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Isomatik

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    Comment #28335792

    Looks like the original version is driven by a coil electromagnet which deflects rare earth magnets in the brush head. https://www.powerelectronictips.com/teardown-whats-inside-a-.…

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    Comment #27050344

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/technology/twitter-new-yo...

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    Comment #26285540

    This looks like the original paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2737441_An_Evolved_...

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    Comment #19547225

    Some additional downers: - The Roosevelt Institute growth numbers are based on this initiative being 100% funded by increasing the federal deficit. The same report deduced that if …

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    Comment #19194591

    That's only useful as a hedge for ETH. A mortgage where you have to put down 373% of the value of the house in liquid currency as collateral is not competitive in the slightest. ht…

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    Comment #17774883

    This method appears to just measure the Tx and Rx paths on an off-the-shelf modem, so you'd have to physically check the router, or I'm sure this could be handled in firmware. They…

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    Comment #17671139

    Proof of work mining is just a bunch of computers trying to brute force the password for the next block so they can get the mining bounty and fees from the transactions they includ…

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    Comment #17358241

    I can say at least that the Xbox 360's standard ban for pirated games that failed verification checks was a console level ban, as in, you can take your hard drive and plug it into …

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    Comment #17295837

    But the knowledge that he's stealing others' work comes from sources other than the blockchain record, if you don't count the fact that it's internally invalid for a living person …

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    Comment #16317453

    Proof of work is intentionally useless to the miner to increase the cost of attacking the network. There are initiatives like curecoin and foldingcoin which integrate folding@home …

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    Comment #16126459

    I think it's really only comparable for online transactions, where all credit card transactions are Card Not Present and you aren't able to 100% guarantee that the delivery went to…

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    Comment #16119042

    Depends on how comfortable it needs to be. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_surface-to-air_recovery...

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    Comment #15862293

    Representing a physical product as a unique cryptographic hash that the consumer can independently verify is generally a lot harder than attaching a photo. From a comment below: > …

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    Comment #15862010

    I can't find very much information on Everledger's features process, just on the blockchain aspect, which doesn't inspire confidence. It's not enough for them to create 40 features…

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    Comment #15861823

    The audit log already exists, or else how would China have found and prosecuted those executives? The problem at hand is ensuring that the information that makes it on the chain is…

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    Comment #15493639

    Officially, PLEX can only be redeemed for subscriptions, but it can also be traded as an in game item for ISK (standard in game currency). The only real difference between it and a…

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    Comment #15409857

    Yes and yes. This is the big pitfall i see so many ignoring - the real challenge if you're trying to interface with the outside world is establishing what the internal token means …

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    Comment #15314602

    I think the biggest hurdle regulators will have to overcome if they want anything other than a blanket ban on ICOs will be verifying "good faith" execution of their business plans.…

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    Comment #15259828

    In general, any game that has a manufactured annoyance that can be bypassed immediately by paying money/watching an ad. Usually achieved by a stamina system (You can play up to 5 l…

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    Comment #12383216

    This is the SEC, their entire reason for existing is to regulate transactions between USD and the rest of the world. If you want to transact on the blockchain directly, you are abs…

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    Comment #12249404

    Bitfinex could have moved to a cold storage system to make the bulk of their bitcoins secure, but doing so would have required them to register as a futures merchant and submit to …

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    Comment #12248524

    Yep. If you're open for business to US citizens, or even really just moving USD around, you can't escape the USA's jurisdiction. And it appears Bitfinex compiled fully to AML/KYC l…

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    Comment #11255425

    http://www.wired.com/2014/08/could-you-charge-a-smartwatch-b... This guy did some napkin calculations which show this kind of energy generation can barely keep up with the energy n…