Author Topic: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Thread (Read 193986 times)

warcock · « **Reply #1320 on:** April 12, 2018, 01:24:30 PM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on April 11, 2018, 08:41:16 PM

why don't you just develop some other skills and get a better job, or develop yourself socially and get a wife so that you two can share the burden of existence, like the rest of us do

You mean in the same land of oppurtunity where getting a degree could possibly make his financial situation exponentially worse?

Atramental · « **Reply #1321 on:** April 12, 2018, 01:39:29 PM »

Yeah, taking on any significant college debt would fucking destroy me at this point.

My best and only opportunities are skillshare and other online academies.

And I don't believe most employers are willing to do paid apprenticeships these days (unless someone could show me otherwise).

I'll just keep on inching by with my sub par graphic design job. Ironically, other people who I went to college with for graphic design would kill for my position since a good chunk of them are baristas, paper fillers, or call center reps.

Freyj · « **Reply #1322 on:** April 12, 2018, 02:17:07 PM »

lol this tax shit

I’m HODLing ADA and XLM forever now

Atramental · « **Reply #1323 on:** April 12, 2018, 02:21:21 PM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on April 12, 2018, 02:12:27 PM

just go to school for CS, you're basically an aspie so you should do well

I’ve tried my hand at code...

It’s not really my cup of tea. My aspie nature is much more visual/aesthetic based.

Skullfuckers Anonymous · « **Reply #1324 on:** April 12, 2018, 02:21:48 PM »

Look into one of those coding bootcamps (either online or offline if there are ones near you). Only costs a couple grand and lasts 2-3 months, but they set you up to get an entry level web developer job.

Atramental · « **Reply #1325 on:** April 12, 2018, 03:04:18 PM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on April 12, 2018, 02:24:02 PM

Quote from: Atramental on April 12, 2018, 02:21:21 PM
I’ve tried my hand at code...

It’s not really my cup of tea. My aspie nature is much more visual/aesthetic based.
And how long did you even try?

If I had to guess... 2 to 3 weeks total of my life I have spent trying to code.

If I had a gun to my head (which I kinda do in a abstract sense) I guess I could try and delve into code that is related to UI/UX, computer graphics, and animation.

Atramental · « **Reply #1326 on:** April 12, 2018, 03:49:25 PM »

Ideally I just want to become an illustrator but if that doesn’t pan out ...I guess I’ll resort to code.

Also, in other news Bitcoin is Halal:
https://news.bitcoin.com/research-paper-declares-bitcoin-compliant-with-shariah-law/

warcock · « **Reply #1327 on:** April 12, 2018, 04:55:12 PM »

I will second that coding advice. It is probably one of the few fields that has enough support on the web to get you really ahead. I don't think it is as easy as the bootstrapping libertards make it out to be, but it does hold more promise as an exit strat than most other majors, at least in the near future. You are also going to compete with people who formally went to school( albeit it might be one of the few BSs that may be worth it atm if you do decide to pile debt).

Freyj · « **Reply #1328 on:** April 12, 2018, 05:38:03 PM »

OTOH Devs are about 50/50 horrible people to work with and it’s a roll of the dice if you won’t end up working with an insufferable socially inept asshole.

Atramental · « **Reply #1329 on:** April 12, 2018, 05:40:12 PM »

That’s a concern for sure.

And sure I can be insufferable here but I’m actually rather agreeable in meat space. Probably too agreeable which people will take advantage of.

naff · « **Reply #1330 on:** April 12, 2018, 06:08:06 PM »

i thought about getting a new graphix card earlier, saw the prices then remembered people still mine this trash

Atramental · « **Reply #1331 on:** April 12, 2018, 09:50:32 PM »

It's done. I've mailed out the checks for my state and federal taxes.

Assimilate · « **Reply #1332 on:** April 12, 2018, 10:21:27 PM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on April 12, 2018, 03:19:32 PM

Programming as a practice is the intersection of a conceptual methodology (the decomposition of complex computation), existing architectural corpus (operating systems, data structures, frameworks) and a collection of constantly changing domain specific tools (the web, graphics languages, scripting languages, systems languages, build-system languages). Give it like 2 years at least and maybe you'll have something that looks like a budding craft.

Nobody in their right mind would say "I tried learning Spanish in 3 weeks, couldn't really do it." And even when you do climb that hurdle that doesn't mean you're suddenly capable of reading anything in any domain. I should mention: I spent a few years tutoring beginning CS students. Some of these people would be two years into their degree and still had difficulty programming. These are people who do this mainly full-time, now imagine trying to do it in your spare time along side a difficult career. My point is not to discourage you, but that if you experienced difficulty, it's par for the course. Good things never come easy.

You said you want to get ahead in life. Prove it, bitch.

i'm old, i should have no business attempting a "new career" but man i always wanted to do cybersecurity/ programing. is it too late? i don't know why i never jumped in early on this shit. i was bombing people with text bombs on AOL back in my day

naff · « **Reply #1333 on:** April 12, 2018, 11:35:36 PM »

Quote from: Atramental on April 12, 2018, 09:50:32 PM

It's done. I've mailed out the checks for my state and federal taxes.

thank u atra

thisismyusername · « **Reply #1334 on:** April 13, 2018, 12:26:11 AM »

Quote from: Atramental on April 12, 2018, 01:39:29 PM

And I don't believe most employers are willing to do paid apprenticeships these days (unless someone could show me otherwise).

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2017-11-23/tech-firms-scrounging-for-skilled-workers-training-their-own

I've looked into it, but beyond IBM I haven't found the other tech companies that are doing this. And IBM's pickings are slim.

Assimilate · « **Reply #1335 on:** April 13, 2018, 12:30:29 AM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on April 12, 2018, 10:25:37 PM

How old? Ageism is real.

30s

Assimilate · « **Reply #1336 on:** April 13, 2018, 12:35:13 AM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on April 13, 2018, 12:31:16 AM

Go back to school man, nothing's stopping you if you really want it

i already have a masters but i hate what i'm doing.

i really really want to do cybersecurity. there's a program offered at a local university. i may give that a go. can't hurt.

TVC15 · « **Reply #1337 on:** April 13, 2018, 12:46:08 AM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on April 13, 2018, 12:31:16 AM

Go back to school man, nothing's stopping you if you really want it

Except money probably.

TVC15 · « **Reply #1338 on:** April 13, 2018, 12:49:59 AM »

It’s still money you’re eventually going to have to pay, though. And the amount you’re going to have to pay is less swallowable the older you are.

Assimilate · « **Reply #1339 on:** April 13, 2018, 12:51:22 AM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on April 13, 2018, 12:39:26 AM

Btw I've been meaning to ask you, why do you even live in a shithole country?

The only good thing about work is that i travel a bit. get placed in a location for a while. i chose to stay in this one longer because it's cheaper to live and i rented out my apartment in the states for $1500 a month. (oh and the women)

i enjoy working on my own, remotely. I'd love to do something in that cyber realm if i could pull off a remote job. it'd be a dream.

warcock · « **Reply #1340 on:** April 13, 2018, 09:36:16 AM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on April 13, 2018, 12:49:59 AM

It’s still money you’re eventually going to have to pay, though. And the amount you’re going to have to pay is less swallowable the older you are.

The naivety of youth. Overwhelmingly this place fucking blows, a few 100 thousand programmers isnt going to off set all the debt laden, wage stagnating, largely socially immobile great majority. Maybe they needed more peterson in their lives while making monumental decisions at the tender age of 18.

Atramental · « **Reply #1341 on:** April 13, 2018, 09:46:06 AM »

My Bittrex balance is still climbing.

If it keeps up I'll have enough money to pay off my taxes next year and regain what I've lost in taxes this year. Thus breaking even financially but scarring myself emotionally.

Man, what a colossal waste of time and energy if that ends up happening. $:-\$

Rufus · « **Reply #1342 on:** April 13, 2018, 02:00:52 PM »

Quote from: naff on April 12, 2018, 06:08:06 PM

i thought about getting a new graphix card earlier, saw the prices then remembered people still mine this trash

At least they're in stock now. Now the cards worth buying just need to return to their initial MSRP. Well before the next generation comes out, that is...

kingv · « **Reply #1343 on:** April 13, 2018, 04:27:19 PM »

Yeah, what gives with 1070s still being $600? Who would pay that much for that shit? I thought they were overpriced at $380.

Of course I just bought both 4K consoles so I’m out of the you market for a while.

Assimilate · « **Reply #1344 on:** April 13, 2018, 06:14:35 PM »

Quote from: Atramental on April 13, 2018, 09:46:06 AM

My Bittrex balance is still climbing.

If it keeps up I'll have enough money to pay off my taxes next year and regain what I've lost in taxes this year. Thus breaking even financially but scarring myself emotionally.

Man, what a colossal waste of time and energy if that ends up happening. $:-\$

Let's goooo atra!!!!!

i just want enough to pay off my cards without coming out of pocket. It's been my goal all along with this fucking crypto shit

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1345 on:** April 13, 2018, 06:28:27 PM »

Atramental · « **Reply #1346 on:** April 17, 2018, 01:02:46 PM »

warcock · « **Reply #1347 on:** April 17, 2018, 01:11:23 PM »

Quote from: Atramental on April 17, 2018, 01:02:46 PM

Video oddly missing IRS segment.

Atramental · « **Reply #1348 on:** April 17, 2018, 01:11:55 PM »

warcock · « **Reply #1349 on:** April 17, 2018, 01:15:15 PM »

Oh atra btw did you try to get in contact with Bittrex support to get specific bitrate to usd values at the time of transactions? I kind of want to avoid wasting my time.

Atramental · « **Reply #1350 on:** April 17, 2018, 01:49:02 PM »

I used cointracker.io to get that info when I was doing my taxes.

warcock · « **Reply #1351 on:** April 17, 2018, 05:00:41 PM »

nvm figured it out <3

Atramental · « **Reply #1352 on:** April 17, 2018, 05:01:50 PM »

They accept CSV forms.

toku · « **Reply #1353 on:** April 17, 2018, 05:09:52 PM »

https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/985881146943819776

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #1354 on:** April 17, 2018, 05:11:56 PM »

Seems legit, a name you can trust

warcock · « **Reply #1355 on:** April 17, 2018, 05:28:33 PM »

bless atra, yeah damage not too bad but not a loss either. Fuck you Cryptoverter, you fucking sped.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #1356 on:** April 17, 2018, 05:37:32 PM »

Can't you just put your money into a foreign account, do 3 or 5 years crypto investing, and then bring it over paying taxes in one lump sum?

What is the actual tax rate on currency trading gains?

Atramental · « **Reply #1357 on:** April 18, 2018, 05:15:23 PM »

Atramental · « **Reply #1358 on:** April 18, 2018, 10:38:58 PM »

I love these vids lol.

warcock · « **Reply #1359 on:** April 19, 2018, 10:36:55 AM »

The french ai voice filter is so on point. Nintendo should find snimem for live action zelda film

Atramental · « **Reply #1360 on:** April 19, 2018, 12:14:16 PM »

https://twitter.com/iex_ec/status/987000845911953409

Go Go RLC!!!

edit:

YEEEEEEHAAAAAAAWWWWW

Atramental · « **Reply #1361 on:** April 19, 2018, 12:53:52 PM »

Crypto is back, baby!

warcock · « **Reply #1362 on:** April 19, 2018, 12:57:44 PM »

Im holding burst long too lol. If that shit comes real u will quite a bit richer thab me lel

Atramental · « **Reply #1363 on:** April 19, 2018, 01:11:58 PM »

https://coincheckup.com/coins/burst/predictions
If Burst hits $2 I will cream my pants.

https://coincheckup.com/coins/rlc/predictions
Same if RLC hits $40.

Assimilate · « **Reply #1364 on:** April 19, 2018, 04:50:37 PM »

Atra, are you all in small coins? none of the big stuff anymore?

Atramental · « **Reply #1365 on:** April 19, 2018, 04:55:45 PM »

Yeah, no BTC, ETH, BCH, or LTC, etc.

RLC and Burst are my only serious bets. I wanted coins that were off the radar but had huge potential as long term holds.

Assimilate · « **Reply #1366 on:** April 19, 2018, 05:06:37 PM »

Quote from: Atramental on April 19, 2018, 04:55:45 PM

Yeah, no BTC, ETH, BCH, or LTC, etc.

RLC and Burst are my only serious bets. I wanted coins that were off the radar but had huge potential as long term holds.

Either of those capable of hitting coinbase?

I always assumed it'd either be something like Ether or Ripple going all the way. Where can you even buy RLC and Burst?

EDIT: and this is my fav vid this had me in tears

Atramental · « **Reply #1367 on:** April 19, 2018, 08:46:21 PM »

Atramental · « **Reply #1368 on:** April 19, 2018, 08:51:05 PM »

Quote from: Assimilate on April 19, 2018, 05:06:37 PM

Quote from: Atramental on April 19, 2018, 04:55:45 PM
Yeah, no BTC, ETH, BCH, or LTC, etc.

RLC and Burst are my only serious bets. I wanted coins that were off the radar but had huge potential as long term holds.
Either of those capable of hitting coinbase?

I always assumed it'd either be something like Ether or Ripple going all the way. Where can you even buy RLC and Burst?

You can buy them on Bittrex and I think Binance as well (can't check right now).

I'm not expecting most coins to hit Coinbase. Coinbase exists so normies can get started in crypto.

RLC and Burst are kinda long shots but if they both manage to gain traction and deliver on their promises I'm going to be quite well off in a couple of years.

Also, the beauty of altcoins is that you can earn more satoshis. A couple weeks ago my portfolio was barely above 1 BTC worth now it's 1.72 BTC worth of satoshis.

Atramental · « **Reply #1369 on:** April 19, 2018, 09:00:54 PM »

Atramental · « **Reply #1370 on:** April 19, 2018, 09:13:47 PM »

Burst is pumping! AHAHAHAHA!!!

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #1371 on:** April 19, 2018, 09:28:17 PM »

Quote from: Atramental on April 18, 2018, 10:38:58 PM

I love these vids lol.

lol

Assimilate · « **Reply #1372 on:** April 19, 2018, 10:07:43 PM »

Quote from: Atramental on April 19, 2018, 09:13:47 PM

Burst is pumping! AHAHAHAHA!!!

everything is flying... now comes the question WHEN to take profits out?

Atramental · « **Reply #1373 on:** April 19, 2018, 10:08:05 PM »

End of this year for me.

Assimilate · « **Reply #1374 on:** April 19, 2018, 10:19:03 PM »

Quote from: Atramental on April 19, 2018, 10:08:05 PM

End of this year for me.

You just hold all? damn. I've done that twice and hated myself every time.

Atramental · « **Reply #1375 on:** April 19, 2018, 10:33:16 PM »

As long as they stay above 1BTC in satoshis and bitcoin keeps on climbing I’m good.

It’s moving from coin to coin that got me in trouble with taxes and I’m not doing that shit again.

Plus it’s stressful as fuck trying to re-enter a new low point and exit a high point.

Assimilate · « **Reply #1376 on:** April 20, 2018, 02:42:42 AM »

Quote from: Atramental on April 19, 2018, 10:33:16 PM

Plus it’s stressful as fuck trying to re-enter a new low point and exit a high point.

Yeah, that's why i'm setting goals and taking out half when i get to that predetermined point.

Atramental · « **Reply #1377 on:** April 24, 2018, 06:15:47 AM »

Atramental · « **Reply #1378 on:** April 24, 2018, 09:25:59 AM »

My portfolio cracked $16K today.

Now I just need to triple that amount before December 2018 and I'll be good for 2019 tax season...

Assimilate · « **Reply #1379 on:** April 25, 2018, 12:46:58 AM »

EOS at $14

i was going to hit the button to buy at $4.13 last month and didn't

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