For every million "made" on Bitcoin there's a thousand people who lost $1000.
Not true, it's the same as stock in this regard - if you make $1M selling your stock, doesn't mean other people lost $1M, just means the price has increased that much.
In theory a stock price is related to company earnings. That's not really true any more though.
If you sold your stock for $1 million profit it means somebody else handed you their money.
There's a limit to how many times this can happen to any given share/coin. Both are pyramid schemes, the only real winners are the people taking sales commissions.
What value do these crypto currencies even create?
None at all.
All they do is move money from one person to another. For every million "made" on Bitcoin there's a thousand people who lost $1000.
The limit on price is how many people are prepared to put money into it hoping to be a winner. The chances of that are zero.
It's also well known that the price is very easy to manipulate: If you have lots money and lots of Bitcoins you can sell small amounts of coins to yourself at any price you like. This pumps the market so you can dump a load of coins onto the idiot speculators who think it's really going up.
There's plenty of evidence that this is exactly what's happening. There's a bunch of Chinese people out there with an awful lot of coins who are keeping it afloat after they made billions when the price spiked in December.
The Bitcoin fanbois will tell us it means Bitcoin is legit (finally!) but all it really means is that NASDAQ think there's some decent transaction fees to be made.
I'm assuming this is because they are trying to get back the fixed R&D cost.
Nope, it's because they're trying to screw people with cancer out of every last cent they possibly can. The entire family will be in debt for the rest of their lives just because they thought they were doing the right thing buy buying grandpa four or five extra months.
(when really, they aren't... people need to accept that grandpa's time has come)
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Being anti-social is a right. Hate speech is protected speech.
Being anti-social is your right, yes.
Just don't expect society to respond when you happen to need something back from it.
Now stop being a little bitch.
Touche.
It IS a good idea, I've been advocating it for ages.
I wouldn't use it to ban you from flying though. I'd only use it to affect your right to vote, to claim social benefits (government money), etc.
You want anything back from society? Stop being antisocial!
For every million "made" on Bitcoin there's a thousand people who lost $1000.
Not true, it's the same as stock in this regard - if you make $1M selling your stock, doesn't mean other people lost $1M, just means the price has increased that much.
In theory a stock price is related to company earnings. That's not really true any more though.
If you sold your stock for $1 million profit it means somebody else handed you their money.
There's a limit to how many times this can happen to any given share/coin. Both are pyramid schemes, the only real winners are the people taking sales commissions.
What value do these crypto currencies even create?
None at all.
All they do is move money from one person to another. For every million "made" on Bitcoin there's a thousand people who lost $1000.
The limit on price is how many people are prepared to put money into it hoping to be a winner. The chances of that are zero.
It's also well known that the price is very easy to manipulate: If you have lots money and lots of Bitcoins you can sell small amounts of coins to yourself at any price you like. This pumps the market so you can dump a load of coins onto the idiot speculators who think it's really going up.
There's plenty of evidence that this is exactly what's happening. There's a bunch of Chinese people out there with an awful lot of coins who are keeping it afloat after they made billions when the price spiked in December.
What could possibly go wrong?
Not much, actually.
A few idiots will lose their pensions speculating on Bitcoin but it can't crash the economy like when they did it with houses.
Yep.
The Bitcoin fanbois will tell us it means Bitcoin is legit (finally!) but all it really means is that NASDAQ think there's some decent transaction fees to be made.
Meanwhile: Trump is removing environmental protections as fast as he can.
New Gif?
Who cares about the image format in such a context?
The only thing GIF is used for these days is animations on the web, so... yes it's useful information.
Just ordered a new 960 last Friday so of course a faster one is coming.
Does anybody even care about SSD speed any more?
In real terms these incremental improvements are just meaningless numbers now. Manufacturers should focus on reliability/durability instead.
China has done a decent job of cleaning up their act in recent years but their environmental standards are still a joke compared to the US.
ie. They're working hard on it. ...and will soon pass the USA in everything.
The bit that I thought was odd:
There's nothing odd about it.
Their election cheat has been exposed, they want to make sure the other guys can't use the same methods in the next round of elections.
Someone should craft and experiment to determine if shoes can become oil...
I'm guessing nobody got the Douglas Adams reference.
Glass doesn't rot, doesn't rust...
You never picked up a smooth, rounded-off piece of glass on a beach?
Layers and layers of compressed shoes.
If you don't want that, don't get it.
How the fuck did this get modded "insightful"? Have you even been in a computer shop in the last decade?
-1 Ignorant is more like it.
+1 for both of your points.
The entire laptop design world is focused on the "Oooh, shiny!" crowd and it sucks.
These are NOT TV sets.
Who'd want to wear such an ugly pair of glasses?
(and what are you supposed to do if you don't normally wear glasses at all?)
If there is no money to be made, then it should be sponsored by the state.
A bit like the one in China, then?
+1
If the people proposing this aren't aware that it already exists (kinda) then you have to suspect they're simply after some venture capital.
"Blockchain can help."
When the only tool you have is a blockchain, every problem looks like a signed ledger.
The Second Amendment is there to defend the First.
That might have worked when all the government had was muskets, same as the people.
Now it's not so equally balanced. I invite all the members of the NRA to try and take Washington. It'll be fun to watch.
Drain the swamp!
The real problem is getting them to actually do it after you elect them.
The company made all doses the same price.
And... what do you imagine they'll do next time around?
I'm assuming this is because they are trying to get back the fixed R&D cost.
Nope, it's because they're trying to screw people with cancer out of every last cent they possibly can. The entire family will be in debt for the rest of their lives just because they thought they were doing the right thing buy buying grandpa four or five extra months.
(when really, they aren't... people need to accept that grandpa's time has come)
The researchers are retaliating by urging clinical investigators to test whether the expensive pill could be safely given every other day
About that 'retaliation' thing....
You remember what happened the last time you tried to give people lower doses to save money?