phoogathrw

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by phoogathrw 11y ago
You can't use SETI@home for proof of work. The work target has to somehow involve a fully random process. Lots of very smart people have tried this and failed. The best effort so far has been to find prime numbers, and even that turned
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by phoogathrw 11y ago
Have you considered that your customer might have just been telling you what you wanted to hear in the hopes of getting a discount?
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by phoogathrw 11y ago
Wow, did you really? Or is this a sarcastic comment? If serious, that's pretty amazing.
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by phoogathrw 11y ago
>Here's the thing: most of our clients LIKE the fact that we don't discuss price upfront. Sorry, but absent reliable data, I'm calling BS here: I've never, ever met someone who likes having to call some random salesma
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by phoogathrw 11y ago
Ok, yeah that would be nice. But no one has figured out how to securely do productive work for proof of work. In fact, there are pretty good reasons to believe that it may even be impossible to create a secure yet productive proof of work
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by phoogathrw 11y ago
I really like this guy's approach to open source projects: http://runtimelegend.com/abitopen.txt Assuming this approach would relieve a lot of the stress I've experienced on my more popular projects. I'm se
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by phoogathrw 11y ago
As much as I like the idea behind Timber, I'd not recommend using it for a production site. It has some current security issues that the devs seem to both not understand AND to not be much concerned with (a frightening combination).