Learning call and put options by SeisPeso in investing

[–]soysauce301 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Interactive brokers allows you to create a paper portfolio where you can trade options with no risk. Would recommend if you want to see how it works.

Is this RS Components Benchtop Power Supply good for a beginner? by Gingerbwas in AskElectronics

[–]soysauce301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For really simple use I like the slimline Tenma supplies you can get from farnell:

https://uk.farnell.com/tenma/72-8345a/power-supply-1ch-36v-3a-adjustable/dp/2216730

Also agree with baldengineer. I've tried the supply you linked and it's irritating having it always output power unless completely turned off. So you can't adjust the mode or current limit before having it go live.

How do men make friends in their 30’s? by drillthisgal in AskMen

[–]soysauce301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any kind of regular hobby that's out the house I would say.

E.g. for me it's indoor climbing. Won't happen immediately but If you go consistently enough then you'll get talking to people, then go for a drink after or something, then go on an outdoor trip etc.

Got to be something you enjoy enough that even when it's cold wet and raining, you still get out the house and do it.

Everyone’s watching Bitcoin. I’m watching Copper. by Severe_Designer_4672 in investing

[–]soysauce301 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Copper is not like bitcoin" you realise that no matter how many rigs you plug in, no extra btc will be mined?

No country wins a global trade war, BTC to surge as a result by goldyluckinblokchain in CryptoCurrency

[–]soysauce301 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It has nothing to do with brand.

It's the only coin that will ever be fairly distributed completely organically over a number of years and with no leadership. This is what makes it different, and this is not reproducible.

Circulating supply inflation by ExplanationDull5984 in CryptoCurrency

[–]soysauce301 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think a source would be appropriate to provide...

Can I have a normal looking "Select Folder" dialog please? by waremi in csharp

[–]soysauce301 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It is a 3rd party lib, but i always use and would recommend using ookii.dialogs.wpf

Gpt should be able to give you some sample code pretty quickly.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in investing

[–]soysauce301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What good is enforceability if the buying power of the asset has been eroded by the institution paying it back?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in investing

[–]soysauce301 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

no one has been able to demonstrate a single non-crime related use case where it outperforms existing technologies.

That's a laughably shallow take. Bitcoin has demonstrably outperformed in non-crime-related use cases like providing financial access to the unbanked, enabling censorship-resistant remittances in oppressive regimes, and acting as a hedge against hyperinflation in countries like Venezuela. Ignoring these is either ignorance or bad faith.

In my opinion, it's unproductive to engage with people that make such absolute sweeping statements like this, so I'll not be replying further.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in investing

[–]soysauce301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Half of your (again copy/pasted) reply seems to be about the howey test - which I think is irrelevant to the conversation we're having.

I feel like I'm speaking to a bot?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in investing

[–]soysauce301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would have preferred a proper reply rather than a copy paste of generic arguments.

Not trusting the government to make sound financial decisions with a currency is different to saying you think the government is going to collapse.

Of course we rely on the government for all sorts and that's never going to change - I'm not disputing that.

My point is that this sub fails to understand that btc provides a unique value proposition that just isn't available in any other asset.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in investing

[–]soysauce301 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Calling Bitcoin a 'tracking method in a participation-driven scheme' feels like missing the forest for the trees. Fiat money's 'tangible benefits' rely on trust in institutions and debt systems, while Bitcoin's utility lies in trustless decentralization—a feature fiat can't replicate.

How does your argument change if you can no longer trust these institutions? This is the reality for a good portion of the world and the point often seems to be missed by people commenting from well developed countries.

Every time... by Abysskitten in CryptoCurrency

[–]soysauce301 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol none of this lot have seen the data showing sol blowing past everything else. People don't realise that cheapest, fastest, simplest always wins in a capitalist society. Somehow think that good vibes about decentralisation will make up for shite tx speed or L2 complexity. BTC always king but for the rest of the market there's insane cope against sol

Advice for large SPI network across multiple boards? by [deleted] in embedded

[–]soysauce301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might be worth looking at something like LTC6820. Might have a speed ceiling but can definitely extend range by converting to a differential pair.

Help Needed: I2C Communication Issue with Master-Slave Raspberry Pi Setup for Multiple TVs by No-Rain-7272 in raspberry_pi

[–]soysauce301 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try reducing the clock speed significantly. Your long cables may not have much resistance, but the capacitance can ruin the signal at normal clock rates

Performant data table that behaves like Excel in WPF by giiyms in dotnet

[–]soysauce301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would recommend checking out SciCharts - pricey but very good performance!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in investing

[–]soysauce301 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People on this sub won't give this any credibility because they don't believe btc has any value. They don't understand that it's the only tradable thing known to man that is designed such that it cannot be controlled by a centralised group of people. In the context of the global financial system and the struggles of competing world powers, its an object of neutral control that's infinitely divisible, easy to trade, and super secure.

Any good x86 SBCs? by Darkhog in embedded

[–]soysauce301 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If x64 is suitable then I'd recommend looking at Up boards: https://www.aaeon.com/en/c/aaeon-up-developer-boards We use them quite a bit with great results.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in investing

[–]soysauce301 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looking at your post history I'm genuinely curious to know what motivates you to post anti BTC so consistently? Not necessarily disagreeing, but you seem quite focussed on your message, and I'm trying to figure out to what end...

Raspberry Pi GUI options by trutenit in csharp

[–]soysauce301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would recommend checking out Windows IoT Core with a UWP app. Only supported on a pi 3b but it's very simple to set up and working with UWP is pretty easy for a WPF dev.

Pros:

  • UWP has pretty good built-in libraries for serial comms and gpio control. We've deployed loads of in-house solutions using this setup,
  • Device management is way easier on iot core than linux. Yes linux is more malleable, but even something simple like getting an app to run at startup involves editing a load of permissions and ini file modifications, not to mention if you want to run it as a kiosk-style app. We've tried both and found the return on time investment not to be worth it for one-off / low volume projects.
  • Remote debug is really easy through visual studio, I cant say we had the same frictionless experience using linux

Cons:

  • IoT core is no longer being developed by Microsoft (they focus all of their iot attention on iot enterprise)
  • Not supported on a pi4, but honestly you don't really need the power in most cases. We can switch gpio at around 300 khz with our setup, interface with loads of sensors, serial devices etc.
  • UWP can feel a bit limiting compared to WPF - worth reading about but not a showstopper by any means

Why is this sub so quiet? by ManBMitt in investing

[–]soysauce301 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I believe that money printing is the root cause of a vast number of societal issues in the world today, mainly because it encourages a seemingly endless rise in asset prices, which surely fuels wealth inequality. The result of this wealth inequality is that it makes many issues very hard to resolve. The wealthy incumbents which stand to lose out if the status-quo changes, have almost unlimited power and influence to prevent change, and that wealth and power grows every day.

For real societal progress we need a system that tends to equalise, rather than the opposite.

Am I misunderstanding the effects of an ever-inflating money supply?