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by spurgu 6y ago
> The barriers to entry, usage, and understanding are just too high for average Joe. Mentioned in another thread[0], the Phoenix wallet more or less solves this on the Lightning Network. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/i
902.
by spurgu 6y ago
The Phoenix wallet[0] is actually quite a nice LN solution. When I tried it out it gave me similar feelings of excitement as when I first got into Bitcoin. Reading about the Lightning Network gives me a headache in general, but Phoenix mana
903.
by spurgu 6y ago
I came here thinking this was a separate attempt and was going to share that Marcan has already started working on it and that there could be some collaboration.
904.
by spurgu 6y ago
There's the flipside of the coin though: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/26/tens-of-thousa...
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by spurgu 6y ago
Also, while human labor is cheap and energy-efficient it's not ok to have slaves anymore, so multi-purpose robots will surely have niches to fill.
906.
by spurgu 6y ago
Perhaps they (or Hyundai) won't, but someone else for sure will.
907.
by spurgu 6y ago
> This reminds me of the (alleged) Tom Watson quote: "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." These robots will be everywhere in twenty years. The cost and the software aren't there yet, but it's on
908.
by spurgu 6y ago
Does it run Linux properly? googling Answer seems to be maybe: https://www.most-useful.com/ubuntu-20-04-linux-on-surface-pr... https://old.reddit.com/r/SurfaceLinux/top/?sort=top&t=year
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by spurgu 6y ago
Seconded. Have been using them for dozens of domains (through work) for 2-3 years now and have zero complaints.
910.
by spurgu 6y ago
The argument as far as I'm aware is that it's like Bitcoin, except with transaction fees low enough to make it actually usable as a currency as opposed to being a pure store of value.
911.
by spurgu 6y ago
This article brings tears to my eyes and makes me hopeful that actual change/sustainability is possible.
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El Hierro – The Sustainable Island(travelmedia.ie)
1 points by spurgu 6y ago|1 comments
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by spurgu 6y ago
Depends on what you do. My setup is simple and I don't see how it could be improved with an external display - I've tried a couple of times but have always reverted to a single (laptop) display. Instead of switching between deskto
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by spurgu 6y ago
Food banks are becoming increasingly more popular in the western countries... :P
915.
by spurgu 6y ago
The problem, in my opinion, is that/when those things are done compulsively. If you're hungry it's fine to have a compulsion to get food, but as a human you should also be comfortable doing nothing, otherwise you're esse
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by spurgu 6y ago
Or a rough Friday night out.
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by spurgu 6y ago
This simple explanation clicked for me, thank you!
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Sustained, high-fidelity quantum teleportation(news.fnal.gov)
198 points by spurgu 6y ago|157 comments
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by spurgu 6y ago
Prime example with Pornhub right there, along with all other things Visa/Mastercard has decided to block over the years (Wikileaks comes first to mind). > We can argue about whether or not all of the opportunities are a good thing f
920.
by spurgu 6y ago
> if you look at processing power as a currency, it is actually undergoing hyperinflation So in relation (for this particular scenario) the USD is undergoing hyperdeflation..? Whatever you call it the psychological effect with computers
921.
by spurgu 6y ago
I've transferred 5-figures of fiat a couple of times and it always makes me sweat. Sure those transactions make me sweat with bitcoin as well, but the difference is that the process is 100% transparent. Plus the incredible annoyance of
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by spurgu 6y ago
> If that was the case, wouldn’t we see inflation in USD prices for a basket of goods? Isn’t inflation very close to zero? Given the rate of artificially keeping the economy going by printing money at unprecedented rates I'm surpris
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by spurgu 6y ago
Easier and more effective to just store the hash of the video on a blockchain.
924.
by spurgu 6y ago
One exception to this that pops to mind is computers, which have gradually gotten cheaper. Even though you always get a better one if you wait, it hasn't deterred consumers.
925.
by spurgu 6y ago
For a couple of hours, then it's forgotten.
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by spurgu 6y ago
Word of mouth. Post in some relevant chats/forums. Get a handful of other people interested, have them spread the word (links/chat) for you.
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by spurgu 6y ago
According to the article: > They enter oceans when they are littered, when waste management systems are inadequate or non-existent, or when these systems become overwhelmed due to increased volumes of waste. I was arguing that because of
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by spurgu 6y ago
People throw away trash (empty soda bottles, candy wraps etc) a lot easier than they'd throw away a device meant to protect their (and others) health. The real number has to be waaay below 1%.
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by spurgu 6y ago
What isn't shown in this graph is how the numbers would look without mask mandates.
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by spurgu 6y ago
It's well-known that there's a lot of oil left. The problem is that it's becoming increasingly less accessible and thus more expensive to extract.

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