stephengillie

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My day job is to download random programs suggested by people I haven't met before, and post "hot takes" about them on the Internet.

Opinions are those of Gilgamech Technologies.

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Comment · 8 years ago
> Every resident and employee will have what amounts to an Ethereum address, which they will use to vote on local measures and store their personal data.

Maybe repurpose the pods to hold ETH mining gear?

But you've caught me. I obviously don't know what I'm talking about. Congratulations, CyberDildonics, you've won HN today!

Comment · 8 years ago
They could have combined their similar goals and pooled their money.
Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
Subtitle tells the whole story:

> A man spent millions on an enormous plot of land near Reno. Now he wants to build a community based on the blockchain technology introduced by Bitcoin.

He could have joined up with the Bitcoin mining group in Wenatchee WA, where they spent millions building custom "mining pods" to house the ASICs.

Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
Collecting the rounding leftovers into another bank account was the plot of Office Space.
Comment · 8 years ago
Bit of a typo in the title. Original: Advantages of Using R Notebooks For Data Analysis Instead of Jupyter Notebooks
Comment · 8 years ago
NFL and other leagues have streaming on their own sites now. NFL is $75/year for all games on-demand.
Comment · 8 years ago
> Astronomers call it Sagittarius A* (pronounced “A-star”).

Why do astronomers call the black hole "A Star" when they know better than anyone else that it's not a star, but a black hole?

Why don't we call it "Sagittarius A-black hole"?

Comment · 8 years ago
If web browsers could interpret another language, would you make the same argument against it?
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Comment · 8 years ago
We need an internet of firewalls. I dislike tech legislation, but sometimes I think all networked devices should be required to have an internal firewall.
Comment · 8 years ago
Sorry
Comment · 8 years ago
I haven't worked with arrays for years. Sorry for the mistakes.

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