Day: February 14, 2026

Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Calls for Prediction Market Reset

2026-02-14 By admin

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin criticized the current direction of prediction markets, warning that an increasing focus on short-term bets risks distorting incentives and encouraging harmful behavior. Buterin Questions Short-Term Betting Culture in Crypto Markets In a recent post published to X, Buterin said prediction markets have reached sufficient scale to support professional traders and contribute […]

Question – Zen 6 Speculation Thread

2026-02-14 By admin

ATX dying would probably require a drastic upheaval beyond even CAMM. Likeliest candidate for the executioner would be tied to development of glass PCBs with photonic interconnects – something I don’t expect to land anytime soon even with TSMC and other non Intel parties making moves on photonics.

South Korean Police Lose 22 Bitcoin From Cold Wallet in Gangnam Evidence Case

2026-02-14 By admin

South Korean authorities have confirmed that 22 bitcoin, worth about $1.5 million, vanished from a cold wallet held by the Seoul Gangnam Police Station in a 2021 financial crime case. Another Crypto Custody Failure Hits South Korean Authorities According to local reporting, the bitcoin had been voluntarily surrendered in November 2021 during a virtual asset […]

What non-porn movie has more graphic nudity than Eyes Wide Shut?

2026-02-14 By admin

Originally posted by: shortylickensUnedited version of Eyes Wide Shut has quite a bit, yes, but there are better ones. I’ve been going crazy at Netflix and I found quite a few non-porn movies with loads of nudity.-Shortbus. Many french films like Romance. Lemme look at my rental history and I bet I can come up […]

Question – are video card prices headed down yet?

2026-02-14 By admin

Set your future hardware price expectations accordingly, it’s going to suck for a long time. Yeah, I have my doubts that GPU pricing is ever going to go back to the “old normal” any time soon, or even in my lifetime (I’m in my late 40s). Best find the deals that you can. A lot […]

Question – Zen 6 Speculation Thread

2026-02-14 By admin

ATX dying would probably require a drastic upheaval beyond even CAMM. Likeliest candidate for the executioner would be tied to development of glass PCBs with photonic interconnects – something I don’t expect to land anytime soon even with TSMC and other non Intel parties making moves on photonics.

Bitcoin as Machine Money? AI Adoption Narrative Gains Steam

2026-02-14 By admin

Online chatter is intensifying around a striking idea: autonomous AI agents may be gravitating toward bitcoin as their preferred rail for cyber sovereignty and permissionless finance, potentially reshaping market dynamics between humans and machines. AI Agents and Bitcoin: Cyber Sovereignty Meets Digital Hard Money Recent conversations on X have zeroed in on a provocative thesis: […]

Discussion – Apple Silicon SoC thread

2026-02-14 By admin

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 […]