You know, trolling around here is properly done with a degree of subtlety. Problem for you is one doesn't need to read past your handle without knowing you're a troll.
Thanks for the link to that video. I never really got into Prince that much, and I certainly did not appreciate his talent with a guitar. Until now. That performance gave me chills.
Thanks for the link to that video. Never really got into Prince that much, and certainly did not recognize his talent with a guitar. Until now. That performance gave me chills.
For a time, GPU Grid went from folding proteins with volunteer's GPUs to using volunteer's GPUs for mining bitcoin to fund their research. That's when I stopped contributing my hardware for their efforts. Haven't been over there in a while, so I don't know if they're still mining instead of folding or not.
Really? I'm pretty sure mining difficulty is based on mining capacity - i.e. the more computational capacity on the network at any given time the harder it is to mine a block. This is done to keep mining blocks at a constant rate. Mining difficulty changes periodically with network capacity, not how many coins are actually mined.
Avoiding card charges isn't what bitcoin was originally marketed for. "Privacy" was its main thrust.
Sigh. You have it exactly backwards.
Read the Satoshi paper. Avoiding the need for trusted intermediaries (i.e., banks/card companies) when processing electronic transactions over the internet was what bitcoin was originally "marketed" for.
Privacy is mentioned in the paper, but only in so much as to show that the system might actually afford less privacy than the traditional banking model.
Compared with the public subsidy of fossil fuels ($5 trillion a year), renewable subsidies are a rounding error. (Google it)
If you're worried about your money going to waste, take a look at the fossil fuel companies. That's where it's going.
I Googled it, and even the most liberal estimates I found are nowhere near $5 trillion/year.
In any event, GP asked you the amount of the subsidy for your installation. You disclosed some of your other figures, perhaps you'd care to answer GP's question and share the amount of tax break you received?
Your link doesn't say otherwise, it says the exact same thing. As of now, infomine.com shows a price for zinc of $0.83/lb. and cooinflation.com shows $0.8329/lb.
Just FYI, that 2.5g of metal costs $0.05 to manufacture.
Your original post had nothing to do with manufacturing costs, it was about the value of the coin's metal content. Here, let me refresh your memory:
"The amount of copper and zinc in a CURRENT penny is worth far more than its actual face value"
See? No mention about manufacturing costs. Now, had you said something along the lines of "It costs the mint more than a penny to make a penny", you would have been correct. But you didn't, so you aren't, and I'm not the only one here who has pointed this out to you.
that's the actual Federal Reserve cost.
Just FYI, US mints are part of the Treasury Department, not the Federal Reserve.
Try again when you've been alive long enough to watch this economy and know what it's doing, child.
What's with the patronizing attitude? Are you one of those types who really takes it hard when they're corrected in front of everyone? That's a sign of low self-esteem, you know. I hope my additional correction regarding the Fed doesn't ruin your day.
I'm over 50 and have an undergraduate degree in Economics. Be that as it may, I'll go ahead and get off your lawn anyway. Cheers!
But if it is something in our future, something that civilizations do to wipe themselves(e.g. nuclear war, bad nanotech) out then we're in trouble.
The vast majority of civilizations wipe themselves out though nuclear war. The ones that avoid that wipe themselves out by elevating reality TV personalities to positions of leadership.
Bitcoin isn't even a currency; it's a commodity and, like gold, makes a terrible currency.
Uh huh.
See, the thing is, commodities ALWAYS have utility beyond that of acting as money/currency. If you can tell me what a bitcoin can be used for besides money/currency, I'll believe it is a commodity.
Wasn't the whole point of digital currencies to avoid the need for a government to bless (and therefore control) a particularly unit of money?
I'm not sure about those other digital currencies, but the whole point of bitcoin was to be able to process transactions without the need for trusted intermediaries. Government's role (or lack therof) didn't enter into it.
... the people attacked are developmentally disabled, which means that they are members of a class who would not be permitted firearms in the first place, independently of whether or not the general population were more likely to be carrying guns.
So in this specific instance, relaxed gun laws would have had zero effect.
How about relaxing the gun laws to allow the developmentally disabled to carry firearms? Problem solved.
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Why aren't there more lawsuits against manufacturers and carriers for not providing updates?
Because when you signed up for service you waived your right to sue.
You know, trolling around here is properly done with a degree of subtlety. Problem for you is one doesn't need to read past your handle without knowing you're a troll.
https://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y
Thanks for the link to that video. I never really got into Prince that much, and I certainly did not appreciate his talent with a guitar. Until now. That performance gave me chills.
Thanks for the link to that video. Never really got into Prince that much, and certainly did not recognize his talent with a guitar. Until now. That performance gave me chills.
For a time, GPU Grid went from folding proteins with volunteer's GPUs to using volunteer's GPUs for mining bitcoin to fund their research. That's when I stopped contributing my hardware for their efforts. Haven't been over there in a while, so I don't know if they're still mining instead of folding or not.
Really? I'm pretty sure mining difficulty is based on mining capacity - i.e. the more computational capacity on the network at any given time the harder it is to mine a block. This is done to keep mining blocks at a constant rate. Mining difficulty changes periodically with network capacity, not how many coins are actually mined.
Avoiding card charges isn't what bitcoin was originally marketed for. "Privacy" was its main thrust.
Sigh. You have it exactly backwards.
Read the Satoshi paper. Avoiding the need for trusted intermediaries (i.e., banks/card companies) when processing electronic transactions over the internet was what bitcoin was originally "marketed" for.
Privacy is mentioned in the paper, but only in so much as to show that the system might actually afford less privacy than the traditional banking model.
Compared with the public subsidy of fossil fuels ($5 trillion a year), renewable subsidies are a rounding error. (Google it) If you're worried about your money going to waste, take a look at the fossil fuel companies. That's where it's going.
I Googled it, and even the most liberal estimates I found are nowhere near $5 trillion/year.
In any event, GP asked you the amount of the subsidy for your installation. You disclosed some of your other figures, perhaps you'd care to answer GP's question and share the amount of tax break you received?
I very pro-renewable, BTW.
https://www.theguardian.com/sc...
How long before we see a version of "Microsoft Linux"?
I'd be way cool with that, as long as they get rid of the command line and include Cortana.
Immobilizing and straddling?
Wow. That one really is a #FloridaMan.
http://www.infomine.com/invest... says otherwise, and they've got historical charts.
Your link doesn't say otherwise, it says the exact same thing. As of now, infomine.com shows a price for zinc of $0.83/lb. and cooinflation.com shows $0.8329/lb.
Just FYI, that 2.5g of metal costs $0.05 to manufacture.
Your original post had nothing to do with manufacturing costs, it was about the value of the coin's metal content. Here, let me refresh your memory:
"The amount of copper and zinc in a CURRENT penny is worth far more than its actual face value"
See? No mention about manufacturing costs. Now, had you said something along the lines of "It costs the mint more than a penny to make a penny", you would have been correct. But you didn't, so you aren't, and I'm not the only one here who has pointed this out to you.
that's the actual Federal Reserve cost.
Just FYI, US mints are part of the Treasury Department, not the Federal Reserve.
Try again when you've been alive long enough to watch this economy and know what it's doing, child.
What's with the patronizing attitude? Are you one of those types who really takes it hard when they're corrected in front of everyone? That's a sign of low self-esteem, you know. I hope my additional correction regarding the Fed doesn't ruin your day.
I'm over 50 and have an undergraduate degree in Economics. Be that as it may, I'll go ahead and get off your lawn anyway. Cheers!
I really wish people like this got booted out of office by the fed up constituency.
The sad thing is this idiot is doing this to get booted IN to office (Rubio's FL Senate seat). Even sadder is that it might actually help.
Mod up pls.
Very very interesting read from Mike Hearn. Thanks for the link.
You have no idea what you're talking about. The base metal melt value of the currently produced penny is $0.004775984212837.
But if it is something in our future, something that civilizations do to wipe themselves(e.g. nuclear war, bad nanotech) out then we're in trouble.
The vast majority of civilizations wipe themselves out though nuclear war. The ones that avoid that wipe themselves out by elevating reality TV personalities to positions of leadership.
Bitcoin isn't even a currency; it's a commodity and, like gold, makes a terrible currency.
Uh huh.
See, the thing is, commodities ALWAYS have utility beyond that of acting as money/currency. If you can tell me what a bitcoin can be used for besides money/currency, I'll believe it is a commodity.
Does Bitcoin even have pennies?
They're called "Satoshis". 1 Satoshi = .00000001 bitcoin = $0.0000042475.
Wasn't the whole point of digital currencies to avoid the need for a government to bless (and therefore control) a particularly unit of money?
I'm not sure about those other digital currencies, but the whole point of bitcoin was to be able to process transactions without the need for trusted intermediaries. Government's role (or lack therof) didn't enter into it.
http://www.orc.soton.ac.uk/fil...
... the people attacked are developmentally disabled, which means that they are members of a class who would not be permitted firearms in the first place, independently of whether or not the general population were more likely to be carrying guns.
So in this specific instance, relaxed gun laws would have had zero effect.
How about relaxing the gun laws to allow the developmentally disabled to carry firearms? Problem solved.
mod up pls
Git off my tundra!
This may be the most interesting, informative, insightful, funny thing I've EVAR read on slashdot. And me without mod points.