I'm not ram-limited for things I want to do on my phone, I'm battery limited.

And extra ram *uses* battery.

Until my smartphone battery can last through the day under a full load, I'd rather have less ram in order to extend my battery life.

You're a proponent of returning all carbon on earth to the biosphere?

Really???

You realize that human's wouldn't be able to survive on most of the Earth's surface if that happened right?

Or do you own some land in the Arctic which you're trying to raise the property prices of?

Google what wet-bulb temperatures above 35C (95F) mean for human physiology you absolute numpty.

There are companies that already do this. Dug have an oil-immersion supercomputer in Texas: https://dug.com/

The liquid they use is more like baby-oil than anything else. And they don't burn it so it's pretty climate friendly.

But that isn't the pitch is it? It's just you making stuff up.

The pitch which raised $100M is an iris scan plus a phone number to prove identity.

Biometrics are not particularly useful for identifying people in a global context. They just aren't unique enough.

Fingerprints have a false acceptance rate of 1 in one thousand.

Iris scans have a false acceptance rate of 1 in one million.

This sounds like a lot until you realise that there are 8 billion people on the planet right now (and growing), so if you are relying on iris scans to identify and secure your money in a global blockchain, you're basically sharing your money with eight thousand other people whom you've never met.

I think they are following the Field of Dreams assumption: "If you build it, they will come."

I guess that's kind of the point right? That these people will be able to speak in their native tongues.

Sure Seveneves is terrible with an absolutely awful ending, but it's well-written and tightly plotted compared to his Baroque Cycle.

Australians have the highest rate of skin cancers and melanomas in the world because of this. Even though they are far more educated and active about sun safety than other countries.

So you're happy to pay for the extra petrol to lug around the hardware for all these features that you may never use? Just in case you decide to turn it on in the future?

Agreed, and the audience chat feed was only slightly more interesting. If we replace them with AI as well then we can seal twitch off from the rest of the internet, and nothing of value will be lost.

If it supports Linux so I can do serious CAD, then they are getting my money.

He's a dead man walking. Only a fool pays debts back to a dead man.

Twitter has super followers now?

LMFAO who would be dumb enough to pay for the privilege of getting slightly earlier access to a tweet?!?

That makes more sense. I read the summary to mean "?" was being removed.