Using the cloud to mine cryptocurrency is literally the worst way to go about it. You’ll pay through the nose for the hardware. However, should you just want to be experimenting without getting into hardware, here are the simple steps to get up an running mining Ethereum on Microsoft Azure’s N Series virtual machines.
If you haven’t already, you’ll need to create an Ethereum Wallet. One way of doing this is with the...
“Not only should you disagree with others, but you should disagree with yourself.” - Nick Szabo in his post “More Short Takes”.
We like to believe that there is always a right and a wrong. It can be hard for us to acknowledge that reality is a lot murkier. To add insult to injury to those that desire a simple world, clear of conflict, we have to play to the faults of the...
The sheer volume of data that is produced and made publicly available each day is astounding and is only set to continue growing rapidly. One of the challenges of building upon this treasure trove of information is that the majority of it is unstructured. Traditional computing requires structured data; data that is clearly labelled with every possible annotation that we may be interested in. This isn’t viable and means that traditional computing can not make...
I was talking to Sherrie Rohde, our friend and community manager, about her work which includes the Magento Master programme. A fantastic initiative to highlight and engage with those in the community that contribute substantially to it. And it got me thinking, how big is our community and what counts as an active community?
If you’re at all familiar with Magento conferences, you’ll see a few names over and over again. Particularly if...