Many modern book, TV series, movies, and video games tell people how to commit murder, i.e. "Point gun, pull trigger!" Can they be held responsible for the results of anyone following those instructions?
Do you know what "lead time" is? Why should they spend a year gearing up for increased production, when they literally have no evidence that the demand will still be there a year from now?
I bought an HP Omen with a GTX 1080 Ti already installed, which seems like the best way for the manufacturer to ensure the card will be used for gaming instead of mining. The problem with "just make more!" is that historically, every time a tech firm massively scales up production, quality goes way down, sometimes to the point where it actually causes the company to go out of business.
The irony here is that even the black market is moving away from bitcoin. In other words, even criminals are now saying, "Oh no, we can't use that, it's too unstable!"
Can they design a card that's good for 3D graphics, but sucks for mining, so that people will be able to buy cards for gaming again? Stupid miners are running up the cost of GPUs because they haven't done the math that says it will take over a year to amortize the cost of the hardware, even if your electricity is free.
They were probably costing more in electric use than they were making in cryptocurrency (most miners aren't actually mining bitcoin, they just get paid in bitcoin).
Many of those houses have been stripped of all metals and are in very poor repair. They have all also been disconnected from electricity, sewer, and water service, and restoring service likely costs more than the value of the property. So, while they are cheap, you probably don't want to stay in one!
Look, Uber's business model is based on getting around taxi medallion fees. AirBnb's business model is based on getting around hotel taxes. Did you really think municipalities were going to sit still and let you get away with that? Local governments are going to fight tooth-and-nail against anything that cuts into their revenues... and they have the power to revise zoning laws at their whim.
If you really want to save money on energy, give me servos to open my windows when it's hotter inside than outside in the summer, or colder inside than outside in the winter.
I have a $50 Cadet electric heater in every room... what's the point of putting a $200 thermostat on each one? You don't need to put a user interface on every device -- everybody already has a user interface in their pocket, it's called a "smart phone"!
Users can't be trusted. The security plan should be: admins make it impossible for users to do stupid things. If that includes physically disabling every USB port, then so be it. You definitely don't connect important equipment to the internet, as least without an up-to-date firewall.
If you don't have an air gap between your critical infrastructure equipment and the internet, then you're an idiot. Why was it possible to open a browser on these machines in the first place?
The problem with memorizing every street in the city is, the streets are constantly changing. Google maps is usually a lot more up to date, and suggests alternate routes to work around traffic jams. The downside of using mapping software is it routes heavy traffic to out of the way streets that usually have very little traffic, annoying the people that live on those streets.
I'm all in favor of this on one condition: the first oil wells and wind turbines need to be located within a golf ball's flight distance of Mar-a-largo!
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Denmark is a great place, but yeah, they do have that 75% tax rate (which the citizens don't seem to mind too much.)
Many modern book, TV series, movies, and video games tell people how to commit murder, i.e. "Point gun, pull trigger!" Can they be held responsible for the results of anyone following those instructions?
Do you know what "lead time" is? Why should they spend a year gearing up for increased production, when they literally have no evidence that the demand will still be there a year from now?
I bought an HP Omen with a GTX 1080 Ti already installed, which seems like the best way for the manufacturer to ensure the card will be used for gaming instead of mining. The problem with "just make more!" is that historically, every time a tech firm massively scales up production, quality goes way down, sometimes to the point where it actually causes the company to go out of business.
The irony here is that even the black market is moving away from bitcoin. In other words, even criminals are now saying, "Oh no, we can't use that, it's too unstable!"
Can they design a card that's good for 3D graphics, but sucks for mining, so that people will be able to buy cards for gaming again? Stupid miners are running up the cost of GPUs because they haven't done the math that says it will take over a year to amortize the cost of the hardware, even if your electricity is free.
They were probably costing more in electric use than they were making in cryptocurrency (most miners aren't actually mining bitcoin, they just get paid in bitcoin).
Please mod this "Off topic"!
The thing about Canucks is: they're smart enough to not get caught!
That kills use of the cliche, "It doesn't take a nuclear scientist..."
So, backpage.com is just a vagina-sharing company?
The problem they are trying to solve is obvious: we don't collect any taxes from AirBnb rentals, like we do with hotels/motels.
Many of those houses have been stripped of all metals and are in very poor repair. They have all also been disconnected from electricity, sewer, and water service, and restoring service likely costs more than the value of the property. So, while they are cheap, you probably don't want to stay in one!
Look, Uber's business model is based on getting around taxi medallion fees. AirBnb's business model is based on getting around hotel taxes. Did you really think municipalities were going to sit still and let you get away with that? Local governments are going to fight tooth-and-nail against anything that cuts into their revenues... and they have the power to revise zoning laws at their whim.
My ex-wife will definitely be interested in this! Wait... it's NOT for flying on? Nevermind...
"Nimbus 2000"?
If you really want to save money on energy, give me servos to open my windows when it's hotter inside than outside in the summer, or colder inside than outside in the winter.
I have a $50 Cadet electric heater in every room... what's the point of putting a $200 thermostat on each one? You don't need to put a user interface on every device -- everybody already has a user interface in their pocket, it's called a "smart phone"!
Users can't be trusted. The security plan should be: admins make it impossible for users to do stupid things. If that includes physically disabling every USB port, then so be it. You definitely don't connect important equipment to the internet, as least without an up-to-date firewall.
You also need to wait several years to amortize the cost of each GPU...
If you don't have an air gap between your critical infrastructure equipment and the internet, then you're an idiot. Why was it possible to open a browser on these machines in the first place?
The problem with memorizing every street in the city is, the streets are constantly changing. Google maps is usually a lot more up to date, and suggests alternate routes to work around traffic jams. The downside of using mapping software is it routes heavy traffic to out of the way streets that usually have very little traffic, annoying the people that live on those streets.
Wind turbines need to be close enough to the shore to run an electrical cable to. You can't exactly bring in electricity on a big oil tanker!
Those damn car companies are putting carriage manufactures out of business! The electric light is causing massive layoffs in the candle industry!
I'm all in favor of this on one condition: the first oil wells and wind turbines need to be located within a golf ball's flight distance of Mar-a-largo!