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Commented on Empire Games (and Merchant Princes): the inevitable spoiler thread!
On page 64 (according to Kindle), Smith says: "They're a polity from another time line that calls itself the New American Commonwealth, Major. They're a Communist superpower with nuclear weapons and world-walkers."...
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Commented on Empire Games (and Merchant Princes): the inevitable spoiler thread!
I just finished the book. Great ending to an awesome series. I kept thinking everything was going to end badly, I seem to have come to expect that from this series. In particular when at around 84% (according to Kindle)...
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Commented on Test Case
Honestly, I feel like the legal merits are going to be pretty irrelevant in this case. Public outrage will demand action, and going after the corporations involved is a nightmare of jurisdictions and would potentially be very disruptive to the...
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Commented on Unforeseen Consequences and that 1929 vibe
I'd expect the impact of malware / javascript mining on energy consumption to be minimal - those pcs are running anyway. I guess a busy cpu might be working on higher voltage than when semi-idling? But I wouldn't expect this...
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Commented on Unforeseen Consequences and that 1929 vibe
How do transaction fees work? I mean, I always use them against anybody claiming the old "Bitcoin is free to use" bit, which it isn't, because electricity, but also because transaction fees is a field in a Bitcoin transaction and...