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NghtRppr

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Quote from: goatpig on May 19, 2011, 05:28:30 AM

Implying the guy looking for it doesn't know?

I meant the guy looking for an answer doesn't know the answer in advance, unlike you.

I agree that people should use the search function but the simple fact that a question has already been answered once doesn't imply (a) it will be easy to find that answer or (b) they haven't already looked.

Usually, in the time it takes you to tell people to use the search function you could have just answered their question.

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Quote from: NghtRppr on May 19, 2011, 12:33:17 AM

Quote from: goatpig on May 18, 2011, 06:15:19 PM

Quote from: NghtRppr on May 18, 2011, 05:56:48 PM

Quote from: goatpig on May 18, 2011, 05:34:50 PM

It's funny because that question is answered every time the difficulty changes. Maybe these people could use the search function once in a while, you know...

Have you tried it?

Challenge:

Give me a search phrase that can answer this question without browsing beyond the 3rd page of results.

My first hit, after looking for 2 minutes:

search "network hashing", match any words, check search in topic subjects only, limit it to the mining sub section. Only one page of results, 3rd from the bottom. Thread if from February.

Now consider that you actually knew what you were looking for and you still had to go through all that.

Implying the guy looking for it doesn't know? That's kinda odd. There's a wealth of information on the forum and anyone slightly better than me (not hard) with the search function can find answers faster than creating a thread about it.

The other thing is, wouldn't it be nice if 5 out of 10 newcomers wouldn't start threads about deflation being bad or the network being vulnerable to the latest chimera Bitcoin haters come up with? I'm quite certain if people tried and search the forums for their questions instead of making a thread the second they have a question, we wouldn't be seeing such catastrophic headlines on the forums all the time, and we wouldn't have to perform damage control.

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Quote from: davout on May 18, 2011, 06:11:20 PM

Quote from: NghtRppr on May 18, 2011, 05:56:48 PM

Give me a search phrase that can answer this question without browsing beyond the 3rd page of results.

"woah". Any further questions ?

ROTFL

NghtRppr

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Quote from: goatpig on May 18, 2011, 06:15:19 PM

Quote from: NghtRppr on May 18, 2011, 05:56:48 PM

Quote from: goatpig on May 18, 2011, 05:34:50 PM

It's funny because that question is answered every time the difficulty changes. Maybe these people could use the search function once in a while, you know...

Have you tried it?

Challenge:

Give me a search phrase that can answer this question without browsing beyond the 3rd page of results.

My first hit, after looking for 2 minutes:

search "network hashing", match any words, check search in topic subjects only, limit it to the mining sub section. Only one page of results, 3rd from the bottom. Thread if from February.

Now consider that you actually knew what you were looking for and you still had to go through all that.

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Quote from: NghtRppr on May 18, 2011, 05:56:48 PM

Quote from: goatpig on May 18, 2011, 05:34:50 PM

It's funny because that question is answered every time the difficulty changes. Maybe these people could use the search function once in a while, you know...

Have you tried it?

Challenge:

Give me a search phrase that can answer this question without browsing beyond the 3rd page of results.

bitcoin difficulty calculation

second hit...

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Quote from: twobitcoins on May 18, 2011, 05:50:47 PM

I can't for the life of me figure out why the tools are written this way. It is quite easy to avoid the problem.

This.

You keep seeing this come up because something is broken.

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Quote from: rezin777 on May 18, 2011, 06:19:49 PM

increased network

stock search

10 seconds

5th result

I got owned

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goatpig

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Quote from: NghtRppr on May 18, 2011, 05:56:48 PM

Quote from: goatpig on May 18, 2011, 05:34:50 PM

It's funny because that question is answered every time the difficulty changes. Maybe these people could use the search function once in a while, you know...

Have you tried it?

Challenge:

Give me a search phrase that can answer this question without browsing beyond the 3rd page of results.

My first hit, after looking for 2 minutes:

search "network hashing", match any words, check search in topic subjects only, limit it to the mining sub section. Only one page of results, 3rd from the bottom. Thread if from February.

davout

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Quote from: NghtRppr on May 18, 2011, 05:56:48 PM

Give me a search phrase that can answer this question without browsing beyond the 3rd page of results.

"woah". Any further questions ?

NghtRppr

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Quote from: goatpig on May 18, 2011, 05:34:50 PM

It's funny because that question is answered every time the difficulty changes. Maybe these people could use the search function once in a while, you know...

Have you tried it?

Challenge:

Give me a search phrase that can answer this question without browsing beyond the 3rd page of results.

twobitcoins

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I can't for the life of me figure out why the tools are written this way. It is quite easy to avoid the problem.

The core task is to estimate the hash rate by looking at recent blocks (either the last n blocks or all blocks in a fixed window of time). The number of hashes that it took to calculate each block can be estimated based on the difficulty in effect for that block. Add those hash counts and divide by the total time, and you get an estimated hash rate. It works regardless of changes in the difficulty. Then use the hash rate to calculate other things like when the difficulty will change and what the new difficulty will be.

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Quote from: mario on May 18, 2011, 05:43:27 PM

The next difficulty jump is estimated to be 639946. Is this normal? To my new eyes it seems very big.

The next difficulty is estimated based on the current hash rate. Since the hash rate is off, so is the next difficulty.

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Quote from: mario on May 18, 2011, 05:43:27 PM

The next difficulty jump is estimated to be 639946. Is this normal? To my new eyes it seems very big.

That estimate too is based on estimate network hashrate estimate. First corruption implies second corruption of estimate.

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So every new user is supposed to search for something they dont know happens or exists using their mighty psychic powers of past and future knowledge?

When I see something odd, I search the forums first. Then if I can't find, I'll post. Just sayin

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Quote from: mario on May 18, 2011, 05:43:27 PM

The next difficulty jump is estimated to be 639946. Is this normal? To my new eyes it seems very big.

This again is an estimate that is based on data samples (avg. interval between blocks), you might want to wait a little bit for a larger sample to get more accurate projections.

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The next difficulty jump is estimated to be 639946. Is this normal? To my new eyes it seems very big.

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Quote from: casascius on May 18, 2011, 05:29:09 PM

Why do we laugh at new people for asking legitimate questions? Were they supposed to have read the forums a thousand feet deep and figured this out on their own?

Heh, didn't mean to make fun of the OP, I just opened this thread, read the post and was like "holy shit, that's a lot of mining power ki-- oh wait a minute, dammit"

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It's funny because that question is answered every time the difficulty changes. Maybe these people could use the search function once in a while, you know...

So every new user is supposed to search for something they dont know happens or exists using their mighty psychic powers of past and future knowledge?

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