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i've been out of town for a few days did anyone say buttcoin this week?
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Feb 27, 2015 03:49
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:i've been out of town for a few days did anyone say buttcoin this week? it's you!
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Feb 27, 2015 03:52
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shadok posted:this is good but i still feel like the buttcoin laff ponzi is not returning as much as it was throughout the last three months or so. i'm worried that the butters are going to shut it down soon and run off with all the laffs. were you awake for january
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Feb 27, 2015 04:43
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chain letters were a thing least as long as cheap postage has existed, a lot of them would tell you to send a button or something silly for fun and see how many you'd end up with, but a lot of them were just straight up for money.
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Feb 27, 2015 04:44
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As a Millennial I posted:i want to read this loving article and it's not showing up for me why isn't this working help Come on YOSPOS. http://www.davidxia.com/2014/02/How-to-read-Wall-Street-Journal-online-for-free/
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Feb 27, 2015 04:48
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theflyingorc posted:were you awake for january
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Feb 27, 2015 05:07
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Boxturret posted:bitcoin enters it's 7th year of early adoption when the internet was 7 years old, taft was telling people, "i'm not just fat, i'm also the first chief justice have previously been a president, you know..." horses were not invented yet, so very large dogs were used instead. and nobody liked this newfangled and scary internet. early adopters needed whale oil and sparkgap-based transmitters to get online, but they managed, and were richly rewarded. during this wild west period, internet robber barons like pewdiepie and tila tequila were buying their first ip addresses.
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Feb 27, 2015 05:08
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the south sea bubble was a pyramid scheme. some people actually did make money by cashing out early enough. tulipmania was not really a pyramid scheme, just a crazy bubble.
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Feb 27, 2015 05:09
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ponzi schemes no poo poo caused a small civil war in albania in 1997: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_Rebellion_of_1997#Pyramid_schemes $1.2 billion lost in a country of only 3 million people.
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Feb 27, 2015 05:11
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theflyingorc posted:were you awake for january january was a magical golden age that i prayed would never end.
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Feb 27, 2015 05:31
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 posted to /r/bitcoin under the title "Why Bitcoin Will Be Bigger Than the Internet in Two Sentences"
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Feb 27, 2015 10:35
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Aleksei Vasiliev posted:
i cant wait till we get to transact currency between individuals it will be a total game changer
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Feb 27, 2015 11:12
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Snapchat A Titty posted:i cant wait till we get to transact currency between individuals
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Feb 27, 2015 11:36
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anthonypants posted:isn't it like, stupid easy for individuals to transmit money between banks in england, as opposed to the us? yes. it's free, takes about 10 seconds online (or in a branch) and can be done between any UK banks. you can also use debit cards to get cash out at any bank or cashpoint too, they've interlinked all those systems. why, what's it like in the US?
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Feb 27, 2015 11:52
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gonadic io posted:yes. it's free, takes about 10 seconds online (or in a branch) and can be done between any UK banks. you can also use debit cards to get cash out at any bank or cashpoint too, they've interlinked all those systems. why, what's it like in the US? are you old enough to remember cheques? they still use them
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Feb 27, 2015 11:56
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Soricidus posted:are you old enough to remember cheques? they still use them
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Feb 27, 2015 12:02
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Soricidus posted:are you old enough to remember cheques? they still use them yeah i still use cheques every so often. mostly because they feel more official (and there's more legislation/policy governing them) than bank transfers to individuals or businesses that don't want to pay card processing fees.
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Feb 27, 2015 12:05
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anthonypants posted:isn't it like, stupid easy for individuals to transmit money between banks in england, as opposed to the us? ya, money transfers have been free for as long as i can remember soemtimes i spam friends with 1c transfers with custom messages
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Feb 27, 2015 12:31
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checks are lmao i havent seen one used since 1995
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Feb 27, 2015 12:31
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The only time I've used a check was when I registered miami for my amiga in 1995 or so
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Feb 27, 2015 13:03
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:ponzi schemes no poo poo caused a small civil war in albania in 1997: this also produced officially the last funny thing p.j. o'rourke wrote before disappearing entirely up the cato institutes arse. the best line i remember from it is deescribing how hosed tirana was in the middle of that clusterfuck by pointing out that the arrival of a peacekeeping force consisting of several thousand italians in armoured cars somehow made the roads safer
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Feb 27, 2015 13:08
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lmao there is now an institute for blockchain studies. i guess it was bound to happen, their cargo cult was lacking a pretend think-tank so far. personally, i can't wait for their first policy papers
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Feb 27, 2015 14:25
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Wheany posted:The only time I've used a check was when I registered miami for my amiga in 1995 or so german here when I apprenticed as a merchant in 1994 and the topic of cheques came up in class 90% of the class had neither seen before nor ever heard of a cheque also no one has done so again aside from occasional confusing shenanigans in Hollywood movies
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Feb 27, 2015 14:29
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Ghost Farts posted:lmao there is now an institute for blockchain studies. i guess it was bound to happen, their cargo cult was lacking a pretend think-tank so far. also check out at that search query in her youtube link
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Feb 27, 2015 14:56
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Ghost Farts posted:lmao there is now an institute for blockchain studies. i guess it was bound to happen, their cargo cult was lacking a pretend think-tank so far. better gear up for laughchain studies
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Feb 27, 2015 14:59
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Ghost Farts posted:lmao there is now an institute for blockchain studies. i guess it was bound to happen, their cargo cult was lacking a pretend think-tank so far. they already have the nakamoto institute
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Feb 27, 2015 15:02
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TVarmy posted:tila tequila were buying their first ip addresses. there's a name I haven't heard in a decade
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Feb 27, 2015 15:06
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gonadic io posted:why, what's it like in the US? lol
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Feb 27, 2015 15:22
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gonadic io posted:why, what's it like in the US? here we have to write a check, then bring it to the Western Union telegraph office. There, the clerk transcribes the image into ones and zeros, on the other end another clerk is converting those ones and zeros onto a piece of paper which becomes the new check.
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Feb 27, 2015 15:32
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:here we have to write a check, then bring it to the Western Union telegraph office. There, the clerk transcribes the image into ones and zeros, on the other end another clerk is converting those ones and zeros onto a piece of paper which becomes the new check. you know you can do online transfers with western union now right
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Feb 27, 2015 15:35
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when i did the google summer of code we were paid in a bank account in the US with a cash card. i tried for ages to transfer that money to a UK bank but I just ended up getting a few grand out of a cash point over a few days, £200 at a time. luckily the bank was right next door but good thing i'm white or they might have gotten suspicious that every 10 mins I would come back in with another deposit
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Feb 27, 2015 15:36
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Here's how I use my Bitcoins in Russia. i'm the suspicious transaction
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Feb 27, 2015 15:40
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gonadic io posted:when i did the google summer of code we were paid in a bank account in the US with a cash card. i tried for ages to transfer that money to a UK bank but I just ended up getting a few grand out of a cash point over a few days, £200 at a time. luckily the bank was right next door but good thing i'm white or they might have gotten suspicious that every 10 mins I would come back in with another deposit if only there were some kind of digital currency i could use!!1
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Feb 27, 2015 15:41
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Aleksei Vasiliev posted:Here's how I use my Bitcoins in Russia. I'm windows xp
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Feb 27, 2015 15:43
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Aleksei Vasiliev posted:Here's how I use my Bitcoins in Russia. i'm the sister dutifully supporting her worthless bitcoiner brother by working abroad in a first world country.
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Feb 27, 2015 15:45
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Aleksei Vasiliev posted:Here's how I use my Bitcoins in Russia. nyck!
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Feb 27, 2015 15:49
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gonadic io posted:when i did the google summer of code we were paid in a bank account in the US with a cash card. Oh, my sweet innocent child. That card setup? That's not just for one-off little things, huge companies use it for their payroll as well (in many states in lieu of offering checks at all, just their prepaid card or direct deposit). I'm talking major drug store chains, retail places, and I've heard lately that even Disney with its ~60k employees has moved to it for their lower rungs. The cards are complete poo poo, there's no way to directly transfer your balance or write checks/cheques, and they're totally riddled with fees (of which I'd bet employers receive a cut). Just check out some of the more obvious fees  On top of that, there's a $2500 maximum balance on your wonderful slave bank account, you are charged extra if you want to share your account with another person, they normally do not function for international purchases, and some brands of cards even have a PER-PURCHASE fee (as in every single time you enter your PIN, you're charged $2.00 or whatever) e: And yes, that "reload" fee does mean you have to pay money to deposit to your account
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Feb 27, 2015 15:50
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Sentient Data posted:Oh, my sweet innocent child. That card setup? That's not just for one-off little things, huge companies use it for their payroll as well (in many states in lieu of offering checks at all, just their prepaid card or direct deposit). I'm talking major drug store chains, retail places, and I've heard lately that even Disney with its ~60k employees has moved to it for their lower rungs. The cards are complete poo poo, there's no way to directly transfer your balance or write checks/cheques, and they're totally riddled with fees (of which I'd bet employers receive a cut). Just check out some of the more obvious fees this poo poo should be illegal if they only offer this method of getting paid
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:this poo poo should be illegal if they only offer this method of getting paid It is, the country isn't that bleak, but don't expect employers to actually give you the option openly. In most cases I've heard the card document is just slipped in with the other stuff you have to sign once you're employed and the places don't tell you that there are other options, but I'm sure that flat out refusing checks if directly requested is illegal in most places
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