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zyphr··on Dragonfly: An optical telescope built from an array of off-the-shelf Canon lens
For drones something similar is done:

"The 1.8 gigapixel sensor is made up of a matrix of 368 Aptina MT9P031 5-megapixel smartphone CCDs."

https://newatlas.com/argus-is-darpa-gigapixel-camers/26078/

zyphr··on StackStorm: Event-driven automation
Red Hat is working towards a similar feature for anisble automation platform.

https://www.ansible.com/blog/getting-started-with-event-driv...

zyphr··on Mainnet Merge Announcement
You can't stake 1 eth yourself. You need to at least 32 eth. Plus you need to make an investment to run your own a validator.
zyphr··on If you speak Russian, call Russia and tell them what is happening in Ukraine
This is great! We should start to call other countries about what is happening in Yemen right now.
zyphr··on Moscow police officers stop people, request their phones to read their messages
True, more and more countries are doing this.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/tsa-electronics-rights/

zyphr··on The Bitcoin mine with its own power plant
Bitcoin mostly reuses wasted energy where there is no other better paying customer. Even if we would stop all Bitcoin mining on the planet, it wouldn't make any difference for this wasted energy, it wouldn't be put to other uses.

Please take the time to watch this podcast about bitcoin and electric grids and power usage:

"The Truth About Bitcoin's Energy with Harry Sudock" https://youtu.be/vSkEgUsgP3E

And one other point: energy usage != pollution

zyphr··on NSFW Server Designation
Next is apple implementing a "bend the knee to unlock" sensor in a future iphone.
zyphr··on How to Kill Bitcoin (Part 2)
Not sure when the next https://breaking-bitcoin.com/ conference will be after covid. But I am sure they would love to have you.
zyphr··on Bitcoin and other PoW coins are an ESG nightmare
That is exactly what power companies are going to do.
zyphr··on Bitcoin and other PoW coins are an ESG nightmare
The locked up energy used for mining was never available to populated area's in the first place, it is exces energy. It's a bit like if you compare taking a shower in the middle of the desert with standing under a water fall and telling someone not to waste water while standing there because you consume as much water as 10000 people.