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rossbates | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Viewed as a global ledger which has run continuously and precisely for 15 years it is modern marvel. A freakin global state machine.
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j | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 i mean, i get the sentiment

but this is like a guy with a small penis saying: given my prenatal nutritional environment this cock is a modern marvel. way above average for malnourished fetuses
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rossbates | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 If you have ever attempted to build a distributed system that maintains state across a pool of unknown participants - even on a small scale - you would know said cock is just a mechanism for the transfer of information. 

Synchronization in nature is bigger than we can conceptualize.
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j | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 lmao thanks, this reply filled me with love for the big brained cs bitcoin guys like you that are willing to engage with juvenille humor
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rossbates | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 And to all of the recipients of said information… Happy Mother’s Day! We love you. 🤣❤️