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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
As someone who has owned an HHKB at one point, then switched over to a full-size Topre Realforce board, I have to say you should consider giving Topre-based switches another chance, but on a proper Realforce board instead. Unlike the HHKB,
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
That's not what I'm arguing here. If you mean to say you like to take the chance on having your number over a short time go up OR down, and you like to consider gambling, then yes, I'd say Bitcoin is more aligned for that pur
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
>I use it primarily to protect my savings You must be living under a rock then, because bitcoin just had a sizable correction last night. Sounds too volitile to protect any savings. >also to send anonymous donations to causes I suppor
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
After sleeping on this and coming back, I can see where I may have gone a bit off the rails a bit. Though if you read threads from earlier, I was goaded on a bit (with someone mentioning I needed to calm down... Like yeah that's the la
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
And that right there is probably why Bitcoin is going to persist. They can't afford to become poor themselves easily. So it was never about the technology and all about keeping an entrenched position at all costs.
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
Right. I thought that was already obvious. Are you done pontificating to me?
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
That's quite a stretch of a response. Wiping out humans and curtailing bitcoin are not at all equitable. One is unconscionable. The other is the right thing to do, in my opinion.
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
>I, uh, never said that. I don't see Bitcoin as a currency at all. I stand corrected. >No thank you. Gold-mining is way more ecologically disastrous. If Bitcoin replaces gold, the environment will be better off for it -- at least
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
Last I checked too, Bitcoin is not quantum safe either.
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
Couldn't this be met with a proof of stake coin? I could at least tolerate a PoS cryptocurrency because it at minimum consumes orders of magnitude less energy than Bitcoin would.
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
You might be projecting. I'm not hysterical, just very emphatic about my points.
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
I'm pretty sure I've been following the rules. Not sure what you're suggesting here. EDIT: If dang or any other HN moderator wishes to opine on where I'm going wrong, I'm happy to reassess my style and approach goin
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
If you read past that next sentence, I admitted it won't actually cause such activities to completely cease. It just needs to be stunted so that the majority of such transactions are disincentivized. Disincentivized enough that nobody
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
The problem with text based conversations like this is that you really aren't able to perceive my physical or emotional state easily over text. Using all caps and multiple punctuation marks are also not only extremely rude in polite co
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
Fine. I may not be the best at arguing, and to be fair, being really good at debate and arguing points effectively takes tons of time and practice. I will make mistakes with my presentation, but the kernel of what I speak of is still unch
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
Look, I'll just say right here I do believe your heart is in the right place and you want there to be an alternative to the government run and controlled fiat. That said, gold technically exists already to meet this in my humble opinio
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
First, I will say, I do agree that fiat does have its flaws, and certainly the Fed is an institution that is run in great secrecy. To that end, why not use actual gold as a hedge? Why reinvent the wheel with a technology that burns ridicu
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
But Bitcoin is only going to continue to grow exponentially and the CO2 emissions by it will easily outpace building insulation problems. And how is making points to the contrary of yours copping a hissie-fit? I'm just having a disag
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
Your assumption about me is correct. I am extremely biased against cryptocurrencies. And that's bad how? Do you have a sizable position in these instruments that you are afraid would be affected by my dialogue? And my point about circl
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
My response to you is quite simple. Unlike virtually every other technology that's been created (like computers, cars, smartphones, etc), Bitcoin simply exists in a form where the primary purpose is to waste energy, and the system in
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
We want to outlaw math now? Are we even arguing in good faith at this point? And so what if my post history is mostly anti-cryptocurrency. This is a position I hold to strongly, and someone needs to give the other side so these four walls a
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
Oh boy, someone on the Internet wants me to calm down because I point out that they are making a lazy point. Sheesh, tough crowd! Whether you realize it or not, you can want to not burn fossil fuels, but if there's a profit to be mad
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
When the externalities of your actions cause undue harm to others, your activities are no longer appropriate. I consider the damage to the environment caused by all this mining to be an end game that results in misery for everyone. Your res
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
It is a bit funny how obtuse some of this cryptocurrency stuff can actually be, which honestly is a great thing, if it means less of the inexperienced can participate at all.
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
And to your point, likely a way that doesn't have global implications? Even other bubbles of the past didn't have quite the reach that the likes of Bitcoin has (maybe with the exception of the entire stock market in the Roaring
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
Why are you handwaving away my concerns? You do realize cryptocurrencies (and to be specific, PoW ones) aren't replacing any of these so called other things that pollute. Speaking of which, can you quantify what things pollute more?
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
You're missing the point. We shouldn't be using the energy period . Like, regardless of where we are getting our energy from, we should be making efforts to massively reduce consumption across the board. Bitcoin mining doesn&#x27
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
Hard to do this when you can have other countries with much looser regulations allow Bitcoin miners run rampant. What probably should happen is to make converting from any cryptocurrency to major world currencies a crime. I have no delusion
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
@maxerickson That ultimately will be the end game. I'd argue that most of the folks that bought into Bitcoin do not, in fact, share in the an-cap libertarian utopia of an economy entirely detached from the US Dollar. Folks are going
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by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
I'm not fighting here. Your comment came off as dismissive to some growing and legitimate concerns. And don't forget. Bitcoin is not replacing these other institutions that need energy. Stop handwaving away the problem, because it

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