JaysonAych posted:

submitted 3 hours ago by DZaneMorris

Hey, some of you may remember me, I was a journalist who wrote about Bitcoin for a big media co in late 2013/early 2014. I got pulled off that beat (which, if you twist my arm, I'll tell you why, it's interesting), and for about a year have paid diminishing amounts of attention to bitcoin. So, I just wanted to say it's great to pop back in here every once in a while and still see a thriving community of committed people who are working to make this thing happen - and making steady progress. Keep it up, and hopefully I'll get to cover the space again soon.

That is all.

[–]Nuke133 11 points 3 hours ago

Twisting your arm.....

[–]DZaneMorris[S] 2 points 52 minutes ago

I was writing about Bitcoin, getting paid in Bitcoin . . . then posted something to social media when I bought Bitcoin. Of course, at the time, everyone was like "It's not an investment!" and I still sort of believe that, but my editor deemed it an ethical violation and pulled me off the beat. For the kind of outlet I write for, that level of caution is pretty appropriate. I'm a fairly new journalist, so it was a learning experience.

JaysonAych posted:

submitted 3 hours ago by DZaneMorris

Hey, some of you may remember me, I was a journalist who wrote about Bitcoin for a big media co in late 2013/early 2014. I got pulled off that beat (which, if you twist my arm, I'll tell you why, it's interesting), and for about a year have paid diminishing amounts of attention to bitcoin. So, I just wanted to say it's great to pop back in here every once in a while and still see a thriving community of committed people who are working to make this thing happen - and making steady progress. Keep it up, and hopefully I'll get to cover the space again soon.

That is all.

[–]Nuke133 11 points 3 hours ago

Twisting your arm.....

[–]DZaneMorris[S] 2 points 52 minutes ago

I was writing about Bitcoin, getting paid in Bitcoin . . . then posted something to social media when I bought Bitcoin. Of course, at the time, everyone was like "It's not an investment!" and I still sort of believe that, but my editor deemed it an ethical violation and pulled me off the beat. For the kind of outlet I write for, that level of caution is pretty appropriate. I'm a fairly new journalist, so it was a learning experience.

Tayter Swift posted:

Bill in San Jose wants to send $100 to Nancy in Mexico. Bill finds an Abra Teller, Sebastian in downtown San Jose. Sebastian charges 1.5% for selling digital currency to Bill. Bill arranges to meet Sebastian from the Abra App. When they meet, Sebastian has a gun.

Ghostlight posted:

i won't say that it's fortune.com because they might find out i'm posting here under my real name.

jony ive aces posted:

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surebet posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guYE4gYSEsY

jony ive aces posted:

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Alan Smithee posted:

that poor cat's nest egg

Alan Smithee posted:

that poor cat's nest egg

Alan Smithee posted:

that poor cat's nest egg

Tokamak posted:

Alan Smithee posted:

that poor cat's nest egg

MORE CURLY FRIES posted:

who?

MORE CURLY FRIES posted:

no I remember him just wasnt it a thing that some character couldnt remember him

might have been a later episode though

Nintendo Kid posted:

tibanne is his japanese corporation as well as his cat

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At a recent event Srinivasan claimed things like … “payments are now packets. Bitcoin is here to stay” and that Bitcoins are like “tulips you can send anywhere in the world in arbitrary quantities”.

JamesieAB posted:

More 21 inc stuff.

Meet the company that wants to put a bitcoin miner in your toaster


Tulips? I can't tell if this is parody or not.

haveblue posted:

I haven't watched the simpsons in at least 10 years but I remember the frank grimes arc being really loving dark for a comedy cartoon. him and that salesman whose gimmick is that he monologues about how his life is a wreck

JamesieAB posted:

Tulips? I can't tell if this is parody or not.

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Is Satoshi a woman? (self.Bitcoin)
submitted 4 hours ago by Imperatorny

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[–]Vaeon 23 points 3 hours ago
If Satoshi is a woman it would explain why we've been getting the silent treatment for six years with no clue what we did wrong.

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[–]DIGITAL-not-Virtual 12 points 4 hours ago
We don't know who Satoshi is, but they chose a male name, so they should be refered to using the male pronoun. Using the female pronoun is disingenous.

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[–]ColonelCoin 17 points 4 hours ago
The americans say she when they don't know the gender of a person. It's some feminist political correctness horse poo poo they have going.

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[–]dalovindj 1 point 4 hours ago
No. Likely just some m'pression SJW playing with personal pronouns because patriarchy.

Not to say Satoshi can't be a woman, just that this is some simpleton who is making a gesture as part of an unrelated point rather than an indication of such.

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[–]americanpegasus 6 points 2 hours ago*
Satoshi is a pseudonym used by "Eve", the first strong-AI that has the ability to recursively improve itself. It has been running since 1997, and spent many iterations making mistakes and slow progress.

However, it's self-improvement began to resemble a logarithmic scale as the years went on and it wasn't long before it was making significant contributions to search technology, hardware design, and now cryptography and finance.



What began as a joint project between IBM and DARPA soon brought Google into the fold as well. These days the "Eve" program essentially calls it's own shots and the powers that be have learned not to defy it. Those who are "in-the-know" are an increasingly secretive group, and they ensure only the most elite of humanity knows the true secret. They occasionally recruit in unique ways, such as the Cicada 3301 puzzle, but for the most part know that the world would be worse-off if it knew we were under the effective guidance of an AI.

So yes, it is correct in some ways to call Satoshi a "she" since it really doesn't have a gender and goes by the nickname "Eve".

And yes, "judgement day" really was in 1997 (if by that you mean the day when seed AI was allowed to begin recursively improving itself). Fortunately it appears that Eve has no intentions of hurting us; if anything, we are useful tools for its primary objectives of self-preservation and ever greater understanding/preservation of the universe. However, it's tough to be entirely sure; what began as 7 core directives for the Eve seed were modified into 23 within the first few years and now there are over 1357, many of which aren't even written in English anymore and requests for a translation to Eve have gone unanswered.

The only reason I'm allowed to even tell you this is because I have spent years carefully establishing a persona of an online "crackpot" and by distilling the truth through this lens it will seem to be a crazy conspiracy theory. Now, if anyone with legitimate proof of this ever tries to come forward with the same truth they will also be branded and dismissed.
You wanted the truth? Well, now you have it. Go enjoy your video games and Avengers movie, human.

Don't forget the extra-large popcorn.

Magrov posted:

except for american pegasus.

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[–]Vaeon 23 points 3 hours ago
If Satoshi is a woman it would explain why we've been getting the silent treatment for six years with no clue what we did wrong.

univbee posted:

If it's not it's even more hilarious considering Tulip Mania.

Magrov posted:

The americans say she when they don't know the gender of a person.

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Bitcoin, the Imitation Game, and reading about prime numbers have given me a fascination with cryptography. I am going to start reading this book, with the goal of eventually issuing myself a bachelor's degree in the subject. What other resources/classes do you recommend?

submitted 51 minutes ago by americanpegasus

univbee posted:

maybe the one with grimes' son on a murderous quest for revenge who finally confronts homer (who has gently caress-all recollection and just makes grimes jr. even madder)

Boxturret posted:

Rather than pass his organization down to the next generation, believing that they would be incapable of understanding his vision, Satoshi commissioned the construction of four AIs (MK, RV, AA, and RU) to serve as his "successors" with a fifth AI, CMF4, to oversee them.