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Topic: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion - page 7844. (Read 26607119 times)

legendary
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Self-Custody is a right. Say no to"Non-custodial"
"Stimulus package just hit, time to buy some $BTC."

https://twitter.com/runtheirstops/status/1245860497586454535

Seems like he might also be enjoying some package stimulus.

What the hell costs $300 on Pornhub?

Cheesy

Premium stimulus... with requisite social distancing compliance, of course.**  

**  Note: a friend told me this, via e-mail. Wink
legendary
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Bitcoin Legal Tender Countries: 2 of 206
legendary
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born once atheist

Yeah i am an idiot lol…

Well, at least you're honest...

wait...maybe not
legendary
Activity: 2800
Merit: 2736
Farewell LEO: o_e_l_e_o
Shit just got real.
Man, I am worried about the number of people who will lose their current job. Imagine the number of people who are in private sector and are in contractual work. Those private companies will have crisis of money and they will cut the employee.
member
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So I took a snippet of a recent JJG comment and put it into a prompted language generator (talktotransformer.com) and got the following:

Quote
Yeah, I know that the terms of bitcoin and cryptocurrency are really ongoingly convoluted in mainsteam discussions too, I could easily follow a post like, "let's focus on politics and maybe pick a side," that's not how I think about it. The point I'm trying to make is that if we were to find another operating system that is even more decentralised than bitcoin, then suddenly it's not such a bizarre concept.

So where does JJG's actual words end?  Cheesy
legendary
Activity: 2800
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Farewell LEO: o_e_l_e_o
Very little talk about the halving, ~40 days before the halving. Way less than a few months ago. Bullish.
Let us first survive against the corona pandemic. In the mean time, keep buying as much as you can.
legendary
Activity: 1834
Merit: 4197
bets on when the JJGbot overtakes chart buddy?

Do you think it will be this year?  I think we can for sure say before the halvening after next...so that gives us a one to four yearish time frame? Or do you think he will have a sudden tourettes spasm of postings between now and the coming halvening? We have to narrow down the nature of the bet I think...but I am in.   Cheesy


member
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Good Lord HairyMacLairy is a very spammy person. Should probably banned. Grin

wait, oh LoyceV, you've got 3 Ludwig Von 's  0.O
2 pacman7331 's


lots of these nyms are gembitz/haiight/vision20/owz
legendary
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Flippin' burgers since 1163.
Very little talk about the halving, ~40 days before the halving. Way less than a few months ago. Bullish.
legendary
Activity: 2422
Merit: 1191
Privacy Servers. Since 2009.
While on this tangent, what's a decent free antivirus? Sick of popups and ads.

Install the Brave browser. It filters out ads at the browser level.
Ads from the antivirus software itself. Kaspersky in my current case, Avast before that.

Also youtube notifications don't work on brave. I'm following quite a few channels.

Kaspersky? It means Putin has direct access to your desktop, he's possibly watching you RIGHT NOW!   Cool
legendary
Activity: 3374
Merit: 4738
diamond-handed zealot
bets on when the JJGbot overtakes chart buddy?
legendary
Activity: 2422
Merit: 1191
Privacy Servers. Since 2009.
While on this tangent, what's a decent free antivirus? Sick of popups and ads.

I believe Windows Defender that ships with Win 10 is a respectable product in its own right. Not sure there is a need for further antivirus solutions unless you are looking for protection against more esoteric threats.

Also, stop clicking so many random URLs, you absolute dingus.  Kiss

+1 Windows Defender is ok. Most other antiviruses are actually malware  Cool
legendary
Activity: 2800
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Farewell LEO: o_e_l_e_o
WO itself is a large forum.
legendary
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Thick-Skinned Gang Leader and Golden Feather 2021
Crazy idea: I collected all posts in the Wall Observer thread made by the Top 500 495 (I reached the maximum post length) most active users (on the first 26486 pages).
I wanted to post this April 1st, but I didn't make it on time.

Warning: chances are your browser won't like opening very large pages, and many images won't show due to Bitcointalk image proxy restrictions Tongue

I'll only list the Top 500 here, but I collected all posts for all users who ever posted here (again: limited to the first 26486 pages). See http://loyce.club/other/WallObserver/allposts/ for all userIDs.

All posts (click the usernames) made by the Top 500 495 posters in the Wall Observer thread:
    1. 21752 posts by ChartBuddy
    2. 16479 posts by JayJuanGee
    3. 11311 posts by El duderino_
    4. 10886 posts by adamstgBit
    5. 7284 posts by HairyMaclairy
    6. 7212 posts by Last of the V8s
    7. 6172 posts by jojo69
    8. 5734 posts by LFC_Bitcoin
    9. 5032 posts by Fatman3001
   10. 4886 posts by bitserve
   11. 4773 posts by JimboToronto
   12. 4712 posts by JorgeStolfi
   13. 4671 posts by BlindMayorBitcorn
   14. 4228 posts by realr0ach
   15. 4155 posts by Torque
   16. 3824 posts by billyjoeallen
   17. 3810 posts by jbreher
   18. 3605 posts by NotLambchop
   19. 3504 posts by gentlemand
   20. 3389 posts by empowering
   21. 3315 posts by Ibian
   22. 3035 posts by ShroomsKit
   23. 2933 posts by BobLawblaw
   24. 2927 posts by podyx
   25. 2881 posts by Elwar
   26. 2873 posts by fonzie
   27. 2869 posts by Richy_T
   28. 2831 posts by d_eddie
   29. 2490 posts by spooderman
   30. 2457 posts by seleme
   31. 2438 posts by marcus_of_augustus
   32. 2436 posts by macsga
   33. 2403 posts by Davyd05
   34. 2342 posts by xhomerx10
   35. 2324 posts by TERA
   36. 2306 posts by inca
   37. 2292 posts by Rosewater Foundation
   38. 2160 posts by derpinheimer
   39. 2143 posts by BitcoinGirl.Club
   40. 2114 posts by VB1001
   41. 2083 posts by tarmi
   42. 2082 posts by windjc
   43. 2074 posts by BTCMILLIONAIRE
   44. 2063 posts by Toxic2040
   45. 2050 posts by kurious
   46. 2021 posts by infofront
   47. 1984 posts by mmitech
   48. 1983 posts by hdbuck
   49. 1972 posts by aminorex
   50. 1939 posts by Hueristic
   51. 1901 posts by dreamspark
   52. 1802 posts by kingcolex
   53. 1782 posts by Lambie Slayer
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   55. 1697 posts by shmadz
   56. 1694 posts by Sitarow
   57. 1668 posts by wachtwoord
   58. 1650 posts by 600watt
   59. 1647 posts by oda.krell
   60. 1636 posts by DaRude
   61. 1628 posts by N12
   62. 1579 posts by Paashaas
   63. 1571 posts by Arriemoller
   64. 1560 posts by Biodom
   65. 1553 posts by Rampion
   66. 1550 posts by gembitz
   67. 1541 posts by becoin
   68. 1521 posts by Searing
   69. 1516 posts by molecular
   70. 1491 posts by fillippone
   71. 1480 posts by Meuh6879
   72. 1477 posts by mindrust
   73. 1468 posts by noobtrader
   74. 1462 posts by Wekkel
   75. 1458 posts by Globb0
   76. 1456 posts by yefi
   77. 1402 posts by Cconvert2G36
   78. 1400 posts by r0ach
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   81. 1345 posts by Gyrsur
   82. 1329 posts by savetherainforest
   83. 1322 posts by lightfoot
   84. 1261 posts by magicmexican
   85. 1245 posts by ImI
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   87. 1245 posts by Tzupy
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  105. 1019 posts by Spaceman_Spiff
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  132. 840 posts by Its About Sharing
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  136. 830 posts by Ted E. Bare
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  194. 565 posts by bargainbin
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  219. 486 posts by Hunyadi
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  224. 479 posts by RayX12
  225. 474 posts by LUCKMCFLY
  226. 467 posts by Peter R
  227. 466 posts by flynn
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  229. 464 posts by seriouscoin
  230. 464 posts by keithers
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  238. 446 posts by samsonn25
  239. 441 posts by roslinpl
  240. 438 posts by NamelessOne
  241. 436 posts by Bitcoinaire
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  244. 433 posts by Holliday
  245. 428 posts by P_Shep
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legendary
Activity: 2422
Merit: 1191
Privacy Servers. Since 2009.
$7,000 acting as some fucking weird psychological sell off point. Weird bears!

Let's see how well they will be able to do it in about a month with BTC/2  Grin
legendary
Activity: 938
Merit: 2540
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https://twitter.com/howmuch_net/status/1242794518556086280

It is correct, but I do not see the beers, liquor, wines, champagne, tobacco, the little vices help to live.
hero member
Activity: 2604
Merit: 961
fly or die
Some issues to take care of, about 80 pages behind.

Totally OT question - which uninstaller program for Windows would you recommend?

Revo uninstaller
While on this tangent, what's a decent free antivirus? Sick of popups and ads.

On windows I keep the windows one.
hv_
legendary
Activity: 2534
Merit: 1055
Clean Code and Scale
"Stimulus package just hit, time to buy some $BTC."

https://twitter.com/runtheirstops/status/1245860497586454535

Seems like he might also be enjoying some package stimulus.

do you need glasses?  Roll Eyes

REDTUBE and PORNHUB are photoshoped by an amateur.  Grin

EDIT: seems faked in several ways.



Including the fact he couldn't even spell Treasury correctly  Cheesy

Lol. Hellicoopter mony ?
legendary
Activity: 2968
Merit: 1895
  • We need to be manufacturing much more of our pharmaceuticals (including the vital precursor chemicals) here.  In US plants (Europe as well).  It is awful that we have to put up with Chicom threats to cutting us off our pharma.  I understand that many pharma companies strongly resist this (higher costs, they are not ready, etc.).  Well TS.  We should have started this process a long time ago.
  • Similarly we need to start mining Rare Earth metals here in North America (Europe has some deposits as well).  These are vital to new technologies and for alternative energy (inc. electric cars).  We have to break down the barriers to opening rare earth mines, and to build the processing plants to turn the minerals into useful products (magnets, etc.).
  • And we need to produce more electronic components here in North America and Europe.  Trump has already suggested to Tim Cook that Apple building more plants here in the USA would be a good idea.  We are very dependent on China in components as well.
Sure. Won't happen without government intervention or *lack* of government intervention. The key truth about capitalism is that it's a race to the bottom to produce items and a race to top to price items. If one company makes widgets in the us for $1.00 and someone else can make it for $.1 in Crapistan, then people will buy from Crapistan, especially if the other true costs (risks, shipping, etc) can be hidden.

Lack of Govt intervention is not bailing these companies out when things go bad. That won't happen. Government intervention includes laws requiring things to be sourced locally, but then the people who can make short term profits in China will scream about evil socialism all day.

Not as simple as you think. Plus even if you do things now people will forget about this in a year.


You are likely correct.  It would take a LOT of money and a lot of time.  I am not naive when it comes to the above.  It's also a complex set of problems with lots of moral hazards, as you hint at in your comment.  It's a tough road ahead, whether we go down that path, or leave us open to future disasters.  I can't pretend to know the future.  What I sketch out above (and in the other thread) just seems to make sense that we undertake some smart rebuilding.
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  • We need to be manufacturing much more of our pharmaceuticals (including the vital precursor chemicals) here.  In US plants (Europe as well).  It is awful that we have to put up with Chicom threats to cutting us off our pharma.  I understand that many pharma companies strongly resist this (higher costs, they are not ready, etc.).  Well TS.  We should have started this process a long time ago.
  • Similarly we need to start mining Rare Earth metals here in North America (Europe has some deposits as well).  These are vital to new technologies and for alternative energy (inc. electric cars).  We have to break down the barriers to opening rare earth mines, and to build the processing plants to turn the minerals into useful products (magnets, etc.).
  • And we need to produce more electronic components here in North America and Europe.  Trump has already suggested to Tim Cook that Apple building more plants here in the USA would be a good idea.  We are very dependent on China in components as well.
Sure. Won't happen without government intervention or *lack* of government intervention. The key truth about capitalism is that it's a race to the bottom to produce items and a race to top to price items. If one company makes widgets in the us for $1.00 and someone else can make it for $.1 in Crapistan, then people will buy from Crapistan, especially if the other true costs (risks, shipping, etc) can be hidden.

Lack of Govt intervention is not bailing these companies out when things go bad. That won't happen. Government intervention includes laws requiring things to be sourced locally, but then the people who can make short term profits in China will scream about evil socialism all day.

Not as simple as you think. Plus even if you do things now people will forget about this in a year.
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