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Senf
Nov 12, 2006

No Butt Stuff posted:

Not for everyone. For me it would be like 400% more.

:stare: I've had nothing but positive experiences with them, but I've also been a customer of theirs forever. It makes sense that your rates would go up moving to them, but that's one hell of a jump!

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pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib

Super Dan posted:

Wait, really? I assumed the joke was you can mine all the bitcoins you want, but never actually buy anything with them or trade them for real money.

Oh if you're willing to be a little unscrupulous like a real bitcoiner... oh the places you'll go.

BonerGhost
Mar 9, 2007

pathetic little tramp posted:

Oh if you're willing to be a little unscrupulous like a real bitcoiner... oh the places you'll go.

Yeah I tried that. The orcs keep killing me even if I use the sword and every time I try the Russian benzos in the dungeon, I black out.

Also who do I have to blow to get a job on hitchat forums cause the stuff that makes me crazy isn't doing it.

Wickerman
Feb 26, 2007

Boom, mothafucka!
Can someone post some tips on how to win at that buttcoin game? I don't ever have success (I think that's the point but still)

Traxus IV
Sep 11, 2001

it's our time now
let's get this shit started


Yeah I figured out most stuff but the command prompt screen has me stumped.



vvv e: thanks, dunno why I didn't try that sooner

Traxus IV fucked around with this message at 12:36 on Aug 22, 2015

the littlest prince
Sep 23, 2006


Traxus IV posted:

Yeah I figured out most stuff but the command prompt screen has me stumped.

You may have to google common windows commands or something similar if you don't know any.

LLCoolJD
Dec 8, 2007

Musk threatens the inorganic promotion of left-wing ideology that had been taking place on the platform

Block me for being an unironic DeSantis fan, too!

Traxus IV posted:

Yeah I figured out most stuff but the command prompt screen has me stumped.



vvv e: thanks, dunno why I didn't try that sooner

Geezers like myself who remember MS DOS commands had no problems whatsoever.

pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib

NancyPants posted:

Yeah I tried that. The orcs keep killing me even if I use the sword and every time I try the Russian benzos in the dungeon, I black out.

Also who do I have to blow to get a job on hitchat forums cause the stuff that makes me crazy isn't doing it.

Ugh yeah I remember there's something there - russian benzos will kick you off the moon, so you don't want to do that. I know if you have spare darknet 10ks you can annihilate the moon monsters in one hit (it's your special attack), but there's some sort of trick to getting around the moon when you first get there. You have to find a key... oh! Turn around when you get to the moon and use some weasel dust, you should see a ladder and if you go to it, it unlocks the dungeon on some other menu, if you get through the dungeon (kinda tough on the third level because the troll king has a lot of HP, I think the katana is actually less effective) you can get the key.

Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨

pathetic little tramp posted:

Ugh yeah I remember there's something there - russian benzos will kick you off the moon, so you don't want to do that. I know if you have spare darknet 10ks you can annihilate the moon monsters in one hit (it's your special attack), but there's some sort of trick to getting around the moon when you first get there. You have to find a key... oh! Turn around when you get to the moon and use some weasel dust, you should see a ladder and if you go to it, it unlocks the dungeon on some other menu, if you get through the dungeon (kinda tough on the third level because the troll king has a lot of HP, I think the katana is actually less effective) you can get the key.

I don't have anything to add, I just wanted to touch this beautiful jewel of a post.

Guest2553
Aug 3, 2012


It gets pretty meta once you realize that all you've done was waste time and electricity, like a real bitcoiner! :thumbsup:

I got a little bit into the monkey island game before accidentally closing the window. Oh well :v:

Junius
May 14, 2006

Thank you, entertainment committee.

pathetic little tramp posted:

Ugh yeah I remember there's something there - russian benzos will kick you off the moon, so you don't want to do that. I know if you have spare darknet 10ks you can annihilate the moon monsters in one hit (it's your special attack), but there's some sort of trick to getting around the moon when you first get there. You have to find a key... oh! Turn around when you get to the moon and use some weasel dust, you should see a ladder and if you go to it, it unlocks the dungeon on some other menu, if you get through the dungeon (kinda tough on the third level because the troll king has a lot of HP, I think the katana is actually less effective) you can get the key.

This post reminds me of when my brother had a subscription to some kiddie magazine about cartoons and poo poo and I liked to read the Q&A section where some bugger inevitably asked a DBZ related question and the answer would be ten times longer than any other answer in the same section and full of stats and references and names that were all completely over my head and by the end of it I'd just be like, "What in the absolute gently caress?!"

Anime and bitcoin, man.

Total Confusion
Oct 9, 2004
Update on the teacher who was having a hard time concentrating on their job because they had too much money riding on the stock market:

quote:

Unfortunately, I will need to reschedule all classes taking place after 3:30 p.m (local time).

The reason for this is the global economic crisis which is engulfing the world. The U.S. stock markets open at 3:30 p.m.. I must tend to my investments and will not be able to do a good job of teaching under those circumstances. I have already notified two students, (student names). Please notify the other students and let's see if they can be scheduled earlier in the day or even on the weekends. There are no group classes during that time.

As the crisis will not be solved for the foreseeable future, I encourage you to find whatever solution works. If the scheduling cannot be accommodated then please find a replacement teacher for the students. I will try to find time to change my scheduling today but I am quite busy.

I know this is a dire and uncomfortable way to end this mail, but I'll say it nonetheless...

Please take care of your finances and make sure to save as much money as possible. Tell your friends and family as well. This is the end of 30 years of a global central banking experiment gone out of control. The oncoming global economic downturn will most likely be bigger than the the two previous ones combined. The odds of a second Great Depression are increasing by the day.

Renegret
May 26, 2007

THANK YOU FOR CALLING HELP DOG, INC.

YOUR POSITION IN THE QUEUE IS *pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt*


Cat Army Sworn Enemy

How does this person still have a job?

In other news, I haven't as much as looked at my ROTH or 401k, nor do I intend to.

Nail Rat
Dec 29, 2000

You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you! God damn you all to hell!!
Stock market's over fellas, was good while it lasted. Hide yo kids, hide yo wife.

Seriously please tell me you are firing that guy now.

Also if he really thinks this is the end of the global economy and it's going to be a second depression, why would he even need to "tend to [his] investments?" Why not pull all the money and put it into gold, food, guns and ammo?

Total Confusion
Oct 9, 2004
Yeah, it looks like they're finally going to let him go.

pig slut lisa
Mar 5, 2012

irl is good


stay safe day trader ghost :ohdear:

jaymeekae
Aug 30, 2003

I sound hot when I swear my f*cking head off.
Honestly that teacher guy sounds unhinged :(

moana
Jun 18, 2005

one of the more intellectual satire communities on the web
Thank christ, a guy that stupid does not need to be teaching children anything.

Hashtag Banterzone
Dec 8, 2005


Lifetime Winner of the willkill4food Honorary Bad Posting Award in PWM
Thought this was rather interesting:

quote:

Imagine Trump had retired in 1982, sold his real estate holdings and invested his $500 million in the S&P 500...

From 1982 through the end of 2014, the S&P 500 index had an annualized return, including reinvested dividends, of 11.86 percent, according to MoneyChimp’s S&P 500 Compound Annual Growth Rate calculator.

Per this calculator, every dollar invested in January 1982 would have been worth $40 by December of 2014. That means Trump’s initial $500 million would have grown to $20 billion. That’s twice what Trump says he’s worth today.

http://www.moneytalksnews.com/why-youre-probably-better-investing-than-donald-trump/

Even if you take Forbes' lower estimate of $200m, Trump would still be worth $8 billion today if he had put it in the S&P500. Funny that no one mentions how bad with money Donald Trump is.

BEHOLD: MY CAPE
Jan 11, 2004
I hope he didn't really lose his pants trying to panic trade a 6% dip and rebound in the US markets

pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib

BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:

I hope he didn't really lose his pants trying to panic trade a 6% dip and rebound in the US markets

I hope he did, idiots like him are why I make money on every panic.

Renegret
May 26, 2007

THANK YOU FOR CALLING HELP DOG, INC.

YOUR POSITION IN THE QUEUE IS *pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt*


Cat Army Sworn Enemy
My only regret is that I have already max my ROTH IRA contribution, and that I have no more money to give to it today.

Pump it up! Do it!
Oct 3, 2012

Hashtag Banterzone posted:

Thought this was rather interesting:


http://www.moneytalksnews.com/why-youre-probably-better-investing-than-donald-trump/



Even if you take Forbes' lower estimate of $200m, Trump would still be worth $8 billion today if he had put it in the S&P500. Funny that no one mentions how bad with money Donald Trump is.

Or he could have done nothing at all and just kept his daddy's apartments.
http://www.salon.com/2015/08/10/the...hen_fell_apart/

quote:

His spottiest record is on the tender topic of his personal finances. In June he said he was worth $8.7 billion. In July he upped the ante to “over $10 billion,” a claim he repeated Thursday in response to a query about his four corporate bankruptcies. Forbes says he’s worth about $4 billion. Bloomberg had him down for $3 billion. In 2006 former New York Times business editor Timothy O’Brien pegged the number at $150 to $250 million. Trump sued O’Brien for $5 billion for defamation but was thrown out of court. There’s no telling his wealth from his financial filings but in them he estimates the value of his name at over $3 billion, which is of course, patently insane.

Trump understates his early wealth as much as he overstates his present wealth. He says when he started out he was worth “about $200,000” but he’s just burnishing his brand. A son of a real estate mogul, he’s in no position to spin a “rags to riches” yarn. By saying he was worth $200,000 then and $10 billion now he can pose as a sort of a self-made guy who really does know the art of the deal.

But when he went into the family business, his dad had already built or acquired 14,000 New York City apartments. Lacking access to company records, no one can appraise their value with any precision, but anyone can do better than Trump. So here it is on the back of a napkin. In those days, city apartments sold for about $45 a square foot. Most Trump apartments were outside Manhattan, which lowers the price, but many were family units, which raises it back up some. A reasonable inflation adjusted estimate of their value back then approaches $3 billion. But New York real estate prices have since skyrocketed. If Trump had just paid down the mortgages and kept up the apartments, they’d be worth $8 billion today. In other words if he’d done nothing at all he might now be worth what he says he’s worth.
The dude even failed at running a Casino and

Not a Children
Oct 9, 2012

Don't need a holster if you never stop shooting.

Renegret posted:

My only regret is that I have already max my ROTH IRA contribution, and that I have no more money to give to it today.

Grouco
Jan 13, 2005
I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member.
Couldn't resist sharing this gem from the chronicle (higher ed) forums:

https://chronicle.com/forums/index.php/topic,187487.0.html posted:

Posting as a sockpuppet this time. As the name suggests, I feel ridiculously gullible: I found out a few months ago that my spouse has lost every liquid or mortgagable asset we have day trading. The total amount hasn't come out yet (and might never) but with inheritance from my spouse's grandmother, income that was transferred out, loans against the house, withdrawn retirement funds and credit cards I didn't know about, I'm figuring about $500-600,000 lost over the last two years. I only found out because we were about to remodel the house and if we had written the first check to the contractor it would have bounced, and there was no money left in the brokerage account or anywhere to hide the loss.

How did I not notice it? Well, there was always enough money in the checking account to pay for everything necessary and it didn't occur to me that always having exactly enough was odd and there should have been more; my spouse has always been very controlling and possessive about money but I figured that was just a reflection of growing up with not a lot of it and didn't press for details that would have led to a fight; frankly it was easier to just let my spouse deal with bills and such during grad school and postdoc... I also have to own up to believing all of the excuses for why the tax returns were always filed late and I didn't see them; why my spouse still kept an account at our old bank and had pay automatically deposited there, while mine was deposited in the local account that bills were paid from; and finally for just feeling helpless to force my spouse to come clean when towards the end I started realizing things smelled wrong and my requests to see the financials, close the other account, etc. were met with either stonewalling or anger.

My spouse has finally realized that day trading on margin = gambling, and that it was uncontrollable, and that financially more than five years of our future is just gone. Both paychecks are now automatically deposited into the local bank, and mine goes to an account in just my name. I've got all the account passwords for the credit cards with balances on them, and I've taken out credit cards in just my name and moved as much of the debt as I can to those accounts where I can control it (having had the experience of a credit card customer service agent responding to my pleading to freeze an account that there is nothing they can do if I'm not the primary account holder) and close the other ones. More recently I found out that this year's taxes haven't been filed, so I've retained an accountant but still need to get my spouse to give me the statements from Etrade; I haven't been able to get my spouse to close that brokerage account but I'm trying. I've pulled credit reports on both of us, and will keep doing so three times a year to keep an eye out for any new accounts; in doing so I found that my credit score has dropped considerably with the new debt, but since I'm not planning to open any new accounts that's not important right now.

This has been a very hard thing to carry partially because I'm doing it alone; you don't just mention to a colleague over coffee that your spouse has gambled away half a million dollars and you never even saw it. This isn't a request to the fora for advice, and I've already considered and decided to stay in the marriage because I love my spouse and our kids, and this isn't the end of the world; I just needed to let it out somehow. But, if someone wants to reply with a little encouragement, it wouldn't go unappreciated. Thanks for digitally listening.

JUST MAKING CHILI
Feb 14, 2008
Bad with money makes me sad with money.

Radbot
Aug 12, 2009
Probation
Can't post for 3 years!
On the other hand, half a million dollars was a "five year" setback, so don't feel too bad.

Inverse Icarus
Dec 4, 2003

I run SyncRPG, and produce original, digital content for the Pathfinder RPG, designed from the ground up to be played online.

Radbot posted:

On the other hand, half a million dollars was a "five year" setback, so don't feel too bad.

If that person is bad with money they might think that a 100k family income is $500k in 5 years

SpelledBackwards
Jan 7, 2001

I found this image on the Internet, perhaps you've heard of it? It's been around for a while I hear.

Radbot posted:

On the other hand, half a million dollars was a "five year" setback, so don't feel too bad.

Or maybe me he means that the stress and the panic literally took five years off his life. :rip:

Stories like that are so depressing, because even though I have a solid grasp on my finances on a daily or weekly basis, I could easily see certain things getting well hidden from me or possible being love-blind to what's really going on.

Grouco
Jan 13, 2005
I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member.
Trusting others is BWM.

Inverse Icarus
Dec 4, 2003

I run SyncRPG, and produce original, digital content for the Pathfinder RPG, designed from the ground up to be played online.
I'm sure letting one person handle all the money works great for a lot of families, but I hear too many stories like that, where a more naive side of the union is blindsided by tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.

Trust, but verify.

canyoneer
Sep 13, 2005


I only have canyoneyes for you
https://np.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/3i2m9p/judgment_dismissal/

quote:

(This is in Florida) Awhile back, I applied for a Discover card online. I used the $2,000 USD to obtain a couple of computer systems because what little money I do earn, is obtained from freelance computer related work online. I get by. Hand to mouth. Thats it. But then, there was a lull in money coming in from freelance for a long time, As freelance work is very up and down and that prevented me from paying off this debt. Now... I have this letter sent to me saying "basically" (and Im paraphrasing a lot of it to save length) : It does not appear that for a period of 6 months that this action is being prosecuted. So it is adjuded as follows: 1) good cause shall be shown why this action should not be dismissed for lack of prosecution 2) The showing of good cause shall be in writing 3) If showing of good cause is filed a hearing shall be held 4) if no showing of good cause if filed within time specified this action shall stand dismissed for lack of prosecution
Now, my question is...since nothing has been done so far for 6 months regarding this, how likely am I to actually end up going to court over this?
If I do go to court, is there any tactics I can use to my advantage?

Got a credit card and now they want me to make payments? WTF is this injustice!?

https://np.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/3huzos/i_want_to_give_my_car_away_in_a_contest/

quote:

I want to give my car away in a contest. (self.legaladvice)
submitted 2 days ago by CarneyAsada
I want to give a car away in a contest to make a decent profit to get an even better car. I know gambling and lotteries are heavily regulated, so how can I do this legally?
From what I understand, the winner has to be determined by skill if I'm going to charge them to be in the contest. So, could I hold raffle where it costs $20 to buy a ticket, then, the person who's ticket is selected has to do an easy math problem so there is skill involved?
This would be in Kansas or Missouri.

I want to hold a fundraiser to buy a new car for myself. This is probably legal, right?

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

canyoneer posted:

https://np.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/3i2m9p/judgment_dismissal/


Got a credit card and now they want me to make payments? WTF is this injustice!?

How do you let a 2k credit card go to court? That's like $50 a month tops. Would Discover even sue for that much money?

Why do I think there were a lot more charges than $2k, but that's all he's admitting to because that was 'good' debt for his freelancing.

SiGmA_X
May 3, 2004
SiGmA_X

Inverse Icarus posted:

Trust, but verify.
Pretty much the best advice for any situation.

Barry
Aug 1, 2003

Hardened Criminal

Krispy Kareem posted:

How do you let a 2k credit card go to court? That's like $50 a month tops. Would Discover even sue for that much money?

Why do I think there were a lot more charges than $2k, but that's all he's admitting to because that was 'good' debt for his freelancing.

He also has $80k of medical debt, so there's that.

Devian666
Aug 20, 2008

Take some advice Chris.

Fun Shoe
The ultimate in bad with money: that $2m worth of gold and silver I keep in the spare bedroom has gone missing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...43d3_story.html

What will they do now if the world economy collapses and they have to exchange worthless gold and silver for valuable food and alcohol.

quote:

The victim also noticed that Martinez had spent large amounts of money in recent months, according to police. When the victim confronted his neighbor, police said, Martinez told the man that he had made money selling an exotic drug and denied knowledge of the theft.

Desuwa
Jun 2, 2011

I'm telling my mommy. That pubbie doesn't do video games right!

Devian666 posted:

The ultimate in bad with money: that $2m worth of gold and silver I keep in the spare bedroom has gone missing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...43d3_story.html

What will they do now if the world economy collapses and they have to exchange worthless gold and silver for valuable food and alcohol.

That's why you diversify into guns so you can protect your more vulnerable assets.

Devian666
Aug 20, 2008

Take some advice Chris.

Fun Shoe
He should have diversified into a safe, a secure door and secure storage outside of his home.

canyoneer
Sep 13, 2005


I only have canyoneyes for you

Devian666 posted:

The ultimate in bad with money: that $2m worth of gold and silver I keep in the spare bedroom has gone missing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...43d3_story.html

What will they do now if the world economy collapses and they have to exchange worthless gold and silver for valuable food and alcohol.

That's like the train shooter in France:
"What? No! I just found that gun. I'm not a terrorist, I am an armed robber! Get off me!"

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Suspicious Lump
Mar 11, 2004

Devian666 posted:

The ultimate in bad with money: that $2m worth of gold and silver I keep in the spare bedroom has gone missing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...43d3_story.html

What will they do now if the world economy collapses and they have to exchange worthless gold and silver for valuable food and alcohol.
Haha this is amazing. I never understood why people keep gold in their home when you can buy gold and have it stored at the mint, with a few clicks you can sell or buy more.

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