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CommieGIR posted:Oh good, Buttcoin is back. ToxicSlurpee posted:BitCoin, as we've seen time and time again, was a terrible idea and every "well it's like BitCoin but different" currency that comes out is just as dumb. This simplest question for a new coin is "why should we adopt it?" and/or "why should we replace the US Dollar with it?" The answer is, bluntly, there is no reason to replace the US dollar, it's good as is. Now, if you're talking about the the distribution of the US Dollar, then yeah, that's got a lot of problems, but the US Dollar itself as a currency is sound, all complaining to the contrary. So, in other words, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
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RealityApologist posted:Strangecoin mining is modeled on bitcoin mining. There are a finite amount of bitcoins, and once they are mined there are no more bitcoins. There's also a finite amount of Strangecoin, and when they are minded they are deposited into TUA, and once they are all mined there aren't any more. Good Citizen posted:The switchover. My god, the transition. Can you even begin to imagine how the transition from pure cash to pure coins would work? It would be god drat financial Armageddon. I can't even begin to describe the problems here while phone posting on my way to the office.
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# ¿ Mar 31, 2014 15:35 |
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RealityApologist posted:I don't know why you keep saying this because it's a totally legitimate use of the term. With dollars, if I give you 1 dollar then you get 1 dollar. In strangecoin, if I give you 1 strangecoin you might get a different number of strangecoin, depending on the overall network of transactions. That's a nonlinear relation. If it's based directly on the number of network transactions, then it likely is a linear relation, or at least some other type of relation that can be plotted like quadratic, cubic, exponential, logarithmic, or whatever is used to determine the number of coins. Unless it's a truly random number of coins each time (which would be retarded as hell) there's going to be some type of mathematical relation. And again, WHY? Why should we risk crashing the loving world economy to implement this? E: Also, this post is one of the first I could read without my eyes glazing over. Aim for this level of explanation, not whatever the hell you were doing earlier. fade5 fucked around with this message at 23:16 on Mar 31, 2014 |
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RealityApologist posted:I've repeatedly insisted that the proposal is not intended as a solution to any problem. E: Hah, same question, posted one minute apart. Maybe this is a cue that you should, you know, answer it.
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# ¿ Apr 2, 2014 02:08 |
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RealityApologist posted:As far as I know, I won the argument between Slanderer and me about whether or not this is a nonlinear system, and the description is appropriate. jre posted:
If you say a human has nine toes and someone calls you out on it, you don't cut off your own loving toe to prove yourself "right". (Well, if all the cyborg poo poo is true, maybe you would, but most normal humans wouldn't.)
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# ¿ Apr 3, 2014 00:02 |
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CheesyDog posted:I've only started thinking through this idea while I let my spaghetti cool, and implementing it would require the intervention of a trickster God. For instance, I'm not sure if Kuantum Kash could be implemented by Loki, or if some fundamentally new God of Screwing You Over is required. That is still the greatest scene ever.
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# ¿ Apr 3, 2014 00:25 |
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SedanChair posted:Hey Eripsa you want to see some actual loving cyborg discrimination you sheltered lunkhead? How about the employment rate of war vet amputees with prosthetic limbs? You think maybe that's a little more real than me thinking you're an rear end in a top hat because you point Glass at me? Pesmerga posted:To suggest that someone who is told they can't wear Google glass in a nightclub is suffering the same sort of violation of personal integrity as someone who has a limb blown off, and is treated badly by both systems and individuals afterwards demeans their suffering. RealityApologist posted:I'm not going to talk about gender identity and cyborgs any more because you are all obviously too immature to handle the discussion. Just read the article, that's all I ask. Everyone else should read the article too, but as a warning, it's depressing as all gently caress. fade5 fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Apr 3, 2014 |
# ¿ Apr 3, 2014 18:07 |
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Who What Now posted:Yeah, you know what I want to do every time I buy groceries? Play a rousing game of Monopoly! That's not completely stupid at all. Install Windows posted:While no one plays rulebook Monopoly, tons of people enjoy playing house rules Monopoly. You're supposed to play like a ruthless capitalist when you play Monopoly, but surprise, most people don't find loving over their friends and family all that much fun, hence the house rules to make the game more "fair"/fun.
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# ¿ Apr 28, 2014 21:04 |
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Obdicut posted:Monopoly was actually designed to demonstrate to people what happens in a monopoly. It wasn't supposed to be fun.
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# ¿ Apr 28, 2014 21:31 |
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ProfessorProf posted:RealityApologist, please describe a situation where someone with more connections than me on the strangenet could impact me, and what that impact would entail. RealityApologist posted:I've made mistakes in this thread, many of which I've admitted to and tried to compensate for. Wanamingo posted:Give me specific examples. CheesyDog posted:Seriously guys, if you haven't look up Whuffies. It's clearly what he's trying to describe, only he's slapped on (valueless coin) and a bunch if half-understood theories so his idea can be an original one.
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# ¿ May 1, 2014 21:57 |
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# ¿ Nov 3, 2024 20:08 |
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So Erispa, did you and/or the Synereo guys ever fix the blatant problem that was repeatedly brought up in the goldmined thread? You know, the whole thing where Synereo will end up being used as a child porn distribution network and/or an ISIL recruitment hub if massive changes aren't made to it. Because answering the question "what will your network do about child pornography" is kinda loving important, and I'd like a real answer to it.
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