[-] coffeetest@kbin.social 4 points 7 months ago

I assume that most of the few of these that actually get made, will end up being parked on rich people's lawns as some sort of weird post-modern art meme sculpture or whatever.

[-] coffeetest@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

ethereum moved to proof of stake sometime back. BTC and I think a few other (very) minor cryptos still use proof of work which is where the significant power usage goes. Not something I track but I believe the vast majority of non-BTC cyptos are proof of stake or something not proof of work anyway and BTC is the only one that uses proof of work and is used at all. That might not exactly be technically correct but it is in the practical realm.

[-] coffeetest@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago

My Intel Arc 750 works quite well at 1080 and is perfectly sufficient for me. If people need hyper refresh rates and resolution and all all the bells well then have fun paying for it. But if you need functional, competent gaming, at US$200 Arc is nice.

[-] coffeetest@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago

Um, sure Vlad, that makes sense.

[-] coffeetest@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wait what, a tank in a warzone got blown up? Who could have predicted something like this could have happened? Totally unexpected and I am sure no one thought this was possible before sending it in. It's almost like there is a cost to war.

[-] coffeetest@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

Or sticks depending on how it goes.

[-] coffeetest@kbin.social 37 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't think anyone considers them not to be incredibly dangerous. But in terms of logistics, organization, strategy, and leadership they have proven to be nothing like they were imagined.

I am no expert but my understanding is that plain old artillery is the main tool being used in this conflict, and that's like how long have people been shooting cannons at one another? If you have 20x as much artillery as your more competent opponent you're still very dangerous.

I wish Ukraine the best vs the invaders and I think they will prevail, but there is no doubt the cost will be high.

[-] coffeetest@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

Overall I think it is not a good idea to criticize people who were on the mountain for what they may or may not have done. It isn't a normal environment and people are often not fully in their right minds. Decision-making is often poor or confused and people can be certain of things that are not correct. I don't believe the history of rescue attempts on K2, especially from dangerous areas is good and has led to even bigger disasters.

Now if an expedition company did in fact know he was inexperienced and sent him to the upper section of one of the world's most dangerous mountains improperly equipped. Anyone involved in that decision should face consequences. Experienced and well-equipped people up on K2 are already taking a huge risk so sending anyone who doesn't meet that standard is negligent to an extreme.

And further as the article suggests there needs to be a foundation or insurance policy of some sort that will support the family of someone like this.

[-] coffeetest@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

K2 is an incredibly dangerous mountain. The possibility of a rescue attempt would depend on many factors that we have no way to know. In these sorts of situations even other climbers nearby might have a complete different opinion. In many cases like this people are often not thinking correctly believing they saw something that wasn't even there or just completely misperceived due to attitude or exhaustion or illness.

[-] coffeetest@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

Technically they crave electrolytes

[-] coffeetest@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

personalDNSfilter

Now that's a great idea. I've been using NextDNS which works quite well and I stay in its free usage cap, but still being self-reliant is better. I'll check that one out.

[-] coffeetest@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Crawl issues I am sure but also user experience issues. Google is sensitive to sending visitors to sites where metrics indicate users do not, like bounce rates etc. I don't use twt but if it is the case you have the be logged in to see anything now, a non-logged in user will click a link from Google hit a login page, and use the back button. I would assume Google will see that as a bad search result and use it less.

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