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Topic"This TV is broke. You should buy new one" fuck this shit
1337toothbrush
12/17/20 11:46:25 PM
#16
Products are so cheap that it's usually not worth it to get it fixed unless you know how to do it yourself. To get it done professionally, you'd be paying around the same or possibly more than if you simply replaced the TV. On top of that, by replacing the TV, you get a nice upgrade. We live in a disposable world.

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TopicBitcoin broke 20K
1337toothbrush
12/17/20 11:43:25 PM
#84
Chortlez posted...
You couldn't have been more wrong. Why? Smart contracts. Let me give the story I normally tell people to help them appreciate its significance.

A few years back, I was a line cook. Like everyone else, we all had that job where we constantly butt heads with others and for me it boiled up to the point where I decided to quit. Put in my 2 weeks' notice but during that time, I put in overtime. My boss, being as lackadaisical as she was, procrastinated and procrastinated on reviewing my time sheets and when I finally went to pick up my cheque, she just gave me my usual pay. She never got around to reviewing my timesheets, stiffing me out of $100.

Smart contracts would have eliminated this problem altogether. Blockchain would have kept track of my hours, smart contracts would have paid me my agreed upon wages based on the hours clocked in.

Yes, this technology already exists, but the purpose of blockchain adoption is to make these features universal. We want to eliminate the need for trust, me trusting my boss would do her job. Smart contracts would force people to uphold their obligations and promises. Smart contracts would literally render the tradition of "a man's word" obsolete. This is the automation that steal away jobs and create new ones in ways never before seen.

To give an example of how far we've come so far with smart contracts, in the DeFi space (decentralized finance, I should have said before), you can get savings rates of 7%. Leaving your money in the bank, you get 0.1% or some cases, a negative interest rate. The DeFi space has eaten 5% of the Financial market so far, and it's only accelerating.
How would smart contracts have solved this? How does blockchain keep track of your hours?

If you have any material on DeFi, please send it my way. At a glance it looks unsustainable. A rate of 7% means there are folks benefitting from higher rates elsewhere and so this could be temporary while the times are good and there is significant downside (or simply a scam that benefits early adopters and screws over people who hold too long).

Chortlez posted...
Gold isn't as readily available as the BTC to store and to transfer. The accessibility for BTC is incredibly low. I can send BTC to someone in Cuba or North Korea once I know their BTC address. Gold, that's an adventure to accomplish. And institutions are using it to create new products off of.

Start taking this seriously, every big name enterprise is working on this, every federal bank is researching this, and every government is investing in this.
Gold is just as readily available to store and to transfer, you simply represent the amount as a digital number. Yeah, sending things to countries that the US government has sanctioned is difficult because it's illegal. Do you honestly think governments won't seize control if it gets big enough?

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TopicBitcoin broke 20K
1337toothbrush
12/17/20 10:40:46 PM
#82
2Pacavelli posted...
If I invested what I did into bitcoin as much as I did into gold the past year then I would have double the Crypto that I have today

I'll continue on rolling with my bitcoin
Yeah, folks were also ecstatic about their tulip bulb and beanie baby returns too.

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TopicBitcoin broke 20K
1337toothbrush
12/17/20 10:03:56 PM
#80
Chortlez posted...
People and big institutions are using it as a hedge to protect their wealth against the dollar. In addition big institutions are creating financial products off of the bitcoin for their investors as they have to step it up to protect their market share against the up and budding DeFi space on the Ethereum platform.
There are many better ways of hedging against the dollar, including gold, which is physical and actually exists. Institutions are letting fools fuck around with cryptocurrency so they can make money off of them.

Largely folks are jumping into bitcoin to make money (real money, actually backed by institutions with authority) off speculation.

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TopicBitcoin broke 20K
1337toothbrush
12/17/20 10:01:10 PM
#79
TopicBitcoin broke 20K
1337toothbrush
12/17/20 7:21:55 PM
#75
TopicSo i applied for this job and they want me to do a one-way video interview
1337toothbrush
12/17/20 9:41:01 AM
#23
I had to do something like this for an internal position and it sucked so much ass. I flubbed it but it was more of a formality so I went on to the next stage of the interviews which were thankfully in-person (and I got the position) so it was pointless anyway.

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TopicRon Paul on the Morton Downey Jr show.
1337toothbrush
12/17/20 3:37:49 AM
#1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCxDrfs4GtM

Has discourse changed on drugs in this country? We still keep drugs illegal to the benefit of no one but a crooked criminal justice system and drug dealers who make their money off the products being driven underground.

I mainly posted the clip because I'm amused by how stupid some of the arguments are on the show for the anti-legalization side. I don't agree with Ron Paul on a number of things, but legalization is something he's definitely right about.

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TopicBitcoin broke 20K
1337toothbrush
12/17/20 1:42:51 AM
#44
Cue the rabid cryptocurrency fanatics telling us all that the future of currency is a "currency" that:

1) Wildly swings in value.
2) Does about 4 transactions a second (for comparison, Visa does thousands a second, and that's just one credit card company).
3) Is highly vulnerable to scams due to people's low tech literacy in addition to the inability to roll back transactions if you make a mistake.

"B-b-but there are alt coins that fix some or all of these issues!!!" they may claim. First off, no, at best they're somewhat better than bitcoin in one or two aspects, but that's about it. Second, if the rush of money into cryptocurrency was in recognition of their value as a currency, then bitcoin wouldn't be leading the way when it's one of the least effective as a currency.

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Topicearly memes were so trash man wtf were we thinking
1337toothbrush
12/13/20 2:27:59 AM
#70
TopicDo you think married with children would get approved in this day and age?
1337toothbrush
12/12/20 6:59:59 PM
#8
TopicParents finally got an unlimited data plan >_>
1337toothbrush
12/12/20 4:55:57 PM
#4
Doe posted...
I'm 20 and I'm still on my parents phone plan in college. I'm home for winter break.
Trent's just happy about the little bit of independence that he has from his parents. Don't mind him.

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TopicWhy did internet chat rooms go away?
1337toothbrush
12/12/20 4:55:08 PM
#5
TopicMultiple Protesters Hit By Vehicle During BLM Demonstration in NYC
1337toothbrush
12/12/20 11:29:58 AM
#17
Beemo_Season11 posted...
Why are there still protests going on??
I know, right? Biden already solved racism!

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TopicThis Fairlife ultra-filtered milk CONTAINS MILK
1337toothbrush
12/12/20 11:27:35 AM
#8
TopicI started playing DOOM 64. Why does this feel like Quake
1337toothbrush
12/11/20 3:35:50 PM
#6
TopicBioshock 4 job listings hint "open world" and "RPG systems"
1337toothbrush
12/11/20 3:18:10 PM
#18
Who gives a shit about Bioshock when Prey 2017 did proper modern System Shock infinitely better?

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TopicImagine going on dates with non-hot girls.
1337toothbrush
12/11/20 2:51:31 PM
#8
Orlando_Jordan posted...
I still go on dates with my wife.
So you don't have to imagine at all.

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TopicImagine having your children embarrass you...
1337toothbrush
12/11/20 2:50:46 PM
#5
TopicDoes making a pact with the devil even do anything?
1337toothbrush
12/11/20 1:38:42 AM
#8
TopicDoes making a pact with the devil even do anything?
1337toothbrush
12/11/20 1:34:56 AM
#4
TopicWill pay $30 for poster with most helpful feedback on this scene from my novel.
1337toothbrush
12/10/20 10:41:01 PM
#2
TopicWhen did asmr get so... porny?
1337toothbrush
12/10/20 10:30:43 PM
#127
TopicAliens are real confirmed
1337toothbrush
12/09/20 1:09:11 AM
#54
Tell the aliens to take over, our leadership is garbage and anything would be an improvement.

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TopicTrolling Iran, in Iran
1337toothbrush
12/09/20 12:58:28 AM
#4
Israel is getting really cocky. Very cute of them to gloat after murdering someone, apparently this is who we want representing us in the middle east.

PepsiWithCoke posted...
Somebodys gonna lose a head.
This topic is about Iran, not saudi arabia.

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TopicHave you ever staged an intervention for someone?
1337toothbrush
12/08/20 11:56:41 PM
#9
TopicCrazy how they basically let anyone into this country 1st half of 1900s
1337toothbrush
12/08/20 3:45:02 PM
#11
Vicious_Dios posted...
Not really.

The US wasn't as populated, didn't have many enemies, nor was it a world powerhouse as we are now, so of course outsiders need to be vetted way more thoroughly before we give them access to the best fucking country in the world.
What difference does that make?

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TopicCrazy how they basically let anyone into this country 1st half of 1900s
1337toothbrush
12/08/20 1:49:08 PM
#4
TopicWhy do you not want kids?
1337toothbrush
12/07/20 6:33:34 PM
#88
Ilishe posted...
Man reading through many of these posts I just feel sorry for you guys

I really do
Why? They understand what they want, unlike dumbasses who have kids because "that's the thing to do" and they're miserable as fuck as they're stuck with kids that it turns out they don't actually want and the kids suffer because they're raised by someone who doesn't actually want them.

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TopicWhy do you not want kids?
1337toothbrush
12/06/20 11:37:02 PM
#65
There's still plenty of time, but the thought of raising a kid as they go through life... I just think about how much I had to go through just to get to where I'm at and it's so bothersome. I'm a supremely lazy person, but I'd care too much to half-ass it, so I'd be constantly stressed. It just doesn't appeal to me. Bothersome is the perfect word to sum it up.

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TopicIs this the greatest stand-up set of all time?
1337toothbrush
12/06/20 4:59:38 PM
#15
g0ldie posted...
no hate, but I didn't even smile once during that set, and I feel like I wasted 10:30 minutes watching it.
Do you have a favorite set?

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TopicCreepy underwater sign.
1337toothbrush
12/06/20 3:32:33 PM
#22
TopicIs this the greatest stand-up set of all time?
1337toothbrush
12/06/20 3:30:39 PM
#11
TopicVTuber General 3: It's an old meme sir, but it checks out.
1337toothbrush
12/06/20 3:29:43 PM
#281
Balnazarr posted...
I just discovered this shit. Dude this is freaking awesome. I'm shocked. I thought it'd be cringe idol shit but, it's good , real good.
Funny, that's the same reaction I had! When I saw so many pop up I was thinking "they're just mass manufactured 2D idols". In a way they are just mass manufactured, but they're at least more genuine than the regular idol shit.

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TopicIs this the greatest stand-up set of all time?
1337toothbrush
12/06/20 3:04:47 PM
#3
Lost_All_Senses posted...
I heard this guy diddles kids or litters or something. I dunno, all I know is he's a bad guy.
No, he asks women if they'll watch him diddle himself.

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TopicIs this the greatest stand-up set of all time?
1337toothbrush
12/06/20 2:25:36 PM
#1
Is it?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv8d_ry-u-Q

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TopicHalo 1 still holds up incredibly well
1337toothbrush
12/05/20 3:31:29 PM
#11
It felt like shit the second it was released. I was used to fast-paced shooters and/or ones with deep mechanics at the time. Halo took that, slowed it down a ton, slathered on multiple layers of autoaim, and dumbed down mechanics and level design.

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TopicSo why do we not have an HIV vaccine after 40 years?
1337toothbrush
12/05/20 12:08:49 PM
#20
RedJackson posted...
We have an ongoing topic on a stock called ENZC that supposedly is making breakthroughs on a HIV cure

might be worthwhile to check them up
Keep your pump and dump scheme in that shitty-ass topic.

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TopicWoman captures Man breaking into her home on camera while filming Tik Tok dance
1337toothbrush
12/03/20 10:38:24 PM
#12
Topic32 y/o walks free from having sex with 14 y/o because she thought he was older
1337toothbrush
12/03/20 12:11:54 PM
#8
Perascamin posted...
I mean what do you want, throw the book at her? When I was a 14 year old boy I knew what sex was and that I wanted it.

Males carry less risk than young females, because a young female can still get pregnant. Its less likely for a young male to get an older female pregnant.
So you're saying it's okay as long as the teen doesn't get pregnant?

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TopicTikTok users think Dave Chapelle invented Carpool Karaoke years before Corden
1337toothbrush
12/02/20 6:42:29 PM
#2
TopicGetting a $1200
1337toothbrush
12/02/20 5:14:53 PM
#5
TopicImagine drowing your food with salt.
1337toothbrush
12/02/20 4:02:50 PM
#2
Imagine misspelling "drowning" and being unable to delete your topic to hide your shame.

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TopicHaving a legal copy of a game doesnt make getting a rom for it legal..
1337toothbrush
12/02/20 3:31:30 PM
#41
TopicYouTuber Gabi DeMartino sold child porn video of herself for $3
1337toothbrush
12/02/20 3:30:37 PM
#49
MachineJaipur posted...
She could potentially cause the exploitation of other children if she isn't properly punished.

"oh I can sell videos of my child doing something innocuous but naked"

Or some such
That's a silly slippery slope argument.

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TopicVTuber General 3: It's an old meme sir, but it checks out.
1337toothbrush
12/02/20 3:27:06 PM
#239
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