Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of Global Finance

[utvolpj]

Don't. They are not investing; they're speculating. They know the risks and are only playing around with money they can afford to lose.

...at least that's my take.

Exactly. Although the gains from the past few weeks are tempting I'm not leveraging my family's future to do it

 

[reecetn]

I feel sorry for you that think crypto and Bitcoin are worth investing in

Do you feel sorry for the ones that are (FOMOing) just buying in? Or sorry for the ones who have held for years and have cashed out of the initial investment and collected exponential gains? I assume the first because it would be hard to feel sorry for people who have invested for years and made hundreds if not thousands of percent profits.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Do you feel sorry for the ones that are (FOMOing) just buying in? Or sorry for the ones who have held for years and have cashed out of the initial investment and collected exponential gains? I assume the first because it would be hard to feel sorry for people who have invested for years and made hundreds if not thousands of percent profits.

I would like to meet one of those people that held on for years and were able to cash out.

 

[Velo Vol]

Rough night.

 

[Orangeburst]

Cuban predicts Dogecoin to hit $1. Hmmm...

 

[reecetn]

I would like to meet one of those people that held on for years and were able to cash out.

I have not cashed out yet but when I do you can meet me in my Skybox.

 

[VolStrom]

When I create mine it will require reverse Polish computational capability.

Oh, so you one of those HP snobs then?

 

[RavinDave]

Oh, so you one of those HP snobs then?

Have HP will travel.

 

[VolStrom]

Have HP will travel.

1 enter 3 enter divide.
vs
1 divided by 3 equals.
I never saw the attraction to the reverse polish HP way of doing things myself.

 

[RavinDave]

1 enter 3 enter divide.
vs
1 divided by 3 equals.
I never saw the attraction to the reverse polish HP way of doing things myself.

It does actually save keystrokes when you carry out longer computations and use at least 3 of the 4 cells in the stack. My first year at UT everybody was still using slide rules then I started co-op work at BFGoodrich Chemical and my boss and his boss in the Tech Center both got HP35s that year and that’s what got me started using HPs.

 

[RavinDave]

1 enter 3 enter divide.
vs
1 divided by 3 equals.
I never saw the attraction to the reverse polish HP way of doing things myself.

You only need 1 enter...

 

[VolStrom]

You only need 1 enter...

So do you still have your HP 41C you snob?

 

[RavinDave]

So do you still have your HP 41C you snob?

I‘ve probably had a dozen different ones or more. Currently using HP 35s and have one at each office. Also have an app on my iPhone that mimics an HP but I still prefer the HP itself.

 

[VolStrom]

I‘ve probably had a dozen different ones or more. Currently using HP 35s and have one at each office. Also have an app on my iPhone that mimics an HP but I still prefer the HP itself.

I've devolved into plus/minus and divide and I don't even do that much anymore now that I'm retired.

 

[RavinDave]

I've devolved into plus/minus and divide and I don't even do that much anymore now that I'm retired.

I have to admit I'm a bit clumsier with my fat fingers than I used to be. Anyways most of my computations are done in Excel these days... and I do a fair amount of email each day to keep the business moving... and have noticed I am making a lot more keystroke errors too. Like delayed onset dyslexia, or early onset dementia, take your pick.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

I have not cashed out yet but when I do you can meet me in my Skybox.

I'm sure they are out there besides you. I want to hear from them.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

1 enter 3 enter divide.
vs
1 divided by 3 equals.
I never saw the attraction to the reverse polish HP way of doing things myself.

Sounds irrational but with rational results.

 

[n_huffhines]

So good

 

[n_huffhines]

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

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X-axis label fail.

 

[McDad]

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McRib is very excited about her Ethereum. She is thinking about taking her small profit from bitcoin and buying more ethereum on the next dip.

I just nod and say, "that sounds good, honey".

 

[Velo Vol]

Why not?

 

[Orangeburst]

Have HP will travel.

HP-11C for me. Sadly lost it on a jobsite eons ago,

 

[RavinDave]

HP-11C for me. Sadly lost it on a jobsite eons ago,

I believe I had one of those at one time too.

At one time the guy who was my last boss at BFG in the old days, who later left them and started a consulting engineering biz in Houston in the late 70s, bought the most expensive programmable-with-a-printer HP calculator and was having me write little programs to do engineering calculations which he was trying to sell. That didn't go far but those were great days. For many years (may he RIP, he who always said a chemical engineer is just an overeducated plumber) he had an office on Richmond Ave near the Galleria and would pay me $20/hr off the books (pretty good money for moonlighting in the early 80s) to draw P&IDs by hand in the evening, with the radio blaring what we now call classic rock... Good times man.

 

[Orangeburst]

I believe I had one of those at one time too.

At one time the guy who was my last boss at BFG in the old days, who later left them and started a consulting engineering biz in Houston in the late 70s, bought the most expensive programmable-with-a-printer HP calculator and was having me write little programs to do engineering calculations which he was trying to sell. That didn't go far but those were great days. For many years (may he RIP, he who always said a chemical engineer is just an overeducated plumber) he had an office on Richmond Ave near the Galleria and would pay me $20/hr off the books (pretty good money for moonlighting in the early 80s) to draw P&IDs by hand in the evening, with the radio blaring what we now call classic rock... Good times man.

I did a few air system "layouts" not P&ID's, by hand and struggled to get good consistent valves with pencil and ruler..lol