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Re: Recommendations of the best horror movies
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overdraft
on 31/10/2017, 22:14:32 UTC
The scariest film I've watched is Ringu. I think Asian horror movies are probably some of the scariest films, they seem to do horror very well. Some horror films are just gory and full of jump-scares, but I prefer films that are more psychologically scary, the ones that make you think and stay awake at night with weird images etched into your brain...

I would also recommend:

Audition
Oldboy (thriller with horrific elements)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (insane cyberpunk body-horror)
Guinea Pig 1 & 2 (uncomfortable body-horror, not for the sqeamish)

Non-Asian films:

Eraserhead (classic David Lynch madness)
[REC]
Nightcrawler (not a classic horror but psychologically disturbing)

Comedy horror and slasher films:

Evil Dead 2
Hausu (insane 70s Japanese comedy horror)
Tokyo Gore Police
Yakuza Apocalypse (Takashi Miike vampire ninja slasher)
Ichi the Killer (More Takashi Miike madness)
Gozu (Takashi Miike again)

Honourable mention for the most weird and fucked up film I've probably ever seen goes to:

Visitor Q (as you can tell I like films by Takashi Miike...)

This...
Just need to add Dead Alive to comedy horror but otherwise great list of Halloween time movies
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Re: What do you make of Jeff Sessions comments?
by
overdraft
on 21/10/2017, 17:41:11 UTC
Wow, you won't even provide a link to the comments or article?

For everyone else, here you go: https://themerkle.com/us-attorney-general-hints-at-possible-bitcoin-regulation-due-to-darknet-popularity/

Quote from: AG Sessions Hints at Possible Bitcoin Regulation Due to Popularity of Darknet JP Buntinx  October 21, 2017

US regulators have been keeping a close eye on Bitcoin and the darknet over the past few years. More specifically, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently voiced some major concerns regarding both topics. Additionally, he’s concerned over the use of “encrypted networks”, which seemingly hints at an impending crackdown on services such as Telegram.

The government will always try to control that which has growing interest among the public but is still not fully understood by the government.

The biggest thing people can do to fight these kind of actions is by voting these misguided leaders out of office. Certainly Trump, Sessions, and nearly everyone Trump has appointed are NOT the most intelligent and capable people of holding such powerful positions.

Sessions comments link Bitcoin to the darknet and therefore regulation may be needed. That's as ridiculous as saying the Dollar is used to buy drugs, therefore we need more regulation over the Dollar.

If you want to fight these kind of uniformed and not well thought through points of view, talk about Bitcoin to everyone you know. The more we talk about it the more we can educate people AND eliminate the "that's just for the dark web" misunderstanding. When you go to buy something, ask the merchant "do you accept Bitcoin?"

If each of us does this we'll see a lot of growth in understanding and adoption.
Vote? I have a bridge to sell you buddy
Now let’s see if anyone can actually real my question without going on a political tangent
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What do you make of Jeff Sessions comments?
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overdraft
on 21/10/2017, 16:56:20 UTC
Do you think he is more interested in going after dark web, bitcoin, or both?
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Re: Bitcoin in wa state
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overdraft
on 13/10/2017, 16:00:45 UTC
Update looks like I can use Gemini which seems better at first glance but it does sound like they haven’t made a clear statement on the fork yet... more digging to be done yet
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Re: Bitcoin in wa state
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overdraft
on 13/10/2017, 14:18:39 UTC
Bitcoin isn't illegal here just overly regulated, and while I'll concur on your idiotic gov't statement I'm not going to move over a bitcoin transaction fee.  As for the rest of it... Lets just say rules were meant to be broken  Grin
Oh and I'm one of the few who didn't "take up residence" here. A rarity these days
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Bitcoin in wa state
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overdraft
on 13/10/2017, 14:06:38 UTC
So I'd like to find an alternative to coinbase if possible but it seems like any exchange would recognize my wa state bank account and refuse service. Is there any way around this? I'm just putting small amounts into btc and plan on letting it sit, I'm getting raped on charges (it seems) 2+% on bank transfers and 4+% on instant card transfers. I've been timing it and getting the instant transfers to pay for themselves but still wind up feeling gypped.
Thanks
Oh and I am running a vpn if that helps...
Cheers
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Re: Post your SegWit questions here - open discussion - big week for Bitcoin!
by
overdraft
on 08/10/2017, 21:54:13 UTC
I’m in wa state and as far as I can tell can only exchange with Coinbase. Should I be worried about this recent back and forth between core and Coinbase? Oh and FYI I’m green as hell with all of this so if my questions come off as ignorant... sorry, not sorry.
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The fighting isn't between Core and Coinbase, it's between Core and Segwit2x. Bitcoin is going to fork again in mid November into 2 competing chains. If you own Bitcoin on the day of the fork, you will own equal coins on both chains. The bad thing is Segwit2x is not implementing replay protection on their chain. If you own your coin's private keys, you will need to take steps to avoid losing them in replays. You should send your coins to yourself simultaneously on each chain to distinctly different addresses until you have them split. It may take several tries to get it to work. If you leave your coins on Coinbase, they have stated that they will give you coins on both chains and taint them to avoid replays. Someone might disagree with me, but since you're new to Bitcoin, I'd recommend you leave your coins on Coinbase and let them do all the work of getting them on the correct chains. I am going to do it the hard way and split them myself. Once you feel technically proficient at how to do it, I'd recommend keeping your bitcoins only on addresses to which you control the private key as well.

By the way, I hate Segwit2x and will be selling a big chunk of them once I can.

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/coinbase-to-support-both-blockchains-following-segwit2x-fork/

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Romero stated that Coinbase will provide customers with access to coins on both blockchains, although they may restrict access following the fork until both blockchains are stable and secure. “We are currently working on the engineering and security requirements for each bitcoin blockchain ,” the post continues.

Although not directly referenced, the post comes just one day after Bitcoin.org threatened to publicly denounce companies that support SegWit2x and do not publicly commit to meet certain demands. In particular, companies must agree to only use the term “Bitcoin” and ticker symbol “BTC” to refer to the original blockchain and may not do anything to “deprive users of their bitcoins”.

The Coinbase announcement appears to meet the second condition since it promises that customers will have “access to bitcoin on both blockchains” following the fork. However, Romero says they will not release a detailed plan for how they will name the two blockchains until closer to to the scheduled date for the fork.

However, the announcement does not appear to have appeased SegWit2x opponents. Cobra-Bitcoin, one of the current domain owners of Bitcoin.org, wrote on Github that the statement “isn’t really helpful” and that Coinbase must “immediately clarify that they will continue to call the current Bitcoin blockchain ‘Bitcoin’ with the ticker symbol ‘BTC’.” This would seem to imply that the announcement is not sufficient to remove Coinbase from the list of companies Bitcoin.org will publicly denounce.

Blockstream CSO Samson Mow — another vociferous critic of SegWit2x — suggested on Twitter that Coinbase’s position may violate the terms of the “BitLicense,” the financial services license bitcoin firms must receive to operate within New York state. Specifically, he pointed to language that prohibits licensees from altering a product or service in such a way that it is rendered “materially different” from its status when the license was approved or raises potential safety concerns and operational concerns.
This is what had me concerned
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Re: Post your SegWit questions here - open discussion - big week for Bitcoin!
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overdraft
on 08/10/2017, 19:34:43 UTC
I’m in wa state and as far as I can tell can only exchange with Coinbase. Should I be worried about this recent back and forth between core and Coinbase? Oh and FYI I’m green as hell with all of this so if my questions come off as ignorant... sorry, not sorry.
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