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4821  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Idea: Collateralized Identity – Using bitcoin to suppress sockpuppets on: March 25, 2013, 04:14:17 PM
I proposed a similar idea as a general solution to the shortcomings of wot-style rating systems a little over a week ago.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=153221.msg1628630#msg1628630
4822  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: BitPay Exceeds $2 Million in Transactions in March, Lowers Fees for All Merchant on: March 25, 2013, 03:50:43 PM
Awesome news.

Shouldn't this be in Service Announcements though?
4823  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Which Development Issue Is More Pressing? on: March 25, 2013, 03:38:37 PM
the proposal for creating good financial incentives to replace the market lost when the size is uncapped
That's because it's a non-existent problem. Transaction fees per block have been rising with the transaction volume while the block size has remained below the maximum size, which is effectively the same as being uncapped. The idea that the supply of transaction processing capability must be capped below equilibrium in order to increase fee revenue is counter to the observable facts.
4824  Economy / Service Discussion / Bitcoinity on: March 25, 2013, 12:53:20 PM
Anyone who has been watching Bitcoinity during this morning has witnessed a great example of how to handle communications during an upgrade.

The way they have kept users of the site informed of the pending changes before, during, and after the attempted upgrade stands out in a positive way as compared to some other services.
4825  Economy / Economics / Re: The intrinsic value myth on: March 25, 2013, 12:23:44 PM
I consider the belief in intrinsic value to be a form of magical thinking at best, or a self-serving strategy of inflating the exchange rate for gold at worst.
4826  Other / Politics & Society / Parenting and stateless dispute resolution on: March 25, 2013, 12:19:32 PM
This podcast is part of a discussion that originally started out exploring the nature of the parent-child relationship, and has since branched out into theories of non-coercive dispute resolution.

https://soundcloud.com/freetalklive/edgington-post-kurt-jack-2013
4827  Other / Off-topic / Re: WTF is going on? on: March 25, 2013, 12:16:02 PM
Why is it that these discussions always focus on guns and never ask WHY ARE PEOPLE LOSING THEIR MINDS ALL OF A SUDDEN? Our society is sick and profits from the emotional and mental destruction of humanity. Guns are nothing but a DISTRACTION from the REAL KILLER, the systemic illness of our society as a whole. It makes you feel better at night if you can just blame it on a handful of wackos rather than acknowledge it for the complex system of destruction it is. If you did that you would have to examine and take responsibility for your own behavior, and no one wants that!
Young people in our society spend most of the first two decades of their lives incarcerated under hellish conditions. They are packed into institutions which duplicate the conditions of Lord of the Flies and if they show any sign of distress they are at risk of being drugged into compliance. To add insult to injury this crime against humanity is called a "public good" and the perpetrators who make it their career claim to be doing it all "for the children".
4828  Other / Meta / Re: Tapatalk/mobile compatability for the forum on: March 24, 2013, 10:39:33 PM
Please no tapatalk. It annoys people who browse on their mobile devices and also makes the SSL pointless.


It's built for people using mobile devices?
How does it annoy?
I've never used it, but it may be related to the subject of this comic:

4829  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: [ANN] LocalBitcoins.com - a location-based bitcoin to cash marketplace on: March 24, 2013, 09:31:38 PM
With the exchange rate being so volatile we need a way to making sell orders that lock in the formula, but not the actual exchange rate, until the funds are released.
4830  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: MtGox support increase on: March 24, 2013, 08:45:29 PM
We already have 24/6 support, and will likely continue this way. Support is operating on Sundays only during major outages.
Is there a trade volume level at which you will consider having support available during all times at which trading is available?
4831  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: MtGox support increase on: March 24, 2013, 02:25:02 PM
With the increase in staff, will you have 24/7 support or will there be days/hours that no live responses are available?
4832  Economy / Speculation / Re: I am about to do something massivley stupid on: March 22, 2013, 09:27:02 PM
Paying off debt is never a stupid thing to do. Cash out and pay off those loans early. Seriously.
Of course paying off debt can be a stupid thing to to do.

When an investment is gaining more (flash crashes included) per week than the annual interest charge on a loan you'd be far better off making minimum payments than paying down the loan.
4833  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer - MtGoxUSD wall movement tracker on: March 22, 2013, 09:00:46 PM
Did anyone else catch the momentary "everybody panic" animation on Bitcoinity?
4834  Other / Politics & Society / Re: US plan calls for more scanning of private Web traffic, email on: March 22, 2013, 08:09:41 PM
turn all google services off.
One thing to do that is less extreme is to sandbox Google sites into their own browser.

I use three browsers - one only for Google, one only for Facebook, and one for everything else. The "everything else" browser blocks all Facebook and Google cookies.
4835  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Coinbase is an Honorable Company on: March 22, 2013, 07:22:57 PM
There is a program that will automatically keep trying for you until they have some bitcoins to sell:

https://github.com/martindale/coinbase-trader
4836  Other / Politics & Society / Re: What if all taxes were distributed to all citizens equally? on: March 22, 2013, 06:47:16 PM
This argument has been made before, and unfortunately I don't share your optimism for humanity in this aspect. People tend to only care about things that directly influence them so - why donate to hospitals if you're not sick? Why donate to schools if you don't have kids? Why donate to libraries if you don't read that much? etc.
So basically people must be forced to contribute to things they should contribute to but refuse to willingly.

Why gets to decide the "shoulds", and why do they get to make that decision for other people?
4837  Economy / Speculation / Re: For everybody who is considering selling - Quote from Jesse Livermore on: March 22, 2013, 06:16:33 PM
My trading strategy: whenever a paycheck posts to my checking account I immediately initiate a bitcoin purchase via Coinbase. When the coins are available on Coinbase I send them to an offline Armory wallet. About once per week I sell a small quantity of bitcoins via otc trades to cover my living expenses.

Using this method I've accumulated savings equal to eight months of living expenses in a very short time.
4838  Other / Off-topic / Re: WTF is going on? on: March 22, 2013, 06:06:04 PM
Violent crime in general is near historical lows. It just seem more prevalent now than in the past because the media brings news from all parts of the world to everybody so we're a lot more aware of it.
4839  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer - MtGoxUSD wall movement tracker on: March 22, 2013, 05:54:59 PM
The market is boring and it's been three days since we've seen a new Zhou Tonged video.
4840  Bitcoin / Legal / Re: Reporting bitcoin earnings to IRS, Post FinCEN. on: March 22, 2013, 04:54:32 PM
my big worry is if i do not report now, they may come at me 5-10 years from now with interested owed.
If Bitcoin is still worth anything 5-10 years from now and you own some now you'll likely be able to manage that risk by just moving outside their jurisdiction.
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