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Hey just some info.
 
So the FCC chairmen thinks this:
That ISP should be a "free market'
Okay... Economics 101.... Barrier to entry in market.
When barrier to entry is so high, only massive companies can dare try to enter, that means it's NOT a free market.
It's called an oligopoly market.
Something we learn about in nearly every USA undergrad degree program.
As an oligopoly market, it's not possible to have enough providers for which customers can make the best economic choice so providers will be forced to give the most value to customers in order to stay in business. A true free market is say.. I open a lemonaid stand.. and you open a lemonaid stand.. and joe blow down the street opens a lemonade stand.. and customers can choose whichever lemonade stand they want... and if they're not happy with the selections.. they can easily open their own lemonade stand.
That's not possible with ISP service until technology DRAMATICALLY improves.. where you can connect to a LEC (look it up) Local Exchange Carrier and offer connections through your network into the LEC. And see how much it would cost you to connect to a LEC... it's VERY expensive. To make it make sense, you would need a sufficient amount of customers to make a profit and hope they all don't use a tremendous amount of bandwidth or you're screwed on quality of service you can provide.
 
Lastly, for this FCC chairman to have this point of view, I really think he needs to get investigated for corruption.
 
So what I did, I called as many as my congressmen and congresswoman and informed them of the above point and also asked them to investigate the FCC chairman for corruption.

I have no one who I want to leave my 1k BTC too. I want to TAKE IT TO THE GRAVE! 
 
Think if people actually do take it to the grave, and throw away drives containing coins. The amount of BTC in circulation will slowly decrease... Damn... I hadn't thought about that until now.

so many posts seem out of context now lmao, im just seeing linus then another conversation

There's no need to be passive-aggressive about it...
 
 
*Look at BTC wallet*
0.376 BTC
 
Ok ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
 

??? You realize you just contradicted yourself, right?
 
You said (twice now) that it's not mining, then you're saying it is (Buyers pay for your hashpower with Bitcoin and then they can point that wherever they want.)

Seeing how many people were using NH wallet, doesn't seem like it is, sadly.

Sadly, it's not something that was obvious for most (that the NH wallets weren't secure). So personally I don't really blame those that were using it.
 
I personally used an external wallet because I always knew it was safer, good thing I was paranoid and didn't used NH solution.

1.) I am sorry that you lost money.

2.) I am amused with "Thanks Linus" (assuming sarcasm) and then later saying, "I'm really pissed...not at Linus...".

TBH Linus is a horrible source of info in regards to mining, he rampaged about in his video and clearly doesn't (or didn't at the time) grasp the current mining landscape.

Hey just some info.
 
So the FCC chairmen thinks this:
That ISP should be a "free market'
Okay... Economics 101.... Barrier to entry in market.
When barrier to entry is so high, only massive companies can dare try to enter, that means it's NOT a free market.
It's called an oligopoly market.
Something we learn about in nearly every USA undergrad degree program.
As an oligopoly market, it's not possible to have enough providers for which customers can make the best economic choice so providers will be forced to give the most value to customers in order to stay in business. A true free market is say.. I open a lemonaid stand.. and you open a lemonaid stand.. and joe blow down the street opens a lemonade stand.. and customers can choose whichever lemonade stand they want... and if they're not happy with the selections.. they can easily open their own lemonade stand.
That's not possible with ISP service until technology DRAMATICALLY improves.. where you can connect to a LEC (look it up) Local Exchange Carrier and offer connections through your network into the LEC. And see how much it would cost you to connect to a LEC... it's VERY expensive. To make it make sense, you would need a sufficient amount of customers to make a profit and hope they all don't use a tremendous amount of bandwidth or you're screwed on quality of service you can provide.
 
Lastly, for this FCC chairman to have this point of view, I really think he needs to get investigated for corruption.
 
So what I did, I called as many as my congressmen and congresswoman and informed them of the above point and also asked them to investigate the FCC chairman for corruption.

Hey just some info.
 
So the FCC chairmen thinks this:
That ISP should be a "free market'
Okay... Economics 101.... Barrier to entry in market.
When barrier to entry is so high, only massive companies can dare try to enter, that means it's NOT a free market.
It's called an oligopoly market.
Something we learn about in nearly every USA undergrad degree program.
As an oligopoly market, it's not possible to have enough providers for which customers can make the best economic choice so providers will be forced to give the most value to customers in order to stay in business. A true free market is say.. I open a lemonaid stand.. and you open a lemonaid stand.. and joe blow down the street opens a lemonade stand.. and customers can choose whichever lemonade stand they want... and if they're not happy with the selections.. they can easily open their own lemonade stand.
That's not possible with ISP service until technology DRAMATICALLY improves.. where you can connect to a LEC (look it up) Local Exchange Carrier and offer connections through your network into the LEC. And see how much it would cost you to connect to a LEC... it's VERY expensive. To make it make sense, you would need a sufficient amount of customers to make a profit and hope they all don't use a tremendous amount of bandwidth or you're screwed on quality of service you can provide.
 
Lastly, for this FCC chairman to have this point of view, I really think he needs to get investigated for corruption.
 
So what I did, I called as many as my congressmen and congresswoman and informed them of the above point and also asked them to investigate the FCC chairman for corruption.

Guys, I'm a concierge level pledger for Star Citizen, I've a business degree and am currently studying risk assessment.
Lets look at this for a moment unattached to the game in development.
Risk vs Reward
Rewards:
Your pledge's qualify as a "gift" IRS link applicable to US only OFC. Seeking clarification on this. Difference in value of gift to amount paid may be tax deductible in some instances, waiting to find out if SC pledges are one of those instances. You get the tradeoff of having supported this game during development to get whatever you pledge incentive was, potentially drastically decreasing your ingame time to achieve the same results if possible. Say mining for resources until you have enough to buy and aurora or cutlass black or 890j in game (I've pledged for all of those btw). You get the satisfaction of having supporting an incredibly ambitious game title New life long friendships forged from being active in the community Let me explain that last reward more clearly, Star Citizen is one of the very few gaming communities where a large number of people meet in person across the globe in events called Bar Citizen. People, especially popular ORG leaders like Montoya regularly meet other established community members. This changes the environment of the game community to realizing that oh hey.. maybe I should be careful what I say because I might actually meet this other person.. in person someday. Yes that's not going to be the case for everyone... but for the die hard fans... it's a reality. It's an interesting dynamic that IRL activity bleeds over into the game community and vis versa. IMO it's very special.
 
Risks:
-Your gift gets used up and game isn't released
-You don't get your pledge incentives
 
Let me add to this, if either of these were to happen, you can seek legal action for a remedy. You'd need to speak to an attorney to evaluate your situation for the best course of action. But keep in mind.. lets say you change your mind about your pledges... other than going back on your promise... you can usually still get a refund with some minor legal proceedings such as formal communication demanding a refund. But I would advise those thinking they might do this.. to not pledge.. or just only pledge for a base game package and nothing else.
 
There are too many "whales" and community members actively supporting CIG for every concept ship sale and regular sales that, unless they make some really dumb operating decisions/mistakes or some kind of legal interference.. the game's development won't cease. Too many of ... us? .. want the game to be the best it can be.
 
That being shared,
If you guys/gals have any questions, how to's, dos and don'ts, pledge strategy for Star Citizen... that you want to know how I handle/or would do.. I'm here for ya! <3
 
If you want to add me in game:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/citizens/DirectorGunner
 

My wallet is still crying

 

Hey just some info.
 
So the FCC chairmen thinks this:
That ISP should be a "free market'
Okay... Economics 101.... Barrier to entry in market.
When barrier to entry is so high, only massive companies can dare try to enter, that means it's NOT a free market.
It's called an oligopoly market.
Something we learn about in nearly every USA undergrad degree program.
As an oligopoly market, it's not possible to have enough providers for which customers can make the best economic choice so providers will be forced to give the most value to customers in order to stay in business. A true free market is say.. I open a lemonaid stand.. and you open a lemonaid stand.. and joe blow down the street opens a lemonade stand.. and customers can choose whichever lemonade stand they want... and if they're not happy with the selections.. they can easily open their own lemonade stand.
That's not possible with ISP service until technology DRAMATICALLY improves.. where you can connect to a LEC (look it up) Local Exchange Carrier and offer connections through your network into the LEC. And see how much it would cost you to connect to a LEC... it's VERY expensive. To make it make sense, you would need a sufficient amount of customers to make a profit and hope they all don't use a tremendous amount of bandwidth or you're screwed on quality of service you can provide.
 
Lastly, for this FCC chairman to have this point of view, I really think he needs to get investigated for corruption.
 
So what I did, I called as many as my congressmen and congresswoman and informed them of the above point and also asked them to investigate the FCC chairman for corruption.

Hey just some info.
 
So the FCC chairmen thinks this:
That ISP should be a "free market'
Okay... Economics 101.... Barrier to entry in market.
When barrier to entry is so high, only massive companies can dare try to enter, that means it's NOT a free market.
It's called an oligopoly market.
Something we learn about in nearly every USA undergrad degree program.
As an oligopoly market, it's not possible to have enough providers for which customers can make the best economic choice so providers will be forced to give the most value to customers in order to stay in business. A true free market is say.. I open a lemonaid stand.. and you open a lemonaid stand.. and joe blow down the street opens a lemonade stand.. and customers can choose whichever lemonade stand they want... and if they're not happy with the selections.. they can easily open their own lemonade stand.
That's not possible with ISP service until technology DRAMATICALLY improves.. where you can connect to a LEC (look it up) Local Exchange Carrier and offer connections through your network into the LEC. And see how much it would cost you to connect to a LEC... it's VERY expensive. To make it make sense, you would need a sufficient amount of customers to make a profit and hope they all don't use a tremendous amount of bandwidth or you're screwed on quality of service you can provide.
 
Lastly, for this FCC chairman to have this point of view, I really think he needs to get investigated for corruption.
 
So what I did, I called as many as my congressmen and congresswoman and informed them of the above point and also asked them to investigate the FCC chairman for corruption.

Hey just some info.
 
So the FCC chairmen thinks this:
That ISP should be a "free market'
Okay... Economics 101.... Barrier to entry in market.
When barrier to entry is so high, only massive companies can dare try to enter, that means it's NOT a free market.
It's called an oligopoly market.
Something we learn about in nearly every USA undergrad degree program.
As an oligopoly market, it's not possible to have enough providers for which customers can make the best economic choice so providers will be forced to give the most value to customers in order to stay in business. A true free market is say.. I open a lemonaid stand.. and you open a lemonaid stand.. and joe blow down the street opens a lemonade stand.. and customers can choose whichever lemonade stand they want... and if they're not happy with the selections.. they can easily open their own lemonade stand.
That's not possible with ISP service until technology DRAMATICALLY improves.. where you can connect to a LEC (look it up) Local Exchange Carrier and offer connections through your network into the LEC. And see how much it would cost you to connect to a LEC... it's VERY expensive. To make it make sense, you would need a sufficient amount of customers to make a profit and hope they all don't use a tremendous amount of bandwidth or you're screwed on quality of service you can provide.
 
Lastly, for this FCC chairman to have this point of view, I really think he needs to get investigated for corruption.
 
So what I did, I called as many as my congressmen and congresswoman and informed them of the above point and also asked them to investigate the FCC chairman for corruption.

Hey just some info.
 
So the FCC chairmen thinks this:
That ISP should be a "free market'
Okay... Economics 101.... Barrier to entry in market.
When barrier to entry is so high, only massive companies can dare try to enter, that means it's NOT a free market.
It's called an oligopoly market.
Something we learn about in nearly every USA undergrad degree program.
As an oligopoly market, it's not possible to have enough providers for which customers can make the best economic choice so providers will be forced to give the most value to customers in order to stay in business. A true free market is say.. I open a lemonaid stand.. and you open a lemonaid stand.. and joe blow down the street opens a lemonade stand.. and customers can choose whichever lemonade stand they want... and if they're not happy with the selections.. they can easily open their own lemonade stand.
That's not possible with ISP service until technology DRAMATICALLY improves.. where you can connect to a LEC (look it up) Local Exchange Carrier and offer connections through your network into the LEC. And see how much it would cost you to connect to a LEC... it's VERY expensive. To make it make sense, you would need a sufficient amount of customers to make a profit and hope they all don't use a tremendous amount of bandwidth or you're screwed on quality of service you can provide.
 
Lastly, for this FCC chairman to have this point of view, I really think he needs to get investigated for corruption.
 
So what I did, I called as many as my congressmen and congresswoman and informed them of the above point and also asked them to investigate the FCC chairman for corruption.

Hey just some info.
 
So the FCC chairmen thinks this:
That ISP should be a "free market'
Okay... Economics 101.... Barrier to entry in market.
When barrier to entry is so high, only massive companies can dare try to enter, that means it's NOT a free market.
It's called an oligopoly market.
Something we learn about in nearly every USA undergrad degree program.
As an oligopoly market, it's not possible to have enough providers for which customers can make the best economic choice so providers will be forced to give the most value to customers in order to stay in business. A true free market is say.. I open a lemonaid stand.. and you open a lemonaid stand.. and joe blow down the street opens a lemonade stand.. and customers can choose whichever lemonade stand they want... and if they're not happy with the selections.. they can easily open their own lemonade stand.
That's not possible with ISP service until technology DRAMATICALLY improves.. where you can connect to a LEC (look it up) Local Exchange Carrier and offer connections through your network into the LEC. And see how much it would cost you to connect to a LEC... it's VERY expensive. To make it make sense, you would need a sufficient amount of customers to make a profit and hope they all don't use a tremendous amount of bandwidth or you're screwed on quality of service you can provide.
 
Lastly, for this FCC chairman to have this point of view, I really think he needs to get investigated for corruption.
 
So what I did, I called as many as my congressmen and congresswoman and informed them of the above point and also asked them to investigate the FCC chairman for corruption.

You are making too much sense. Stop it.
Everyone knows "free market" means an oligopolistic retail sector in which you can simply pay supermarkets to prominently place your products and hide the competitiors' product in a dark corner, or outright not have them. Oh yeah, gotta love that competition. That Pay-to-win competition, that is.
 
Anyone trying to spin getting rid of net neutrality as a pro free market move should peregrinate to Adam Smith's grave and apologize a thousand times.

I think that has a lot to do with the current average level of emotional intelligence,
apart from the Dunning–Kruger effect which imo is just rampant in online interactions right now in what seems like every age demographic...
the average IQ may or may not be improving with technical aspect or problem solving... 
but emotional IQ is not something that's currently tested for in standardized IQ tests.
And generally the skills to be to handle emotional stress are not taught in most circular programs.
In recent years we did the WORST possible thing to try to handle that in handing out "participation trophies"....
which completely devalued hard work and true competition among peers to improve.
That also gets rid of a situation where one can learn how to handle emotional stress.
EG.. say you train your butt off  for something... and you fail.. you then feel symptoms of depression and frustration... now that you FEEL that.. you can then LEARN to cope.
This is where your parents or teachers come in to explain/teach you how to healthily cope.
 
Ever talk with anyone from the "responsibles" age?
This was before baby boomers.
The general emotional intelligence that generation had with coping with stress was amazing.
Humanity seems to me to be declining in that ability in general since then.
Not everyone, just in general.
 
Alright so full circle... bring this back to how people handle online interaction and IRL discussions.
The ability to keep your emotions entirely in check and look at a situation from an objective and humble point of view,
that's a level of emotional intelligence that is no longer common.
And this is part of why we have the social interaction problems we have today.

Hey just some info.
 
So the FCC chairmen thinks this:
That ISP should be a "free market'
Okay... Economics 101.... Barrier to entry in market.
When barrier to entry is so high, only massive companies can dare try to enter, that means it's NOT a free market.
It's called an oligopoly market.
Something we learn about in nearly every USA undergrad degree program.
As an oligopoly market, it's not possible to have enough providers for which customers can make the best economic choice so providers will be forced to give the most value to customers in order to stay in business. A true free market is say.. I open a lemonaid stand.. and you open a lemonaid stand.. and joe blow down the street opens a lemonade stand.. and customers can choose whichever lemonade stand they want... and if they're not happy with the selections.. they can easily open their own lemonade stand.
That's not possible with ISP service until technology DRAMATICALLY improves.. where you can connect to a LEC (look it up) Local Exchange Carrier and offer connections through your network into the LEC. And see how much it would cost you to connect to a LEC... it's VERY expensive. To make it make sense, you would need a sufficient amount of customers to make a profit and hope they all don't use a tremendous amount of bandwidth or you're screwed on quality of service you can provide.
 
Lastly, for this FCC chairman to have this point of view, I really think he needs to get investigated for corruption.
 
So what I did, I called as many as my congressmen and congresswoman and informed them of the above point and also asked them to investigate the FCC chairman for corruption.

I don't know a single fellow nerd that's for getting rid of NN... so not sure where the polarization is from or about?

Hey just some info.
 
So the FCC chairmen thinks this:
That ISP should be a "free market'
Okay... Economics 101.... Barrier to entry in market.
When barrier to entry is so high, only massive companies can dare try to enter, that means it's NOT a free market.
It's called an oligopoly market.
Something we learn about in nearly every USA undergrad degree program.
As an oligopoly market, it's not possible to have enough providers for which customers can make the best economic choice so providers will be forced to give the most value to customers in order to stay in business. A true free market is say.. I open a lemonaid stand.. and you open a lemonaid stand.. and joe blow down the street opens a lemonade stand.. and customers can choose whichever lemonade stand they want... and if they're not happy with the selections.. they can easily open their own lemonade stand.
That's not possible with ISP service until technology DRAMATICALLY improves.. where you can connect to a LEC (look it up) Local Exchange Carrier and offer connections through your network into the LEC. And see how much it would cost you to connect to a LEC... it's VERY expensive. To make it make sense, you would need a sufficient amount of customers to make a profit and hope they all don't use a tremendous amount of bandwidth or you're screwed on quality of service you can provide.
 
Lastly, for this FCC chairman to have this point of view, I really think he needs to get investigated for corruption.
 
So what I did, I called as many as my congressmen and congresswoman and informed them of the above point and also asked them to investigate the FCC chairman for corruption.