-Sustained fusion still only 10 years away!

I have read CD-RWs of approximately the same age with no data loss.

SSDs sacrifice durability of data for io speed

I also try to listen to any future 'self' notifications.

It's mostly a fun thought experiment.

"An iPhone is not cheap in general, and in Argentina less so. The current price for an iPhone 13 is ca. 400.000 ARS, which roughly translates to 2200 USD or 1300 USD at the unofficial rate (it's complicated). With an average monthly salary of 427 USD (according to Numbeo) you can see that getting a new iPhone is not a choice to take lightly."

As a rule of thumb I halve the EPA estimate in winter and 2/3-3/4 it in summer.

I have had no range issues doing this for the 130000km + I have owned the vehicle.

Edit: If I'm going to tap, I check the Wh/km, as that is what I'm used to. It was better before they removed it from the swipe, but hey, we gotta fill those sprints somehow.

Average over 130000km (3y) is 191Wh/km

Winter can be as bad as 330Wh/km (-30C 110km/h)

Summer can be good, but I've never seen a 100km trip better than 145Wh/km.

Generally the lower the remaining range, the better the EPA range (estimate) is.

Winter tires, snow and ice sticking to the car, and -15C are quite normal occurrences here, and range display is pretty consistently half of what to expect.

The point is, I never need to buy fiat (what you call withdrawing)

I don't want to help you understand bitcoin, because I don't want insufferable obstructionists having a say in humanity's future.

What you value is cleary different than what I value and that's fine, but there is nothing you can do to stop me from using my preferred value store, and that is exactly the point.

I don't tell you what to do with things you buy that I think are useless.

Those who purchase or generate electricity can do so with it as they wish, it is a free market.

You can post all of the articles you want, the innovaters are outpacing the obstructionists as they have been for millennia, it's nothing new under the sun, and progress marches on.

It currently uses .1% of global energy, instead of all the worlds energy as predicted in 2017. It makes use of stranded energy, off peak energy stabilizing grid production, incentivizes green energy build outs, and with the landfill methane caputure business will soon be the only digital asset that is carbon negative.

What have you heard? That it is a climate disaster and you should stay away?

First index in the array, 0.

Whether some think it's leaky, or that it is a melting ice cube or ultrasound money is irrelevant. Despite or with support from opinions of others, it is ultimately you who makes the decision where to store your value.

Only time can say if you've made a good decision, as not one person can predict the future, and likewise you must suffer or enjoy the consequences of your decision.

But I do know people over estimate what can be accomplished in a year and underestimate what can be accomplished in 10.

Until then, I will let institutions take the risk and I will stick with my index fund.