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Re:Blockchains Considered Harmful: Is Brute-Force Processing... by gardnr on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @07:10PM (#15606333)
It always puts me off when an article has "Considered Harmful" in the title.
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Re:Blockchains Considered Harmful: Is Brute-Force Processing... by hunter2_ on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @07:40PM (#15606534)
I have to imagine some nonzero percentage of new CH essays are authored by people who agree (i.e. have seen https://meyerweb.com/eric/comment/chech.html and the like) but proceed anyway, since the clickbait nature of doing so surely gives a boost exceeding the loss from those who are put off.
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Re:Blockchains Considered Harmful: Is Brute-Force Processing... by cyraxjoe on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @08:20PM (#15606770)
If you ever come across a new one send it to: https://twitter.com/cons_harmful ;)
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