Like “reinventing the wheel”, but for techbros.
More precisely, it is to spend an incredible amount of money, time and mental effort to finally come to a solution that was actually figured out decades or even centuries ago.
Bonus points if you end up making yet another app using the blockchain, so that in order for you to use it, you need to put your SSN on a distributed public ledger so that it can get pwned by Russian hackers.
More precisely, it is to spend an incredible amount of money, time and mental effort to finally come to a solution that was actually figured out decades or even centuries ago.
Bonus points if you end up making yet another app using the blockchain, so that in order for you to use it, you need to put your SSN on a distributed public ledger so that it can get pwned by Russian hackers.
“Ok, pitch it.”
“Ok so like basically we get people to pool their money together into one thing and then invest that thing into Bitcoin and use the profits from that investment to pay everyone involved once a month, and then when someone dies their portion of the investment goes to the other participants.”
“…you just described a tontine.”
“A what?”
“A tontine. The thing you're describing. It's been around since the 17th century. Are you reinventing the bus again?”
“No way, man! This one's different, this one uses JIT-compiled vue.js and blockchain smart contracts to keep track of the system!”
“Brilliant. Here's a million dollars, we're gonna be rich!”
“Ok so like basically we get people to pool their money together into one thing and then invest that thing into Bitcoin and use the profits from that investment to pay everyone involved once a month, and then when someone dies their portion of the investment goes to the other participants.”
“…you just described a tontine.”
“A what?”
“A tontine. The thing you're describing. It's been around since the 17th century. Are you reinventing the bus again?”
“No way, man! This one's different, this one uses JIT-compiled vue.js and blockchain smart contracts to keep track of the system!”
“Brilliant. Here's a million dollars, we're gonna be rich!”
by tariqk November 21, 2022
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saying someone is sped/stupid
connotation comes from the school system, which places all the special-ed kids in the small bus to go to and from school instead of the big bus with the normal kids
connotation comes from the school system, which places all the special-ed kids in the small bus to go to and from school instead of the big bus with the normal kids
teacher: where is California located?
student 1: in africa
student 2 after class: you're so small bus for saying california is in africa
student 1: in africa
student 2 after class: you're so small bus for saying california is in africa
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"Sus Impostor"
A reference to Among Us - faux Cockney rhyming slang.
"Sus Impostor"
A reference to Among Us - faux Cockney rhyming slang.
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Jayson: Did you hear what Sydney did?
Michael: No? What did she do?
Jayson: She pretended to strip on the broom and laid on Emma pretty sexually.
Michael: Oh. I guess bus 80 is pretty crazy.
Jayson: Yep!
Michael: No? What did she do?
Jayson: She pretended to strip on the broom and laid on Emma pretty sexually.
Michael: Oh. I guess bus 80 is pretty crazy.
Jayson: Yep!
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2. A drinking game where passengers drink one beer every time an annoying ski reference including the words shred, gnar, conditions, etc is made on the ride to a ski resort
2. A drinking game where passengers drink one beer every time an annoying ski reference including the words shred, gnar, conditions, etc is made on the ride to a ski resort
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