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Might be able to make this one since I'll have Monday off. Logistic issues because I'll be brining my cats to my parents in Austin which might keep me from making a direct Houston-Austin return trip.
Btw, is there a link that explains what this group does? Would my Bitcoin rig be relevant to show off?
Yes it would your bitcoin rig is worth showing off, I am interested if nothing else. On the other hand it might be a pain to bring down and you would not be able to leave it running at the same time. So pictures, plans, specs, would all be great.
I have the journey very well documented in pictures, so I think I'll just bring those on a flash drive and hope I have some way to show them off. (I can bring my netbook, but let's be honest, it's a piece of crap.)
Sounds good, have larger screens and the projector should be working as well.
If you can come, we'll be happy to have you.
As for what our group does, if you mean the Hackerspace, the website is at :
http://www.txrxlabs.org/
If you mean the Less Wrong group, then we do not have a specific goal as of yet. I was hoping to meet people and get a feel for what lesswrongians might want to do. I would like to do a reading group, possibly with Jaynes' "Probability Theory: The Logic of Science", or Pearle's "Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent systems". I'd also like to do a basic self help thing akin to the New York group. Davorak and I have tossed around other ideas:
Paranoid debating MIT course in street fighting mathematics Stanford course on the biological basis of behavior Board games
Your bitcoin rig would definitely be interesting. We have a 96 Blade computational cluster (mostly working), and have been looking for something to stress it - BitCoin has been tossed around a lot. It certainly would be interesting. We're not sure if we could operate it profitably, but someone who has had experience with it would definitely have people listening.
Thanks for the info, I'm looking forward to coming down tomorrow. Is there a point of contact I can call if I get lost or something? (PM me if necessary.)
Revised: 96 Blades in the hackerspace right now, another 500ish in storage.