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Re:I'm reading the FT and WSJ from 100 years ago each week l... by leppr on Sunday August 08, 2021 @06:34PM (#28110782)
You could simply ask for your salary to be denominated in gold/bitcoin.

/s?

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Re:I'm reading the FT and WSJ from 100 years ago each week l... by chii on Sunday August 08, 2021 @10:56PM (#28112314)
and on the day you need to buy groceries, bitcoin suddenly tanks 50%, leaving you with scraps to live off, or you hold out eating food until the price recovers.
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Re:I'm reading the FT and WSJ from 100 years ago each week l... by hiram112 on Monday August 09, 2021 @02:09AM (#28113219)
Even more appropriate comment as gold did just take a huge dive tonight, lol.
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