bartolomeo

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[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lmao brutal, but -1 for ad hominem.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Do billionaires actually have billions of dollars cash?

Everything after $999,999,999 should be taxed 100%.

This implies it's income, although if it's taken as assets + unrealized gains then that would be very cool. Each year, anyone with cash + assets over $999,999,999 will get a bill from the IRS for the entirety of the overage. That would put sell pressure on real estate and stocks while funding (hopefully) social programs. Sounds like a good solution.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So is it like a status symbol to have 1 BTC? Is that the point of bitcoin now?

I remember years ago it was advertised as a way to "bank the unbanked" and help with remittance payment for migrant laborers and such, seeing as how money transfer services screw you over directly proportionately to how poor you are. Or for people who are cut off from SWIFT to have more financial access.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 4 points 8 months ago

"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread."

-Anatole France

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 1 points 8 months ago

Lmao take it easy rottingleaf.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

audible binary

Thanks yea, that's exactly what I was wondering.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's very clear, thanks. I remember reading about the original phreakers, one guy had perfect pitch so he could just sing the tone to open a long distance line and then dial away. I think he got sued by one of the American phone companies for stealing.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That worked really well! I got a 50gb partition with about 30gb free space into a 10gb zipped image. Is there any way to show progress during the operation like with dd's status=progress?

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Omg "a 1983 American techno-thriller film"... sounds awesome B-)

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 4 points 8 months ago

It's binary with low tones representing 0 and high tones representing 1. Thanks for the link, that's just what I wanted to know!

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 6 points 8 months ago (6 children)

No I meant do analog modems use tones to transmit information, or how does it work?

Like what is the process of "dial with a modem to connect to the net".

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 55 points 8 months ago (5 children)

MY FRIEEEEND'S GOT A GIRLFRIEND MAN HE HATES THAT BITCH

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