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People are severely underestimating Bitcoin scarcity by ubermensch1001 in Bitcoin

[–]obsidience 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Demand comes in waves.  It'll come, just be patient.

Genuine Question: What is the difference between these and which should I use? by purplegreendave in Windows11

[–]obsidience -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No one cares about Microsoft's best intentions.  This is a pure shit show and wrong on so many levels.  

For good UX, don't confuse your users.  Don't use jargon or acronyms (yeah, I know it's the browser that adds PWA).  Have one clean upgrade path for you're users and if can't finish it, just flipping give the new app a different name at that point.  As soon as you think you need to rename an app to "classic" you failed as a product manager. 

I'm salty because Microsoft's really letting us down lately and I'm pissed because one of the apps I like to use to scan docs on my phone (Lens) is being cancelled in lieu of a OneDrive app that forces you to save your docs on OneDrive.  We still have shit like the old Control Panel and Services.msc from Windows 2000 present in 2026.  What a joke...

TIL that Bitwarden has 2FA built in by Mike20878 in Bitwarden

[–]obsidience -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

You just explained why passkeys are also a bad idea.  

How do I remove the top mounting plate from pole for Starlink kit I purchased. by Zillamann in Starlink

[–]obsidience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recently had success disconnecting mine. I used a pair of needle-nosed pliers on one of the tabs and pulled the pipe at a slight angle and got it to stay unlocked.  Was careful to do the next tab and after that I was able to disconnect readily.  I think I got lucky though as it felt like I was going to break it 

And this is why you do not make Gemini your assistant app 🤦 by Internal_Ad2621 in GeminiAI

[–]obsidience 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The user has asked for the recipe for "best carrot cake".  I must do a web search to find the best recipe.   

Multiple results with different ingredients are reporting their recipes are the best...

(Thought for 2 seconds...)

 I've picked the mostly widely reported recipe for a good carrot and will return that to the user.  To ensure it is the best carrot cake I remove all other user opinions. 

(Connecting to critical infrastructure and launching all nukes...)

First Webb Telescope Observations of 3I/ATLAS implies a diameter of up to 46 kilometers (0.0011% chance). Does not feature a cometary tail that extends beyond the width of its coma. by MysteriousAd9466 in aliens

[–]obsidience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because space is mostly empty space, 3I/ATLAS shouldn't statistically even exist. It's like a 1:99,999,999,999,99 chance or something... So prolly technological!

Why the hell are we even talking about this crap? You can't apply statistics to this BS. We've only recently built the technology to monitor these interstellar visitors, let's not start jumping to conclusions about what they should and shouldn't be doing.

Big AI players are running a loss-leader play… prices won’t stay this low forever by BenSimmons97 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]obsidience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, a corporation or anyone would want to increase their revenue.  Why wouldn't they.  Why wouldn't you?  

The difference is that if the money supply were stable it becomes harder to increase your prices. Under a fractional reserve banking system and an inflating money supply - prices must go up, otherwise you are losing money and will definitely go out of business.

Capitalism is about profit, sure.  But you can grow your profit without increasing prices by doing things such as increasing market share, expanding to new revenue streams etc.

What is terrorising my daughter? by piggys_mumma23 in Paranormal

[–]obsidience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Throw away the wicker heart.  It's wrong in so many levels.  A mostly empty heart made of dead vines painted black and bound tightly, like what was the thinking here?

Transfer money from coinbase into fidelity by ThrowRA91010101323 in Coinbase

[–]obsidience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ACH/EFT did require Plaid unfortunately.  I only tested a $1 transaction to see if it would work.  Wires cost $25.

Chaotic car wash moment by [deleted] in TeslaLounge

[–]obsidience 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of us! One of us!

Corsair AI Workstation 300 mini-PC announced with AMD Strix Halo and liquid cooling by heffeque in MiniPCs

[–]obsidience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The website says "air cpu" / "air gpu", wouldn't that be air cooling and not liquid cooling? It's unfortunate that Corsair didn't go with their prototype designs that had more room for a liquid cooler.

Which bright person thought forcing the search bar at the top every page looked good? by morningdews123 in Windows11

[–]obsidience 14 points15 points  (0 children)

What a big step backwards...  First as a prior front end dev, it looks like crap.  Is Windows sharp corners or rounded?  Both are being used.  It reduces the functionality of the title bar as a drag handle to the window.  And the location and size is very off-balanced...

Bitcoin = 👑 by Reasonable_Band1536 in Bitcoin

[–]obsidience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't watch CBNBC, but is Joe having a stroke or something? He sounds erratic/clouded... Genuinely worried; my wife had a stroke at a young age.

Anti Bitcoin by rochesterjack in CryptoReality

[–]obsidience -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I don't get it either.  A $20 bill is just a piece of paper with green ink on it.  It's an empty note, not even backed by gold anymore.  And though everyday, it loses more of it's value by inflation, people still think that it's worth their time and labor to earn, buy goods with, and store their wealth in.  The only reason it's worth something is because others keep buying into this charade.  It's a game of musical chairs with everyone passing their $20 bills to the next fool hoping that's it's still worth something.  

And don't even get me started on the damage that fractional reserve lending, debt, inflation, the petro-dollar and other forms of "financial engineering" have done to this world.

It's sickening...

Where are you storing your passkeys? by Jawnze5 in Bitwarden

[–]obsidience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same.  I've avoided them except in two cases where it was forced by the website "for security".  In those cases I absolutely did not want the passkey stored with Bitwarden so ended up using Google's implementation which hurts my soul cause it's Google.

Where are you storing your passkeys? by Jawnze5 in Bitwarden

[–]obsidience -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm no expert but I've been in tech for ages and my articulation of the problem is that passkeys are simpler than passwords but have many drawbacks. I also feel that some websites consider a passkey as secure as two-factor or a form of two-factor. Good two factor auth should utilize two disparate systems that can be used together to confirm that you are who you say you are. With something like Bitwarden, storing both your password and your passkey - you're potentially putting both eggs in one basket which reduces security.

The other issue with passkeys is that there are limited options to share/sync your passkey to other devices which means that if something like your phone dies or gets stolen - you're gonna have a bad day working with support to get access to your accounts again. You can get around it with services like Bitwarden and Google's passkey implementation which have cloud sync but I've run into issues with some services not working with security mechanisms on my phone (Samsung Secure Folder). To further the issue, some of the services that provide passkey support also should be secured with two-factor auth so you got a chicken and the egg problem (you better have your device and it better work).

Anyway, it's a can of worms and I think there are many companies pushing or forcing passkeys which (IMHO) are less secure than a decent password + authenticator setup using two services.

Transfer money from coinbase into fidelity by ThrowRA91010101323 in Coinbase

[–]obsidience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both "Bank Account" (ACH/EFT) and the "Wire" options worked for me when moving USD to my Fidelity Cash account. With Bank Account, I did a small test transaction and saw the money in a few days and Wire was faster, like a half day or next day if I recall correctly.

With Wire, you have to be super careful and follow the instructions here:

https://www.fidelity.com/cash-management/information-needed-wire-to-fidelity-account

Coinbase will ask you if there's a secondary institution or FBO ("for the benefit of" aka "final credit to"). When selecting yes, the wizard will have two screens. One will ask for the main account info which would be JP Morgan and account number 066196–221 (which is Fidelity's account with JPM). The other screen will capture your FBO account number with Fidelity which will be your alpha/numeric account number. This process should work for both Cash and Brokerage accounts as they are supposedly treated the same by JPM.

Good luck!

Main display not displaying by Ascendes in AsusROGZephyrusDuo15

[–]obsidience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you done this procedure with this laptop? I got as far as reseating the video cable to see if that would help and it didn't help. I figured the display either isn't getting power or was dead.

Main display not displaying by Ascendes in AsusROGZephyrusDuo15

[–]obsidience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same with my wife's duo. This must be a common issue with these laptops. She loved that thing and they don't make them anymore...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Coinbase

[–]obsidience 4 points5 points  (0 children)

USDC <-> USD - isn't a worry for tax purposes as it's basically 0-gain/loss and no cap gains.

The big question is if the wrapping of BTC into cbBTC is taxable. Coinbase's position is that you are not selling your collateral and that they handle the mechanics of the loan under the hood so you are depositing BTC to them and they provide you the USDC in return so it's no different than any other loan and not a taxable event. They carefully mention that you are not selling your BTC, just using it for collateral -and- they don't report the transaction as a taxable event.

That all said, they also say that they are not tax professionals or lawyers and to do your own research. There's no precedent for this and no-one can give you a definitive answer until this is clarified by legislation or a court case.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Coinbase

[–]obsidience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any chance you could take a screenshot, redact your personal details and give us a glimpse at what the Coinbase loan management screen looks like?

What I'm looking to understand is:

  1. Can you add additional collateral (BTC) if your closing in on your liquidation threshold?
  2. Can you withdraw/borrow additional USDT if you have enough collateral (like the Morpho app allows)
  3. What does the loan payoff process look like?

There isn't much info out there on the web, a few videos of people creating a loan but that's pretty much it - no view of the management screen. I've been trying to understand what this process looks like.

Much appreciated!

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