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neo_spikeon Futurist prediction methods and accuracy

Thank you for posting this, I remember it on my notifications yesterday over on twitter but forgot opening it .

Also any recommendations for material to read about future trends in technology outside of people mentioned in the article?

neo_spikeon Hans Niemann: I Have Never Cheated over the Board

Desktop link -

https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/x6xdk0/the_whole_han...

neo_spikeon Hans Niemann: I Have Never Cheated over the Board

For some context -

>>https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/x6xdk0/the_whole_han...

neo_spikeon 'Buy now, pay later' is sending the TikTok generation spiraling into debt

Shouldn't the people using these services be more vigilant about the services they use in this regard?

Point of sale loans being such a big market is a surprise to me.

neo_spikeon The Russia Ruble is now gold-backed

Isn't Russia a major producer of gold? Couldn't they use gold they mine to help them work around these sanctions?

neo_spikeon Google.com tests a busier home page with a row of info cards

Using the get started link on igoogleportal.com redirects to igtab.com .

Looking at the page you'd find a disclaimer that it's not associated with Google .

Legal disclaimer shows jurisdiction of the website seems to be Akola, Maharashtra , India.

neo_spikeon Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy

So this would be at what TRL 5/6?

neo_spikeon Smoking status was associated with a lower risk of developing Covid-19

>>Conclusions: Current smoking status was associated with a lower risk of developing Covid-19 but cannot be considered as efficient protection against infection. The mechanism of the lower susceptibility of smokers to SARS-CoV-2 requires further research.

Huh , so much still to learn about human bodies and how they work .

neo_spikeon Valve is not your friend, and Steam is not healthy for gaming

This is a opinion piece from 2017, shouldn't that be reflected in the title ?

neo_spikeon Gogoro is to set battery swap standards in China

>>Gogoro’s move can be seen as a response to Swappable Battery Consortium for Electric Motorcycles. The consortium was announced in 2019 by four leading Japanese companies in the motorcycle industry: Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha. The group seeks to build a mutual and interchangeable battery standard and has been exploring the European market.

Hmm .

neo_spikeon Ask HN: What are features you wish existed in Reddit?

RES like features for the mobile apps

One feed that isn't algorithmic but simply chronological and/or based on no. of upvotes.

A better search engine from reddit itself

neo_spikeon AMD and GlobalFoundries Update: Orders Through 2024, Now Non-Exclusive

TSMC and Global Foundries are the one's AMD uses right now .

neo_spikeon Meituan CEO Wang Xing's Poem Post Rattles China Tech Industry

Paywalled . Anyone willing to post a synopsis?

neo_spikeon Unsolved mysteries of the Warhammer 40k universe with loremaster Dan Abnett

The line of thought about the state of the Emperor is quite tragic and interesting.

Seriously hoping for more Rogal Dorn lore in the upcoming books set around the siege of terra.

The transcript--

>>https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/bdcfb...

neo_spikeon Iran authorizes use of cryptocurrency for imports payment

Hmm use of cryptocurrency to escape sanctions , wasn't this one of the drivers behind the creation of cryptocurrency?

neo_spikeon AMD Q1 2021 – Revenue up 93% YoY (Data center segment up 286% YoY)

>Data center up 286%

AMD lumps together Enterprise (meaning mostly data center), Embedded (self-explanatory) and Semi-Custom(= consoles) into one number. This number has gone up 286% year over year. Not data center.