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301.
by VMG 6y ago
it could also alias sudo to some other command
302.
by VMG 6y ago
not in every language (JS)
303.
by VMG 6y ago
Here is a funny one: antifa means "anti-fascism"
304.
by VMG 6y ago
a "Whataboutism" is just a comparison the reader doesn't like
305.
by VMG 6y ago
Ah yes I can attest to that part. It does take quite a long time to start.
306.
by VMG 6y ago
I'm surprised by this. I'm using WINE to play League of Legends on Linux and it works surprisingly well.
307.
by VMG 6y ago
Yup, this is indeed a weakness of the current PoW system. People often misunderstand it to be completely secure if no attacker has more than 50% hashrate. In reality (and as described in the whitepaper), the 51% limit is described as the st
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by VMG 6y ago
An attacker does not have to wait in order to produce a parallel chain. He can mine his separate chain immediately after submitting the transaction. Even with less than 50% hashrate, he is bound to find a few blocks in a row from time to ti
309.
by VMG 6y ago
Rewriting history needs to be expensive, not just difficult. If you decrease the cost of writing history, you decrease the penalty of participating in a minority chain.
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by VMG 6y ago
You don't actually need 51% of the mining power to perform a double-spend attack. Just by pure chance, even with 10% of the mining power, you will find 5 blocks in a row sometimes. With a "wasteful" PoW, miners would not atte
311.
by VMG 6y ago
A miner can secretly build a blockchain that reverses transactions with little cost. He'll still get rewarded for correct protein folding.
312.
by VMG 6y ago
You'd be mistaken.
313.
by VMG 6y ago
> You know, humanity has this huge issue of CO2 in atmosphere, maybe you have heard of it? yes, it is exhausting
314.
by VMG 6y ago
Proof-of-Work only makes sense if there is an opportunity cost for mining an invalid chain. If mining an invalid chain is "useful" in some way, the security guarantee disappears.
315.
by VMG 6y ago
This is besides the point, and the parent didn't quite explain it correctly. If there is no opportunity cost for mining, there is no penalty for mining an invalid chain therefore no security.
316.
by VMG 6y ago
Cryptocurrency mining doesn't actually require huge network load
317.
by VMG 6y ago
what did you use to render these beautiful trees?
318.
by VMG 6y ago
*than Germany can possibly vaccinate people
319.
by VMG 6y ago
Do you still have Whatsapp installed? I have seen family and friends _add_ Signal but few actually _removing_ Whatsapp from their phone. Which is not a success.
320.
by VMG 6y ago
FWIW I can't log into twitter without allowing any cookies (chromium) trying "reject all third party cookies" instead
321.
by VMG 6y ago
the official ethereum client is not one of their main repo? what is?
322.
by VMG 6y ago
the actual pioneer for this was Microstrategy https://cryptopotato.com/microstrategy-ceo-introduced-bitcoi...
323.
by VMG 6y ago
the repo looks pretty dead https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/graphs/contributors
324.
by VMG 6y ago
I just type `reset` (maybe it's a zsh thing)
325.
by VMG 6y ago
It is still lying by showing almost services as green with "No issues" Login/SSO -- No issues Connections -- Something's not quite right View details Messaging -- Something's not quite right View details
326.
by VMG 6y ago
for a brief period, I had an interesting glitch where my messages were reordered on my screen (A,B to B,A and back within a few milliseconds)
327.
by VMG 6y ago
https://status.slack.com/ also lying
328.
by VMG 6y ago
yes
329.
by VMG 6y ago
has he patented it already?
330.
by VMG 6y ago
Either you restrict it or you don't. What is "vital" or not is highly dependent on circumstances.

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