What happened on wex.nz?
Wex.nz is formerly btc-e which was raided by US stazi and many bitcoins were stolen. They re-opened as wex.nz with the promise that they would get everyone their coins over time. They created a token in place of your actual coins so that you could trade those with the promise that within 2 years (1 year from now) they would reimburse 100% of the coins tokens held. Since they didn't have many of the actual coins they shut off withdrawals. But they allowed you to withdraw a few coins. One being namecoin. People with money on wex who want to get it off bought NMC so they could take it off the exchange and then sell it elsewhere. This lead to a huge rise in price on wex of NMC and a huge crash in price everywhere else. |
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Slightly difficult for Germans to invest. Though with SEPA they can use the european exchanges. No localbitcoin though. When I was there selling on LBC it was mainly middle aged guys buying. A few because they didn't like their government tracking all of their transactions. One or two I am fairly certain needed it for their habit. But most were just regular dudes. Not many young though. Also...German Nazi Polizei suck donkey balls. In case any are reading this. |
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Taxes are theft, but not always.
Sometimes we just have to pay the state for protection, medicine, education
Why is the state required for medicine? Have these not been private enterprises for centuries? |
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This graphic says it all but the logic mostly generated by the capitalists class who are the ones "stealing" the surplus value in the first place.
Labor is voluntary. Taxes are not voluntary. Instead of capital...what other means of exchange would you rather be used for trade? If you trade capital...then you too are a capitalist. So tired of these communist (sorry, I mean socialist...sorry, I mean democratic fascists...err socialists)/progressives hypocritically using capital as a means of trade while bashing capitalism. *hint: that last part is sarcasm for all the people that complain about libertarians using government services (even though we have no alternative...by force) while complaining about taxes |
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Bitcoin Volatility Index has been stable for the past week around 1.41-1.45%...
Low volatility on the volatility.
The uptrend usually builds from the lowest volatility (under 1%). All of those "get rich quick" n00bs have taken their candy and gone home. Not worth buying bitcoins with their credit cards anymore. If the FOMO crowd is gone and price is still stable that means there is a steady flow of money coming in to counter the miners producing BTC. That means that in less than 2 years when the halving hits, the price has to go up. Enough people realize this and start buying before the halving. By the time the halving happens the change is already priced in (unless the effect is over/under estimated).
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My amygdala are absolutely huge. Those weak, childlike women are always fawning over my massive brain almonds.
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Frankfurt, orgy.
Frankfurt orgies are not a big event. Just head on down to the FKK. |
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I can't buy a jug of milk with silver. You are not very original or interesting you know?
Speaking of...now that I'm in a country that has a bitcoin exchange I need to stop being lazy and figure out how to live off of bitcoin again. I've been just selling through my gf who sells on localbitcoins so we just use cash. But I'm finally living somewhere with an address and online shopping so it's time to get back to it. When I was in Germany I bought my groceries (including fresh meat and produce) on Amazon. Living in such a small country their shipping is next day for everything. |
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Well there are tons of news that taxation is theft , but take a look for a second thought though because without taxation, the country itself the economic rate and the all aspects of social service like hospital well not get enough money because tax is the one who pays all of it even government. And also there this concept and an image we never erased, the corrupting government that is or that we can say that taxation is theft. But i will drop a link below so you can probably , you know expand your knowledge about taxation. link: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/taxation.aspThis is the second time I've seen this this week. Where are these horrible places where hospitals are built by governments? |
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Hmm...bcash is up but not enough for me to pull out my cold storage.
I only did a few at .2 BTC...it's less than .1
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I consider the definition of an alcoholic to ask them how much booze is in the house. If you ask me there's a couple of beers in the fridge and I think a bit of fireball in the back of the cabinet. Ask my sister and you will get an EXACT count down to the state of each bottle. That is pretty wild.
For most alcoholics...the answer is usually zero. I attended a few AA meetings with her. One guy mentioned that his girlfriend said that the day before she bought a six pack of beer, had 2 then went to sleep. He was like....what about the other 4!?! |
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There are no known life extension technologies (so far).
The most promising tech currently would be senolytics, but preliminary data show that the result would be longer "healthspan", but not an extended lifespan.
Eventually, we might be able to upload ourself into some substrate, but it might not be characterized as a life extension, but some kind of "presence", perhaps.
I am not sure that this would even be desirable from an uploadee perspective.
I can see that it could be good for relatives for 'closure', perhaps.
I doubt much experimentation could be done on land under most governments of the world. That's why I see seasteading as a necessary step between here and there. There are several promising technologies, no magic bullet but it may be a combination of several things. Likely tailored to the individual. I don't follow it close enough to know the tech (yet) but I believe it will be something available to only the super rich early on (like most new tech), so part of my hodl strategy involves saving for that tech instead of blowing it on lambos now. Recently I have been given a peek into just how much Bitcoin will benefit the world. The early adopters of Bitcoin are the same ones that believe in this tech and the reason behind it. They are now very rich and have different dreams than the rich that came before us. Very interesting times ahead. |
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How do you guys deal with excessive drinking? I mean, I'm functional, but would still like to cut down.
I had to just stop it all together, and sought the support of AA for a few years. If you feel that you may have developed a physical dependency, (like having to drink everyday to avoid the shakes,) I would seek medical advice before attempting to stop or cut down. How much does one need to drink daily to develop physical dependency? I guess it depends on the person, but still maybe you can give a reference? I think I am in the same boat (no pun intended) than Ibian... completely functional, almost no effect (except the weight gain), but still an absurdly high amount of daily alcohol consumption since maaaaany years ago. I did switch from whisky+coke to beer and wine since I stopped smoking though. That was easy. I was married to an alcoholic and the best explanation I found for it was this... When you drink you're essentially drinking a poison. The first few times your body is like 'WTF?' and you puke and feel miserable the next day. Your body continues to fight it for a while but if you're drinking large amounts of alcohol before you're 25 or so while your body is still developing (the earlier, the worse) your body is like 'ok, I guess this is a thing that is necessary'. So your body begins to adapt. It changes your chemistry so that drinking alcohol is part of what you do, it eventually gets to the point where it is something your body needs. It is at this point that you are an alcoholic. When you go without alcohol your body starts to crave it, as though you are going without water. If you go too long without it you start to get angry for no reason, you convince yourself that having a drink is ok. Your body needs the alcohol. I can't say what the way forward is because your body chemistry is already altered. I am not sure if stopping drinking will change it back...if you're much older it may take years. For my wife it just got worse and worse...she eventually passed away partly due to the drinking (and trying to use prescriptions to counter some of the problems brought on by drinking). Personally I have stopped almost completely. Not because I was addicted but I have realized that I may be rich enough in my old age to be able to afford the life extension treatments that most will not have access to. But I don't want to be old and falling apart when that happens so I'm trying to choose a healthy lifestyle. Alcohol adds nothing positive to your body and for me was always something I used as a crutch to socialize better. But fuck that, I'd rather live for 100s of years than be the life of the party. |
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Private doesn't mean better.
There's a big city and a nearby small town. I used to live in the big town and got a house in the smaller one that's just 15 min by car from the big one. The big town has waste disposal being taken care of by the government and moved to a state-owned landfill site. The small town hired a private company to collect the garbage and recycle it.
People in the city can throw away whatever they like, big and small, and it will be taken away. In the town you have limits and whatever doesn't fit into the bin or a bag won't be taken away. Not to mention that it has to be sorted by you. The private company cuts corners where it can, unlike the state-owned one. Normally we'd be able to switch, but there's nobody else to turn to, and they know they have monopolized the market. I'd be careful with making everything private as long as there's not enough competition.
Most towns I lived in in the US had private garbage service. If you didn't like your garbage service you just canceled and went with another one. |
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Where might it matter? Propose an alternative.
The Bitcoin dev slack channel. Maybe you can convince them all to turn off Bitcoin and replace it with a big advertisement for heavy, difficult to secure, metals. |
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I just don't like it when people do want to use hospitals, roads, the fire department etc etc and still don't want to pay taxes.
Where I used to live in the US only 1 out of 3 of those is paid by the government. Taxation is a form of raising money if you're not smart enough to come up with something better. It's lazy governance that is only allowed because people accept it as necessary.  I just don't like it when people go the store and have the choice of a variety of goods which they pay for with the money they earn and they still don't want capitalism. |
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Ok guys... time to continue the game  Where was this photo taken?  Myeong Dong https://goo.gl/9FQyQnKnew it looked familiar. Been there.  |
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My first guess is Seoul...Gangnam...looks familiar.
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In other words, Monbiot:  Hard to keep up with that religion. They keep changing the words. |
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