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I don't remember Gibson but I wonder if we can get to the point that outlaw hackers limit damage to the wealthy and send "refunds" to the exploited. That would
by powerhour 4y ago
I don't remember Gibson but I wonder if we can get to the point that outlaw hackers limit damage to the wealthy and send "refunds" to the exploited. That would be worth celebrating.
- cynusx 4y agoLike communism, that idealism fails on the part where the one stealing a lot of money (or appropriating it in communism for the greater good) has to actually give it back to somebody that is not himself
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- rchaud 4y agoThat would be the part at which these books go from sci-fi to straight up fantasy.
- Ekaros 4y agoI would say that anyone who have enough time and money to investing in crypto is by definition wealthy.
- jeffgreco 4y agoI wish that were true. The Celsius and Voyager fallout has shown otherwise: https://blog.mollywhite.net/celsius-letters/ https://blog.mollywhite.net/celsius-letters/ https://blog.mollywhite.net/voyager-letters/ https://blog.mollywhite.net/voyager-letters/
- Ekaros 4y agoOnly read voyager letters, but those sums listed point towards people being very wealthy. I could see point if we were talking of hundreds, but we are talking of sums of over hundred of thousand. Which to me is very wealthy on global scale at least.
- wiredfool 4y agoMy kitchen contractor was in crypto -- when we were talking a few months ago he was down 20% but waiting for it to come back. That was pre meltdown. It's not just the wealthy, it's the cab driver giving crypto tips now.
- drc500free 4y agoI mean, sure, in the sense that a janitor in the US is wealthy when considered globally.
- dagw 4y agois by definition wealthy. Or at least they where before investing in crypto...