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Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by alex_sf » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 3:16 PM UTC

alchemist1e9 wrote: post #350

olalonde wrote: post #343

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean the whole comment is wrong and I mean not just a little, like straight misinformation. > We had DHTs, we had blockchains, and double spending was solved at least 2 years before the bitcoin white paper. - Bitcoin doesn't use DHTs. - The term blockchain was coined after the Bitcoin white paper was published, to describe the mechanism used in Bitcoin. - Bitcoin was the first system to solve the double spending pr…

No-coiners are exhausting. Bitcoin triggers a deep psychological anxiety in some people and their reaction is to construct these defensive arguments in their heads about why Bitcoin is stupid, a scam, useless, etc. If in another 10 years it continues it’s success and we have widespread point of sale usage and micropayments etc, and value is, maybe $200K/coin. Then these people might require some type of specialized p…

> No-coiners are exhausting.

More than naive cryptobros?

> Bitcoin triggers a deep psychological anxiety in some people and their reaction is to construct these defensive arguments in their heads about why Bitcoin is stupid, a scam, useless, etc.

It is obviously stupid, slow, and wasteful. Ignoring all the other problems with cryptocurrencies, just on those three axes ETH is superior.

> If in another 10 years it continues it’s success and we have widespread point of sale usage and micropayments etc, and value is, maybe $200K/coin. Then these people might require some type of specialized psychological therapy to handle their disbelief.

You love to monologue, huh?

> On the other hand, Bitcoiners even if it crashes to zero somehow, will be saying at least we tried, oh well.

A great sign of a moron is that they attach themselves to non-falsifiable ideas so they can't be wrong.

> Bitcoin opinions are some type of strange personality litmus test. I find it very curious as the test result feels very unpredictable for me when applied to people I know well.

It's very predictable. Is someone naive to the point of being borderline childlike? Wants to get-rich-quick? Hates the government? Bitcoin fan.

Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by jeffhuys » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 3:18 PM UTC

neilv wrote: post #45

Skyy93 wrote: post #41

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Currently the only impact Bitcoin had is burning a large amount of electricity. I would not say this is a particular worthy technology to safe. There would be far better ideas like Transformers in AI or 5nm chip technology.

And facilitating organized crime, terrorism, and investment scams.

Eh, every good thing can be used for bad.

And it's a pandora's box anyways. So who cares.

Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by SXX » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 3:42 PM UTC

capableweb wrote: post #386

SXX wrote: post #191

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Outside of US most famous document produced by fed would be W-8BEN. Basically anyone who ever opened investment account know about it.

I'm fairly certain most people outside of the US never even heard of that form at all, as most people don't work with/in US companies, nor deal with the US government at all.

W-8BEN has nothing to do about dealing with US companies or government.

If you open investment account to buy any US stock, index funds or a some other US-based financial instruments you have to fill W-8BEN. Otherwise you might be charged 30% tax on your investment income by IRS.

So even if you open brokerage account in UK, EU, India, Russia or any other country you'll surely know about this form.

Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by skee8383 » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 3:56 PM UTC

Bag holders are going to try to spin this into a conspiracy theory to pump the value of BTC. Next they will be saying that Satoshi was Steve Jobs or some nonsense.

Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by hbn » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 3:58 PM UTC

ralfd wrote: post #331

sinoue wrote: post #151

I still remember the Paula Abdul office background poster and the whole fiasco of BHA Carl Sagan code names. Easter eggs and codenames were supposed to be fun, not lawsuit material.

> I still remember the Paula Abdul office background poster I don't understand this reference and Google leaves me totally blank here. I could ask you to clarify, but there is the chance you don't see it or dont reply so … ChatGPT to the rescue? ----------- Prompt: What was the Paula Abdul office background poster controversy? ChatCPT: The Paula Abdul office background poster controversy refers to a incident that occ…

> Googling "Paula Abdul American Idol" just finds countless gossip posts about an alleged affaire with ex-contestant Corey Clark, but nothing about a poster.

Why would you expect that to return results about a specific controversy from 2009? She was a judge on American Idol for years, it's the only reason I know who she is.

Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by drviewer » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 4:04 PM UTC

kinghajj wrote: post #196

Cool, now I can add this to my `~/.bashrc` and easily view the whitepaper whenever. btc_wp() { open /System/Library/Image\ Capture/Devices/VirtualScanner.app/Contents/Resources/simpledoc.pdf }

you misspelled ~/.zshrc

Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by lisp-pornstar » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 4:32 PM UTC

AlecSchueler wrote: post #348

lisp-pornstar wrote: post #281

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Note that none of these documents originated as pdfs. Digitalization happened after their creation.

Treaty of Lisbon?

Wasn't it signed by hand ? (Maybe that's too "Euro" for apple anyway...)

Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by eep_social » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 4:53 PM UTC

skee8383 wrote: post #394

Bag holders are going to try to spin this into a conspiracy theory to pump the value of BTC. Next they will be saying that Satoshi was Steve Jobs or some nonsense.

18 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35461226

Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by snotrockets » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 4:58 PM UTC

bombcar wrote: post #216

snotrockets wrote: post #153

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And being produced by the federal government, unencumbered by copyright.

But changes every year.

If you're not using for it intended purpose, do you actually care which version of the form you use?

Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by snotrockets » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 5:00 PM UTC

robocat wrote: post #181

snotrockets wrote: post #153

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And being produced by the federal government, unencumbered by copyright.

It wouldn’t surprise me if you couldn’t distribute the form globally due to US export restrictions to Iran, NK, etcetera. Obviously not a problem for Apple since it is already restricted/tainted.

It's in the public domain, so the limits are not on the content itself. The media, and the facilitation of the transfer might be limited, but this is a question for the legal department, which I'm not part of.