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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?
« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2016, 08:16 PM »
Ah forget it! I'm starting to sound as conspiracy theory loving as Ren. :-))
-40hz (January 24, 2016, 03:47 PM)


Just wait until you're kidnapped by aliens and see just how much you like the old Buttvader 2000! :)


P.S. Hey Ren! How's it going? Move completed ok?
-40hz (January 24, 2016, 03:47 PM)

Done over 6 months ago now. :) But, probably moving again in August... However, this time it will only be a few days drive away, so we won't have to throw everything in the garbage like the last time.
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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?
« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2016, 08:11 PM »
Can't get to link.  At least, not without disabling ad blockers.
-wraith808 (January 24, 2016, 10:02 AM)

Odd.

Anyways, here it is:

The death of bitcoin has been proclaimed once again. Prominent developer Mike Hearn’s recent comments that the bitcoin experiment was over mark the 89th time the digital currency has been pronounced dead since it first launched in 2009, at least according to one website dedicated to tracking bitcoin obituaries. While it’s sad to see a talented programmer like Hearn turn his back on bitcoin, there are still thousands of people working on making the world’s first digital currency a success.

The bitcoin network has been running without interruption for seven years now; a feat no banking system can claim. Bitcoin and its underlying blockchain technology—an online ledger that records every bitcoin transaction—represent a fundamental innovation that can dramatically speed up transaction times. The first step is replacing our need for financial middlemen. Next, we can restructure notaries, land registries, stock markets and much more.

People have criticized bitcoin for its price fluctuations but there are applications now that lock the value of bitcoin to dollars, euros or gold; people have insinuated it could be used by drugs or arms dealers operating on the dark web even though the U.K. government said bitcoin was the least likely funding tool for criminality; people have worried that regulation might discourage innovation. Meanwhile bitcoin continues to grow.

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Hearn’s criticisms that the bitcoin network isn’t set up to support the ever-increasing number of transactions performed on it is more a reflection of the currency’s success. It’s true that if bitcoin keeps growing as quickly as it has in the past few months parts of the network will need to be upgraded. This is a good problem to have.

What began as a small experiment is now a rapidly expanding ecosystem. There are so many people using it now that we have to plan for more capacity. It was never a secret that the software powering bitcoin would have to get upgraded occasionally—just like the software on your iPhone. Let’s look at the data. According to Bloomberg, bitcoin was the best performing currency in 2015. Why? More than 5 million new users started transacting in bitcoin last year alone. More importantly, the total transaction volume has more than doubled over the past 12 months.

bitcoin too big to fail blockchain
A graph displaying the increase in Bitcoin transactions since the beginning of 2009.
BLOCKCHAIN.INFO
The Bitcoin blockchain will catalyze innovation over the coming years. As citizens of the internet we demand transparency and ease of use. In 2016 people expect to be able to send money over the internet as quickly and cheaply as sending an email. The fact that it still takes several days to send an international money transfer is a throwback to yesteryear. Bitcoin solves that problem.

This currency is not a “failed experiment,” as Hearn suggested. Our firm, Blockchain (a bitcoin wallet provider), had its best month yet in December. All successful projects face problems as they grow, thankfully there are a multitude of brilliant minds working to solve them. In five years, hundreds of millions of users will be sending money on the internet as easily as they send chats, and the only obituaries being written will be those of the traditional banks.

Nicolas Cary is the co-founder of Blockchain, the world's leading bitcoin software company with over 5.5 million wallets.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2016, 01:31 AM »
THE STUPID! IT BURNS! IT BUUUURNS!!!




Christine Lagarde is the head of the IMF, and one of the most influential people on the planet.

We're fucked.
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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?
« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2016, 12:36 AM »
http://europe.newswe...ig-fail-418481?rm=eu

BITCOIN: TOO BIG TO FAIL

More at the link.
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Living Room / Re: Why GOD has not updated the world ?
« Last post by Renegade on January 22, 2016, 12:32 AM »
Oh! About leaving. If God could change the laws of the universe so that all paths are mobius strips, that'd be just awesome! ;D We're talking major version upgrade here!  :-*
-Renegade (January 21, 2016, 05:50 PM)

how do you know they're not already?
-Target (January 21, 2016, 06:52 PM)

If so, then they're too damn long. Crappy alpha! :P
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Living Room / Re: Why GOD has not updated the world ?
« Last post by Renegade on January 21, 2016, 05:50 PM »
Oh! About leaving. If God could change the laws of the universe so that all paths are mobius strips, that'd be just awesome! ;D We're talking major version upgrade here!  :-*
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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?
« Last post by Renegade on January 20, 2016, 09:25 PM »
Mission to moon resumed. People realising MH's rage-quit for what it is. And that he's in bed with the banks. And that his response to that is silly given the evidence.

tl;dr - Mission to moon resumed.
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Living Room / Re: Why GOD has not updated the world ?
« Last post by Renegade on January 20, 2016, 02:03 AM »
...First, what I'd like is a nice sandbox to run scenarios through with zero real consequences. That would rock~! ;D
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-Renegade (January 19, 2016, 09:58 PM)

I think you might be confusing what seems to happen in what we see as "the world around us" with a concept called "reality".
This is the sandbox.
-IainB (January 20, 2016, 12:15 AM)

I think you missed the part about "consequences". Now... Don't you wish you'd had a sandbox before you'd posted that? :P
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Living Room / Re: Why GOD has not updated the world ?
« Last post by Renegade on January 19, 2016, 09:58 PM »
Well living in this world of IT industry, it has become my habit to check if new update of so and so has come up or not. Win10 updates itself and do not even tell me what has become new !!

But the world ! It still has 24 hours in a day. Hey come one we need more time for facebook, twitter, coding etc. and then we have to live also. I think GOD should update the world and add more features to it. What you say ?

-anandcoral (January 19, 2016, 10:40 AM)


We're LOOOOOONG overdue for an update.

First, what I'd like is a nice sandbox to run scenarios through with zero real consequences. That would rock~! ;D
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Renegade on January 18, 2016, 09:06 PM »
NSFW


via

http://www.destructiveoutlet.com/


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Living Room / Re: good Videos [short films] here :)
« Last post by Renegade on January 17, 2016, 12:53 AM »
Well I guess that's where I am living- somewhere, online... 25 years ago

in a galaxy, far far..  ;D[/color][/size]
-n8wachT (January 17, 2016, 12:44 AM)

You sure that galaxy isn't high, high above? ;D
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Renegade on January 17, 2016, 12:51 AM »
And... these people also exist:



Just, WTF?!? Plantgender? Really? All pronouns? All genders?

Somebody forgot to turn off the crazy faucet.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Is Windows 10 a trojan?
« Last post by Renegade on January 17, 2016, 12:41 AM »
Windows 10 is absolutely malware. 100%. No exaggeration. No hyperbole. Literal.

Yesterday Windows f*****g 10 forcibly rebooted on me for an update.

If that's not enough...

1. File extension theft

It stole numerous file associations.

2. VLC not working

And now VLC has really f****d up colours. The Microsoft software, of course, plays videos fine.

WTF?!?

And I paid for this?!?!

Some people need to go to f*****g prison for this.

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Living Room / Re: good Videos [short films] here :)
« Last post by Renegade on January 17, 2016, 12:08 AM »
Poignant short vid using a novel animation technique: The Lost Mariner: A Beautiful Animated Short Film About Memory, Inspired by Oliver Sacks
-IainB (December 27, 2015, 07:20 AM)

I bailed a bit over half-way through. I don't smoke pot or pop mushrooms anymore, so... wasn't quite my cup of tea. Though I'm sure I would have enjoyed it 20 or 25 years ago.
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Renegade on January 17, 2016, 12:02 AM »
They likely vote: chicken wing (instead of right/left wing)  :P
-Shades (January 16, 2016, 04:02 PM)

Dude! I am totally stealing that from you! ;D  :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: Newbud - a new independent news project
« Last post by Renegade on January 16, 2016, 02:45 PM »
I started to watch the video about it, but haven't made it through. Gotta work. :(

But, I'm still pretty excited to see what happens here.
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Renegade on January 16, 2016, 02:40 PM »
^ WTF?  I guess the more important question isn't do they exist... do they vote?
-wraith808 (January 16, 2016, 09:55 AM)

Hahaha! ;D

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?
« Last post by Renegade on January 16, 2016, 02:33 AM »
I should have posted this before, but here it is:

https://www.reddit.c...as_a_strategic_move/

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?
« Last post by Renegade on January 15, 2016, 11:06 PM »
I want to see what Renegade thinks. 
-wraith808 (January 15, 2016, 11:44 AM)

Oh? The death of Bitcoin? Again?

Must be Friday.

Shitstorm will last a while, then it'll go back to normal.

Personally I wish the Son-of-a-Bitch would have kept his freaking teeth shut. I was about to do a selloff, but now I can't without screwing myself through the floor.
-Stoic Joker (January 15, 2016, 11:30 AM)

The SOB is not being paid by the banksters. Yep. Them. Literally.

Proof:

https://www.youtube....outu.be&t=47m16s

Listen for a couple minutes. This was all deliberately orchestrated.

But do listen carefully or you might miss it. He's speaking prior to Mike's post. Deliberate.

Bitcoin is the fastest, safest, cheapest, most reliable payment system on the planet. Period. Nothing beats it.

It's neutral.

It scares people/luddites.

Sigh... it's Friday. Guess we're back to waiting until Tuesday.
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Renegade on January 15, 2016, 10:53 PM »
These people exist.  :huh:

Large image of insanity


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Developer's Corner / Arduino versus Evil!
« Last post by Renegade on January 14, 2016, 11:42 PM »
This is a Youtube channel that some people may enjoy.

He curses a lot, so NSFW, but otherwise a good time!  :Thmbsup:


https://www.youtube....inoversusevil/videos

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Living Room / Re: The hilarity of utter ignorance
« Last post by Renegade on January 14, 2016, 11:40 PM »
^ Oh, I know. It's lunacy. They have no concept about what mathematics is. The idea of cryptography is alien to them. And that's just the start of their idiocy.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Is Windows 10 a trojan?
« Last post by Renegade on January 14, 2016, 10:23 PM »
Today, after weeks of telling Windows to f*** off because I don't want to reboot for updates, it finally told me to go f*** myself and rebooted in the middle of me doing shit.

Windows 10 is <insert the most vile, inhuman, violent, sick, twisted, evil stuff you can possibly imagine here />.

I just have no words for how horrible this entire lunacy is. (I do have the words, but I'll spare you.)
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Living Room / Re: The hilarity of utter ignorance
« Last post by Renegade on January 14, 2016, 01:13 AM »
And considering where Mr. Comey usually parks his head, I'm sure he knows a thing or two about dark places. ;)
-40hz (January 14, 2016, 12:07 AM)


Hahaha! Truth to power! :D
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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!
« Last post by Renegade on January 14, 2016, 01:11 AM »
To drag our eyes away from the stars, perhaps something a bit more base.

Hot for Teacher.



Absolutely horrible choreography on the part of the boys from Van Halen, but the video and music more than makes up for it.



And now back to your regularly scheduled mourning...



In all seriousness... That's some f**king seriously great talent.
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