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Comment lost bitcoins (Score 1) 108

So if you lose a bitcoin there is no way to recover it, right?.....what happens over time as people misplace/lose bitcoins, is there any mechanism for figuring out how many are actually in circulation, vs how many were created? (and I'm not making a pro/anti argument, since obviously cash gets dropped/lost/burned all the time). Since there is a hard cap on the number of bitcoin will this be a problem in 10-20 years if it continues to be used (I assume the amount people lose is small compared to the amount total, but I have no idea) or will the satoshi have to be split into micro- or nano-satoshi?

Submission + - Artificially intelligent painters invent new styles of art (newscientist.com)

Dthief writes: Now and then, a painter like Claude Monet or Pablo Picasso comes along and turns the art world on its head. They invent new aesthetic styles, forging movements such as impressionism or abstract expressionism. But could the next big shake-up be the work of a machine?

Comment Re:Fake science/sloppy science (Score 4, Interesting) 331

sometimes thats done purposefully so that you can get to the next paper before the other person. /p not a good system but I know plenty of researchers who put in enough to explain what they did, but not enough so you could reproduce it without a bit of effort/research yourself. /p definitely not the ideal, but people care about getting the next paper first so they can advance their career. publish or perish

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