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ya I did some researching and still don't get how this works lol

"Proof-of-Optimization, a novel blockchain consensus mechanism described in the whitepaper, plans to solve computational chemistry problems at a cost competitive with that of standard on-premises environments and cloud computing. Compute contributors can run both solver and validator nodes powering industrial-scale virtual screening campaigns in exchange for $MSI, the platform's official token.

"For the first time, any computer or phone with access to the web might be responsible and rewarded for discovering the next breakthrough medicine," said Shkreli, Druglike Co-Founder. "We will disrupt the economics of the drug business by allowing a wide pool of innovators and contributors, rather than only pharmaceutical giants, to profit from drug discovery."

link: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/07/25/248519...

Re:Square Enix launches its first NFT project on Saturday July 23, 2022 @11:47AM (#32204395)
Article: "Yes, you read that right. Square Enix is choosing to make its NFTs — a technology known to consume exorbitant amounts of energy contributing to wildly increased emissions and accelerating already out-of-control climate change on a planet that is either on fire, drowned, or melting — out of characters it created who were dedicated to stopping companies from doing exactly what an NFT facilitates."

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Enjin protocol: "a Proof of Authority blockchain that runs on five nodes that consume 30,000,000 watts per year.

This will allow Enjin Ecosystem creators to mint NFTs on a network that consumes ~0.000002 of the electricity of the Ethereum blockchain."

Link: https://enjin.io/blog/carbon-neutral-nfts-by-2030

The authors should've done a little bit of background check on how different Enjin actually is rather than just assuming everything.

Re:The amateur investors ruined by the crypto crash on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @06:18PM (#32076424)
> Roy started spending all his time watching YouTube videos and speaking to other cryptocurrency enthusiasts in private groups on the messaging app Telegram.

So I don't really get this article. Let's take out the human psychological factor such as addiction and gambling for a second.

Similar things can be said to traditional stock crash as well, can it not? Before the 'crypto-mania', the amateur investors would read a few posts/websites or gain influence from what their friends/peers/social groups would recite about [insert certain stock] and when it crashed, this is the same cycle.

My point is without actually spending time conducting deeper research and really understanding the technology(topic), this is will happen to anyone(amateurs).

Would love to hear others' opinions on this.

Agreed - And i love your story. Thank you for sharing!
Ever heard of Sandstorm by Darude? Yeah that has nothing to do with this
you influenced me to install it on my 2011 macbook pro! Thank you
I really really really really really really really really LOVE THIS.

1 feature I love to see, if possible, is to implement either youtube videos or Gifs.

(Would be cool if there was a really basic keyframe animation tool bar, but thats a lot of work) So don't listen to me.

But overall i love this. Thank you for making this!

Re:Dallas Police Dept. Loses 8 Terabytes of Crime Data on Monday August 16, 2021 @05:18PM (#28203114)
"Pitts, who is accused of shooting another man to death in 2019, will be released while prosecutors work with the police department to determine whether any data related to his case has been lost, the outlet reports."

I'm afraid that's going to be the case for so many other cases.

I'll tell ya whats next, VR Blockchain for Bees!
Dang, I just updated mine to 14.6. Is there anything i can do to be more cautious/prevent spywares from my iphone?
THIS IS AMAZING!!!! Thank you!
Re:Lina Khan: The 32-year-old taking on Big Tech on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @02:24PM (#27531783)
she is amazing. I can't wait to see what she does.
Re:Stanford CS Curriculum 2021 on Thursday June 03, 2021 @11:29PM (#27390247)
THank youuuu!!!!!
Re:An NFT That Saves Lives on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @01:17PM (#27039945)
Maybe i'm just an idiot, but this:

>For this NFT, they're going to issue a public report tracking how this specific tranche of money is spent, and estimating the number of lives saved as a result.

In my opinion, that is vital.

Many donations to non-profits are used for many various reasons (some justifiable, some definitely NOT).

This actually allows tracking on that money. So isn't this a good thing? People can easily manipulate stats on documents without having to worry about someone else double checking the work.

With the ability to track the NFT's currency transactions is good, no?

Re:Coded Illustrations on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @11:30AM (#27038659)
Yeaaaaaaaa these look so great!!
Re:Rare chunks of Earth's mantle found exposed in Maryland on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @12:31PM (#26971246)
>.>

I wrote: whoeversethisupgof**[email protected]

and it worked! :)

Re:Rare chunks of Earth's mantle found exposed in Maryland on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @12:23PM (#26971157)
Who needs to mine Eth or Bitcoin when I can go mine some real ROCKS!!!!!!

LIKE A REAL MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re:The culture war is killing us [video] on Thursday April 22, 2021 @09:40PM (#26910155)
Saagar spitting some solid facts
Hit the nail on this one.
will this work on the latest mac pro? Probably not right?
Re:Flipper Zero: Tamagochi for Hackers on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @06:52PM (#26406060)
Alright! I just need to learn how to hack and i am set!!
Re:The Mac Pro – A Year in the Studio on Sunday March 07, 2021 @10:28PM (#26382054)
This is so wonderful to read! Thank you so much for sharing!!

I'm trying to get more in the 3D world myself. I do plenty of 2D/graphic design professionally and I bought the mac pro (base version*) thinking I can upgrade it later.

The main problem I ran into for Maya was the Arnold Render. I will have to come back to this document and research how they render real time using their GPUs and not their CPUs. I see they're using RedShift. I'll have to learn about that!

Maya's Arnold render doesn't support rendering with AMD's GPU (AMD Radeon Pro W5700X 16 GB) so I tried the RadeonRender Plugin but it's a pain trying to apply the textures to be the same.

Are their Maya tutorials that anyone recommends on this?

Re:Square acquires majority of Tidal in $297M deal on Thursday March 04, 2021 @08:45AM (#26342291)
Im gonna throw my speculation, is it to attempt to implement a crypto method of payment to musicians through Tidal?
I joined the public group and even tho its just everyone kinda experimenting with their tunes, i love it. This has a lot of potential. Best of luck!

I wish there was a chat integration? Would like to just say: this is cool tune

Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client on Friday January 22, 2021 @01:50PM (#25874738)
WOW throwback!!!
This is so awesome. I've been looking for something like this for my obsolete ipad 1st Generation! Do you think it works with that? The highest OS that is iOS 5.1.1.
Re:The Environmental Cost of Bitcoin on Sunday January 17, 2021 @04:23PM (#25815092)
Can you elaborate more on what would be a useful app in terms of Bitcoin?

Or do you mean like an educational tool helping teach how/why/what is bitcoin/blockchain?

Re:The Environmental Cost of Bitcoin on Sunday January 17, 2021 @04:20PM (#25815074)
I 100% agree on Bitcoin.

But for Ethereum transitioning to Eth 2.0, can't that be debatable? Because ETH 2.0, uses a proof of stake, rather than roof of work?

Re:Twitch disables Trump’s account indefinitely on Thursday January 07, 2021 @03:34PM (#25677051)
HOW DARE YOU!

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