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Other / Off-topic / Re: TV Sales Down 8 Percent
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on: September 15, 2012, 01:25:15 PM
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I watch a lot of tv, but am rarely able to suspend my disbelief. I am obsessed with (over) analyzing everything, including myself. Some people find this annoying about me. Instead of deconstructing the idiots around me, I use TV to indulge this penchant.
Hm, would it be correct to say you use TV as an escape? |
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Other / Off-topic / Re: You meet a woman...
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on: September 14, 2012, 09:53:51 PM
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Is the OP supposed to be some kind of metaphor for the "mothering" state?
If so, it greatly over-simplifies things to the point of being pointless. The "free Market" can not exist without state control and regulation. Money is an obvious example, that people on a bitcoin forum are obviously going to discount. Other examples include natural monopolies like roads and utilities. Other things require cooperation like spectrum allocation and dispute resolution. "Opting out" is not a viable option in those cases.
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Economy / Lending / Re: Requesting 50 BTC for 1 week. 2% interest.
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on: September 14, 2012, 09:51:24 PM
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Hi Atlas,
do you have any OTC rating? Or a highly rated ebay account or something to verify your reliability?
Thanks.
T.
I do not have a verifiable OTC account at this time nor an Ebay account. I've done business with Rassah on here. He will probably vouch for me. I can assure you that even if my endeavor fails, I will pay you out of pocket. I did borrow 1000 BTC from Theymos a year or so ago but I have no verifiable record of it. I returned that in full plus interest. |
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Economy / Lending / [CLOSED] Requesting 50 BTC for 1 week. 2% interest.
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on: September 14, 2012, 09:32:40 PM
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I am requesting 50 Bitcoins to use as leverage on the GLBSE with a total of 2% appreciation paid towards the lender. I will not disclose my planned position because it would be easily stolen and I would be out of a profitable opportunity.
I will assume all legal liability for this loan under international law. I can be found at the following residence and legal name:
Emanuel Ortego
125 Cedar Elm Lane
Georgetown, TX
78633
PM me if you are interested.
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Other / Off-topic / Re: You meet a woman...
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on: September 14, 2012, 08:57:59 PM
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You meet a woman and after the first couple of dates, she tells you that she dates you only because you need her.
She felt bad about how infatuated you were with her and she only dated you for your own sake. You really weren't her type and she really didn't like the way you lived your life but she felt obligated out of her selfnessness to meet your needs. She sacrificed all of her selfish romantic desires and just focused on how much you depended on her. She was so selfless and altruistic in fact that she mostly admired your neediness and how sad you would be if she left you. She loved that your entire happiness depended on her presence and thus felt altruistic in her act.
Would you accept a "love" of this kind?
What you're describing ain't "love". It's two people whose psychological pathologies intermesh to give them the illusion of "love". Only the clinically codependent (or those who suffer from some other serious mental affliction) would think that the relationship you've described above qualifies as healthy. Just guessing, but the "she" in your story above is a sociopath who will wring her victims dry and toss them away like so many old rags. Good luck! I would like to thank you for making my point even clearer. : ) |
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Economy / Services / Re: I am offering writing and proof-reading services for Bitcoin.
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on: September 14, 2012, 08:19:44 PM
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I can specialize in Bitcoins and Political subject matter, but I will adapt to any topic provided. Whether it be research or fiction, I am willing to cover almost anything.
If you're interested, PM me with the job description, along with your ideal price, and I will get back to you within the day. You will only have to pay for work you are satisfied with.
Godspeed.
I will offer my services to proofread your proofreads so that your clients receive proper proofreads.  Explain this error to me because I am still confident it isn't an error at all. Well, the "am" is just a readability issue (which is something any good proofreader should look at and suggest changes for), but the three commas you missed are fairly imperative for fully complying with English standards. The am is within my writing style. I will stand by it. As for the commas, they are oxford commas. The conjunctions already serve the same purpose. Adding commas in those places would be redundant and pedantic. |
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Economy / Services / Re: I am offering writing and proof-reading services for Bitcoin.
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on: September 14, 2012, 08:13:42 PM
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I can specialize in Bitcoins and Political subject matter, but I will adapt to any topic provided. Whether it be research or fiction, I am willing to cover almost anything.
If you're interested, PM me with the job description, along with your ideal price, and I will get back to you within the day. You will only have to pay for work you are satisfied with.
Godspeed.
I will offer my services to proofread your proofreads so that your clients receive proper proofreads. Explain this error to me because I am still confident it isn't an error at all. Additionally, those oxford commas aren't necessary. |
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: [ANN] cbitcoin 1.0 Alpha 1 Released.
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on: September 14, 2012, 07:25:05 PM
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BitEagle will be an alternative client. If people want to use it in place of bitcoind (There should be a library and daemon interface) they can, but if they want to keep bitcoind then that's up to them. So "displace" isn't the word.
Feel free to be better than what's out there. Ha. |
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Other / Off-topic / Re: You meet a woman...
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on: September 14, 2012, 07:14:33 PM
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Not another "Atlas and I met a woman" thread. This is like deja vu all over again.
Who let the dogs out?
For the record, I'm all for having Atlas given a second chance and all, but restrictions were put in place.
Atlas, you are a very bright guy (note, I didn't say kid) and love reading your stuff (will never ignore you), but please consider adding VALUE to this forum. I know damn well you have it in you better than I in some respects.
Later, bud. (sincerely)
~Bruno~
I appreciate your kind words. I will say that the OP is a genuine question of intellectual merit. |
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Other / Off-topic / Re: You meet a woman...
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on: September 14, 2012, 04:01:34 PM
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I'd say any start is better than no start. So, pragmatically, I'd accept it.
The next step is to figure out what to do to deserve her respect, instead of her pity.
Why? |
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Other / Off-topic / Re: You meet a woman...
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on: September 14, 2012, 03:00:26 PM
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That's not love, that's "pity"!
I would thank her for her kindness and walk away.
But she's doing these things entirely for your own sake. She is not worried about her preferences and selfish desires but only about you and how much you need her. Is this not what love is all about? Selflessness? |
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Other / Off-topic / You meet a woman...
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on: September 14, 2012, 02:53:21 PM
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You meet a woman and after the first couple of dates, she tells you that she dates you only because you need her.
She felt bad about how infatuated you were with her and she only dated you for your own sake. You really weren't her type and she really didn't like the way you lived your life but she felt obligated out of her selfnessness to meet your needs. She sacrificed all of her selfish romantic desires and just focused on how much you depended on her. She was so selfless and altruistic in fact that she mostly admired your neediness and how sad you would be if she left you. She loved that your entire happiness depended on her presence and thus felt altruistic in her act.
Would you accept a "love" of this kind?
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Other / Politics & Society / Re: Look, you guys win. I admit I like Rand.
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on: September 14, 2012, 02:12:30 PM
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I think you should look up to an ideologie that doesnt promote self interest and greed. If you cant see the fallacy in that then well, we're done here.
What does one look to outside of self-interest? Should I look up to a higher power? A god? The man next to me? Should I be a slave to the nearest available whim? I certainly do see a fallacy in slavery and suicide. To put anything above your own life is against the nature of life itself: Self-preservation. From self-preservation comes the ability to experience pleasure from helping and befriending others, this supposed "selflessness". It is by choice and happiness that comes the sustainment of all life. Not force and slavery. If one has no incentive to preserve oneself, if one has no happiness, then why should they attempt to preserve the other? Preserve something they have no stake in? For your happiness? Then who is the "selfish" one now? The ones who clamor for the servitude of others are just as selfish as the ones who wish to live their lives by their will. All else is spooks and religious thinking: Life is selfish. There can be no higher cause than the will of the individual being itself, even when that will sustains others. Destroy a man's will and you destroy the man. |
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