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Rexxed
May 1, 2010

Dis is amazing!
I gotta try dis!

OMGVBFLOL posted:

people unironically put "crypto enthusiast" in their dating profiles. lmao gently caress the bay area

They are obviously fans of the parasite Cryptosporidium.

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DerekSmartymans
Feb 14, 2005

The
Copacetic
Ascetic

lollontee posted:

drat well, good luck with the next try. if it gives you any hope, what your doc is trying to do is find a way to take you from the stable state provided by the effective-but-harmful antipsych to a new one, presumably with another more modern antipsych, and thats always a loving mountain to cross. just make some preps next try, loan a dacha for a week

Oh I know. I’ve been a carousel with this since my last year in med school. Sometimes my doc and I try new stuff, because we both know where this ends up: Clozapine resistant schizophrenia. At least I know bilateral electro convulsant therapy works for me for a while, but we agree it must be done as an inpatient throughout the first couple of weeks and I’m just getting tired of it. His wife told me that if you added all of the time since 2001 I’ve lived four and a half years inside, about a third of that in isolation. I’m still fighting because I don’t want to end up like my great-grandma Novella who had the same diagnosis as I do but was in an Asylum for sixty years. I’m ok, but as a caregiver to a 97yo Granny with dementia and no ability to blow off steam at a movie or bookstore, or visiting friends from all over the world that have my back even when I’m paranoid. I have a few friends who are scientists working for American companies in China and Europe and they send me updates and thoughts and musings once a week or so and can FT me if I promise to remember the time zone differences. I just get discouraged about the path out country is sliding down and since November it’s tougher thinking about mortality and worried about my son’s future without me (he is a 21yo psychology grad so I shouldn’t, but I don’t really have a lot of control in my own head).

And then I read the Bitcoin threads and giggle at the laughchain until I see some shmuck lost his wife’s inheritance or lost his kids’ college fund and just get sick of it all over again. Sorry for rambling, just can’t sleep. Bitcoiin == scam.

vortmax
Sep 24, 2008

In meteorology, vorticity often refers to a measurement of the spin of horizontally flowing air about a vertical axis.
Derek take your meds

DerekSmartymans
Feb 14, 2005

The
Copacetic
Ascetic

vortmax posted:

Derek take your meds

Goddammit I do! Which is the only reason that you can glean a reducible fragment of a point sometimes. The problem I run into is that I take so much Haldol daily for reasons that neither it nor Thorazine injections sedate me if I start behaving badly. Which is like now. I can get wordy, but at least it’s not word salad. Ask Dr Wikipedia vampire if we’ve ever exchanged polite messages because of me rambling in the comments on his blog blog :argh: !
In case you wondered (I know you didn’t) coiners are just as loving insufferable in person as they are online. None of them have Bitcoin socks, though...

Call Your Grandma
Jan 17, 2010

lol

HugeGrossBurrito
Mar 20, 2018
Derek man you sure you want to post all this stuff, E/N has a good mod now. You seem to be going through some poo poo and while I offer you my full support truly it seems like maybe the Bitcoin thread is not the place for this. If you ever want to send a Pm feel free.

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005
seraph criticizes fiat currency for being backed by nothing and then argues for cryptocurrency :ironicat:

Somfin
Oct 25, 2010

In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.

Nap Ghost

gary oldmans diary posted:

seraph criticizes fiat currency for being backed by nothing and then argues for cryptocurrency :ironicat:

The thing backing crypto is environmental damage, energy waste, and child pornography, and seraph is all in on all of that

DerekSmartymans
Feb 14, 2005

The
Copacetic
Ascetic

Somfin posted:

The thing backing crypto is environmental damage, energy waste, and child pornography, and seraph is all in on all of that

Wait, was Aatrek a coiner too?

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!
aatrek aaro who can keep track any more man

junan_paalla
Dec 29, 2009

Seriously, do drugs

Somfin posted:

The thing backing crypto is environmental damage, energy waste, and child pornography, and seraph is all in on all of that

The central bank of crypto won't excange my buttcones for environmental damage, I've been lied to!

DerekSmartymans
Feb 14, 2005

The
Copacetic
Ascetic

junan_paalla posted:

The decentralized bank of crypto won't excange my buttcones for environmental damage, I've been lied to!

ftfy BUY BUy Buy buy! Cheap pogs are disrupting capitalism!

Shumagorath
Jun 6, 2001

quote:

Treasury nominee Yellen is looking to curtail use of cryptocurrency
Yellen argues many cryptocurrencies are used "mainly for illicit financing."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/biden-treasury-pick-yellen-favors-new-restrictions-on-cryptocurrency/

few posters itt going to be walking around with their hands in ross' pocket

orange juche
Mar 14, 2012




no you see

Weatherman posted:

buttcoin truth table:

                     0                                       1
  +==================+==================+
0 |       good for bitcoin     |       good for bitcoin     |
  +==================+==================+
1 |       good for bitcoin     |       good for bitcoin     |
  +==================+==================+

Bacon Terrorist
May 7, 2010

to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2022
Number go down?

Bright Bart
Apr 27, 2020

False. There is only one electron and it has never stopped

Bacon Terrorist posted:

Number go down?

Yes both numbers I'm interested went down.

Fame Douglas
Nov 20, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
Wow, that must be really good for Bitcoin, then!

Sickening
Jul 16, 2007

Black summer was the best summer.
Is seraph still pretending to make money off bitcoin?

Dewgy
Nov 10, 2005

~🚚special delivery~📦

Sickening posted:

Is seraph still pretending to make money off bitcoin?

pretending??? didn’t you see those sweet bitcoin socks and bedside toothbrush

man is easily a hundredaire

Fried Watermelon
Dec 29, 2008


I doubled my investments by investing in psychedelic stocks this year

DerekSmartymans
Feb 14, 2005

The
Copacetic
Ascetic

Fried Watermelon posted:

I doubled my investments by investing in psychedelic stocks this year

I invest heavily in craps dice-flow (original idea; dns!) Better odds than Bitcoin gambling, but I can’t afford the customized sixer-socks 😢
Edit: The casino barred my from my probability graphs showing best bets in real time. I even showed them the graph and called it “market research!” All the security professionals immediately bought btc after I taught them about logarithms and they all clapped when I supermanned out the window.

DerekSmartymans fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Jan 21, 2021

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here
I think it is almost time for the rollercoaster gif.

Still a ways to go but we'll see.

Bright Bart
Apr 27, 2020

False. There is only one electron and it has never stopped

Fame Douglas posted:

Wow, that must be really good for Bitcoin, then!

Probably not stellar for the people holding on to coins as a mid-term investment. But might be nice for its image if it bounces back a week from now. Not seeing why it shouldn't. It's not tied to anything. You get panic selling but I think this is hedged by people convinced this replaces all of other forms of exchange.

Bright Bart fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Jan 22, 2021

Bright Bart
Apr 27, 2020

False. There is only one electron and it has never stopped
The threat of anonymity with BTC is significantly lesser by the fact that most convenient exchanges do in fact require a whole slew of ID. Having a bank account isn't enough. Show us you can use it. Then show us where you live. And if we suspect you're buying drugs or weapons we may simply ban your account. To the point you have to wonder if the person you buy from doesn't buy from someone sketchy as the entire chain of transactions is basically public.

So while I'm talking rubbish here I see the threat more as if you happen to find people who acquired coins without going through an exchange then they they are harder to track for a few transactions.

Actually wonder if there is a market for BTC, mined and kept in cold storage, never sent to another wallet.

Bright Bart fucked around with this message at 18:02 on Jan 22, 2021

Toys For Ass Bum
Feb 1, 2015



Gobbeldygook
May 13, 2009
Hates Native American people and tries to justify their genocides.

Put this racist on ignore immediately!

Bright Bart posted:

Actually wonder if there is a market for BTC, mined an kept in cold storage, never sent to another wallet.
There was at least one company that tried that, I think they called them virgin bitcoins. The premise was that buying virgin, freshly-mined bitcoins is the only way to be sure your bitcoins were not at some point involved in criminal activity.

Gobbeldygook fucked around with this message at 03:32 on Jan 22, 2021

ymgve
Jan 2, 2004


:dukedog:
Offensive Clock

Gobbeldygook posted:

There was at least one company that tried that, I think they called them virgin bitcoins. The premise was that buying virgin, freshly-mined bitcoins is the only way to be sure your bitcoins were not at some point involved in criminal activity.

And let me guess, anyone could buy those coins with dirty bitcoin, for a premium of course

ghosTTy
Sep 22, 2008

HugeGrossBurrito posted:

Derek man you sure you want to post all this stuff, E/N has a good mod now. You seem to be going through some poo poo and while I offer you my full support truly it seems like maybe the Bitcoin thread is not the place for this. If you ever want to send a Pm feel free.

Nocoiner mental health will continue to decline for years to come. The only cure is buying

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Gobbeldygook
May 13, 2009
Hates Native American people and tries to justify their genocides.

Put this racist on ignore immediately!

ymgve posted:

And let me guess, anyone could buy those coins with dirty bitcoin, for a premium of course
No, the hypothesized target market (of which there is no evidence actually exists) are institutional investors who want the safest possible bitcoins. The supposed fear is chainalysis will determine that your bitcoins are from CRIME and destroy the whole investment plus
https://twitter.com/NischalShetty/status/1152580980961529857?s=20

ymgve
Jan 2, 2004


:dukedog:
Offensive Clock
Yes, that is what they will claim to make the laundry work

salt shakeup
Jun 27, 2004

'orrible fucking nights
A;ll of my bitcoins are virgin bitcoins, unfortunately.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
The virgin Bitcoin and the Chad fiat money

Doccykins
Feb 21, 2006
dont all of the virgin bitcoins these days come from giant bitcoin farms which were originally purchased from proceeds of slutty crime bitcoins

Ad by Khad
Jul 25, 2007

Human Garbage
Watch me try to laugh this title off like the dickbag I am.

I also hang out with racists.
the term "virgin bitcoins" itself indicates a thorough, seraph-sized misunderstanding of how bitcoin functions and is intended to function

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



Ghost Leviathan posted:

The virgin Bitcoin and the Chad fiat money

:hmmyes:

Somfin
Oct 25, 2010

In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.

Nap Ghost

Ad by Khad posted:

the term "virgin bitcoins" itself indicates a thorough, seraph-sized misunderstanding of how bitcoin functions and is intended to function

A separate blockchain for each coin

A ledger per dollar

Doccykins
Feb 21, 2006
put the blockchain.... on a blockchain! 4 x 17 million transactions per second!!

Nocoiner Regrets
Jan 22, 2021

by Cyrano4747

CODChimera posted:

i remember early bitcoin chat on here and everyone was like its a trap it's garbage don't invest, those bastards basically robbed me of my millions

Bored As gently caress posted:

If I think about how much money I could've made had I bought bitcoin when it was pennies a piece, back when the GBS thread about it came around 10ish or whatever years ago, I die inside. That, and not buying more Amazon, are in my top 5 biggest regrets.

Fallom posted:

i saw a goon last week mention how he just accidentally fell into half a million dollars from a small crypto investment like it wasn't even a thing

it really drives a lot of complicated feelings when you see that poo poo. why invest in retirement accounts only to get murdered by cancer or a drunk driver before I hit 65? might as well just gamble on whatever lovely internet fad i see

TCD posted:

Yup - my old boss bought 25k bitcoin when it was pennies.

He made some epically bad timing moves with it, but he at least recouped his investment and had some good cruises when that was still a thing.

God I wish I had bought some when he was telling us about it during lunch. I also wish I had convinced my dad to buy Amazon or had used some of my college job money to jump on it.
There's going to be a whole lot more of this in your future, goons, if you continue your futile resistance of the financial singularity. Capitulate now. Come, my children. Join me in eternal prosperity!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZEJ4OJTgg8

DerekSmartymans posted:

Is this because Bitchcoin isn’t fiat? My turds have more value because not only are they more rare than BTC, they won’t disappear if I flush at the wrong time. There is a really good chance they won’t disappear if there is a power outage or misconfigure a toilet at my Granny’s old house. The sewer department isn’t going to steal them from me because they control the pipes by more than 51%. My favorite, however, is that at least my toilet paper won’t crash when Tether (obviously not fiat; it is real because it’s on the internet and not like dollars that are both online and in the real world and useful around the world to both buy a bolt of cloth for mama’s micro-business in India and buying $5 worth of gas just to get home). There is a good bet that I get a loan to buy a car not only will a bank/credit union won’t cancel my account.

You know, if Bitcoin mining had a use like running weather calculations or protein folding or even SETI data I wouldn’t consider it worthless. But all, absolutely ALL it does is waste electricity and create heat. That’s not even the true believers fault! It’s the ASIC builders’ sin for enabling this fantasy of untouchable money (it’s actually more easy to lose or track than even using a small herd of cattle to barter for a forty year old tractor). It exists as waste, but even mammalian waste can be used to burn or grow more crops while the Bitcoin miners are specifically wasting heat for nothing.

Goddammit I didn’t want to get upset at ignorant coin defenders so soon after I got up. It’s the waste or resources that gets me mad. If there was an EMP from the sun that...you know what? Hypercoinization is right around the corner! Buy buy buy! I’m wrong! Tether is real money! BTC market cap is higher than Apple’s! I can use coiin to directly buy fifty tons of sand or a cup of coffee at Burger King. It’s the future of money! It is impossible to lose with no redress if you have a hardware bug or software backdoor on an honest Triad exchange! I will die from hunger with your boot on my neck for not seeing the light of blockchain! The best thing I can do is liquidate my possessions and go to a casino in Tunica, Mississippi and put it on red because I’m smarter than everyone else in the world!

I’m sorry I doubted bitcoin’s non-fiat monetary creation and value. I just bought a birdbath on Overstock, am I doing this correctly?

Edit: I can’t help myself with long anti-Bitcoin diatribes, guys. Please ignore if you don’t agree with me. The last time I was an inpatient in the nervous hospital I was in for three weeks and had to sit through Suicide group meetings after coming through sedation and isolation with twenty patients. Out of twenty, five were suicidal Bitcoin true believers. Even though they had bankrupted their families and lost their wives and children and parents’ housing, they still said this same poo poo. Every day. For a couple of weeks (in for three but on the third floor for six days). At least my delusions and hallucinations are not harmful to anyone but me. The fun part was seeing 14 mental patients tell them to shut the gently caress up about BTC the coin-patients usually acted just like Seraph or Ham. And, let me emphasize this strongly, got called on their bullshit BY SERIOUSLY ILL MENTAL HOSPITAL INPATIENTS! You can’t even buy trains for Satoshi anywhere!
:wow: Nice meltdown.

Bronze Fonz
Feb 14, 2019




Nocoiner Regrets posted:

:wow: Nice meltdown.

You don't get to use that word when you're regging a new account everyday on a forum that ridicules you everytime while you desperately try to concoct an imaginary better life for the sake of people that don't give a poo poo about you, your studio apartment nor your imaginary wife.

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Nocoiner Regrets
Jan 22, 2021

by Cyrano4747

Bronze Fonz posted:

You don't get to use that word when you're regging a new account everyday on a forum that ridicules you everytime while you desperately try to concoct an imaginary better life for the sake of people that don't give a poo poo about you, your studio apartment nor your imaginary wife.
Quoting for future ownage-lulz. Also my current apartment is a 4-bedroom! :viggo:

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