Usually the hams you get at the store are already cooked (check to be sure) and you just want it hot. That should give you a little wiggle room there! Whereas a pulled pork or something needs to be brought up to temperature to be technically edible, then held at that temperature for a while so it can be delicious

Arguably it's not wet if it's cold enough

What would stop a human from creating an account, then having a bot run it?

You're thinking of at-will employment.

At-will: Able to quit/be fired without notice for any reason, other than membership in a protected class

Right to work: Able to work without joining a union

It's funny, because usually when the fries aren't included at a sit-down place it's because the restaurant is trying to squeeze a couple extra dollars out of you (maybe the sandwich is $2 cheaper than you'd expect but then you pay $5 for the fries because of course you want fries!). That stinginess mentality seems to go hand in hand with a smaller than average sandwich. But maybe my fat American ass can't scale portion sizes.

All this conversation and still no reason that crypto would benefit me and other typical people in the western world.

But we seem to agree it would benefit you, likely also in the western world, if I and others like me were to adopt it. Funny that.

And yet, here I am in the western world still hearing about how I need crypto.

I understand Internet access is way more prevalent in poorer places now than it was, but it's still not something to take for granted in places that largely work with physical cash. Certainly not if you're going to base your economy on such a thing.

Right, just like any stock, futures, or other assets it's generally subject to capital gains tax if it appreciates. Nothing new there, except a new thing understandably falls under that umbrella.

So, you've got people who decided to spend real money on this thing that they hope could turn into its own real money. And they have a lot to gain if it does. So they push for it. Problem is fiat currency isn't a problem for the overwhelming majority of people, myself included. There may be problems with how much of that currency they get and what they can buy with it, but the basis of that currency (crypto vs fiat vs gold standard vs whatever) doesn't really change anything for people like me. But we still have to deal with people like you trying to convince everyone else that we should use your crypto, effectively giving you our wealth for no tangible reason that we can see.

So yeah, when you would only stand to gain from this revolution you're proposing, and everyone else only stands to lose depending on when they catch the boat, you can see where it's hard to take this seriously.

I think you're severely overestimating how many people match that description.

I also noticed you never said anything about my point that early adopters stand to benefit by quite a lot if the world were to move to some kind of crypto. Do you agree that would be the case?

ACA repeal was only after a surprise vote by John McCain. Before that it was assumed to go through. I'm not so sure it won't be replaced this Congress with "concepts of a plan"

And maybe, just maybe this is a solution in search of a problem for 99% of people and you crypto bros are grossly overestimating how useful this stuff really is. When the world runs on the dollar (or whatever your local currency is), you either need to convert to/from your so-called money to what the rest of the world is using, or you can bet that they're immediately doing it for you on the other side.

I'm sure this will all be equally convincing to get your average people to replace their existing bank account with that

I'm sure this will all be very convincing to get your average people to replace their existing bank account with that

Even if it does stabilize/is stable enough that the world shifts to it, what an interesting factoid that early adopters (who were lucky enough to pick the "right" crypto) would stand to benefit more than others.

Sheesh. At least you stopped shilling this crap on gonewild

So simple I can have my father-in-law do it. And support him over the phone from a few states away. Simple.

I would imagine someone has a file on Tulsi that she wouldn't want to get out. Things are not going great for Hegseth either. Unfortunately I think our physical education curriculum will be disproportionately based on wrestling and CMS will be run by a TV doctor

That does seem like a pretty good unit for the money as well. I'm just not sure my receiver has been good enough to stick to the brand, but I guess I'm not sure it isn't, either. One worthless advantage is that my speakers are Onkyo, so at least they'd match!

My friend is an ESL teacher. I sent this to her and said it's probably the most cruel thing she can post in her classroom

I'm not saying you're wrong. I agree. I'm just saying you could have said all that a looooong time ago instead of wasting time being coy

This was pretty much assumed to be dead in the water after Gaetz resigned. It could have been, but the fact that the Republican-majority house committee isn't 100% jumping at the opportunity to sweep things under the rug is a thing that's happening. Maybe it won't go all the way, but they are discussing. That's a thing that's happening.

Now, if it were one of those "(person) should do something" or "(committee) could do this thing that's in their power on paper but totally in the author's imagination in practice" things, sure. But you've got people talking about releasing a report on someone arguably not in their jurisdiction. That's something.