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Is “blockchain technology a scourge on society”?

Emile Silvis recently shared an article he wrote on a pro-cryptocurrency forum, and asked for feedback.

This was brave, given that his title is “Blockchain technology is a scourge on society” :-)

But because he is a friendly guy and geniunely seemed to want feedback from pro-cryptocurrency people, I took part in the discussion.

I like that he highlighted his background and some of his assumptions at the start (and throughout) the article.

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#!/usr/bin/env python3

# A script by Keegan Carruthers-Smith, with some small modifications
# https://gist.github.com/keegancsmith/0ac3542481b90cab3d6d421be14fe33e

from html.parser import HTMLParser
import datetime
import itertools
import os.path, glob
import urllib.request

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Verifying that +apauley is my blockchain ID. https://onename.com/apauley

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import scalaz._
import Scalaz._

object FizzBuzz {
  def fizz(n: Int): Option[String] = if (n % 3 == 0) some("fizz") else None
  def buzz(n: Int): Option[String] = if (n % 5 == 0) Some("buzz") else None

  def fizzbuzz(n: Int): String = (fizz(n) |+| buzz(n)).getOrElse(n.toString)
}

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Keybase proof

I hereby claim:

• I am apauley on github.
• I am apauley (https://keybase.io/apauley) on keybase.
• I have a public key ASBGyHLXlf-TbFPYMLAXzf-p35T1VHbdt67lK4twvnQm9wo

To claim this, I am signing this object:

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-module(sleepsort).

-export([test/0,
         sort/1]).

test() ->
  [1,2,3] = sort([1,2,3]),
  [1,2,3] = sort([2,1,3]),
  [] = sort([]),
  [2,4,8,12,19] = sort([19,8,4,12,2]),

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import java.util.*;

public class Transmogrify {
    public static void main (String[] args) {
        ArrayList<Integer> input = range(1, 10);
        ArrayList<Integer> doubled = double_each(input);
        ArrayList<Integer> complexified = complexify_each(input);
        System.out.println(input);
        System.out.println(doubled);
        System.out.println(complexified);