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themihai commented on Can’t Hear What Actors Are Saying on TV? It’s Not You   wsj.com/articles/cant-hea... · Posted by u/lxm
bryanrasmussen · 3 years ago
I guess they watch them dubbed?
themihai · 3 years ago
I find that even worse than cc.
themihai commented on BlockFi files for bankruptcy as FTX fallout spreads   cnbc.com/2022/11/28/block... · Posted by u/kgwgk
propter_hoc · 3 years ago
Somehow these guys peaked at about 900 employees, according to linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/company/blockfi)

They've raised about a billion dollars of VC - https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/blockfi-inc/investor...

(note, CB lists $1.4b, of which 400M is debt from FTX, which I imagine they never got)

Unbelievable the amount of destruction of value here... it's just total carnage.

themihai · 3 years ago
Nothing was destroyed. Money was just transferred to smarter guys.
themihai commented on Can’t Hear What Actors Are Saying on TV? It’s Not You   wsj.com/articles/cant-hea... · Posted by u/lxm
bigmattystyles · 3 years ago
I’ve felt this watching game of thrones. I’ve always wondered though, aren’t tvs with hdr supposed to fix this? What should one look for?
themihai · 3 years ago
No tech can fix incompetence. That being said some say it was just a budget cut(cgi is cheaper if you can't seen anything)
themihai commented on Can’t Hear What Actors Are Saying on TV? It’s Not You   wsj.com/articles/cant-hea... · Posted by u/lxm
ianai · 3 years ago
If I’ve got to use CC for video the point of the video is nil. Whole experience ruined. I probably don’t represent everybody but still enough.
themihai · 3 years ago
So how do you watch international/foreign movies?
themihai commented on FTX Collapse takes toll on the Bahamas   wsj.com/articles/crypto-f... · Posted by u/erehweb
sschueller · 3 years ago
A year or two ago there were actual business ideas behind some coins like file coin for example but now it's not even that anymore.
themihai · 3 years ago
Indeed but then people found out they don't care about what's behind the ticker (i.e underlying value) as long as its price goes up. You can find the same behaviour on many stocks as well(i.e $AMC more recently).
themihai commented on Ghana plans to buy oil with gold instead of dollars   aljazeera.com/economy/202... · Posted by u/quyleanh
edgyquant · 3 years ago
You can see that because you’re knee deep in conspiracy theories. I’m not in denial I’m just informed on foreign policy and know that these agencies don’t just overthrow governments because they make financial decisions like this. That’s an ignorant meme that lacks any real analysis of foreign policy.
themihai · 3 years ago
It's just history(i.e [1] )not conspiracy theories. We are past that. Same thing about surveillance. It used to be "conspiracy theories" but wikileaks and Snowden showed us that the truth is even worse.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27éta...

themihai commented on Safety Tests Reveal Tesla FSD Will Hit a Child Mannequin in a Stroller   dawnproject.com/safety-te... · Posted by u/Veserv
NotACop182 · 3 years ago
Love they still label it “self-driving” yet the fine print is anything other. Unfortunately, there is a cult following on musk/Tesla where facts sometimes are ignored.
themihai · 3 years ago
I believe Musk is starting to loose its shine unless gets another rabbit out the hat. The Tesla Bot may be a such attempt but it's a hard sell because it's not really something new(i.e Boston Dynamics have been trying it for decades)
themihai commented on Tom Brady, Giselle Bündchen, Larry David Sued in FTX Class Action Suit   deadline.com/2022/11/tom-... · Posted by u/colinprince
themihai · 3 years ago
But celebrities endorse gambling so how is this any different? Do people really think they are winners if they play online "slot" games?
themihai commented on FTX Collapse takes toll on the Bahamas   wsj.com/articles/crypto-f... · Posted by u/erehweb
mlazos · 3 years ago
Stocks are different because there’s actually an underlying business beyond “waiting for the next guy”. For example in a non-ponzi security there is long term value as a business grows. No such thing for shitcoins. Nobody is saying sentiment doesn’t matter in the actual economy, it’s made up of humans, of course sentiment matters. It’s “is sentiment the only thing that matters?”, and in the case of crypto the answer is yes.
themihai · 3 years ago
> Stocks are different because there’s actually an underlying business beyond “waiting for the next guy”.

I agree but this doesn't change the fact that many people don't care about the underlying business and often the stock price and underlying business are disconnected. They just gamble whatever is "hot" or if they think they are smarter they trade the chart. In this way it's no different than crypo "investing". Both can make you rich or get you bankrupt, fast.

themihai commented on Ghana plans to buy oil with gold instead of dollars   aljazeera.com/economy/202... · Posted by u/quyleanh
happyjack · 3 years ago
I'm kind of confused by his comment. Isn't it common knowledge (and even admitted) that American three letter agencies protect their interests at almost full cost?

The fbi had plans to assassinate MLK, and the cia led how many revolutions.

themihai · 3 years ago
Some people still live in denial. I can surely see CIA paying a visit to Ghana's officials.

u/themihai

KarmaCake day1227May 6, 2015View Original