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Random predictions (USA centric): - First completely port-less iPhone released (no sim slot, no lightning port). - NYC's MTA increases fare price to $3. OMNY

Random predictions (USA centric): - First completely port-less iPhone released (no sim slot, no lightning port). - NYC's MTA increases fare price to $3. OMNY overtakes metrocard usage with the addition of weekly/monthly/unlimited passes. Reduced fair options are still available for those who qualify. - Monero gets listed on a major crypto exchange (Coinbase, Gemini...). - React server components are released causing another surge in JS frameworks. - Democrats lose majority in House and Senate. - Russia invades Ukraine with no push back. - A Freak natural disaster hits in a completely unexpected place.

gremlinsinc 5y ago
> A Freak natural disaster hits in a completely unexpected place. Go big or go home... I'll predict that a Natural Disaster hits world-wide, i.e. a Carrington Event. The USA is hurled back into the 1800s. Electricity is shut off for 18+ months while they rebuild the entire power grid from the ground up. Everyone basically leaves industry to work on growing food for the masses and ensure the smallest loss of life since the supply chain is completely shut down and grocery stores are closed, and there's no refigerators anyways.
- lopuhin 5y ago
  > Carrington Event Not a great time to predict this, at this point in the solar cycle we're close to a minimum of solar activity, the max should be between 2023 and 2026, but it's not expected to be too big either - cycle 25 is expected to be similar to 24 which was quite modest.
lordofgibbons 5y ago
> Monero gets listed on a major crypto exchange (Coinbase, Gemini...). Lol, we can dream. But I'd wager, it is likely to be delisted from existing CEXes. Actual cryptocurrencies that act as actual currencies can't be tolerated for much longer. We'll be left with surveillance coins like Bitcoin and Ethereum still listed on CEXes. I'd also wager that actual, real world usage of Monero is going to continue to sky rocket

gremlinsinc 5y ago

> A Freak natural disaster hits in a completely unexpected place. Go big or go home... I'll predict that a Natural Disaster hits world-wide, i.e. a Carrington Event. The USA is hurled back into the 1800s. Electricity is shut off for 18+ months while they rebuild the entire power grid from the ground up. Everyone basically leaves industry to work on growing food for the masses and ensure the smallest loss of life since the supply chain is completely shut down and grocery stores are closed, and there's no refigerators anyways.

lopuhin 5y ago
> Carrington Event Not a great time to predict this, at this point in the solar cycle we're close to a minimum of solar activity, the max should be between 2023 and 2026, but it's not expected to be too big either - cycle 25 is expected to be similar to 24 which was quite modest.

lordofgibbons 5y ago

> Monero gets listed on a major crypto exchange (Coinbase, Gemini...). Lol, we can dream. But I'd wager, it is likely to be delisted from existing CEXes. Actual cryptocurrencies that act as actual currencies can't be tolerated for much longer. We'll be left with surveillance coins like Bitcoin and Ethereum still listed on CEXes. I'd also wager that actual, real world usage of Monero is going to continue to sky rocket