durdleturtle
Re:Slack Is Going Public at a $16B Valuation
on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @08:46PM (#20228786)
I love the software, though this kind of feels like the Dot Com bubble all over again.
Re:Berlin approves 5-year rent freeze
on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @03:29PM (#20217362)
This seems like it could be dangerous as it creates incentives for slumlords. If the landlords need to raise rent but they can't, then the only way for them to turn a profit is to cut their expenses.
Re:HotStuff: BFT Consensus in the Lens of Blockchain
on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @03:28PM (#20217351)
Plain English summary please?
Re:Boeing employee: I would not put my family on a Max plane
on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @02:38PM (#20216767)
There's a great deep dive on the engineering of the plane in the IEEE magazine: https://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/aviation/how-the-boeing-...
Re:Use of Bitcoin causes around 22 megatons in CO2 emissions annually
on Friday June 14, 2019 @10:15AM (#20183179)
This is why blockchain is a bad technology. It inherently has excessive overhead and the benefits (decentralization) don't pan out in practice.
Re:Sleep trackers can make insomnia worse
on Thursday June 13, 2019 @11:34PM (#20180423)
Eh I just use the free program f.lux as it dims your computer screen's colours so that you aren't exposed to blue light before you sleep.