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  1. Re:Feedback mechanism? on Bitcoin is Worth Less Than the Cost To Mine It (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The difficulty to find a suitable hash adjusts in response to the time it is tending to take to find the solutions. So if less effort is being put into mining, the difficulty should adjust down. It does not just adjust in one direction.

  2. Re: That's what happens on YouTube Strikes Now Being Used As Scammers' Extortion Tool (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, only the little people. The big guys are immune.

  3. Apparently they invented it 2x this week alone.

  4. IP Law - Home to Roost on Google Asks Supreme Court To Rule On When Code Can Be Copyrighted (theverge.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's somehow pleasing to see a huge copyright holder get shafted by the laws they helped promote. Hey Google, if this stuff went into the public domain in a timely manner like it's supposed to you wouldn't have your tit in a wringer right now.

  5. Re:Performance of these laptops? on Microsoft Debuts New Low-Cost Laptops and 'Classroom Pen' For Schools (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    I suspect they ship in S mode anyway.

  6. Re:But can it run Linux? on Microsoft Debuts New Low-Cost Laptops and 'Classroom Pen' For Schools (geekwire.com) · · Score: 2

    Way way back when the dinosaurs roamed the Mac had a reasonably decent looking bitmapped display, and this allowed WYSIWYG workflow for desktop publishing, when combined with a little laser printer magic and a lot of software. They held onto this head start for a surprisingly long time after those initial conditions were common on other platforms as well. But the display that got them the lead wasn't anything that generic chipsets of today are envious of. I forget exactly but it was pretty small and grayscale initially ....

  7. Still shows a shocking paranoia deficiency to me. Maybe it's just me.

  8. Re: California is too expensive for a billionaire on SpaceX To Shift Starship Work From California To Texas · · Score: 1

    A lot of these Cali transplants bought big McMansions, while I bought my house as a single story. Now that they are aged quite a bit, the McMansion isn't so appealing.

    Doesn't the reduced appeal and demand for those homes on the current market cause them to drop in value compared to the rest of the market then?

  9. Re: Not in this Trumpverse on Why Your New Heart Could Be Made in Space One Day (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Supercharged 7 chamber hearts will be the next thing banned from sports.

  10. It is, OEMs are the users.

  11. Re: California is too expensive for a billionaire on SpaceX To Shift Starship Work From California To Texas · · Score: 1

    Doesn't the new house construction increase supply? As a west coaster who went to CA for a job and then back home a few years later my impression of the CA home market is that government restrictions on supply are the main culprit for the high cost of housing there. As long as supply can work to meet demand it seems like things should mostly stay in check.

  12. That's sort of boggling. If I'm thinking about this correctly, it means that there are people out there who know enough to forward a port or two, but who don't know enough to know that's a bad idea. Wow.

  13. Re:Time for a next gen backup utility? on New Phobos Ransomware Exploits Weak Security To Hit Targets Around the World (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Just revert the NAS to the most recent unenciphered snapshot?

  14. Re:Digital License plates are another tracking met on Digital License Plates Are Now Allowed in Michigan (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So all we have to do is get all the kiddie fiddlers to buy $500 plates. Well on second thought, brilliant!

  15. I actually meant to say yards instead of feet... look at this thread for example. Even if you managed to hit a drone, most drone bodies seems like they are flexible or tough enough plastic shells that it wouldn't really see any damage past 40 yards ....

    I've never shot a drone but I do shoot shotguns quite a bit. The 300 yard figure is the range after which the NSCA considers #7.5 safe for humans and likely has some margin built in, but a goose is a pretty tough target and they get taken further out than you might think. One key point to remember is that the previously mentioned standard is for pretty small shot, #4 will go a lot further. For long range shooting #2 steel birdshot is generally good to about 50 yards for killing birds humanely if the shotgun patterns well. If you're not concerned about wounding a drone I bet you could stretch it past that. That's not a long way but 150 feet is not nothing either.

  16. Folks mostly use steel nowadays sport ;)

  17. More like 100+ yards, NSCA says 300 yds for #7.5 birdshot, but your point wasn't probably literally depending on that figure I guess?

  18. Birdshot is harmless on the way back down.

  19. I agree with the wallet voting part. If the value of the content is worth what they ask then yeah, I'd probably pay Disney $4 a month to watch their stuff, but if they are thinking enough people will watch enough of their content for those people to justify $10 a month ... I'm not sure that's true. Depends not only on what and how much they offer but also the reality that people can only actually consume so much entertainment. Just offering 100x more doesn't increase the 'value' 100x if the consumer is already saturated. I guess we will find out.

  20. Re:Demand-actuated traffic signals on Pedestrians, E-Scooters Are Clashing In the Struggle For Sidewalk Space (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I've found that sweeping the sidestand (steel) across one of the buried loops often triggers the device.

  21. Re:Half right, half backwards, all stupid on Pedestrians, E-Scooters Are Clashing In the Struggle For Sidewalk Space (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't identify with either major party but my solution would be more along the lines of allowing citizens to claim abandoned property.

  22. People keep saying this but I've written assembly for a few different machines and I've never actually seen a HCF opcode in any of them. Is this some sort of nerd urban legend?

  23. Re:Fantasy on 'Automating Jobs Is How Society Makes Progress' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    My parents taught me to read. I've taught my son to read.

  24. Re:Well, to be accurate, on Amateur Astronomer Spots Supernova Right As It Begins (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Depends literally on your point of view I reckon.

  25. Re: FaceBook has a malware scanner????? on Facebook's Mandatory Anti-Malware Scan Is Invasive and Lacks Transparency (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    If this is a store UWP app, it's not supposed to be allowed to do that sort of thing according to the rules ....