<story><title>I thought I was designing for SpaceX, it may have been for the Silk Road</title><url>https://words.motel.is/i-thought-i-was-designing-for-spacex-i-was-actually-designing-for-the-silk-road-4b4b64834868#.9gelegsu1</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>stiva</author><text>This really is an interesting story, but I wish he&amp;#x27;d taken it to a journalist instead of writing it himself. The narrative is choppy and has a lot of holes in it. I would have loved to see this done as a feature from someone with a lot of experience writing about technology. That might also have given some extra credibility and context to things.</text></comment>
<story><title>I thought I was designing for SpaceX, it may have been for the Silk Road</title><url>https://words.motel.is/i-thought-i-was-designing-for-spacex-i-was-actually-designing-for-the-silk-road-4b4b64834868#.9gelegsu1</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gthtjtkt</author><text>Edit: Turns out the headline is completely made up. This was in the comment section:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; So was “Sciview” actually some sort of analytics app for Silk Road, with the “sensors” representing some other Silk Road metrics? Or was BB truly freelancing for SpaceX while administering Silk Road?&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; AUTHOR: Excellent question, I don’t know.&lt;p&gt;So he has no idea if he was just a subcontractor or if he was doing work for Silk Road. If I had to bet on this, I&amp;#x27;d guess the friend subcontracted a project to him for easy cash (or because he was in over his head) and the Silk Road stuff was completely unrelated.&lt;p&gt;What would Silk Road do with such an application anyway?</text></comment>