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> Bitcoin isn't incentivized to chase renewables. It's incentivized to find the cheapest power it can get its hands on anywhere on earth and then waste it.

And now renewable energy is the cheapest source of power as of 2020[1].

You do have a point on how there's still emissions generated in the building of wind and solar plants, though, but building wind and solar plants is still our best solution to our electrical emissions other than asking everyone around the world if they would kindly stop using electricity.

"Almost two-thirds of wind & solar projects built globally last year will be able to generate cheaper electricity than even the world’s cheapest new coal plants, according to a NEW report from IRENA"

[1]: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/renewables-cheapest-e...
The flag of planet earth should be like the flag of planet earth in sci-fi and comic strips... a white silhouette of the globe against a medium blue background

This one just looks dumb
“ ...says the guy with a huge dongle in his pocket”

No, just happy to see you
Just expose the armoured cable. Hardly an issue, and you know where it is.
A hundred million people took road trips for the holidays last month. They’re not all getting rentals.
That's not suppression, though. It's just disagreement. I understand that you personally believe that the Lancet authors were acting in bad faith. But you surely agree they had the right to author that letter, right? You just... disagree.

That's the way things are supposed to work. Maybe science is wrong sometimes, and people argue. And eventually we come to consensus.

I have to say: it sounds like you're the one on the pro-suppression side here (arguing that the Lancet shouldn't have published that letter). Am I wrong?
Thanks! Yeah there's still some chance I guess but it seems to be harder to figure out how to every day. At the same time Idk how I feel about continuing to keep pushing back the other things in my life (especially with a biological clock ticking). Not sure which sacrifices are the right ones to make.
Assuming that COVID deaths are fully accounted for, that would mean about 200k excess deaths due to other, presumably COVID related, factors (suicide, drug overdose, ...).
Flamewar comments like this will get you banned here. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules, we'd appreciate it.

As part of that, please make sure you're using HN primarily for intellectual curiosity, not primarily for political or ideological battle. Those things are disjoint and we need accounts to stay on the curiosity side of the line. The pattern of your last several comments is on the wrong side of the line; if you'd please correct this, we'd appreciate it.

More explanation here:

https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Too many fentanyl shipments got sized in 2020, so they partially switched to the 100x more potent (and lethal) carfentanyl. Since it's so powerful a slightly badly mixed product that would have been safe-ish using fentanyl become assuredly lethal with carfentanyl.

Have a look at the picture on this page to see how much lethal it is : https://www.bioonesantaclarita.com/biohazard-and-crime-scene...
Flamewar comments and personal attacks will get you banned here. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules, we'd appreciate it.

Edit: It looks like your account has been doing this a lot, and also using HN primarily for ideological battle. We need you to stop doing those things if you don't want to get banned here. They're not what this site is for, and they destroy what it is for.

https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
This is not artificially splitting anything up.

Mines contamination has no relation at all with climate change. Birds death due to impact with windmills have nothing to do with climate change.

It's lumping those things up that is artificial. And if you add noise to your goal, don't be surprised when people start to question if your actions actually lead to your stated goals or if you have a hidden agenda... because you do have a hidden agenda. It's hidden because of bad communication, but people can't tell the difference.
Embedded development is terrible. Often even if you have a debugger or profiler, it hasn't worked since the platform bring-up 2 years ago, and won't even run because the system doesn't have enough free memory anymore.
I love cycling but struggle with stationary bikes because I get bored easily or end up slowing down my pace because I zone out watching/listening to something.

Zwift has pace partners that you can chase (3 different ones depending on pace) that have sucked me into riding harder and longer than I ever have on zwift or a stationary bike. I find it's worth it for that experience.

Clips take some getting used to (3-4 rides where it feels a bit odd) but I've learned to love them and it feels odd whenever I ride without. I'd strongly encourage you to try them out if you're riding this much. For context, I used to ride everywhere in sandals and everything changed once I got my clips.
People who buy homes that are too small for them or vehicles without enough range for their needs are not an indicator of fundamental problems with these products.
Saying "I want to build a shed", is like saying "I want to lose 10 pounds", it is a way to achieve a measurable goal. One where it is easy to see your progress, humans like the constant reward (or reminder).

We live in a world where even if the outcome is measurable, often times, it is not in our control. A shed, the gym, other such "hobbies" are tangible goals with indicators along the way where our influence of control intersects the measurable progress we see. These are essential to sanity, methinks.
> You can get structural screws, but they're uncommon, expensive

Agreed that eg GRK R4 structural screws are pricey, but they are widely available. You can buy them at Home Depot, for example. I do like them better than nails for small projects.
The machines would handle such problems the same way humans do.

This approach would be handy for extremely bandwidth- and power-constrained environments, i.e. actual IoT.
Andrew, I'd love to connect and hear more about your experiences if you're interested in chatting. My email: manisha[at]modulo[dot]app
Given the context I can only assume that this is intended to be a defence of the energy consumption of mining, but even so it's the most tone-deaf defense I can imagine. Excusez mon français, but gently caress the online advertising industry, and gently caress proof of work cryptocurrencies. Scourges of the modern world, the both of them.
Most countries don't extradite their own citizens but won't hesitate to do it if it's a foreigner.

I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have happened if the things had been reversed (US guy buying Mig 29 flight manuals).
Does that not still boil down to profits? Political, financial or something else the system demanded?
I've already been programming in Julia but I would like to do it more. There's often opportunities to do so; I just have either run into obstacles in the past I think are now resolved (due to beta-ish status of libraries etc) or have not always had the patience to do something new because I could do it faster in something I'm already familiar with.

Nim as well; maybe revisiting ocaml or looking into Dart.
Maybe we should focus on Bisq[1], a decentralized bitcoin exchange network. Solves the centralization that is Coinbase, Binance, and so forth.

[1] https://bisq.network/
> It worked to some extent on NNTP

And arguably not, because a huge number of NNTP servers were in fact, moderated. Especially as spam and warez started to appear on servers owned by public institutions (universities and the like), a huge chunk of USENET split into the alt.* unmoderated groups, and the other, centrally moderated groups.
You could check for excess mortality among vaccinated and unvaccinated people. I think the data is very clear: vaccination does not lead to excess mortality (unlike COVID).
Try playing with one hopper of ammo a round. You can't create Lanes of fire and denial without an obscene amount of paint.
Good question. Firstly it’s a matter of reach. How can I as a South African use RTP to pay for a digital good online? I can’t because all RTP systems are designed and used in national systems. That being RTP in the US, SEPA in Europe or EFT in South Africa. The only current global payments mechanism is the card networks really. We aim to be a global payments network like to RTP with account to account payments.

Secondly it’s a matter of access. Most domestic RTP systems are closed to banks. We want to open up to all account holding institutions, whether it’s banks, digital wallets, mobile money or potentially non custodial wallets.

Lastly we want to standardise the APIs so that applications can start building on top of your account. We see a world where you don’t need embedded finance. I should be able to use my current financial account everywhere. Whether that’s in Twitter to send a tip or on shoplift to receive payments directly to my account.
We often are told to save on energy consumption because of climate crisis but 134 TWh was used for Bitcoin.

What is Bitcoin useful for?

I use energy to cook, to get a shower, to work, to watch TV, and a lot of other things. But Bitcoin is used for financial speculation, get rich schemes, and all sort of scams.

And I am told to save energy otherwise I am a contributor to climate change, but Bitcoin scumbags can use whatever energy they want to cheat people and take their money.

This is what people call civilization. A good f#cking civilization.
This is the classic "but I can already do all that with rsync" dropbox criticism. Yes, the traditional legal system is still required. Crypto does not make it go away, and anyone who says otherwise is a fool. What it does do is change the UX around transacting with these things.

Right now buying IP rights is a bespoke process involving lawyers. It has very high transaction costs in the Coasean sense. Tokenizing and standardizing these things, and standardizing the way revenue across directly to the rights holder in a way that is agnostic to who the owner is.

This is the value of the decentralized economy. It has the ability to shrink the domain of responsibility for the traditional legal system, and standardize things in a way that simplifies entry for entities that are less legally fluent.

I think an appropriate analogy here would be between the private and public markets. Buying stocks on the public market is easy and simple, because the process is standardized. You don't have to read complex legal agreements or study cap tables. You just click buy. The token economy has similar properties, although all the details of what the best ways to standardize, and what should and shouldn't be standardized, are not yet flushed out.
I'm in a similar situation and also built something similar for an office during covid. I definitely don't regret having children or living with my spouse, and we actually decided to have a third child (now 6m) during covid.
I once caught the second place fish at a fishing derby using just a hook sprayed with WD-40. I guess I have the insect pheromones to thank for that.
Overlapping rooflines allow you to make a “detached” building that is functionally an addition to your house. The downside is that if you want to build a breezeway to a detached garage you’re going to have to get permits to do that. It sucks but otherwise you get people who make a long narrow house that’s a series of rooms that were built over time, and never inspected.

You may see properties that have three fairly large but separate buildings, this is often someone skirting building codes in such a way that they stay within the letter of the law.
Why is paternalism within the family not authoritarian or condescending?
if you clicked the links there are also on the ground photos.

i believe scrutiny is required when reading anything you write on this site, based on this and past comments.
No way this shed can be moved. It’s built with drywall screws and 24” centers. If you kick a wall it’s likely to flat pack itself.
I want progressive bookmarks that save where I was on the website even if I don't open them again for a year. Like if I was reading a blog from beginning to end I want to bookmark it once and have the bookmark update every time I open the next entry.

I want a complete website archiver I can launch from a browser. Something like HTTRACK but works with modern sites full of embedded content.
This. A lot of compensation is tied to equity. Also adjusted for cost of living so naturally CA engineers are paid more over eastern europe.

Dont get me wrong - I would love to hire engineers from eastern europe there are rock stars there but without a local office or presence there it is difficult and there are risks (trust, enforceability of laws) as well as operational overhead with remote in a completely separate TZ
I can understand someone who needs a work truck but most of these trucks will be Vanity purchases, used to drive to Walmart or Chickfilet. Ford needs to mark it up across the board and any lost sales will be offset by large profit margins. Anyone buying a vehicle like this should be able to eat an additional 30-60k in markups.
The irony is you are telling people to not write about things they aren't qualified to write about, but that is exactly what you are doing.

There are structural screws that are excellent options for framing. GRK and Simpson make extremely well regarded structural screws that, at least in the US, are accepted for framing most/all building code offices.

Here is an example of a Simpson screw: https://www.strongtie.com/strongdrive_exteriorwoodscrews/sdw...

Here is a GRK: https://www.grkfasteners.com/structural/r4-multi-purpose-scr...

And the author is right - if you are a weekend warrior, they are far better than framing nails. You don't need a nail gun, just an impact driver which is usually less expensive and more useful for other tasks. They don't split the wood as much as a framing nailer, are generally more accurate to put in, and can be easily removed if needed.
> What ensures the parties involved are free?

The prohibition by the government of the physical force requisite to deprive people of their freedom.

> the legal framework should permit nullification and redress

It does already. Contracts have disclosure clauses all the time.
I uninstalled all the apps from all social media platforms and only use the web version. This takes out a lot of the usability (and trackability). Making the whole experience slightly worse helps me reduce the time I spend on them.

I also removed Facebook and its other brands from the equation, and since those websites are unusable when unlogged, it's even easier to remove the temptation to dwell on them.

For Twitter, I also went to the settings of each person I follow and deactivated the displaying of their retweets, so my timeline (in the chronological mode) consists exclusively of content written by the people I follow.
It was driven 900 miles during the ~1.5 years the current owner had it. Presumably the prior owner drove it more than zero miles before selling it.

That is also somewhat besides the point, which is the exorbitant $22k cost to replace the battery, especially when repairs are often possible for much less: https://electrek.co/2021/09/13/tesla-battery-pack-replacemen...
Yes excess mortality it will probably go down in the older groups that died slightly pre-maturely. But the deaths in the 18-64 is not just from Covid-19 but from things exacerbated by it on the society level; Delaying treatment/tests, Drug Overdose, Alcoholism, Depression, Suicide, Traffic Accidents etc. Those are net-new and not necessarily ones that would have happened in the next 5 years.
I also dream of environments where all the things can interact with each other. Currently there’s a lot of services for almost everything, but little ability of connecting things
Super interesting. Been reading some Alan Watts lately, and he points out that while you go to "work", you "play" the piano, you don't "work" the piano. You don't "work" basketball, while still expending effort and incurring risk!
My uncle was outside that age group but died last summer of a heart attack —- due to Covid. All the ICU beds in his area were occupied by Covid patients.
There are no new dirty power plants like coal or nuclear built specifically for bitcoin mining.
There are definitely new renewable energy sources built for bitcoin mining. So dirty energy would be used anyway!

The rate of new renewable energy sources created because of bitcoin is higher overall than without bitcoin.
Fair enough. Sounds like we're mostly on the same page on this issue after all, except I don't want to see bitcoin eliminated, just somehow figure out a way to significantly reduce how much electricity it's started consuming and for it to be run on 100% renewables someday (hopefully sooner than later).
Nuclear is pretty damn sustainable, and these people's bird-killing ways are inefficient.
It's reasonable to go about an experiment that includes within its experimental parameters the mailers' default appearances, since part of the reason folks use these services is to have that all done up without too much manual intervention.
That's not gonna help, they're all sold out. It's part of a new crypto consensus algorithm called Proof of Transport (PoT). You need a mean truck to get the most rewards.
Fentanyl actually has medical value, it's used as part of anesthesia. [1]

[1] https://www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/d00233n1
Whatever this is supposed to be, I’m pretty sure we’d be better off with fewer flags, not more.

https://youtu.be/UTduy7Qkvk8
I enjoyed reading that! Great job.
It absolutely is! In the context of raising a child, it may be appropriate. When interacting with an equal it is not.
> I'm not going to say anything bad about the DF guy, this seems like a strange foible, but in general not using version control is a major red flag that someone is actually a bit of a novice who is low on productivity.

Sure, not using version control in an environment where collaboration is to be expected (like in teams/companies where you work with others), I'd agree with you. But that's not Dwarf Fortress, it's just a single person doing the work. Obviously Tarn is not "low on productivity" or "a bit of a novice" since he have done something many of us will never do in our entire life, create entertainment that will forever live in some peoples memories. Just because he's not using Git, doesn't mean it's a red flag, since using Git would basically give him zero benefits and just add more to learn for again, zero benefits.
Google Sheets, but self-hosted and document-oriented like Jupyter notebooks, not spreadsheet-oriented.
The problem is immoral humans behind "amoral" AI.
The VC market is based on power laws and hype, much less to do with the actual business fundamentals itself. PE might be more suitable as a funding option for businesses that are stable and have demonstrated decent (but not astronomical) growth.
If browsers supported Handshake just like they do DNS, you can bet you wouldn't have just paid 1000 bucks for a TLD. You'd probably have paid more than what it costs for a TLD under ICANN.
To take an example - one of the most popular songs of my childhood glamorized smoking weed (literally had the lyrics “smoke weed everyday”!).

Stripping away all the justified opposition to prohibition, it’s really not good for most people to smoke weed everyday. Pointing out any potential harms became deeply uncool. It’s not difficult to imagine people probably smoke weed regularly as a result.
You're not missing much! Being able to downvote people isn't going to make your HN experience much better.
> what percentage of the engineering staff at Google and Facebook directly work on advertising? I would be shocked if it was as high as 10%

It's probably less than that, in engineering. The real headcount numbers for advertising are in sales and sales operations.
> Tesla held to their original pricing on S, X, and 3 for early reservations,

That’s some serious rewriting of history, at least for Model 3.
Musk announced Model 3 at $35K price, took reservation money, and later announced that it will be a $45K Model 3 (or was it higher?).
The $35K Model 3 came much much later, after the Fed credit had ended, and I believe was only there for a short time (I stopped checking after the above bait and switch).
It's not just those categories that are producing low quality SERPs, almost any niche you can imagine is being assaulted using weaponized SEO because content marketing has become the competitive advantage of many organisations and part of the default toolkit of any site team.
Totally!

This is one of the best features of the pascal family:

http://www.delphibasics.co.uk/Article.asp?Name=Sets

(look in "SubRanges")
Scarcity is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for value. By establishing the necessary conditions we facilitate the discovery of sufficiency in particular applications. Whether or not any particular scarce digital asset is valuable is a subjective question. Whether or not the underlying infrastructure created the potential for it to be valuable is an objective question, and the answer is yes.
There’s ignored, and there is “not aware that it’s unresolved”. How do mailing list flows handle the “give me a list of open patches”?
Came here expecting some classic bikeshedding, was not disappointed.
That's anywhere from 0.1 to 0.01 milimort per bitcoin transaction. Chilling.
> I procrastinate a huge lot ... by reading HN. But this also is my primary channel through which I get useful knowledge

Speaking as someone in the same boat, yes, this is pretty much what the pop concept "dopamine addiction" is meant to convey. I've also heard it called "intermittent variable reward" (which also may not be the correct technical term). You and I come here, and most of the time we get nothing interesting, but every so often -- just often enough -- there's something stimulating. And the brain remembers that stimulation, and "decides" that the wasted time does not outweigh the reward, and keeps wanting to go try again, hoping to get a juicy tidbit.
Somewhat tangential but I was reading through predictions from 2010 [0] and it's surprising just how optimistic people were as to future changes. In reality, little has changed in terms of day to day life as well as geopolitically. The world simply does not move that fast.

Examples:

- Major changes on Iran, Brazil, China. Nope, they're all still chugging along on their usual path. It takes a long time for countries or regimes to change.

- Ubiquitous computing. We're still using the same smartphones and laptops we were using a decade ago, albeit better in performance.

- Microsoft selling its constituent parts like IBM. Microsoft is doing better than ever.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1025681
No, there have been fossil plants that were reinstated or bought for mining.

E.g. https://youtu.be/GMcgEdLUdu4
Is this making the front page because of the NYTimes article on pregnancy testing? Seems highly relevant to that discussion
Definitely not a nobody. Results count. You made two companies and created 30 jobs. That's great.
The 'But communism polluted us too" comments here are a touch too defensive, and I don't get the point.
Gas is not green. Period.
This is loaded with judgements about what the good life is and what is being proposed. Realistic analysis of current living pretty clearly shows that commodity ground wheat dominates while barely being food and even with recent moves toward remote work huge numbers of people commute for more than an hour every day for no particularly robust reason.

Instead of spending time showing fear and contempt for some proposals for change that were probably engineered to get a reaction why not review your own daily life for potential positive changes?