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Language count is a decent notoriety signal though pretty coarse. The OP/author should take a look at QRank: https://qrank.toolforge.org/ > QRank is a ranking signal for Wikidata e…

Sounds like https://xon.sh/

I know, I'd love to use my phone as a display via capture card so I don't have to carry a portable monitor to troubleshoot headless boxes. The developer says the 15 and 15 Pro are …

This is why the home computer and smartphone revolutions we were promised never happened. No one absolutely had to have them so everyone waited for next year's cheaper, faster, and…

You can directly inspect the Bitcoin blockchain. The genesis block pointedly includes the headline it does to demonstrate it could not have been created before 3 Jan 2009. After th…

> BTC is a trash-grade asset because it's practically useless and proof of work is extremely expensive for BTC holders (and environmentally damaging) A permissionless settlement ne…

You should absolutely examine every coin and token's premine, distribution, issuance policies, caps, and the control and malleability of those over time. But you're barking up the …

So you then follow that chain and try transact on it. If your counterparty is satisfied then cool, carry on separately in your own bubble. As you continue to transact with the rest…

You can fork endlessly and each fork won't matter one whit because they don't follow the longest chain secured with the most hashing power. Or your fork can follow the longest chai…

Written for public consumption that post conveys a great deal of certainty while eliding over doubts: "Change fork choice rule to mitigate balancing and reorging attacks" https://e…

Ethereum's current approach to PoS is insecure. It will take a lot more work to get to a secure enough place to switch over, if a switch is even possible at all. I pointed to the l…

I don't know why you were flagged, but if your question was in earnest: Bitcoin almost certainly won't move. Because those touted energy efficient protocols come at the cost of muc…

Great, so when prices increase so much people can't afford to buy something there's no inflation with regard to that item. That's handy. You're right, I suppose the homeless don't …

I'm ashamed I have visited. Print those warnings in all the emphasized font you want, could Nagaenthran comprehend them and connect the dots to his coerced situation? Everyone shou…

That's incorrect. The busywork is to prove that a certain amount of time is likely to have elapsed, as a coordination mechanism in a network of unreliable, uncoordinated, or even a…

> When people stop buying the latest and greatest machines for Bitcoin mining, Bitcoin's price will crash to zero. It will trigger double-spending attacks, which will undermine tru…

> and better solutions exist, such as proof-of-stake A far weaker security guarantee – when network security is the entire point – is certainly not better. Bitcoin is irrelevant to…

We have completely different observations. I spent last December in London and saw scant respect for the rules during the second wave. A minority of people wore masks, and few of t…

About as many as can are decamping for less oppressive climes: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/27/uk-receives-34... The professional class in Hong Kong is steadily dwind…

I have some reservations about Bitcoin but I understand it a heck of a lot better than the reporter interviewed here. That was painful to listen to and a stark reminder of Gell-Man…

⌘C to Copy then ⌥⌘V to Move Item Here. If you open menus on macOS and hold down various modifiers and combinations of modifiers you'll discover tons of hidden gems. Try it with Fin…

Readable version, sans paywall: https://archive.is/eosgd I was particularly struck by a claim tucked in the final paragragh that "One senior police official says privately that as …

I love doing this too as a fun diversion. The McCroquettas and patatas bravas in Spain are my latest favorite. And since McDonald's adapted their breakfast menu to the Middle East …