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by rank0 6y ago
They also have insane fees and require partnerships with banks to do so. Visa and Mastercard make this possible for Coinbase. Its kind of funny these crypto exchanges are supposed to decentralize our finances but end up relying on the same
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by rank0 6y ago
This is absurd. Capitalism is predicated on the ability to loan out money. No debt means no credit for new businesses. No mortgages. Governments can't issue bonds to raise capital. For all it's evils, our modern society and advanc
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by rank0 6y ago
Where have you read that Citadel has short positions? Buying a portion of Melvin Capital after they suffered big losses is absolutely not the same.
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by rank0 6y ago
Except its not just a $1000 ticket to punch a 0.1%. They also believe the ticket will be worth $10,000 afterwards.
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by rank0 6y ago
You're just being stubborn. TSLA investors are not relying on a short squeeze. You keep conveniently ignoring the short squeeze. The people who got into GME early are relying on marketing this David v Goliath falsehood so that they can
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by rank0 6y ago
No. He's not rallying people to buy TSLA and surge the price short term. He tweets other stupid things like claiming to take the company private at $420 and that the stock price is too high.
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by rank0 6y ago
Yes I also think firms and famous traders manipulate the market. Yes hedge funds can also be manipulative. There is a clear difference in TSLA. People were not coordinated. They have been investing because they believe the company will grow
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by rank0 6y ago
He's saying there's no such thing as fundamental value, and as a result, collectively pumping a stock to induce a short squeeze is no different that spotting an undervalued company. Anyone with half a brain should be able to recog
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by rank0 6y ago
It becomes manipulation when its coordinated. A massive investment forum is blatantly talking about inducing a short squeeze as a collective. This has been advertised non-stop on WSB as some kind of populist uprising for months. All the rhe
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by rank0 6y ago
so you're okay with market manipulation? If value isn't real there should be no rules right?
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by rank0 6y ago
This is a dumb argument. By your logic, pump and dump schemes should be allowed because there is no such thing as actual value so the victims aren't actually affected. Right... A group of people are coordinating a short squeeze. They a
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by rank0 6y ago
Your friends are lying through their teeth. Do you honestly believe these people aren't motivated by profit, when they are clearly entering long positions with the intention of driving up GME's price? It's straight up doubles
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by rank0 6y ago
This is silly. If there was no possibility for financial gain, nobody would be investing in GME.
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by rank0 6y ago
I can't tell if you're joking or not but this clearly already exists via HTTP headers.
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by rank0 6y ago
That's not the same at all. Drugs have an inherent "value" or reason why people demand them. People love getting high. Drugs are addictive. Bitcoin demand is driven mostly by speculative investors. Maybe governments can'
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by rank0 6y ago
If you can't route traffic outside of the country, it doesn't matter if you can resolve domains. You still won't be able to reach your destination IP. DNS lookups still rely on your ability to route traffic outside your count
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by rank0 6y ago
This is not at all a practical solution. How much "decentralized P2P internet" infrastructure do you think there is in Uganda? Hell even in the US its virtually nonexistent. Which P2P internet should I use? IPFS? Helium? Any of th
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by rank0 6y ago
I love the idea of this. But what exactly should be stripped away? I can think of Pocket but thats about it. What do you mean by legacy support?
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by rank0 6y ago
Tracking what I do on my device and tracking my physical location are very different things. It would be nice if there were regulations that protected my information from my telco provider.
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by rank0 6y ago
Are we comparing the "walkers" to people that do no exercise at all? Of course walking is going to be better than a sedentary lifestyle. I'd like to know if going on walks has any benefits for people who already work out regu
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by rank0 6y ago
Did you read the Coinbase blog post? The conversation has really devolved away from the original topic. Coinbase issued a statement saying they are focused on their mission as a for-profit company. You're spinning it into something its
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by rank0 6y ago
Its pretty hard to get to that point unless you undergo a serious sudden change in volume.
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by rank0 7y ago
Christ. I can't imagine wanting half the population to die "for the greater good"...
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by rank0 7y ago
Not all stimulants are the same. Meth is certainly higher risk than other commonly prescribed amphetamines. Psychosis comes from abuse...from binges and lack of basic self care. Life crippling drug abuse is USUALLY a symptom of a deeper pro
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by rank0 7y ago
I completely disagree. You believe skepticism is just as bad as blind trust?
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by rank0 7y ago
I must be missing something. Why is this significant?
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by rank0 7y ago
I like to believe we could prevent another 9/11 without government mandated backdoors.
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by rank0 7y ago
Is there somewhere I could read some more on this point? I was under the impression that iMessage was end-end encrypted. So unless Apple has a secret backdoor built into their systems, nobody should be able to access those messages correct?