A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted
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@Dragoon said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
John Ringo is very anti-government and an under(over?)tone of this book (and most of his others) is that the government is almost always wrong.
If the guy didn't write good stories and did a pretty good job of worldbuilding (I'm a sucker for that) I would have stopped reading his stuff long ago. Some parts of his books, at least in the Posleen series, even some of the indirect political stuff really starts to become a distraction.
I think in one of the Posleen books there's even a forward or afterward where he says he's not trying to inject libertarian or other conservative politics into the books. I remember thinking "you say that..." Or this blurb may've been in one of the books he wrote with Webster.
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Just 10 years away!
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@izzion So, how many IBMcoin did they mine? And who cares?
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@dkf said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
So, how many IBMcoin did they mine?
None. They were still debating which obscure acronyms they'd use in the docs.
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@Zerosquare said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@dkf said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
So, how many IBMcoin did they mine?
None. They were still debating which obscure acronyms they'd use in the docs.
But the PM couldn't understand how the project failed, they were shipping new project requirements drafts every two weeks.
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@izzion said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@Zerosquare said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@dkf said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
So, how many IBMcoin did they mine?
None. They were still debating which obscure acronyms they'd use in the docs.
But the PM couldn't understand how the project failed, they were shipping new project requirements drafts every two weeks.
I'd think they'd be beyond that by now, with an entire WSDL specification for how the service would be communicated with, and everything defined to work in a transport-agnostic multi-peer service fashion (so everything needs to support HTTP, SMTP, FTP and XMPP, with all encryption done at the message session level). There might also be rich semantic descriptors in there as well, because nothing else I've seen has ever multiplied the complexity quite so rapidly.
Yes, I've done work with IBM in the past
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@izzion said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
they were shipping new project requirements drafts every two weeks.
Why is this project late?
I finished it. Then you changed the requirements. Then I changed it. Then you changed the requirements.
When will it be done?
When you stop
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@error said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@izzion said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
they were shipping new project requirements drafts every two weeks.
Why is this project late?
I finished it. Then you changed the requirements. Then I changed it. Then you changed the requirements.
When will it be done?
When you stop“You changed the requirements, which automatically pushes back the delivery date. You'll be billed additionally.”
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@dkf said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
You'll be billed additionally.
I'm salaried. They own my ass.
But they do pay me enough to stick around despite all the .
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@error said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
I'm salaried. They own my ass.
So it's an internal budget transfer. No big deal really. Works just like billing, except that the dispute resolution procedure doesn't (normally) involve going to court.
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Only 15% of Bitcoin Traders Are Women, Broker Study Shows
Maybe that proves women are smarter?
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The world’s largest cryptocurrency was around $38,000
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He was convicted of installing bitcoin mining software on other people's computers, served time in prison, and has been released after completing his sentence. Police have his digital wallet, but can't access it because he won't reveal his password.
"We asked him but he didn't say," Sebastian Murer, a prosecutor, told Reuters on Friday. "Perhaps he doesn't know."
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@HardwareGeek said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
He was convicted of installing bitcoin mining software on other people's computers, served time in prison, and has been released after completing his sentence. Police have his digital wallet, but can't access it because he won't reveal his password.
"We asked him but he didn't say," Sebastian Murer, a prosecutor, told Reuters on Friday. "Perhaps he doesn't know."
He probably does know. As long as they put a trigger on it so moving from it makes him go to jail again, doesn't matter.
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@TimeBandit What I don't quite get is how Tesla is getting away with this:
They're a company selling cars. That they plan to accept it as payment for a car, sure, but what do they need to buy Bitcoin for? Are they going to start paying their employees with it or do they need to unlock some cryptolocker software?
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@JBert said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@TimeBandit What I don't quite get is how Tesla is getting away with this:
They're a company selling cars. That they plan to accept it as payment for a car, sure, but what do they need to buy Bitcoin for? Are they going to start paying their employees with it or do they need to unlock some cryptolocker software?
Cars are bad business, so they turned to gambling.
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@JBert said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@TimeBandit What I don't quite get is how Tesla is getting away with this:
They're a company selling cars. That they plan to accept it as payment for a car, sure, but what do they need to buy Bitcoin for? Are they going to start paying their employees with it or do they need to unlock some cryptolocker software?
Serious answer: they filed with the SEC that they were going to invest some or all of their cash in cryptocurrency at some time near when they bought it, so they’re ok.
Troll answer: Bitcon to
the moonMars!
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@JBert said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
what do they need to buy Bitcoin for?
For when someone sends them a check for $5000 too much and requests the change in BC?
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@dcon said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@JBert said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
what do they need to buy Bitcoin for?
For when someone sends them a check for $5000 too much and requests the change in BC?
Can I pay in 7-legged spiders instead?
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@JBert said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
They're a company selling cars. That they plan to accept it as payment for a car, sure, but what do they need to buy Bitcoin for? Are they going to start paying their employees with it or do they need to unlock some cryptolocker software?
Companies tend to have lots (compared to what you or I have) of cash. They have to invest it somehow. Usually really low risk, low return stuff. However, Tesla actually makes a lot of profit off of selling offsets to other companies, due to them not making enough zero emission cars. These are going away, so Tesla needs to find something to take up the slack. Hence putting more cash into something with a lot more risk and potential return.
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Driverify: Developed by Tesla's self-driving-car division. Cars mine Driverify with spare computing power while idling, and spend it bidding against each other for right-of-way if they arrive at a four-way stop sign at the same time (users can preprogram how aggressively their cars bid in these auctions). Compatible Teslas would also have fenders that send electrical pulses, transmitting data into the receiver fender of another car. If two Teslas got in a fender-bender, they could use their now-connected fenders to have the at-fault car recompense the victim by transferring an appropriate amount of Driverify.
Banned because: in the Phoenix suburb where the system was being tested, a pedestrian and Driverify-equipped car reached an intersection at the same time. The car dutifully wired a bid, but the pedestrian failed to respond. The car interpreted this as a bid of zero and ran into her. The pedestrian might have survived, except that the car realized it was at fault and tried to wire a fortune in Driverify directly into her nervous system, causing cardiac arrest. Elon Musk agreed to voluntarily withdraw the project until Neuralink could find a way to make pedestrians Driverify-compatible.
Many more at the link. Definitely read about them all.
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From the department of ridiculous headlines I never expected to read:
Yahoo: Elon Musk Pledges 'Full Support' for Major Dogecoin Holders Selling Most of Their Coins.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/elon-musk-pledges-full-support-160603175.html
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@boomzilla said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
From the department of ridiculous headlines I never expected to read:
Yahoo: Elon Musk Pledges 'Full Support' for Major Dogecoin Holders Selling Most of Their Coins.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/elon-musk-pledges-full-support-160603175.html:musk: Dogecoin is too concentrated
:alsomusk: I'll buy out all the major holders:momentsBeforeThisPost.js:
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@Rhywden said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Y'know, for all the faults of the Honor Harrington series (a guilty pleasure on my part), that's the one thing Webster never did: Making the other side uniformly stupid.
Uhh... just how far have you gotten? Because "uniformly stupid" seems like a pretty good description of the Solarian League to me.
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@Unperverted-Vixen said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@Rhywden said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Y'know, for all the faults of the Honor Harrington series (a guilty pleasure on my part), that's the one thing Webster never did: Making the other side uniformly stupid.
Uhh... just how far have you gotten? Because "uniformly stupid" seems like a pretty good description of the Solarian League to me.
Well, he actually tries to put a logical explanation for it - a huge bureaucratic juggernaut which rests its laurels on its assumed technological superiority and gives various details fleshing out that position and how it came about (instead of merely stating: "It's a big lumbering hulk and that's it for an explanation!") I mean, stuff like what their constitution looks like or how they're financing the whole thing, it at least makes partial sense as an explanatory background.
Then there are some mid-rank factions who recognize the problem (and not mere grunts or lower ranks), plus at least one of their admirals who tries to steamroll them recognizes the folly of his attempt and actually does try to surrender. So, I don't really subscribe to "uniformly".Seeing only what they want to see and being fed bad information because of that, not to mention the puppeteer pulling some strings shows to me that Webster at least thought about it and allows me to ignore gaps in the logic.
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I expect cold wallets and frozen assets soon...
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Cross-posting from the Discord, courtesy :
I have to wonder if they could simply be restored via firmware update. That's a thing they can do in case of a soft-brick, right? RIGHT?!?!
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@Rhywden said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Then there are some mid-rank factions who recognize the problem (and not mere grunts or lower ranks), plus at least one of their admirals who tries to steamroll them recognizes the folly of his attempt and actually does try to surrender. So, I don't really subscribe to "uniformly".
Good point. You're right, it wasn't as one-sided as I'd remembered.
(That said, you got Weber's last name wrong in both posts.)
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Because it’s about the sixth time I’ve seen this pop up—
Poorly.
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Amongst large hardware shortages, Nvidia have opted to give the upcoming 3060 software that detects bits of the Ethereum algorithm running, and halve the hash rate if so; and will be selling a Cryptocurrency Mining Processor designed expressly for suckers. It looks like the upcoming higher-end cards won’t have such a limiter in place, though.
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The best part about fiat money systems is that they're not dependent on some random person's computer approving your transactions!
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There were no initial indications that foul play was suspected.
Ah, so probably the janitor unplugged it again.
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Filed under: Duh
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@izzion said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Filed under: Duh
Wait, I thought there was no "creator", it was just initially set to an arbitrary value and the transactions began... 🤔
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@izzion said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Filed under: Duh
No worries. Because they lost the piece of paper with everything written down, right?
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What in the seven hells is this?!
The site insists people are really paying for other people's tweets. I just... what?
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@blek said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
What in the seven hells is this?!
The site insists people are really paying for other people's tweets. I just... what?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that article was written by that GPT-3 "AI" thingy. You're not fooling me with this gibberish.
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I'm willing to enter negotiations about selling some of my posts on tdwtf. Serious offers only, please.
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@MrL said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Serious offers only, please.
Too bad, I was gonna make an offer in Bitcoins
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@TimeBandit
He clearly only accepts WTF-coins ... blockhain based on the number of upvotes you received here or something ...wait ... this isn't a workable proposal ... we need at least two additional blockchains and some cloud infrastructure to makes this happen ...
better start up a solar plant too to keep it green ... and we definitely need a diversity manager with a degree in wokeness ...
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@Luhmann said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@TimeBandit
He clearly only accepts WTF-coins ... blockhain based on the number of upvotes you received here or something ...wait ... this isn't a workable proposal ... we need at least two additional blockchains and some cloud infrastructure to makes this happen ...
better start up a solar plant too to keep it green ... and we definitely need a diversity manager with a degree in wokeness ...
Sounds like the sort of technical innovation that comes from starting a business in the garage. How do I invest on the ground floor?
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@izzion said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
How do I invest on the ground floor?
By recruiting 10 other investors, we'll be using this triangular setup, a bit like a flat pyramid.
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@izzion said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Sounds like the sort of technical innovation that comes from starting a business in the garage. How do I invest on the ground floor?
Start by making sure you're not in the basement or standing on the roof.
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@izzion said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@Luhmann said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@TimeBandit
He clearly only accepts WTF-coins ... blockhain based on the number of upvotes you received here or something ...wait ... this isn't a workable proposal ... we need at least two additional blockchains and some cloud infrastructure to makes this happen ...
better start up a solar plant too to keep it green ... and we definitely need a diversity manager with a degree in wokeness ...
Sounds like the sort of technical innovation that comes from starting a business in the garage. How do I invest on the ground floor?
If you want to start a business in the WTDWTF Garage, step one is to repaint your bike shed so it's the right color.
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@dkf said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@izzion said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Sounds like the sort of technical innovation that comes from starting a business in the garage. How do I invest on the ground floor?
Start by making sure you're not in the basement or standing on the roof.
I followed this advice but it turns out I was on the second floor and lost all my money
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@Luhmann said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@TimeBandit
He clearly only accepts WTF-coins ... blockhain based on the number of upvotes you received here or something ...*perks up* The SYSTEM will give you free tokens based on where you post.
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@hungrier said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@dkf said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@izzion said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Sounds like the sort of technical innovation that comes from starting a business in the garage. How do I invest on the ground floor?
Start by making sure you're not in the basement or standing on the roof.
I followed this advice but it turns out I was on the second floor and lost all my money
Wait, what's the elevator wait strategy in this building again?