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Some Soylentil replied to a previous diary about my aim to bootstrap a mining operation, by pointing out that leasing a warehouse would cost far less than colocating in a data center.

While a warehouse might not have enough circuit breakers, I expect most commercial landlords would be cool with me hiring an electrician to install some breakers, wiring and outlets.

For residential use, one Bitmain Antminer L3+ LiteCoin mining rig requires one circuit breaker. Possibly a warehouse could have higher-capacity breakers but really I don't know.

(I'm mining LiteCoin because the L3+ can work with 110 Volts, as God And Nature Intended, rather than that foreign 220V that is a Communist Plot to corrupt Our Precious Bodily Fluids.)

My apartment has three wall-outlet breakers. That yields the insight that the most I could profit by mining at home would be about one grand per month.

Just now I emailed the following to the usual suspects:

Subject: I'm hesitant to commit to a big cryptocurrency mining operation

Dear Suspects,

I wont need to decide until the time comes that I would have the cash to buy a fourth LiteCoin mining rig. I only have one now, so any possible fourth rig won't come until a few months from now.

Stefan points out that it is unwise for me to rely on LiteCoin mining for my livelihood, because the exchange rate could drop at any time. That's a common occurrence among all the cryptocurrencies.

There is a second problem: were I to lease a facility where I could operate more miners, commercial leases are typically three years. Were the price of LiteCoin to go down so much that I could no longer pay the monthly rent I would be quite screwed.

Just tonight I realized that even if mining were to yield enough income that I didn't have to work, not to hold a job would be bad for my mental illness. To work with other people is good for me.

I went totally bananas during graduate school because I had so much homework that I stopped hanging out with my friends. There was no one to point out the error of my ways when I began to grow paranoid about the North Korean nuclear reactor. It was discovered by a US spy satellite during my second quarter of grad school.

I felt the need to inform the entire world that it wasn't as hard to build nuclear weapons as most people thought: the US, in its infinite wisdom, declassified all but one of the Manhattan Project secrets in 1965. The only remaining secret is the "initiator", which is a source of neutrons that gets the chain reaction started in plutonium bombs.

I know enough physics, and even then had enough computational power at my disposal that I figure I could design an initiator all by myself.

Were I to earn enough money through any means - not just mining - that I was no longer required to work among other people, without a doubt I'd be in a straightjacket within six months.

Introspectively,

Misha

Folks, when I was the President-elect, I did something VERY SPECIAL. I talked on the phone with President Tsai of Taiwan. And the Chinese lost their minds over that one. They absolutely lost their minds, that was so amazing. Because for a long time we had what they called the One China Policy. That said Taiwan is part of China, they call it a province. One team, one people, one Chinese family. Very important to the Chinese. And because we went along with that, China helped us take out the USSR, they were having big problems with the USSR just like we were. And we made some deals that were very unfair to our country. That made it so our companies, our factories, our jobs, our technology, our money all went to China. That changes now. I'm doing tariffs, I put on some tariffs.

And I signed a proclamation, I didn't have to sign it but I wanted to sign it. I loved signing it. Our guys in Congress worked very hard on this one, and they passed it OVERWHELMINGLY. So it would have gone through even if I didn't sign. But I signed.

It's called the Taiwan Travel Act. And it's great news for the people of Taiwan. Because it means Taiwan isn't just an island in the Pacific any more. It's now a Country. They already had a President -- great phone call, by the way, one of the best. They have a Flag, it's a lot like ours because it's red, blue and white. 🇹🇼 Instead of red, white and blue (God bless our Flag). 🇺🇸 But to the United States, to my predecessors, they weren't a Country. We pretended they were just a so-called "province" of China. I upgraded them massively, now they're a Country. We're going to make some great deals and do a lot of great things together. Because this Travel Act lets our diplomats go back and forth much more easily. Congratulations!!!

• Party at the Post Office
  As the clerk stepped out to lock the door, I dropped my tax return in the slot, knowing that next year I would attend the post office party again.

I'm not clear why Party's URL is among my mental illness essays. It's dated April 16, 1992; I wasn't symptomatic then.

I expect I'll move it to a more appropriate directory but this link will still work because I'll install a redirect.

Reversing his veto threat, Trump signs the $1.3 Trillion dollar spending bill.

National Review says it's the Biggest Spending Increase Since 2009.

Trump briefly threatened to veto it. Mostly because it didn't spend enough: “... the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded,”

Spending wouldn't be such a problem except for the fact they also cut revenue by a over a $trillion with the tax bill.

I'm no mathematician but that seems to put a bit of crimp in his promise to eliminate the national debt in eight years.

my cat. I worked hard for those 50 karma points and then some women comes around, who you let into your private abode, eats your food, takes your sweatshirts, tries to elope with some Indian tech support monkey, and takes a metaphorical piss on your good name.

I consider this unconsensual ultra rape. I've now lost 30 bangladeshi toilet credits, where I normally would've only lost 20 for my outspoken opinions on societal norms in relation to intra-personal communication.

And she didn't bring the terriyaki I asked for. It's terriyaki thursday, why would you do this? Please, control your BPD for one night so I can masturbate with a good conscience. And take your risperidone.

Alarge Hoe, you will rue the day you decided to replace my white-bread toasts with rye.

P.S please return my lotion to its proper place, my knees are getting ashy

EDIT: NO HOLDS BARRED. WE'RE DOWN TO 4 SPAM MODS AND -2 NEW DELPHI POGS. SHE'S CRASHING THIS perfectly legitimate and civilized debater WITH NO SURVIVORS.

EDIT2: I have been barred from posting witty and thought-provoking free-style prose. There was one especially rebellious and introspective piece I had lined up, but I'm unable to get the satisfaction of getting the last quip in. Nor am I able to post anymore for another solar cycle.

EDIT3: In their infinite wisdom, the grand retard wranglers of Soylent News have given me back my manhood and I may rape and pillage once more. For this, I offer you one free redeemable coupon for a commissioned, post-societal portrait, created with bodily fluids, and a Whopper value meal.

I've been using this for a couple of years now and it's worked well for me. Based off of the Katch-McArdle Formula for RDEE, Lyle McDonald's "Modified Protein Sparing Fast" and information about muscle/fat/calorie partitioning, and then some of my own research that's proven to be practical.

Don't mind the errors, they'll go away once the inputs are all filled correctly.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VHsmkvRTai_cdcFlb8mfPF0RUci44c-snYx_JRMGa7A/edit?usp=sharing

https://mega.nz/#!NpRGVCZK!_yVwFIXIARexA6EgnOtNzs8fwTxVOZCuVIFLfAVGjhI

https://a.pomf.cat/egqrfx.xlsx

This is a follow-up to your previous request #389648 "Very Loud, Very High-Pitched Tone From L3+"

The loud, high-pitched tone was an over-current alarm from my UPS.

Its voltage/current label rated its power output at 750 Watts. The L3+'s printed instructions report the combination of L3+ and APW++ use 1000 Watts. I had some other devices plugged into it, so the total power consumption was way over the limit.

I rearranged my power cords, and am now blessed with a happy home that has no loud, high-pitched tones driving me totally bananas.

Thank you for your prompt, courteous and helpful support.

You may close this ticket.

PS. I'm going to order another L3+ soon - my second.

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I really find my UPS' behavior puzzling: I was way over the rated power 24/7 yet my Coinfoundry stats as well as my rig's embedded website both reported that my unit was working just fine.

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The electricity costs too much: $299 for each 15 Amp circuit breaker. So maybe I don't get to quit my job for crypto.

I'll keep looking around, perhaps the juice would be cheaper if I used a whole rack, or if it were in a less-convenient place than Portland.

Some of you Soylentils colocate your servers - have you any suggestions?

I expect to buy a used car when I get paid. But I'll need a colo that's close enough to Vancouver Washington that I can reasonably driver there, and not have to fly.

There are three power socket circuit breakers in my apartment. I'll buy at least one more Antminer L3+ litecoin rig.

Isn't that what the government types keep saying?

So why is it that the head of that self-same government doesn't play by those rules? Does he think the law doesn't apply to him?

In my mind, those who are privileged to represent us should be *more* forthcoming and avoid even the hint of any conflicts of interest, illegality or lack of transparency.

Why then does our current administration fear the Mueller investigation? Let's get to the truth and let the chips fall where they may.

Which is why it seems odd that our 'fearless' leader is acting like a frightened animal:

A lawyer for President Trump called on the Justice Department on Saturday to end the special counsel investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, shifting abruptly to a more adversarial stance as the inquiry appeared to be intensifying.
[...]
Mr. Dowd said at first that he was speaking on behalf of the president but later backed off that assertion. He did not elaborate on why he was calling for the end of the investigation, saying only: “Just end it on the merits in light of recent revelations.”

People close to the president were skeptical that Mr. Dowd was acting on his own. Mr. Trump has a history of using advisers to publicly test a message, giving him some distance from it. And Mr. Dowd’s comments came at a time when members of Mr. Trump’s legal team are jockeying to stay in his favor.

Hours later, the president echoed Mr. Dowd’s accusations of corruption in the theoretical “deep state” that Mr. Trump has long cast as a boogeyman working to undermine him.

”There was tremendous leaking, lying and corruption at the highest levels of the FBI, Justice & State,” he wrote on Twitter.

In the end, the truth will out. Let's hear it. Whether it's that there was no collusion with the Russians or if there was. That's actually less important than making sure we have the facts.