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January 17, 2018

“Hmmm, That Sure Sounds Familiar”: Before There Was Blockchain Computing, There Was . . .

Bitcoin vs. Abstracts of Title, or, “High Tech Wine in Old Bottles” Mystified by Bitcoin and the technology it’s based on — something called “blockchain computing?” It’s just a digital version of the millennia-old, “analog” system used to track real property ownership rights. Called an abstract of title, it’s a cumulative list of all the...
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Measuring Irregular Rooms

Square Pegs into Round Irregular Holes The input field on MLS for room sizes asks for two numbers:  the room’s width and its length. Which works great if a room is rectangular. But what if it’s not? If the room has a dormer, is L-shaped, curved, or otherwise defies a standard “width x length” measurement,...
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