DaftDank

Sorry for the stupid question, but how was this used previously? You could just set all your torrents to download to Amazon's cloud?

Wow I never knew Google did this. Is this basically like Google's version of Archive.org?

I've been mining for about 4 years now (1btc/month and 35-40eth/month since March 2017), and this is the first time I've heard someone trying to say PoS would lead to MORE decentralization. To be fair, I don't regularly converse online with other miners. I mean, I see what your arguments are here, but I'm just not sure I agree.

Usually the only people trying to promote PoS are the ones who are financially well-off enough to buy the masternodes. You could make the same argument for mining -- to do it on any worthwhile scale you better be prepared to spend a minimum of $500k -- but "worthwhile" is subjective, and some people are fine only making a residual income off of their mining, because they feel like they are contributing to the "cause" -- to keep the network flowing -- amongst other reasons. Initially, I got started with mining out of pure idealism about decentralization, anonymous currencies, and the cypherpunk roots of it all. That turned into me making significant investments to mine on a larger scale. Maybe people doing it for those reasons will be less important as time goes on and it's more mainstream...I don't know.

My other business is legal MJ cultivation in California and Michigan, and it's the same thing in that industry -- the only people wanting, or not minding, the expensive licensing and startup costs in California are the well-financed companies who can afford it all, who can wait many years for profits if necessary. Everyone else wants a way for easy entrance in the market, low licensing costs, etc.

As for government interference, I was a "traditional market" operator for ~14 years in the MJ business, and have experience with avoiding scrutiny from the government. In fact, the issues with bitcoin mining are identical to that of growing marijuana on a large scale -- exhausting large amounts of heat, the intake of large amounts of fresh air or cooling BTU's, using large amounts of electricity, the need for good airflow in the facility, etc. With that said, you could structure your mining operation so that only a very targeted, focused investigation could find you -- it wouldn't be easy to "fish" and find it. For example, the main indicator would be the electricity usage, but there are tons of legitimate businesses that use far more electricity than a mining operation. Establish a business that is in that industry, buy a warehouse for that purpose, get your electrical installed, and then run all your miners through your own VPN or Tor (I've never tried to run them on Tor, because I was always worried about speed/connection problems.) They would see large electrical usage, yes, but that is normal for your registered business.

In this hypothetical government overreach scenario, hiding a mining business -- if you really had to -- wouldn't be any more difficult than hiding a large scale grow operation, or a meth lab, or anything illicit really. You just have to know what you are doing, but people have been doing this for decades and decades without problem.

Good question, I have no clue as I have nothing to do with 5G. From what I recall, it was something about how quickly the cars would be able to communicate with each other. Maybe this is just a very common misconception that is shared widely, but I know I've read it before in numerous places online.

EDIT: Link to Verizon talking about it. It could all just be hype to make people want 5G and to get governments to invest in it, I don't know.

"Today, internet-connected cars rely on 4G LTE technology to stream music and engage other connected services, but 5G will usher in a step change not only for in-car connectivity, but for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication.

The implication is clear: Cars will not only “talk” with one another in near-real time, but also with sensors installed in streets and traffic lights, sharing information on roadways and weather conditions, and alerting drivers on the same stretch of highway to potential hazards. Connected vehicles will be able to crowdsource near-real-time routing information to avoid backups and streamline traffic flow. Next-generation networks should also lead to improvements in driver safety by helping mitigate the unknown—a truck, for example, sensing that its driver is about to run a red light and alerting other vehicles approaching the intersection of the hazard. The National Highway Safety Administration has concluded that the introduction of systems to prevent collisions at intersections alone could save 1,300 lives a year."

https://www.verizon.com/about/news/how-5g-ultra-wideband-can...

From what I understand, it's one of the things that will be key to enabling large numbers of self-driving cars on the roads.

I had a Fitbit Charge 3, and had to replace it about 3 times IIRC in a little over a year period. The 3rd replacement happened a week after the warranty expired, which to their credit they still replaced it. But it once again died shortly thereafter, at which point I just bought an Apple Watch. Mainly for the ECG function -- my wife had bought me the Fitbit after I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, so I figured I'd rather have something that could help me check more than just my pulse to determine if I was out of rhythm.

The last 3 Twitter links I've tried to follow through HN have given me this message: "Oops.

The site at https://twitter.com/NatSecGeek/status/1314657678149509120 has experienced a network protocol violation that cannot be repaired.

The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because an error in the data transmission was detected."

I also get it when trying to just copy/paste the URL. Anyone know what gives? I figured someone on here would probably know.

Would you support them seizing data from someone who owns a legal marijuana cultivation business in San Diego (because he's so close to the "border area") and then sharing that information with the DEA to federally prosecute him? The definition of "law-abiding" there would get a little murky.

What if it's someone who grows weed for his personal, medical use in an illegal state?

Thank you for your work! We need MORE information about what our government is doing at all levels, not less.

I'm not well versed in these things so excuse the stupid question, but is the 'code' that runs the chips somehow hard-wired into the chip essentially? I only know vaguely what FPGA's are from investing a little bit in Xilinx late last year, mainly because from what I read they seemed very important to AI implementation and development. What are the benefits of making ASIC's vs FPGA's? Is it a cost thing (i.e. the ASIC's are cheaper to make?)

Can bitcoin ASIC's (or ASIC's in general) be reprogrammed to do another task? I have always heard that they are only designed to do cryptographic hashing, but are they just fundamentally that way? Would programming them to do something else be impossible or very unfeasible?

What were the previous limits you were allowed to send?

As a country, we are just BARELY getting to the point where people are willing to be public in their support of marijuana legalization. We have a long way to go before entheogens are legalized federally. But I think if there is any way to achieve that, it would be through doctors attesting to their efficacy in treating various illnesses. It's the same thing we went through with marijuana -- show the people there ARE medical uses, that the world is not ending because of it, and then they accept a wider use.

I used to have a Sidekick, I could type out texts so fast with that thing. Weren't there a few big celebrities who had their Sidekicks hacked back then?

Before I glanced at the authors name, I knew this was Adam Curtis just from the writing style. Instantly reminded me of "Hypernormalisation" (which everyone should watch) and "The Power of Nightmares."

What happens to Signal when the EARN It Act passes? I assume that eventually the Apple App Store and Google Play Store will just stop allowing it to be downloaded if they do not add the backdoor in? Is there a workaround that will allow people to use it still? I've heard people mention locating the servers in other countries, but wouldn't the various App stores be bound by US law and still not allow them?

Lmao, I love this angle (calling himself the Cosmic Engagement Officer and donating to MAPS.) It makes me like Bronner's even more

Haha, someone has read the bottle :D

Every hippie on Dead or Phish lot (or in Humboldt county, etc) everywhere swears by this stuff lol. You can even use it to kill spider mites on your marijuana plants (true story.)

It depends a lot on your security classification too. If you are in a level 1 (federal system does levels, states do max, medium, or low) prison, with other short-timers and non-violent offenders for the most part, it's not as bad. When you are on a level 4/maximum prison yard, like FCI Beaumont aka "Bloody Beaumont" or San Quentin, then you are surrounded by true predators and need to prepare yourself accordingly.

Personally, what I like about it is that it steers me in different directions of learning. When a list like this is curated by the right person, it can help you weed through a lot of low-value content sites, with similar information.

Do you have to speak German to attend this? Or do they have translations for English during the talks?