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I had difficulty understanding the point of that new account's long-winded comments, but they might be referring to using a blockchain for timestamping purposes.

See https://opentimestamps.org/

Re:Crypto thieves sell hardware wallets with secret eSIM on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @08:20AM (#50070518)
m-of-n provides increased security AND redundancy.

2-of-3 allows loss of one key, 3-of-5 allows loss of two keys, etc

The cost is increased complexity, but the alternative is potentially losing everything due to a single mistake. So far people seem to overweigh the complexity of multisig, and to overestimate their understanding of using a single signing device.

> A technical account published by Tibane Labs described an arrangement involving a microcontroller, cellular communication hardware and connections to the screen’s internal data lines.

Cellular communications hardware seems very sophisticated and expensive compared to a simple microcontroller.

How is multisig "quite painful" in your opinion?
Re:Food processing influences metabolism and brain activity on Saturday October 10, 2026 @10:02AM (#50033114)
Peanuts contain plenty of oil.

Peanut oil is commonly used for all kinds of frying. It's hilarious that you're trying to lecture people without knowing this basic fact.

Re:Food processing influences metabolism and brain activity on Saturday October 10, 2026 @10:00AM (#50033085)
> Peanut butter definitely is. Even if you make it home-made you need to add some sort of oil to get the persistent creamy texture, but it naturally separates.

False, peanuts contain their own oil. Nothing needs to be added, not even salt.

Anything containing more than peanuts and salt should be referred to as something else, like peanut spread.

Re:Parley: Federated, decentralised chat that speaks plain IRC on Monday September 28, 2026 @01:02PM (#49881045)
Slack was originally a side project built by a game dev company as a set of scripts on top of IRC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_(software)#History
Re:Toyota is finally taking its best-seller electric on Friday September 25, 2026 @03:45AM (#49841410)
Some excellent EVs are based on the CMA platform, which also supports combustion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Modular_Architecture

Polestar 2, Volvo XC40 & C40 (now EX40/CX40)

Re:Jamesob's guide to running SOTA LLMs locally on Friday July 03, 2026 @05:55PM (#48780487)
Another option is renting cloud GPUs only when you need them. A server with 8x B200 is around $32/hr.

Obviously depends on the use case and threat model, but that hardware is publicly available at far less than $500k upfront.

Re:An update on recent Claude Code quality reports on Thursday April 23, 2026 @10:30PM (#47884791)
Plenty of room for a middle ground, like a static timestamp per session that shows expiration time, without the distraction of a constantly changing UI element.
I've heard multiple people claim an ankle weight on the steering wheel is sufficient for hands-free driving.
Most bitcoin transactions actually happen off-chain (aka "off the books"), mostly through exchanges but also through decentralized layers like Lightning Network. It's also possible to physically transfer value by exchanging a signing device or seed phrase.
Re:Paged Out Issue #8 [pdf] on Thursday February 19, 2026 @02:41PM (#47078156)
2600 is still being published!

https://www.2600.com/Magazine/DigitalEditions

Re:Waymo Seeking About $16B Near $110B Valuation on Monday February 02, 2026 @11:40AM (#46858034)
In Virginia too, proposed in HB1124:

> The bill prohibits the use of autonomous vehicles as motor carriers of passengers or property without a human operator who (i) meets any state and federal qualifications for the operation of an autonomous vehicle; (ii) is physically present in such autonomous vehicle; and (iii) has the ability to monitor the performance of such vehicle and intervene in the operation of such vehicle, including operating such vehicle without the use of the automated driving system and stopping and turning off such vehicle if necessary.

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1124

Re:More than 100 rally against data centers at Michigan Capitol on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @10:55PM (#46298054)
Are those all Google employees, or does 250 also include long-term on-site contractors? I'm thinking security, maintenance, janitorial, etc
Mining bitcoin with a GPU hasn't been profitable in over a decade.
Re:Show HN: I built a local-first daily planner for iOS on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @09:19PM (#45818256)
This used to be handled by selling full-version upgrades and providing patches between versions for free.
Re:Free software scares normal people on Thursday October 30, 2025 @04:41PM (#45765063)
Which also makes it easier than ever for more users to run Linux as a desktop OS :)
Re:ChatGPT Pulse on Friday September 26, 2025 @09:10AM (#45386094)
I might be out of the loop, but if anyone else is confused about the version number:

> If you were expecting iOS 19 after iOS 18, you might be a little surprised to see Apple jump to iOS 26, but the new number reflects the 2025-2026 release season for the software update.

https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ios-26/

Re:2025 DORA Report on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @03:02PM (#45351331)
What's the difference between 1 & 5?

I've personally witnessed every one of these, but those two seem like different ways to say the same thing. I would fully agree if one of them specified a negative impact to productivity, and the other was net neutral but artificially felt like a gain.

Re:x402 — An open protocol for internet-native payments on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @02:55PM (#45351253)
See also L402 (previously LSAT), which has been in production use for half a decade at this point, by Lightning Labs (for their products Loop & Pool) via their Aperture proxy.

https://l402.tech/

Re:Automating Distro Updates in CI on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @08:31AM (#45261355)
To be fair, it’s versions of Linux distros they test against in their CI.
Re:Belling the Cat on Sunday September 07, 2025 @01:07PM (#45159988)
Also possible they wanted to reduce the number of small animal carcasses to clean up, whether from the doorstep or interior of the home. Cats love to bring these as gifts to their keepers.
Re:Open Office Is Giving You Secondhand ADHD on Saturday August 16, 2025 @08:24AM (#44922660)
> This isn't about being “less productive” in the office. The data reveals something far more disturbing: I literally become a different developer.
Interesting presentation, but the name is too generic to catch on.

> the lethal trifecta is about stealing your data. If your LLM system can perform tool calls that cause damage without leaking data, you have a whole other set of problems to worry about.

“LLM exfiltration trifecta” is more precise.

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