So I get it, bitcoin is using massive amounts of energy to power it. But how much energy is used by other currencies? Both in the creation and the destruction of the currency? It costs a lot of money to maintain paper bills and coins. Keep them in circulation, etc... Then there is the processing cost of storing & transport of those physical goods. You need to factor those in to the cost analysis when comparing fiat to bitcoin, and not just say "bitcoin is using power lol!"

Yes, it uses power, but so do fiat currencies, and I'd wager they use about the same amount in their lifecycle as bitcoin does.

Indeed... as someone who grew up with tapes and vinyl... fuck off with that shit.

No, charging a car from 0 to 250 miles takes about 25 minutes. Yes, longer than filling a gas tank, but if you want to "fill to a usable level," you only need about 5 minutes, ten at most.

No, you just stop at a DCFC and charge for 5 minutes or so. You're not screwed by any means.

So... stop at a DC fast charger on your way to work. Problem solved. Duh.

The pooch in this case (Apple users) are a realllly big and forgiving pooch. So there's a lot of screwing it can take. By a lot, I mean the dog is the size of a trainload of elephants who all like a good reaming, since they keep coming back for more on a daily basis.

If you're dealing with only 2 runways, your argument is valid - why update for a minor adjustment.... but as a pilot, I can tell you that it's important when there's more than 2 tangential runways, especially in low visibility and/or in a non-IFR equipped plane.

One runway can be labeled 18 and a tangential runway could be 20. If the pole shifts, requiring 18 to be 19 now, you can get confused and come in on approach for 20, potentially causing an accident or other runway incursion. This is an extreme example, but it's a possibility. The tangential runways are the big issue and are why having accurately numbered runways are so important. The more pilot load you can remove, the safe everyone is. Having to think about and mentally calculate a change can cause a serious diversion of attention during a tense landing situation. Something you *really* don't want to happen.

I find it hard to believe that any software patch is managing to brick a PC. Short of flashing the BIOS, it's almost impossible to brick a PC with software. A simple format/reinstall will recover the PC without issues.

Roku screwed the pooch late last year by removing the Optical output on their Ultra... so Roku is basically garbage now. They were my Go To streaming device up until now... but without Optical out, they are functionally useless to a vast swath of users.

Time to move on to a different device, but I don't know what. It's sad... Roku was pretty much best of the best in terms of ease of use and compatibility.

So your problem is with the Leaf's implementation of Bluetooth, not Bluetooth. You should complain to Nissan.

I have the same scenario in my cars (Teslas), and do not have the problems you describe. My phone hooks up to my wifes car just fine and hers hooks up to mine just fine. The only problems we have is priority - and again, that's a Tesla implementation problem, not a Bluetooth problem.

Try counterfeiting bitcoin in any useful quantity and see what happens. I guarantee you far more than if you counterfeit Canadian money.

What the hell are you talking about? I've used XBMC (now Kodi) since it was on the Xbox. The original. I have numerous media players in the house (Kodi) and I've never once streamed a single thing with them. Kodi serves plenty of other purposes than streaming.

In California, businesses (like restaurants) can refuse to accept money from anyone for any reason. They are not required to do business just because you have dollars or legal tender. If they don't like the fact that you are trying to pay in pennies, they don't have to accept it. Therefore, some business could legally refuse dollars but accept bitcoin if they wanted to.

It's not zero/one. The greatest electricity demand is on hot days, during the daytime. You can equate solar energy with air conditioners.