dadoge
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Comment · 3 years ago
Yep. Hi Beats are real solid.
GS movements really are massively better than others in the 5-10k price range
Comment · 3 years ago
Very cool, didn’t know that
Comment · 3 years ago
I hear ya, it does all makes sense tho
Quartz jumping seconds was a novelty back in the day. No one now views it that way, being interested in it was a fad.
Spring Drive now is not a fad, but IMO a sustained niche for enthusiasts. It’s been around a while and has stood the test of time (pun intended!)
The F. P. Journe is high end mechanical art/creativity. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Comment · 3 years ago
I have a clock that is smooth. Bigger batteries help with that, compared to a small wristwatch battery.
A quartz wristwatch with a smooth seconds hand? How long does the battery last?
Comment · 3 years ago
One of the more fascinating aspects of these is how smooth the second hand movement is.
Second hands on Quartz jump once / second. This is to lengthen the battery life.
On mechanical watches, they are smoother than Quartz since the escapement releases power multiple times / sec. But still ever so slightly jumpy since power is still released in discrete increments.
Spring Drive is outta this world smooth…it can do this since battery life is not an issue since it’s mechanically generated power that can be rewound…for practical purposes, it is releasing power continuously, see for yourself here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jcHA5rBQxQc
Comment · 3 years ago
Breaking: more crowded places have more crime / sq. mileage
Lol…SF has a crime problem, but this one data point is misleading.
Crime /capita is far more relevant…and I imagine SF is still not great in that regard, but this article is pretty “meh”
Comment · 3 years ago
The year is 2023, and people are writing articles like this as if it is anything new?
Comment · 3 years ago
Right, cuz 300 people tech companies are known for their job stability….
/s
Comment · 3 years ago
Paper cash was an innovation to solve the issue that gold is hard to lug around. And very much an analogy of a L2 network
It is arguably easier to counterfeit than gold (there is fools gold too…)
The base layer is very secure. L2s will be faster, but have a trade off of being less secure.
Note: the L2 Lightning Network is different than L2s for ETH like POLY, POLY has its own market cap (garbage idea IMO). Lightning is just a tool to make BTC more efficient
I bet that plays some role too in its popularity in the scientific community, which has many young anxious grad students/postdocs looking to ensure they are employable.