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721.
by beeflet 1y ago
There are more inflationary emission schedules which are safer, and don't rely so much on transaction fees to subsidize mining. For example, look at the constant tail emission used by dogecoin and monero.
722.
by beeflet 1y ago
Something I would like to see from the cryptocurrency space is some way for the block size to fluctuate with daily and weekly transaction volume. For example, you would expect that the transaction volume would be greater when it is daytime
723.
by beeflet 1y ago
On the lightning network, fees are distributed to rent-seeking intermediaries instead of miners, yet the network is still dependent on the security from the miners. The lightning network is parasitic to bitcoin. Blocks are empty because peo
724.
by beeflet 1y ago
I think that secure elements pose a greater disadvantage to the consumer due to vendor lockdown than the advantages in physical security make up for.
725.
by beeflet 1y ago
Their phones are sold in the USA through Murena. I've bought a fairphone 4 through them. It was preloaded with eOS but I loaded calyxOS on it, which is similar to GrapheneOS. https://murena.com/products/smartphones
726.
by beeflet 1y ago
>Wired headphones still have better sound quality I don't know about that, I still get analog noise all the time. Maybe it's just due to using a cheap DAC? They also sell wireless earbuds and headphones with replaceable batteri
727.
by beeflet 1y ago
That's what makes it insecure. You're always looking at the device. Besides, fingerprint is even faster. You can unlock the device right as you grab it out of your pocket. You don't even have to look at it.
728.
by beeflet 1y ago
I was watching HyperNormalization last night with my boyfriend (great movie btw), and we both remarked how good looking he used to be compared to today. I mean, he's old now. A lot of comparisons are made to regan.
729.
by beeflet 1y ago
>They are enabled into fighting by big, huge interests. They ship them weapons and rationales. Weapons and rationales don't fight wars themselves (yet). >Why is it that Mali is one of the poorest nations on earth but is also one
730.
by beeflet 1y ago
I think those are reactions to a larger trend in the reverse direction
731.
by beeflet 1y ago
How would a "true matriarchy" in your perspective handle the iranian nuclear situation then? Use some sort of Bene Gesserit mind control? Trump is exactly the type of figure that the GP is saying would succeed in a matriarchy. He
732.
by beeflet 1y ago
>Oh you like phones? Well our phone companies require us to directly or indirectly create proxy wars in this region in order to acquire the raw materials necessary. I think that is the will of the masses. I've got this fairphone in
733.
by beeflet 1y ago
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/authorization.png >Unless someone figures out a way where we can safely share computing power and connections to real-life services (e.g. banking, having an identity, communication in ge
734.
by beeflet 1y ago
this is a totally illogical way of understanding warfare in terms of absolutes. Not every target is worth leveling a building over. It isn't that black and white
735.
by beeflet 1y ago
The metaphor doesn't work because I can still pay in cash. A better metaphor would be choosing not to tip the waiter because you don't believe in the custom of tipping
736.
by beeflet 1y ago
no. maybe you can get funding through some sort of patronage, but I'm not going to watch ads. even if I did pay for a subscription, they would find a way to jack up the price or insert new ads while collecting my data. The landscape is
737.
by beeflet 1y ago
To some extent. You could do a lot of the syncing with a decentralized system like syncthing. You could use GPS for time. Tor for anonymization and additional firewall-punching.
738.
by beeflet 1y ago
I've used sudo before, but I find that it is really difficult to type with the safety gloves on because I keep fatfingering the password and locking myself out. My family recently got me a new computer setup that won't require sud
739.
by beeflet 1y ago
>with enough agility to thread a needle faster than a turret can swing its own mass If it has a range of 1.5km, then the drone needs to be moving really fast in order to move a couple of degrees per second. If it's going like 80mph,
740.
by beeflet 1y ago
I don't know, this drone race is to combat drones what F1 racing is to self driving cars. In order to win in these races, you just need to precisely control speed around well-defined turns and stuff. You don't need to adapt to a n
741.
by beeflet 1y ago
Linux has no problem supporting pretty much every PC hardware ever made, any filesystem, etc. So while it might reduce their costs, they are hedging customers every generation
742.
by beeflet 1y ago
If the value of their land is low, you can buy them out for cheap and change the local regulation.
743.
by beeflet 1y ago
Perhaps land ownership could be renewed on different time bases, where the longer deeds have higher taxes? For example, you could own a property for 1 year at a lower rate or 10 years at a slightly higher rate, and 20 years at an even highe
744.
by beeflet 1y ago
it's not really a "single tax" then is it? I agree but some things like pollution are hard to quantify.
745.
by beeflet 1y ago
The whole point of this system is price discovery. You can't submit bids in this system without the intention of buying, if you have the highest bid you're forced to buy.
746.
by beeflet 1y ago
Is it putting the cart before the horse? those zoning laws are a result of property owners trying to benefit from the unimproved value of the land by locally restricting the supply of property. If you cut off the profit motive by disenfranc
747.
by beeflet 1y ago
>Why shouldn't someone be able to buy a home and live there until they die if they can pay reasonable taxes? Because the taxes aren't reasonable. Land is a limited resource. Imagine a regulation that limited factories by taxing
748.
by beeflet 1y ago
ideally this would always happen equally everywhere, such that everyone is forced to list an accurate price. If you are low-balling the price to save on taxes, you run the risk that someone swoops up your property for cheap.
749.
by beeflet 1y ago
>to require that every building is detachable from the land; IE it is attached to its foundations, by twistlocks, like intermodal containers, with the utilities also being supplied via some standardised connector. WHAT? This is ridiculou
750.
by beeflet 1y ago
>But just because my land is worth £100k doesn't mean I should be forced to sell the house that is on it for only £100k! Then you could "value" the land at £200k and pay a higher property tax to secure that preference. In

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