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Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day (2014)
on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:09PM (#26147447)
The fact that bitcoin mining on its own is now consuming as much electricity as the country of Argentina with no end in sight, as we are accelerating toward a climate change cliff, is sickening. Given this fact alone it's hard to see cryptocurrency as anything but a selfish crackpot scheme to generate a few dollars at the expense of humanity and our planet.
Re:The universe is expanding faster than expected
on Monday December 21, 2020 @06:49PM (#25501193)
Good point. The theory is that mass is increasing not decaying. Here's the paper: https://www.google.com/amp/s/phys.org/news/2013-08-cosmologi...
Re:The universe is expanding faster than expected
on Monday December 21, 2020 @05:56PM (#25500698)
A few years ago, a published article suggested an alternative to the universe expanding is increasing mass. Older objects increase their mass and therefore are red shifted. Why is this alternative plausible theory recieving such little attention?
Edit: changed mass decay to increase in mass. I misremembered the theory.
Re:Chrome Is Bad
on Saturday December 12, 2020 @03:03PM (#25401142)
Does anyone else see the irony that hand waving is being disputed with hand waving?
Re:About Google's approach to research publication – Jeff Dean
on Friday December 04, 2020 @06:39PM (#25309797)
Sorry, I strenuously disagree. I'm also a manager and think setting boundaries is essential, up, down, and sideways.
Ask HN: Applying for jobs as a service
Finding and applying for jobs is super time consuming and tedious. What if there was a service that refined your resume, tailored cover letters, found relevant opportunities, and sent you all the materials on a weekly basis so you could apply for jobs without taking up tremendous amounts of time? The revenue model would be a weekly subscription charge and possibly a small percentage of the...
This Year's Arctic Sea Ice Is Failing to Form, Raising a ‘Red Flag’
Microsoft will let employees work from home permanently
Re:New study suggests handwriting engages the brain more than typing
on Friday October 09, 2020 @10:28PM (#24736293)
I wonder if this benefit extends to handwriting on a tablet?
Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primarily human at...
on Thursday September 24, 2020 @07:45PM (#24584992)
Hah! Rule the world? Have you read the news lately? If human intelligence is judged by results, we'd score quite poorly. We are well on our way to causing a 6th mass extinction, which may very well include our own demise.
Steve Jobs: “Technology Alone Is Not Enough” (2011)
Ask HN: Would you Use a "Consumer Reports" for Vitamins and Supplements?
Would you use a website and app that provided unbiased, scientifically backed ratings for health care (starting with vitamins and supplements, then pharmaceuticals, procedures, etc.)? The site would update ratings regularly based on new findings in scientific journals. There would be full transparency on how the ratings are computed and what articles and journals were used as references.I...
Re:Ask HN: What does performance management look like at your company?
on Friday September 04, 2020 @10:31PM (#24380939)
Thanks for this detail. Was there any goal setting at the start of the review period so you understood what you were going to be evaluated against?
Re:Ask HN: What does performance management look like at your company?
on Friday September 04, 2020 @05:50PM (#24379235)
What are your thoughts on 360 reviews? I've heard the process can be very devisive?
Re:Ask HN: What does performance management look like at your company?
on Friday September 04, 2020 @05:43PM (#24379179)
I've had a similar experience with OKRs. The issue becomes how often to review and update? On the surface, OKRs seems like it would be a helpful tool but in practice it seems pretty cumbersome and only moderately useful to guide goal directed action.
Re:Ask HN: What does performance management look like at your company?
on Friday September 04, 2020 @05:35PM (#24379117)
Thanks for this comment. Can you please share more details on how the process is structured at your company?
Re:Ask HN: What does performance management look like at your company?
on Friday September 04, 2020 @09:08AM (#24374563)
People management. Goals for staff. Thanks!
Ask HN: What does performance management look like at your company?
I'm curious to learn about staff performance management at other companies to understand what works and what doesn't. How does your company set goals, evaluate performance, etc? Do you use OKRs or a similar tool? Thanks!Edit: Clarified that I am asking about staff and employee performance management. Thanks!
Re:University Endowment Sued for Under performing the S&P 500
on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @08:34PM (#24218588)
I don't understand how the plaintiff has a case here as there are no damages.
Re:Business software is so good now, that it’s competing with consumer...
on Sunday August 09, 2020 @07:06AM (#24098778)
I use Oracle DB for managing my daily to-do list. I'll never miss a task again!
Re:Facebook hate-speech boycott had little effect on revenue
on Sunday August 02, 2020 @06:28PM (#24032332)
I think they keep pretending internally but many think in the back of their head that it's all bogus and the real reason for the cut is slashed ad spend.
In any case, this situation reminds me of the time when Google exited China and said they were leaving due to censorship concerns. The real reason for leaving was that Baidu had gained an overwhelming share of the search market. I think at the time of Google leaving China, they had less than 5% market share.
Re:US universities under pressure to cut fees because of remote learning
on Saturday July 25, 2020 @10:38AM (#23949507)
These fees aren't for bloated admin. They support resources like the library, general student use fitness facilities, techology, and other student focused items. I get why students want to stop paying these fees during the pandemic since they can't use many of the resources. The issue is that most of the costs for these resources are fixed, mainly personnel and facilities. If you cut the fees, the university would have to lay off many of its staff, librarians, IT support, etc. The facilities would also fall into disrepair. There's no easy solution here.
Re:How Nespresso's coffee revolution got ground down
on Sunday July 19, 2020 @10:25PM (#23894147)
You can buy a high quality nespresso machine for about $100. I agree the capsules are wasteful, but so are lots of other things, such as bottles and cans, cardboard boxes, ziplock bags, driving a car, and flying. What's especially wasteful about nespresso capsules? It seems like another version of straws that's easy to target but doesn't really address root problems with our consume until you drop mentality.
Re:DEA authorized to conduct surveillance on protestors
on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @11:31PM (#23399385)
Control the situation as in suppress the protests by whatever means necessary? Violate the protestors' constitutional First Amendment rights? Please explain.
Re:Paypal closes its customer service
on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @08:07PM (#23253499)
Except companies have been staffing call centers from work at home for years. For instance, Jet Blue staffs most or all customer service through work at home and even has a clever method for handling surge capacity through part time staff available on call.
Re:Walmart says it will discontinue Jet
on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @09:37AM (#23234724)
Why would you give up buy.com for "rakuten"?! What is rakuten anyway? Is this an established online retailer? First time I'm hearing of this company.
Re:New Zealand PM: No open borders for 'a long time'
on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @03:41PM (#23095399)
Herd immunity? Assuming such a thing can exist for Covid and it doesn't mutate every season like influenza.
Ask HN: Can you learn to become charismatic?
It seems charisma is an important skill associated with leadership and which enables relationship building (e.g., for sales, business development, recruiting). Can one learn to become charismatic or is charisma an entirely innate skill one is born with? I'm interested to hear opinions on this.