erwan

erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in Hmmm 🤔

The piece of paper you're talking about is useful to exchange goods.

The cryptographic token is not because it's too volatile and transactions are costly.

There is a reason the only things using Bitcoin as an actual currency are illegal things, buying credit card numbers or paying for ransomware.

erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in Hmmm 🤔

You can argue that owning a piece of a company who generates value is not the same thing as owning some useless cryptographic token.

erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in Google is the new IBM

It failed because they didn't give it enough time to succeed. Google had enough money to invest in Stadia at a loss for many years until it eventually succeeds, but instead they just confirmed their image of randomly cancelling products.

erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in Google is the new IBM

Only if you don't count mac laptops as "desktop"

erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in 1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that's curbed oil demand – IEA

The math still stands even with those numbers

erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in 1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that's curbed oil demand – IEA

Maybe it didn't go up as fast because of it

erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Ending Decadelong Effort

Still, self driving and generative AI are very different. Just because they fall into the same big "AI" bucket doesn't mean it's the same.

erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Ending Decadelong Effort

Also you can only use it on roads built by Apple!

erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes

Airplane mode is no longer about shutting down all wireless communication. It's been for some time.

Now it's shutting down the cellular connection only, wifi and bluetooth stay on.

erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in Signal and Threema want nothing to do with WhatsApp

Yeah that sucks, Signal is my preferred app and I wish I could get rid of WhatsApp without having to convert everyone.

erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in Great question Michael

Enterprise can afford more than individuals and all businesses always find a way to make enterprise customers pay more.

For example when you buy a plane ticket, it's much cheaper if you have a weekend between your onward and outward trip. Because business travelers will travel during the week.

erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in Recent AI failures are cracks in the magic

Yes, as Linus Torvalds said humans are also thinking like autocomplete systems.

erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court

I would think his reference to god would be a sufficient argument to nullify his decision? As you said the US justice system is secular.

erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in Stellantis CEO says Chinese EVs are ‘possibly the biggest risk’ facing his carmaker and Tesla

Last time I checked BYD prices, they were not cheaper than other EVs.

What am I missing?

erwan , 4 months ago to Technology in Affordable Android Excellence: Best Smartphones Under $200 in 2024

The best is not to buy a Xiaomi phone to start with