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Although I'm pretty conservative regarding climate change, it's a real problem that needs adressing so the Swedish government has a legitimate reason to interve
by timwaagh 5y ago
Although I'm pretty conservative regarding climate change, it's a real problem that needs adressing so the Swedish government has a legitimate reason to intervene. Maybe we can indeed travel more if we ban crypto. But more importantly I think crypto is the most wasteful, pointless and potentially dangerous development that happened this century and I fully appreciate any government wanting to ban it for literally any reason.
- louloulou 5y ago> most wasteful, pointless and potentially dangerous development that happened this century hypersonic nuclear missiles... nah, it's definitely this open source software for timestamping database changes.
- _yo2v 5y agoBallistic missiles are already hypersonic. Nuclear submarines can already fire without exposing themselves. What's the difference?
- IHLayman 5y agoActually most of them aren’t, but instead they are only supersonic… Making hypersonic missiles (speeds over Mach 5) is a hard problem due to changes in airflow at that speed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersonic_speed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersonic_speed
- ur-whale 5y ago> But more importantly I think crypto is the most wasteful, pointless and potentially dangerous development that happened this century How did you manage to miss the atomic bomb?
- caskstrength 5y ago> How did you manage to miss the atomic bomb? I'm quite sure atomic bomb and cryptocurrencies were invented in different centuries (assuming original Satoshi's Bitcoin paper as origin of current crypto)
- ur-whale 5y agoAh, I see: he meant the 21st century as opposed to the last 100 years. A major distinction, obviously. But my point still stands: if you believe crypto and/or PoW is the most evil thing invented in the last <X> years, you need to get more exposure to the real world, whatever X may be.