rthomas6

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by rthomas6 5y ago
Is it really wifi? Or is it Bluetooth?
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by rthomas6 5y ago
I'm not trying to be obtuse, but why is authority tied to amount of coin owned any more plutocratic than authority tied to amount of computing resources used? Both cost money, and both scale power with amount of money sunk into it.
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by rthomas6 5y ago
What is wrong with proof of stake?
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by rthomas6 5y ago
I was also one of these kids. I even made a secret room under the rug where I put my games.
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by rthomas6 5y ago
Well, if they did, you could never power them down...
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by rthomas6 5y ago
Read Cal Newport's book Digital Minimalism. The only real long-term solution is to change your relationship with your phone. It doesn't need to be within reach at all times. You probably barely need it at all, maybe 1% of the time
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by rthomas6 5y ago
You need to know what the computer is doing, down to the chip level. This often includes things like how actual protocols are working on a hardware (electrical) level, and how different parts of the board are connected to each other. It&#x2
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by rthomas6 5y ago
>Multivariate logistic regression revealed the odds of low testosterone was significantly greater with increasing SSB consumption (Q4 [≥442 kcal/day] vs. Q1 [≤137 kcal/day]) 442/4 = 110.5+ grams of sugar, per day, every da
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by rthomas6 5y ago
As an aside, this shows the value and reason behind double entry bookkeeping. More setup in the beginning, but ultimately much less confusing.
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by rthomas6 5y ago
It's Yiddish
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by rthomas6 6y ago
There is a major difference in that Symbiflow doesn't necessarily have the support from the hardware vendors, and the FPGA hardware designs are still closed. At least for Xilinx. What would really help is an open FPGA that can compete
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by rthomas6 6y ago
Check out non-project mode and tcl based flow. It takes more up front work but once you have it scripted out, you can build from nothing but tcl files and source files. Even with block designs and IP files. All of it is replaceable by human
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by rthomas6 6y ago
Problem is, binary computers have decades of R&D and supporting infrastructure. A lot would have to be retooled for trinary; you can't even power the chips in the same way. Not to mention the surrounding technology such as RAM and
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by rthomas6 6y ago
Then Apple is bad and Android is bad too. So the ethical choice is to buy neither. I'm not being facetious. I'm considering moving to pure AOSP based, Linux based, or just foregoing a smartphone entirely.
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by rthomas6 6y ago
Well, DAI exists and is pegged to USD without USD backing. Why couldn't one create a similar system with a CPI value target instead of a 1 USD target?
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by rthomas6 6y ago
There are a few different mechanisms. I might be missing some, but here are the ones I know about. * The interest owed on loaned DAI (called a stability fee) changes depending on the market price. So if DAI goes too high, the stability fee
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by rthomas6 6y ago
Very interesting. I wonder how stable it will be vs USD over the long run. I am interested in someone making a CPI coin, that tracks some value of a basket of goods instead of another currency. I think that would be sort of the ultimate inf
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by rthomas6 6y ago
I've always championed DAI for a stablecoin. I don't know why it's not more popular. https://makerdao.com/en/ Instead of it being (supposedly) backed by a dollar reserve, it's collateralized by ETH
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by rthomas6 6y ago
It's not really a main plot point, but Iain M. Banks's Culture uses a constructed language that de-emphasizes or lacks easy descriptions of the concepts of possession and ownership, dominance/submission, and aggression.
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by rthomas6 6y ago
I was 12 in 99, so my memory isn't great on this, but I remember having it around then. It could have been a few years later, though. I seem to recall that you had to pay extra for it, so most people didn't bother.
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by rthomas6 6y ago
No it doesn't. I just clicked free download and it worked.
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by rthomas6 6y ago
Mobile phones didn't invent caller ID and answering machines...
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by rthomas6 6y ago
Whatever happened to premature optimization being bad?
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by rthomas6 6y ago
Wow. ...How hard is it to start a bank? Edit: Wait a minute. What incentive is there now for banks to even try to entice people to deposit their money?
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by rthomas6 6y ago
We owe each other. A owes B, who owes C, who owes A. Sometimes paying off one debt causes a cascade of several debts being paid off in turn, all with the same money.
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by rthomas6 6y ago
Because of the way fractional reserve banking works, the vast majority of actual money in the system comes from lending. Loans are how 90+% of money is created. If someone deposits $100 in bank A, and there is a 10% reserve rate (like in th
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by rthomas6 6y ago
Applicability aside, how else could it even work, other than colony self-governance? Otherwise what's to stop one country from just claiming the whole planet when they get there? You could still have colonies ruled by certain countries
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by rthomas6 6y ago
They're not a charity or a nonprofit that relies on donations. They're a business selling a product, and the only thing that should rationally factor into giving them money or not is if you want to buy the product. Need doesn&#x27
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by rthomas6 6y ago
Can people in the UK not send outgoing letters by putting them in their mailbox and raising the little outgoing mail flag? Is that a uniquely American thing?
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by rthomas6 6y ago
FPGAs, basically.

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