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Great points all around.
It is worth noting that it has proven to be useful for inventory tracking and it's nature lends itself to cross-company resource tracking, making the possibilities for ERP solutions interesting.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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Yes, it can be applied for B2B inventory tracking, but you'd need a trustworthy intermediary to provide the infrastructure / inventory service, and you'll probably pay a hefty premium to integrate it with your ERP out-of-the-box.
Alternatively, maintaining a plain-old REST point and a SignalR hub is cheaper and aligns better with a healthy software stack.
And, to be cautious, you'd probably want trusted interactions when doing any B2B related activity.
Companies tend to sue each other a lot when something goes wrong.
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Not denying any of that. Just emphasizing that while it's largely snake oil, there are practical concerns that it can address which are largely being lost in the current buzzword mess.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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Well, the hype cycle is already going down, so maybe in a year or so we'll have sensible applications. 
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KBZX5000 wrote: I'm still pissed-off about Edison.
I know. That was a crazy situation. I actually won an Edison in a contest and when I got it I thought it was too complicated (for what it was). What I mean is that if I wanted that level of a thing -- running Linux -- then I'd just go with the RPi. and if I didn't want something running Linux then I'd just go with a basic Arduino. It was as if they created this thing without looking around at all.
It was crazy they just killed it like that though. People were just starting to use it a bit.
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I wanted the prototype.
The prototype Edison was packaged on an SD-card format with WiFi capabilities.
Power draw was promised to be compatible with standard SD-card max draw.
I know at least 1 of those got build.
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Someone drank the Kool-Aid!
"Blockchain: A Practical guide..." isn't that an oxymoron?
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MKJCP wrote: Someone drank the Kool-Aid!
*glug* delicious 
MKJCP wrote: A Practical guide
It simply means that there are code examples to follow.
Do you know about the tech behind blockchain? Merkle trees? Quite interesting. How might they be used. That's the interesting part. And seeing how the BC is implemented on top of that. Quite interesting.
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I agree, it is quite interesting. If it is to be a tech juggernaut the world may need a couple dozen reactors and some tons of uranium. I hear implementation gobbles electricity like Joey Chestnut eats hot dogs.
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MKJCP wrote: I hear implementation gobbles electricity like Joey Chestnut eats hot dogs.
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The only "demonstrated" application has been cryptocurrencies.
It has not been shown to be cost-effective for much else; particularly "private" use.
Only the "vendors" seem to have all the answers ... Where else are you going to get all those "nodes" for your computations?
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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Do logical ghosts shout "BOOL"?
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Yes, and those with existential problems shout "Whooooooooami" … 
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And they swear by George.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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If they do then who the heck is "ean"?
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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They don’t shout it. They declare it.
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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I will pass on any further comment - but I value the reference.
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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Beware the byte of the ghost dog 
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REALly? You're going to FLOAT that as a "Thought of the Day"? INTeresting...
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Frightening prospect, OR perhaps I spook a bit too soon?
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No, they shout TRUE or FALSE, and usually punctuate their speech with semicolons.
/ravi
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... I'm not going to do any work. Not today. I will have plenty to the next days, but tosay is my day off. One of the 'no work' items on the list is to go outside behind the house and finally get some paint on the Huey.
For the inspiration: Apocalypse Now[^]
Look at the actors at 1:47 and at 2:16. Do you recognize them? It's a little hard. one is still very young and the other wears a pilot helmet and you see him only from the side.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I got Lawrence Fishburn, the first one, but the second looked like the late R. Lee Ermey, not sure, did not check these yet.
Do I win a lot of money or nice new car if I am correct? 
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