|
gschmidl posted:...to use as a tourist attraction to make money, yes! The longest of cons
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2019 22:20
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 7, 2024 01:16 |
|
|
you might be laughing at pyramidcoin now but in a few centuries people from all over the globe will come to see it! you'll all see!!
|
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2019 22:26
|
|
|
Spazzle posted:The longest of cons Well, the pharaoh's a god king, and thus all-seeing, and not just some scrub.
|
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2019 22:29
|
|
|
SatansOnion posted:bread, beer, and onions was the part of their pay they could “take home” and use to eat or trade for stuff. also iirc the pyramid workers also got to eat a lot of beef, which was pretty good eatin’ for your Ahmose J. Public back then that's interesting. I've also read/watched a lot about Egypt (particularly the Old Kingdom) and I don't think I've come across that beef thing, I wouldn't have thought they'd have enough beef for that many workers on a regular basis. pretty neat though
|
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2019 22:48
|
|
|
plus it let the Egyptians change governments at the drop of a hat
|
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2019 23:25
|
|
|
Pharohman777 posted:Basically the pyramids were the result of finding a way to employ the farm workers and such when it wasn't growing season and there was nothing for them to do if I recall correctly. that's basically the exact opposite of ben carson's theory, pharohman777
|
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2019 23:37
|
|
|
Pharohman777 posted:Basically the pyramids were the result of finding a way to employ the farm workers and such when it wasn't growing season and there was nothing for them to do if I recall correctly. Yes, as I said, it's like in America people in jails are 'employed', because there is 'nothing for them to do' in prison, and they participate in 'public work'.
|
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2019 23:42
|
|
|
so ben carson's theory was that pyramids were a way to unemploy farmers during farming season when there was everything to do?
|
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2019 23:43
|
|
|
Paladinus posted:Yes, as I said, it's like in America people in jails are 'employed', because there is 'nothing for them to do' in prison, and they participate in 'public work'. no, they're not counted as employed, just like old people don't count as employed for just being at home.
|
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2019 23:44
|
|
|
also how much "public" work do they do as opposed to for-profit work? I thought it was overwhelmingly the latter
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 00:32
|
|
|
I am sure in Egypt there was one nerd who said he did not volunteer to be a part of the state and then as he was whipped he screamed about a nap being broken... forever.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 02:19
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/winklevoss/status/1145685231241969664
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 02:37
|
|
|
Paladinus posted:Yes, as I said, it's like in America people in jails are 'employed', because there is 'nothing for them to do' in prison, and they participate in 'public work'. Nah, it's actually more like the people at amazon warehouses are "employed", because there's "no other jobs" in that area and "everybody's gotta eat". Which is to say, they're literally employed, but wage slavery still sucks
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 02:48
|
|
|
thank god the forward looking winklevii are fighting to get us off the gold standard i also like how the only truly fixed asset in the world can have infinitely many forks and miners can vote to raise the cap
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 03:16
|
|
|
That asteroid thing is never gonna happen because if you ever got one running you'd crater the market so fast that selling the metal wouldn't cover your up front costs. Unless you set up some sort of cartel scenario.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 03:20
|
|
|
The Little Death posted:That asteroid thing is never gonna happen because if you ever got one running you'd crater the market so fast that selling the metal wouldn't cover your up front costs. Unless you set up some sort of cartel scenario. once you prove you can land one, you can start extorting the world to keep you from dropping it on a major city. simple racket.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 03:32
|
|
|
it’s like one of my japanese animes!
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 03:34
|
|
|
Boxturret posted:so ben carson's theory was that pyramids were a way to unemploy farmers during farming season when there was everything to do?
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 04:24
|
|
|
ben carson's theory was that the pyramids were built to store grain. a theory so dumb even donald trump was able to tear it to shreds
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 07:04
|
|
|
Boxturret posted:so ben carson's theory was that pyramids were a way to unemploy farmers during farming season when there was everything to do? close; he theorized that farming was a way to employ pyramids when they weren't in pyramid season
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 07:06
|
|
|
why is anyone asking that insomniac his opinions on pyramids in the first place
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 07:18
|
|
|
Axe-man posted:I am sure in Egypt there was one nerd who said he did not volunteer to be a part of the state and then as he was whipped he screamed about a nap being broken... forever. yes, except he also had an incredibly privileged background and never had to do any of the hard work he complained about himself. then he and a bunch of his followers tried to go galt and spent the next 40 years lost in the desert eating lichen
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 07:42
|
|
|
...! what is your opinion on mid 4th century chinese farming implements?
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 07:46
|
|
|
Bitcoinsnorge, an "exchange" in Norway had a sub-contractor that was hacked and on their on volition Bitcoinsnorge decided to force-sell all customers bitcoins in the market right now. For some peculiar reason they're are only refunding the money to customers based on the price from the 7. May. It is left to reader to calculate the difference in the price today vs. the price on the 7. May and where that difference is going...
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 09:55
|
|
|
refleks posted:Bitcoinsnorge, an "exchange" in Norway had a sub-contractor that was hacked and on their on volition Bitcoinsnorge decided to force-sell all customers bitcoins in the market right now. This is good for bitcoinsnorge.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 10:18
|
|
|
Bitcoin snorge?
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 10:54
|
|
|
im snorgé
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 13:37
|
|
|
urmom snorges like a freight train (that someone is running across the top of)
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 13:51
|
|
|
please guys this is the bitcoin thread, there is no room for joeks about serious things like this
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 15:22
|
|
|
Buttcoin.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 15:36
|
|
|
fishmech posted:once you prove you can land one, you can start extorting the world to keep you from dropping it on a major city. simple racket. I'm going to "crater" the NYSE, if you get my drift. Unless you pay me 1 BILLION DOLLARS
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 15:45
|
|
|
we need the space gold so muck can build the solid gold dyson sphere of his dreams
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 15:54
|
|
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX8CWGa7Ldc
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 18:15
|
|
|
Paladinus posted:Buttcoin. when are they counting from for computers? because I struggle to believe there were 50m computer users in like 1960, when the number of computers worldwide was 4 figures
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 18:26
|
|
|
Soricidus posted:when are they counting from for computers? because I struggle to believe there were 50m computer users in like 1960, when the number of computers worldwide was 4 figures probably the Altair 8800
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 18:33
|
|
|
Soricidus posted:when are they counting from for computers? because I struggle to believe there were 50m computer users in like 1960, when the number of computers worldwide was 4 figures It should say personal computers.
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 18:37
|
|
|
galaxy brain: "in the future utopia where every useful resource is available aplenty the only thing of value will be to pointlessly waste energy"
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 19:12
|
|
|
https://mobile.twitter.com/APompliano/status/1146077474599473152
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 19:40
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 19:42
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 7, 2024 01:16 |
|
|
starting Now
|
|
#
?
Jul 2, 2019 19:51
|
|
