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yxitcti··on MIT Mathematician confirms: Israeli 10th-grader discovers new geometric theorem
Isn't this common knowledge? Ask any drafter ever and they'll tell you it is.

It seems pretty generous to say she "discovered a new theorem."

yxitcti··on Eating chocolate is associated with improved brain function
I long for the day when these correlation-digging studies with absurd claims will stop.

https://xkcd.com/882/

yxitcti··on Bitcoin transaction processing takes up to 10 hours
Not at all. I hold about $5 worth of bitcoin, but that's it.
yxitcti··on Bitcoin transaction processing takes up to 10 hours
Sinking doesn't imply fully sunk. Yes, bitcoin is still semi-useable but it's becoming less and less so. Meanwhile businesses are chomping at the bit to bring it fully under their control so they can profit more from it. There are much better alternatives.
yxitcti··on Bitcoin transaction processing takes up to 10 hours
Coinbase has an interest to increase the block size so that the protocol can be further centralized, making people more reliant on their centralized bitcoin as a service business.

Honestly, the whole bitcoin ecosystem is a sinking ship at this point. The protocol is broken and there are too many vested interests to properly fix it. It's time to move over to Ethereum.

yxitcti··on Eric Schmidt to head new Pentagon innovation board
People may not want to hear it, but by definition we are devolving into fascism as corporate and government interests become increasingly incestuous.