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by boh 5y ago
Edge cases don't make much of an argument.
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by boh 5y ago
I love how crypto is somehow morally superior bcs "technology". Somehow crypto enthusiasts can explain away the opportunist cesspool that surrounds crypto as isolated anomalies, while making corruption a characteristic exclusive
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by boh 5y ago
The comments defending crypto seem to all anchor on the argument on what crypto "can" be. Anything "can" be anything. Maybe it is what it is and it has to be something totally different to be different.
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by boh 5y ago
The concept is interesting, but having the logo on every single object limits their appeal. Lego die-hards aren't the only people that may be interested.
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by boh 5y ago
It's obviously not. Persistent growth requirements for corporations will always lead to concentration. You need systematic change, not performative censures on popular companies to actually make an impact. Microsoft was broken up and i
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by boh 5y ago
It's just open season on Meta and big tech in general. Giphy isn't exactly an ad powerhouse nor a real competitor to Meta, but any acquisitions are now opportunities for political theater.
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by boh 5y ago
A company's valuation has nothing to do with its capital structure. You don't know how much of its cash is servicing debt. It is possible (particularly for a capital intensive business) to go bankrupt regardless of any continuing
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by boh 5y ago
We all have access to the articles that made your opinion--we don't need to wonder.
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by boh 5y ago
You can also buy and own a lightsaber. It makes the sound effects and you can pretend it's real, but it doesn't actually do the things you imagine it to.
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by boh 5y ago
Thanks for clarifying how he should be expressing his opinion. Also:This response is bad.
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by boh 5y ago
Seriously
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by boh 5y ago
News: We also use cash now Also "they are in fact functional (at least to some degree)" isn't a better argument.
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by boh 5y ago
Gaming skins aren't assets, they're licensing/service agreements. Even if you have the option to resell, you're trading your rights not your "assets". From a purely pragmatic ownership perspective, NFTs would o
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by boh 5y ago
I love how the only "use case" for this tech has been speculative trading (paid for by that stodgy fiat money everyone hates so much) but the innovation fantasy sell is still in every thread related to crypto.
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by boh 5y ago
How is Lore raising $500B to engage in a project he has zero experience in? So far it seems like a website full of future speak is his only selling point. I foresee an underfunded, overstretched attempt coming under federal inquiry to accou
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by boh 5y ago
I'm over Yang at this point. His candidacy for NY mayor went really poorly and illustrated his ignorance of anything outside of his headline policies.
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by boh 5y ago
If the preference is to perceive the world as a Marvel movie, McKinsey can play the part of a secret society of evil do-ers. If there's any interest in the actual mechanics of an economy dependent on growth, "evil" is fairly
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Facebook misled investors about its reach, whistleblower tells SEC(ft.com)
83 points by boh 5y ago|6 comments
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by boh 5y ago
Yes that's why they hire them. Often managers hire McKinsey to legitimize their own ideas and then use them as scapegoats if things go sideways. That's one of their main selling points.
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by boh 5y ago
Sorry but I have a hard time believing the FDA didn't know anything about McKinsey's ties to pharmaceuticals. The scenario here is likely ProPublica coming to the FDA and asking why they hired McKinsey since it has ties to Pharma.
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by boh 5y ago
Not sure what "next level" means. McKinsey is a consultant. If a company asks it to figure out how to make the world a better, happy place, it'll consult on that, but they don't. McKinsey has been used as an excuse for a
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by boh 5y ago
People don't hate Bitcoin, they just hate the MLM style marketing pitches from randos. Sounds great btw, amazing product, can't wait to sell it to my friends and neighbors.
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by boh 5y ago
It's snarky bcs people are sick of hearing sales pitches for moon money.
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by boh 5y ago
You can pretty much make the same case for the Internet. "Before I couldn't do X, bcs repression, mass media elite etc. but then the internet etc." The "quiet resistance" narrative is overshadowed by its primary fun
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by boh 5y ago
lol
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by boh 5y ago
And value. One of the reasons Bitcoin is so expensive is bcs most of it isn't being traded. If people actually start using it and loosen the supply, value goes down.
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by boh 5y ago
For the past year your train cost you <$1<$4 for every dollar you spent.
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by boh 5y ago
https://youtu.be/CPW3YikDwEM
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by boh 5y ago
Are you suggesting your statement is sarcasm?
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by boh 5y ago
Yeah 12 years ago people actually thought they'd be using Bitcoin as it was intended: as a currency. Now most people know better than to do anything but trade it.

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