Poll of the Day > China just declared crypto illegal; this means y'all can finally get video cards

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Lokarin 09/24/21 3:22:13 PM #1:	yay, gaming --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:958376088] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>yay, gaming </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FatalAccident 09/24/21 3:27:29 PM #2:	fuck u on about --- walks away <cite>FatalAccident posted [p:958376245] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>fuck u on about </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 09/24/21 3:29:04 PM #3:	FatalAccident posted... fuck u on about umm... it's the top story right now https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/24/china-central-bank-vows-harsh-crackdown-on-cryptocurrency-industry.html https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-central-bank-vows-crackdown-cryptocurrency-trading-2021-09-24/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/business/china-cryptocurrency-bitcoin.html --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:958376291] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>FatalAccident posted... </cite> <quote>fuck u on about</quote> umm... it's the top story right now https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/24/china-central-bank-vows-harsh-crackdown-on-cryptocurrency-industry.html https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-central-bank-vows-crackdown-cryptocurrency-trading-2021-09-24/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/business/china-cryptocurrency-bitcoin.html </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Clench281 09/24/21 3:30:41 PM #5:	good, the implementation of energy intensive cryptocurrency is a plague on the planet. --- Take me for what I am -- who I was meant to be. And if you give a damn, take me baby, or leave me. <cite>Clench281 posted [p:958376341] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>good, the implementation of energy intensive cryptocurrency is a plague on the planet. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 09/24/21 3:35:15 PM #6:	Clench281 posted... good, the implementation of energy intensive cryptocurrency is a plague on the planet. What if there was green crypto? --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:958376492] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>Clench281 posted... </cite> <quote>good, the implementation of energy intensive cryptocurrency is a plague on the planet.</quote> What if there was green crypto? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 09/24/21 3:53:35 PM #7:	Lokarin posted... What if there was green crypto? By its nature, it's always going to be significantly more energetically demanding than normal computing. Computers will improve in their energy efficiency, but not matter how efficient you get, it will always be true that you can get more computing power by using more electricity. Because the yield from crypto mining scales linearly with computing power (more or less), miners are limited not by reaching some arbitrary threshold of "enough" mining power, but instead by how much they can profitably sustain. Basically, if you make computers efficient enough that current mining setups could be considered "green," miners will just add more computers until the power consumption is roughly the same. It's a paradigm that has no inherent upper bound on power consumption. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:958377051] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>Lokarin posted... </cite> <quote>What if there was green crypto?</quote> By its nature, it's always going to be significantly more energetically demanding than normal computing. Computers will improve in their energy efficiency, but not matter how efficient you get, it will always be true that you can get more computing power by using more electricity. Because the yield from crypto mining scales linearly with computing power (more or less), miners are limited not by reaching some arbitrary threshold of "enough" mining power, but instead by how much they can profitably sustain. Basically, if you make computers efficient enough that current mining setups could be considered "green," miners will just add more computers until the power consumption is roughly the same. It's a paradigm that has no inherent upper bound on power consumption. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 09/24/21 3:57:19 PM #8:	What if there was brown crypto --- my resting temp can easily be in the 90's -Krazy_Kirby <cite>Mead posted [p:958377163] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>What if there was brown crypto </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
streamofthesky 09/24/21 5:10:29 PM #9:	Good, fuck crypto Hurting the planet, making already scare computing resources even tougher to get for everyone else, enabling/easing all sorts of horrible illegal activity... All so you can gamble on the modern version of tulips. <cite>streamofthesky posted [p:958379341] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>Good, fuck crypto Hurting the planet, making already scare computing resources even tougher to get for everyone else, enabling/easing all sorts of horrible illegal activity... All so you can gamble on the modern version of tulips. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Blighboy 09/24/21 5:21:41 PM #10:	Oh no, how will I pay for my child prostitutes without crypto --- I have no idea whether or not he's a racist, but apparently there are recordings of him using racial slurs so it's a distinct possibility. <cite>Blighboy posted [p:958379667] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>Oh no, how will I pay for my child prostitutes without crypto </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shadowsword87 09/24/21 5:26:12 PM #11:	Sounds good to me. <cite>shadowsword87 posted [p:958379793] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>Sounds good to me. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArvTheGreat 09/24/21 5:39:28 PM #12:	thank you jackie chan! --- Things are about to get arvified <cite>ArvTheGreat posted [p:958380215] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>thank you jackie chan! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VeeVees 09/24/21 5:41:08 PM #13:	good job, winnie, fuck crypto. --- Rudy sucks <cite>VeeVees posted [p:958380267] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>good job, winnie, fuck crypto. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RoboXgp89 09/24/21 5:46:20 PM #14:	why do you guys like hyper inflation so much? I've had less volatality with crypto then I have from swinging stocks --- You haven't set a signature for the message boards yet <cite>RoboXgp89 posted [p:958380424] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>why do you guys like hyper inflation so much? I've had less volatality with crypto then I have from swinging stocks </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
helIy 09/24/21 5:55:41 PM #15:	this isn't gonna change anything the issue with videocards, and consoles, is scalpers at this point. not chinese farms. --- my delusion is better than facing the truth about me <cite>helIy posted [p:958380724] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>this isn't gonna change anything the issue with videocards, and consoles, is scalpers at this point. not chinese farms. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zareth 09/24/21 5:55:47 PM #16:	Zangulus posted... Because people in China follow the law constantly... They follow Chinese law if they don't wanna get "disappeared" They just don't give a shit about international laws --- In my opinion, all slavery is wrong, even the really fancy kind - Mead <cite>Zareth posted [p:958380726] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>Zangulus posted... </cite> <quote>Because people in China follow the law constantly...</quote>They follow Chinese law if they don't wanna get "disappeared" They just don't give a shit about international laws </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shadowsword87 09/24/21 5:57:31 PM #17:	RoboXgp89 posted... why do you guys like hyper inflation so much? I've had less volatality with crypto then I have from swinging stocks Not what hyper inflation is. The stock market is inherently chaotic, otherwise it wouldn't exist. <cite>shadowsword87 posted [p:958380773] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>RoboXgp89 posted... </cite> <quote>why do you guys like hyper inflation so much? I've had less volatality with crypto then I have from swinging stocks</quote> Not what hyper inflation is.The stock market is inherently chaotic, otherwise it wouldn't exist.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RoboXgp89 09/24/21 6:00:39 PM #18:	our economy is rigged they make it so you have to take out loans for everything and it jacks prices up with crypto there is no leverage so it's always the same value and it increases in value as people buy more, not loan more crypto is a fantastic idea compared to fiat which is debt based and built off debt that is like 100x what money we have --- You haven't set a signature for the message boards yet <cite>RoboXgp89 posted [p:958380863] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>our economy is rigged they make it so you have to take out loans for everything and it jacks prices up with crypto there is no leverage so it's always the same value and it increases in value as people buy more, not loan more crypto is a fantastic idea compared to fiat which is debt based and built off debt that is like 100x what money we have </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
helIy 09/24/21 6:02:29 PM #19:	i don't think you know how crypto works at all --- my delusion is better than facing the truth about me <cite>helIy posted [p:958380927] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>i don't think you know how crypto works at all </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RoboXgp89 09/24/21 6:08:27 PM #20:	crypto is like the gold standard except there's a limit to how much can be mined which makes it extremely valuable as a hedge with gold if the price goes up you mine more with crypto the price always goes up, until it doesn't, but it always has a top price --- You haven't set a signature for the message boards yet <cite>RoboXgp89 posted [p:958381092] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>crypto is like the gold standard except there's a limit to how much can be mined which makes it extremely valuable as a hedge with gold if the price goes up you mine more with crypto the price always goes up, until it doesn't, but it always has a top price </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shadowsword87 09/24/21 6:09:35 PM #21:	Uh, how much gold do you think is in the world? <cite>shadowsword87 posted [p:958381133] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>Uh, how much gold do you think is in the world? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RoboXgp89 09/24/21 6:15:22 PM #22:	shadowsword87 posted... Uh, how much gold do you think is in the world? however many volcanoes there are typically that's how much gold is available --- You haven't set a signature for the message boards yet <cite>RoboXgp89 posted [p:958381319] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>shadowsword87 posted... </cite> <quote>Uh, how much gold do you think is in the world?</quote> however many volcanoes there are typically that's how much gold is available </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shadowsword87 09/24/21 6:17:02 PM #23:	RoboXgp89 posted... however many volcanoes there are typically that's how much gold is available So, hang on. Gold deposits are based on volcanic activity? Is that what you're saying? <cite>shadowsword87 posted [p:958381371] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>RoboXgp89 posted... </cite> <quote>however many volcanoes there are typically that's how much gold is available</quote> So, hang on. Gold deposits are based on volcanic activity? Is that what you're saying? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rjsilverthorn 09/24/21 6:42:25 PM #24:	shadowsword87 posted... Uh, how much gold do you think is in the world? 240,000 tons give or take. <cite>rjsilverthorn posted [p:958382236] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>shadowsword87 posted... </cite> <quote>Uh, how much gold do you think is in the world?</quote>240,000 tons give or take. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 09/24/21 6:59:04 PM #25:	Blighboy posted... Oh no, how will I pay for my child prostitutes without crypto theyll just starve unfortunately --- my resting temp can easily be in the 90's -Krazy_Kirby <cite>Mead posted [p:958382754] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>Blighboy posted... </cite> <quote>Oh no, how will I pay for my child prostitutes without crypto</quote> theyll just starve unfortunately </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Greenfox111 09/24/21 7:07:01 PM #26:	What does that have to do with video cards? --- Don't ask. <cite>Greenfox111 posted [p:958382987] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>What does that have to do with video cards? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 09/24/21 7:11:39 PM #27:	Greenfox111 posted... What does that have to do with video cards? One of the major driving forces behind the high prices of video cards in recent years has been how profitable crypto mining has been. As it turns out, the same hardware that's good for rendering video is also good for crypto mining (which I'm guessing isn't at all surprising to anyone that understands the hardware requirements for both processes, but I am not such a person), so higher-end video cards have been flying off the shelves as mining operations snap them up. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:958383137] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>Greenfox111 posted... </cite> <quote>What does that have to do with video cards?</quote> One of the major driving forces behind the high prices of video cards in recent years has been how profitable crypto mining has been. As it turns out, the same hardware that's good for rendering video is also good for crypto mining (which I'm guessing isn't at all surprising to anyone that understands the hardware requirements for both processes, but I am not such a person), so higher-end video cards have been flying off the shelves as mining operations snap them up. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
helIy 09/24/21 7:37:03 PM #28:	again, it's mostly scalpers --- my delusion is better than facing the truth about me <cite>helIy posted [p:958383892] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>again, it's mostly scalpers </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shadowsword87 09/24/21 7:56:29 PM #29:	adjl posted... One of the major driving forces behind the high prices of video cards in recent years has been how profitable crypto mining has been. As it turns out, the same hardware that's good for rendering video is also good for crypto mining (which I'm guessing isn't at all surprising to anyone that understands the hardware requirements for both processes, but I am not such a person), so higher-end video cards have been flying off the shelves as mining operations snap them up. Graphics cards are good at extremely simple math, applied extremely fast. That's, more or less, what they're built for. Cryptocurrency is solving incredibly complex, and arbitrary math problems by brute force (i.e. "does 1 work, does 2 work"). 3D graphics is a lot of moving pylons through matrices by shifting and warping them. This is done through long, simple math that computers excel in (araaaaaays). That's the long and short of it. <cite>shadowsword87 posted [p:958384445] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>adjl posted... </cite> <quote>One of the major driving forces behind the high prices of video cards in recent years has been how profitable crypto mining has been. As it turns out, the same hardware that's good for rendering video is also good for crypto mining (which I'm guessing isn't at all surprising to anyone that understands the hardware requirements for both processes, but I am not such a person), so higher-end video cards have been flying off the shelves as mining operations snap them up.</quote> Graphics cards are good at extremely simple math, applied extremely fast. That's, more or less, what they're built for. Cryptocurrency is solving incredibly complex, and arbitrary math problems by brute force (i.e. "does 1 work, does 2 work"). 3D graphics is a lot of moving pylons through matrices by shifting and warping them. This is done through long, simple math that computers excel in (araaaaaays). That's the long and short of it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IronBornCorps 09/24/21 9:52:00 PM #30:	Video cards aren't even the most efficient way to PoW mine anymore. Not to mention all the big chains with the exception of BTC are going to stake mining. Anyone who sites environment as the reason they don't support crypto has not read beyond headlines, and doesn't actually understand Blockchain. <cite>IronBornCorps posted [p:958387699] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>Video cards aren't even the most efficient way to PoW mine anymore. Not to mention all the big chains with the exception of BTC are going to stake mining. Anyone who sites environment as the reason they don't support crypto has not read beyond headlines, and doesn't actually understand Blockchain. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
papercup 09/24/21 10:01:47 PM #31:	RoboXgp89 posted... crypto is like the gold standard except there's a limit to how much can be mined You realize the Earth has finite volume, and only a tiny tiny tiny tiny amount is gold, right --- Nintendo Network ID: papercups 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 <cite>papercup posted [p:958388008] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>RoboXgp89 posted... </cite> <quote>crypto is like the gold standard except there's a limit to how much can be mined</quote> You realize the Earth has finite volume, and only a tiny tiny tiny tiny amount is gold, right </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FatalAccident 09/25/21 1:26:23 AM #32:	Lokarin posted... umm... it's the top story right now I was talking more about your nonsensical rambling --- walks away <cite>FatalAccident posted [p:958392655] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>Lokarin posted... </cite> <quote>umm... it's the top story right now</quote>I was talking more about your nonsensical rambling </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 09/25/21 1:32:22 AM #33:	FatalAccident posted... I was talking more about your nonsensical rambling I have schizo, it looks normal to me --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:958392751] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>FatalAccident posted... </cite> <quote>I was talking more about your nonsensical rambling</quote> I have schizo, it looks normal to me </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FatalAccident 09/25/21 1:44:29 AM #34:	lol --- walks away <cite>FatalAccident posted [p:958392964] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 09/25/21 1:47:02 AM #35:	I have different things but it makes sense to me too --- my resting temp can easily be in the 90's -Krazy_Kirby <cite>Mead posted [p:958393007] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>I have different things but it makes sense to me too </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xfma100 09/25/21 3:43:01 AM #36:	Isn't this like the eigth time China has banned crypto? <cite>Xfma100 posted [p:958394426] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>Isn't this like the eigth time China has banned crypto? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IronBornCorps 09/25/21 10:07:35 AM #37:	Xfma100 posted... Isn't this like the eigth time China has banned crypto? 4th or 5th, they have tried multiple times to get 51% control of multiple chains. When they realize it's too decentralized and they can't actually control it, they make it illegal. <cite>IronBornCorps posted [p:958398860] in China just... [t:79677780]...</cite> <quote>Xfma100 posted... </cite> <quote>Isn't this like the eigth time China has banned crypto?</quote> 4th or 5th, they have tried multiple times to get 51% control of multiple chains. When they realize it's too decentralized and they can't actually control it, they make it illegal. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Poll of the Day > China just declared crypto illegal; this means y'all can finally get video cards