Bitcoin relies entirely on SHA256 ASIC's for hashing and they typically need replacing every year or two because more efficient models come out making the old ones unprofitable, especially at halvings. Due to the RoI and first-mover advantage the profitable ones are very expensive.

If you want to heat your home with proof-of-work, use a coin that uses RandomX or some other deliberately ASIC-resistant algorithm (usually CPU mining).

You can pool mine on an old CPU and still get a few pennies for your efforts, though if you want to invest in an EPYC and have other uses for it (maybe you have work jobs to run during the day and want more heat on cold nights) it could actually be profitable.

Resistive electric heating is still a very expensive way to heat, though some people don't have better options. There's a development near where I am that was built shortly after Nixon announced Project Independence and every house (cold climate) has wall-to-wall electric baseboard heating.

You do realize you're on an American website, that primarily focuses on American topics, right?

If that bothers you so much, you can always go back to reddit.com/r/russia to speak with your comrades. Don't forget to stop by r/americabad on the way.

Right now, it is a stupid check box I have to keep clicking. Just started maybe a week ago. And it is nearly every time I click on anything Slashdot, if I have a gap of time inbetween. Sometimes even a few minutes. It is very annoying.

>"So you disable all the tracking and that's cool and all but a lot of businesses use that tracking to decide whether or not you're committing fraud or not. So you use Firefox and they can't track you but then they won't let you make purchases on their website..."

This is actually insightful. I have noticed that with UBO and lots of tracking disabled (thank you Firefox), many sites, INCLUDING SLASHDOT, are now constantly challenging me to prove I am not a "bot" through their use of Cloudflare. So far it is just annoying. But that could evolve pretty quickly into downright disaster. And the more we outsource control of our sites to Cloudflare, the more dangerous it becomes. Soon, Google will be able to define the web in whatever freaking way they want, ways that will certainly not benefit user privacy or freedom. And Cloudflare will be able to completely control who is allowed to even browse the web, and how, and using which tools, and from where. Throw in AI nonsense to remove users from all direct sources of information, power more bots, and confuse everything with fake crap, and the outlook for "the web" is looking more dreary every year.

>"No. FF is hopelessly enshittified."

Couldn't disagree with you more. If you want that type of browser, look no further than Edge/Chrome. Rigid config, lack of user control, often mysterious goings-on, etc. That is on top of Google trying to completely take over what is web standards, mostly in favor of their own products and services (and drag all the other browsers with it, since they are now all Chromium, except Firefox and those based on it).

>"The only way to fix it is to strip out all the telemetry/AI/adware"

What little telemetry/AI/adware, if you can call it that, is 100% under user control. Mozilla is completely open about what they do and where, and you can turn all of it off. Nothing is hidden. And it actually is off when you turn it off. And it stays off.

>"and preinstall good adblock."

Mozilla isn't going to put that directly into Firefox. It would be suicide. Yes, we all immediately install a VERY good adblock, which is UBO. And it is the real deal, unlike anything you can put in Chrome or Edge. But that is our doing it. If that were preinstalled, it would make Firefox an enemy of some very powerful corporations. Mozilla has enough issues without adding that.

Mohammad Ali has been gone for quite some time; how much could he possibly demand?

And those can be explained in terms of other reasons. National security, protection of domestic production, immigration control, reduction of government dependency, regulation reduction to stimulate the economy, etc.

>"The current administration wanted to do that by imposing a national vehicle registration fee for EVs. Some states already do this with higher registration fees for EVs (and oddly enough, not all of the states are red ones)."

No, that is to make up for the loss of gasoline tax revenue. I think that is reasonable, as long as it is at least roughly based on mileage. In my State, they collect the odo reading during annual vehicle inspections. But for some stupid reason they don't use it and want people to put spy devices on their phones or in the vehicle.

How, exactly? All I did was point out that you and him are basically the same. That's not a good thing.

And yet they're quite popular in Scandinavia. I think they're just not popular among you wildlings.

I don't necessarily disagree with all of what you said. But that still doesn't rebuke that ending subsidies isn't "actively trying to kill EVs", which is an inaccurate, partisan trope. I believe the main thrust of the subsidies in the first place was to promote the technology to a point it could compete in the free market. Many (including myself) believe we are at that point.

What holds most buyers back now isn't some price subsidy (nor lack of different models, nor safety, nor lack of information/exposure), it is primarily the lack of being able to charge in a convenient/workable manner. A large part of the potential market is locked out because they are not as fortunate as some of us.... I charge in my own garage; not so easy for those in apartments and condos, or with only on-street parking.

>"since Trump and his puppet-masters are actively trying to kill EVs for some reason."

Ending subsidies is not "actively trying to kill EVs", it is simply removing PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT of EVs. If they slapped penalties on them, THAT would be trying to kill them. There is enough supply and demand they should be able to do fine on their own merits, like almost all other products.

LOTS of EV models lost their federal tax incentives based on sales, from 2022 and on, and others lost them due to manufacture location or battery sourcing. And there were income restrictions. But there was a leasing loophole for some models, which is why leasing them became really popular. It is all more complicated than people assert.

For the remaining models, there would, indeed, be an artificial "bubble" of sales leading up to the end of the artificial price reductions. And that will result in a slump of sales for a while after, and then prices will likely adjust back down and the sales will likely return to "normal" again.

Only I didn't defend your bro. Though now that I think of it, you and him would have agreed with each other about Palestine and Peta too.