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I did 3 syncs this week and they took 8 to 10 hours.
https://blog.lopp.net/effects-dbcache-size-bitcoin-node-sync-speed/
Today is a good day to publish some super nerdy research!
https://blog.lopp.net/effects-dbcache-size-bitcoin-node-sync-speed/
Dictators don't mind their own business; that's the whole point!
Innovation is deflationary.
If I was a dictator of a nation with a birth rate falling below replacement levels, I'd outlaw abortion in order to boost my population and keep tax revenues from declining. 😈
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As a VR enthusiast, I'm rather disappointed that there hasn't been meaningful progress in the past 4 years. Seems like Half Life: Alyx remains the peak of VR gaming...
I'm still using the same hardware that was top of the line 6 years ago. Unclear when we'll get next generation hardware improvements. 🤷♂️
Me: "What's the wait time to get an oil change & brake flush?"
Motorcycle shop: "4 weeks"
Me: "looks like I'm spending an hour doing it myself!"
Clarkson's Farm is an amazing anti-government show chronicling one entrepreneur's struggle to innovate while having to constantly ask for permission.
Shakespeare is credited with inventing the below list of words still in regular use:
accommodation
aerial
amazement
apostrophe
assassination
auspicious
baseless
bloody
bump
castigate
changeful
clangor
control (noun)
countless
courtship
critic
critical
dexterously
dishearten
dislocate
dwindle
eventful
exposure
fitful
frugal
generous
gloomy
gnarled
hurry
impartial
inauspicious
indistinguishable
invulnerable
lapse
laughable
lonely
majestic
misplaced
monumental
multitudinous
obscene
palmy
perusal
pious
premeditated
radiance
reliance
road
sanctimonious
seamy
sportive
submerge
suspicious
He also created a number of words in his plays that never quite caught on… words like ‘Armgaunt’, ‘Eftes’, ‘Impeticos’, ‘Insisture’, ‘Pajock’, ‘Pioned’ ‘Ribaudred’ and ‘Wappened’.
Going for a motorcycle ride immediately after weightlifting and sauna is my new favorite summer morning routine. Refreshing!
If you think AML/KYC is bad, try going through KYC when you're effectively a ghost.
My favorite new clown world antic is when a streaming service interrupts the show for 10 seconds with
"ENJOY THIS COMMERCIAL-FREE BREAK BROUGHT TO YOU BY DINGUSCO"
Bruh, just because it's a short commercial doesn't make it commercial-free!
I used zoneminder around 8 years ago and really hated it. 😬
OK nerdstr:
How do I take surveillance system video streams and feed them into locally hosted AI to detect and identify different types of wildlife, humans, vehicles, etc?
Does anyone else have a whole toolbox sized battery organizer and yet it still seems like you end up having to buy new batteries every month?
If you're capable of speaking words, you're not trying hard enough 😂
If you're not grunting while lifting weights, you're not trying hard enough.