Mentally translating this as: Competition from the free market unfairly prosecuted by a tyrannical state that enforces the monopoly of “intellectual property” of corporations
This is insane. This does not warrant a 48 year sentence; some actual rapists and murderers get off for less time. The “justice” system is a joke and doesn’t prosecute criminals. It prosecutes those that threaten the system.
I put $1000 in bitcoin in 2012
Then i wake up from my dream and calibrate temperature sensors on medical refrigerators
I mean, it is very possible to avoid CEXs. I just choose to take advantage of them while they (Kraken) haven’t banned Monero from their exchange (RIP belgium and ireland)
Looking at the long term though to provide an indestructible on/off ramp we need DEXs, I’ve tried out Haveno Reto and it’s looking good: https://github.com/retoaccess1/haveno-reto/releases/tag/v1.0.7
Code a terminal application that downloads from libgen from a c tutorial book you downloaded from libgen
libgenception
Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment is doublespeak at its finest. Bravo
Ok maybe i was a bit unfair and overly critical, he definitely has some good points in his book 👍
Sure thanks i guess for the psychology lesson but i feel like my goal wasn’t to “re- map mental pathways” and am by no means a licensed therapist to perform such a procedure lol. I feel like psychoanalyzing is kinda unfair and like putting my friend under a microscope. Gotta meet them where they’re at and treat their ideas on equal footing as your own (even when you think they’re a bit nutty lol)
The power law is proposed by an “astrophysicist” nutcase that treats regression models like the second coming of jesus christ himself. I’m blown away how he was convinced of this power “law” (a trend line on a loglog graph is not a law), given we both studied mathematics.
And yes, i think you’re right. I guess i wanted to put a little sense in him. It’s just scary how completely his life was enveloped in Bitcoin, and how quickly he put his savings into the damn thing. I guess I what I thought was that I’m in the right position, with the right set of ideas, knowledgeable of some fundamental things about crypto, to instill some doubt and try put some sense in him, and I just wanted to try. If not me, nobody else in his life will. But you’re right; it’s his life in the end.
Wtf is this
I’m reading saifadean actually and i feel those blown away are those without any intellectual weight 🤷♀️
He oversimplifies things a lot, has a full blown hard on for the gold standard, has rose colored glasses for the 19th century? He attributes the flourishing of civilization during that time period to the gold standard:
the industrial revolution has created the chat
expendable factory workers paid slave wages has entered the chat
karl marx with his critique of capitalism during the time period has entered the chat, wondered wtf was going on, then left the chat immediately
Good point. I might be wrong. I’ll advocate for my side (and often interject how monero does things better than bitcoin).
Often, religious cults also harm their constituents
Thanks for the clarification. Hope they get the greasiest lawyer they can find outta this.