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Now high quality optical media, HDDs, and SSDs do use expensive metals, but you\u0026#39;re effectively only depositing electrons or photons, with the substrate serving as the synthetic order. This realistically can\u0026#39;t be done with DNA, as individual nucleotides would have no advantage over any other more stable small molecule in terms of writing, stability, and reading. The advantage of DNA is in the ordered, long-term stable string.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlus what you\u0026#39;re depositing in the case of optical, HDDs, SSDs, and tape are photons and electrons. I don\u0026#39;t know about the intensity needed for the deposition purpose, thus I don\u0026#39;t know the power costs, but two bits worth of DNA is a lot heavier than two bits worth of photons or electrons."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/1494735543633770243\/comments\/default\/5442091067617978439"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/1494735543633770243\/comments\/default\/5442091067617978439"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2025\/09\/hard-disk-unexpectedly-not-dead.html?showComment=1762615212446#c5442091067617978439","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Tardigrade"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08897374407990627879"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2025\/09\/hard-disk-unexpectedly-not-dead.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-1494735543633770243","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4503292949532760618/posts/default/1494735543633770243","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1490474096"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"November 8, 2025 at 7:20 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-3931355724759793129"},"published":{"$t":"2025-11-07T17:28:32.595-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-11-07T17:28:32.595-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I\u0026#39;m shocked, shocked to find wash trading in p..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I\u0026#39;m shocked, shocked to find wash trading in prediction markets. Lydia Beyoud reports that \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-11-07\/polymarket-volume-inflated-by-artificial-activity-study-finds\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EPolymarket Volume Inflated by ‘Artificial’ Activity, Study Finds\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;The volume of activity on Polymarket, one of the most popular prediction markets, has been significantly inflated by so-called wash trading in which users rapidly buy and sell the same contracts, according to a new study by Columbia University researchers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe “artificial trading,” as the authors call it, varied over time but accounted for an average of 25% of all buying and selling on Polymarket over the past three years, the researchers concluded.\u0026quot;"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/3953049403971946987\/comments\/default\/3931355724759793129"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/3953049403971946987\/comments\/default\/3931355724759793129"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2024\/07\/matt-levine-explains-cryptocurrency.html?showComment=1762565312595#c3931355724759793129","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David."},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14498131502038331594"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2024\/07\/matt-levine-explains-cryptocurrency.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-3953049403971946987","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4503292949532760618/posts/default/3953049403971946987","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1310706156"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-8506379951077419881"},"published":{"$t":"2025-11-04T12:40:52.502-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-11-04T12:40:52.502-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Jonathan M. Gitlin reports on another victim whoc ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Jonathan M. Gitlin reports on another victim whoc believed Musk\u0026#39;s BS in \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2025\/10\/sam-altman-wants-a-refund-for-his-50000-tesla-roadster-deposit\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESam Altman wants a refund for his $50,000 Tesla Roadster deposit\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;According to Sam Altman’s social media account, he placed an order for a Roadster on July 11, 2018, with a deposit of $45,000 ($58,206 in today’s money). But after emailing Tesla for a refund, he discovered the email address associated with preorders had been deleted.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe 2017 BS was transparent:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s vaporware Roadster 2.0. Full of nonsensical-sounding features that impressed people who know a little bit about rockets but nothing about cars, the $200,000 electric car promised to have a suction fan and “cold gas thrusters,” plus 620 miles (1,000 km) of range and a whole load of other stuff that’s never happening.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlenty of other electric automakers have introduced electric hypercars in the eight years since Musk declared the second Roadster a thing, with no sign of it being any closer to reality\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECas Piancy and Bennet Tomlin\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/cryptocriticscorner.com\/2025\/03\/18\/episode-168-when-did-you-realize-elon-musk-was-a-fraud\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EWhen did you realize Elon Musk was a fraud?\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E is am antidote.\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/3568398900078619098\/comments\/default\/8506379951077419881"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/3568398900078619098\/comments\/default\/8506379951077419881"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2025\/04\/elon-musk-threat-or-menace-part-6.html?showComment=1762288852502#c8506379951077419881","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David."},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14498131502038331594"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2025\/04\/elon-musk-threat-or-menace-part-6.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-3568398900078619098","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4503292949532760618/posts/default/3568398900078619098","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1310706156"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"November 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-3376280244052074019"},"published":{"$t":"2025-11-04T12:21:47.435-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-11-04T12:21:47.435-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Connor Jones\u0026#39; Cybercrooks getting violent more..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Connor Jones\u0026#39; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/11\/04\/cybercriminals_increasingly_rely_on_violence\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ECybercrooks getting violent more often to secure big payouts in Europe\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E amplifies my warning about the risks of HODL-ing, for example:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;In Suresnes, near the French capital, a woman was \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/police-justice\/info-bfmtv-cryptomonnaies-une-femme-violemment-agressee-a-son-domicile-dans-les-hauts-de-seine_AN-202507070726.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003Ereportedly punched in the face ten times\u003C\/a\u003E in front of her husband and children by attackers attempting to steal the contents of her cryptocurrency wallet.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA month later, in Paris, a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.leparisien.fr\/faits-divers\/paris-un-professionnel-de-la-cryptomonnaie-agresse-dans-un-palace-des-beaux-quartiers-06-08-2025-D632HLSIFJHZNGKHHSPP6S3CPE.php\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003Eman who worked in the cryptocurrency industry\u003C\/a\u003E was attacked in a luxury hotel. The assault and kidnapping took place at the upscale Peninsula Hotel, and French police say the victim claimed his assailants stole a hard drive containing €2 million (approx. $2.3 million) worth of Bitcoin, after demanding €400,000 (approx. $460,000).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAn American tourist was also \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mylondon.news\/news\/zone-1-news\/american-tourist-london-loses-123k-31673388\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003Ereportedly drugged by an Uber driver\u003C\/a\u003E earlier this year with what he believed to be scopolamine, which the attacker used to force him to relinquish the passkeys to his crypto wallet, draining it of tokens worth $123,000.\u0026quot;"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/18143302925607456\/comments\/default\/3376280244052074019"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/18143302925607456\/comments\/default\/3376280244052074019"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2025\/05\/the-risks-of-hodl-ing.html?showComment=1762287707435#c3376280244052074019","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David."},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14498131502038331594"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2025\/05\/the-risks-of-hodl-ing.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-18143302925607456","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4503292949532760618/posts/default/18143302925607456","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1310706156"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"November 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-5844520390530617174"},"published":{"$t":"2025-11-04T11:14:59.411-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-11-04T11:14:59.411-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The ease with which a centralized system can deliv..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The ease with which a centralized system can deliver most of Nakamoto\u0026#39;s failed vision for Bitcoin is illustrated by Nick Corbishley\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2025\/11\/how-brazil-managed-to-infuriate\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EHow Brazil’s New Digital Payments System Managed to Enrage (and Terrify) Both Wall Street and Silicon Valley\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;Launched by the Central Bank of Brazil in November 2020, Pix is, in the central bank’s \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bcb.gov.br\/en\/financialstability\/pix_en\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003Eown words\u003C\/a\u003E, “an instant payment scheme that enables its users — people, companies and governmental entities — to send or receive payment transfers in few seconds at any time, including non-business days.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt is similar to US payment apps like Zelle, but instead of being controlled by a consortium of fee-gouging banks, it is controlled by the Brazilian central bank.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwo things set Pix apart from most other instant payment systems in use around the world: first, it is free of charge to individuals and small businesses while the processing fees for larger businesses are still much lower than those for debit or credit cards; and second, it must be adopted by all licensed financial institutions operating in the country.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHow successful has it been?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;Pix was launched in late 2020, coinciding with the government’s pandemic-era emergency aid program that led tens of millions of people to open bank accounts to receive government benefits. They also quickly embraced the zero-contact Pix payment system.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe rate of uptake since then has been nothing short of blistering. A 2022 Bank of International Settlements \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bis.org\/publ\/bisbull52.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003Ereport\u003C\/a\u003E found that Pix had the fastest adoption curve among all real-time payment systems in the world. Three years later, the system boasts 175 million users of all income levels — equivalent to around 80% of the country’s population — and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/NgbXT\/https:\/\/www.bcb.gov.br\/detalhenoticia\/20673\/noticia\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003Eaccounts for nearly half\u003C\/a\u003E of the country’s financial transactions, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/8MQTq#selection-4677.0-4681.239\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003Ereports\u003C\/a\u003E the \u003Ci\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026quot;"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/6556465880306785878\/comments\/default\/5844520390530617174"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/6556465880306785878\/comments\/default\/5844520390530617174"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2025\/09\/the-gaslit-asset-class.html?showComment=1762283699411#c5844520390530617174","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David."},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14498131502038331594"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2025\/09\/the-gaslit-asset-class.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-6556465880306785878","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4503292949532760618/posts/default/6556465880306785878","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1310706156"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"November 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM"}]}]}});