Personal opinion is not a trump card beating social and/or economical impact. Scientists researched a lot of nasty weapons "for fun", without considering the impact of what they were doing.
Only, it's not a dictatorship. Not yet. The election wasn't rigged, the results truly represent what the average Russian believes in and voted for. Does it suck? of course it does. Is there anything you can do to change it? Nope. I mean, hell, look at the other candidates. Jirinovski is an extremist nutcase. Ksenia is a run-of-the-mill TV-star-turned-politician using the election process and her candidacy for further boosting her personal career, everything-be-damned.
You really need to research and find out why Putin is being regarded as a savior among Russians, and once you do, you'll realize he'll be in charge forever, because it's damn near impossible to find a stronger candidate than him (from a Russian perspective, that is).
It's easy to abuse that kind of "contests". Star Citizen did it with various contests such as "design a weapon" and so on, where they had literally dozens of teams competing for the "glory" of having a ship weapon they designed implemented in the game. No, you can't say "nobody forced them to participate", because while it's true (nobody was forced), there's more than one way to have someone work a lot for free. Such as the ole carrot-on-a-stick: "your NAME will be in the GAME" - well fuck that, how about my name being in the game AND I get paid for that work? Sure, teams who don't win and whose work isn't used would not be paid, and that's fine, but if you're going to use my work in a commercial product, I fully expect to be paid.
I'll be the devil's advocate here. Going to a hackaton and working for free isn't the problem. The problem is what happens with said work afterwards. Does it become F/OSS with some sort of GPL license or something similar, thus preventing corporations from taking that work and making it theirs, locking down the code? Then it's all cool. But if corporations lure people into working for free through whatever means, then use those ideas, that code and that development to expand their portfolio, making shit tons of money in the process, then there's a big problem.
I did work for free in the past out of enthusiasm, saw my work being used by other entities to make lots of money and I got the shaft, so I can relate to TFA concerns.
You know what's funny? Here in my 3rd world country, I could apply for Industrial power, pay an installation tax for 380V power and then mine away as much as I desire, while paying FAR LESS per KW/h than a home user would. I guess 'murica has it backwards...
We don't know what happened. If the woman jumped in front of the vehicle, 10 yards away from it, while it was going 70, no sensor, computer or algorithm in this world would have prevented the collision. Having an instantly reacting computer in control doesn't abolish the laws of physics.
The police start hunting you in the sewers, for example. I haven't played it for long, but I thought it was a welcome addition to gaming. Sort of a big Fuck You to SJW, positive discrimination and general flatness of current Western society.
Bitcoin and others, by design apparently, reject that this is something that applies to them. Because they're special and smeared themselves with unicorn poop, and therefore exempt.
Actually... Bitcoin et al. were created to fill a gap, to fulfill a need in the world. It is the need to free oneself from the mostly unnecessary regulation. Now, this is at least what the theory is. In practice, the whole cryptocurrency thing is not yet mature. There are doors wide open for abuse, indeed, and there's risk, of course. It's a Wild West kind of thing.
The good news is the market is slowly maturing and stabilizes. Most shitcoins are doing badly, their value dropping steadily, which is expected because they bring little-to-no value to the market. Bitcoin itself is amazingly stable, if you look at last 30 days valuation. I'd venture to say 2018 is the year of cryptocurrency maturation and interesting things will happen.
Now, I generally see lots and lots of people talking out of their collective asses about cryptocurrencies, and they consistently have little to no clue what the fuck they are talking about. Their information comes from crappy mainstream news aggregators and they never bothered to properly investigate the subject; as such, invalid information is being propagated. I'll briefly address some of the most widely peddled:
- "cryptocurrencies are used for illegal transaction" - used to be mostly true, nowadays it's mostly false. There are literally tens of thousands stores which legally accept Bitcoin, here's how you can look them up: https://coinmap.org/ - "tulip bulbs" - there's very little overlap between a classic bubble and cryptobubble. Yes, I still believe there is a cryptobubble right now, and that Bitcoin and by extension all other coins are over-valuated as of now, but the overvaluation is far from being in the tens of thousands percent, as most people imply. My take, based on studying the market for the last year or so, is that BTC should stabilize at around 6K to 6.5K USD a piece, and then slowly creep up over time. Its value can't fall to zero by design: the fewer miners, the easier it is to mine, and the other way around. Most mineable coins are designed the same way, it's just some of them don't add any value for now. - "it's risky" - yeah, you bet it is. So is answering to a Nigerian Prince, or any other thing in life, really: if you don't keep your eyes peeled, you can become a victim. Taking a loan from the bank can do that to you just as well, only the bank loan has no chance of making you rich:)
Alternatives to the establishment are always welcome in my opinion: they rock the boat and disturb the status quo. Revolution? Maybe, maybe not, but the world was built by those who weren't happy with the status quo.
They bundle the demo version in. Getting a license is your problem. I happen to have a license and the added bells and whistles of Ultima Prime are awesome.
I am currently mining with my PC and my house is heated by it. So, as someone who already does it, I can tell you that it's awesome during winter, and then it sucks hard, because you need to cool your house more than when not mining, obviously. So unless you live somewhere in Iceland or up in the mountainside, you will only heat your house half the year, effectively doubling your ROI time. Shortly put: those 3600 dollars? Most of them you'll never make back.
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Personal opinion is not a trump card beating social and/or economical impact.
Scientists researched a lot of nasty weapons "for fun", without considering the impact of what they were doing.
I'd counter with Safra Catz.
Depends on why you code. Some people who do something for the joy of it don't care if it gets locked away afterwards.
That excuse can't fly anymore. I mean "I'm just a scientist" excuse.
GP's reasons are exactly why I haven't heard of it.
Only, it's not a dictatorship. Not yet.
The election wasn't rigged, the results truly represent what the average Russian believes in and voted for. Does it suck? of course it does. Is there anything you can do to change it? Nope. I mean, hell, look at the other candidates. Jirinovski is an extremist nutcase. Ksenia is a run-of-the-mill TV-star-turned-politician using the election process and her candidacy for further boosting her personal career, everything-be-damned.
You really need to research and find out why Putin is being regarded as a savior among Russians, and once you do, you'll realize he'll be in charge forever, because it's damn near impossible to find a stronger candidate than him (from a Russian perspective, that is).
Blockchain! Blockchain! Blockchain!
Home users are home users, no matter the size of the home. Having them pay differently is discriminating.
Much like a river kills the person jumping in it?
It's easy to abuse that kind of "contests".
Star Citizen did it with various contests such as "design a weapon" and so on, where they had literally dozens of teams competing for the "glory" of having a ship weapon they designed implemented in the game. No, you can't say "nobody forced them to participate", because while it's true (nobody was forced), there's more than one way to have someone work a lot for free. Such as the ole carrot-on-a-stick: "your NAME will be in the GAME" - well fuck that, how about my name being in the game AND I get paid for that work?
Sure, teams who don't win and whose work isn't used would not be paid, and that's fine, but if you're going to use my work in a commercial product, I fully expect to be paid.
At least one who can spell Shakespeare would help.
I'll be the devil's advocate here.
Going to a hackaton and working for free isn't the problem. The problem is what happens with said work afterwards. Does it become F/OSS with some sort of GPL license or something similar, thus preventing corporations from taking that work and making it theirs, locking down the code? Then it's all cool.
But if corporations lure people into working for free through whatever means, then use those ideas, that code and that development to expand their portfolio, making shit tons of money in the process, then there's a big problem.
I did work for free in the past out of enthusiasm, saw my work being used by other entities to make lots of money and I got the shaft, so I can relate to TFA concerns.
"charging that same if not more for energy usage to heavy users would help reduce the demand for fossil fuels where it matters."
Only it wouldn't. It would increase the price of the end product, that's all.
You know what's funny? Here in my 3rd world country, I could apply for Industrial power, pay an installation tax for 380V power and then mine away as much as I desire, while paying FAR LESS per KW/h than a home user would.
I guess 'murica has it backwards...
We don't know what happened.
If the woman jumped in front of the vehicle, 10 yards away from it, while it was going 70, no sensor, computer or algorithm in this world would have prevented the collision.
Having an instantly reacting computer in control doesn't abolish the laws of physics.
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The police start hunting you in the sewers, for example.
I haven't played it for long, but I thought it was a welcome addition to gaming. Sort of a big Fuck You to SJW, positive discrimination and general flatness of current Western society.
Hmm, I have played it. It was a pretty well done game.
Let them play Hatred and then measure their levels :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Okay, so it's a big company, a monster, a whatever.
What's the news again? This has been known for years.
Bitcoin and others, by design apparently, reject that this is something that applies to them. Because they're special and smeared themselves with unicorn poop, and therefore exempt.
Actually...
Bitcoin et al. were created to fill a gap, to fulfill a need in the world. It is the need to free oneself from the mostly unnecessary regulation. Now, this is at least what the theory is. In practice, the whole cryptocurrency thing is not yet mature. There are doors wide open for abuse, indeed, and there's risk, of course. It's a Wild West kind of thing.
The good news is the market is slowly maturing and stabilizes. Most shitcoins are doing badly, their value dropping steadily, which is expected because they bring little-to-no value to the market. Bitcoin itself is amazingly stable, if you look at last 30 days valuation. I'd venture to say 2018 is the year of cryptocurrency maturation and interesting things will happen.
Now, I generally see lots and lots of people talking out of their collective asses about cryptocurrencies, and they consistently have little to no clue what the fuck they are talking about. Their information comes from crappy mainstream news aggregators and they never bothered to properly investigate the subject; as such, invalid information is being propagated. I'll briefly address some of the most widely peddled:
- "cryptocurrencies are used for illegal transaction" - used to be mostly true, nowadays it's mostly false. There are literally tens of thousands stores which legally accept Bitcoin, here's how you can look them up: https://coinmap.org/ :)
- "tulip bulbs" - there's very little overlap between a classic bubble and cryptobubble. Yes, I still believe there is a cryptobubble right now, and that Bitcoin and by extension all other coins are over-valuated as of now, but the overvaluation is far from being in the tens of thousands percent, as most people imply. My take, based on studying the market for the last year or so, is that BTC should stabilize at around 6K to 6.5K USD a piece, and then slowly creep up over time. Its value can't fall to zero by design: the fewer miners, the easier it is to mine, and the other way around. Most mineable coins are designed the same way, it's just some of them don't add any value for now.
- "it's risky" - yeah, you bet it is. So is answering to a Nigerian Prince, or any other thing in life, really: if you don't keep your eyes peeled, you can become a victim. Taking a loan from the bank can do that to you just as well, only the bank loan has no chance of making you rich
Alternatives to the establishment are always welcome in my opinion: they rock the boat and disturb the status quo. Revolution? Maybe, maybe not, but the world was built by those who weren't happy with the status quo.
You mean... Internet Time?
https://www.timeanddate.com/ti...
Question is: do they NEED a license to distribute shareware products? I never thought they would.
As for which file manager is better, to each their own. Some people are perfectly happy with Windows Explorer, for example.
I highly doubt a pair of consumer-grade AMD RX580s gaming cards would last mining ETH for over 3 years.
They bundle the demo version in. Getting a license is your problem.
I happen to have a license and the added bells and whistles of Ultima Prime are awesome.
I am currently mining with my PC and my house is heated by it. So, as someone who already does it, I can tell you that it's awesome during winter, and then it sucks hard, because you need to cool your house more than when not mining, obviously.
So unless you live somewhere in Iceland or up in the mountainside, you will only heat your house half the year, effectively doubling your ROI time.
Shortly put: those 3600 dollars? Most of them you'll never make back.