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- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 2 hours ago:
3 times 0.333 is 0.999 not 1.
Saying it equals 1 may be a common engineering convention, but it is mathematically incorrect.
There is no failure of notation if fractions are used, which is why I gave this example of usefulness.
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 4 hours ago:
No. You wrote .333
If you want to precisely write to infinity you write 1/3.
actually .33333335
Holy fuck. Where did that 5 come from?
- Comment on AI company files for bankruptcy after being exposed as 700 Indian engineers - Dexerto 16 hours ago:
IP is “Infact Pakistanis”
- Comment on Congratulations, homosexual! 16 hours ago:
Netflix don’t add subtitles just for deaf people.
If it makes them money, they care.
- Comment on I always hope for a horsey 16 hours ago:
Chess960 is luck, but both sides have the same luck.
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 20 hours ago:
For example, they allow you to write
1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 1
Which is not possible in decimal
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 22 hours ago:
The teachers response is incorrect. It is stated as fact that marty ate more pizza.
- Comment on Congratulations, homosexual! 1 day ago:
We’ve both said a lot of things that you’re going to regret.
- Comment on Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure 1 day ago:
do you really not see the connection between discussing cars and public transportation,
That side of the analogy is fine. How is public transport relevant to Bitcoin, Proof of Work and Proof of Stake?
What is the equivalent cryptocurrency concept that public transport is supposed to represent?
- Comment on Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure 1 day ago:
What is the matching side of your analogy expansion?
PoW is to PoS
As
ICE is to EVs
As
Public transport is to ???
- Comment on Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure 1 day ago:
You said “we need more public transport”. How does that statement map to Bitcoin?
- Comment on Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure 1 day ago:
Dude, you brought the slop.
Saying PoS is supporting PoW is like saying EVs support ICEs.
Would you like another go at explaining how your half baked public transport analogy fits into this?
- Comment on Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure 2 days ago:
- Comment on Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure 2 days ago:
The analogy doesn’t stretch to allowing fiat to be compared to public transport.
A medium that is decimated when Trump shouts “Tariff” is not the gold standard.
Fiat is only the gold standard when it is backed by actual gold.
- Comment on Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure 2 days ago:
The only way to remove bitcoin is through redundancy.
Support it’s successor technologies that improve on the design in every single dimension (including energy efficiency).
- Comment on Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure 2 days ago:
that’s like saying that as long as the world has at least one electric car the internal combustion engine can continue to exist without issue.
No. PoS (EV makers) are not supporting the existence of PoW (ICE vehicles). In fact, one builder made a deliberate planned move from PoW to PoS. All new builders are PoS.
the vast majority of cryptocurrencies are still power hungry
False. Remove Bitcoin (>100TWh) and the only PoW coin in the top 10 is DOGE (~4TWh).
- Comment on Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure 2 days ago:
Your dislike of PoW is totally understandable.
Bitcoin maxis who dismiss all other blockchains as Alts are very much like climate deniers. They illogically block improvements and efficiencies in the Bitcoin protocol (e.g. block size increases).
However if enery usage is your main criticism then attacking PoS is like campaigning against wind or solar. We want PoS to completely replace PoW.
- Comment on Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure 2 days ago:
That’s as irrational as saying no-one can use EVs until we get rid of all ICE vehicles.
- Comment on Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure 2 days ago:
You are glossing over 40% of a $3T market.
I’m not going to defend PoW but blockchain technology had moved on even if the fanboys haven’t.
- Comment on Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure 2 days ago:
It’s used as money in Vietnam and Argentina.
- Comment on Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure 2 days ago:
There are versions of cryptocurrencies that don’t use massive amounts of energy.
Pick anything launched from Ethereum onwards.
- Comment on Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure 2 days ago:
That was called Libre
- Comment on If you are too young you really missed out being able to do this 2 days ago:
You probably weren’t that angry when using public phones.
- Comment on Avocado 2 days ago:
Her boyfriend’s penis must be clean.
- Comment on The city is so lively 4 days ago:
Paris casino Las Vegas.
Are Vegas streets still littered with escort newsprint, or has that all gone digital?
- Comment on I am not a builder… but that does not seem right 6 days ago:
“Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll hurricane your house down”
- Comment on Lara Croft games are the nightmare of any real archaeologist, biologist and paleontologist. 6 days ago:
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- Comment on Former Meta exec says asking for artist permission will kill AI industry 1 week ago:
I’m going to start an AI company then I can legally pirate anything I want.
I wonder how these companies will gatekeep their special AI status.
- Comment on I knew it 1 week ago:
One unsolved murder at every tour destination. Coincidence?
Yes.
Probably.
- Comment on German court sends Volkswagen execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal 1 week ago:
Top managers do seem to be targeted.
CEO Martin Winterkorn’s trial in Germany was paused in 2021 due to health issues, but he remains a key figure under investigation.
The arrest of Audi’s then-CEO Rupert Stadler in 2018 marked a dramatic shift into current executives.
Owners responsibility is interesting. I think the concept of limited liability protects them, but should it? If they actively influenced the policy I don’t think it should (but proving that is difficult).