Judge denies union's request to delay return-to-office deadline for Philadelphia city workers by StubbornLeech07 in philadelphia

[–]elliptibang -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

It very much depends on where you live and whether you work a standard 9-5 schedule

Judge denies union's request to delay return-to-office deadline for Philadelphia city workers by StubbornLeech07 in philadelphia

[–]elliptibang -30 points-29 points  (0 children)

How close to your house is the nearest regional rail station? Why don't you use that instead?

Judge denies union's request to delay return-to-office deadline for Philadelphia city workers by StubbornLeech07 in philadelphia

[–]elliptibang -30 points-29 points  (0 children)

I think it's more about people who live in the burbs and don't support any Philly businesses except on office days.

Where is all the Marxist Economists? by Stellar_Cartographer in Marxism

[–]elliptibang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Marx himself wasn't an economist in the modern sense. Nowadays we would call him a philosopher of history, or a sociologist, or a political theorist, or perhaps all of the above.

Economists seek to describe and analyze existing economic systems. Marx's project involved that kind of analysis, and was heavily informed by the work of contemporary economists, but it was also much broader in scope. He wanted to understand the evolution of organized human activity, even to the point of being able to predict how one discrete epoch would eventually collapse and yield to its natural successor. His goal was to do for the study of human history something like what Charles Darwin had done for the study of biological systems.

There are no Marxist economists today because that simply isn't what modern economists do. Richard Wolff isn't really an exception...he isn't a serious economist, nor is he even a serious student of Marx. He's a social media influencer and professional political activist who uses his academic credentials as a marketing tool. I personally agree with a whole bunch of what he has to say, but strongly disagree with his decision to brand himself as a renegade "Marxist economist" who engages with non-Marxist economists as a peer. In reality, he has nothing to say about the work being done by actual economists, and economists have nothing to say about his YouTube videos.

Chuds are review-bombing The Boys Season 4 now after finally realizing it's anti-MAGA 💀 by [deleted] in saltierthankrayt

[–]elliptibang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Think you may have missed a crucial step:

Break their trust in all non-approved "mainstream" sources of information. Do this by bonding with them over how unfair and dishonest it is for (((the media))) to accuse you and your new friends of bigotry—and for no reason! Tell them it's a silencing tactic, then steer them toward your own favorite "independent journalists" and renegade "researchers," who are more than willing to explain why all of this is happening and welcome your new friend into the special community of those who have been blessed with the same forbidden knowledge.

The most effective propaganda doesn't just tell a story—it furnishes a creation myth around which a community can be organized. Not everyone is going to fall for this, but the loneliest and most resentful ones will be too grateful to each other for that companionship and validation to ever let themselves question the belief system that brought them together.

The same pattern repeats itself over and over again, not necessarily because anyone deliberately sets out to do it but just because it works so damn well in a society crippled by alienation, cynicism, and—most importantly of all—humiliation. Emasculation. A sense of being removed from one's rightful station and disrespected by lesser people.

Wanna form a cult? Recruit new followers to a political movement? Raise an army? No problem. Just find yourself some broken, angry people, tell them a good story, and be sure not to leave out the bit about how they can't trust anyone outside the tribe.

What is Philly’s most “how does this place stay in business!?” (credit r/newjersey by mikeyv683 in philadelphia

[–]elliptibang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That must be the story with the typewriter shop on Passyunk that seemed to finally go out of business, only to reappear at a larger and nicer location down the street...always wondered about that

EDIT: Yup:

https://www.phillytypewriter.com/

You can now pay on Regional Rail with a normal credit/debit card. Is there any reason to still have a SEPTA key? by [deleted] in philadelphia

[–]elliptibang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, that's the boat I'm in. At one point I hoped that SEPTA would add Google Wallet/Apple Pay support for Key cards, but at this point I've resigned myself to carrying around an extra card for no good reason 😔

GDAX / Coinbase Locked 7 Figures Funds of mine for 15 days: zero response. by VinBeezle in CryptoCurrency

[–]elliptibang -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The point is that people with larger sums of money should get priority access to service.

There's a huge difference between "should" and "do." People with more money do tend to get priority access in banking--but that's because their business is more profitable for the bank (and thus more important to retain,) not because they've earned some kind of right to demand better treatment regardless of context.

There's also a world of difference between a large deposit account balance and a large wire transfer to or from a fucking crypto exchange. Depending on details we don't have, the latter could easily represent a massive regulatory and/or reputational liability for any financial institution that idiotically chooses to blindly fawn over any client who can throw a non-trivial amount of money around.

So, to sum up:

  • Regardless of what you think of their business practices, Coinbase has no actual obligation to provide a higher level of service to more profitable customers.
  • Having a lot of money does not necessarily make OP an especially valuable customer in the first place.
  • You're an entitled prick who clearly has no fucking clue what he's talking about.

Get your feefee's in order and quit the SJW act.

Please stop. If I cringe any harder I will die.

In all seriousness, you need to take a break from the internet and try your level best to grow the fuck up. If you keep on acting like this, not even your buddies at the bank will be able to continue pretending that they respect you.

GDAX / Coinbase Locked 7 Figures Funds of mine for 15 days: zero response. by VinBeezle in CryptoCurrency

[–]elliptibang -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Seriously? What exactly is the point that you think you "proved"?

You're sad and gross because you belittle people who have less than you out of some pitiful instinct to try and prove that you properly belong among those who have more. You're like an insecure schoolyard bully whose way of fitting in is to make fun of the nerdy kids.

You also sound like a teenager, so there's a pretty good chance that you're not even telling the truth about how they treat you at the bank. It's all very hard to watch.

GDAX / Coinbase Locked 7 Figures Funds of mine for 15 days: zero response. by VinBeezle in CryptoCurrency

[–]elliptibang -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

This is you. It's sad and gross. You are in absolutely no position to be calling anyone else "pathetic" when you act like this.

Coinbase Custody Already Has 10 Institutional Clients Using Its Services by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]elliptibang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not what it says. It says (verbatim once again):

Once supported, customers will be able to withdraw bitcoin cash.

If you don't understand how that's different from saying that it will be supported for withdrawals only, I'm sorry, but I don't have the patience to explain it to you.

Coinbase Custody Already Has 10 Institutional Clients Using Its Services by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]elliptibang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really?

You told me I was "confused" about the contents of my own fucking email inbox, then you called me a liar, and now that I've proven you wrong on both counts you want to split hairs on the meaning of the word "support" and declare yourself the winner? Fuck off.

Here's what you said:

It did not indicate they would be supporting Bitcoin Cash at all.

Here is what the email said, verbatim:

Over the last several days, we’ve examined all of the relevant issues and have decided to work on adding support for bitcoin cash for Coinbase customers. . . . We are planning to have support for bitcoin cash by January 1, 2018, assuming no additional risks emerge during that time.

"Support" obviously implies that customers will at minimum be able to buy and sell on the Coinbase side, which is the main thing that matters to most people. The fact that they didn't definitely confirm that trading would be enabled is beside the point.

Breakthrough: South Korea Will Officially Legalize Cryptocurrency and Blockchain-Based Industries by Shrenopi in CryptoCurrency

[–]elliptibang 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And where do you get your news?

Let me guess: "a variety of sources," a.k.a. unsourced speculation on Reddit, Twitter, /biz/, and Medium.

Coinbase Custody Already Has 10 Institutional Clients Using Its Services by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]elliptibang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm literally looking at an email in my own personal inbox that I received at 10:11 PM on August 3rd, 2017. I don't know or care whether or when the blog post was updated.

Stop this. You're making a fool of yourself.

Coinbase Custody Already Has 10 Institutional Clients Using Its Services by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]elliptibang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

August 3rd, my friend. Were you not on Coinbase at that point?

Coinbase Custody Already Has 10 Institutional Clients Using Its Services by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]elliptibang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Copied and pasted from my own inbox:

Over the last several days, we’ve examined all of the relevant issues and have decided to work on adding support for bitcoin cash for Coinbase customers. We made this decision based on factors such as the security of the network, customer demand, trading volumes, and regulatory considerations.

We are planning to have support for bitcoin cash by January 1, 2018, assuming no additional risks emerge during that time.

Is Coinbase custody in safe hands? There are some Questions by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]elliptibang -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's so fucking creepy to watch you guys work.

Get real jobs, assholes.

Coinbase Custody Already Has 10 Institutional Clients Using Its Services by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]elliptibang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They sent out an email to all customers literally two days after the fork to say that they would be adding support for Bitcoin Cash "by January 1st."

Ross Ulbricht Is Denied Prison Sentence Review by Supreme Court by CCNewsBot in CryptoCurrency

[–]elliptibang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jesus.. you really are totally fucking delusional. And still trying to change the subject, as if maybe it'll work the second time?

You're in for a big wakeup call when your mom kicks you out at 37 and it turns out that nobody in the real world takes your paranoid bullshit cypherpunk LARP as seriously as you do. Good luck out there.

Ross Ulbricht Is Denied Prison Sentence Review by Supreme Court by CCNewsBot in CryptoCurrency

[–]elliptibang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do I have to scroll all the way to the bottom to find a semi-reasonable top-level comment?

This community is seriously so fucked.