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by t_mann 4y ago
Avalanche is probably the biggest disappointment out of the whole bunch. They started out strong with a new consensus algorithm, and then they started hyping 'subnets', which turned out to be plain L1s with artificial restrictions
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by t_mann 4y ago
I'd be curious if there are sources showing that solar panels could improve agricultural productivity, but I have doubts, since plants and panels compete for the same resource, sunlight. In terms of cooling, it should be noted that con
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by t_mann 4y ago
Usually when a question is asked in a headline one would expect the article to at least attempt to answer it. This piece doesn't guide you on how to make trade-off decisions between privacy and usability, it doesn't even give co
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by t_mann 4y ago
Well, ideally you want to produce the electricity close to where it's needed, and a significant proportion of the world's population lives in coastal areas (much more than near deserts I suppose).
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by t_mann 4y ago
https://swimsol.com/ Disclaimer: I know someone who works there. These are meant for ocean deployment, right now I believe they mostly use them in locations with somewhat tempered wave conditions like atolls and bays. It&#x
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by t_mann 4y ago
Importantly, Bitcoin and Ethereum are (inadvertently) almost quantum-proof (because the addresses are hashes of the public keys), just not quite (because the public keys still get exposed during transactions). But at least the latter shou
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by t_mann 4y ago
You're asking whether they can do things that classical computers can do reasonably well already marginally better, while their whole point is that they (one day, hopefully) can do things that current computers can't do at all (at
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by t_mann 4y ago
> The only way to defeat such a meshed power plant would be a small nuclear bomb. Or to quietly cut off the underwater power cable.
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by t_mann 4y ago
Water surfaces are a great place for solar farms (the water provides cooling which improves efficiency), but the real deal are open sea platforms, not lake-based. The engineering challenges seem big, though, I'm aware of only one compa
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by t_mann 4y ago
Interesting that they didn't seem to try to conceal their association much at all. They all said they were from this place firmly associated with this group, even though they probably weren't even 'from' there in the typ
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by t_mann 4y ago
Your entire response is based on false assumptions. "Connecting a wallet" and "signing a transaction" have defined meanings, and are not related to revealing a private key. Also, CBDCs are in no way related to cryptocurr
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by t_mann 4y ago
Yay, let's put even greater parts of the www behind doors controlled by a handful of megacorps.
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by t_mann 4y ago
Also true. Slightly weird instruction though :D "Here are 5 keys for 5 people, if something happens to me you'll need any 3 of those keys, then the neighbor kid will be able to help you get the password".
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by t_mann 4y ago
Why does it need to be unique? Few large companies today were unique in their offereing when they launched.
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by t_mann 4y ago
If you want to be sure that your data will remain available on IPFS it's not free either.
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by t_mann 4y ago
Most people there would probably come into work between 8 and 9am. Even if the phones were deactivated before then, most might not even have noticed (those that did notice might have had a premonition, but what are you going to do about it
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by t_mann 4y ago
I think the best place for most of that information is a keepass file stored in an E2E-encrypted cloud (the non-sensitive stuff should be known to more than one person in the household anyway - but if you're single it can be a good ide
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by t_mann 4y ago
Sounds like an actual use case for web3. There are some blockchains like NEAR built for hosting web apps.
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by t_mann 4y ago
It'd increase security vis-à-vis burglars, but for it to work for this use case you'd need relatives who can recover Samir secrets.
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by t_mann 4y ago
You really think that a SE in their 70's who learnt how to write if statements and data structures 50 years ago would say that they're still basically doing the same thing now as back then? Maybe if they work on legacy stacks like
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by t_mann 4y ago
From the perspective of whoever is experiencing it, it doesn't really matter how it fits into the historical picture. What you experience is sitting in front of your screen while your family is having dinner, not points on a multi-deca
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by t_mann 4y ago
Those people's contracts aren't invalidated by revoking access. Those companies are basically saying you're not expected to do any more work except react to our emails until the end of whatever the notice period is. And the s
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by t_mann 4y ago
In finance it's pretty common practice (and in that sense Coinbase is similar to a broker). I remember stories about how half (?) the people working at UBS London came to work one morning to find that their badges didn't unlock th
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by t_mann 4y ago
Some really good points on the ultra-fast depreciation of SE tech skills. A relative of mine is a mechanical engineer, well past retirement age and still going strong in his 2-man consulting shop because that's what he loves doing. He
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by t_mann 4y ago
Funny that after almost one-and-a-half decades of excessive monetary expansion the reasons for inflation lie so far outside the realm of monetary policy: zero-Covid policies in China that have lastingly disrupted global supply chains, a ter
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by t_mann 4y ago
Even those users still need price stability in order for your use case to work. And fiat on/off-ramps (as which Binance functioned for many).
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by t_mann 4y ago
Nothing is 100% safe, but >150% overcollateralization is a rather decent buffer, even after accounting for crypto volatility. As a comparison, banks usually operate with less than 5% equity, and that's based on rather optimistic boo
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by t_mann 4y ago
'Our investors can't get out' is an absolutely terrible justification for doing ultra high risk investments. 'We have a long-term horizon', which in this context can easily translate into 'by the time this blow
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by t_mann 4y ago
There exist overcollateralized decentralized stablecoins. Look into DAI as the most prominent example.

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