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by aeternus 8y ago
You actually do not need to know the consensus rules to determine the PoW chain with the most work. Simply by understanding the hash function and difficulty, you can calculate the total work of any PoW blockchain. This provides some amount
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by aeternus 8y ago
As a new user in a Proof-of-Stake protocol, how do I determine which chain to follow? With PoW I can choose the 'longest' chain (chain with the most total work).
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by aeternus 8y ago
>The obvious omissions and lack of consideration of other factors threatening the planet belies this author's bias/naivete/stupidity/other motivations. The vast majority of problems facing the planet can be solved giv
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by aeternus 8y ago
When has this happened in the past? This would be an impressive accomplishment to get all those entities to both agree on what to censor and succeed in the coordination required to apply that censorship, especially without government suppo
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by aeternus 8y ago
I don't think this is anywhere near true. Even without the largest 100 internet companies, it is still orders of magnitude easier to get a message out to a large audience than it has been at any other time throughout history. You don&
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by aeternus 8y ago
I have an issue with Patreon not following their stated policy, rather than with them not allowing everything. Patreon, Youtube and Facebook all purport to be free and open platforms except for very well-defined exceptions like speech that
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by aeternus 8y ago
If they aren't highly unpopular then there should be a demand and market for services/platforms that do allow those opinions. Even though not as large, another company/service should be able to fill the void.
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by aeternus 8y ago
This is a somewhat weak argument. I could say the same thing about door locks.. no lock is perfect and an attacker with sufficient resources can successfully subvert pretty much any lock. We don't depend only on locks but on police,
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by aeternus 8y ago
You have a very generous definition of playable. Basic things like collision detection don't work. Large ships clip through each other, they disappear randomly. Seats and other interactables glitch out stranding you, there are numer
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by aeternus 8y ago
This was always the case. If the item is defective it can always be returned for free, but if the reason is more user-preference should Amazon really cover it? It'd be easy for people/competitors to game the system. They do seem
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by aeternus 8y ago
Google trends shows a significant spike: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%203-m&ge...
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by aeternus 8y ago
The failure of the Grocery store self-checkouts is that they are not automated enough. The customer still has to manually scan every item. Items have to be placed one-by-one in the bagging area. Any small divergence from this, or somethin
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by aeternus 8y ago
This seems like a somewhat unexpected result from the growth of the internet. At first glance, it seems like the internet should allow for a more geographically distributed economy, and make it easier to get a job regardless of where you li
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by aeternus 8y ago
DJI drones all have altitude restrictions, but even those can be overcome without a lot of modification. It is easy to purchase or even build a drone without any altitude or other restrictions. The vast majority of cheap drones do not have
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by aeternus 8y ago
Electronic invoices are one of the coolest features of lightning network. They handle the vast majority of these components with near-instant confirmation. Acquiring sufficient inbound channels to receive large payments is still a signific
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by aeternus 8y ago
Without a large network, the time for a car to arrive is high and unpredictable. This is bad for customers.
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by aeternus 8y ago
The cost to mine is dynamic. Anyone suggesting a static price has a poor understanding of the protocol. Fewer miners mean difficulty will adjust downward and those still mining will have a higher probability of getting the block reward.
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by aeternus 8y ago
Documentation may have helped, but any pilot that has used an autopilot should know how to deal with runaway trim. Fighting any trim issue via yoke pressure is wrong, and flight instructors typically drill that into students. Dealing with
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by aeternus 8y ago
The main purpose for time is to synchronize events. As the world becomes more global, I'd like to see more systems use UTC time, and people just get used to when solar noon occurs in UTC in their locale.
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by aeternus 8y ago
Ever watch security footage that overlooks people using iPhones? It's amazing how many sites display the plain-text password on the screen briefly even when using Keychain.
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by aeternus 8y ago
>you at least have to know what client software to run The beauty of PoW is that you don't. By examining a PoW blockchain one can determine the relative amount of work expended. That provides trust with little to no external infor
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by aeternus 8y ago
How about this idea of "safe spaces"? And also the idea that it is generally okay to attempt to shut down, yell over, or ban speech or ideas that they don't agree with. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry&#x
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by aeternus 8y ago
Those 'intermediate' media companies can be purchased. Who exactly is holding them accountable and to what? I'd argue that both Fox News & MS NBC are biased to the point of being useless for informational purposes and o
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by aeternus 8y ago
They weren't analyzing voice, but what they are doing gets them just as much or more data. - They watch how quickly you scroll through the news feed at what you pause on, even briefly. - They have ad deals with many of the sites you pr
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by aeternus 8y ago
Yes, Taxi drivers were much worse about this. This is a gross generalization but based on my experience Taxi drivers drive much more aggressively and have more disregard for traffic laws, but are also generally more skilled.
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by aeternus 8y ago
The rating system seems like a much better answer than the Medallion system. Every passenger (should be) effectively voting on the safety of the driver. No turn signals or engine light on? Subtract a few stars. If they violate a traffic
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by aeternus 8y ago
I doubt there is any conspiracy here, Google is unlikely to be manipulating the comments themselves. This is likely just simple incentives: - Google uses comment count as a measure of video engagement - Monetization is based on engagement -
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by aeternus 8y ago
>In the digital age, the influence and reach of these important intermediate groups has been decimated I'm not sure that's a bad thing. Those intermediate organizations have been biased in the past and seem to have become incr
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by aeternus 8y ago
What should these tech companies have done to prevent this?
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by aeternus 8y ago
You're exactly right, and I'd encourage anyone who disagrees to read the headline encoded in Bitcoin's genesis block.

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