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danielpbarron: buy
a months worth of FIAT with bitcoin, and use that to buy groceries
sjsqd: that and its
a free market
sjsqd: danielpbarron: there are only
a few BTC sellers here so its economically unfeasible to use bitcoin like that yet
danielpbarron: if you want just
a 20-bag, it costs
a much higher premium
sjsqd: I went on
a work trip to lebanon once, tried to use my ATM card twice and it lagged out
sjsqd: miraculously it works on
a different machine though
sjsqd: and I'm pretty sure their jobs are going to disappear within
a few years
sjsqd: every time I have an issue with
a bank it requires dealing with 20 humans
sjsqd: I trust
a computer
sjsqd: but in terms of whether I trust
a computer or
a human more
danielpbarron: best gift for
a baby? golden pacifier or something
danielpbarron: i cashed out some bonds that my grandma got me when i was born; did the math and realized it should have been worth many ounces of gold instead of
a measly 1k or whatever it matured to
sjsqd:
a decent whack of money
sjsqd: I did save some money
a few years back in
a bonds thing backed by the government
jurov: sjsqd if someone takes an effort to do
a marketing toward you, they're after your money or soul
sjsqd: even if its provides sources, its
a summary
sjsqd: except
a history book is just
a summary of events in most cases
sjsqd: but there are
a few that have been ok so far
danielpbarron: thestringpuller, sure I wouldn't mind someone reading something that had already been written down; that's more like an audio book than
a podcast
sjsqd: danielpbarron:when I get the time I will probably get
a harddrive, install
a barebones Debian installation on different partitions for each altcoin
sjsqd: although I did manage to compile
a few wallets on Ubuntu successfully
sjsqd: danielpbarron:yeah apt-get is easy enough to use, but when you need to install
a custom altcoin wallet for instance
danielpbarron: sjsqd, not that i'm recommmending debian, but it uses
a package manager that downloads binaries, not source
danielpbarron: talking free-form into
a mic is for people not smart enough to write down what they mean in
a concise manner
danielpbarron: thestringpuller, if there is something worth discussing, just write
a blog post
sjsqd: danielpbarron:yeah I tried it once on
a VPS but it didn't end well
danielpbarron: you do realize debian can have
a desktop environment, right?
sjsqd: I've run
a few debian VPS servers before
sjsqd: debian is
a challenge
sjsqd: so its kinda taken
a back seat (:
sjsqd: as well as waiting for legalization of my residency status (its been 3 years of not being
a resident so far)
sjsqd: but at the moment I have
a family member in intensive care unit
danielpbarron: and even that is
a bit pricy -- i picked one with
a fast GPU
sjsqd: I have
a laptop and I am moving *towards* that
sjsqd: tbh, if I had the choice I'd have
a separate computer for linux and
a separate computer for windows
sjsqd: having said that, my disdain for Adobe is growing on
a daily basis
sjsqd: I understand open source could probably do
a better job
sjsqd: Windows is kind of
a necessary evil if you want to play modern video games or use 'creative' software
sjsqd: I don't care if its
a lifeboat on the titanic
sjsqd: I would never, ever personally use anything branded by Apple in
a million years
sjsqd: and send
a shit ton of money through methods like western union or their banks
danielpbarron: understanding these things is like understanding how to ride
a horse in the 1800s
sjsqd: but is
a long way from any sort of plug and play operation
lobbes: which is
a secure store of value
danielpbarron: the whole "crypto on your phone" thing is more of
a hinderance than
a help
danielpbarron: you should better teach them how to run
a full node
sjsqd: but beyond having to scrape into my savings to pay for
a VPS here or there I actually don't have any way to spend it here yet
sjsqd: and managed to teach
a friend in pakistan as well as
a friend in Dubai how to set up
a wallet on their phone
sjsqd: On
a recent flight I used the plane's WiFi which cost like 1 USD
PeterL: and you don't see being tied to usd as
a problem?
sjsqd: asciilifeform:yes I kind of understand that bitcoin is more of
a long term cryptocurrency (my view anyway) than
a day-to-day currency for
a number of reasons
pete_dushenski: sjsqd: it's more along the lines of, just because you like to do something, doesn't mean than
a particular avenue of approach is appropriate
sjsqd: and then it sits in
a cupboard
sjsqd: asciilifeform:no I'm very sceptical of gold for
a number of reasons
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sjsqd: pete_dushenski:yes for long term usage, no one is going to pull out
a fully fledged laptop to pay for their groceries
PeterL: pete_dushenski: paper backups are
a good idea?
sjsqd: I'm looking at upgrading to
a phone with
a fingerprint scanner
sjsqd:
a friend of mine had his phone stolen
PeterL: do you consider your phone
a safe place for your money?
sjsqd: but it is also
a locale where you could pay for
a house in cash and no one would ask any questions
sjsqd: PeterL:I use my phone, Windows computer and
a VPS or two to store my coins
PeterL: lol, bitcoin is not meant to be on
a phone
sjsqd: and I live in
a city where the government evolves quickly
sjsqd: but I've read as much as my mind can understand on it (I'm not
a coder though)
sjsqd: I read about bitcoin
a few years back
sjsqd: I understand the idea of bitcoin universes, I didn't get into it to make
a quick buck selling for cash or anything
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sjsqd: let's talk bitcoin is interesting because there are quite
a few podcasts and such
sjsqd: completely separate platform, just was using it as
a point of reference
sjsqd: danielpbarron:I was referring to
a different blog
sjsqd: BingoBoingo:thanks I'll have
a look on there
sjsqd: so its nice to have
a little coming in from writing
sjsqd: she gets
a cut before I do
sjsqd: but
a good alternative income
sjsqd: BingoBoingo: I'm not that well acquainted with how the different clients originated or their quality, more just
a question of whether it is
a bitcoin or an altcoin client; from what I understand it is
a bitcoin client
ben_vulpes:
a right, asciilifeform excised the dns.
nubbins`: each patch is intended to be small enough that
a human can read and understand it
PeterL: is gmaxwell associated with the phoundation? I remember him coming by here
a few times
nubbins`: making the codebase not
a steaming pile of shit
sjsqd: I will probably be publishing
a third at some point this week