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Dren
Jan 5, 2001

Pillbug

jony ive aces posted:

well this was years before The Secret™ was a thing

but I read a bunch of dilbert books when I was an idiot childe (one of my brothers has literal IRL aspergers and bought them) and at the end of one he had a whole chapter about positive affirmation or whatever. he admitted that maybe it doesn't work but applied pascal's wager to show that EVERYONE SHOULD DO THIS ONE WEIRD TRICK

i have never heard about pascal's wager until just now, it is making me irl mad

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infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

Dren posted:

i have never heard about pascal's wager until just now, it is making me irl mad

it's deceptively stupid, but a lot of people use it unironically without understanding why/how it is stupid.

fermun
Nov 4, 2009
the ross ulbricht bitcoins should have been paid for today and be due to be transferred all by tomorrow, six california draper got 1 lot, but there are 19 more lots that i dont think anyone has announced winning yet.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

fermun posted:

the ross ulbricht bitcoins should have been paid for today and be due to be transferred all by tomorrow, six california draper got 1 lot, but there are 19 more lots that i dont think anyone has announced winning yet.

I figure if even one of them sells their lot on the open market we're getting cheap coins for christmas

poik007
Aug 16, 2006
Thinks Mother 3 is the best game ever
J'aime comment

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...



Alliterate Addict
Jul 10, 2012

dreaming of that face again

it's bright and blue and shimmering

grinning wide and comforting me with it's three warm and wild eyes

karpeles is unironically my new hero

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

all of the key bitcoin figures think they are above the rest of the community, and the community relishes being belittled, insulted and defrauded by these coi.

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.
someone seriously needs to tweet karples and ask him to write for buttcoin

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Pocket posted:

all of the key bitcoin figures think they are above the rest of the community, and the community relishes being belittled, insulted and defrauded by these coi.

Easy to buy into a pyramid scheme when you think of yourself as a temporarily embarrassed pharaoh

sharknado slashfic
Jun 24, 2011

Ah yes, Baltimore, the bitcoin capital of the world. Quick coiners man Fort McHenry here comes Mark Karples!

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



my buddy lives up there and says his nearest bar has a bitcoin atm in it

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

Alan Smithee posted:

Easy to buy into a pyramid scheme when you think of yourself as a temporarily embarrassed pharaoh

quick someone flip a graphic of a triangle upside down and offer bitcointalk the opportunity to invest in a funnel scheme. i'll take my 50% idea guy cut in bitcoin mining contracts pls.

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007


owns

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007

did we ever dislike mark? I thought he was a reliable producer of comedy gold from the beginning

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



Pocket posted:

quick someone flip a graphic of a triangle upside down and offer bitcointalk the opportunity to invest in a funnel scheme. i'll take my 50% idea guy cut in bitcoin mining contracts pls.

you're gonna get caught in the playground

killhamster
Apr 15, 2004

SCAMMER
Hero Member

infernal machines posted:

someone seriously needs to tweet karples and ask him to write for buttcoin

i did twice, he never replied

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

killhamster posted:

i did twice, he never replied

balls.

time to just start compiling his tweets into articles storify-style

suffix
Jul 27, 2013

Wheeee!

Greyhawk posted:

i liked this one

i'm five years old and my all my friends call me a hacker slut on steroids because they're jealous of my bitcoin scam money

TVarmy
Sep 11, 2011

like food and water, my posting has no intrinsic value

infernal machines posted:

it's deceptively stupid, but a lot of people use it unironically without understanding why/how it is stupid.

look, bitcoins will be either worth 20 billion each or be worthless. if you buy them, the best case is a near infinite ROI or a relatively tiny financial loss. if you don't buy them, you'll know the hell of not being rich.

suffix
Jul 27, 2013

Wheeee!

theflyingexecutive posted:

did we ever dislike mark? I thought he was a reliable producer of comedy gold from the beginning

i seem to recall people opining him being "punchable", but since he became chill and fat he looks kind of cuddly imo

TVarmy
Sep 11, 2011

like food and water, my posting has no intrinsic value

he's a laff catalyst. buttcoiners naturally produce a few laffs here and there on their own, but it's slow and sometimes it feels like months until a happening strikes upon a rich chuckle-vein.

but add karpeles to the mix, and laffs squart all over.

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

killhamster posted:

i did twice, he never replied

barking up the wrong tree, tibane probably calls the shots.

A Pinball Wizard
Mar 23, 2005

I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands

College Slice

Dren posted:

i have never heard about pascal's wager until just now, it is making me irl mad

wait why is it making you mad

ANAmal.net
Mar 2, 2002


100% digital native web developer

Endless Mike posted:

my buddy lives up there and says his nearest bar has a bitcoin atm in it

also the bar is called Bad Decisions

suffix
Jul 27, 2013

Wheeee!

Matlock Birthmark posted:

Here's an interesting bit of information.

Mozilla started taking Bitcoin donations November 21st. The results of this should be huge for Bitcoin and awesome for Mozilla right?

Donation results after 17 days of bitcoin. The average donation per visitor decreases 7.5%.

quote:

Our donation form will get roughly two million more visitors before the campaign concludes on December 31st — which means adding “Donate with Bitcoin” would reduce income by about $140,000 – a significant amount.

we talked about this effect in the last thread, but i'm a bit surprised that even a tiny text link could be this significant

derp
Jan 21, 2010

when i get up all i want to do is go to bed again

Lipstick Apathy
pascle must have put his life savings in lottory tickets

FCKGW
May 21, 2006

suffix posted:

we talked about this effect in the last thread, but i'm a bit surprised that even a tiny text link could be this significant

owns

Proteus4994
Jan 2, 2001

Do not engage. Just tell me to go back to Kiwi Farms where I waste days upon days crying about how I wasted years upon years on SA. Did you know I was personally responsible for SA's rise in popularity in the 00's? It's true! Just come to the Farms and find out how! It's the trash kingdom I deserve.

Pocket posted:

all of the key bitcoin figures think they are above the rest of the community, and the community relishes being belittled, insulted and defrauded by these coi.

coi

text editor
Jan 8, 2007

suffix posted:

we talked about this effect in the last thread, but i'm a bit surprised that even a tiny text link could be this significant

accepting bitcoin: financially toxic

lmao

Alliterate Addict
Jul 10, 2012

dreaming of that face again

it's bright and blue and shimmering

grinning wide and comforting me with it's three warm and wild eyes

suffix posted:

we talked about this effect in the last thread, but i'm a bit surprised that even a tiny text link could be this significant

this made me happy

in my pants

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

suffix posted:

we talked about this effect in the last thread, but i'm a bit surprised that even a tiny text link could be this significant

jimbo wales owns

QuarkJets
Sep 8, 2008

Erenthal posted:

read the title as harry potter, and got ready to fire up the scroll wheel

this thread creates traumas of its own

Pretend like I posted the harry potter bitcoin fanfic here

ellie the beep
Jun 15, 2007

Vaginas, my subject.
Plane hulls, my medium.

suffix posted:

we talked about this effect in the last thread, but i'm a bit surprised that even a tiny text link could be this significant

does anyone have the writeup from some porn website about how their conversion rate dropped precipitously after they started accepting bitcoin? it wasn't the strippercam thing, i know that much

A Pinball Wizard
Mar 23, 2005

I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands

College Slice

QuarkJets posted:

Pretend like I posted the harry potter bitcoin fanfic here

I'd rather not

Dren
Jan 5, 2001

Pillbug

A Pinball Wizard posted:

wait why is it making you mad

because it is so terrible and dumb but just clever enough to be an interesting idea to spergs and dumb teenagers

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

Dren posted:

because it is so terrible and dumb but just clever enough to be an interesting idea to spergs and dumb teenagers

you're not well-versed in philosophy, are you

Dren
Jan 5, 2001

Pillbug

duTrieux. posted:

you're not well-versed in philosophy, are you

Nope

Muscle Tracer
Feb 23, 2007

Medals only weigh one down.


it's mostly garbage, but it's impossible to tell which parts

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Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish

Muscle Tracer posted:

it's mostly garbage, but it's impossible to tell which parts

much like your posts XD

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