Cryptocurrencies are simply dumb, when will the modern Tulip mania end?

Ever since Bitcoin, a Cryptocurrency, was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009 we have seen massive, near cult-like, support online for the technology, and in the last few years a flood of speculative capital for Bitcoin and the thousands of other Cryptocurrencies. After looking at the claims (given by the community or Coin founders) I … Continue reading Cryptocurrencies are simply dumb, when will the modern Tulip mania end?

Personal Study: Ad blockers will greatly boost page loads

It will not be a surprise to most internet users that adblockers not only block ads and block malware (also known asĀ adware) that may be inside the ads, but will also greatly boost page load times and cut down on bandwidth usage. In this hardly scientific personal study of mine I will go to a few technology news sites with and without an adblocker to determine how much time, bandwidth, and requests I save.

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