centizen

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I am a young technology obsessive, with a wide range of skills and interests.
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Comment · 1 month ago
You aren’t the only one, and I had the added effect of not even realizing it until your comment
Comment · 2 months ago
That is a convertible laptop that meets MIL-STD-810F standards on vibration resistance, it’s not really a fair comparison. Also, the change from dedicated charge ports to USB-C charging increased USB port usage considerably.
Comment · 1 year ago
Jeff exists in a space that is dominated by people playing the algorithm for views, and has remained successful without having to engage in the same tactics. I really appreciate his video style and approach, it’s a breath of fresh air in the current tech YouTube sphere.
Comment · 1 year ago
It’s been terribly unreliable in my experience (Bing) so I’m not surprised that it’s not getting wider adoption. Half the time I try to interact with it, it just resets the conversation randomly. Other times I can’t even get it to open without closing all running Edge processes from task manager first. It just seems the most buggy and half baked of all the major AI.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
They are even matching the internal resistance of the cells, I can't think of much more a professional manufacturer would be doing. As long as they are getting their cells from reputable sources (big if) I don't see anything wrong with a boutique battery industry for niche applications.
Comment · 4 years ago
Is this satire?
Comment · 4 years ago
I've always assumed it to be that the caffeine keeps the user more energetic and alert than they would be otherwise.
Comment · 5 years ago
Canon was actually on my short list of printer vendors I would have recommended people to use. Now it's just down to Brother and Kyocera I guess.
Comment · 5 years ago
I was at RIM during this time and it was an absolute shitshow. It took so much in-fighting to get RIM to even address the iphone, so many people thought it was a passing fad and would never get polished enough to be a real competitor, despite the fact it was already destroying marketshare.

But even then, there wasn't enough buy in from the company at large with the device, and it was certainly rushed, I think almost intentionally to try to prove the point of how "bad" touch only phones were going to be.

Comment · 5 years ago
Proof of Stake changes things to the point where mining is no longer really a good descriptor of what is going on behind the scenes.

Proof of Stake starts out with a large amount of coins being generated out of thin air. These are then distributed, and owners add nodes to the network by locking in a portion of their coins as their "stake".

The nodes perform transaction verification, and over time a reward block is built out of the transaction fees involved. This is awarded to a psuedorandomly selected node weighted by stake.

Comment · 5 years ago
It's also easy to discount someone's arguments by writing them off as an "entrenched artist" and implying their opinion is invalid and old fashioned.

I'm not so convinced, especially when Seth has been a major proponent of digital currencies and economies for decades now.

Comment · 6 years ago
Think I'm going to elect to use a burner machine to tune in to this one.
Comment · 7 years ago

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