/dev/random slows way way down after a few megabits
That's why there is/dev/urandom. It uses a lot of CPU though. On my system,/dev/urandom to/dev/null runs at 21MB/sec, whereas/dev/zero runs at 7GB/sec.
By copying the car design, you see some value in it, and should compensate the designer appropriately, it's their design!
That's one way of looking at it. Alternatively, you could say that any car manufacturer can copy the other's design, just like scientists can copy each other's ideas. I'm not sure that we'd end up worse that way.
I conclude that climate change does not pose the threat to society that people claim largely because of the reluctance to embrace nuclear power.
That's idiotic. Virtually no science paper about climate change even mentions nuclear power. It makes no sense to reject the actual science because you disagree about the mitigation policies.
Consensus has nothing to do with the science itself. Rather, it is what is appropriate to use when converting science to policy. A policy maker does not have the scientific background nor the time to perform science or to judge scientists. Rather, they have to depend on other scientists to do that job, and base the policy on the consensus. Unless, of course, you have a better alternative.
That's like last years claims of "the warmest year EVER!". Nasa release after the fact that the number had a 38% chance of being right
All the previous years had a lower chance of being the warmest. While it would be more scientifically accurate to claim that "last year has the highest probability of being the warmest", it only adds unnecessary confusion for people. What really matters is not the yearly noise, but the average trend, and the trend is rising relentlessly.
Likewise for climate change as the current cause celebre - It's the solutions, again, being demanded. Switch over all gasoline engines to battery usage (which pollute and damage the environment in just as many other ways as battery creation (and reclamation) will cause pollution and environmental damage of other kinds. Or rework the economies in favor of socialist ones.
The problem is that the people opposed to those solutions are "solving" the problem by denying it even exists, and thereby relieve themselves of the duty to come up with a solution that's acceptable to them.
Where I live, the Muslims are definitely a lot more racist and hostile than the rest of the population, even to the point where a Muslim kid wanting to get a good education is looked down upon by the rest of his community. Instead he's told he should make a living by crime (carefully only picking non-Muslim targets) or by exploiting the welfare system.
Buying all your food for 1 week at a time takes less money and time than getting a little bit every day. All it requires is the ability to plan ahead, and put a little bit of money away until you have enough. The problem is that most poor people are wired for instant gratification. That's how they get poor and stay that way.
Seriously, all financial institutions have to do to control bitcoin is to swamp its matrix with processing power. And finance specializes in processing power. Idiots!
Traditional processing power is useless for mining bitcoin, especially financial processing power which is more optimized for sustained I/O bandwidth rather than CPU power. For bitcoin mining you need special SHA-256 hashing chips. Of course, anyone with deep enough pockets can buy and/or develop these chips in sufficient quantities to disturb the market, if they wanted.
it's also in the big miner's interest to keep the currency attractive. There's no point in mining, if you can't sell your bitcoin to pay for the electricity.
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/dev/random slows way way down after a few megabits
That's why there is /dev/urandom. It uses a lot of CPU though. On my system, /dev/urandom to /dev/null runs at 21MB/sec, whereas /dev/zero runs at 7GB/sec.
Three in Ireland/UK offers unlimited (they throttle after 5GB)
If they throttle after 5GB, it's not unlimited.
By copying the car design, you see some value in it, and should compensate the designer appropriately, it's their design!
That's one way of looking at it. Alternatively, you could say that any car manufacturer can copy the other's design, just like scientists can copy each other's ideas. I'm not sure that we'd end up worse that way.
I guess they've already hijacked your browser, pirate.
I think we can all agree that consumption of that intellectual property without consent is theft
No, it's not theft, it's copyright violation. There's no good reason to confuse the two concepts.
There is plenty of bandwidth to go around.
That depends entirely where you are, and how many people are sharing the same cell tower/sector with you.
That's like last years claims of "the warmest year EVER!". Nasa release after the fact that the number had a 38% chance of being right
That was for 2014, by the way. For the year 2015, the probability of it being the hottest was actually 94%. And 2016 has a good chance to beat that.
I conclude that climate change does not pose the threat to society that people claim largely because of the reluctance to embrace nuclear power.
That's idiotic. Virtually no science paper about climate change even mentions nuclear power. It makes no sense to reject the actual science because you disagree about the mitigation policies.
I haven't noticed anyone changing their mind.
People who change their minds often do not post about this.
The "Consensus" is a prime example of this.
Consensus has nothing to do with the science itself. Rather, it is what is appropriate to use when converting science to policy. A policy maker does not have the scientific background nor the time to perform science or to judge scientists. Rather, they have to depend on other scientists to do that job, and base the policy on the consensus. Unless, of course, you have a better alternative.
A little bit of doubt can be very effective for those people already looking for it.
That's like last years claims of "the warmest year EVER!". Nasa release after the fact that the number had a 38% chance of being right
All the previous years had a lower chance of being the warmest. While it would be more scientifically accurate to claim that "last year has the highest probability of being the warmest", it only adds unnecessary confusion for people. What really matters is not the yearly noise, but the average trend, and the trend is rising relentlessly.
Likewise for climate change as the current cause celebre - It's the solutions, again, being demanded. Switch over all gasoline engines to battery usage (which pollute and damage the environment in just as many other ways as battery creation (and reclamation) will cause pollution and environmental damage of other kinds. Or rework the economies in favor of socialist ones.
The problem is that the people opposed to those solutions are "solving" the problem by denying it even exists, and thereby relieve themselves of the duty to come up with a solution that's acceptable to them.
Except for climate science, where any question of the alleged "Consensus" is heresy suitable for burning at the stake.
That only happens if you ignore the existing evidence, and bring none of your own.
And yet, the American voter is to blame for this, you've repeatedly voted for extremists this is what you get.
Hardly. The voter only gets two choices, and often they are both bad.
Where I live, the Muslims are definitely a lot more racist and hostile than the rest of the population, even to the point where a Muslim kid wanting to get a good education is looked down upon by the rest of his community. Instead he's told he should make a living by crime (carefully only picking non-Muslim targets) or by exploiting the welfare system.
People overlook the fact that many of the muslims are racist.
Buying all your food for 1 week at a time takes less money and time than getting a little bit every day. All it requires is the ability to plan ahead, and put a little bit of money away until you have enough. The problem is that most poor people are wired for instant gratification. That's how they get poor and stay that way.
Going out to eat, or getting take out takes about as much time (if not more) as preparing your own food.
It takes 15 minutes to make dinner.
That's because a Big Mac is cheaper to buy than groceries.
And a hamburger is even cheaper than a Big Mac. And with the money you save, you can buy some vegetables.
Seriously, all financial institutions have to do to control bitcoin is to swamp its matrix with processing power. And finance specializes in processing power. Idiots!
Traditional processing power is useless for mining bitcoin, especially financial processing power which is more optimized for sustained I/O bandwidth rather than CPU power. For bitcoin mining you need special SHA-256 hashing chips. Of course, anyone with deep enough pockets can buy and/or develop these chips in sufficient quantities to disturb the market, if they wanted.
Bitcoin produces a useful service, just like ethanol.
it's also in the big miner's interest to keep the currency attractive. There's no point in mining, if you can't sell your bitcoin to pay for the electricity.
It being "mined" by malware these days so the cost gets shifted.
No, nearly all bitcoins are mined by specialized chips.