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11 votes
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McDonald's serves 62 million customers every day
That is 718 sales every second. The Bitcoin network can process less than 5 transactions per second, while consuming almost as much energy as the entire nation of Argentina. It would take miners...
That is 718 sales every second.
The Bitcoin network can process less than 5 transactions per second, while consuming almost as much energy as the entire nation of Argentina. It would take miners on the blockchain 144 days to process just 24 hours worth of sales from McDonald's.
The math only gets marginally better for Ethereum.
I feel very uncertain about how people can think that this is a viable replacement for conventional currencies and digital payment systems.
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Tesla wanted $22,500 to replace a battery. An independent repair shop fixed it for $5,000.
10 votes -
Behind shipping delays and soaring prices are workers still at mortal risk of COVID-19
8 votes -
The Macedonian Argyraspides (silver shields) | Units of History
3 votes -
Hong Kong leader defends election after single non-establishment figure picked for 1,500-strong committee
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Canadian Election 2021
CBC Coverage - CBC Poll Tracker Elections Canada CTV (live updates) Edit: CBC have projected a Liberal win. Seat Changes (Projected): Liberal: +1 Conservative: –2 Bloc Québécois: +2 New Democrat:...
CBC Coverage - CBC Poll Tracker
Edit: CBC have projected a Liberal win.
Seat Changes (Projected):
Liberal: +1
Conservative: –2
Bloc Québécois: +2
New Democrat: +1
Green: –1
People's Party: 0
Other: –121 votes -
Biz Markie had exactly what hip-hop needed - Rap’s pioneering ‘Clown Prince,’ as remembered by his friends, family, collaborators, and admirers
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Finnish director Jalmari Helander has started principal photography in Lapland and Helsinki on the majority English-language World War II action film ‘Immortal’
6 votes -
Shang-Chi and the perpetual foreigners
4 votes -
Pro-Vladimir Putin party maintains majority in Russian elections despite declining support, many results almost certainly rigged
15 votes -
iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 review: Foundational fixes
6 votes -
Denmark risks falling short of its 2030 climate targets unless it builds far more wind and solar farms and overcomes bureaucracy and local resistance to turbines
5 votes -
Bitcoin's growing e-waste problem
11 votes -
Please stop closing forums and moving people to Discord
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Do you have an article of clothing or costume piece you enjoy wearing?
I've spoken to a couple of my friends who have mentioned that sometimes they wear a special outfit or dress up in order to feel better/get out of a lull. Even when I'm feeling pretty good on the...
I've spoken to a couple of my friends who have mentioned that sometimes they wear a special outfit or dress up in order to feel better/get out of a lull. Even when I'm feeling pretty good on the emotional front, I've noticed that I have some favorite pieces I regularly cycle through.
Do you have a favorite outfit, piece of clothing/accessory, type of fabric/style, or costume piece you enjoy wearing? What is it? How does that piece make you feel when you put it on? Do you wear it in public? Does the piece have any sentimental value? Not a totally related question, but if you were a cartoon character who wore the same outfit every episode, what would your outfit be?
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No, you’re not ‘just asking questions.’ You’re spreading disinformation.
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Banking regulations and collateral damage: Tweetstorm by patio11
@Patrick McKenzie: Unfortunately the way this is usually implemented is "X stamps and we fire you as a customer."In much of the world, banks are not obligated to continue doing business with people who cause them lots of headaches or cost, and the headaches/cost are not evenly distributed. https://t.co/tufbFyRitG
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The Ascent devs dish on the messy launch for 2021’s best sci-fi RPG
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Norway agrees to increase natural gas exports to the rest of Europe as prices soar – increase corresponds to nearly 2% of Norway's annual pipeline gas exports
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What did you do this weekend?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their weekend. Did you make any plans? Take a trip? Do nothing at...
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their weekend. Did you make any plans? Take a trip? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
9 votes -
What is Freenet?
10 votes -
FD 100
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Yelling at your computer can reduce its performance (2008)
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Winter is coming and Europe is running scarily low on gas
10 votes -
Emmys: ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ wins best limited series
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What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking?
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
6 votes -
Stockfish developers sue chessbase over GPL violations
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Hobby update: I had my first live show!
20 votes -
In Iceland, well diggers seek to tap a volcano’s magma
6 votes -
Cosmic concrete developed from space dust and astronaut blood
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The dark side of chess: Payoffs, points and twelve-year-old Grandmasters
5 votes -
Why Monero
6 votes -
What's something that you feel is unfairly criticized?
What's something that you feel is unfairly criticized? What are the common criticisms against it? Why do you feel that those are unfair? Also, given the nature of the question, it's likely that...
What's something that you feel is unfairly criticized?
What are the common criticisms against it?
Why do you feel that those are unfair?Also, given the nature of the question, it's likely that some people will surface opinions you might disagree with. Please remember the principle of charity when responding!
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Rocket: A Web Framework for Rust
9 votes -
Florida carpenter ant
11 votes -
A deeper look into how YouTube’s recommendation system works
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SpaceX Inspiration4 astronauts safely return to Earth
9 votes -
Bricks and the Industrial Revolution
8 votes -
The first baby in history to be conceived with the help of polygenic testing
9 votes -
Gov. Gavin Newsom abolishes most single-family zoning in California
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TV stations are launching multicast networks as an opportunity to reach cord cutters
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For the past year Vladislav and Vitalij Kusnetshik have been hiding out in Sweden's Minsk embassy to avoid persecution by Belarus authorities
6 votes -
Our next trip to integer partitions
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Australia to acquire nuclear submarines through new security alliance
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A pint a day (30 Nov 1996)
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Study confirms superior sound of a Stradivari is due to the varnish
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California Honeydrops - Soul Tub Medley (2013)
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Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of September 13
This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the...
This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the situation is like where you live!
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Netflix hit with $5M suit over “sexism” of ‘Queen’s Gambit’ line about Soviet chess legend
11 votes