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Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!

KnifeWrench posted:

yes please


he actually does acknowledge that his point isn't that strong. he says bitcoin's resistance to corruption is extremely limited:


I believe the point of anatomyjoke-775532783364 was to illustrate an extreme example in order to make the case that, "if you think this is good, shouldn't you think that any move in that direction, no matter how niche, is good [ignoring all costs, inefficiencies, technical limitations, etc]?"

then he spins that into "well if you don't like bitcoin, it's because you want to be able to cheat (i.e. edit a database without 50% of a large amount of computing power)"

what he has forgotten, and what bitcoiners always forget, is that we don't need bitcoin to prevent changes without large amounts of computation. regular old strong cryptography does even better at that; it just requires trust :tinfoil:

Aha, I've been mislead by his claims of sci-fi technology, I guess. But it still doesn't explain how it prevents cheating even in this limited use case. Sure, put your cadastre on blockchain, what prevents people from taking bribes and adding fraudulent entries? Sir, yes, you've purchased this land fair and square, but right here it says you've given it away to Mr. WeedGoku420 for free 20 minutes after the purchase. It's on blockchain, so it must be true.

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Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde
The current and two preceding fed chairpersons have said that Dodd frank imprudently ties the fed’s hands wrt upcoming financial crises such that it might not be able to provide liquidity at the most effective point. It’s not wrong to be concerned

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
really happy that we're on a new page

Djeser
Mar 22, 2013


it's crow time again

Paladinus posted:

Aha, I've been mislead by his claims of sci-fi technology, I guess. But it still doesn't explain how it prevents cheating even in this limited use case. Sure, put your cadastre on blockchain, what prevents people from taking bribes and adding fraudulent entries? Sir, yes, you've purchased this land fair and square, but right here it says you've given it away to Mr. WeedGoku420 for free 20 minutes after the purchase. It's on blockchain, so it must be true.

actually talked with someone about this not too long ago. the reason you can't falsify bitcoin is because at no point does a human enter information into the blockchain--all the information (aside from extra data in the comment field or w/e) is derived from the network at a prior state, so "if you put it on the blockchain it has to be true" only works with values of bitcoin. anything involving human input is subject to fraud just like anything else

...!
Oct 5, 2003

I SHOULD KEEP MY DUMB MOUTH SHUT INSTEAD OF SPEWING HORSESHIT ABOUT THE ORBITAL MECHANICS OF THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE.

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT A LAGRANGE POINT IS?

Sham bam bamina! posted:

really happy that we're on a new page

:wrong:

BMan
Oct 31, 2015

KNIIIIIIFE
EEEEEYYYYE
ATTAAAACK


Sham bam bamina! posted:

really happy that we're on a new page

In our setting of Banshee, there were ten stimpires which were united under ten galaxies. They were all allied as the United Galactic Stimpires, until one day, when the Sixth Stimpire noticed that the Fourth Stimpire was adopting laws that were against the regulations of the UGS. High-ranking military servants noticed that at the end of their favourite sporting event, the losing side was being rounded up, with all 11 players wailing in despair. They then noticed that the center of the stadium was now revealing a large, cylindrical container with a sharp floor. The floor was in the shape of a grinding grater, except there were several discs each turning very slowly, one being further out than the other from its center point. They were then pushed in by very powerful cybernetic stadium security officers, and the container was sealed up. It was then, to the horror of the colonels, that there was blood being smeared against the glass of the machine. They both left for their transit van, only to be stopped by Fourth Stimpire Enforcers. They demanded that they get past, only to be told that the Fourth Stimpire is a sovereign, socialist empire which listens to its people. They were then being transported to a greyscale soundproof room, with very sharp machinery decorating the room from all over.

They were never heard from or even seen again. The only traces of them were blood trails located in the very room. The Fourth Stimpire had announced to the UGC that it was now allied with Vanduul forces, and any attack will result in immediate deplanetation, much to the dismay of the UGC. The Seventh Stimpire warned them that the other nine would revoke their UGC rights if they carried on, but they did far from what they were demanding. The Fourth Stimpire didn't massacre the First Landmass population, but left them in the worst pain known in the universe for eternity. The drug was capable of keeping the victim the same age as they were, halting growth and aging, whilst keeping them alive forever. All growth cells are killed and the drug repeats any respiratory cycles.

The other nine declared war on the Fourth Stimpire, which ultimately led to the demise of the First, Eighth, Ninth, Fifth and Tenth Stimpires. They were deplanetated, all of their planets were razed and reduced to nothing but an asteroid field, a reminder of the power of the Fourth Stimpire, and a historical monument, and a book, a tale of what was once a mighty, populated planet.

The Seventh Stimpire ordered their planets to be relocated out of the range of the Fourth Stimpire Satelitation Force through the use of planet movement technology. As the Seventh Stimpire was completely artificial, the planets were able to be relocated to a faraway place in the universe. The Second Stimpire however were unable to relocate, as they were natural to the full extent and had a ban on fighting on any kind. Weapons were not permitted in the territory, and anyone caught fighting would be exiled permanently from the planet. They were the Second Law, as the rest of the universe know them by.

The other stimpires were unable to relocate aswell, and ordered their planets to be mined until they were fresh clean, and turn artificial, so they could be moved away from threat. They did not want to meet the same fate as their brethren. As a result, the war that remains going on to this day, is now a fierce, stalemate battle. The United Earth Empire eventually joined to help them against the Fourth Stimpire in 2754, 100 years after the war began, but this would also lead to Vanduul interception, as the Vanduul were warmongering to the point of following the UEE's every move and intercepting it.

...!
Oct 5, 2003

I SHOULD KEEP MY DUMB MOUTH SHUT INSTEAD OF SPEWING HORSESHIT ABOUT THE ORBITAL MECHANICS OF THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE.

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT A LAGRANGE POINT IS?
diydude2 • -1 points • submitted 15 hours ago

The only ones holding bags of poo poo are all the suckers who did what they were told and put all their money into their 401(k) and none into Bitcoin.


diydude2 • -1 points • submitted 15 hours ago

That $1000+ daily green candle I've been telling you guys to watch for over the past few months is imminent (probably Friday although the bloodbath could start sooner if liquidations get the party started before the big cover). It won't be the last.

I also told you that when we smash through $7K, $10K will fall shortly thereafter, and we will never go below it again.

I stand by all of those statements. Hope you enjoyed your little two-week "bear market," bears. Hope it was worth the billions you're about to lose.


diydude2 • -6 points • submitted 2 hours ago

No matter how many times I see this movie (and I've seen it many times over the years) this scene never fails to bring a tear to my eye. You know the scene, where little nerdy Bitcoin says, "Enough is enough!" and goes Chuck Norris on the bullies, transforming from schoolyard zero to schoolyard hero in an instant.


diydude2redditor for 3 months • [score hidden] • submitted 53 minutes ago

You won't be able to buy Bitcoin on a centralized exchange with fiat in a few years. Nobody in their right mind will want to trade Bitcoin for fiat. People will think we were lucky for having been able/had the foresight to do so.


diydude2redditor for 3 months • [score hidden] • submitted 51 minutes ago

You won't need a whole Bitcoin. 10 million Satoshis will mean you're set for life by 2022.


diydude2redditor for 3 months • [score hidden] • submitted 47 minutes ago

Poor, poor no-coiner... please don't kill yourself in a year for having been so foolish. It's only money. I'm sure some nice Bitcoiner will give you a job.

poty
Jun 21, 2008

虹はどこで終わるのですか? あなたの魂の中で、または地平線で?

Gazpacho posted:

BitcoinIsSimple Score hidden 1 hour ago
I'll buy stuff with Bitcoin but I need a service that automatically replaces the Bitcoin I spend.

jsunio Score hidden 1 hour ago
That's a good idea. I think a service like that is possible but does not exist yet. I know of a "automatically buy $X in bitcoin every week" service, but not a "buy $X of bitcoin sometime around the same time I make a purchase of value $X".

:thunk:

i want to buy things in dollars but also pay stupid fees

Bulgakov
Mar 8, 2009


рукописи не горят

amazon's managed ledger is here :kingsley:

'blockchain' got a mention but just as a thing if some idiots really want it I guess??

mbt
Aug 13, 2012

...! posted:

diydude2 • -6 points • submitted 2 hours ago

No matter how many times I see this movie (and I've seen it many times over the years) this scene never fails to bring a tear to my eye. You know the scene, where little nerdy Bitcoin says, "Enough is enough!" and goes Chuck Norris on the bullies, transforming from schoolyard zero to schoolyard hero in an instant.

Bitcoin is the kid in a trenchcoat who says "enough is enough!" And pulls put a gun but it jams and he gets tackled by the school cop

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!

...! posted:

You won't be able to buy Bitcoin on a centralized exchange with fiat in a few years. Nobody in their right mind will want to trade Bitcoin

Hmm... Yes, this will happen.

prisoner of waffles
May 8, 2007

Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the fishmech
About my neck was hung.

Bulgakov posted:

amazon's managed ledger is here :kingsley:

'blockchain' got a mention but just as a thing if some idiots really want it I guess??

hmm, does this increase or decrease the amount of money that developers can bilk out of building blockchains for scammers?

have most scammers evolved beyond even having any sort of implementation?

e: LMAO at putting quantum into the name, there's nothing quantum about it but the target market will gobble that poo poo right up

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Discendo Vox
Mar 21, 2013

This does not make sense when, again, aggregate indicia also indicate improvements. The belief that things are worse is false. It remains false.
Should be mosquitos on that cover, not the noble leafcutter ant.

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde

Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:

Bitcoin is the kid in a trenchcoat who says "enough is enough!" And pulls put a gun but it jams and he gets tackled by the school cop

Alan Moore posted:

I have people come up to me in the street saying, ‘I am Rorschach! That is my story!’ And I’ll be thinking, ‘Yeah, great, can you just keep away from me and never come anywhere near me again for as long as I live?’”

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish
who watches the watchmen? not me :xd:

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde

Boxturret posted:

who watches the watchmen? not me :xd:
nerds really like the guy in a fedora who doesn't shower

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish
that pleasureseraph guy liked to post videos of him

Shame Boy
Mar 2, 2010

Paladinus posted:

Hmm... Yes, this will happen.

nobody in their right mind will want to use or exchange bitcoin, which makes it the perfect utilitarian currency of the future

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

Boxturret posted:

that pleasureseraph guy liked to post videos of him
chanting "Seraph84, Seraph84, Seraph84" at my turned-off monitor :twisted:

Seraph_84
Nov 28, 2018

by Nyc_Tattoo
nah

(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)

Somebody fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Nov 28, 2018

Wheany
Mar 17, 2006

Spinyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doctor Rope

Paladinus posted:

Aha, I've been mislead by his claims of sci-fi technology, I guess. But it still doesn't explain how it prevents cheating even in this limited use case. Sure, put your cadastre on blockchain, what prevents people from taking bribes and adding fraudulent entries? Sir, yes, you've purchased this land fair and square, but right here it says you've given it away to Mr. WeedGoku420 for free 20 minutes after the purchase. It's on blockchain, so it must be true.

you can't lie, that's illegal against the smart contract!

Babies Getting Rabies
Apr 21, 2007

Sugartime Jones
this loving thread lmao

DJ Burette
Jan 6, 2010
catching up with the thread at the right time lmao

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish
小さい

Wheany
Mar 17, 2006

Spinyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doctor Rope
whoo-wee

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



stay incarcerated dick ghost

filthy regex
Oct 1, 2010

s/ (. Y .) / 8==D~~ /g
bite-coin (said in an effortless french accent)

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
dick coin

EorayMel
May 30, 2015

WE GET IT. YOU LOVE GUN JESUS. Toujours des fusils Bullpup Français.
showing how my small penis is to own the nocoiners

AlbieQuirky
Oct 9, 2012

Just me and my 🌊dragon🐉 hanging out
gingerpubecoin

prisoner of waffles
May 8, 2007

Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the fishmech
About my neck was hung.
price : volume :: length : girth

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde
why he got a dick comin out his butt on the wrong side

Chalks
Sep 30, 2009

has anyone said chodecoin yet

gschmidl
Sep 3, 2011

watch with knife hands

It looks like a penis, except smaller?

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
skipped 5000 posts and landed on a decent self own by a coiner, nice

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde
hmmmm

Splicer
Oct 16, 2006

from hell's heart I cast at thee
🧙🐀🧹🌙🪄🐸
Number go up.

Oh hey a penis. Does it go up?

Oh it is up.

I'm so sorry.

fishmech
Jul 16, 2006

by VideoGames
Salad Prong
sure is weird that the convicted pedophile sex offender is being gross again

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Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish
it took him 17 minutes to get an erection :(

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