entelia09

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   by entelia09 7y ago

   We were butchered by a patent troll in the 90s. Back then they weren't so known or hated.
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   by entelia09 8y ago

   IANAL but I'm 99% sure they are not legal. They are just too tiny to be sued into oblivion. At the moment.
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   by entelia09 8y ago

   Burnout is really, make sure you manage your mental and physical health.
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   by entelia09 8y ago

   Dirty Money Hoop Dreams
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   by entelia09 8y ago

   But it wasn't coinhive or coinhive's users who were paying for it. Website visitors carried the cost...
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   by entelia09 8y ago

   I remember reading a research paper estimating that coinhive made over $250,000 every month. What do you think about this?
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   by entelia09 8y ago

   This is a big question for me too! Especially since they didn't seem to have any major reason to burn a lot of cash or to run out of money! Was it maybe a lawsuit, fraud or regulatory issue? I would LOVE to know.
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   by entelia09 8y ago

   I think the real threat is going to be more of a side-effect of AI. The fact that the current models may produce results that we can't foresee; therefore, a sufficiently advanced AI is powerful AND unpredictable, hence uncontrollable.
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   by entelia09 8y ago

   True! I got so excited when I saw the cover photo.
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    by entelia09 8y ago

    This is a really dumb observation, but my apartment is in the cover photo! (Vancouver BC, Canada) Sorry, I got super excited!