OT: 97th Obsequious Banter Thread: The No Choking Zone (Adventure, post 159)

[Captain Dave Poulin]

More reason to hate cryptomining. The energy being used for it is becoming 'dirtier' and causing an even bigger carbon footprint than it was just 1 year ago.

Wait a minute. How do you mine for literally imaginary gold? What the f*** is happening right now?

 

[Jack Straw]

Wait a minute. How do you mine for literally imaginary gold? What the f*** is happening right now?

In imaginary mines, obviously.

 

[Schwarbomb]

Wait a minute. How do you mine for literally imaginary gold? What the f*** is happening right now?

A lot of energy consumption for computers to "mine" the "blocks". A facility is actually being built at a PA nuclear plant that's going to mine bitcoin.

 

[sigma six]

Nah. They haven't painted their tanks red.

Red ones go faster!

 

[kudymen]

Once again, the BALLS of the Ukrainian people



Reminiscent of Prague 68 or Tiananmen Square 89

 

[DancingPanther]

Wait a minute. How do you mine for literally imaginary gold? What the f*** is happening right now?

It's not mining for Bitcoin. It's mining for unique descriptive (and non-invertible) algorithms

Crypto mining is basically organizing a bunch of unique legitimate transactions into unique groups. No specific transaction is allowed to be included in more than 1 group. Once you make your unique group, you have to give it a unique name. The name is literally just an algorithm (aka a mathematical equation) that describes all the transactions in the group.

Miners have to
1. Check the transactions are unique
2. Check the transactions are legitimate
3. Check the transactions haven't been grouped yet
4. Organize those transactions into a group
5. Brute force an algorithm that describes the group
6. Check the algorithm is unique

If all of this is successful, you are rewarded some amount (or some fraction of) a Bitcoin. It takes a lot of calculations and is confusing not only to man but also machine. Naturally miners maximize their efforts by using multiple machines. So lots of mining = lots of computers = lots of (nonrenewable) energy consumption

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

It's not mining for Bitcoin. It's mining for unique descriptive (and non-invertible) algorithms

Crypto mining is basically organizing a bunch of unique legitimate transactions into unique groups. No specific transaction is allowed to be included in more than 1 group. Once you make your unique group, you have to give it a unique name. The name is literally just an algorithm (aka a mathematical equation) that describes all the transactions in the group.

Miners have to
1. Check the transactions are unique
2. Check the transactions are legitimate
3. Check the transactions haven't been grouped yet
4. Organize those transactions into a group
5. Brute force an algorithm that describes the group
6. Check the algorithm is unique

If all of this is successful, you are rewarded some amount (or some fraction of) a Bitcoin. It takes a lot of calculations and is confusing not only to man but also machine. Naturally miners maximize their efforts by using multiple machines. So lots of mining = lots of computers = lots of (nonrenewable) energy consumption

I was not being serious.

 

[DancingPanther]

I was not being serious.

Oh god I'm so sorry

 

[Embiid]

Ok...now this is getting frighteningly serious!

Putin puts Russia's nuclear forces on alert, cites sanctions

 

[ellja3]

Ok...now this is getting frighteningly serious!

Putin puts Russia's nuclear forces on alert, cites sanctions

The madman has lost upper-hand/momentum and is getting desperate.

 

[Embiid]

The madman has lost upper-hand/momentum and is getting desperate.

With the lives of the entire human race.

Truly Vlad the Mad....

 

[Jack Straw]

I hope this guy is not planning on heading back to Moscow

 

[DancingPanther]

10 goals on 17 shots in 3 hours today boys. Added 4 apples. Back at it

 

[Starat327]

I hope this guy is not planning on heading back to Moscow

Somebody is going to be testing out the prototype short-range parachute from the 14th floor.

 

[Jack Straw]

This will surely get Putin to reconsider his actions

 

[DancingPanther]

This will surely get Putin to reconsider his actions

So will all those translucent yellow and blue fb profile pics

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

So will all those translucent yellow and blue fb profile pics

 

[DancingPanther]

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I've seen better crops during the Irish famine

 

[kudymen]

Sixty thousand people supporting Ukraine in Prague earlier today (edit - newest estimates talk about 80 tsd)

 

[Flybynite]

Ukraine dude picks up a mine off the road and moves it by hand. I swear cigarettes in the mouth must be like +20% stats to Ukrainians.

 

[Jack Straw]

Today's cute animal vid, guarateened safe viewing for @Striiker and @Captain Dave Poulin .

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I've seen better crops during the Irish famine

That’s from the Iron Sheik. I didn’t crop it.

 

[DancingPanther]

That’s from the Iron Sheik. I didn’t crop it.

I know you didn't and I forgive you anyway

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Today's cute animal vid, guarateened safe viewing for @Striiker and @Captain Dave Poulin .

They are pretty awesome.

 

[VladDrag]

Ukraine dude picks up a mine off the road and moves it by hand. I swear cigarettes in the mouth must be like +20% stats to Ukrainians.

That looks like an anti tank mine. You can jump on those and they don’t go off. Need lots of weight. Could be wrong tho.