jikachu2
Re:Bankrupt Mt. Gox may soon be able to pay its creditors
on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @04:01PM (#14548098)
If you get 1/10th of what you are owed, you will end up far better off than most creditors in bankruptcy cases.
Re:Tulips, Myths, and Cryptocurrencies
on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @04:28PM (#14405023)
Nothing has inherent utility.
Utility/value is relative - maybe a tulip is worth something to you, but it's not worth anything to me.
Re:MBAs as CEOs
on Friday March 31, 2017 @04:35PM (#14007926)
>Late Capitalism
This is where I stopped listening.
Re:Bitcoin hits 3-year peak, nears record high on U.S. ETF approval
on Friday February 24, 2017 @10:05AM (#13724255)
Of course you're right that I am misusing the word "free." But, I understood OP to be criticizing the deflationary nature of Bitcoin rather than lamenting a personal decision to spend his/her own bitcoin holdings. My point was just that it isn't a bad thing for your money to triple in value.
Re:Bitcoin hits 3-year peak, nears record high on U.S. ETF approval
on Thursday February 23, 2017 @02:56PM (#13717162)
I never really understood this perspective. Suppose you had $4,000 worth of bitcoins in 2014 and spent $2,000 on a MacBook, you'd have $2,000 worth of bitcoin left. That $2,000 worth of bitcoin would now be worth more than your original $4,000 and you have a MacBook. If anything, your MacBook was free.
Re:How Peter Thiel’s Palantir helped expand the NSA’s global spy network
on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @09:57AM (#13705928)
The government asserts its authority over you whether you like it or not. Any association with a private company is voluntary in nature. You can choose not to use that company and take your business to a competitor. It's not that it is necessarily "fine for a private company to do so," just that you have the ability to opt out.