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pedro_hab
·3 anni fa·discuss
I had a friend in a similar situation, he explained the issue and how he would fix it.

I was baffled and urged him to be careful and assume he was wrong that it had to be wrong.

Anyways, he is still fixing it, getting some people to validate it.

I would think he will save at least hundreds of thousands a year.

But seriously, why a company that spends millions of dollars in an area would not hire an expert to try to save some money in it is beyond me.
pedro_hab
·3 anni fa·discuss
I wouldn't be surprised if it got worse.

Most people are on phones now, who uses computers if not for work?

But I guess one could argue using phones would be the same, but even then my personal experience is that most people don't know much about phones either.
pedro_hab
·3 anni fa·discuss
I just posted another PBS Spacetime video answering another question.

I feel like a quasi-expert on these subjects because of it. lol
pedro_hab
·3 anni fa·discuss
Mathematically yes, actually probably not.

I'd suggest looking into Alcubierre Warp Drive, cool story on why the guy came up with it and shows how to wrap spacetime around a spaceship to make it go faster than light.

The ship wouldn't go faster than light because it wouldn't move at all, the spacetime around it would.

The channel below has quite a few other videos on the subject. I love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94ed4v_T6YM
pedro_hab
·3 anni fa·discuss
The pw really stressed me, I checked the source code to find what a valid pw looked like.

Pretty cool code btw, it has a rule array that with the error msgs, very easy to follow even tho it was webpacky.

Then I realized the errors were displayed at the bottom of the page.
pedro_hab
·3 anni fa·discuss
I don't understand why go after the VPN, I think most people don't use a VPN correctly.

What good is a VPN when multiple apps on your computer are phoning home?

If the law has a suspect IP, couldn't they just ask google, microsoft and facebook what accounts were accessed with that IP?

To use a VPN correctly wouldn't have to use a fresh OS and absolutely not login to any accounts connected to the IP you are trying to hide?
pedro_hab
·3 anni fa·discuss
This was pretty bad for me, I tried asking the name of a person references in the PDF and it couldn't find it. I asked who is the claimant in this PDF and it said the claimant was empty.

But if I asked if the claimant name was in the PDF it answered yes.

I am assuming the PDF to Text is not working great here, which I supposed is the whole point.
pedro_hab
·4 anni fa·discuss
He probably wrote an medium article on it. lol
pedro_hab
·4 anni fa·discuss
I agree with your point here, but I am curious if there isn't space for people to gamble and not be hedged? Speculating naked with the contracts.
pedro_hab
·4 anni fa·discuss
I wonder if the lower emissions are really worth it if the car breaks down sooner.

All the electronics and gimmicks to lower immediate emissions at the cost of reliability.

My car, for instance, turns off the engine when stopped, that can't be good for the engine and battery.

If saves a bit of gas but I am sure I'll have to change my battery sooner, not to mention the wear and tear on other components.
pedro_hab
·4 anni fa·discuss
yes, WhatsApp used to be great in this regard, you would not get any spam.

Now it's starting to get worse and worse.

I block SMS notifications since I only get spam there (I'm Brazilian, SMS is basically dead here)
pedro_hab
·4 anni fa·discuss
I think this is nice, it forces people that want to participate to have skin in the game.

With proof of work there is incentive for people not invested in crypto to mine as much as possible and sell everything.

If a big enough computer is created, someone not interested in crypto can take money away from it, or if the computer is big enough even destroy it, a quantum computer for instance, should make a 51% attack on a network as proof it is a quantum computer.

I know it is unlikely, I myself think is impossible. But the incentive is there.

With proof of stake there is no incentive to do it, a 51% attack is idiotic since you have to buy so much.
pedro_hab
·6 anni fa·discuss
I agree, I have an Apple dongle and it glitches too, albeit less often than the non Apple dongles.

Sometimes even my Apple keyboard won't work connected to the dongle, I have to put in and out a few times for it to work.

Things that never happened with old USB cables.