A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted
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@dcon said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@loopback0 said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
$19 for an Apple cloth is a whole $1 cheaper than the Audi cloth at least. It's almost a bargain
I'll just go to where I bought my eyeglasses and get a couple of clothes for free...
I normally just use whatever tshirt I'm wearing if it's just for my phone screen or sunglasses.
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@loopback0 said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@dcon said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@loopback0 said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
$19 for an Apple cloth is a whole $1 cheaper than the Audi cloth at least. It's almost a bargain
I'll just go to where I bought my eyeglasses and get a couple of clothes for free...
I normally just use whatever tshirt I'm wearing if it's just for my phone screen or sunglasses.
That too...
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@dcon said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@loopback0 said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
$19 for an Apple cloth is a whole $1 cheaper than the Audi cloth at least. It's almost a bargain
I'll just go to where I bought my eyeglasses and get a couple of clothes for free...
Yeah, about that...
https://www.pcmag.com/news/apples-nano-texture-glass-requires-a-special-cleaning-clotha Apple support document confirms that the $5,999 Pro Display XDR with nano-texture glass can't be cleaned in a conventional way. Instead, a dry polishing cloth is supplied with the display and is the only way to "wipe dust or smudges off the screen." Apple also makes it clear you can't use water or any other liquids on the glass to clean it.
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@Zerosquare said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@dcon said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@loopback0 said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
$19 for an Apple cloth is a whole $1 cheaper than the Audi cloth at least. It's almost a bargain
I'll just go to where I bought my eyeglasses and get a couple of clothes for free...
Yeah, about that...
https://www.pcmag.com/news/apples-nano-texture-glass-requires-a-special-cleaning-clotha Apple support document confirms that the $5,999 Pro Display XDR with nano-texture glass can't be cleaned in a conventional way. Instead, a dry polishing cloth is supplied with the display and is the only way to "wipe dust or smudges off the screen." Apple also makes it clear you can't use water or any other liquids on the glass to clean it.
I suppose wiping the screen with the wrong hand voids the warranty.
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@MrL It's Apple. Presumably, allowing a person who hasn't paid the appropriate fee to look at the display voids the warranty.
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@Zerosquare said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@dcon said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@loopback0 said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
$19 for an Apple cloth is a whole $1 cheaper than the Audi cloth at least. It's almost a bargain
I'll just go to where I bought my eyeglasses and get a couple of clothes for free...
Yeah, about that...
https://www.pcmag.com/news/apples-nano-texture-glass-requires-a-special-cleaning-clotha Apple support document confirms that the $5,999 Pro Display XDR with nano-texture glass can't be cleaned in a conventional way. Instead, a dry polishing cloth is supplied with the display and is the only way to "wipe dust or smudges off the screen." Apple also makes it clear you can't use water or any other liquids on the glass to clean it.
If you've paid $6k for a display you're probably not too fussed about paying $20 for a cloth.
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@loopback0 said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
If you've paid $6k for a display you
'reprobably have more money than brains, so you're not too fussed aboutpaying $20 for a clothbeing swindled.
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The crypto startup has one of the more comically rigorous user acquisition flows, licensing their Orb cameras to contractors across the globe who manually go through the process of verifying each and every new user on the network in every city of every country on every continent of the globe.
In its most basic form, the companyâs proof-of-personhood onboarding flow works by capturing an image of a personâs iris with the Orb, converting that image into a hash code (a process Worldcoin says canât be reversed), checking with a database to ensure that a hash associated with that iris hasnât already been uploaded, and, if it is unique, saving the hash while allowing users to generate a wallet in their app, from which the Orb scans a QR code. What this amounts to is a network of verified users that is tied to pseudonymous wallet codes rather than real names, and a database that is filled with hashes rather than actual eyeball photos, privacy efforts Blania hopes that Worldcoin can communicate clearly as it rapidly onboards users.
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"Worldcoin's iris database has been leaked" in 3... 2... 1...
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@Zerosquare said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
"Worldcoin's iris database has been leaked" in 3... 2... 1...
Wouldn't the point of it be that all the hashes are public and so therefore you can verify wallets by a scan of the owner's iris?
The only thing that needs leaking is the algorithm.
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I see you guys didn't read the article, or even the second paragraph I quoted above.
Edit: in fairness, their database can still be leaked, and there isn't anything saying there are no plans of re-calculating hashes for authentication via iris.
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@Zecc said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
I see you guys didn't read the article, or even the second paragraph I quoted above.
Aye. You're very observant, but let's not make a spectacle out of it
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Reading is to .
Anyways, we all know that corporate statements should be taken with a grain of salt, and doubly so when cryptocurrencies are involved. Just because they claim the hash can't be reversed doesn't mean someone won't figure out how to do it. Or that they don't store eyeball photos for, say, "debugging purposes".
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@Zecc the part you quoted was painful enough. The rest of their bullshit might be against the Geneva convention.
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Realms of Ruin is another fun example.
So a bunch of hit Young Adult authors decided they wanted to collaborate on a fantasy epic - the aforementioend Realms of Ruin. Dark magic, intrigue yadayadayada.
I was going to try to explain it but honestly their own marketing does a better job of it.
From https://twitter.com/knoxdiver/status/1450895127581544450
I see a few problems here.
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Have we decided that Web 2.0 and AJAX is now dead and has been replaced by Web3 which is all about dapps (distributed apps) run on fucking Etherum?
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How is this not 'make a world, make people pay to play, scam them with convincing them their entrance fee can go increase in value'?
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In fact isn't this really just an MLM for teens pretending it isn't?
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WTF is an 'environmentally friendly blockchain'? Surely none of them are, by design?
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The audience of these authors is YA - young adult. Are we now going to have teens lying to crypto markets to get accounts (more than they already are)?
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I've just accidentally closed the anonymous tab I had left open to read more about worldcoin.
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The cryptoscammers are now running ads on fine arts site e621 about furry NFTs. Wasting no time getting into every demographic I see.
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@Atazhaia slightly higher quality than the other scams, I hope?
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@Tsaukpaetra said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
higher quality
@Atazhaia said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
furry NFTs
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@loopback0 said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Some of that shit is actually really nice!
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@Atazhaia said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
The cryptoscammers are now running ads on fine arts site e621 about furry NFTs. Wasting no time getting into every demographic I see.
And the best part about targeting that demographic is that many of them will feel even more uncomfortable than the average scam victim about telling anyone how they got ripped off.
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Hey, how do we keep the economy from melting down?
Why not blow another asset bubble?
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@izzion said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Hey, how do we keep the economy from melting down?
Why not blow another asset bubble?Under previous leadership, the OCC took an aggressive approach to bringing cryptocurrency into banks, including blessing bank custody services for cryptocurrency, while other agencies were slower to act. Those decisions are now under review, according to acting Comptroller Michael Hsu. [...] But comments from McWilliams, a Republican holdover from the Trump administration, suggests regulators are still seeking a way to incorporate cryptocurrency into traditional bank oversight. "My goal in this interagency group is to basically provide a path for banks to be able to act as a custodian of these assets, use crypto assets, digital assets as some form of collateral," McWilliams said on a conference panel.
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@ender is working hard to drain my sanity. Now you can pay for an NFT to be allowed a pilgrimage to touch the physical object attached to said NFT once/year.
âOne visit to see/photograph/touch the cube per calendar year will be allowed and scheduled with a Midwest Tungsten Service representative,â the NFT listing reads. âSubsequent owners of the NFT cannot visit the cube in a year in which the cube has already been visited. The cube will not be available to view until 10 weeks after the first sale.â
Apt, as the density of tungsten is only rivalled by the density of NFT buyers...
Filed under: for one.
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@Atazhaia
Uuuuh, you touch my W
Mmmm, my tungsten block!
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@Atazhaia said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Bidding to Touch a 1,784-Pound Tungsten Cube
The Non-Fondlable Tungsten
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@Atazhaia said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@ender is working hard to drain my sanity. Now you can pay for an NFT to be allowed a pilgrimage to touch the physical object attached to said NFT once/year.
âOne visit to see/photograph/touch the cube per calendar year will be allowed and scheduled with a Midwest Tungsten Service representative,â the NFT listing reads. âSubsequent owners of the NFT cannot visit the cube in a year in which the cube has already been visited. The cube will not be available to view until 10 weeks after the first sale.â
Apt, as the density of tungsten is only rivalled by the density of NFT buyers...
Filed under: for one.
You can also 'burn' the NFT, meaning it can't be resold, in which case they'll ship you the tungsten cube.
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https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/valve-web3-games-have-a-place-on-steam/
WTF is a âBlockchain gameâ?
I read over their paragraphs; all I see is generic buzzwords with the assertion that only their buzzword of choice can provide any of it:
Tokens, in particular, open up vast possibilities for users to interact, collaborate, and create tangible digital worlds and items that were previously impossible. These enhancements make games more ââdecentralized, democratic, interactive, player focused systems.
Anyway, I want to slap whomever came up with âweb3â for any of this.
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Doge is at .25. No news about who's pumping but if it gets to .3 I'll sell. Magnums for everyone!
*edit its musk. Its always musk.
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@loopback0 said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Keep forgetting that this forum has more of a US bent. I'm looking at euros. I suspect now is the time to cash out but I'm sticking to the thread's namesake.
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@DogsB said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Keep forgetting that this forum has more of a US bent. I'm looking at euros.
I know but that was the default and conveniently over 0.3.
@DogsB said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
I suspect now is the time to cash out but I'm sticking to the thread's namesake.
Guess you'll need to wait until next time Technoking Musk is bored.
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Thinking about meme investments. In January I threw $100 at gamestop for shits and giggles and lost half of it. Honestly suprised I didn't lose all of it but anyway I threw what was left in an oil company's stocks. They were tanking at the time for some reason that's probably a garage post. Made back that lost meme money and then some. About the price of a box of mini magnums in profit. Technically I'm killing it in crypto and stocks at the moment.
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@kazitor well, itâs called Web3 because as any fule kno, it is the next generation of web application - AJAX was Web 2.0 and weâre beyond that into the dapp (distributed app) realm that is Web3, running on Ethereum.
These people say these words with a straight face and complete sincerity. I wonder what the hell they are smoking and if I can have some to somehow be OK with this nonsense.
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@Arantor said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
AJAX was Web 2.0 and weâre beyond that into the dapp (distributed app) realm that is Web3, running on Ethereum.
At least âWeb 2.0â involved (⌠âinvolvesâ?) actual websites on the world wide web and isnât written by people under whitespace rationing.
To speak of âweb3 gamesâ that arenât⌠well, I guess itâs a subconscious admission that itâll all be written with the power of npm and electron, isnât it.
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@kazitor even better, since itâs distributed across the network, you get to harness a much larger computational backend for the nonsense. All of the assumptions these people make (network never goes down, bandwidth is infinite) might almost as well actually be true here.
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@kazitor said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Anyway, I want to slap whomever came up with âweb3â for any of this.
If by "slap" you mean
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@HardwareGeek said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
@kazitor said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Anyway, I want to slap whomever came up with âweb3â for any of this.
If by "slap" you mean
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@kazitor We need an open letter or petition urging Valve to keep it banned.
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@Rhywden Amateur.
https://youtu.be/erFI2g0rQTc?t=1320
Skip to 22:00 if whatever turned my link into an embed behaves predictably bad.
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@dkf said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
Could also be iron bombing. Who knows ;)
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Time to convert to Skittles!
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Whatever the next one week long trend is, I'll make a stupid shitcoin or NFT out of it.
By the way, why don't we have covid coins yet?
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@topspin said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
By the way, why don't we have covid coins yet?
Welcome to 2020:
It has been reported somewhere in this thread.
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@JBert of course, there's no idea too stupid to be reality.
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@Zerosquare said in A fool and his not-really-money are soon parted:
They should move to MissouriâŚ