abiogenesis

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by abiogenesis 6y ago
Are you suggesting that all miners with renewable energy resources are located in the middle of a desert? Even then, we could have used the equipment (solar panels, wind turbines, etc) for something else. Unless the world is running on 100%
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
I am not an investor myself but in the long run you would probably still win. In the short run people expect it to pull back a bit from the current (~$50K) value.
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
Still we could have used the same energy for other things that are currently running on non-renewable energy.
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
The "price" of two coins in terms of fiat currency is not comparable. It depends on the total supply. The current total supply of ETH is ~120M vs BTC's 21M. If ETH was limited to, say, a total supply of 1000 coins the price w
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
If it's not your private key, it's not your money. So yes, if the exchange doesn't come back up you can pretty much write it off.
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
Those are not fingers (at least not in English).
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
Not trying to keep arguing but I wouldn't call it "bustling" with an Alexa rank of 261,156. I don't think anybody who doesn't know the print magazine would know about their web presence.
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
I disagree. It might be confusing for someone who doesn't know Hustler (the magazine). It sounds unlikely but I'm not sure if younger generation know about those print magazines.
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
"The founder of Hustler" would be less confusing.
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
Accurate, obvious, hence not very useful.
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
Yes, hence Py-metrics.
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
Good one. C64 games almost always required a joystick though. Maybe ZX Spectrum game programmers?
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
Mine was a sarcastic comment but whatever.
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
It is ironic that transistors are (kind of) made of sand too.
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
We'll then switch to something else, or maybe back to Linux.
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
There is also the Star Commander [1] which supports Commodore 64 disk images and physical drives using the X1541 interface [2]: [1] https://sta.c64.org/sc.html [2] https://sta.c64.org/xcables.html
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
It's worth noting that Midnight Commander started as a clone of Norton Commander [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Commander
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
The marijuana purchasing power of USD is not the same in every country.
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
My point still stands. I wouldn't call someone who buys a vintage Omega instead of a Casio "cheap ass".
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
That sounds like an oxymoron.
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
I guess what the OP means is that one definition of memory is that it is generated by your experiences. In this case the memory is the lack of experience (with a spider), because those genes keep you away from spiders. So it is possible tha
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
I don't think there was an architecture to speak of in the first place in your case.
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
I think you misread this sentence: > In it, the company claims that The Wirecutter initially picked NextDesk as an editorial recommendation but later downgraded the recommendation after NextDesk declined to set up an affiliate-revenue ag
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
It's only 25x per dollar (initial investment; not running costs): > In 1998 the Electronic Frontier Foundation built the EFF DES Cracker. It cost around $250,000 > The system that you're renting time on is over $100k in spec
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
True, but the cost hasn't changed by the same magnitude: > In 1998 the Electronic Frontier Foundation built the EFF DES Cracker. It cost around $250,000 > The system that you're renting time on is over $100k in specialized F
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
Posted yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25982456
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
Type hints?
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
Note that the case was designed by Rick Dickinson, who also designed the original ZX81 and ZX Spectrum decades ago.
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
Sorry, to be clear I was referring to an xckd comic [1] and the Python Easter Egg inspired by it [2]. [1] https://xkcd.com/353/ [2] http://python-history.blogspot.com/2010/06/import-antigravit
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by abiogenesis 6y ago
It's very easy to make alcohol at home. This would only function as a nuisance for the responsible drinkers.

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