Why a 19-year-old Bitcoin millionaire built a working Dr. Octopus suit - Sensationalist Headlines

https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/teenage-bitcoin-millionaire-doc-oc-suit/ What would you do with $3.3 million in the bank? Actually, let us rephrase that: What would you do with $3.3 million in the bank as a 19-year-old kid? If you’re anything like Erik Finman, the answer is simple: you build a robotic suit. But more on that later. If Finman’s name sounds faintly familiar it’s because he is known in certain internet circles for being the world’s youngest bitcoin millionaire. He’s that fabled — both fêted and jealously hated — of things: the “early adopter” success story. Aged 12, while most of us were still putting away childish things at middle school, Finman was being introduced to cryptocurrency in a somewhat unlikely way: at an anti-capitalist protest. https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/249570/097aa847-2ffd-44a1-a819-9ebee3bf3323/image.png In other news, Buzzword Bingo is over forever.

That device can't lift anything more than 3 pounds per arm and the controls seem to clumsy to use in a laboratory or machine shop. It looks cool but I'd rather have a ABB IRB 120 on a motorized cart because then I could actually do something with it.

It also doesn't have lower back and leg support for weight distribution, so he's gonna be limited to what he can lift normally, which makes it extra useless since I doubt it has precision. Also lmao just noticed how the arms move, tiny ass cables that would probably snap if he tried to lift that piece of wood.

https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/237427/a355e2cc-c5f4-4596-b1ca-ec34e93e199c/image.png I didn't think I was capable of hating anyone, until now.

I mean, the dude managed to fail high school solely due to the fact that he "Didn't feel like it" Before long bitcoin was everything to Finman. He hated school and his teachers. “School just wasn’t for me,” he said. “I had one teacher who told me to drop out and go work in McDonald’s, because that was all I was going to amount to in life.” Eventually he dropped out altogether, although he didn’t immediately take up the job of short-order fry cook. Instead, he spent hours studying bitcoin’s fluctuations online.

I wouldn't personally judge anyone for not fitting into the education system, many people who are next level genius struggle with the structure of it. He's just a cunt.

This looks like the most pathetic show off shot, its not even piles of cash, its spread thinly I mean if you're a 'billionaire' you could do a better job to show off your wealth 3/10 for effort please see the teacher

TBH it feels more like he's being a dick to create an image of himself. It probably doesn't represent the person that well, especially considering he made this suit for a kid with hypermobility issues. As for the robot arms, Finman himself says it's not much more than a tech demo at this point. The kid he made it for debuted the suit at comic-con and likely had a great day.

“I had one teacher who told me to drop out and go work in McDonald’s, because that was all I was going to amount to in life.” to be fair that is a pretty fucked up education

honestly everyone's rapping hard on this kid but they low-key wish they could live his life. it's not enough money to cruise off and be a luxury playboy for the rest of your life, but it's certainly enough money to start doing smart investments with.

Because it was the only way to lose 3 million dollars faster than you would by keeping it in bitcoins.

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Even with relatively cheap materials like Nylon you can hold a ridiculous amount of weight with just a thin cable. If you use steel cable that you can get for fractions of a dollar just a single 1.5mm wire could hold more than that guy probably weighs. Bottom line he'll probably break before those wires do unless they're made of silly string

Sounds like a genuine supervillain backstory

I don't envy his life. He stands to make on average over 220,000 a year if he had any sense of basic long term investments in the stock market. If he's too stupid for that, shoving it into a decent savings account could net him up to 50,000 a year depending on the APY, Capital One has an account that earns 1.6% APY so long as you have over 10,000 in the account. That's just slightly over 50k a year if he put all 3.3 million into it. Both of those options would come by doing almost literally nothing. Kid's parents are rich PHD holding folk and he's a high school drop out who made a big chunk of money getting lucky with his angsty anti-capitalist purchase of bitcoin. The only notable thing he's done is this online education company he's tried to build, otherwise he's sort of just a posh wanker same as any other at this rate, only difference is he got lucky on bitcoin and invested in an expensive cosplay. Big whoop.

Why would I want to broadcast myself as such a dick? I have no secret wish to make people hate me.

"Lucky Young Millionaire Builds Cosplay For Child" Big whoop.

Science isn't about "why?", it's about "why not!"

Kinda worried this kid will burn through his money fast and ruin himself, like tons of lottery winners do.

you deserve a coin

Fair play to him, spending money on something he has obviously loved! I wouldn't diss the kid, obsiouly invested a lot into this so have fun I say Why not?

No guys he has money that makes him an asshole because I have the mental processing power of a 3 year old and someone having something I don't makes them a bad person.

i'd say the money he has is less relevant compared to the god awful shit he spews http://puu.sh/AEbxg.png http://puu.sh/AEbAd.png like, i'm sorry, what? i'd imagine it'd be hard not to be full of yourself when you're a millionaire at the age of 19 but this kid is acting as though he's the vanguard of the future when all he did was play armchair investor to get the money he has. he put himself in the limelight and he's being criticized because of it.

Wish to have his money? Yes. His life? Hell no.

He's acting like a 19 year old with little real-world experience who's trying to do his best. Advocating for usable job skills, self-care, and what he strongly believes to be the future does not make him god-awful. What there is particularly god awful? How is he acting like he's the vanguard of the future any more than anyone else who says that stuff (millions of people, literally). The only difference between him and a self-help tumblr is that he got rich by lottery. And you think he's detestable. This article is literally about him creating a cosplay dream for a disabled kid.

ally bank has 1.6% regardless of balance

congratulations on being one of the few people to actually profit off of bitcoin I guess

That's nifty, looks like I'll be looking into that for my self actually. It's always best to diversify even with savings accounts.

Good grief, looking at this kids' Instagram just goes to show that money doesn't buy class. Kid looks like a baby-faced Ned Flanders. He's like a white-bread and mayonnaise sandwich. Talking about being "gangsta" and a "hustler" like dude you spent your inheritance money on a gamble and won the lottery, now you're acting like some success story, and you still live with your parents despite being a millionaire.

Who gives a shit that his fucking doc oc suit doesn't actually lift a huge amount? It's a fucking costume, and it's extremely cool. He didn't make it for you lmao