It's a beautiful sunny day, I see a pile of melons for sale, and I think, like, "If I buy here these melons and then bring them to the Eskimos living somewhere among the vast plains of tundra, they

At the beginning of 80-th, we conducted excavations near the Fin railway station. We stacked a huge mound of soil we dug out near the railway. At some point, one of the bulldozer operators noticed something

Stuff from the Magazines A brief overview of various things from magazines not in any way related to the blockchain. Growing consumerism in China is going to profoundly affect the global economy, reshaping

Ok, let's see, what's VPN essentially? According to the OSI model, IP packet is something like an onion with the multiple layers, wrapped one over another. The top layer contains the physical address of

The key advantage of BitTorrent exchange is that it doesn't have a central point. For example, if I download some file from a server, the success of this operation strongly depends on how well this server

Ok, what do I remember about Tor network? Tor network is a way to transmit internet packages, so it would be impossible for an observer to figure out where from and where to those packets go, as well as

Balloons The balloons floated slowly, rising higher and higher into the sky. Down below laid grumpy hills covered with spruces, like huge and lazy hedgehogs, bristling with brown spikes. The balloons,

Winter slumber envelops my brain and my soul, I struggle to see through the wind in my face Snowflakes in their flight form invisible lace I pass through the dots to arrive to the place This route lacks

Umber flew Umber flew above the ridge of jagged black rocks. Their tops were covered with layers of scintillating, sparkling snow. Underneath those snow caps, dark stone walls, interspersed with cracks,

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Here I'd like to closely examine Steemit platform and its business model. First, several brief notes. The Steemit platform uses a platform-specific cryptocurrency, and authors whose content is upvoted

Why Do I Write? I've been asked already several times, like, why do I write? Why have I chosen it as a profession? Well, It's no secret that writing is a sure way to noble poverty, and life generally begins

Crowds passed through narrow corridors leading to glass doors of the main section. Doors spun, maintaining a steady, monotonous rhythm as groups of people entered one after another. Security cameras on

Sunspots are swiftly fluttering on the crumbling steps leading somewhere down. Cement dust covers the cement floor in the corners. Various implements are scattered around in disarray. Empty window frames

On Social Obligations I believe that society is organized in a way that some of its members contribute more and some less. It might seem unfair, but it's also about the paradigm of personal freedom. If

Winter slumber envelops my brain and my soul, I struggle to see through the wind in my face Snowflakes in their flight form invisible lace I pass through the dots to arrive at the place This route lacks

On Value of Bitcoin I had an interesting conversation recently that started like chewing about prospective crypto and ICOs, where and how it's currently reasonable to invest, prospects of coins and tokens,

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Ruminating about the current project: So once upon a time. Like many people upload their cool videos on YouTube, and it was all fine and innocent until some of them decided that they are cool enough to

June This is how it happens in most cases. This is how I see it. I'm somewhere in the land of subconscious yet, and the sound of chainsaw wakes me up. I wonder if they are going to cut down all the remaining