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Bitcoin puzzle #66 was solved: 6.6 BTC (~$400k) withdrawn(blockchain.com)
437 points by mrb 2y ago|393 comments
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by mrb 2y ago
Here is a pic showing the bullet holes in the mirror: https://starhopper.org/2020/11/19/a-telescope-with-bullet-ho...
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by mrb 2y ago
I will always remember my professor explaining that greppability is the reason C++ casting operators use a long keyword: static_cast<...> const_cast<...>, etc as you can easily grep for "_cast" or the whole keyword.
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by mrb 2y ago
If you value polish, go with your Ressence. If you value a custom watch that matches exactly your specifications, OP's choice is perfectly fine. It's obvious he will get more enjoyment that way of his money spent. Nothing wrong he
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by mrb 2y ago
Your idea doesn't generalize. With A-B-C-D-E, only C experiences no net forces along the horizontal axis, while all the others (A, B, D, E) are repelled outward. Therefore the electromagnetic force is not cancelled as you seem to imply
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by mrb 2y ago
You extended family member's story is a classic error of "putting all your eggs in one basket."
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by mrb 2y ago
Here is a picture of the inside: https://ibb.co/sF8RLDv I can't seem to locate a picture of the outside. The politician owner was not a "US senator" but a "state senator", IOW not a member of the US
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by mrb 2y ago
I once bought a vacation home that was a century-old English cottage that went through 7 different owners over time. It once belonged to a US state senator. Another time it belonged to a prominent local businessman who went to jail for whit
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by mrb 2y ago
I use andOTP https://github.com/andOTP/andOTP and my favorite feature is the database of 2FA can be backed up PGP-encrypted and reimported on another device. But sadly it is no longer maintained. The latest version on
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by mrb 2y ago
Thanks :)
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by mrb 2y ago
One micro feature I implement on my blog that I would like to see everywhere: a single-page index of all the posts, like at https://blog.zorinaq.com Don't paginate this. I want to see at a glance the titles of all the pos
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by mrb 2y ago
AI generating material new revenue at megacaps is likely. If AI currently generates only 5% of Alphabet's revenue, and if 100% of the cost of this revenue is $ spent on Nvidia's hardware, then this represents 15% of Nvidia's
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by mrb 2y ago
Just making sense of the numbers to give a perspective: While at 600 feet, the “newer” first officer inadvertently pushed forward on the control column for about 3 seconds. In the span of 3 seconds the plane dropped from 600 to 400 feet. Th
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by mrb 2y ago
From the moon's reference, the Earth orbits around it, traveling 2 × π × distance_moon_earth per orbit. Divide this by 27.3 days (sidereal orbital period) to get the Earth's speed. Multiply by 1/250th of a second. And we find
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by mrb 2y ago
You are correct. Using GNU units: $ units '2 * pi * earthradius / day * (second / 250)' Definition: 1.8532517 m Which is 0.0011515572 miles...
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by mrb 2y ago
"This year, we’ll fund more than 500 companies out of 50,000 applications, and almost all of them are related to AI in some way." So, what this means: that in 2024, if you want to get VC capital, your startup must be related t
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by mrb 2y ago
No, proof of NGO status is not required. Anyone can buy a .ong domain.
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by mrb 2y ago
Bad tip. Case in point: on this very flight, 9 of the 18 crew members had moderate injuries ( https://apnews.com/article/singapore-airlines-flight-turbule... )
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by mrb 2y ago
You are assuming each atom represents one bit. But each atom could represent 2^N states (charge, spin, location, etc) in which case you could store 2^(166+N) bits on Earth!
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Equal Earth Wall Map (public domain)(equal-earth.com)
3 points by mrb 2y ago|0 comments
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by mrb 2y ago
Oh, you are right. It looks like it's around 9.5% according to a quick simulation I ran.
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by mrb 2y ago
Actually it's only 6 digits of the serial number that needs to match. According to [1] the game Michael Larson was trying to win was organized by $ale of the Century (SOTC), which was actually a TV show, not radio show. And as per [2]
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by mrb 2y ago
Michael was aged 33 when he won the prize. $100k would not have been sufficient to plan for ~50 years of retirement, see the inflation-adjusted math here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40302525
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by mrb 2y ago
If he had invested the prize in the S&P500, in order to be able to live from the investment income for 50 years (Michael was aged 33 when he won), he would have been able to withdraw only about $10,040 per year, in 1982 dollars, which i
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by mrb 2y ago
Meh, I am not that impressed by the reflexes. I counted the number of video frames in the youtube video ( https://youtu.be/WltjaxiowW4?si=KkVJPy_e7ALQulE- ) and each square stays lit up for 8 frames, or 270 ms. This is quite
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by mrb 2y ago
" how fast would it have to spin for an object on the equator to be in orbit " I think this is correct, but then it can be simply calculated knowing the escape velocity on Earth is 11.2 km/sec and the circumference is 40e3 km
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by mrb 2y ago
But Apple sells a 1TB version of the iPhone 15 Pro. Are you saying the 1TB version uses a different motherboard?
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by mrb 2y ago
"And yet it is (extremely) improbable that individuals will pay many many billions of dollars/year" And yet it is happening right now ! You should have looked at the data to see what fees are being paid :-) Looking at the
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by mrb 3y ago
I wire my houses with cat6A that's shielded, and either CMR (indoor) or direct-burial CMX (outdoor-rated). Why shielded: actually my personal reason isn't primarily for reducing EMI (though it's nice), but the shield makes th
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by mrb 3y ago
Correct. As the article state, Teslas have manual door levers, like all normal cars, that can be operated without power. The tiktoker chose to not open the door, just for views & clicks.

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