Shit That Impresses You

[garyfromterrace]

https://snowbrains.com/french-climbe...ecord-in-half/

This is nuts.

Dude has finally done something pretty legit. Woulda been better if he also skied it though.

[MakersTeleMark]

I posted this in the Bitcoin thread, but it deserves to be here too:

I just did something that truly impressed me. Way more than a random pizza purchase from a friend.

1) Swapped SOL for PYUSD on Solana network;
2) Transferred PYUSD to my PayPal account;
3) Shopped for some goods/services, put it in my cart and chose to pay with PayPal;
4) Chose PYUSD as my payment method in PayPal;
5) Express checked out with merchant; and
6) Confirmation e-mail from merchant and PayPal.

Cost literally a few pennies for all of the above. An actual viable payment system that took about 10 minutes to settle all the above steps, and completely without using fiat.

Holy shit, mind blown.

Pretty incredible.

[m2711c]

whatcha get? more TP?

[MakersTeleMark]

whatcha get? more TP?

A frisbee actually.

[singlesline]

I posted this in the Bitcoin thread, but it deserves to be here too:

I just did something that truly impressed me. Way more than a random pizza purchase from a friend.

1) Swapped SOL for PYUSD on Solana network;
2) Transferred PYUSD to my PayPal account;
3) Shopped for some goods/services, put it in my cart and chose to pay with PayPal;
4) Chose PYUSD as my payment method in PayPal;
5) Express checked out with merchant; and
6) Confirmation e-mail from merchant and PayPal.

Cost literally a few pennies for all of the above. An actual viable payment system that took about 10 minutes to settle all the above steps, and completely without using fiat.

Holy shit, mind blown.

Pretty incredible.

So…. All you needed was a centralized authority (with the ability to freeze your assets on a whim) and 1000x more time and 10000x more energy than it takes to process a normal transaction?

Maybe I’m missing something but what exactly is impressive here? Relying on PayPal as a centralizing authority seems like the exact opposite of the pipe dream of crypto. At this point we have decades of evidence that PayPal is a WORSE actor than Visa/MC/banks when it comes to arbitrary freezing of accounts and similar fuckery. They are convenient for small payments but I will never trust them with any significant quantity of money.

[old goat]

I posted this in the Bitcoin thread, but it deserves to be here too:

I just did something that truly impressed me. Way more than a random pizza purchase from a friend.

1) Swapped SOL for PYUSD on Solana network;
2) Transferred PYUSD to my PayPal account;
3) Shopped for some goods/services, put it in my cart and chose to pay with PayPal;
4) Chose PYUSD as my payment method in PayPal;
5) Express checked out with merchant; and
6) Confirmation e-mail from merchant and PayPal.

Cost literally a few pennies for all of the above. An actual viable payment system that took about 10 minutes to settle all the above steps, and completely without using fiat.

Holy shit, mind blown.

Pretty incredible.

Try that shit in a long line at Costco and you'll be lucky to get out of there alive.
Meanwhile if the coin doubles in a week you'll wish you hadn't spent it, and if it crashes the rest of your wallet crashes. There's a reason people prefer stable currencies.

[MakersTeleMark]

Try that shit in a long line at Costco and you'll be lucky to get out of there alive.
Meanwhile if the coin doubles in a week you'll wish you hadn't spent it, and if it crashes the rest of your wallet crashes. There's a reason people prefer stable currencies.

There is a reason why you are oldAF and can't understand that I paid in a stable coin.

[old goat]

There is a reason why you are oldAF and can't understand that I paid in a stable coin.

SOL doesn't look particularly stable.
I do agree though--your mind does seem blown.

[MakersTeleMark]

SOL doesn't look particularly stable.
I do agree though--your mind does seem blown.

#facepalm

[old goat]

BTW, the reason I am oldAF is pure luck.

[MakersTeleMark]

BTW, the reason I am oldAF is pure luck.

You have to know when to holdem, know when to foldem, know when to walk away, know when to run. I'm aware of your close calls.

[old goat]

You have to know when to holdem, know when to foldem, know when to walk away, know when to run. I'm aware of your close calls.

Not all of them, I'm sure. And if you're quoting Kenny Rogers you ain't that young yourself.

[Yukonrider]

I do agree though--your mind does seem blown.

[booner]

Josh Allen. I've become a Bill's fan because of this guy.

FREAK athlete and seems to be a really good person and a great leader/uniter

[::: :::]

(Check this out on a tablet or cpu, not your phone)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...e=articleShare

Great graphics/animations & description of how Notre Dame was developed over time & how it was rebuilt in so short a time after the fire

Just really cool & amazing

[whipski]

My new asus laptop. $289 black friday

[MultiVerse]

Professional boxer grabbing coins mid-air:

https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1865704229484015901

Mike Tyson deserves to be in the GOAT conversation, but speed & strength diminish with time for everyone

[old goat]

I'm not fighting that guy.

[pfluffenmeister]

I'm not fighting that guy.

Not for very long.

[toast2266]

Our local ski hill keeps track of passholder vert, and the ranking is published on their website. Four days into the season, the first place guy already has already skied over 265,000 feet. This is on a 2,000 foot hill with ok-ish but definitely early season conditions.

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[singlesline]

Our local ski hill keeps track of passholder vert, and the ranking is published on their website. Four days into the season, the first place guy already has already skied over 265,000 feet. This is on a 2,000 foot hill with ok-ish but definitely early season conditions.

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Jesus, that’s something.

He’s over 400k now.

[jm2e]

It’s like he’s mad at skiing and trying to suck all the joy out of it.


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[The AD]

My new asus laptop. $289 black friday

Laptop or Chromebook? That's pretty amazing if it's a laptop.

[whipski]

laptop only issue is turning off the proprietary microsoft shit insidious

[old goat]

Kid about 9 years old skiing on one ski--ultra skinny XC ski. He was going downhill. I would have been more impressed if he was going uphill.