Day: October 8, 2025

Nick Szabo, the computer scientist, cryptographer, and legal scholar famed for introducing the concept of “smart contracts,” is jumping into the Knots vs. Core debate. Szabo cautions that this change effectively invites more non-financial—and potentially shady—data to be etched onto the blockchain for everyone to see. Szabo’s Warning Ignites Debate Over Bitcoin Core v30 Nick […]

WD Green HDDs have a rep for being slow, but I would like to understand why (at least by looking at the specs); this drive isn’t much slower than I expect for a WD Green of its age. Take for example this drive: WD15EARS.Trying to find some decent (and hopefully accurate) specs is tricky, for […]

With Kopite7kimi pretty much confirm the 512-bit memory bus interface of upcoming Blackwell GPU, here comes the thread for discussion of all future Blackwell GPU family, aka RTX 5000 series. We also know about codename of all 5 die sizes; namely GB202, GB203, GB205, GB206 and GB207. Below is the table with some speculations of […]

YZi Labs has launched a $1 billion Builder Fund to support founders developing within the BNB ecosystem, marking a major push to expand innovation across decentralized finance (DeFi), artificial intelligence (AI), and real-world assets (RWAs). BNB Chain Gets $1 Billion Boost as YZi Labs Doubles Down on Builders YZi Labs has announced the creation of […]

So I was curious about something.. a lot of people said just buy index funds and relax.. and maybe that’s what I’ll do but I have been researching what the index funds are made up of.. I came across this:… That looks like a list from a S&P500 fund. If you buy a fund that […]

There was a game I played that had a rather conservative leaning forum and they posted stuff like this all the time when Obama was president. Kavanaugh is a sitting judge. Not all judges are angelic saints, their job is to interpret and apply law. It’s actually quite narrow what they do. He doesn’t seem […]

M15 nmUnified memory architecture – LP-DDR416 billion transistors 8-core CPU 4 high-performance cores192 KB instruction cache128 KB data cacheShared 12 MB L2 cache 4 high-efficiency cores128 KB instruction cache64 KB data cacheShared 4 MB L2 cache(Apple claims the 4 high-effiency cores alone perform like a dual-core Intel MacBook Air) 8-core iGPU (but there is a […]

Yes, wildfire smoke is bad (just like living near a coal power plant). We could do stuff to fix these problems, but God forbid anyone be mildly inconvenienced or have to slightly change the way they live. As for COVID, yes, it is still going around. But we have vaccines now. If you feel sick, […]

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) notched a seventh consecutive day of inflows, pulling in $876 million, while ether ETFs kept their winning streak alive with $421 million in new capital. The relentless inflows showcased surging institutional appetite and sustained bullish momentum across crypto markets. Bitcoin ETFs Extend Hot Streak With $876 Million Inflows; Ether ETFs Add […]