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MAR10_KarT posted...

3rd world countries profiting off crypto? elaborate?

never heard of this

Simple example is that a lot of 3rd world workers use Binance, a central exchange to exchange USDT for dollars because banks don't service their areas.

The question I should be asking is what have YOU heard regarding crypto?

Zikten posted...

Extremely positive on the students

Extremely negative on how mainstream media is portraying the students

I realized I can no longer trust even "left wing " corporate news media

I'm not in the least bit surprised by the actions of corporate news media, nor the US government's response and handling of the war. That being said, I am surprised of this response.

Guide posted...

You're confusing serious mental issues with "it's just discipline bro". The school never should've had him in the first place, and it's a major failing of the system that he wasn't put into schools that have the training and resources to deal with him.

I take it we're missing a chunk of the story from the article. Who knew he wasn't a fit for a the school and when did they find out? And did the school recognize they couldn't handle him?

MAR10_KarT posted...

^its crazy how some people still dont believe that networking and nepotism is a bigger factor in your future than you think

People are well aware of their value. However, you have more control than you think. You can put yourself in situations that allow you to get into circles for networking or nepotism in your favor. Hell, there's the crypto world that 3rd world countries have been profiting off of immensely given how it's global and completely open to anyone to contribute to.

There are avenues to climb up, but you have to pick a lane that suits you, be focused, and ideally be committed to the point of making sacrifices and making plays most people don't do. There's a level of talent and intelligence needed, but most people play it safe and give up when met with failure; as in they don't go further beyond what their peers do and so they'll generally only have as much as their peers.

DipDipDiver posted...

Like it obviously doesn't absolve him in any way of the crime, but it's clear the school failed in a number of ways here. It just looks bad because the perpetrator filed this suit and not the victim.

In the suit, Depas lawyers claim that Matanzas High School employees knew of his disabilities, triggers, and problem behaviors, along with his history of wrongdoings, including spitting, shoving an aide, intimidating school staff, and shouting at his teachers. It also highlights that because Depa is a large black male student, he is subjected to misperceptions and racism.

School staff aren't super human and this is the kind of behavior they're dealing with. And this isn't like 20 years ago where parents were supportive of teachers and were active in disciplining their children at home so that they were cooperative in school for teachers. The lawyer is demanding the world here.

billman1000 posted...

5 million, invest it right and you'll have more than 25 in ten years.

I don't blame folks for choosing the $25M in a decade. I've heard too many stories of people investing wrong.

That being said, gimme money now. I could invest and reach $50M in a decade easily.

Cocytus posted...

That sounds like maga talk.

Can you elaborate on your sentiments further?

MAR10_KarT posted...

he already had a rich daddy who fronted him all the money to make his company. no way could he have done all that if he grew up in East Los Angeles like I did no matter how bright he is

Whoever came up with the concept of "selfmade millionaire/billionaire/success", I'm positive was also really bloody rich, manipulative, and deserves jail time for swaying the masses in the wrong direction.

We all know that most people had a ton of help to make it to the top, but the general sentiment of being scornful to someone who achieves their success is what angers me because wealth generation for most people is a team effort; generally across multiple generations. Your family is your biggest asset. Having them financially support your endeavor directly, them letting you live in their house while you sort yourself out and get your career going, those are all critical support that allows you to take on opportunities that normally wouldn't be available to you. The investment doesn't have to stop once you reach a legal adult status but too many people think otherwise.

But back to the topic, Elon Musk was an early internet pioneer. To see the potential in the technology and jump on board to help bring it to life always earns my respect in my book, especially as one following their footsteps with the Web3 revolution.

STEROLIZER posted...

I envision a mobile app that allows for beta & pre-registration sign ups. Thats an easy bell to add, and it comes with whistles in the form of income from brands willing to pay for the service.

EXAMPLE 1

I think this is a brilliant idea. And you bring up a brilliant point about GameFAQs not capturing the Mobile audience. I've looked into other mobile games and was super hesitant about starting one. I watched videos of this one game, Brown Dust 2, but it didn't jive with me that I was watching a paid advertisement video. And of course when I went to the message boards, basically dead.

What shocked me even more is that I finally started a new mobile game, Blue Archive, but when I checked out the message board here, DEAD. And this is one of the bigger titles, with tons of fan art, concerts, and even an anime currently rolling.

So the idea of working with companies to allow users here to be the initial entry players sounds incredible. And this is something that always bothered me about GameFAQs; we've some incredible dedicated game fans who will analyze and document everything about games, and yet there's absolutely no communication between game fans and the developers. Yet you see AMAs on reddit and developers speak on places like neogaf/resetera. Why don't we have developers communicate on this board? They will be talking to their biggest game fans. This is something I've always wanted to rectify if I were at the helm.

And in addition, GameFAQs, despite losing out to reddit and youtube, it still has a place in being an easily indexable place for information. I still look for guides on new games I play. And I would not want to go through a video if I can get it in text.

I'm surprised at so many pessimistic and cynical responses. This is a good starting point, though you just need the opportunity to be able to implement ideas... which will come in due time.

When you're streaming on the microphone for 9 hours straight, however days a week, you're bound to say to some less than insightful stuff.

just super saiyan.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

are we taking Donald Trumps political analysis at face value now

A bunch of candidates dropped out at the last minute while one candidate who had no chance of winning stayed behind. These actions benefit one candidate that was losing horribly while hurting the chances of the favorite to win. The circumstances were so blatantly biased that even the big bad opponent even highlighted that the candidate that stayed in the race screwed the favorite to win.

That is the significance of me pointing it out. Makes sense?

StealThisSheen posted...

Warren didn't "stay in," though. She dropped out mere days after most of the others dropped out, and either the day of, or only a day after, Bloomberg dropped out, and Bloomberg took votes from Biden.

She dropped out after siphoning votes from Sanders. refer to Diceheist's post #66.

Diceheist posted...

Super Tuesday is just 3 days after South Carolina. If you've already made it to the SC primary, it costs virtually nothing to just stay in for ST too.

What happened is his donors called him that night and convinced him to drop out:

And Dice's post talks about the collusion the Biden team did to consolidate votes in his favor. Warren staying in only benefited Biden. Even Trump pointed this out.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-super-tuesday-biden-incredible-warren-spoiler-bloomberg-won-nothing-n1149766

He then repeatedly portrayed Warren as the "spoiler" in an apparent bid to further drive a wedge between her and Sanders and their supporters. Had Warren dropped out before Super Tuesday, Sanders "would've won a lot of states, including Massachusetts, probably Texas, definitely Minnesota. So Bernie would've won states that he lost and he lost fairly easily, but in particular Massachusetts," Trump said.
"I would imagine there are others that he would've picked up," he said of Sanders. "So, Elizabeth Warren was the single biggest factor in the election last night. It would've been a very different thing, and not in a positive way for her, in a very selfish way for her. She was very selfish, from that point of view.

You can point to Bloomberg staying in, but it no way refutes the obvious reported (and I guess legal) collusion the Biden team did. I don't understand how there are people contesting this.

Puglia77 posted...

No, a literal 26 year old who's younger than most people who visit this site doesn't like forums because he was too young to understand then when they were popular.

I will give him the benefit of the doubt and doubt he has the authority to dictate the future of this site.

Well, without costing his position.

All the superdelegates committed to voting to Hilary Clinton from the beginning of the 2016 primary season instead of waiting till after their respective states' primaries to divvy out votes proportionally. This limited the amount of delegates Bernie could win in each of his winning states.

The democratic party passed a rule to prevent this clear unfair act from happening in 2020, but holy hell, the coordination they did to take down Bernie. That was nothing short of surgical. As a Yang Gang fan, 2020 had me completely disillusioned to the Democratic Party with how he and Sanders were treated.

StealThisSheen posted...

I'm not sure this logic tracks. Warren and Bloomberg both stayed in until after Super Tuesday, then dropped within two days of that. Unless you mean Tulsi, but she got such a negligible amount of votes I'm not sure she'd be worth mentioning. Yes, the people who dropped endorsed Biden, but if Bernie could only win by virtue of other people staying in the race, does that really say anything?

Warren staying in siphoned votes from Bernie as they shared similar demographics despite Bernie being on the winning end. It was so clear that Warren's inclusion sabotaged Bernie that even Trump had to tweet to blame Warren for screwing him over.

voldothegr8 posted...

As a business exec, sure.

MJ owned a billion dollar music portfolio, to the dismay of Sony, which included The Beatles' discography. I'm sure her networth currently is higher than MJ's at his time of passing, but to own such a portfolio is one helluva win.

The complaints about localization have extended LONG before the gaming industry got "political".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA6A-ySMHYI

And this isn't to say that there aren't localizers that you can tell are passionate about the work they do. Off the top of my head, the Zero Escape series had the localizers coordinate with the Director Uchikoshi throughout the entirety of development (it's a murder mystery so you gotta get stuff right), NEO: TWEWY the localizers did a great job. Heck, for the prequel (different team), the developers loved the line "The world ends with you" so much that they made that the English title.

Are you talking about NYC?

Only developers who want to make applications and enthusiasts who want the newest thing are going to get this. What's the problem? Someone, some company, some entity has to make the investment in the space to push the field.

Enclave posted...

That's actually genetic.

https://www.britannica.com/story/why-does-cilantro-taste-like-soap-to-some-people

When I first heard about this, it hurt me since I throw Cilantro in a lot of my staple meals. If I start a restaurant, a good deal of the menu will be inaccessible to them.

divot1338 posted...

Sure. But an argument should be able to withstand me googling trump thesis.

How did you come to the conclusion that "googling trump 'thesis'" is a way to measure an argument? The line "Either you're with me or against me!" has been around for decades.

Antifar posted...

"Oh, it's so crowded" - guy who went to Times Square on purpose

Wanting go to a place to visit =/= wanting to go to a place to live. People, especially travelers and tourists, enjoy short lived experiences as opposed to adopting a full lifestyle.

divot1338 posted...

https://mashable.com/article/donald-trump-media-ultimatum
Anyone want to guess what the ultimatum was?

So if some kid decides to hurl insults at you, you'll hurl insults back at him too? Two wrongs don't make a right. This is elementary school level stuff.

To make it clear, just because Trump does it, doesn't mean you should stoop to his level to do it too.

Do a poll to find out.

Damn_Underscore posted...

So what were theoretical physicists talking about in the 70s?

probably stuff they were talking about in 30+ years prior. There's a book, "The Trouble with Physics" which criticizes the lack of progress the Modern Physics community has made over the century. I read it partially in 2011 but haven't kept up with the field since I finished school around then.

Tyranthraxus posted...

He's a theoretical physicist so a lot of the stuff he talks about is either unproven or only works on paper, like a Dyson Sphere.

Generally speaking theoretical science is usually at least a half century ahead of technology that puts into practice their theories.

Irony posted...

If you don't like that kind of talk then why the f*** are you even here

CE hasn't always been like this. CE used to host tons of debates and discussion with varied opinions. I would like to see it return its former glory some time in the future.

Do you use Corn chips or tortilla chips for your homemade nachos?

CSCA33 posted...

The only people who possibly stand to benefit from stifling political discussion are monied interests, particularly conservatives.

How did you come to this conclusion? Most major media platforms, including Fandom, lean left.

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

So they're turning the military on their own citizens after all.

I'd have to look up how we went from banks issuing their individual notes to a single currency used by the entire nation. I believe Lincoln did greenbacks? It escapes my memory. But I don't know how they convinced the populace to use the US dollar, but at the time it was backed by silver. Then we moved to be backed by gold in the 1940's, but then the US started printing more US dollars into circulation than gold they had in reserves and got called out on it in the 1960's or early 1960's and that's what caused the push to become the petrodollar, the currency used for oil trades.

But generally, US citizens benefit from a powerful dollar so there's not much of a need to use the military to force adoption. The military comes into play for persuading other countries, especially oil rich countries who don't want to use the US dollar as the currency for trade.

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

How do they do that? Force people to accept it at gunpoint?

Yes. The US dollar's status as a petro dollar is enforced by the US' military dominance.

Bitcoin (released 2009)- the first demonstration of digital currency and a separate payment network that anyone can use without needing to go to some authority to receive access. At a bank you need to submit relevant paperwork, with Bitcoin you just download the software for a wallet and you're good to go for a network scoping the entire world. This is powerful as not everyone has access to a bank in their area.

Nowadays, people in 3rd world countries use the Ethereum network and get paid in USDT, USD Tether, a stablecoin pegged to the dollar (1 USDT== 1 USD). But the bitcoin pioneered the technology.

Ethereum (white paper released 2014)- Early bitcoin maximalists, diehard bitcoin fans, had grand dreams for the bitcoin network. You had a financial network that has effectively 100% up time. Bonafide digital assets in the bitcoin (you can't copy/paste a bitcoin like you can copy/paste MP3 files; move 1 BTC from wallet A to wallet B and it will no longer be at Wallet A), so what else can you do with the network? People wanted to put programs on the bitcoin network; accessible to everyone with 100% up time. Turns out you couldn't program shit on the bitcoin network. So disgruntled and frustrated maximalists moved on and created new projects to achieve their vision. Ethereum was among them and with the most exciting vision of becoming the world's decentralized computer as a generalized blockchain platform to host all these programs and protocols people dreamt of.

Ethereum has since grown considerably as the defacto platform for blockchain development. They've recreated a number of traditional financial services with such effectiveness to the point of catching traditional finances attention and have them wanting in.

Unified Golden Record (2023-present) - But here's the problem with Ethereum, first; because of how security is prioritized, the transaction processing speed is too slow. VISA handles something like 40K transactions per second (don't recall the exact number, but it doesn't matter). Ethereum handles 12 per second (this problem has been solved to an extent with layer 2 blockchains that inherit Ethereum's security). Then there's an even bigger issue of it turning out that the libertarian cryptopunks heading the core development of Ethereum, once they have a taste of power, they're not letting that shit go. And so they supported what's called Miner Extractable Value, or MEV. Simply put, for every transaction you make in purchasing a token, a miner will see the transaction you're making and essentially buy it before you to sell to you at a higher price. It's basically theft.

So Banks' response to this is to fork Ethereum and use their own version. However, each bank has their own blockchain. Hundreds of banks means hundreds of private blockchains. More importantly, the NFT craze everyone laughed at? That also caught the eye of banks. AND they have the technology to link an NFT to a real world asset so that NFTs properly represent the RWA as tokens on the blockchain. So right now for banks, the focus is on deploying out these "tokenized RWAs" for trade and use in the industry. It's a financial revolution.

The current direction for public and permissionless blockchains, like Ethereum, waiting for the next craze, ideally real projects that provide real value, but it'd likely be new applications that are designed to be used on multiple blockchains simultaneously and connected seamlessly. Cross decentralized applications or Xapps, the evolution of dapps.

I speedran the history and painted the future somewhat grim with the dominance of bank chains. But the industry is super exciting. It's the next evolution of the internet. The key to understanding the value of blockchains is to understand the power of smart contracts (...which not once did I talk about this). I think that's the hardest thing to wrap your head around. But if you can understand the potential of it then you can understand why so many developers are committing their lives to the industry and be able to filter out those who are merely in it for a quick buck.

Evening_Dragon posted...

Oh shit, they reinstated the topic. At least someone up there recognizes what a stupid fucking take that moderation was.

To anyone who wondered why there's an outrage against the hornyposting ban, this topic having to deal go through this is exactly why.

St0rmFury posted...

and a big part is I stay with my parents so my mom cooks dinner.

You eat quite well then. I live with my parents as well, but I dislike my mom's cooking. Therefore, I'm the primary cook in the house.