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Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Barudak posted:

There is a program called covenanteyes which when you look at porn it emails everyone you know to say you've broken your marriage covenant by looking at porn which I think probably feeds a kink.

There are some Protestant churches that lean really hard into "accountability" where you're supposed to be in a small group with some other people of your gender (but it's mostly for dudes) and tell each other about what you struggle with. The idea is that it's easier to overcome whatever is bringing you down in a group with people backing you up. Kind of like Catholic confession I guess, just that instead of one person knowing your dirty laundry you have half a dozen people in on it. Unsurprisingly porn is a really common complaint, and software like that sits on your box, monitors your DNS requests, and tattles on you to your church group when you're looking at butts on the internet. The shame is supposed to inhibit the behavior but they aren't hard to get around. Basically it's rebranding of the internet blocklists marketed to parents, it just emails a different group of people.

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# ? Apr 29, 2024 18:47

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Powerful Two-Hander posted:

There was a great one posted somewhere else recently where the spam mail was like "wow! You are like a machine gun of jacking off! This is incredible to see such self action, imagine the shock when everyone knows that you are jerking the banana 15 times non stop!" And if you got that I think you'd be like "heh, I am the machine gun of jacking off and I don't care who knows it! I've hidden in the shadows for far too long!"

Finally someone appreciates his art.

# ? Aug 23, 2021 14:09

That Dang Lizard: Jul 13, 2016; what; an idiomt

Heffer posted:

I can't remember what software this was, but a dude posted asking for support because whenever he was cut and pasting some alphanumeric string in to the program, it was getting mangled. Turns out he was hacked, and had malware that was replacing anything that looked like Bitcoin addresses on the clipboard with the hackers.

Turns out the regex for bitcoin addresses also matches MIME (that is, encoded as base64 text) attachments, so in testing pretty much any mail with an attachment was getting caught by the spam filter.
But since these emails always included either sextortion-related phrases or "how to buy and pay with bitcoin" instructions, it's easy enough to add some additional tests to the rule to confirm.

# ? Aug 23, 2021 14:16

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

_{*Israeli Government-affiliated poster}

I want to see the calculations of someone who says, "I am unemployed the economy is rough, but I would be throwing money away to NOT finance a dirtbike right now because we are due for a dirtbike boom any moment. Gotta spend money to make money." is the only option after running the numbers.

The #1 reason people always give for financing toys is "to build some credit."

"I don't even want this dirtbike, but with interest rates and the cyclical nature of the dirtbike futures market, it just makes sense to build some credit!"

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Is financing a dirtbike a good or bad idea right now?

I�m needing some advice if in the current state of the economy, would it be better to hold off on the hobby or enjoy my youth and finance a dirtbike while I�m still young and build some credit in the process.

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So you want to stay poor?

No, but I don�t want to be rich either.

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You can build credit with a credit card and buying one tank of gas or one trip to the grocery store, you don�t need a dirt bike loan to build credit.

I already have all the gear, just missing a bike and I don�t have the money yet, trying to get a plan first

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Financing toys is always a bad idea

I�m not in it to make an roi, rather enjoy my youth while it lasts

# ? Aug 23, 2021 14:25

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

_{*Israeli Government-affiliated poster}

All of these are the same OP.

He has some extremely big plans for diversifying his $50k.

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Diversification into physical investments and property?

Like investment/rental property to be specific? Even a moderately-priced single family home would take about 50% of my taxable account for down payment, costs, renovation, and reserves, no? Plus the sheer effort and time/labor. Right now the funds take zero effort, time, or dealing with other humans. About as easy money as it gets.

But the principle of diversification -- eh, I should at least look into it? Right now it's 80/20 equities/bonds with a smattering of individual stocks. No property, no crypto, no alternative investments of any kind. I sleep on a couch.

Zero interest in owning my own place unless it's house hacking. If I'm doing that I'm looking for a four unit apartment building. Startup costs there with a FHA loan should be about $50k as well.

Then again, am I ready to diversify away a whole 50% of my taxable account? Perhaps I should wait until it's like $250k+?

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Taking half of your brokerage account that is presumably invested in broadly diversified funds...and putting it into a single property...is the exact opposite of diversification.

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why are you holding bonds in your taxable account

Why are you driving something other than a ten year old Honda Civic EX?

Address the post or get lost

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You don�t ever need to buy rental real estate if it�s not within your risk appetite

My risk appetite is huge.

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And you have 20% bonds?

Doesn�t sound accurate

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Do you reinvest your dividends from individual stock, or have the dividends paid into your cash account and then invest the amount into your index funds?

What do you think would be better? Of course it all depends doesn't it.

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Why are you invested in individual stock to begin with?

It's a hobby. Why are you so concerned with what a random person on the internet is doing in owning a single stock anyway?

Your comment is not helpful at all.

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Would it be a viable business idea to start my own package delivery service (I work at UPS) and then deliver packages for both along my normal route?

Looking to diversify my investments and wondering if this is a "no-brainer" idea. There are very few startup costs, so no big deal if there isn't a ton of business at first. I'd also be out and working on the same routes and times as I would be working anyway.

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I have the chance to invest in museum-quality artworks by the masters

I've been trying to become a qualified investor in one of those investor pools that purchases artwork around the world. I'm sure there's not any actual money to be made from this endeavor but it does sound like fun.

Apparently costs and fees are high, something around 30% of the gross profits once the artwork is sold, which could be years in the future. I don't think that the investors have much say in what specific artworks the fund purchases, although one does have the choice to buy shares in the individual artworks that catch your fancy.

Until sale, the pieces are held in a secure facility in New York City (think that place in Christoper Nolan's Tenet) where one would have the opportunity to arrange private viewings of the artwork.

It probably isn't any worse than investing in crypto, cut crypto has zero social cachet.

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Most of those 'accredited investor' products are built on making you feel special so you don't mind the high fees you're paying. There are really three types of people who buy into those sorts of things:

People who know they're paying a lot of money to feel cool and feel OK with it.
People who know they're paying a lot of money to feel cool and realize it's not worth it.
People who don't realize they're paying a lot of money to feel cool.

Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 15:26 on Aug 23, 2021

# ? Aug 23, 2021 14:38

BogDew: Jun 14, 2006; E:\FILES>quickfli clown.fli

William Bear posted:

A coworker once got a similar email at work. He called my boss over to show him, and my boss said "Looks like your fate... is in your hands".

This was a bit of a scam in South East Asian places, but they would use a Skype call to film the deed and then hold them for ransom.

# ? Aug 23, 2021 14:49

tater_salad: Sep 15, 2007

there are literally no downsides of starting your own delivery service and using a UPS truck to put them into and deliver around your route. If anything UPS will start asking why you are stopping at random houses and your delivery times are not within their tight metrics. Then you can simply tell them that you have started a local competitor to them and that's the problem. They'll fully be okay with that since I'm sure there's nothing in your handbook about that.

zero downsides.

# ? Aug 23, 2021 15:23

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

_{*Israeli Government-affiliated poster}

How can you possibly make money as a "qualified investor" in an elite art auction club run by "the masters," if each individual pays 30% of the gross profit in costs and fees while simultaneously splitting the profit with everyone else in the group?

# ? Aug 23, 2021 15:27

aDecentCupOfTea: Jan 13, 2013

Barudak posted:

There is a program called covenanteyes which when you look at porn it emails everyone you know to say you've broken your marriage covenant by looking at porn which I think probably feeds a kink.

IIRC this is the program that Josh Duggar (of 19kids and counting/Ashley madison/molesting his sisters/possessing CSAM �fame�) had installed on his devices after the Ashley Madison leak, so I do not think it works very well.

# ? Aug 23, 2021 17:31

BaseballPCHiker: Jan 16, 2006

I had an encounter with Covenant Eyes at my job as an InfoSec guy.

Basically some dipshit had installed it on his work computer and had it running for about 3 years before we noticed it. It had been randomly taking screenshots of his work computer and sending the images to his pastor. Meaning confidential client data was routinely being shared to a 3rd party.

I handed off the case to our privacy team but last I heard, the guy was looking at forking over a 6 figure sum in fines that our company was going to have to pay to keep his job, on top of having all of his clients notified of a data breach.

# ? Aug 23, 2021 17:54

KYOON GRIFFEY JR: Apr 12, 2010; Runner-up, TRP Sack Race 2021/22

BaseballPCHiker posted:

I had an encounter with Covenant Eyes at my job as an InfoSec guy.

Basically some dipshit had installed it on his work computer and had it running for about 3 years before we noticed it. It had been randomly taking screenshots of his work computer and sending the images to his pastor. Meaning confidential client data was routinely being shared to a 3rd party.

I handed off the case to our privacy team but last I heard, the guy was looking at forking over a 6 figure sum in fines that our company was going to have to pay to keep his job, on top of having all of his clients notified of a data breach.

oh man that is the Good poo poo right there

# ? Aug 23, 2021 18:00

Democratic Pirate: Feb 17, 2010

BaseballPCHiker posted:

I had an encounter with Covenant Eyes at my job as an InfoSec guy.

Basically some dipshit had installed it on his work computer and had it running for about 3 years before we noticed it. It had been randomly taking screenshots of his work computer and sending the images to his pastor. Meaning confidential client data was routinely being shared to a 3rd party.

I handed off the case to our privacy team but last I heard, the guy was looking at forking over a 6 figure sum in fines that our company was going to have to pay to keep his job, on top of having all of his clients notified of a data breach.

Right

Into

My

Veins

# ? Aug 23, 2021 18:04

Motronic: Nov 6, 2009

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

How can you possibly make money as a "qualified investor" in an elite art auction club run by "the masters," if each individual pays 30% of the gross profit in costs and fees while simultaneously splitting the profit with everyone else in the group?

Spoiler alert: he has no chance of becoming a qualified/accredited investor, if this scam actually checks/requires it. You need to make like $300k per year in the past two calendar years or have a net worth of $1M+.

Basically any "investment" that even mentions needing to be a qualified or accredited investor is a scam for the new (and dumb) money.

# ? Aug 23, 2021 18:06

Power of Pecota: Aug 4, 2007; Goodness no, now that wouldn't do at all!

William Bear posted:

A coworker once got a similar email at work. He called my boss over to show him, and my boss said "Looks like your fate... is in your hands".

I worked at a small office where everyone got the j/o blackmail email one morning ~3-4 years ago, it was a good laugh.

# ? Aug 23, 2021 18:12

William Bear: Oct 26, 2012; "That's what they all say!"

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

All of these are the same OP.

He has some extremely big plans for diversifying his $50k.

That one about being an accredited investor sounds like Masterworks. They charge 1.5% annually, plus 20% of profits.

https://www.masterworks.io/about/how-it-works

When I worked in financial services, it was a running joke that fund managers all looked like lizard people. Glad to see their CFO is keeping up the trend.

https://www.masterworks.io/about/about-masterworks

# ? Aug 23, 2021 18:27

MEIN RAVEN: Oct 7, 2008; Gutentag Mein Raven

BaseballPCHiker posted:

I had an encounter with Covenant Eyes at my job as an InfoSec guy.

Basically some dipshit had installed it on his work computer and had it running for about 3 years before we noticed it. It had been randomly taking screenshots of his work computer and sending the images to his pastor. Meaning confidential client data was routinely being shared to a 3rd party.

I handed off the case to our privacy team but last I heard, the guy was looking at forking over a 6 figure sum in fines that our company was going to have to pay to keep his job, on top of having all of his clients notified of a data breach.

It's almost like sexual repression is very BWM....

# ? Aug 23, 2021 18:43

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

BaseballPCHiker posted:

I had an encounter with Covenant Eyes at my job as an InfoSec guy.

Basically some dipshit had installed it on his work computer and had it running for about 3 years before we noticed it. It had been randomly taking screenshots of his work computer and sending the images to his pastor. Meaning confidential client data was routinely being shared to a 3rd party.

I handed off the case to our privacy team but last I heard, the guy was looking at forking over a 6 figure sum in fines that our company was going to have to pay to keep his job, on top of having all of his clients notified of a data breach.

:sickos:

# ? Aug 23, 2021 19:29

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

_{*Israeli Government-affiliated poster}

William Bear posted:

That one about being an accredited investor sounds like Masterworks. They charge 1.5% annually, plus 20% of profits.

https://www.masterworks.io/about/how-it-works

When I worked in financial services, it was a running joke that fund managers all looked like lizard people. Glad to see their CFO is keeping up the trend.

https://www.masterworks.io/about/about-masterworks

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According to Artprice, blue-chip art has outperformed the S&P 500 by 180% from 2000�2018. Deloitte estimates the total value of art to be $1.7 trillion.

"estimates the total value of art to be $1.7 trillion"

"blue-chip art"

:confused:

:confused:

# ? Aug 23, 2021 19:34

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

https://twitter.com/gun_toucher/status/1429783048971853829

# ? Aug 23, 2021 21:09

Cacafuego: Jul 22, 2007

Alan Smithee posted:

https://twitter.com/gun_toucher/status/1429783048971853829

THE RADIOACTIVE DEATH OF EBEN BYERS

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�Young in years and mentally alert, he could hardly speak,� attorney Robert Hiner Winn wrote for Time Magazine about his visit with Eben Byers in 1930. Winn was investigating a popular radium-infused medicine called Radithor for the Federal Trade Commission when he noted Byers� condition. �His head was swathed in bandages. He had undergone two successive operations in which his whole upper jaw, excepting two front teeth, and most of his lower jaw had been removed. All the remaining bone tissue of his body was slowly disintegrating, and holes were actually forming in his skull.�

Byers had been consuming Radithor in large quantities for several years, believing it was improving his health. By the time he realized it actually killing him, it was already too late.

Oops

# ? Aug 23, 2021 21:26

Warmachine: Jan 30, 2012

Cacafuego posted:

THE RADIOACTIVE DEATH OF EBEN BYERS

Oops

Bad With Life: Not great, not terrible

# ? Aug 23, 2021 21:48

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

aerosmith: "THERES A HOLE, IN MY SKUUUUULLLLL"

# ? Aug 23, 2021 21:49

Residency Evil: Jul 28, 2003; 4/5 godo... Schumi

Alan Smithee posted:

https://twitter.com/gun_toucher/status/1429783048971853829

Rude.

# ? Aug 23, 2021 21:52

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

https://twitter.com/RealNatashaChe/status/1429576700346748938

Residency Evil posted:

Rude.

# ? Aug 23, 2021 21:55

DarkHorse: Dec 13, 2006; Vroom Vroom, BEEP BEEP!; Nap Ghost

Remember that copy of SMB that sold for $2 million? Turns out it (and all the other incredibly high video game auctions popping up) is probably all an elaborate scam

https://youtu.be/rvLFEh7V18A

Bonus: the guy behind it was behind multiple other similar scams all involving collectibles

# ? Aug 24, 2021 03:17

Space Gopher: Jul 31, 2006; BLITHERING IDIOT AND HARDCORE DURIAN APOLOGIST. LET ME TELL YOU WHY THIS SHIT DON'T STINK EVEN THOUGH WE ALL KNOW IT DOES BECAUSE I'M SUPER CULTURED.

That sounds really interesting, do you have a link to somewhere we can actually read about it?

# ? Aug 24, 2021 03:43

Banzai 3: May 8, 2007; I'm only here for the weekly 24 bitchfest.; Pillbug

I�m a a page behind on the revival of Bear Sterns, but that�s not even the most grotesque one. An accounting firm founded by a bunch of ex-Arthur Andersen Partners (of Enron fame) that started as WTAS revived the Andersen branding in 2014. Apparently 12 years is more than enough time to shake the dust off that dumpster.

https://andersen.com/history

# ? Aug 24, 2021 04:16

Porfiriato: Jan 4, 2016

Space Gopher posted:

That sounds really interesting, do you have a link to somewhere we can actually read about it?

I'm only partway through the video, but so far the TL;DW: the Youtuber is alleging that it's basically collusion to create a speculative bubble, specifically by Heritage Auctions (where nearly all of the big-dollar sales have happened), Wata (a video game grading firm with ties to one of HA's chairmen that appeared out of nowhere just before the bubble took off, and who have been both grading all the big-dollar games for sale at HA and hyping their value in the media, which would seem to be a conflict of interest), and some "collectibles" investment syndicates* who have a financial interest in creating the perception of a bubble/boom in the value of games. There's also some allegations of shill bidding/HA buying their own auction items to inflate the value and the same HA chairman whose fingerprints are all over the video-game bubble was apparently sued in the past for engaging in the same thing in other areas.

It would be nice to see an actual article that breaks it all down though.

* - I'm fairly sure they've appeared in this thread before, the type of thing where BWM investors can buy shares of "ownership" in Batman #1 and stuff like that.

# ? Aug 24, 2021 07:37

smackfu: Jun 7, 2004

In similar news, the biggest collectible card seller, PWCC, got kicked off of eBay last week for shill bidding.

https://www.actionnetwork.com/news/ebay-pulls-biggest-trading-card-seller-off-market-shill-bidding-pwcc

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�Recently, it was determined that individuals associated with a trading card seller, PWCC, have engaged in �shill bidding,� which is prohibited on eBay,� the statement read. �As a result, eBay has restricted PWCC�s selling privileges and listings, effective today. eBay�s policies and standards were designed to ensure a trusted marketplace where our community can transact with confidence. If we determine that a buyer or seller is not acting in good faith, eBay takes this seriously and takes action.�

PWCC, in a statement, said its executives were �shocked� to hear of the accusations presented by eBay. That eBay allegedly never presented them with such evidence and that �to PWCC�s knowledge, its employees have never engaged in any behavior that violates eBay�s agreements and policies.�

# ? Aug 24, 2021 12:02

Enos Cabell: Nov 3, 2004

Hot week for BWM trading card news. Topps, a 70+ year partner with MLB, somehow failed to renew its deal this year and will no longer be able to make baseball cards. News has already tanked a 1.7B merger, and they were supposed to go public later this year. Oops

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/20/1029575736/mlb-is-ending-70-year-partnership-with-baseball-card-manufacturer-topps

# ? Aug 24, 2021 14:17

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

_{*Israeli Government-affiliated poster}

Getting married at 17 based on a Facebook post (although, to be fair, they are following up on that Facebook post by making a Reddit post asking for a second opinion) sounds like a good idea.

Hopefully, you qualify for more than the cost of the divorce attorney.

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Trying to Save as Much Money as possible with FAFSA Would This Work?

I [17m] and my GF [17f] are looking to try and save as much money as possible when it comes to college, we saw some posts about getting legally married and how that would be able to neglect our parents income and assets as we would be "independents". We will be 18 at the time of the application process and we both have our parents consent. We both only make minimum wage, 13 an hour, and roughly around 1100 dollars a month each, and We will by the time of college have a studio apartment rented. We wanna get as much financial aid as humanly possible, are there any other steps we should take or any ways to make more off financial aid?

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Getting married solely for fafsa sounds like a really bad idea. Not to mention all the legal stuff that comes with being married

The income of our parents would definitely be too high to get significant aid if any, and by getting married we really only mean legally, just a certificate.

"Your honor, it was just a certificate. We weren't 'married' married."

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From what I've researched if we get legally married (35 dollars at a courthouse) it would mean we could claim ourselves as independents for fafsa. This is only hearsay though, as I could've researched completely wrong.

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This is good for Bitcoin

I�ll start by saying this is not financial advice. This is just my own opinion. Please please DYOR.

I was analyzing the charts between yesterday and today and I noticed that yesterday Bitcoin was in the $40,000 range and today it�s in the $50,000 range.

This is good for Bitcoin because now the price of a Bitcoin is higher than it was yesterday. If the price was lower than it was yesterday it would still be good for Bitcoin, but not as good.

If the price keeps going up like this the price will get higher and higher. This is because when the price goes up so does the price of Bitcoin.

All roads lead to "this is good for bitcoin."

# ? Aug 24, 2021 14:30

Griefor: Jun 11, 2009

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

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This is good for Bitcoin

I�ll start by saying this is not financial advice. This is just my own opinion. Please please DYOR.

I was analyzing the charts between yesterday and today and I noticed that yesterday Bitcoin was in the $40,000 range and today it�s in the $50,000 range.

This is good for Bitcoin because now the price of a Bitcoin is higher than it was yesterday. If the price was lower than it was yesterday it would still be good for Bitcoin, but not as good.

If the price keeps going up like this the price will get higher and higher. This is because when the price goes up so does the price of Bitcoin.

Did an algorithm write this?

# ? Aug 24, 2021 14:32

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

_{*Israeli Government-affiliated poster}

Griefor posted:

Did an algorithm write this?

We're all algorithms now.

I wish this was written by an algorithm, because the idea that a human being is this upset and wrote this many words about people making fun of NFTs is much sadder.

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Unpopular Opinion: This sub hates NFTs because most of you are TOO POOR to have NFTs

If Im gonna make an unpopular opinion post, I might as well go full scorched earth and get rekt for it.

Its really telling that the top story right now in crypto is about Visa buying a CryptoPunk NFT for $200k but not one post in the top page is about this. If Visa had bought BTC or any coin, it would be endlessly talked about here for days.

This sub has hated NFTs since the start, its understandable because they are quite different from coins which can be bought and sold almost instantly. With NFTs, there is a requirement to understand the market and make a subjective assessment as well. Its not just number go up.

Most NFTs are more expensive to acquire and requires much more initial investment than coins. The floor price for CryptoPunk is around $200k, which puts it out of the reach of a lot of speculators. It was as cheap $10k not too long ago, but that is also probably too much for the average person..

So this sub devices ways to hate NFTs, labelling the entire NFT space a money laundering scheme. On every thread about NFT, there is one dude claiming its part of a money laundering operation, despite a ton of evidence to the contrary. I mean, is Visa laundering money? Are bluechip VCs who now hold NFTs laundering money?

If you dissect the argument, coiners terming the NFT space as a money laundering operation is no different from no-coiners labelling the entire cryptocurrency space as money laundering.

It is just silly to launder money with NFTs, that too the popular ones. All the records are kept forever on the blockchain and by the sale platform. Yes, you can create your own NFT and sell it for a high markup and wash funds, but that is just the same as creating your own token, pumping it on a DEX.. the top traded NFTs are all being bought by real people and not part of money laundering operation, unlike what is commonly stated here. Yes, there is a ton of money being traded and exchanged in the NFT market currently.

Throughout the bear market of the last 3 months, the NFT market has actually been soaring and tons of fresh money has come into NFTs, along with a lot more actual end users like artists, musicians, antiques dealers et cetera who are getting exposure to crypto, thanks to NFTs.

If people set aside their bias and researched a bit, they will find that you need not even buy a whole NFT for 100 ETH, there are now ways to own a fraction of an NFT. Of course, this is made possible by DeFi innovation. A smart contract holds the actual NFT, while it issues 100,000 tokens that resemble ownership in the NFT.

Edit:

I'll try to answer some comments.

"It is useless"

Well, a painting is pretty much useless too. If you buy an expensive painting, you can exhibit it in your home for the few number of visitors you will have every year. If you buy an NFT, you can publicly display it in your wallet and showcase it to the entire world.

There are abstract paintings with just couple of strokes on a canvas, selling for millions. People just buy this to show off their wealth, the same way people buy a beachfront property or a lambo, even though they can live very well in the suburbs or drive a Ford. If you hang this painting in your wall, you may show it to say 1000 visitors whom you entertain over a year. If you link it to your wallet and make it pubic, you can showcase it to the whole world. This is just one example of the network effect of NFTs as art, which is far more than paint and canvas art.

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Although I agree with you on the price, it isn't really 'just a jpeg'. I wrote it today already, I'll write it again because it really helped me understand the NFT craze. Let's say you print a poster of the Mona Lisa. Let's say you want to sell it. It won't be worth much, it sure as hell won't sell for the price of the original Mona Lisa.

Its basic the same with NFTs. Sure, it may be just a jpeg on first sight, the deeper value behind it is that you have - for the first time in history - a digital document of ownership which is resistant to censorship, for everyone publicly to see.

It's just speculation with art right now, it's a bubble, once the real usecases come in such as ownership of land etc, that's when mass adoption comes.

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So you wouldn't buy a piece of land, a house, a car which is publicly documented on the Blockchain and gives digital proof of ownership? NFTs describe a very wide range of possibilities. We're just getting started and having a hype phase - triggered, as so often, by art.

# ? Aug 24, 2021 14:35

Krispy Wafer: Jul 26, 2002; I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
But they stood on my hair and told me I was fat; Grimey Drawer

Kind of sounds like MLB is getting caught up in some pie in the sky revenue forecasts from a company that's never even produced a baseball card.

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The new deal with Fanatics could be hugely lucrative for players and MLB. It's more than 10 times larger than any other deal MLB or players have agreed to, according to ESPN. MLB and the player's association as well as the NFL and NBA players unions will have a stake in the new company.

There's definitely untapped value in sports marketing. The NCAA's auditors came out last month and said they've been underselling women's basketball TV rights by as much as 100 million every year. And this was after the NCAA defended its lovely treatment of women's sports by "well actually..." reminding everyone that ladies' basketball lost 3 million last year. But I'm not sure there's any goldmine left in baseball cards.

# ? Aug 24, 2021 14:36

DACK FAYDEN: Feb 25, 2013; Bear Witness

Krispy Wafer posted:

Kind of sounds like MLB is getting caught up in some pie in the sky revenue forecasts from a company that's never even produced a baseball card.

There's definitely untapped value in sports marketing. The NCAA's auditors came out last month and said they've been underselling women's basketball TV rights by as much as 100 million every year. And this was after the NCAA defended its lovely treatment of women's sports by "well actually..." reminding everyone that ladies' basketball lost 3 million last year. But I'm not sure there's any goldmine left in baseball cards.

I interpreted that as "unlike Topps, the MLB itself has a stake in Fanatics" - so it's not money from nowhere but instead just the MLB moving to capture the revenue that Topps previously was soaking up.

...is that not the case? I bet it's not. That would make sense.

# ? Aug 24, 2021 14:41

evilweasel: Aug 24, 2002

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Getting married at 17 based on a Facebook post (although, to be fair, they are following up on that Facebook post by making a Reddit post asking for a second opinion) sounds like a good idea.

Hopefully, you qualify for more than the cost of the divorce attorney.

im not convinced this is a bad plan, actually. the only illegal reason to get married is to get your fake spouse citizenship, for anything else the state and federal government don't give a gently caress. an uncontested divorce is not expensive, and its not like they'll have assets worth fighting over by the time college is over.

the college might have questions though, of course.

# ? Aug 24, 2021 15:09

mrmcd: Feb 22, 2003; Pictured: The only good cop (a fictional one).

evilweasel posted:

im not convinced this is a bad plan, actually. the only illegal reason to get married is to get your fake spouse citizenship, for anything else the state and federal government don't give a gently caress. an uncontested divorce is not expensive, and its not like they'll have assets worth fighting over by the time college is over.

the college might have questions though, of course.

If they actually are in a LTR couldn't they just write a prenup to speed things along in the event they turn 23 and realize "oops I shouldn't have married my high school gf/bf"?

# ? Aug 24, 2021 15:17

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Seems like the biggest stumbling block could be if they end up on the hook for each others debt. Not many upfront assets to worry about at that age.

# ? Aug 24, 2021 15:25

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

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Cyrano4747: Sep 25, 2006; Yes, I know I'm old, get off my fucking lawn so I can yell at these clouds.

evilweasel posted:

im not convinced this is a bad plan, actually. the only illegal reason to get married is to get your fake spouse citizenship, for anything else the state and federal government don't give a gently caress. an uncontested divorce is not expensive, and its not like they'll have assets worth fighting over by the time college is over.

the college might have questions though, of course.

There are way, way easier ways to get free of your parents than marriage. A friend of a friend in HS ended up going to court to legally emancipate herself from her biological dad because he was a deadbeat who wasn't going to contribute to her education, but his high income was going to tank her aid applications. This was in the 90s, so YMMV on what is going on today with that, god knows I haven't paid any attention at all to FASFA since I finished filling mine out.

Now that I think about it, would the marriage even kill off the parental connection as far as FASFA is concerned? It's loving HARD to get them to accept that your parents aren't going to pay for your school.

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