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- Comment on Millionaire homeowners sued the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, arguing a 10 square mile town whose new zoning plan to increase density had no plan to expand the roads 3 days ago:
You don’t need to widen roads for that. In fact, it might be the worst option due to induced demand. For the curious, see:
More Lanes are (Still) a Bad Thing
yewtu.be/watch?v=CHZwOAIect4
youtu.be/CHZwOAIect4The quote specifically mentions “widen any roads”. I haven’t read Charlottesville plans, but it could have included other options like public transport and bike infrastructure.
- Comment on Pirates are Popular 4 days ago:
Guess it is time to fill in that niche, 😉 😉
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #22 1 week ago:
Just chill in the cabin with some chicken soup as much as needed, and comeback to your happily rambles whenever you feel like it. Have you finished God of War by now?
- Comment on The 'Stop Killing Games' initiative is close to its final deadline, and after that, its leader is understandably done: 'Either the frog hops out of the pot, or it's dead' 1 week ago:
zkproofs for the win!
Buenos Aires in Argentina already rolled out a decentralized digital id via zkSync on the Ethereum blockchain for their citizens, you basically have a zero knowledge proof that verifies who you are without revealing sensitive information. No more doxxing required
For those interested on how zkproofs work, it’s all mathmagic:
Computer Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty
yewtu.be/watch?v=fOGdb1CTu5c
youtu.be/fOGdb1CTu5c - Comment on I'm doing my part 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Anon likes trains 2 weeks ago:
Oil and auto industry were literally buying tram tracks to dismantle them and make the roads only for cars. For the curious:
How The Auto Industry Carjacked The American Dream
yewtu.be/watch?v=oOttvpjJvAo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOttvpjJvAo - Comment on Why do some people hate drinking water? 3 weeks ago:
Whenever I hear that in my family, it always comes from smokers, which basically means their taste buds and olfactory senses have been compromised
- Comment on No Kings Protest, USA, 2025 3 weeks ago:
Firefox? Clearing cookies usually solve it for me, or try opening on a private tab
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Welcome aboard !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on How do you keep track of what games you have played over the years? 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, I think I’ll remove the 100% from mine too, it’s been a while since the last time I did it and at one point I stopped enjoying doing it
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 is already running custom graphics through exploit one day after launch 4 weeks ago:
Yup, I won’t even bother with it, there are a lot of better options nowadays
- Comment on I guess they hate shoppers (context below) 4 weeks ago:
Trip on one of the pots on the ground and tumble yourself into the racks to create a domino effect
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 5 weeks ago:
Minish Cap seems such an underrated gem
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 5 weeks ago:
Braid. Surprised that it wasn’t mentioned yet
- Comment on 70% of games that require internet get destroyed 1 month ago:
I’m not buying Nintendo at all, so many shitty policies from that camp
- Comment on Doom the dark ages... 1 month ago:
If anything has Denuvo, I’ll skip it
- Comment on Fucking google did it again, they "fixed" something that never broken. This time they make thumbnails way too big even with 70% zoom 1 month ago:
Does anyone have any iOS alternatives? I’m trying to get the family away from YT too, but they all have iOS for reasons
- Comment on Fucking google did it again, they "fixed" something that never broken. This time they make thumbnails way too big even with 70% zoom 1 month ago:
I love you, ty
- Comment on Liquid Trees 2 months ago:
That’s why you have to properly select the species that will be planted, there are many different species which have roots that won’t cause this type of damage and you can most likely get by with native plants for better adaptability
- Comment on Liquid Trees 2 months ago:
From the top of my head, they also help manage storm water by filtering rainwater into the aquifer, while also lowering flood risks, provides habitats for plants, insects, birds, and small animals while also being a natural sound barriers, which reduces noise pollution. All of these together greatly increase mental health for everyone too
- Comment on Liquid Trees 2 months ago:
Which is why native species are always recommended
- Comment on Me when I zoom past traffic on my e-scooter 2 months ago:
Cargo bikes are great for kids too, you can see it in their faces as it brightens up with all the new things they get to interact with instead of being bored in the back of the car
- Comment on Pens in Space 2 months ago:
Why not? I’m not well versed in the theme. Would it be flammable?
- Comment on PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now 3 months ago:
Not really to be honest, the power is in the decentralization, permissionless and opensource nature of the system. You can’t get that out of the traditional system
Of course not all networks are the same and there are always shit ones out there that compromise on those tenets, but if you do your due dilligence, you will see there is value in some of them
- Comment on PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now 3 months ago:
No, not really, you can start staking with as many as you want, see pooled staking: ethereum.org/en/staking/pools/
Staking pools are a collaborative approach to allow many with smaller amounts of ETH to obtain the 32 ETH required to activate a set of validator keys
You earn rewards proportional to the amount you stake
You only need 32 ETH to stake if you want to solo stake / home stake and you don’t pool resources with anyone else, see ethereum.org/en/staking/solo/
- Comment on PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now 3 months ago:
Bitcoin switched to industrial ASICs a long time ago, and Ethereum has completely moved away from proof-of-work mining in 2022, see: ethereum.org/en/roadmap/merge/
The Merge was executed on September 15, 2022. This completed Ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake consensus, officially deprecating proof-of-work and reducing energy consumption by ~99.95%.
No one mines with GPUs anymore, at least not for any major blockchain. GPUs are mainly being used with AI now
- Comment on I don't envy the humans pre-dentistry 3 months ago:
This little cunt of mine tended to inflame every other month instead of teething already. I decided to remove it, and I ended up spending almost 2 hours in surgery because it had fused into another tooth. Instead of coming out cleanly, it broke and a few fragments were left behind
Doc said it was okay to leave it as it would be absorbed or come out again eventually. Almost a year later, and the little prick sends his regards by inflaming my face completely and having to rush to surgery again.
Hopefully it was the end of that. Fuck this SOB
- Comment on Council housing when? 3 months ago:
Most cities are regulated to prevent more housing being built. You should definitely read on the works of Strong Towns, and similar groups, and how you can help change the landscape of your city
Their website is great and has a ton of details www.strongtowns.org
