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ammonium ,

That was just an excuse, they just couldn't get the parts. Radar is back now.

ammonium ,

Because it's called Full Self Drive and Musk has said it will be able to drive without user intervention?

ammonium , (edited )

I have to run out of the bathroom when my wife uses her Dyson hair dryer because it hurts my ears, and you're telling me this is by design?!

ammonium ,

Yes, Android apps are signed and Android refuses updates with a different signature.

ammonium ,

You probably looked over it, both are used.

ammonium ,

Fiat currency is controlled by the government over which we have a bit of power (for those of us who live in a democracy).

Bitcoin is by definition controlled by those who have the power and thus the money to mine. It's a bit like democracy only that the more money you have the more votes you have.

ammonium ,

You have zero power as a citizen over the currency you use. You do not directly vote for the Central bankers, Federal Reserve board, etc. Even the politicians you might vote for who appoint them will almost always side in their own favor than their constituents.

I didn't say it's perfect, but it's not zero power.

You are also confusing Bitcoin’s Proof of Work with a shitcoin’s Proof of Stake, which is where wealth gives you more votes.

Proof of stake is arguably even worse, but the energy required for proof of work isn't free either (and that's by design, if it was free Bitcoin wouldn't work).

As for the hash rate you’re contributing as a miner, there’s no additional power you’re given. Even if you attempted to 51% attack the network, it’d be gaining nothing beyond a double-spend by rewriting the blockchain transaction.

There is more than double spending. Who decides how Bitcoin evolves? When new features are added, hard forks, etc. How much power do you have over that?

https://www.bitcoin.com/get-started/what-is-bitcoin-governance/#what-is-a-bitcoin-hard-fork

How ever you turn it, at best it's a shitty version of democracy.

Fundamentally money is all about trust, and I, despite all it's flaws trust my government much more than a random group of developers and miners.

ammonium ,

Exactly, in the best case a shitty form of democracy.

ammonium ,

Designing a chip is something completely different from manufacturing them. Your statement is as true as saying TSMC is such a stupid company, all they are doing is using ASML machines.

And please tell me, I have no clue at all who you're talking about.

ammonium ,

None of those companies even make a blip on global chip production though

Neither does TSMC, high end chips is just a tiny part of the number of chips (albeit an important and lucrative part of the market).

TSMC is alone at the top is because it's so damn expensive and the market is not that big, there's basically no place for a competitor. Anyone trying to dethrone them has to have very deep pockets and a good reason not to simply buy from TSMC. The Chinese might be able to pull it off, they have the money and a good reason.

ammonium ,

No, the GPLv3 changes nothing in this regard.

ammonium ,

Are the bacteria inside you part of you?

ammonium ,

Wasn't this confirmed to be an AdBlock (Plus) bug? https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1746263759495077919

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