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a Garmin Fenix is $700, the Ultra is $800

Garmin Fenix cannot replace a phone, but has better battery life. The Apple Watch Ultra can do most of the things you'd need your iPhone for out on a trip.

If you are really UL, you can ditch the phone and just use the Ultra. Apple Watch + small battery is lighter than a Fenix + iPhone + battery.

The NFT market is still doing surprisingly well, especially considering how poorly the traditional markets are performing.

I'm sure there are plenty of wash sales, but I know many, many people -- including myself -- that buy and sell NFTs on a daily basis and I don't have much problem finding buyers/sellers, especially with the new NFT liquidity markets.

I'm consistently surprised by HN's lack of vision in this area. The idea of a Network State / Internet-native economy is a cyberpunk dream, and crypto enables that. The constant doubt, rejection, and preference for SV-startup solutions is the opposite of what I would expect from a "Hacker Community" but I suppose HN is literally full of VCs (particularly FinTech) that don't want the competition from open crypto solutions.

Meanwhile, devs in crypto are able to build without limits and are having an absolute blast larping as anime cats on Twitter while cranking on bleeding edge ZK tech and other exciting projects.

have you seen the markets lately?

or maybe not metaphorical...

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/boxing/mike-tyson-video-...

well, most cryptos are scams. that's extremely obvious.

the 0.1% that are not are going to be the foundation for the next generation of web and finance -- this is also obvious.

but it's silly to pretend like most cryptos aren't just cash grabs. but just like 99.9% of websites on the internet are scams/ads/useless, doesn't take away from the importance of the legitimately useful websites.

that ship sailed a long time ago.

but tbh, some of the most exciting cryptographic problems are being worked on in the cryptocurrency industry (zk tech, for example).

while the crypto community wants to avoid as much regulation as possible, it's important to realize that sensible regulation is a boon to the industry as it clears a path to allow institutions and traditional FinTech companies to hop onboard.

So, the timing of this Stripe announcement could be related to the Biden EO: https://apnews.com/article/biden-cryptocurrency-executive-or...

this is a new product.

sure, it may be a middle ground between the existing Pro XDR and 5K LG Ultrafine displays, but this is something that was just announced today, hence "news".

just use an adapter... Thunderbolt / USB C gives you flexibility

or: it's not a bubble but the next era of the web. they see the long term value of being a leading ecosystem and don't want to fumble their position.

I don't believe they support them today, but all of these companies have announced plans to adopt crypto in some form, including stablecoin support or Ethereum-based settlement.

A decent desktop Linux distro needs to be created first though.

Honestly sounds like you might want an iPad.

I recently got one to use as a secondary display just for Slack /Discord/etc, but after connecting a trackpad & keyboard I totally fell in love. It's a very simplistic environment, but it's actually quite nice as an alternative to the full-blown macOS.

The opposite. It's a public ledger and all transactions can be viewed.

Looking forward to HN dismissing NFTs for the next decade while they continue to grow and gain usefulness.

I prefer to be able to locate my lost phone even if its powered off.

this is HN where its a race to be as pedantic as possible

Keep in mind that you can have a "public" (doxxed) address that you use for certain activities, as well as other addresses that you use for other private activities. It can be tricky to "break the chain" between addresses if you send/receive between them, but it's entirely possible.

Nearly all are open source and tracking free.

I hope it remains that way.

Some do of course throw unnecessary signup pages before allowing you to connect your wallet. I immediately close the tab if I see that. They are the minority.

It's the web, obviously there aren't firm rules. The point is that most of the builders in the space are hackers that want a free and open web void of that nonsense.

And most of the protocols/services are profitable, so the builders have no incentive to track users or sell data.

If "web2" companies start moving into the space, I'm sure they will track and sell data like they do now. The goal is to create free and open alternatives of those products so you aren't forced to endure those tactics.

But with web3 + a VPN or Private Relay, you can probably do a fairly good job staying mostly anon.

I do hope existing websites eventually support web3 login, but eventually there will be a web3-native/decentralized social network that actually succeeds. there have been a few attempts over the years but nothing has gained much traction.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/16/22627435/twitter-bluesky-...

A large chunk of my internet experience lately has been on web3, and the experience is _wonderful_ despite it's immaturity.

It's incredible to be able to go to different websites (Zapper, Zerion, OpenSea, etc.) and simply have all my data already exist -- without needing to create an account, export/import.

web3 makes me believe in a new era of the internet that isn't full of ads, cookie consent forms, dozens of sign-in services, tracking, etc.

An anonymous version of myself and my data exists everywhere. It's really a hackers dream.

It's about 100 miles, so ~1 week to hike it.

but there are plenty of trails throughout the Uintas to extend the trip, or just drive over to any number of other ranges (Winds, Teton, Wasatch) or Southern Utah and do some desert hiking in the Canyonlands or Escalante.

Unfortunately the wildfire smoke is prevalent across the west so there's not much escaping it.

This data also doesn't gauge sentiment.

HN talks about Bitcoin/crypto frequently, but the overwhelming opinion for years has been that it's pointless.

That will certainly be a huge miss, similar to the dismissal of easy file syncing. DeFi/crypto/NFTs seem to be gaining real traction and HN hasn't accepted it.

there are plenty of stablecoins, and most NFTs are priced in ETH. It's also trivial to convert volatile tokens into stable tokens or fiat automatically. This is a non-issue, but is brought up by those who have not paid attention to the crypto market in the past 5 years.

love cryptowatch desktop! :) very performant.

The Peacock app coverage is horrible. I ended up paying for Hulu + Live TV to get live coverage as well as the full backlog of replays.

I ended up adding the 'Live TV' option to my existing Hulu subscription, and now have access to all the replays as well as the primetime coverage. It's working very well. It's ~$65/mo extra, so I'll just cancel that add-on after the games end.

I'd prefer to have native internet streaming coverage. IIRC the 2016 or '18 games had fantastic free coverage on streaming boxes, with a nice app that had an easy way to watch live for any sport. not sure why we are regressing so badly. Probably money.

Most of HN isn't aware of the non-BTC, non-Ponzi protocols and dapps being built right now.

There are some very cool things like decentralized lending/borrowing, exchanges, cross-chain swaps, synthetics, etc. These protocols are revenue generating (via fees) and are actively used with billions in volume.

99% of crypto will die off, but the small part that survives could be the backbone of a very robust internet-native financial system.

Whether these DeFi primitives will ever be plugged into TradFi systems remains to be seen, but if nothing else, the ability for these protocols to easily interop is a huge win over existing systems.

Even if everything uses stablecoins and all "altcoins" are ignored, there is still value here.