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Pethaps a more relevant example is the assertion that it’s absurd to believe non-ionizing radiation at the levels produced by cellphones could be harmful. Dismissed by the same lin…

The issue with this argument is that it’s trying to assert that “science says” something isn’t true (generally one of the most valuable things laypeople derive from science, but no…

Second carbon steel. Excellent pans, I don’t worry about seasoning too much - hit with steel wool and hit water when necessary. Still very little sticks if you use them enough.

I’d say it’s both: GPS are great but you should be well practiced in wayfinding with a compass in case the GPS fails. I’ve never taken a GPS on long hikes anyhow seems overkill as …

> At press time, representatives from the world’s leading economies had signaled that they would continue to heavily rely on fossil fuels until they had something more than an over…

What a lovely article and piece. Tremendous. I don’t think I will make such a commitment to this film as did the author, but in a way I feel it is perhaps the only way to understan…

I can think of 0 reasons why the “police should investigate that” Why?

I agree. Especially given the recent development of consiousness theory bestowing the likelihood of consiousness upon all animals and even perhaps inanimate objects. I.e., if you c…

Defendents didn’t pay for the cotton https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffles_v_Wichelhaus

Wow yeah I missed this. Read through most if it and was looking to see if anyone else had already commented my thinking: “And the new design is WAY worse in every way!” Honestly it…

Thanks for this link. Had me remember that excellent movie. And an excellent illustration of the perils of “selling out” rights to depict a fictional character.

Yeah it’s a pretty glib answer. Not clear at all how you kick them off the network. Perhaps he’s conflating some kind of protocol exploit that could be patched against with a 51% a…

Honestly there’s a lot of valid points to be made here but the actual report reads as if their intention was to prove blockchains are insecure and centralized. That is true for a l…

Vitalik says: > While there are plenty of automated stablecoin designs that are fundamentally flawed and doomed to collapse eventually, and plenty more that can survive theoretical…

A lot of finacial theory jargon here but not a very clear explanation. Definitely not a “proof” in the logical sense. Likely the Vitalik post linked in this article will have some …

Be careful throwing around the word quack. Among The “SkepDoc’s” oppositions to the Weston Price foundation’s website are these assertions: > [That weston price offered] Advice not…

Yeah, the DID you receive from the attestation service can be used multiple times, and is assumed to be immutable, so you sign messages with your private key to prove ownership of …

Sounds like exact quandary that the emerging DID spec (Decentralized Identifiers) [ https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/ ] is hoping to solve. I.e. you can submit your proof of age to a…

One of the most successful implementations of VDFs in crypto right now is Chia, which uses proof of storage space interleaved with proofs of time from VDF servers. There is not an …