Quote from: JayJuanGee on Today at 08:22:03 AM

Quote from: death_wish on June 15, 2022, 07:23:57 AM

I bought a little bit over a millibitcoin at $21,589 a few hours ago. On margin.

It's like a drug.. the addict never learns...

You cherry-picked that out of context.

Your overall reply here shows that you have a lack of proportionate thinking, and an inability to evaluate the situation beyond searching for evidence to suit your own confirmation bias.

I though that that post was rather droll, in a tragic way that is also pathetic and embarrassing to me. Needless to say, I am conscious of the irony.

Quote from: JayJuanGee on Today at 08:22:03 AM

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so I suppose if you need some money later, there might be some of us bitcoiners who might be willing to hire you to help us out with some stuff.. perhaps? If you are bitter, we might not want to give you anything that really requires much discretion though... not sure.. I am a bit reluctant to get involved with some folks who are showing even small signs of bitterness, and being smart and bitter causes me to worry, too.

When you speak of “some of us Bitcoiners” and “we”, you are obviously speaking for yourself. You don’t speak for me, of course. I will address you accordingly.

I did not ask you for money. I did taunt you to the effect that if you want to tell me to write code according to your expectations, then you had better offer to pay me. You had said something ungracious, self-entitled, and insulting to me; I replied accordingly.

I value my independence. That’s why I am in Bitcoin. What you call “fuck you status” is really just being a Bitcoiner. Nocoiners comply with banks limiting their discretion about such matters as how much money they can send, and to whom. Nocoiners cry for regulators to protect them from making poor investment decisions. Nocoiners need hand-holding. Bitcoiners have “fuck you status”, even with 0.0495 BTC.

I live exclusively according to my discretion—not yours, Jay. I live according to my own discretion, and I take responsibility for the results—just as I firmly expect from others. Your insinuation that some kind of a limit should be imposed on my discretion is an absurd conceit. As for others: If anyone does not wish to rely on my discretion, I invite that person please to never, ever do business with me. My independence of judgment and action is NOT FOR SALE. Incidentally, if I were seeking employment, my outlook on life would make me more valuable to anyone who seeks to hire someone self-motivated, goal-oriented, and reliable in the keeping of promises. (Those who want to hire deadweight, doormats, and yes-men would need to look elsewhere.)

If I wanted to make money kissing arse, I know exactly where to go and whom to ask at the Solana VC/shitcoin feeding trough. I could get paid much more there than here. It is actually not as corrupt a scenario as some things here—much less corrupt! On this forum, for instance, I could easily attain DT status if I were willing to compromise my principles, lie about matters of reputation and trustworthiness, and suck up to scum who make typical Solana defi players look like saints by comparison. It’s sad to see what the community now accepts on Satoshi’s forum.

Here, I am seeking to connect with like-minded developers, on terms of mutual respect and of meritocracy. It may be a waste of time here, but it’s worth a shot; there are still some very smart people here. Most Bitcoin development nowadays happens far, far away from this forum.

Here, I often discuss issues of public importance that are not about my self-interest.

I may someday seek to trade on this forum—for contract work, or otherwise. If I do, then I don’t care if you are “reluctant”, or deem me “bitter”—no problem; don’t trade with me. Those who appreciate my expertise, my life-and-death absolutism about honouring contracts, and my no-nonsense attitude about work will trade with me. If I seek any other sort of financial activity here, it will likewise be on proper terms. (E.g., I was considering seeking on proper terms to restructure my margin debt with a forum lender—well, too late for that now!) If I ever seek to do business on this forum, I explicitly request that people should consider my offers on business terms—without any regard whatsoever to irrelevant details of whether or how much I really, really, really-really-really need that money. Businessmen don’t beg, and beggars don’t get business. Venting my personal grief is a separate topic: When I do business, I mean business.

Furthermore, I take exception to your hint that my neediness could ever be used by you to lead me around by the nose. To the contrary: I would literally rather starve to death. And furthermore: Some people may lamentably misinterpret your post as somehow meaning that I am seeking money in this discussion. Some people are not very good readers.

I must emphasize that I have been at pains to avoid any implication whatsoever of seeking money from people when I am clearly in financial desperation. I am not here for that! When I made Jr. rank and set a signature, I did not even put in a tip address—as you have in your otherwise unpaid signature, Jay, and as you are entitled to. I am likewise so entitled; I often spend an absurd amount of time and effort writing posts that people value, on topics unrelated to the state of my personal finances. I may put up a tip address sometime, but I am especially reluctant to because of my current financial situation. I do not want for anyone to get the wrong idea about me. I mercilessly report beggars for violation of forum rules.

Let’s put it this way: I have friends who have money, who know about my situation—and who would drop-kick me to hell if I asked them for charity to compensate for my own foolishness. That’s why they are my friends: My kind of people.

Quote from: JayJuanGee on Today at 08:22:03 AM

Quote from: P2PECS on June 15, 2022, 07:56:50 AM

Quote from: death_wish on June 15, 2022, 07:23:57 AM

$48.82 is now a lot of money to me. Finding that loose change helped so much.

A very sad story for how smart you sound. The moral I draw from the story, regardless of whether it is true or not, as I cannot verify it, is that one should never be overconfident of one's intelligence. Doing so can have catastrophic consequences.

That does seem as if it is likely a pretty strong conclusion that is supported by the evidence.

P2PECS is full of nonsense, both here and subsequently. My reply to the above-quoted post was diplomatic; I didn’t want to offend him when he seemed sympathetic to me, and I had not yet seen this:

Quote from: OutOfMemory on June 15, 2022, 09:28:11 AM

Quote from: P2PECS on June 15, 2022, 09:20:17 AM

The person most to blame for popularizing this is Michael Saylor, the exchanges took advantage of his message to make a lot of money.

What do you mean by this, exactly?

That awful Michael Saylor has surely ruined us all with his overconfidence in his own intelligence! “That does seem as if it is likely a pretty strong conclusion that is supported by the evidence.”

As for you, Jay, I must ask: Do you believe that an appropriate response here is to attempt to undermine my self-confidence, when I am already crushed—all based on your duplicitous exercise of confirmation bias to fit me into the conclusion you want to draw? If so, then I would think that you are dangerous to anyone who is psychologically more vulnerable than I am.

Asking for a friend.

Quote from: JayJuanGee on Today at 08:22:03 AM

Quote from: somac. on June 15, 2022, 08:00:00 AM

Quote from: P2PECS on June 15, 2022, 07:56:50 AM

Quote from: death_wish on June 15, 2022, 07:23:57 AM

$48.82 is now a lot of money to me. Finding that loose change helped so much.

A very sad story for how smart you sound. The moral I draw from the story, regardless of whether it is true or not, as I cannot verify it, is that one should never be overconfident of one's intelligence. Doing so can have catastrophic consequences.

I think these things happen because of addication. death_wish can shed some light on this I'm sure.

Frequently the person who has the issue cannot really identify or even be in a position to solve such a problem.. at least not until sufficiently and adequately distancing themselves from the situation (and perhaps from ego too?)... It can be quite sad and even frustrating to read these kinds of accounts..

There doesn’t seem to be much sense in wasting time replying to you further, after this. somac.’s question was reasonable in the context; I subsequently answered it. Your response here is not reasonable at all—to the contrary.

You have displayed exceedingly poor judgment in some of your recent posts addressed to me. This hereby supports my prior assessment, which I had been questioning: You have decided on a narrative about me; and you will tell it to yourself and others, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding.

It can be quite sad and even frustrating to see these kinds of accounts.