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US Regulatory pressure from green minded politicians that would shut down mining or offering POW coins on an exchange.

Also, I don't know what it would cost to perform a 51% hack but at some point an US adversary might deem it worth it if the US holds a substantial amount and wishes to sabotage the system.

I don't get the Far Side. Could a Cliff Clavin chime in ?

Before the days of Google, I used "Ask Jeeves" which recommended search queries be submitted in the form of a question. Even after switching to Google decades ago, I have kept that approach. But despite so many saying that Google isn't as good as search as it once was, that isn't my experience. Curious, do you enter your searches as a question ?

And companies have intrinsic value. They don't just pointlessly consume resources.

By chance I just started reading Sci Am after a lapse 10 years. This month, there is an article that mentions that empathy is mentally taxing, which is obvious but worth stating. Shortly afterwards it is followed by a series of articles on sickle cell disease.

I suspect the order of these two articles was a deliberate choice by the editor. Subconsciously I never cared much about sickle cell since I am not black and I am more interested in diseases that would affect me and my family. But then I realized that I am choosing to be dismissive, which has zero cognitive cost, as opposed to empathy which comes at a cost. I read the report and immediately reflected on how I should give more blood since transfusions can ease the unbearable pain of this disease. I learned a lot of science too.

The examples in the parent article make it clear the editor needs be replaced. But like all over-corrections I hope some of the changes made during her tenure remain.

There is already plenty of historical data that would have demonstrated the quality of the predictions. This specific bet, however, could be the worst way to judge the prediction markets given that the key demographics of the gamblers, young risk taking males, are the same that strongly favor the GOP candidate. In that regard, your bet alone demonstrates loyalty which feels like a soft win. Also, when you win if you win, and if you lose, you were still right because you can cite the heavily skewed prediction market as proof the election was stolen.

"I don't have an ID because I have no job, no bank account, no need to drive or fly anywhere. I am not a parent or guardian, I don't pay taxes, I have no attachments to society... I am basically the most irresponsible person I know, but when it comes to elections, I'm a patriotic citizen and I VOTE!".

Am I straw-manning with this made-up quote ? Who exactly is this law trying to protect. The liberal knee-jerk response regarding election security is "when has that ever happened before?". Do they seriously not know security doesn't work that way.

Enough already! Hand conservatives an olive-branch and unite on election security. Or be complicit in making Jan 6th the new normal.

I never understood this sentiment given your relatives' smartphones also have microphones.

The paper states the liver has 145 μg/g, about 30 times less than the brain but still a surprisingly high number. However, it is challenging to use that as a point of comparison. Would one expect the liver would have more than the brain because it is filtering blood, or less because it has mechanisms to prevent bioaccumulation ?

Why the downvotes? Today I tried to return a $200 portable Li-ion power station purchased from Amazon: "Call FedEx to schedule a Ground PRP Hazmat pickup (do NOT take it to a FedEx drop-off location). Hazmat labels and pickup are safety measures for batteries."

Li-Ion batteries are classified as hazmat in some contexts.

Boring or retired relatives whose only purpose is to consume political media. They periodically call you and proceed to rot your brain you with whatever hate, fear, or gossip they feel needs to be spread. Your mind then spins for days as you realize you are slowing losing respect for someone you once perceived as wise. It's like a perpetual low-grade mourning.

By moving abroad and being in a different time zone you have a good excuse not to take their phone calls anymore and/or keep them short. With your mind clear you can then write cleaner code faster and be happy.

Please make sure you put in the work before you start taking meds.

I'd like to share a personal story in the hope that it helps you. My brother turned me on to Dr. Amen. We both took his on-line test for ADHD[1] and both tested positive for multiple forms of ADHD. He agreed that my results were much worse.

My brother used that as an immediate excuse to take meds. I instead signed up for his on-line course and lost count of the number of times he said "this practice has been found to be just as effective as medication". I put in the work and it made a major lasting difference in my life. My brother didn't bother with the work, the course, or the recommendations and is still searching for that magic pill or mushroom that will "fix" him.

As an aside, the powerful realization while taking that test is how bad it made me feel. I had flashbacks to all the people I disappointed over the years. It's like every question was "are you also shitty in this way ?". It made me realize: 1) I didn't want to be shitty anymore, 2) with good practices and habits I can fix/mitigate my flaws, 3) and failing meant being dependent on big pharma and doctors who might not have my best intentions.

Please ask yourself sincerely: Have you put in the work ? Do you really care about improving ? Is there a single _simple_ new habit you know would improve your life ? Are you going to start right now working on that one simple habit and writing yourself an email daily/weekly to check your progress ? No one is coming to the rescue. Don't waste your money and a coach's time if you can't even do the bare minimum.

[1] I believe this is the test (I took it 5 years ago) https://theaddquiz.com/

Maybe not the "best" interest, but the replies seem to have a caring interest and definitely not a conflict-of-interest which is unavoidable with medical professionals.

Perhaps there were no kind streets in the UK 90 years ago but that last sentence is the opposite of my experience. I have rented many properties over the decades in some of the roughest neighborhoods and I have never had a landlord that matched that description. If I did I could just leave. If they are a real a*hole then they risk vandalism to their valued property or a lawsuit.

Usually when I meet someone who has a "nightmare" landlord they usually don't have basic handy skills or are petty/greedy/dumb/nightmare people. The article drives this home citing a "100% capital gains tax" i.e., landlords should work for them for free. There is no interest in fairness and no brain cells fire when it comes to having empathy for the other side. Just a sprinkling of "me" neurons and not much else.

They took a very clear stand btw. "Rich people get Ozempic, poor people are prescribed body-positivity".

The closing statement in the article was unexpected "With nearly five billion Bluetooth devices sold annually, the impact of this breakthrough could be huge".

It's one thing to use 2.4GHz spectrum in orbit between two satellites where there probably isn't much interference. That's interesting/cool. It's another thing to imply a BT consumer device on earth can connect to a satellite which seems like grossly misleading claim.

First congrats! It's great you recognized this as a milestone and worked towards it.

Keep in mind not all money is equally green. Who is in your network ? Do you have a good pedigree ? Are you capable of helping with strategy and direction ? Are you a good communicator and do other smart people find you interesting/insightful ? What is your investment strategy (do you even have one?) ? Are you a domain expert ? Do you have adequate capital to do follow-up rounds and not get diluted into oblivion ? "I recently reached accredited investor status" -- so that's a hard no to the last question.

The bar is lower now that capital has tightened but no YC company wants you on the cap table for $1k. $50k maybe, $20k questionable. But even then it won't be one of the more desirable companies if you can't answer the above questions with confidence. I personally didn't pass the above tests and lost a good amount of money when I placed a bet on a biotech startup that wasn't getting much traction with other investors and has since died. Yeah it was cool to say I'm an early VC in a YC company, but that ego boost was not cheap.

Unfortunately the accredited investor status is a low bar. It should have been periodically updated for inflation. $1million the 90's was quite a bit of money. $1millon now, not so much. And your ego can destroy $1m pretty easily.