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Economy / Services / Re: [30 BTC Bounty] - Find a mathematical / algorithmical formula
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on: February 13, 2015, 05:23:22 AM
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An approach idea.
Take an arbitrary x value (the one that is looked for, and find the point, that caused that value when inserted into the formula.
In Mathematica that would be:
Solve[(x*x - 1)^2/(4*x*(x*x + 486662*x + 1)) == THEVALUETOLOOKFOR, Modulus -> 2^255 - 19]
Then go back the whole chain, unti you reach x=9.
This can sometimes be tricky, that is why you probably have to think about it further.
Only working in the case that it's a doubled value this should find the answer without brute forcing. Disclaimer: I don't have Mathematica to test rather I'm writing based on documentation.
G = THEVALUETOLOOKFOR;
_x = G;
_i = 0;
While[_x!=9, _x = Solve[(x*x - 1)^2/(4*x*(x*x + 486662*x + 1)) == _x, x, Modulus -> 2^255 - 19]; _i++];
Print["G (", G, ") is x=9 doubled ", _i, " times"]
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Marketplace (Altcoins) / Re: 0.5 BTC Bounty
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on: February 13, 2015, 04:39:48 AM
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Why is this posted in the altcoin marketplace?
Progress report: Currently on block ~192k if you are already generating your own (or get from another user) let me know and I'll not worry about this anymore. While it may be 2/3 the way through the blocks it's roughly 1/10 the way through the transactions so it could be a bit yet.
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [XMR] Monero - A secure, private, untraceable cryptocurrency - 0.8.8.6
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on: February 13, 2015, 02:40:27 AM
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Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I can't stand "infinite scrolling" either. It's a feature I find to be very annoying for the most part (there are exceptions where it can serve a purpose, such as google image search). The problem I have with it is that I can't go to a particular page without scrolling endlessly. There are times when I want to lookup a discussion, and say there are 50 pages, I know it's likely to be somewhere around 30-40, with pagination I can make some guess and narrow it down fairly quick, but with infinite scroll I will have to scroll endlessly through page 1-30 or 50-40 before I can start my search. Another scenario could be you're reading a thread and are on page 30 (or in this case, far into your "scroll") and by accident you close the page or (god forbid) you are stupid enough to click a link without "open in new windows". Now you're left to wonder where you left of.
Try remember how long it took you to scroll down versus if you were on page 30 or not. You can't even remember the location of your scroll bar since there is no such thing as "half down the page" with infinite scroll.
As for my main concern (order), you are right, I can order it by oldest / latest. That's cool. But the quotes are not in the actual post, it's above in a tooltip, but the entire post is not displayed. So what happens if I want to read the post quoted? I have to click the link and it will take me to the post, but with infinite scroll how am I going to find my way back to the responding post? the scroll bar is useless. And it's not unreasonable to assume I want to read the quoted post of the quoted post, and as you move up you're just getting more lost.
Discourse addresses those issues. Jeff Atwood (CodingHorror) blogged about the troubles of pagination and infinite scrolling http://blog.codinghorror.com/the-end-of-pagination/Robin Ward (EvilTrout) then blogged about how to "do it right" a year later http://eviltrout.com/2013/02/16/infinite-scrolling-that-works.htmlHere's an example of a long thread at Discourse https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-most-awesome-plugin-for-discourse-that-does-not-yet-exist/31/73The /73 is the currently viewed reply so navigating to a link and hitting back works it's updated using the javascript replaceState function to update the URL as described in EvilTrout's blog In the lower right is a progress bar showing how far you are into a thread which upon clicking allows you to jump to a specific post, top, or bottom |
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: Scrypt.CC | Scrypt Cloud Mining
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on: February 11, 2015, 01:22:08 PM
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Dear Users,
First of all we apologize for the terrible support we have given our users for the past few months.
Our company has undergone major changes in this time span.
We are recovering and we are back with a support staff and developers working on the site.
Our mining facilities have been 100% overhauled, we are currently mining with the newest technology available.
Mining was, is and always will be our #1 priority.
The chat box and the forums are being fixed, the support tickets are being resolved.
Thanks for the comprehension and for never giving up on us!
Why the sudden return 10 months later? |
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Other / Off-topic / Re: Urgently need job. Resistance.
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on: February 11, 2015, 12:35:43 AM
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Why do you ask for a job and say explicitly that it is to buy illegal weaponry  I think anyone in your position would say it is for humanitarian purposes or something. Or at least that it to buy common weapons that usually aren't army-only. Are you some kind of undercover agent trying to catch people and charge them for financing terrorism or something like that? What's illegal about it? |
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Economy / Auctions / Re: Subtitle domains for sale! (low start!)
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on: February 10, 2015, 11:37:00 PM
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I dont see that bitspill reply here.
If you didnt sold, please behave as you should as I won.
Take a look at replies #14, #15, #17, and #18. The deal between liteon and myself is completed BTC and domains have been pushed. Trade went smooth with no issues. |
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Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: WoodCollector the saga continues?....
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on: February 10, 2015, 11:45:00 AM
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That's obviously the work of a machine. There's really no way to make such details by hand, unless you're working with a needle and it takes you a month to engrave it. Why deny it? The pieces look nice and would sell anyway.
Hence why some are waiting for a video of WC hand carving a detailed piece in the same detail as pieces he sold. Such a great wood carver ...He even hand carves ....Cut and paste.... errors into his work  Cut and paste error or just forgot to carve one diagonal line? |
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