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by lorenzhs 5y ago
Well the answer to your question is in the article: > Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has in the past characterised bitcoin as "rat poison squared". One third in the JPM survey agreed with that view. Another 16% thought it
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by lorenzhs 5y ago
Almost, it was Warren Buffet (the article says this). More: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/05/warren-buffett-says-bitcoin-... Edit: apparently Buffet was referring to an earlier statement by Munger
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by lorenzhs 5y ago
It's on the App store right now: https://apps.apple.com/app/organic-maps/id1567437057 - the beta program is for testing new versions
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by lorenzhs 5y ago
What they might have meant is that many countries accept a positive PCR from >= 4 weeks ago as proof of prior infection (and therefore, presumed immunity), but not an antibody test. I'm not familiar with the error rates of the lat
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by lorenzhs 5y ago
Antigen tests (the rapid test kit, results in ~15 minutes, sample taken from the nose or thread) are not the same as antibody tests (blood test for prior infection, has to go to the lab). You need the former for travel. Afaik, the latter is
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by lorenzhs 5y ago
If that's your threat model, you should not be using any repair shop. And the attacks you describe are not just "a bit more sophisticated than Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V" , they're most likely far beyond the abilities of most r
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by lorenzhs 5y ago
Are you aware that you've been running a version that hasn't been getting updates since July of last year? If not, then having your OS actually get updates again might be a surprise. You'll have to update to 20.04 first, thou
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by lorenzhs 5y ago
You're moving the goalposts. After being delayed numerous times and the first parts being of rather questionable usefulness, Intel's 10nm process is doing fine now and shipping in volume. Noone claimed that they had closed the gap
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by lorenzhs 5y ago
Does Intel sell their laptop processors directly to consumers?
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by lorenzhs 5y ago
It's not "barely usable" any more, they're shipping Xeons with up to 40 cores at volume. Afaik everything except high-clock desktop parts is shipping on 10nm now. It took them an eternity, but it's not Duke Nukem la
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by lorenzhs 5y ago
Yes, but the link I posted goes into significant detail why numbers as high as those in your link can't possibly be accurate.
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by lorenzhs 5y ago
I have two 24" 1920x1200 (16:10) monitors at work, one of them rotated 90 degrees. I previously had to 24" 1920x1080 (16:9) monitors in the same configuration, and 16:10 is far preferable imo. The 1080 pixel width is often just a
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by lorenzhs 5y ago
When is the last time you used it? Because I have none of these issues. None. Especially since "It doesn't sync with your mobile client unless you open the app on your phone" is architecturally completely wrong. The desktop
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by lorenzhs 5y ago
You forgot to change the name of the site before pasting your easy-to-see-through comment.
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by lorenzhs 5y ago
Less than bitcoin, while providing actual value? According to Netflix's 2020 ESG report [1], their hardware infrastructure used just under 95 GWh in 2020 (not including data transmission or your TV). All of which was from renewable so
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by lorenzhs 6y ago
No, this isn't beyond evil maid - it doesn't require physical access, it only requires root access. Increasingly, root and kernel access aren't the same thing any more (if you enable lockdown mode). That stops root from doing
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by lorenzhs 6y ago
Because you mentioned secure boot and encryption: Matthew Garrett wrote an interesting blog post a while ago on making hibernation work with lockdown mode, i.e. verifying that the hibernation image wasn't tampered with. Otherwise it mi
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by lorenzhs 6y ago
On GDPR, it seems HN has two completely opposing reactions depending on the time since a fine has made headlines. If it's been a while, the prevailing sentiment seems to be "the big bad EU will financially ruin me for my side proj
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by lorenzhs 6y ago
Your numbers are off by 3 orders of magnitude, the fine is just under half a million, not half a billion.
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by lorenzhs 6y ago
I mean it's not particularly pretty but what's so bad about this? std::cout << std::hex << my_int << std::dec << std::endl;
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by lorenzhs 6y ago
If you're a large retailer and have been able to negotiate good rates with a payment processor and are in a country where interchange fees are capped (e.g., EU countries), then I can see it. But I doubt that it's the case in the U
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by lorenzhs 6y ago
There are non-Adobe alternatives with ML super-resolution features that are much cheaper. For example, Pixelmator Photo can do it for $8 (iPad, no subscription). They have a Mac version as well but I don't use macOS so I can't jud
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by lorenzhs 6y ago
When investing the same amount every month (dollar-cost averaging), the difference becomes even larger. Using your portfolios, but adding $250/month in addition to the initial investment of $10k, you end up with $128k with gold and $20
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by lorenzhs 6y ago
Shelter accounts for 33% of the index, not 24%: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_02102021.htm - I'm not sure where your figure originates, but it's wrong.
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by lorenzhs 6y ago
That's a common misconception of how money creation works. If you want to learn more, this Bank of England article is a good introduction (pdf): https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/quar
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by lorenzhs 6y ago
In the UK, iodine is added to cattle feed instead of salt, so it's contained in dairy products. No idea whether this can be a problem for vegans. "Kosher salt" isn't a thing this side of the pond (at least in Germany). E
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by lorenzhs 6y ago
In lots of countries, butter isn't sold in sticks, and using measurements like "sticks", "cans", or "packs" of something is annoying if the unit sizes differ between the author's and the reader's
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by lorenzhs 6y ago
If your surname contains an "a", say Gaddersby, you could also do "g@dders.by" to confuse people even more
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by lorenzhs 6y ago
Hinkley Point C has been delayed until at least June 2026: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-27/edf-sees-... . Another reactor of the same EPR model family that EDF is building in Flamanville, Fr
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by lorenzhs 6y ago
There are photos of the fire suppression system in one of their data centres in this (French) forum thread: https://lafibre.info/ovh-datacenter/ovh-et-la-protection-inc... . They have sprinklers, with the reasoning bein

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