FabHK

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2011.
by FabHK 5y ago
Tangentially related book recommendation: Jeff Hawkins, A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence . It describes the importance of reference frames for intelligence, for locating limbs relative to the body, locating the body in space
2012.
Apple Watch Series 7(daringfireball.net)
34 points by FabHK 5y ago|34 comments
2013.
by FabHK 5y ago
"Hey Siri, is my phone still charging?" - "The current volume is 43%".
2014.
by FabHK 5y ago
> Regarding the term "accident" I think in aviation circles the word "accident" is disliked because it implies a certain inevitability and tends to terminate the search for further underlying causes. If it's a cr
2015.
by FabHK 5y ago
I think the term "counterfactual" comes from the implied, well, counterfactual: - if the cyclist had been wearing a helmet (which they weren't), then they might have survived - if impairment had been an issue (which it wasn&#
2016.
by FabHK 5y ago
> no one is to blame. It is an accident That is not the mindset with which aviation arrived at its amazing safety record.
2017.
by FabHK 5y ago
You can easily set up Authy, for example, to be multi-device. Then hope that you don’t lose your computer, phone, and tablet simultaneously.
2018.
by FabHK 5y ago
:-) "Because non-determinism, the magic is that you always guess right. I wish that was true in real life. It would make exams a lot easier." [Lecture 2, 40:26 minutes: https://youtu.be/oNsscmUwjMU?t=2426 ]
2019.
by FabHK 5y ago
According to The Economist's Big Mac Index, the Big Mac is more expensive (at market exchange rates) than in the US in Norway and Sweden by some 10%, but cheaper in Denmark by some 16% (though much cheaper (>50%) in Hong Kong, South
2020.
by FabHK 5y ago
Conclusion: to solve all our energy problems, we just need a sufficiently large compost pile.
2021.
by FabHK 5y ago
Interestingly, the same logic applies to vaccination rates. Going from 0% to 5% vaccination has no impact on the course of the pandemic (except for those few vaccinated people, of course). Going from 75% to 80% has a much larger impact, and
2022.
by FabHK 5y ago
> whereas public transportation is usually linear With "usually" being an important proviso: In Germany, there are weekend tickets for up to 5 people. A student ticket (covering the entire state, included in the tuition fee of
2023.
by FabHK 5y ago
You could argue: If it's 1/10th the size, then it's about 1/3 the length and width. So, average distance (if you pick two points uniformly randomly) will also be around 1/3. By this logic, it should be around 1000 E
2024.
by FabHK 5y ago
> Measuring energy use per transactions makes no sense I am well aware of the difference between average and marginal energy use. This would be particularly relevant if the blocks were not full, but mined anyway, so that any additional t
2025.
by FabHK 5y ago
Maybe you're right. My point was that having one banner towing flight is not an outrageous expense of money or CO2.
2026.
by FabHK 5y ago
You're right. Even then, I'd say one should agitate for non-traceable digital central bank cash.
2027.
by FabHK 5y ago
> Crypto can and does run on renewables. Energy is fungible. > If we were serious about fixing climate change we'd stop all air traffic tomorrow. The fashion industry alone has more climate impact than air traffic and maritime tr
2028.
by FabHK 5y ago
"imagine if keeping your car idling 24/7 produced solved Sudokus you could trade for heroin" https://twitter.com/Theophite/status/1030225104234373121
2029.
by FabHK 5y ago
>Bitcoin is 100% censorship resistant. ... as is everything else? Other than governments declaring it illegal and intermediaries black listing it, I mean.
2030.
by FabHK 5y ago
Where did GP write "it just won't last forever"?
2031.
by FabHK 5y ago
> they are mostly powerless to control it. What makes you think that? You do realise that they could easily outlaw 1) miners, 2) exchanges that convert to fiat, and 3) people privately exchanging to fiat, and (domestically) enforce that
2032.
by FabHK 5y ago
It is a bit annoying that you assume that people critical of cryptocurrencies and specifically Bitcoin's environmental footprint are uneducated about the issues. It is not a myth. BTC's environmental footprint is preposterous. It&
2033.
by FabHK 5y ago
I'd say that cash transactions are less transparent than BTC's public ledger.
2034.
by FabHK 5y ago
> Every fiat currency in history has failed. That's funny. The extant fiat currencies haven't failed. So, the only ones that have failed... are the failed ones. And those have failed, 100%, indeed.
2035.
by FabHK 5y ago
Or government could shut down exchanges that allow conversion to fiat. Then let's see how much you can really buy with crypto.
2036.
by FabHK 5y ago
Exactly, and for around $1000 they got good bang for the buck. A reasonable expense for lots of publicity about an important issue.
2037.
by FabHK 5y ago
To be fair, looking around a bit, you can get 14 GB for 13€ ( https://www.handyvertrag.de - it's a brand of Drillish, reseller of the O2/Telefónica/E-Plus network) 40 GB for 19€ ( https://bestellung.vitra
2038.
by FabHK 5y ago
The problem is that you can easily read a concise article, nod your head, understand it, and then entirely forget it. With a book, you get the main ideas presented multiple times, applied, examined, refined, put in context, etc. Now, you’ll
2039.
by FabHK 5y ago
One nice and welcome example of consumer-friendly legislation, btw: The EU prohibited mobile operators from charging voice and data roaming fees within the EU. So, now on holiday in Spain, say, you can just keep using your mobile contract i
2040.
by FabHK 5y ago
A loan is a liability, not an asset (for a non-bank).

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