Superman himself is invulnerable, the rest of the world isn't
Go watch The Boys!
What I like: The effort and persistence of the developers
What I dislike: The ActivityPub protocol.
The value of an art piece is always subjective. The price (closest thing we have to the objective value) is determined by the buyers.
What other mechanism would there be? A committee? That's a bit nazi for my taste. A popular vote? Look at the election results to see why that might be a bad idea.
The theme is a bit touchy these days, especially in certain small country in eastern europe, where the new minister started to cut subsidies to the art she considers unworthy, obscene and politicized, in favor of art reflecting so called traditional values and national identity. The mere existence of the ministry of culture, established with the most noble goal of supporting art, creates this kind of potential vulnerability.
With both Samsung and Google interested in XR hardware
After how they handled the GearVR, I sure as hell am not going to buy anything VR related from Samsung. Perfectly good hardware bricked by removing the software from the internet.
That's because they're not going to actually do it.
What are the capitalists doing to prevent you from expressing artistically?
So the native gnu userspace will become the third most used desktop linux runtime :P
That sounds... surprisingly reasonable. Almost hard to believe.
Although more regulatory clarity means more corporations pumping and dumping, and more bank-like custodial account providers. I'd prefer more slow-paced organic grow in adoption.
This has nothing to do with Google Play services. Replacing the google services with another proprietary crap would be nothing (and cost relatively nothing) compared to building an entire operating system almost from scratch. This is a dick measuring contest. Although the chinese dick is shiny and impressive in this regard so far.
Plus, even google is playing with the idea of dropping linux, with the Fuchsia project.
Researchers predict that by the year 2050, about half of the world's population will have myopia.
Considering the target demographic, a significant number of potential VR users suffer from myopia already. Why are there no more VR headsets with adjustable focus?
Several vendors offer replaceable lenses, or various addons to fit the glasses in, but the obvious solution used by the early cheap headsets like GearVR - adjustable distance between lenses and the display, is not being utilized for some reason.
Is it a technical problem, economical problem? Are the modern lenses somehow tuned for a specific distance?
Ever since the interview with Lukas Seyfrid (CZ), the chief of the hardware team, it was clear that Braiins is pivoting from the development of mining software, to building their own hardware.
This, I believe, is the first iteration of their effort in form of a consumer product, and while it is unlikely to make you a financial return on the investment, it's small form factor and nice anodized aluminum case can allow pretty much anyone to become familiar with the process of bitcoin mining. Or terrorize the testnet. The choice is yours.
I think I might buy one, just to try the viability of a pure solar setup.
HW specifications:
| Price (pre-order) | $199.00 |
| Hashrate | ~1Th/s |
| Power Consumption | 40W - 55W |
| Number of hashboards | 1 |
| Number of ASIC chips | 4 |
| Cooling Type | Active |
| Noise | 40 dB |
| Air outlet temperature | 40-50 °C |
But really, how much would it make in a year?
If we assume the current price and difficulty stays the same, the block subsidy is 3.125 BTC, median fees around 0.2212 BTC, free electricity, you'd get 0.001 BTC per 12 months, which is roughly 65 USD. A little more than 3 years to break even.
It's not going to break any records, but I'm still excited for what's to come next.
And they managed to do it without us obsessing about their CEO several times a day? I refuse to believe that!
The only thing amazon had was a brand. They've sold it for short term profit and now it's just a shittier aliexpress. The question is, why not go for the real thing?
... is the most upvoted stackoverflow answer.