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Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


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

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

MORE CURLY FRIES posted:

his motivations changed a bit as he slid more and more into a reddit persona of being a man

it was a pork pie hat though

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haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
iirc his cancer was originally terminal (which is why he went to such lengths in the first place) but it responded well to treatment and stopped being a major plot element after a while. from the midpoint of the show to the end all his problems are compounding fallout from his solutions to previous problems

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

MORE CURLY FRIES posted:

actually it all couldve been avoided if he had socialised healthcare but thats what commies would think not free market operators so w/e

Walt had insurance that covered his disease, but it didn't cover an overly expensive "best of the best" doctor, which also would have happened in most socialized healthcare countries afaik

Dren
Jan 5, 2001

Pillbug

AnoHito posted:

He died in two years anyway, even with the best treatment possible. His insurance company was very much correct when they refused to cover him because he was doomed regardless.

mayyyyybe if walt had had life insurance he wouldn't have gone off the deep end since life insurance would have provided for his family once he was dead and making sure his family was taken care of was something that helped nudge him into the life. but as we learn as the show goes on, walt's primary motivation was selfish desire so he might've done it all anyway.

Dren fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Jan 8, 2015

Dren
Jan 5, 2001

Pillbug

text editor posted:

Don't worry, once the thieves in charge of SOCIALIST SECURITY give him his $300K back THAT THEY STOLE he'll be close to breaking even





Hey Verizon YOU'RE STEALING MY UNUSED DATA!

Tayter Swift
Nov 18, 2002

Pillbug
bitcoin

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish

:eek:

MORE CURLY FRIES
Apr 8, 2004

hello i am afreemanontheland and have renounced my us citizenship and now exist inside an ipad on a pogostick

Greyhawk
May 30, 2001


freemanonastick

MORE CURLY FRIES
Apr 8, 2004

when is/was antons lunch date

big scary monsters
Sep 2, 2011

-~Skullwave~-
my prediction for 2015: butts drop to $219 as laughs regain and surpass their 2012 all time high

i'm personally hoping for some celebrity cameos from previous years, but in any case remain confident that the rich seam of broken idiots interested in bitcoin is far from mined out

a cyberpunk goose
May 21, 2007

Dren posted:

mayyyyybe if walt had had life insurance he wouldn't have gone off the deep end since life insurance would have provided for his family once he was dead and making sure his family was taken care of was something that helped nudge him into the life. but as we learn as the show goes on, walt's primary motivation was selfish desire so he might've done it all anyway.

walt turned away every opportunity at doing the right thing because of his hosed up pride

this was established across all the seasons as he shied away from every opportunity to get actual help; rich philanthropic friends, having made enough to get and stay out of the game, having terminal cancer but demanding the absolute best at any cost, etc

Dren
Jan 5, 2001

Pillbug

Mido posted:

walt turned away every opportunity at doing the right thing because of his hosed up pride

this was established across all the seasons as he shied away from every opportunity to get actual help; rich philanthropic friends, having made enough to get and stay out of the game, having terminal cancer but demanding the absolute best at any cost, etc

yeah hosed up pride or hubris is a more apt description of Walt's tragic flaw than selfish desire though maybe it's a bit of both, his hubris drove his desire and he could never have enough

FCKGW
May 21, 2006

big scary monsters posted:

my prediction for 2015: butts drop to $219 as laughs regain and surpass their 2012 all time high

i'm personally hoping for some celebrity cameos from previous years, but in any case remain confident that the rich seam of broken idiots interested in bitcoin is far from mined out

I wish Bruce would come back

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



walt is a good cat imo

page 219

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish

goddamnedtwisto
Dec 31, 2004

If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you
Fun Shoe

FCKGW posted:

I wish Bruce would come back

bitcoin messiah 0.1 will return at the end of days to judge us all

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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specialist


http://www.coindesk.com/apple-approves-ios-game-tips-players-bitcoin/

Erenthal
Jan 1, 2008

A relaxing walk in the woods
Grimey Drawer

goddamnedtwisto posted:

bitcoin messiah 0.1 will return at the end of days to judge us all

if this were the late 80's/90's, i would have grainy vhs tapes of all onlyonetv and the bitcoin show and just watch them on repeat

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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Homework for Bitstamp, Pantera our Community and the Hacker (self.Bitcoin)
submitted 2 hours ago * by gr8ful4

tl;dr: We are at a turning point in bitcoins history. Big media attention is assured atm. As we solve the Bitstamp hack in a positive manner, a new price surge might be the result
Bitstamp's homework:
Redesign the security model. It is your duty to give people a secure methode of storing coins, while not actively trading. Use a multi-sig vault.
Communicate while investigating this hack and
make proper audits (once every 3 month) on the fiat side of your business.

Pantera' homework:
Asure, that every user is made whole after this incident. It might cost you some Dollars, but if you truly believe in a future value of bitcoin at around $ 4.2 Mio. you might also see, that at this time we are at a turning point in market sentiment. Also expect huge media interest, if this thing is solved positively. Let alone of the granted hero status in the community.

Homework for our Community:
In god's ake don't store bitcoins in any exchange besides it's properly secured (to day this means nowhere).

Homework for the Hacker:
A) Return the stolen amount and get hero status in the community like 'our' white-hacker johoe.
B) Keep a 10th of the stolen coins for yourself and spread the others like a modern Robin Hood. Be granted some fame and maybe play a big part in bitcoins adoption and get rich when real adoption starts to happen (you would have to wait anyways to use your coins properly).
C) Wait for ever declining prices and feel happy over your worthless hack :)

creatine
Jan 27, 2012




surebet posted:

C) Wait for ever declining prices and feel happy over your worthless hack :)

:agreed:

hubris.height
Jan 6, 2005

Pork Pro

sinekumquat
Jun 12, 2005

the most dangerous philosopher in the west
College Slice

surebet posted:

C) Wait for ever declining prices and feel happy over your worthless hack :)

so close

Chris Knight
Jun 5, 2002

me @ ur posts


Fun Shoe

buttcoin

newreply.php
Dec 24, 2009

Pillbug
lets all buy bitcoins when the price hits 219

(ironically)

VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE
Aug 1, 2004

whoa, what just happened here?







College Slice

newreply.php posted:

lets all buy bitcoins when the price hits 219

(ironically)

irony: not even once

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

a cyberpunk goose
May 21, 2007

checking this thread while taking a poo poo, the most appropriate time to check Buttcoin news

Muscle Tracer
Feb 23, 2007

Medals only weigh one down.

Wheany
Mar 17, 2006

Spinyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doctor Rope


newreply.php posted:

lets all buy bitcoins when the price hits 219

(ironically)

imagine how burned the idiot buttlord would feel when he hears he got ironybucks. drat son, you got owned like whoa. :owned: :newlol:

Muscle Tracer
Feb 23, 2007

Medals only weigh one down.

surebet posted:

Homework for our Community:
In god's ake don't store bitcoins in any exchange besides it's properly secured (to day this means nowhere).

every time you see a typo just imagine that that's [average butttransaction amount here] that just got set on fire and exploded

bitcoin

AlbieQuirky
Oct 9, 2012

Just me and my 🌊dragon🐉 hanging out
atlas shrugged, god aked

jesus hodls

TVarmy
Sep 11, 2011

like food and water, my posting has no intrinsic value

irony is hard to do right. Andy Kaufman tried to die ironically once. never again.

TVarmy
Sep 11, 2011

like food and water, my posting has no intrinsic value

to sell is human, to hodl, divine.

Dren
Jan 5, 2001

Pillbug

surebet posted:

In god's ake don't store bitcoins in any exchange besides it's properly secured (to day this means nowhere).

so close

neutral milf hotel
Oct 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Dessert Rose
May 17, 2004

awoken in control of a lucid deep dream...

Dren
Jan 5, 2001

Pillbug

if bitcoin exchanges weren't shady as gently caress this would actually be kind of neat

Ron Paul Atreides
Apr 19, 2012

Uyghurs situation in Xinjiang? Just a police action, do not fret. Not ongoing genocide like in EVIL Canada.

I am definitely not a tankie.

Greyhawk posted:

well no

yes

it depends

they're in slovenia but it's apparently really easy to open a pseudo business in the uk, which is what a lot of the more shady businesses out there are doing to look better

Wow England, way to be motherfucking shady jeeze

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MORE CURLY FRIES
Apr 8, 2004

FCKGW posted:

I wish Bruce would come back

Bruce and onlyonetv is still one of the funniest Bitcoin things that didn't involve third parties making fun of them

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