehr and put her in jail because she …read more

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New York, NY — An NYPD officer with an apparent drug addiction has avoided being fired after being arrested, not once, not twice, but three times.
Stacy Staniland was most recently arrested last week after she crashed her motorcycle in Staten Island. When police arrived, they found that her motorcycle was not registered. She was also in possession of a controlled substance and a hypodermic needle.
According to police, when Staniland reached into her purse to get her license, police saw the needle.
Prior to last week’s arrest, Staniland was arrested in December for breaking into the home of her mother’s boyfriend. She …read more