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From the moment it started you could tell Bitcoin was going to be garbage and it keeps proving itself right. I’m just surprised it’s lasted as long as it has.
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Invalid Validation posted:From the moment it started you could tell Bitcoin was going to be garbage and it keeps proving itself right. I’m just surprised it’s lasted as long as it has. Greed and stupidity is a hell of a combo.
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Phenotype posted:A guy on the last page mentioned how that power could have gone into protein folding or SETI research -- that's because before bitcoin, that's exactly what people were doing with their spare processor cycles. Folding@Home and SETI@Home are research projects that distribute what is essentially mining software, except instead of just having your PC do worthless calculations, they're using it to simulate how biological proteins fold themselves, which can actually help find cures to real world diseases, or to analyse the enormous amount of interstellar transmissions that are picked up in search of intelligence. You can just download the software, fire it up, and calculate useful data in the background while your PC is under light load. I doubt people would have been building 5 GPU mining rigs for protein folding, but it's really depressing when you think about the amount of computing going into blockchains that could be put directly to actual real world use.
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Mar 18, 2018 13:32
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A whole segment on Mike Pence, and no mention of his horse fetish, smdh
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Mar 19, 2018 04:31
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Gonna buy that book and send it to my sister who has young kids. Mike Pence can eat poo poo.
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Mar 19, 2018 08:46
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So Block went ahead and followed up a video clip with a deadpan "Cool" again, but this time it was in Russian. (I assume. He could have been saying something else in Russian, saying "cool" in some other vaguely Slavic-sounding language, saying something else in a Slavic-sounding language, saying "cool" in a totally made-up language, or just saying gibberish in that made-up language.) I almost fell over laughing at that song. It doesn't help that while "Vova" may be Putin's nickname, it sounds a lot like the English word for a part of a lady's womany bits.
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Mar 19, 2018 16:12
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tarlibone posted:It doesn't help that while "Vova" may be Putin's nickname, it sounds a lot like the English word for a part of a lady's womany bits. I was giggling about that too
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Mar 19, 2018 16:21
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I don't know if it was touched last night but the day after the bitcoin episode aired Brock Pierce tweeted the YouTube link to episode calling it a good introduction to the concept. The next day he was fired from the company.
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Mar 19, 2018 16:25
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Laputanmachine posted:Greed and stupidity is a hell of a combo. It's still amazing that a "currency" (fake commodity) where engaging in literal ponzi schemes without any attempt at obfuscating that fact whatsoever whose only legitimate purchasing power is internet drugs and illegal porn. I was going somewhere with that but honestly buttcoin still being a thing just makes absolutely no sense any way you put it.
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Mar 19, 2018 16:26
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The most important thing most of these people care about Bitcoin purchasing is actual real human currency after the value's increased. Very few people are actual true believers in the concept, although they may give it some lip service if they're invested enough that they have to start believing. People go kinda feral at the prospect of get rich quick schemes. If all you have to do is lay some money down and get lucky, it's all the adrenaline and sunk cost fallacy of gambling.
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Mar 19, 2018 17:15
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Huge slam on Roger Ailes out of nowhere. Glad that fucker is dead.
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Mar 19, 2018 19:42
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I want this show to continue trolling the worst people. That was amazing.
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Mar 19, 2018 20:19
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tarlibone posted:I almost fell over laughing at that song. It doesn't help that while "Vova" may be Putin's nickname, it sounds a lot like the English word for a part of a lady's womany bits. 
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I was thinking the same thing. Deloris!
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I'm glad John still finds Fight Song as hilariously awful as we do.
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GobiasIndustries posted:Gonna buy that book and send it to my sister who has young kids. Mike Pence can eat poo poo. gently caress it, the audio book is $2. Listening now! gently caress Mike Pence.
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I'm kind of waiting for the full cartoon. But I'm still probably gonna buy the book and find some kid to give it to. I might donate it to my local parish and see what happens. They're actually pretty cool and progressive for a Catholic church. I'm not sure how it would go.
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Mar 19, 2018 22:12
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This show trolls people in the best way... Just ordered a bunny book for my brothers kids.
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Mar 19, 2018 22:14
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Bought the bunny book. Hope the audio is eventually available for free because I want to listen to all the friends of the show voice characters.
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Mar 19, 2018 22:19
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Last time I bought a book for my brothers kid (Grandmother Fish. A pretty cute childrens book about evolution) my mother destroyed it. Not making that mistake again.
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M_Gargantua posted:Bought the bunny book. Hope the audio is eventually available for free because I want to listen to all the friends of the show voice characters. Did you buy the bunny book, or the better bunny book?
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Mar 20, 2018 00:36
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Tree Dude posted:Last time I bought a book for my brothers kid (Grandmother Fish. A pretty cute childrens book about evolution) my mother destroyed it. Not making that mistake again. Have you considered changing mothers instead of books
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Mar 20, 2018 01:19
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Bought the book. Gonna read it to my kids. gently caress Mike Pence.
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Mar 20, 2018 01:49
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-olivers-gay-bunny-book-outsells-the-pences?ref=home There is hope left in this world.
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I bought the kindle version of the Better Bundo Book because apparently the print copy doesn't get sold through Canadian Amazon. gently caress Mike Pence, I'll happily give $10 to charity to make that pile of poo poo miserable. I think I'll buy the audiobook too, eventually.
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Snagged my better Bundo book today! I love reading my kiddo books AND pissing off Mike Pence. I really was hoping the horse loving was mentioned.
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It really is a sweet book, too. It has a good message and the only way you could possibly find the content of the book political is if you’re a giant raving prick like Mike Pence that thinks “it’s okay to be different” and “it’s okay to be gay” are political messages. If Pence weren’t a homophobe, he’d have put out a statement saying “we welcome this book being released alongside our own, with its positive message of tolerance, and we encourage people to buy both, since proceeds from both are being donated to charity.” But he’s not saying that, because he’s a giant fuckwitted homophobe.
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Mar 20, 2018 04:40
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What if this is like Grumpy Cat and Pence sues for using his bunny’s likeness without permission?
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Mar 20, 2018 04:42
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Josh Lyman posted:What if this is like Grumpy Cat and Pence sues for using his bunny’s likeness without permission? Legally distinct due to a jaunty bowtie. But for real parody is still protected.
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PT6A posted:If Pence weren’t a homophobe, he’d have put out a statement saying “we welcome this book being released alongside our own, with its positive message of tolerance, and we encourage people to buy both, since proceeds from both are being donated to charity.” But he’s not saying that, because he’s a giant fuckwitted homophobe. Well they definitely aren't going to talk about tolerance, but the instagram's latest post is a sidestep pretty close to that. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgg3bvTBn84/ I wonder who runs the account.
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Mar 20, 2018 05:21
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That bunny does look pretty fly in a bow tie, yeah.
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Mar 20, 2018 07:45
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Was going to share the Pence thing with a friend of mine whose family are religious homophobes, and then it turned into an infomercial for a kids book. I guess I could send it with a comment like “the first ten minutes of this”... eh, maybe that’s what I’ll do.
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Mar 20, 2018 08:34
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Is it just me, or are there some unfortunate shadows implying a Hitler-style moustache on John a lot of the time?
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Craptacular! posted:Was going to share the Pence thing with a friend of mine whose family are religious homophobes, and then it turned into an infomercial for a kids book. .... where all proceeds go to LGBTQ+ charities. It's not like John Oliver is jumping on the bunny book train to make a quick buck.
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Ror posted:Well they definitely aren't going to talk about tolerance, but the instagram's latest post is a sidestep pretty close to that. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgg3bvTBn84/ I wonder who runs the account. It's possible the daughter Charlotte runs the account and doesn't really care about or even is personally against her father's homophobia, so she's happy about John Oliver's book; though it would imply she's not actively discussing it with her father or trying to change his mind despite the things he's said and done. I'm assuming the proceeds of the Pence book are partially being donated to that conversion therapy crowd John mentioned Pence supported too. I'm probably going to buy the audiobook later today, but I don't want to buy the Kindle edition since no-one I know has a Kindle besides myself and I'd rather give the book to my sister since she has a 2 year old and another kid on the way. That said, if it doesn't start being sold on Amazon outside the US in the next short while I'll probably just buy the Kindle version as a or give a straight donation. I wonder would there be a point asking about it on Twitter or has someone done so already?
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Lol http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/03/19/john-olivers-anti-mike-pence-stunt-sparks-slew-online-hate-toward-vice-president.html
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Good gently caress them and their “feelings.”
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Invalid Validation posted:Good gently caress them and their “feelings.” It's funny, for a group that calls liberals "snowflakes" all the time and decries safe spaces, they sure have the thinnest skins and the whiniest complaints.
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tsob posted:I'm assuming the proceeds of the Pence book are partially being donated to that conversion therapy crowd John mentioned Pence supported too. Oliver's book seems like a legitimately nice way to communicate a difficult issue to children, and Pence is a tremendous loathsome rear end in a top hat, but whenever John Oliver was talking about trying to outsell the other book mainly to piss off Mike Pence... I wasn't quite on board. Seems like the daughter would probably be more invested in the book than her father. As a book it seems lovely, as an attack it seems poorly targeted.
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