Re: [OT] bitcoin donation

2015-11-25 Thread John Colvin via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 20:10:37 UTC, deadalnix wrote: On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 09:20:53 UTC, John Colvin wrote: On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 02:33:24 UTC, deadalnix wrote: Don't be confused. Krugman do not understand bitcoin, but Krugman think that terrorism and riots

Re: [OT] bitcoin donation

2015-11-25 Thread John Colvin via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 02:33:24 UTC, deadalnix wrote: On Monday, 23 November 2015 at 12:11:36 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: One could ask the same thing about any currency that isn't the one accepted at a store. I looked with a tinge of fascination at what bitcoin was a while

Re: [OT] bitcoin donation

2015-11-24 Thread deadalnix via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Monday, 23 November 2015 at 12:11:36 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: One could ask the same thing about any currency that isn't the one accepted at a store. I looked with a tinge of fascination at what bitcoin was a while ago. I think there is a natural averse reaction to something that

Re: [OT] bitcoin donation

2015-11-24 Thread Laeeth Isharc via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Monday, 23 November 2015 at 14:02:30 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Monday, 23 November 2015 at 12:11:36 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: One could ask the same thing about any currency that isn't the one accepted at a store. Sure, online is much less of a hassle, but it's still a little time to

Re: [OT] bitcoin donation

2015-11-24 Thread Rory McGuire via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 4:33 AM, deadalnix via Digitalmars-d-announce < digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com> wrote: > On Monday, 23 November 2015 at 12:11:36 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > >> One could ask the same thing about any currency that isn't the one >> accepted at a store. >> >> I

Re: [OT] bitcoin donation

2015-11-23 Thread Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 11/21/15 2:06 AM, Joakim wrote: On Tuesday, 10 November 2015 at 17:23:08 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: On 10/30/15 3:29 AM, Joakim wrote: But I don't see how bitcoin is similar to any of those, perhaps you have _some_ explanation? You don't have to keep the bitcoin, all those sites

Re: [OT] bitcoin donation

2015-11-23 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Monday, 23 November 2015 at 12:11:36 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: One could ask the same thing about any currency that isn't the one accepted at a store. Sure, online is much less of a hassle, but it's still a little time to sign up and administer. Is that much of Ali's time worth

[OT] bitcoin donation

2015-11-20 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tuesday, 10 November 2015 at 17:23:08 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: On 10/30/15 3:29 AM, Joakim wrote: But I don't see how bitcoin is similar to any of those, perhaps you have _some_ explanation? You don't have to keep the bitcoin, all those sites will buy your bitcoin with dollars