Re: Black Mirror, yet again..
Bitcoin et al. are becoming more and more assimilated into the mainstream banking system
lol no
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I remember the first time I saw GATTACA, I thought "those rocket launches look completely unconvincing". Likely because I was used to seeing grainy technical footage from the 60s-90s.
It turns out that real daytime launches of kerosene-burning rockets, shot on modern high quality equipment for publicity rather than technical purposes (Falcon Heavy being a particularly good example of this,) really do look like they do in the movies.
Blockchain is actually a useful concept.What gives the blockchain concept a bad name are the cryptocurrencies
"Blockchain" uses concepts that have been around for decades and for which there has been more than enough time for someone to find uses for them. On top of that, the only thing that makes a blockchain a blockchain is the mining of tradeable tokens. Take those away and there's nothing new under the bonnet.
While well made, Rolex's stock in trade is basic steel tool watches (which, before their prices began dramatically inflating ~30 years ago, were even considered affordable!) They don't decorate their movements, indeed they are hidden, they don't combine major complications and the most complicated watch they offer is a chronograph. Unlike the true high-end watchmakers, to address more wealthy customers they are content to take these basic watches and throw precious metals and/or gemstones at them (then charge several times the marginal cost of doing so.)
Almost every brand listed on FHH's website is more innovative than Rolex. When you can't physically manufacture enough of your product to keep up with demand and operate at margins that Apple would likely be jealous of, you don't have to innovate. For (IMO) true "haute horlogerie", some examples would be A. Lange & Söhne, MB&F or Urwerk.
Now SpaceX with very little money has already launched a missile with greater lift capacity than SLS
Falcon Heavy is rated at 64 t (fully expendable) while SLS's lightest configuration (Block 1) is currently designed to lift 70 t.
Although I suppose, technically, you could say that SLS currently has a payload of 0 t...