zergtoshi @ zergtoshi @lemmy.world

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Ethereum transitioned from PoW to Pos.
What's not to like about that?

I beg to partly differ.
The idea of being able to transfer digital value safely without middlemen is great and has never been available before.
The implementation is bad in the sense that it's ecologically disastrous and economically unfit.

If you want to have rather green cryptos, you need to exclude those who rely on proof-of-work to secure the network.
Btw. Ethereum showed that a transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake is possible.
If you're not interested in the complexities that a lot of cryptos have, because you just want to transfer value efficiently, have a look at Nano (https://nano.org)

It's great that the idea got implemented in ways that don't have the ecological footprint Bitcoin has!
I'm glad Bitcoin brought this idea to life. But it's about time for Bitcoin to resign.

That's what I thought about George W. Bush once.
Since that time I've learned that I lack imagination.

Mine is still running nicely :)

I see it quite simplistic: if it isn't listed as SI unit by the BIPM it isn't one.
Lending a helping hand on how to deal with derived units (e.g. km/h) doesn't mean those derived units are endorsed as SI units.
But that's just my point of view.

Remind me: doesn't a pardon include or rather imply an admission of guilt?
Because no guilt, no grounds for pardon, right?
Can pardons be effectively handed out for all kinds of crimes? Or are there crimes, which just can't be pardoned - strictly from a legal point of view of course.

I'm sorry to be a stickler, but it's not an SI unit.
Have a look at p. 145 and "Non-SI units that are accepted for use with the SI", if you want to know more: https://www.bipm.org/documents/20126/41483022/SI-Brochure-9.pdf/fcf090b2-04e6-88cc-1149-c3e029ad8232?version=1.22

Why not using SI units and m/s?

The enginnering part is for sure one of the reasons we don't see that idea in the wild (yet?).
The fire hazard at home and degradation when stored full or empty (speaking of lithion ion based batteries here) go away if you lean on the rental approach.
Wouldn't it be nice to save investment and weight by using the required amount of battery capacity while still being able to extend the range of your car easily when needed?

Wpuld you rather purchase an 80 kWh battery, alrhough you need most of the time only 20 kWh or purchase only 20 kWh and rent/swap some batteries when needed?
I'm no talking about renting all battery capacity the whole year, just the extra capacity for the 2-4 weeks in the year when long-distance rides are in the mix.

It wouldn't be necessary very often unless you'd want to take advantage of swapping instead of reloading.

Then buy it. No need to rent it then.
The main focus was on flexible energy packs not on the renting, although I'd find it convenient if done right.

I'm still dreaming of seeing EVs with flexible battery space, which users can fill according to their needs.
Like a car comes with space for 10x 10 kWh slots.
If 20 kWh serve your usual needs, the other spaces remain empty.
And if you plan longer trips and don't want to recharge each 100 miles, you put in additional batteries. Those batteries don't need to be owned, but can be rented.
Ideally there are lots of battery rental stations, where you can get charged batteries and instead of recharging the batteries in the EV, the rent'n'swap stations recharge them.
During (EV) wise low use times, these stations can provide a buffer to the energy grid.
...one can dream...

Each one of the 89 shootings was one too many.

Any idea how many shootings were on Christmas day in Australia, Canada or Switzerland where a lot of people have guns too?

By the way, if you look at shootings in Australia before and after semi-automatic rifles got banned in 1996 you know how to improve the situation in the US.

Right, but that doesn't consider the part where it's about

people will suffer who had no say in this or may actually not be eligible for vaccinations.

It's one thing to risk your own health/life, but an entirely different thing to risk others' health/lives.

The OnePlus X is such a beautiful phone. Sadly there's no ROM left that's being maintained.

Do you know the old saying:
if privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.

Just because people might do stuff with things that isn't intended or even illegal doesn't mean you should be banning said things.
Otherwise we'd be in a world where we have no kitchen knives, axes, wrenches, food, money, cars, planes, ships, bikes, hands, feet - you know what I mean?

I desperately wish for the Fairphone 5 to have a 3.5 mm jack, but my next phone is going to be the FP5 anyway, because they did all the other things which I care for right or at least better than the competitors.