Comments on: A helpful han(d)bot http://ztkfg.com/2019/11/a-helpful-handbot/ 198.211.113.164 // 6326 273B 61A7 00AF 4CD9 5A7B 8C6C AB19 24A6 4DEC Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:29:06 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: whaack http://ztkfg.com/2019/11/a-helpful-handbot/#comment-100 whaack Sat, 16 Nov 2019 17:43:21 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=373#comment-100 @Diana Coman That is the problem upstream. And as it just so happens, I am already writing about that problem for my <i>An Outpost of Progress</i> article. @Diana Coman

That is the problem upstream. And as it just so happens, I am already writing about that problem for my An Outpost of Progress article.

]]> By: Diana Coman http://ztkfg.com/2019/11/a-helpful-handbot/#comment-99 Diana Coman Sat, 16 Nov 2019 15:44:16 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=373#comment-99 That sounds more like a riff on the <a href="http://logs.ossasepia.com/log/ossasepia/2019-11-08#1009431" rel="nofollow">my environment has always taken care of me</a> thing. It has and it does, pretty much in the same way that one takes care of pigs - until Christmas - or of lambs - until Easter. That sounds more like a riff on the my environment has always taken care of me thing. It has and it does, pretty much in the same way that one takes care of pigs - until Christmas - or of lambs - until Easter.

]]> By: whaack http://ztkfg.com/2019/11/a-helpful-handbot/#comment-98 whaack Sat, 16 Nov 2019 15:31:05 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=373#comment-98 Well I reflected on this, and those are not the exact lyrics the card sings to me. I do an okay job at saving my money. Those words would apply better to the large number of heathens that acquire copious credit card debt. A more fitting phrase for me would be <i>don't worry about building a network and having cash at the ready, because I am always accepted throughout the world.</i> The similarity between these two phrasings is the credit card is a backup plan available should one fall into trouble. But the trouble for me is being caught without cash on hand rather than having depleted all my savings. This happens frequently, I'm at the store and the cash section of my wallet is empty. So although I have the savings and I'd like to pay with cash, I have to swipe my card. A practical takeaway is I need to invest time into making location connections of people who do business with bitcoins / trade bitcoins for cash. Well I reflected on this, and those are not the exact lyrics the card sings to me. I do an okay job at saving my money. Those words would apply better to the large number of heathens that acquire copious credit card debt. A more fitting phrase for me would be don't worry about building a network and having cash at the ready, because I am always accepted throughout the world.

The similarity between these two phrasings is the credit card is a backup plan available should one fall into trouble. But the trouble for me is being caught without cash on hand rather than having depleted all my savings. This happens frequently, I'm at the store and the cash section of my wallet is empty. So although I have the savings and I'd like to pay with cash, I have to swipe my card.

A practical takeaway is I need to invest time into making location connections of people who do business with bitcoins / trade bitcoins for cash.

]]> By: Diana Coman http://ztkfg.com/2019/11/a-helpful-handbot/#comment-97 Diana Coman Sat, 16 Nov 2019 14:18:46 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=373#comment-97 "my initial belief that I shouldn't burden those who know more than me with questions" - questions in and by themselves are no burden, how could they be? Sure, asking (like anything else) needs to be done well so ask well-formed questions, at the right time and in the right place and so on. But other than that, asking questions is just pretty much ~being alive, what. Re cards, note that it's still just a piece of plastic that doesn't say anything at all. Why is it exactly that you hear that particular song? "my initial belief that I shouldn't burden those who know more than me with questions" - questions in and by themselves are no burden, how could they be? Sure, asking (like anything else) needs to be done well so ask well-formed questions, at the right time and in the right place and so on. But other than that, asking questions is just pretty much ~being alive, what.

Re cards, note that it's still just a piece of plastic that doesn't say anything at all. Why is it exactly that you hear that particular song?

]]> By: whaack http://ztkfg.com/2019/11/a-helpful-handbot/#comment-96 whaack Sat, 16 Nov 2019 04:35:46 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=373#comment-96 @hanbot Glad to hear. Regarding CCs - You're right and I should be thinking about what I need to do to remove my dependency on my credit card instead of whether I should get rid of it. @Mircea Popescu COD is the obvious answer but alas... @hanbot

Glad to hear. Regarding CCs - You're right and I should be thinking about what I need to do to remove my dependency on my credit card instead of whether I should get rid of it.

@Mircea Popescu

COD is the obvious answer but alas...

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://ztkfg.com/2019/11/a-helpful-handbot/#comment-95 Mircea Popescu Fri, 15 Nov 2019 23:20:53 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=373#comment-95 > Now I know how ordered goods are paid for in a cash based economy. Alternatively there's such a thing as COD in the more sane/civilised environments. Such as you know, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033432/?ref_=tt_urv" rel="nofollow">historical US</a>. > Now I know how ordered goods are paid for in a cash based economy.

Alternatively there's such a thing as COD in the more sane/civilised environments. Such as you know, historical US.

]]> By: hanbot http://ztkfg.com/2019/11/a-helpful-handbot/#comment-94 hanbot Fri, 15 Nov 2019 23:12:52 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=373#comment-94 There's little so pleasant to someone with experience to impart as someone else capable of making good use of it! Cheers. As for footnotes three and four, I'd say everyone's obliged to do the best they can in matching what they think is right with what they do. If you can commit to the idea, you can probably commit to the practice. There's little so pleasant to someone with experience to impart as someone else capable of making good use of it! Cheers.

As for footnotes three and four, I'd say everyone's obliged to do the best they can in matching what they think is right with what they do. If you can commit to the idea, you can probably commit to the practice.

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