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		torcete 16 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SETI@home: Data Acquisition and Front-End Processi... We used to use computing power to search for ET signals, now we mine bitcoins.

GorbachevyChase 16 days ago [–]

That’s probably because that’s what the aliens want us to be doing. They can’t have just everybody snooping around their harvesting operations.

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