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Re: Addiction to tech treatment
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ProperFerret
on 03/12/2018, 21:31:59 UTC
Once we become so involved with VR... what kind of psychological issues will people suffer from having to face thier physical frailty...are people doing to need anti depressants every time they become disconnected for a long period..
 

Or maybe VR is the future of humanity. After all, people are spending an increasing amount of time on the internet. All we're asking for is transparency from tech companies regarding our online privacy.
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Re: Faster crypto transactions?
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ProperFerret
on 03/12/2018, 21:27:05 UTC
After seeing how much money the top exchanges are making there is a large amount of new ones entering crypto. Good for coins as their listing fees will be lowered

Maybe financial incentives come into play, but I can overlook that if that means not going through 3rd parties. Don't you think so?
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Re: Why does the Bitcoin price keeps nose diving?
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ProperFerret
on 03/12/2018, 21:05:54 UTC
Thank god at least it stopped going any further down. It was looking really ugly for a while there and when it dropped initially to $5.6k I was glad it stopped but than it dropped even further to $4.8k and I was getting scared and than it dropped to under 4 thousand and I was feeling like we were going downwards to 1 thousand dollars per bitcoin prices.

I am really relieved right now that it looks like it stopped, I hope it doesn't happen again, at least not until we get up a bit more. This is really looking like something huge and we were really not doing well for a while there. It doesn't seem to be nose diving anymore but we are still not clear out of the water yet, we need to make sure we get a bull run (even a small one) before we get another drop in the price.

I still don't think it is a good sign because it's being controlled. Don't you think that it's time to use more decentralized exchange platforms?
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Re: Why does the Bitcoin price keeps nose diving?
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ProperFerret
on 03/12/2018, 21:01:42 UTC
everyone already knows if the market is manipulated. but now they have run out of bitcoin and it's time for them to buy back, that's why the price of bitcoin is now much better than before.

Yeah... but there's too much uncertainty on standard coins. Wouldn't it be better to have companies that create their own cryptos?
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Re: China as the next global AI superpower?
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ProperFerret
on 03/12/2018, 20:39:19 UTC
China is going to rule the world and surpass the US in every category. Most people don't even use cash anymore in China and they're way ahead of the game. No longer a copycat nation.

They also have the most motivation to do so. They need extreme efficiency for their sheer population size that would become completely unmanageable and chaotic without integration of such tech.

Is that perspective scarier to you than that of Facebook controlling your online privacy?
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Re: China as the next global AI superpower?
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ProperFerret
on 03/12/2018, 20:34:43 UTC
I think any one country becoming the global "superpower" of AI is unsettling.

As utopian as this sounds, the only way AI's evolution can be a positive thing is if we develop it collectively to create a post-scarcity world. It's the fight for resources in a resource-scarce world that fuel such competition in the first place.

Approaching AI from a competitive angle could end in humans being killed off.

This is my point actually. Both the US and China are competing countries and have different values they abide by. To have China as the leading power in a technology that could impact millions of lives at once should be worrisome. This is why I don't really mind the fact that Facebook, a company that is highly criticized, is working on AI development. I am not sure about the potential benefits of the company's initiative but I try to remain hopeful that its findings will be a substantial response to the Chinese technological expansion.

The same here. China`s rapid development rate is outright scary - they have mindset and approach different from the Western world, and they have all they need (or will have in a decade or two) to force their ideals on to the rest of the nations. I`m also glad that Facebook develops AI, I`m okay with threatened personal info if this abuse will somehow help to oppose.

More than that, China keeps on constant development while the USA, Russia and the EU are all concentrated on their internal and external conflicts. It may be too late to react adequately to Chinese expansion after all.

Good values should be the pillars of technological development and while I agree that in that regard, something must be done to counter China's expansion, it would be preposterous for it to be at the cost of our privacy.
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Re: China as the next global AI superpower?
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ProperFerret
on 30/11/2018, 22:17:10 UTC
I think any one country becoming the global "superpower" of AI is unsettling.

As utopian as this sounds, the only way AI's evolution can be a positive thing is if we develop it collectively to create a post-scarcity world. It's the fight for resources in a resource-scarce world that fuel such competition in the first place.

Approaching AI from a competitive angle could end in humans being killed off.

Or, it could be this competition that could help bring out some of the best AI technology we've ever seen. These innovations could be life-changing (in a good way) don't you think?

Or if the technology is centralized, then we'll just become slaves. Cynical but true!
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Re: Addiction to tech treatment
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ProperFerret
on 30/11/2018, 22:11:02 UTC
I don't use any drug or substance to get relief from stress but I know that technology has evolved to a point where VR is being used to treat people who are facing mental troubles. I think it's a good thing but I wonder if someone could get so addicted that he'd want to be plugged forever to a supercomputer.

I think VR is simply used a distraction -a temporary escape. But I don't think we should refer to the constant of use of VR as addictive, simply because we find t useful. There are things we use everyday --should we say we're addicts? But I agree that people would prefer to be immersed. The virtual world many times, could be better than our own world, right?

But all my friends are addicted to video-games and play for days.
 I actually have no issue with living virtually but what if Tech companies like Facebook are still not transparent with the public about how they control people's activities through VR? That's what worries me the most!
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Re: Faster crypto transactions?
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ProperFerret
on 30/11/2018, 20:49:13 UTC
I guess there are 1000+ exchange platform launching per year. But how many are there still alive? Or just a scam exchange after its owner have enough fund to "go to moon"? I have never care about them. Because, indeed you only need 1 or 2 exchange platforms for trading. Don't try to trade in new exchange due to its bonus, you are able to lose all asset in it.
How can they remain alive when there are corporations preventing them from emerging?
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Re: Why does the Bitcoin price keeps nose diving?
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ProperFerret
on 30/11/2018, 20:28:48 UTC
I did read about the Virie market which will be a decentralized exchange system for cryptos to escape the corporations' influence. I don't know if "to this day no developer has been capable of creating an exchange that is popular with investors", but if there were any, their initiative was not successful. In that regard, I think that Virie has potential to revolutionize the exchange system.
There are some good decentralized exchanges out there but they are not popular, most of them have volumes which are very low compared to centralized exchanges, I have not used them all but I used the waves exchange a few months ago and its daily volume was something like 300k dollars which for an exchange is very low, but there are at least 10 new decentralized exchanges being developed at the moment so we can only wait and see if any of those projects becomes popular.

Why do you think that decentralized systems are not very popular? Could it be that some powerful people are pulling the strings behind the scenes to prevent them from emerging?
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Re: Why does the Bitcoin price keeps nose diving?
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ProperFerret
on 30/11/2018, 20:22:11 UTC
According to CNBC, federal prosecutors had launched a criminal probe into the cryptocurrencies earlier this year based on suspicions that their price was being manipulated. I think it might be the main reason behind the price of bitcoin dropping to around $4000, but I also wonder whether it could be that authorities are afraid that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are taking over the financial system since they're now so popular.
Manipulated? who's done it? How can you be sure about that? I think the main reason the price dropping so deep is because people started to sell their coins. moreover, sellers are actually are a bit more rather than buyer. It affects to the price of course. When Bank are afraid of bitcoin, I think people already know why.
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I'm willing to accept your point only and only if you tell me who's buying bitcoins now that their price has dropped.
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Re: Faster crypto transactions?
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ProperFerret
on 29/11/2018, 22:00:29 UTC
Now everyone who is not lazy, engaged in cryptocurrency topics. Someone opens their blockchain games, and someone their exchanges. This is normal for any popular activity. The most important thing is to understand the place where the smell of deception
What do you mean? You don't think we need to be able to process crypto transactions faster?
I'm reading a lot about it, so I know it's a problem.
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Re: Why does the Bitcoin price keeps nose diving?
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ProperFerret
on 29/11/2018, 21:44:44 UTC
I think the price is heavily manipulated and the interest of people buying Bitcoin has been decrease, I think it's because the price plunge down since the high hype and a lot of investors losing a lot of money, nowadays poeple are prefer buying ICO and then perform dump to make profit

I am confused... is the problem caused by the fact that we do not have a decentralized exchange system?
We could also consider that thing and  also the process of regulations coming from SEC which is mostly all the investors have looking it to have assurance of their investment. And it is sad to know that SEC disapproved the application and it turns into losing the confidence of investors into crypto.s

Then, this makes my case. We need an exchange system that's free from the grasp of corporations which can create situation that lead to uncertainty towards cryptos.

Decentralized exchanges are going to be the solution to this problem but to this day no developer has been capable of creating an exchange that is popular with investors and this is because just as decentralized cryptocurrencies have some limitations compared to their fiat counterparts a decentralized exchange is not going to have everything a regular exchange has.

I did read about the Virie market which will be a decentralized exchange system for cryptos to escape the corporations' influence. I don't know if "to this day no developer has been capable of creating an exchange that is popular with investors", but if there were any, their initiative was not successful. In that regard, I think that Virie has potential to revolutionize the exchange system.
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Re: Why am I scared of Alexa?
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ProperFerret
on 28/11/2018, 21:21:32 UTC
One thing I don't get is why are you people buying it?
Like, are you so lazy to Google things for yourself?
Or are you participating in this "chain" effect?

I SEE THOUSANDS being scared of this device yet buying it.
I don't know guys, I don't control your life but clearly you don't
control it either

I stopped using most corporations-owned platforms and this is why now I understand why projects like Virternity, which are independent, are gaining ground.
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Re: Why does the Bitcoin price keeps nose diving?
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ProperFerret
on 28/11/2018, 20:50:59 UTC
I think the price is heavily manipulated and the interest of people buying Bitcoin has been decrease, I think it's because the price plunge down since the high hype and a lot of investors losing a lot of money, nowadays poeple are prefer buying ICO and then perform dump to make profit

I am confused... is the problem caused by the fact that we do not have a decentralized exchange system?
We could also consider that thing and  also the process of regulations coming from SEC which is mostly all the investors have looking it to have assurance of their investment. And it is sad to know that SEC disapproved the application and it turns into losing the confidence of investors into crypto.s

Then, this makes my case. We need an exchange system that's free from the grasp of corporations which can create situation that lead to uncertainty towards cryptos.
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Re: Why does the Bitcoin price keeps nose diving?
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ProperFerret
on 28/11/2018, 20:43:41 UTC
Well we can see that there are FUD everywhere and the one that will give Bitcoin a breather is moved till next year of Jan.  Isn't this obvious?  The market is somehow being manipulated, probably a huge entity wants it to buy at its lowest and created an issue and confusion that started during the BCH war and they are successful in shaking weak hands.  In short, an upsurge of Bitcoin supply that is on sell wall overwhelm the buy order and sadly those who are buying adjusted their buy order to gain more profit when it is fulfilled.

Could it that people need to now trade bitcoins on other platforms that are independent and not sold out to the corporations that see them and other cryptos as a threat.
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Re: Faster crypto transactions?
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ProperFerret
on 28/11/2018, 20:33:05 UTC
Stratis is not a crypto exchange platform. Stratis is a Blockchain-as-a-Service provider.

Ah I guess I got confused since Virie uses blockchain technology as well.
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Re: Faster crypto transactions?
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ProperFerret
on 28/11/2018, 20:08:18 UTC
I'm not sure of the tone in your post whether you are amazed or irritated with new exchanges that are coming up but whatever it is, I think it's part of the technological advancements and will surely play a major role in the economic system of the world now and in the future. You mentioned about Virie. I came across this blog article the other day if you're interested. https://www.annerainwater.net/blog/virie-the-currency-of-the-future

Thanks...quite an interesting read. So, the Virie coin is not a standard crypto, it's just allows for faster transactions in the Virie market.
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Re: Faster crypto transactions?
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ProperFerret
on 27/11/2018, 20:36:18 UTC
I am being flooded here by news regarding new crypto exchanges platforms (Stratis, Virie, etc...).
I swear each and every day, there are more sophisticated platforms offering faster services coming to existence.
What's behind this whole thing?

maybe someone controlling? lol  Roll Eyes

Lol, as in controlling the cryptos' market? Those transnational corporations are everywhere dammit!
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Re: Why does the Bitcoin price keeps nose diving?
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ProperFerret
on 26/11/2018, 23:57:46 UTC
I think the price is heavily manipulated and the interest of people buying Bitcoin has been decrease, I think it's because the price plunge down since the high hype and a lot of investors losing a lot of money, nowadays poeple are prefer buying ICO and then perform dump to make profit

I am confused... is the problem caused by the fact that we do not have a decentralized exchange system?