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by Forbo 6y ago
> For now it's listed for sale on just one cryptocurrency exchange I think the article might be inaccurate. According to this, there's at least four exchanges currently: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins&#
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by Forbo 6y ago
I can't tell you how many times I've been able to implement solutions for my organization based off of experience with personal projects. If I'm satisfied in my due diligence of the provider then I'm a lot more likely to
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by Forbo 6y ago
I've really enjoyed my water flosser, my only complaint has been how loud it is. Also, if you use a strong mouthwash in the reservoir there is the possibility it will etch and eat into the reservoir tank. I typically try to flush mine
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by Forbo 6y ago
Utah is saying they're at 22% fully vaccinated according to their site: https://coronavirus.utah.gov/vaccine
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by Forbo 6y ago
Not sure why your comment was dead, I vouched for it. Here's a Wikipedia reference to back you up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Policy_Group_v._Diebold... .
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by Forbo 6y ago
Didn't know the barrier to entry had fallen so low. Last I saw it was only under very specific conditions with lots of expensive equipment that this stuff could be recovered.
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by Forbo 6y ago
They can just as easily stand up their own repository for F-Droid. It's not like they've blacklisted the app from ever being installed. Edit: https://www.f-droid.org/en/tutorials/create-repo/
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by Forbo 6y ago
Not even our criminal laws are consistently enforced in the US. I have no faith that this would be any different, and think it would just end up as another tool for systemic oppression.
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by Forbo 6y ago
Why keep your savings at home? For anything critical I use a safe deposit box.
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by Forbo 6y ago
There are some things that I wish were opt out, for instance organ donation.
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by Forbo 6y ago
Or Namecoin, or Blockstack, or OpenAlias, or ENS, or....
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by Forbo 6y ago
Tor's onion addresses aren't human-meaningful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooko%27s_triangle
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by Forbo 6y ago
You can set a PIN in Signal to protect against SIM swap attacks.
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by Forbo 6y ago
$500+ for the case, $160+ for new filters. Ouch.
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by Forbo 6y ago
Sorry I didn't specify. There's still plenty of demand for HTC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_distributed_computing_...
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by Forbo 6y ago
The snap does upgrade major versions, although from my experience it tends to be on a delay to ensure stability.
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by Forbo 6y ago
New? Gridcoin has been around since 2013.
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by Forbo 6y ago
If they're backed then they can prove it with an audit. Considering their last auditor told them to kick rocks, I'm highly skeptical.
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by Forbo 6y ago
Considering the number of supercomputers that have been constructed since the days of ENIAC, I don't think we'll be running out of scientific computing problems any time soon. And if we somehow do manage to run out of computing pr
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by Forbo 6y ago
Even if you have people doubling or tripling up the work on something useful, the end result is infinitely more useful than bruteforced hashes.
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by Forbo 6y ago
What you're looking for is called the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC). The work units for BOINC can be crunched to earn GridCoin.
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by Forbo 6y ago
I've been trying to bring attention to this project for years. It directly addresses the whole "proof of work is proof of waste" problem. Some of my earliest submissions to HN were about GridCoin, and they largely went compel
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by Forbo 6y ago
Lots of professional mining operations will actually undervolt the cards to get them to run more effeciently, decreasing electricity and cooling costs overall. Also there's less thermal stress due to them running constantly, so you don
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by Forbo 6y ago
"whatever it is Mozilla is trying to do" is called Tor Uplift. They're trying to implement as much privacy protection as possible from Tor Browser into mainline Firefox. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/
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by Forbo 6y ago
According to this chart, it is something that should be approached with caution: https://wiki.tripsit.me/images/3/3a/Combo_2.png
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by Forbo 6y ago
It exists, it's called GridCoin. It's a proof of stake chain that disburses coins based on work units completed on the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC). There's a few others that take different appro
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by Forbo 6y ago
Seeing generic crap helps me to ignore the consumerist propaganda that's being hurled at me from all angles. It's easier to recognize it for what it is: an attempt to exert undue influence over my decision making.
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by Forbo 6y ago
I've been trying to get people to pay attention to this project for years. I think a lot of the "useful computation" chains are much more likely to survive the next cryptocurrency crash because of their inherent utility. For
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by Forbo 6y ago
It exists, it's called GridCoin. It's a proof of stake currency that is distributed based on work units completed in BOINC. https://gridcoin.us/
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by Forbo 6y ago
I'm having a hard time finding any info on what "SG&E" is despite a lot of searching. Can anyone provide some context?

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