When Bitcoin marches up to the expected and unstoppable stratospheric levels of 2021-2022, everyone that knows about it will go insane.

Both coiners and nocoiners.

For different reasons.

HoDL.

He had 7500 BTC* in that HDD. Just imagine the feeling... I'd go insane!

* BBC — Bitcoin: Newport man's plea to find £210m hard drive in tip

Which goes to show that Bitcoin needs to be taken very seriously. "Be your own bank" is tough. If you're not organized, not backing up your stuff, not taking such things seriously, Bitcoin's going to bite you in ways you never expect. It's going to mess with your head and even drive you insane. Same goes for any of us. Remember to always safely keep backups of your paper wallets and seeds, and make sure you clearly remember your passphrases and PINs. Periodically check to verify that you actually have access to your coins, this will refresh your neurons. Keep your keys away from online devices. Never take your PC/mobile to the repair shop when you have crypto in it (which you shouldn't have in there anyway).

After so many years of being buried under so much organic garbage, the chances of him finding the HDD and being able to extract the data are very slim. Still, an HDD is supposed to be a sealed container, although I believe there's usually a "breather" hole somewhere on the case, don't know what it's for, maybe to equalize pressure. If that's the case, and garbage juices and moisture got in though that, it's pretty much gone I guess...

$250 million is a lot of money though, and can get things moving. If he manages to find the HDD, he should pledge to give a very generous percentage of that to anyone who can extract the wallet.

Good luck to him, he's going to need it, especially if he's unsuccessful.

Doesn't matter. Not their keys. As long as this helps Bitcoin spread, it's good for us all. Those who understand will choose to keep the keys. The others can let companies take care of them.

Edit: Price picking up nicely (again). Let's hope this is the last rising edge to $40k, leaving it permanently behind, and climbing slowly and steadily towards 6-digit territory.

"You can fugg any woman, but you can fugg some women only once!"

Just like mushrooms.

"Our European visitors are important to us."

"This site is currently unavailable to visitors from the European Economic Area while we work to ensure your data is protected in accordance with applicable EU laws."

Are they protecting us Europeans from things that cannot be unseen?

Too busy IRL... Watching price when I can. I see pumps & dumps (for ants, although some are FAT ants).

Guys, need to post some extreme memes/pics ASAP if there's any hope for serious PUMP action. Supergirls, LGBTTIQQ2SA, gaynime and rusty pipes permitted. I've got to admit I enjoyed Frahm's panty+celery paintings. Always had a thing for women of that era. No CCMF or Carolinas please, save them for $100k, when the fun will really start.

HoDL.

Also notice the politically correct mix of races. Everyone's included. It's so nice! Fits well with The Dude's other thread.

This reminds me of the typical Jehovah's Witnesses' image of (the beginning of) post-Armageddon, earthly paradise.

Speaking of Armageddon, no, it ain't coming anytime soon, don't mindrust it all like he did!

I hate political correctness. What does that even mean? In a story, movie, game, show, whatever, there may, or may not be whites, blacks, Asians, gays, lesbians, thin, fat, tall, short, and every other combination. This is part of the story. But to FORCEFULLY add everyone in the mix, just to be politically correct, is totally wrong IMHO, and distorts the artist's intended creation.

We are (or should be) free to express ourselves in any way we want, as long as we do not cause harm to, or limit the freedom of anybody. If I'm a painter and I like black women, my paintings will contain black women. I don't want to be forced to add whites, Asians, etc. Same applies to any other preference. If people don't like my paintings, they can just ignore them.

I also don't agree with the race/gender percentage employment policies that are sometimes enforced in companies. If I have a company, I don't want to be forced to employ xx% whites, yy% blacks, zz% Asians, aa% men, bb% women, etc. I want to employ people based on their skills in relation to the job requirements. Whoever is more capable should get he job, regardless of gender or race.

I can confirm this. About 4 years ago, I gave a lecture to my students about Bitcoin, and at the end of the lecture I gave some of them $1 worth of BTC. Recently some of those student (mostly female) are calling me to ask how I'm doing! Suddenly I became a popular figure!

Bitcoin does that!

Edit: Actually they don't give a fuck about how I'm doing, what they really want to ask is how to buy Bitcoin. To which I reply "Google it", I point them to Kraken (poor souls) and I end the conversation. I bet very few will actually buy any. I hope this will not come back to bite me with a $5 wrench, when 1 BTC = $500k... Got to spread some Kebab accident news soon.

If true, this Stefan Thomas guy has got to be the most stupid person on the planet. And his stupidity grows along with Bitcoin price... Sucks to be him.

Regarding IronKey, we use similar devices in my department, although they don't have any logos on them, and have h/w numeric keypads, like in the pic below. I checked IronKey, and it seems you need to run some s/w to enter the password, which is a disadvantage IMHO. I would prefer a device with a h/w keypad built-in, like this:



In other news, number seems to be going up. We need to break $40k ASAP. Now that I'm (probably) COVID-free, I need to see some action. Come on, Bitcoin, do something!

I liked this talk from 2016, by Andreas Antonopoulos.

https://youtu.be/l1si5ZWLgy0

Generally, his talks are little gems, highly recommended.

From the article:

"Parler’s site was a mess. Its public API used no authentication. When users deleted their posts, the site failed to remove the content and instead only added a delete flag to it. Oh, and each post carried a numerical ID that was incremented from the ID of the most recently published one."

"Another amateur mistake was Parler’s failure to scrub geolocations from images and videos posted online. Sites like Twitter and Google routinely remove such metadata from content posted by their users. The video files hosted on Parler, by contrast, were “raw,” meaning they still contained this information."

What is this? A social network for ants?

I'm trying to design a mechanical part that uses imperial units for holes and threads. Man, how can US/British engineers deal with this chaos? 3/16"-32, drill bit 21 (had to look up what actual diameter 21 translates to). This is pure BDSM pr0n material. I could torture a poor soul by forcing him to deal with this shit.



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Yeah... For me it's not about the left or right. It's about the violence that's deeply rooted in those people. Have they been brainwashed when they were little? Were they repressed in some way? Abused as children? Failed to fit in to society? What could be the source of such misanthropy, hatred, fanaticism and violence?

I've met such people. Based on those I've personally met and had discussions with, they are usually conservatives, they are pro-guns, pro-violence, they are homophobic and pro-white, some of them are holocaust deniers and support Hitler's policies, they support antisemitism, they easily believe in conspiracy theories (the Alex Jones type), and, wait for it, they are almost exclusively devoted Christians! How perverse is that? How can they reconcile and combine the teachings of Christianity with misanthropic and violent attitudes and behaviour?

Is society creating new waves of repressed psychopaths? What is the cause of this? What can be done about it?

I think it's the XD-M .45 ACP, made by Springfield Armory.

Springfield Armory XD-M® 4.5″ .45 ACP Handgun

Source: Statista

Thanks for asking man, yeah, feeling better than ever. All going fine, all symptoms cleared away, oximeter showed 100% once (most of the time it's between 97% and 98%, which are the values it used to show for years). So it's back to normality I guess. Will do a test soon, probably next week, to be sure I'm negative.

COVID-19 is a serious thing, but if you're strong, healthy and fit, you have a good chance of killing it on your own.

I didn't sell, I didn't buy. Tempted to sell some tiny amount I have in Kraken (around 1 coin) at the beginning of the dip, but I know I'm a lousy trader, so I just HeDL. I don't mind, it's picking up now, and even if it dips again, it's just a matter of time. So all is fine.