Notice the says Sony and not with any verifiable statistical information to prove it. Pirates != Lost sales. Consider basic economics if people are willing to play your game for zero dollars will the same number of people play it for 80 dollars? No they won’t ever. Not to mention there is no free lunch for a pirate as…

You know stocks are based on actual companies and in any case bitcoin has its own official index so it is certainly true some stocks are worthless. (Penny stocks, pump and dump, bitcoin, ...)

Bitcoin is not a currency by design. It has a transaction cost that varies by load. Cash doesn’t do that, not even credit cards have surge pricing. Most currencies are already digital so that is a moot point.

I’m more against crypto-currencies because they are extremely energy inefficient and we are at a time when energy efficiency is critical. You have malicious ads mining coins by 100% loading unsuspecting user’s PCs which is essentially a power virus. You have botnets instead of sending spam just mine coins further…

Nothing is 100% secure and bitcoins are far from 100% secure. Offline means your security is physical. Should someone steal your cold storage you are screwed. Compare to a bank where if a hurricane wipes out your entire city and bank included your money is safe as a pile of digits copied around the world. Even if…

Well actually your still beholden to the algorithm developers, hardware key supply chain, developers of the hardware key, ... Not to mention unlike a bank account if someone gets that recovery key your absolutely fucked. Compare to a credit card where you have government regulated liability protection. Or a bank…

I think you seriously misunderstand what would happen if you where to individually sell 10,000 BTC. Even if your trade goes through the act of dumping 99.87m into your bank account is going to get the tax man, police at your literal doorstep. (Capital gains) You would want to setup a corporation, accountants, lawyers,…

Unlike gold bitcoins require an exponential amount of energy to “mine” vs. real world mining there is no invent a new technology and the difficulty skyrockets in response. Bitcoins do not have any physical use like a precious metal does hence the extreme volatility. Finally unlike money the amount of energy required…

Your having some flawed logic there. When the EU, multiple game companies, the game developer’s themselves all say it doesn’t really harm sales.

I think you heard wrong he had a good chance at the very beginning but after he waited too long doing “alternative” treatment (scams) the chances naturally dwindled and then he died. Not to mention some studies say taking tons of anti-oxidants can actually make cancer worse by helping it survive the anti-cancer bits…

Real cancer treatments work much better than non-real cancer treatments. Sure currently most have serious side effects but cancer has worse side effects like certain death. Would you rather have a shot at survival with real treatments or statistically reduced chance of survival without real treatment.

Air conditioners always work better with re-circulation on a hot day (same as a building almost all systems run mostly in re-circulation mode). However if it is cool outside and hot inside your car due to the sun then external air will cool the car faster (also same concept for buildings, free cooling). Lots of cars…

It is out now simulcast weekly with english subtitles.

Denno Coil is a different sort of anime and is very good and safe for kids to watch. Made in Abyss is sorta kid friendly looking at the very surface but the abyss is not a fun place and is most certainly not recommended for children viewers. Obstinately they both have a TV 14 rating but Denno Coil no where remotely…

I believe it is 12 episodes. From what has been shown they will cover a good portion of it.

Pretty sure if this show was rated using North American standards it would be TV MA or at minimum TV 14. As you go deeper in the Abyss it gets worse as the first episodes already stated. This goes for the plot as well. If they adapt the source material faithfully which they currently are bad times are ahead. Its good…

You just need a tiered trust model. With cryptographic signatures and sanity checks cars can be made much more resistant to hacking and even provide rudimentary anonymity (lets face it if the government wants to track down your car they already have two easily machine read license plates).

You know what would make a lot more sense if the Nintendo switch acted as a bluetooth endpoint speaker or source so you could pair with the phone wirelessly and have second screen functionality in games with audio so you only have to plug into one device or support two bluetooth audio devices at once and then you can…

The battery fuel gauge is probably lost its calibration even cellphones can have the same problem. You have to fully charge the device and then let it drain completely and then recharge it fully to allow the fuel gauge to re-calibrate automatically. (Note this is not great for the battery itself so don’t intentionally…

I never understood the point of hidden cameras if you want to deter crime you want them visible in a difficult to reach place. Also putting them in bedrooms of bathrooms can be a legal gray zone as people may have a reasonable expectation of privacy regardless of if it is your washroom. Imagine if a home owner put…