Anyone with a 3D printer can download and print out a gun right now.
Right. Now.
Doesn't matter who legislates against it, it's already happened and, like the Anarchist's Cookbook, can't be put back in the box.
Crims will have guns. That's a given. All you're proposing is giving them a much, much higher advantage over regular folk.
Also, don't make the mistake of thinking I'm pro-gun. I'm not, even a little bit. I hate the bloody things and think society would be much better off without them at all. But I'm also not stupid enough to think for a minute that legislating against them is going to make them magically go away.
Yes by consuming the same energy as the industry, commercial and residential activities of a nation with 18million people at a time where emisisons and energy waste is considered critical, all the while bolstering the startup of decommissioned dirty power while the world is being screwed.
Precisely. Cryptomining has been a massive negative for humanity overall, and another reflection of people's insatiable greed. I merely pointed out a couple of silver linings - investing in power generation not all of which is dirty being one of them.
This planet is fucked. I just hope Elon builds the rocket in time.
And go where, exactly? There is literally nowhere in the reachable universe that is anywhere near as compatible with human life as what Earth would be even in a worst-case climate change scenario.
All these crypto-miners have fostered better GPUs, and have driven demand for more generating capacity in the power grid. And now that it's over, the rest of us can use these for useful purposes.
So thank you, early adopters. Sorry that the inevitable happened to your wasted energy.
Huh. That was not meant to be a simple equation. It was meant to be an arrow to show the relationship, but was swallowed by the HTML tag parser.
Let's try again:
Temperature <== Solar irradiation * CO2 levels
Anyway, to address your concern - the blocking would likely be positioned to happen mostly near the equator - where solar irradiation is at its maximum and food is rarely grown. But something could also be done at the poles to slow down melting.
People only seem to think about one variable in this relationship, but forget that we can *right now* build and launch solar reflectors with enough net surface area to lower the total solar irradiation hitting the Earth in the first place. Enough to make a difference.
Bonus points if you can then store that energy for future use.
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Yes, America is going to have some stiff competition.
China has:
Labour so cheap it's reviving the economics of slavery.
China doesn't have:
Effective unions.
Effective environmental regulations.
Little wonder many economies simply outsource their labour and pollution there.
Because quotas worked out so well for the BBC.
I also deleted Facebook (the app), long ago, because it's crap.
Although I still use Facebook (the web page) nearly every day.
I don't want to be notified whenever someone has put up a clever post. I want to read it on my own time, when I'm good and ready.
Does it put back automatic text reflow on Android, so you don't have to scroll all over the place when you zoom?
Forgive them, for they know not what they say.
An office. A small room with a door. Not a cubicle where your every conversation is broadcast to the rest of the room.
You've never seen one, have you?
I suspect fresh air is more conducive to a happy healthy work environment than natural light.
No 1 should be an actual office.
Not some bullshit open-plan or cubicle hell dreamed up by a $500/hr consultant to foster collaboration and synergy of your brand.
Teh robotz did it.
No humanz can survive the intense radiations of the Van Halen belt, so they just sent robots up instead to leave crap on the moon.
(Or that's what these morons are saying now, at least).
Three more words:
Always offline maps.
This gives apps like OSMAnd an advantage over Google, whose support for persistent offline maps I've found to be a bit lacking.
Now there's a study:
Are morons naturally drawn to Florida for some reason, or does moving to Florida make one more likely to eventually become a moron?
Do try to keep up.
Anyone with a 3D printer can download and print out a gun right now.
Right. Now.
Doesn't matter who legislates against it, it's already happened and, like the Anarchist's Cookbook, can't be put back in the box.
Crims will have guns. That's a given. All you're proposing is giving them a much, much higher advantage over regular folk.
Also, don't make the mistake of thinking I'm pro-gun. I'm not, even a little bit. I hate the bloody things and think society would be much better off without them at all. But I'm also not stupid enough to think for a minute that legislating against them is going to make them magically go away.
"You made that up."
Socrates
They clearly mail you out a new Kindle with which to read the ebook.
People absolutely are using their computers to mine Bitcoin.
They're not earning anything but, like a miner out with a toothpick, they're hoping they'll strike it lucky.
Yes by consuming the same energy as the industry, commercial and residential activities of a nation with 18million people at a time where emisisons and energy waste is considered critical, all the while bolstering the startup of decommissioned dirty power while the world is being screwed.
Precisely. Cryptomining has been a massive negative for humanity overall, and another reflection of people's insatiable greed. I merely pointed out a couple of silver linings - investing in power generation not all of which is dirty being one of them.
This planet is fucked. I just hope Elon builds the rocket in time.
And go where, exactly? There is literally nowhere in the reachable universe that is anywhere near as compatible with human life as what Earth would be even in a worst-case climate change scenario.
Yes and no.
GPU manufacturers have not provided miner-specific optimizations, but that hasn't stopped people buying their high-end GPUs specifically for mining.
Which drives up demand for high-end GPUs, which were previously only of interest to gamers and niche compute centers.
Which drives up the R&D budget for that sector and shifts tier priorities and in turn refresh launch dates.
I assume you've never worked with decision-makers at tech companies?
It's not all bad.
All these crypto-miners have fostered better GPUs, and have driven demand for more generating capacity in the power grid. And now that it's over, the rest of us can use these for useful purposes.
So thank you, early adopters. Sorry that the inevitable happened to your wasted energy.
Look, the word "software" has fallen out of favour in 2018 - it's now either an app or an AI.
This clearly isn't an app, so...
Btw, there are still no animals that can digest lignin. Termites and carpenter ants have a species of fungi in their gut that digests lignin for them.
Isn't that shifting the goal posts a bit? I'm not sure how well we could digest most of what we eat without our gut bacteria.
The Steam Controller, is a hand controller for playing Steam games.
It is not, disappointingly, a gadget for controlling steam engines.
XBox Media Centers.
Huh. That was not meant to be a simple equation. It was meant to be an arrow to show the relationship, but was swallowed by the HTML tag parser.
Let's try again:
Temperature <== Solar irradiation * CO2 levels
Anyway, to address your concern - the blocking would likely be positioned to happen mostly near the equator - where solar irradiation is at its maximum and food is rarely grown. But something could also be done at the poles to slow down melting.
At the tropics?
Temperature == Solar irradiation * CO2 levels
People only seem to think about one variable in this relationship, but forget that we can *right now* build and launch solar reflectors with enough net surface area to lower the total solar irradiation hitting the Earth in the first place. Enough to make a difference.
Bonus points if you can then store that energy for future use.
That will buy us some much-needed time.
Don't worry, I'm sure your stocks are safe.