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Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!

drk posted:

David is the one who posted that twitter link - hopefully thats not doxxing, it seemed pretty clear from his twitter shout out there, and I know he's talked about his books here as well.

Seconding his blog is a great read - its generally snarky, but full of good stuff. Hat tip to @ahcastor (on twitter & amycastor.com) as well if you dont follow her. They both are pretty frequent commenters in other media outlets as well.

It is doxxing.

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D-Pad
Jun 28, 2006

Paladinus posted:

It is doxxing.

Considering he has frequently identified himself in this very thread I don't really think it is

Jose Valasquez
Apr 8, 2005

Refried Noodle posted:

Did David Gerard post on this forum? I seem to remember that. If so, I'm enjoying the 50 foot blockchain a bunch and will be lending it out to friends.

I haven't followed the thread for years, but it doesnt seem like the basic analysis has changed much. Just new bullshit on top of the old with Chia and NFT.

Oh, you mean THE POST STEALER? He posts here between copying and pasting our posts directly into his books

drk
Jan 16, 2005
His first post in this thread was "i have a blog" with a link to his blog, so its a poorly kept secret if it is one. If mods want me to remove my post, no problem

buglord
Jul 31, 2010

Cheating at a raffle? I sentence you to 1 year in jail! No! Two years! Three! Four! Five years! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!

Buglord
What are some ways I can tell my coworkers no to bitcoin, but in a cool way so I am not made fun of?

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

buglord posted:

What are some ways I can tell my coworkers no to bitcoin, but in a cool way so I am not made fun of?

make fun of them first

Shrimp or Shrimps
Feb 14, 2012


buglord posted:

What are some ways I can tell my coworkers no to bitcoin, but in a cool way so I am not made fun of?

So, in my opinion, I feel like people sort of come to an understanding on their own, maybe like a fork in the road (not fork in a coin), where they'll continue onward or not. That is when they realize that there's always going to be somebody holding the bag.

The first thought, naturally, will be the risk to themselves: What if I'm left holding the bag?

The second thought is: If I'm not the one left holding the bag, somebody else is.

It's at this point people go all in or not, and that's got to do with your own personality: Are you okay with somebody else losing so you can win?

I guess what I'm trying to say is that all you can really do is get them to this understanding quicker, but from there you have no control and you're not going to change their minds (and you can't really get made fun of for being sympathetic to the bag holder who loses the ability to feed his family).

Even the "true believers" only truly believe that they won't be the one holding the bag should it all come crashing down, despite preaching evergreen growth.

Shrimp or Shrimps fucked around with this message at 04:21 on Jul 14, 2021

spunkshui
Oct 5, 2011



buglord posted:

What are some ways I can tell my coworkers no to bitcoin, but in a cool way so I am not made fun of?

There is 3x more value in Tether then all of dogecoin and Tether is backed by nothing.

The only jobs Tether recruiting for is social media marketing.

https://tether.recruitee.com/

"Being anchored or “tethered” to real world currency, Tether provides protection from the volatility of cryptocurrencies. Tether is a token backed by actual assets, including USD and Euros. One Tether equals one underlying unit of the currency backing it, e.g., the U.S. Dollar, and is backed 100% by actual assets in the Tether platform’s reserve account."

Just flat out lies.

tehinternet
Feb 14, 2005

Semantically, "you" is both singular and plural, though syntactically it is always plural. It always takes a verb form that originally marked the word as plural.

Also, there is no plural when the context is an argument with an individual rather than a group. Somfin shouldn't put words in my mouth.

Paladinus posted:

It is doxxing.

Most of the time I’d agree, but he’s posted multiple times to his blog that has his name clearly on it. It’s no secret. If this was another thread or someone was posting his phone number or something, yeah. But he’s been open about his name WHEN HES NOT BUSY STEALING OUR POSTS

Solar Tornado
Aug 9, 2016

A true fool keeps on fighting, even when there is no more glory to be gained
I don't know if this has been posted before, but here's a video explaining really well how tether is a scam that could topple the crypto market

https://youtu.be/-whuXHSL1Pg

priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.
I watched some videos on that “save the kids” influencer coin thing and it’s hilarious how these idiot influencers are almost certainly in some kind of legal jeopardy.

vortmax
Sep 24, 2008

In meteorology, vorticity often refers to a measurement of the spin of horizontally flowing air about a vertical axis.

drk posted:

His first post in this thread was "i have a blog" with a link to his blog, so its a poorly kept secret if it is one. If mods want me to remove my post, no problem

:thejoke:

buglord
Jul 31, 2010

Cheating at a raffle? I sentence you to 1 year in jail! No! Two years! Three! Four! Five years! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!

Buglord
I want to thank everyone for telling me how to say no to crypto and still be cool because I did get a lot out of the answers, but I had this in mind when I posted my question.

Armitage
Aug 16, 2005

"Mathman's not here." "Oh? Where is he?" "He's in the Mathroom."

buglord posted:

I want to thank everyone for telling me how to say no to crypto and still be cool because I did get a lot out of the answers, but I had this in mind when I posted my question.



I'm gonna try to find a way to use 29 and 32 in every day conversation

Sashimi
Dec 26, 2008


College Slice

buglord posted:

I want to thank everyone for telling me how to say no to crypto and still be cool because I did get a lot out of the answers, but I had this in mind when I posted my question.


"I obey the law" says definitely cool person.

Nybble
Jun 28, 2008

praise chuck, raise heck

quote:

25. No, I'm allergic to hate

EorayMel
May 30, 2015

WE GET IT. YOU LOVE GUN JESUS. Toujours des fusils Bullpup Français.

buglord posted:

I want to thank everyone for telling me how to say no to crypto and still be cool because I did get a lot out of the answers, but I had this in mind when I posted my question.



lmao the bob marley one

Mooseontheloose
May 13, 2003

buglord posted:

What are some ways I can tell my coworkers no to bitcoin, but in a cool way so I am not made fun of?

You've invested all your money in gold, much safer.

Bitcoin killed my mom and then dated my dad, it got kinda weird.

Or just say that you don't really have money to invest right now.

Bondematt
Jan 26, 2007

Not too stupid
Just tell them you are already in, HODLing for the moon, and just lost your house twice in both of the last big crashes, so you dont want to talk about it anymore.

InternetJunky
May 25, 2002

What is the bitcoin equivalent of a "ganja gremlin"

Bleusilences
Jun 23, 2004

Be careful for what you wish for.

buglord posted:

What are some ways I can tell my coworkers no to bitcoin, but in a cool way so I am not made fun of?

Say that you will invest the day that they have a legitimate used case.

Mad Dragon
Feb 29, 2004

InternetJunky posted:

What is the bitcoin equivalent of a "ganja gremlin"

buttcoin bugbear?

text editor
Jan 8, 2007

priznat posted:

I watched some videos on that “save the kids” influencer coin thing and it’s hilarious how these idiot influencers are almost certainly in some kind of legal jeopardy.

what's better is that they already made decent money being fortnite shitheads with a mansion, but couldn't turn down opportunities for a few 50k-100k scams

Hello Sailor
May 3, 2006

we're all mad here

InternetJunky posted:

What is the bitcoin equivalent of a "ganja gremlin"

hodl hooker

Mooseontheloose
May 13, 2003

InternetJunky posted:

What is the bitcoin equivalent of a "ganja gremlin"

crypto creeper

Diva Cupcake
Aug 15, 2005

InternetJunky posted:

What is the bitcoin equivalent of a "ganja gremlin"

moon monster

stratego
May 6, 2007


InternetJunky posted:

What is the bitcoin equivalent of a "ganja gremlin"

Bag holder.

Parkingtigers
Feb 23, 2008
TARGET CONSUMER
LOVES EVERY FUCKING GAME EVER MADE. EVER.

InternetJunky posted:

What is the bitcoin equivalent of a "ganja gremlin"

Buttcoin Behodler

Shifty Pony
Dec 28, 2004

Up ta somethin'


Coin critter.

Nessus
Dec 22, 2003

After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!



Salted nonce

PhazonLink
Jul 17, 2010

priznat posted:

I watched some videos on that “save the kids” influencer coin thing and it’s hilarious how these idiot influencers are almost certainly in some kind of legal jeopardy.

i feel like “save the kids” is a tainted phase since every notable Qer has been caught with the child porn.

oh and many notable family value fundies and regressives also get caught with the child porn.

Greenplastic
Oct 24, 2005

Miao, miao!
So, how imminent is the Chia threat? Should I stockpile lots of SSDs immediately (needed for work) or do we have some time?

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






True fans know his name is David ":gerard:" Gerald

divabot
Jun 17, 2015

A polite little mouse!

buglord posted:

What are some ways I can tell my coworkers no to bitcoin, but in a cool way so I am not made fun of?

"isn't that the money for pedos i heard about that stuff it was all over the news don't wanna touch that"

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!

D-Pad posted:

Considering he has frequently identified himself in this very thread I don't really think it is

tehinternet posted:

Most of the time I’d agree, but he’s posted multiple times to his blog that has his name clearly on it. It’s no secret. If this was another thread or someone was posting his phone number or something, yeah. But he’s been open about his name WHEN HES NOT BUSY STEALING OUR POSTS

Alright, you've convinced me. Remembering and/or quoting posts is not actually doxxing.

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

Greenplastic posted:

So, how imminent is the Chia threat? Should I stockpile lots of SSDs immediately (needed for work) or do we have some time?

Chias growth has already slowed down significantly, and growing the network is what eats SSDs

https://www.chiaexplorer.com/charts/netspace?log=1

waydownLo
Oct 1, 2016
genuinely glad. Heard divabot on the podcast “When the Music Stops” (which is an instant recommendation for everyone in this thread) talking about how Chia takes something with an expected lifespan of several years then uses a few weeks to turn it into some of the most toxic e-waste generated today.

The problem with getting one of the discounted GPUs on the market right now isn’t so much “someone soldered a back door onto the board” so much as “all the VRAM is imminent slag”

This is great for nVidia, but we still really haven’t figured out to do with all the stuff that’s left over in e-waste after the remunerative metals have been dissolved out

waydownLo fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Jul 14, 2021

zedprime
Jun 9, 2007

yospos

waydownLo posted:

This is great for nVidia, but we still really haven’t figured out to do with all the stuff that’s left over in e-waste after the remunerative metals have been dissolved out
Proof of stake cryptocurrency that rewards participants for final disposal of uneconomic waste recovery. We'll call it SuperFund.

Jemak
Dec 27, 2003

Go to JAIL.
Go directly to JAIL.
Do not pass GO.
Do not collect :200bux:

buglord posted:

What are some ways I can tell my coworkers no to bitcoin, but in a cool way so I am not made fun of?

tell them you already put your life savings in gamestop stock

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Rascar Capac
Aug 31, 2016

Surprisingly nice, for an evil Inca mummy.
https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz/status/1415428773680386051?s=19

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