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> likely zero impact on their lives. Because it doesn't have zero impact. The amount of money that is scammed out of people and the amount of sheer environmen

> likely zero impact on their lives. Because it doesn't have zero impact. The amount of money that is scammed out of people and the amount of sheer environmental destruction is sickening and last I checked we all live on the same planet (if you live on the ISS then sorry for making the assumption you were on earth). And your post history speaks quite loudly on what "bias" looks like to you.

ur-whale 5y ago
> the amount of sheer environmental destruction is sickening To re-use another HN poster comment: "now do cloth dryers". Or to phrase it easier to parse: if this is the battle people have decided matters in the fight against global warming, we're really not out of the woods. > And your post history speaks quite loudly on what "bias" looks like to you. Bias, eh? While I do enjoy discussing cryptocurrencies a great deal because I find the tech. and its implications deeply fascinating, I certainly do no buy most of what folks in the space peddle out, nor am I religious about it, unlike the OP. What I enjoy most is a well constructed argument against crypto, but unfortunately, those have been few and far between on HN in the past few years. To give you an example, "just dumb as hell" (from the OP), doesn't fall in the "well constructed argument" bucket. And unlike the do-gooder out to save the world in the 'attack of the 50 foot blockchain blog', or other kind of jihadists like Diehl, I'm not a crypto bible-thumper out to convert the infidels. In short, I find crypto interesting and worth looking into, learning about, improving upon (the existing systems being indeed far from perfect). If you want to label that bias, more power to you, but please don't compare me to the fanatic-on-a- mission-from-god who wrote the OP.
- rsynnott 5y ago
  > To re-use another HN poster comment: "now do cloth dryers". I mean, regulators _very much are_ doing clothes dryers; see the EC's Great War on Inefficient Appliances. Traditional vented dryers are probably not long for this world, at least in Europe (they'll be replaced with heat pump dryers), but I'd expect other developed countries to follow. Clothes dryers are getting better through government intervention and technology improvements. Our Lord and Saviour the Blockchain is getting dramatically worse. It's not surprising that people see them differently.

ur-whale 5y ago

> the amount of sheer environmental destruction is sickening To re-use another HN poster comment: "now do cloth dryers". Or to phrase it easier to parse: if this is the battle people have decided matters in the fight against global warming, we're really not out of the woods. > And your post history speaks quite loudly on what "bias" looks like to you. Bias, eh? While I do enjoy discussing cryptocurrencies a great deal because I find the tech. and its implications deeply fascinating, I certainly do no buy most of what folks in the space peddle out, nor am I religious about it, unlike the OP. What I enjoy most is a well constructed argument against crypto, but unfortunately, those have been few and far between on HN in the past few years. To give you an example, "just dumb as hell" (from the OP), doesn't fall in the "well constructed argument" bucket. And unlike the do-gooder out to save the world in the 'attack of the 50 foot blockchain blog', or other kind of jihadists like Diehl, I'm not a crypto bible-thumper out to convert the infidels. In short, I find crypto interesting and worth looking into, learning about, improving upon (the existing systems being indeed far from perfect). If you want to label that bias, more power to you, but please don't compare me to the fanatic-on-a- mission-from-god who wrote the OP.

rsynnott 5y ago
> To re-use another HN poster comment: "now do cloth dryers". I mean, regulators _very much are_ doing clothes dryers; see the EC's Great War on Inefficient Appliances. Traditional vented dryers are probably not long for this world, at least in Europe (they'll be replaced with heat pump dryers), but I'd expect other developed countries to follow. Clothes dryers are getting better through government intervention and technology improvements. Our Lord and Saviour the Blockchain is getting dramatically worse. It's not surprising that people see them differently.