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541.
by ric2b 6y ago
> normalizing the idea of intentionally wasting energy in exchange for financial gain That's true of basically any industry.
542.
by ric2b 6y ago
If by "new Reddit" you mean the UI, you can use old.reddit.com or go into your account settings and enable the legacy UI, if you're logged in.
543.
by ric2b 6y ago
Right, so this is little more than FUD. The law is clear that enforcement is primarily done via helping companies correct mistakes, not immediately handing out fines, and that's what has been happening.
544.
by ric2b 6y ago
In other jurisdictions the banking system is protected from such failures with taxpayer money, so you still end up losing some of it.
545.
by ric2b 6y ago
2008 was barely a decade ago but if that comment made you feel smart good for you. Plus this argument is ignoring that the way the banking system is protected from such failures is with taxpayer money, so you still end up losing some of it.
546.
by ric2b 6y ago
The incentive is to produce proof of work, not energy wasted. That's why miners use highly specialized and efficient machines and not just any random computer that draws a lot of power.
547.
by ric2b 6y ago
Ok, go argue that to the environment, see if it cares.
548.
by ric2b 6y ago
> The problem is that intentional carbon emissions (as opposed to incidental ones) have not even been a thing in the past. What about Bitcoin makes it more intentional than any other industry? The product is proof of work, not energy wa
549.
by ric2b 6y ago
No, PoW also is incentivized to use less energy, the goal is to produce more work, not simply waste energy. That's why miners use very efficient ASICS instead of whatever computer they can find that draws the most power regardless of o
550.
by ric2b 6y ago
Pretty much any energy use has externalities though. I agree that in a democracy we all have a say in what we allow or not, but let's stop with this constant narrative that killing cryptocurrencies would significantly help with stoppin
551.
by ric2b 6y ago
>Take your favorite evil mega-corporation: If you can offer them a way to perform the same task using half the energy, they'd immediately jump at the opportunity. > Bitcoin miners, on the other hand, would just... mine twice as f
552.
by ric2b 6y ago
Package managers have existed on Linux since... I don't know but I've never used a Linux distro without one. The difficulty isn't technical, it's social, if you build a third party store you have something like Homebrew
553.
by ric2b 6y ago
> Is it possible for a user to edit a cookie in a malicious way? Obviously, it comes from the user's machine so it can be modified before being sent to the server. Unless you're doing something custom/fancy like signing th
554.
by ric2b 6y ago
SAP makes mega-customizable software installed at thousands of large companies, it's probably on the extreme end of the difficulty spectrum when it comes to complying with GDPR.
555.
by ric2b 6y ago
> That is why the UK is abandoning it. GDPR, as written, is a business-killing mess. GDPR has been in place for years, which businesses has it killed? Do you have an example of a company that you consider was not doing anything wrong in
556.
by ric2b 6y ago
GDPR has been in place for years now, why are people still spreading this narrative that it's super complex and dangerous for every company? Where are the examples of companies following the spirit of it getting punished regardless?
557.
by ric2b 6y ago
It's a big hodge-podge and that's what makes it great. Ultimately society/the market decides which version is worth more.
558.
by ric2b 6y ago
This isn't something new, Bitcoin went through this in 2017 (relevant keywords: UASF, segwit, BCH). You don't need a miner majority to do fork the chain, both versions (with and without fork) will exist and whichever is most value
559.
by ric2b 6y ago
Only if your wages rise accordingly. And don't forget that your taxes are going up as well unless tax brackets are adjusted for inflation.
560.
by ric2b 6y ago
How do you know it still would've happened at all? This isn't a very productive conversation.
561.
by ric2b 6y ago
But sometimes you do. See: Cyprus in 2008
562.
by ric2b 6y ago
I don't know, if it launches sideways and starts heading for a crowd they might want to force it to blow itself up or something like that.
563.
by ric2b 6y ago
I'm very curious about this, what were the reasons for changing between all those databases? You can't be using any advanced features if you're supporting SQL, NoSQL and even Excel, so if you only need basic features why are
564.
by ric2b 6y ago
Pretty sure it's a setting in gnome-tweaks. If it's not, it's not any harder than MacOS at least.
565.
by ric2b 6y ago
> Even a polite response from HR like, "Sally really enjoyed talking to you but she's unexpectedly tied up in something" can be market-moving information if you find Sally's role on LinkedIn and tie it to recent news
566.
by ric2b 6y ago
> if someone submits a resume on day one that is good should we hire them or wait a week for someone else to discover the position? if some company gives me an offer on day one that is good should I accept it or wait a week for some oth
567.
by ric2b 6y ago
> Right, and I mean there's no way to discover that hotkey if you don't already know it True of any hotkey. > which is why requiring it for a common UI function is bad design. it isn't required.
568.
by ric2b 6y ago
Please tell me how to turn off mouse acceleration in MacOS without opening a terminal, because I didn't find another way. It's quite a basic thing, most games include it in their settings yet it doesn't seem important enough
569.
by ric2b 6y ago
> Also, nothing to memorize about copy & paste or drag & drop. To a terminal. I thought Linux was the one where you needed to open a terminal to do basic things, yet from my experience it's usually MacOS that needs a termina
570.
by ric2b 6y ago
> There are devils in the details of how you assign a simple number to that, and Goodhart's law is always lying in wait Yup, they could start sabotaging their competition or bribing judges to disqualify other competitors, etc.

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