mech422

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by mech422 5y ago
>>Fraud detection is a feature, not an issue. Says who? And if its a 'feature' - why can't I opt out? Default limits on debit cards are non-intuitive to say the least.."you have $10 in the bank, but can only spen
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by mech422 5y ago
Yeah - both Bitcoin and Ethereum have issues with transfer prices. I'm getting a lil worried about Cardano/ADA as well, as it appears its a 1 ADA fee for transfer. There is also the problem of transaction volume. No coin can cur
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by mech422 5y ago
What strawman would that be? BTW - I agree Bitcoin has issues (speed/cost being the 2 biggest). It was literally the first generation coin. Other coins are trying to solve those problems. Personally I like Cardano/ADA for that r
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by mech422 5y ago
you spend a lot of time and verbage to try and justify the issues with the existing system. You want to appeal to authority ("99% of people..." and "I'm pretty sure..") Not to mention trying to claim since you never
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by mech422 5y ago
so we should expend the effort to fix the issues with the existing system.. But we should just throw out new systems like crypto because they still have issues that need "to be countered with effort" ? I'm not claiming any sy
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by mech422 5y ago
Assuming you have USD (you might not be a US citizen, exchange rates, yada yada), assuming you have a credit card, etc. etc. Proof of payment is basically instant, is globally accessible and I don't have to jump thru the 'verified
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by mech422 5y ago
And Theranos claimed to have working machines... Risk is risk - in stock, crypto, or life in general.
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by mech422 5y ago
>>Except those "exotic derivatives, structured products, etc" do have real investments at the heart of them. Hmm...2008 housing crash and the recession that followed beg to differ.
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by mech422 5y ago
Huh - so lets see... NewEgg accepts(1): Doge, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin cash, etc. Telsa may or may not accept Bitcoin depending on Elon's mood. And El Salvador just made bitcoin legal tender. Yep - those are all illegal transactions
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by mech422 5y ago
Wow - I need to go back and watch the whole series... Really interesting! Always cool to see people doing really geeky things like building their own hypervisors!
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by mech422 5y ago
Unless its changed - you can't refuse stuff addressed to 'occupant' like supermarket flyers. You can remove your _name_ from mailing lists, but that wasnt' my issue. So I got a 'PO Box' from a local ups store
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by mech422 5y ago
Exactly - especially in the age of online billing and e-statements, the stupid super market flyers filling up my box for nothing is annoying as hell. I got a PO Box, not that my local P.O. seems to be able to actually honor a change of addr
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by mech422 5y ago
I have hate for the post office because I get like 1 legitimate piece of mail a month, yet the post office is constantly stuffing those stupid supermarket flyers in my box with no opt-out. So I got a PO Box...Aaaannnd of course the P.O. cou
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by mech422 5y ago
>>It's possible, but the past ten years of bitcoin failing at the merchant use case suggests otherwise Taxes might actually the only 'commerce' bitcoin is good for - fairly high value, low frequency. Bitcoin/Eth a
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by mech422 5y ago
If it helps any... With the new KYC stuff, I can't get fiat out of my cryptos till after they sequence my DNA.. Seriously, its ridiculous.. Neither my bank, credit, or brokerage accounts required jumping thru so many hoops.
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by mech422 5y ago
I should probably mention, no one I know is taking out second mortgages, risking their homes, or anything else like that.
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by mech422 5y ago
I've seen it...I just don't personally know anyone that subscribes to it. Just like I don't know anyone that plans to retire off lotto winnings? Most of the people I know, might dream a bit about 'hitting it big' -
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by mech422 5y ago
It means an easy way to pay for goods and transfer value. I had good luck doing both with crypto in the past. And being old enough to remember when the only options for 'moving' money were wire transfer and western union - I appr
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by mech422 5y ago
What! I missed the tulip pump! dang... :-) come to think of it...maybe if we got elon to tweet about it, we could start a tulip pump.
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by mech422 5y ago
Only to the tax man... There have been and still are(?) economies where the local currency was only used for 'official' business, and most trade was carried out in another, more stable currency.
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by mech422 5y ago
Personally, I don't know anyone that believes that.. I mostly see it as an adjunct - like credit cards. Another option..
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by mech422 5y ago
I know - I also don't understand what your comment has to do with the statement nuke plants need to be near a large source of water... I don't think that using waste water from a city an hour away would be considered "close t
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by mech422 5y ago
In other words, things you should probably expect at a place you would want to work?
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by mech422 5y ago
its only an issue for my girlfriend and I when we're both on calls at the same time. I use a wireless 2.4Ghz headset so I can go outside on the patio - solves the issue nicely :-)
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by mech422 5y ago
>>Remote work productivity mid-pandemic won’t necessarily translate post-pandemic None of the 'problems' you mention will necessarily come to pass either. Unless you have a crystal ball, you're future is no more likely
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by mech422 5y ago
>>Of course, you could argue that cities shouldn't be in deserts. Hey Now! I resemble that comment :-P
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by mech422 5y ago
>>They also need to be near large water sources to use evaporative cooling. I don't think I did ?
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by mech422 5y ago
'modular' doesn't necessarily mean 'small'. Isn't Gates new plant all about creating standardized, modular, repeatable designs to lower costs ?
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by mech422 5y ago
ahem...Palo Verde Nuclear plant wishes to speak with you... its only the largest nuclear plant in the country :-)
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by mech422 5y ago
wow...can't say I agree with this :-P Things like re-arranging menu's really don't seem like 'improvements', especially if it renders muscle memory useless. The new tabs are probably my least favorite change. Thou

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