Ooh, this reminds me of a math project I quite liked a few years ago!

IIRC, the hyperbolic space has a constant curvature. As a result, you can fit a lot more stuff in it without it colliding (well, depending on the curvature, I think it could be less). Mind-bending!

Parallel lines are defined as lines that do not intersect.

In Euclidian space, given one line, there can be only one parallel line that crosses a given point. Not here.

Will check it out on F-Droid. Great games there, between this, unciv and mindustry :)
Edit: the build seems to be 2 years old?

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Quoting: KravenskyIf ETH is such a problem, probably a better way to fix it is to help Ethereum 2.0 (which is open source) to be released. It should implement Proof-of-Stake algorythm, which'll make ETH mining obsolete.

You wish. As you said, PoW is here to stay until the ponzi schemes start to collapse, at least. ETH will just fork with the miners on one side and the stakers on the other (most will probably do both). But if I had to choose, I'd prefer seeing cryptocurrencies use PoS.

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Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: Liam DaweUpdate:

Quoting: EntrowareThe chassis that we use for the Poseidon is the Fractal Design FD-CA-DEF-C-BK. With regards to the PSU, as this will vary between different Corsair, EVGA, and Cooler Master units depending on what we stock at that time, we do not provide specific models.

I was looking again at getting an AmigaOne x5000 with that snazzy Fractal Design case... https://www.amiga-shop.net/en/Amiga-Hardware/New-Amiga-Computers/AmigaONE-X5000-complete-system::790.html [External Link]

Fractal Design just makes VERY nice cases. It's what all my future builds will use, I think. I used to do Antec, but they've seemingly have gotten worse lately.

Ha, my last build was with a cooler master (Q300P), but it had... Cooling issues, and wasn't as small as I thought for a micro ATX build. Will definitely look at them for my next one, in a few years... Or at least read reviews more attentively.

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Well, they could just license the patent, that's what those are for in theory. It certainly looks like straightforward pattent infringment. Note that you do not have to know of a patent to infringe.

On the other hand, one could wonder if the patent was legitimate in the first place. If you can find prior art, that invalidates it, for instance.

Here (France), there are a few conditions before submitting a pattent, if any is found to be unfullfilled, the patent is invalidated:

* It's a new thing (no prior art)
* It has industrial use (can be manufactured or used in the industry)
* It's actually an inventive and original thing. It must not be obvious to someone working in the field.

I'm a bit circumspect regarding the last one. Maybe that condition just isn't there in the U.S? It might be hard to prove in any case.

Patent US8641525B2 was filled in 2011, so it will expire in 2031. However, if anyone finds prior art, the patent can be invalidated. I'm not sure what constitutes prior art, as the pattent is quite narrow, but surely there were controllers that used the other fingers at some point in the past?

Edit: found that [External Link] brand, though it seems to match the date quite closely, so it might actually be the same guys.

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Are there more kinds of locks than the one pictured here?

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Looks good, but Intel only, and no GPUs. OEMs are about the only place where one can find a decently-priced GPU these days, so it's a bit sad to see that.

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I'm just going to quote this HN comment [External Link], which I found quite interesting:

This won't really do anything for availability or reducing scalper pricing. Miners are a sizeable proportion of sales but far from the majority. Gamers will be able to buy more of these GPUs but less of the non-LHR or AMD GPU's. GPU prices won't actually change.

The real reason Nvidia is doing this is that when mining profitability inevitably drops, either because of a crypto price crash or Ethereum moving to Proof of Stake, the miners will flood the used market and ruin Nvidia's profits for a few quarters. Nvidia is trying to get miners to buy mining-only cards, because those can't be sold to gamers down the line. They'd rather mining cards become e-waste in a few years than get resold.

People think Nvidia is doing this to try to help them get better prices now, but really Nvidia is trying to extract more money from gamers in the long term.

As for doing that in the first place, I'm a bit torn on that one. This is obviously a stab at user freedom (as if you had any when you buy nvidia...). But I have little sympathy to miners. When in doubt, grab popcorn (like Epic vs Apple).

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Quoting: jarhead_h

Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: jarhead_hCheapest it's ever been? Great. So just as soon as I can buy a 5900X & 6800XT to replace the 2600 & GTX1060 currently plugged into my X570, and then the Valve Index, I'll buy it. Oh, and that's AFTER I can afford to replace my Android phone with a Librem 5.

And all of than is after I have an income again. 2021 sucks.

This is actually incorrect, the cheapest it's ever been is 'Free!' as I got it for free with the purchase of my Index :) Basically if you bought an Index through Steam, they gave it to you :)

Also, if you're still running a 2600 from 1977 as your main gaming rig, kudos to you!

Nah, it's a Ryzen 2600. And the Asrock X570 mobo it was plugged into died. Luckily I had a B450 laying around waiting for the 2600 when the 5900X arrived. Now I don't have to build my old windows games box because it already is. Oh, wait the B450 is also an Asrock. Crap.

Wow, I've never seen a motherboard die. GPUs, Disks, RAM, PSU, yes, but never a motherboard or a CPU.

So did you get a librem one and a 6800XT? Component prices are soo inflated these days, I couldn't dream of affording a new GPU, and mine is dying.

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How about they open up their designs? Even if those aren't complete, the community could try to pick up where they left, if there's any interest.

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I like the idea of a fresh twist on minesweeper, but the execution looks a bit underwhelming to me, it might just be a bit too close to minesweeper for me.

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