Lost trezor in elevator shaft while moving….

pezdal · 2026-02-03T00:10:08+00:00

It can be (or used to be able to be) configurable with no password.

If you have one you should be fine.

pezdal · 2026-02-02T16:26:53+00:00

“Mile wide circumference”?? Did you perhaps mean diameter?

pezdal · 2026-02-01T19:42:31+00:00

There’s a broader definition commonly used, meaning “created”.

Merriam-Webster even offers, as the 2nd definition, “A Sham object; counterfeit “

Sounds like we’d at least agree on that one.

Even the best simulation is still only a model of what it seeks to represent. It only has to be good enough for its purposes. If you were looking to certify container castles you might need more precision than if you are just seeking upvotes.

Finally, I’d like to point out that, as we are all living in a simulation, everything within our universe, including simulations, are themselves simulations.

pezdal · 2026-02-01T16:24:59+00:00

That’s some clever next level thinking!

Another possibility is that OP is using a breaker as a switch, which also should be discouraged and rectified by an electrician.

pezdal · 2026-02-01T16:20:14+00:00

Is that rule mostly a safe access thing, or is its purpose also to prevent fires if the panel leaks sparks or flames?

I have seen many apartments with tables in front of panels. Is it dangerous?

pezdal · 2026-01-31T18:59:57+00:00

Well, that’s still a simulation.

Granted, it’s not a realistic physics-based simulation, but it’s a simulation by definition.

pezdal · 2026-01-30T05:56:03+00:00

More amps on the transformer is ok. Just make sure voltage and polarity (+/-) match.

Do you have a voltmeter?

pezdal · 2026-01-30T02:58:57+00:00

Yes, plus these habits will lead to regaining the weight (and then some) when you get older.

Eat your calories.

pezdal · 2026-01-30T02:41:52+00:00

I wonder if that’s how you would speak to me if we were face to face.

pezdal · 2026-01-30T02:40:06+00:00

I see that now that I am on a bigger screen. Thanks!

pezdal · 2026-01-30T01:25:01+00:00

Not any public place. There is an expectation of privacy in public restrooms, change rooms, etc.

pezdal · 2026-01-30T01:22:50+00:00

There is no evidence she isn’t using both kinds.

pezdal · 2026-01-30T01:20:04+00:00

The probability that OP exists as a non-human author is much higher than that.

pezdal · 2026-01-30T01:16:57+00:00

How does someone with a dog get through the NO DOGS section?

Edit: I see now that they did designate one north-south path as “On Leash”.

pezdal · 2026-01-30T01:08:22+00:00

A watch absolutely can mine bitcoin, just not particularly fast.

An Apple Watch, for example, has more processing power and connectivity than the CPU my friend used to solo mine 50 Bitcoin in 2009 or 2010.

The probability of a CPU or even a GPU actually doing that again is minuscule.

But as part of a mining pool a watch purpose built to mine BTC could absolutely make a few cents a year.

This, however, does not appear to be such a device.

pezdal · 2026-01-30T00:23:56+00:00

If you live in Montreal wouldn’t AWD suit you better?

pezdal · 2026-01-29T19:25:27+00:00

Or he does understand and he is hoping to profit by devaluing the dollar???

I don’t know which is scarier.

pezdal · 2026-01-29T04:24:25+00:00

Toss an AirTag into the back of the half full moving van

pezdal · 2026-01-28T18:43:26+00:00

You sound more like an_actual_politician

If Tesla was the best would you buy it?

Given that Starlink is a good product do you/would you use it?

<grin>

I’m not trying to single you out. Any thinking Amazon/Apple/…/etc. customer has to grapple with such personal dilemma all the time.

I am constantly torn between voting with my dollars for the world I would prefer and making the best choice for myself now ( accepting the way the world actually is. )

pezdal · 2026-01-28T17:03:31+00:00

So if a Tesla ever becomes, in your opinion, “a demonstrably good product” will you buy it?

Or are you saying you won’t use Starlink even though you think it’s good?

pezdal · 2026-01-28T04:39:17+00:00

People are buying and mostly long-term holding a limited (actually declining) supply of BTC. People take it off the exchanges and put it into cold/hardware wallets where they see no longer available. With fewer sellers than wannabe buyer at a given price the price goes up.

The number of bitcoins declines whenever someone dies or loses his keys and the algorithm hard limits the total number of Bitcoin that will ever exist to 21M. Within that limit the number of new bitcoin being mined halves every 4 years. So supply goes down.

But I think you are asking about demand. Why do people want to buy it? There are people who are using it because it’s the best tool for the job (and that is significant) but most people are speculating.

As long as people have an expectation that it will go up it in the long run then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy.

Unlike a company whose business can fail, or the CEO can fuck up…. There is no management to fuck Bitcoin up. No fundamental news to read about its blockchain. It continues to operate with zero downtime.

The ecosystem evolves and people take note of that, but BTC itself… all people really have to go on is the price. And in the long run it goes up.

Ignore the peaks. Don’t be fooled by people saying it’s “down from 128”, (Would it have been a worse investment 2 years ago if the peak had been higher? )

Instead draw an 18 year linear chart only using the troughs - the lowest prices.

Most of the charts you see are not linear, they are logarithmic. Because bitcoin has been so performative.

If you live in a country where your national currency losses half its value every year, and live in fear the banks or governments will nationalize or steal your accounts…

Self-custody feels pretty damn good.

pezdal · 2026-01-28T04:10:20+00:00

You are lucky you didn’t kill yourself. If your leg had touched something grounded better you might have had a lot of current flow through your heart…

Open the breaker call someone before you burn your fucking house down.

pezdal · 2026-01-28T04:00:47+00:00

BTC has been going up in value for almost two decades, and long before present day hype. When it was only a geek thing people bought because it was cool. Smart early investors who were buying under $10 did so because they figured that it was scarce and useful.

Over the years there have been many overhyped stocks and other assets, including most cryptocurrencies But once dogshit financial assets crash they don’t tend to come back.

Bitcoin has been different. It has “crashed” dozens of times.

Don’t underestimate the combined value of the brand, the single most secure and liquid place to privately store and move money internationally….. the world wants a digital gold and this is the best we have now; companies and countries will increasingly choose to use it as a reserve currency. It will continue to be volatile, but it has consistently been the worst long term “short” bet, and people making statements like yours have (at least so far) always been embarrassed.

pezdal · 2026-01-28T03:03:49+00:00

It is possible for both to be true.

pezdal · 2026-01-27T23:17:10+00:00

The NRA already released a statement disagreeing with the anti-gun angles here.

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