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by smoldesu 3y ago
To their credit, that quoted statement rejects the claim that they're a religiously motivated club. They outright state that the worship of Satan is not what they do (because they are non-theistic) and encouraging that would probably h
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Diligent though, perhaps.
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by smoldesu 3y ago
I've been around cryptocurrency since around 2014, and I don't think the problem is hubris and preoccupation. People genuinely don't want cryptocurrency in their internet. The opportunity to spend more money online is not a
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You waste less energy? Ethereum seemed to figure this out despite being entirely dysfunctional.
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> but in order to understand why, you need to understand what's wrong with the current monetary system and the terrible effects it is having on the world. Are we about to find out why, or do I have to pay for your memoir to understa
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by smoldesu 3y ago
If the gentrification of California's housing market turns you off, you probably shouldn't reciprocate by gentrifying the ownership of North Korean property from abroad. Chances are if their economy stabilizes it won't be und
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by smoldesu 3y ago
I could say the same about privacy or encryption. It's probably why the average person doesn't care about either of those things when pressed. Ideologically I'm not opposed to Bitcoin or the idea of it existing for the base i
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by smoldesu 3y ago
None of what you said is inherently wrong. Much like the OSI model, if you reinvented Bitcoin today it would look much different. Unlike the OSI model, Bitcoin's solution to finance is not modular or all-encompassing. If it's not
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by smoldesu 3y ago
Some people are just like that. The same thing happens on the other side of the fence alarmingly often, where someone will claim Bitcoin is the second coming of Christ and sell their home before knowing basic technical details about the net
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Putting aside the matter of Facebook being a reprehensible company, their investment in Oculus has turned out great. The first-generation Quest is the latest model I own, but it's still a pretty compelling offer to the average customer
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by smoldesu 3y ago
> The fact is that Bitcoin is very likely to absorb a vast percentage of the worlds value simply as it is. You present this as a fact, but the actual valuation of Bitcoin doesn't seem to support this claim. John McAfee bet (and prov
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by smoldesu 3y ago
> None can say Bitcoin is a fraud Sure I can; Bitcoin ETFs are an investment in regulated exchanges, not the Blockchain itself. The existence of a Bitcoin ETF is not a de-facto endorsement of Bitcoin's ideals any more than other reg
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by smoldesu 3y ago
You're basically describing Bitcoin in the same words. I despise Vitalik Buterin like nobody's business, but pissing down on Ethereum as a Bitcoin holder is too funny to not call out. Both of them are monopoly-money investments, w
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by smoldesu 3y ago
Bitcoin itself is a scam that wastes energy. Without custodial ownership, scam transactions are resolved no different than legitimate ones. Without diligent regulation, Bitcoin's power usage can easily balloon beyond what any single
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by smoldesu 3y ago
English translation (for non-crypto owners): > Until you learn what money really is Until you agree with me unconditionally, > you'll have no hope of understanding bitcoin. You'll see straight through the scam of
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by smoldesu 3y ago
How many lifetimes do you have to spend on HODLing? Because if me and the other commentor are willing to compare Bitcoin to religion, imagine how hostile the regular public will be towards it. You know, the people who were warned for year
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by smoldesu 3y ago
> Would you consider gold mining a waste of energy? If the amount of work put into getting it is not reciprocal to the value of the outcome, then yes I would consider it a waste. So would most commercial gold miners, I reckon. > If yo
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by smoldesu 3y ago
> It's almost as if you see bitcoin mining as a waste of energy Bitcoin mining is a waste of energy, by design. It is proof-of-work; it is built from the ground up to repeatedly spend electricity on redundant calculations.
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by smoldesu 3y ago
> except that bitcoin's importance is based on time-proven monetary theory and game theory, rather than make believe. "Except that our sect of Christianity is proven by Mary Magdalene and early theological scholars, rather th
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by smoldesu 3y ago
> It's completely different to cRypTo though. Really? Explain how. And please, use the actual definition of cryptocurrency instead of your subjective shill one. > That deserves some distinction. It wouldn't deserve to be u
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by smoldesu 3y ago
That's what I'm saying. It's far more valuable to use Airdrop surveillance as a deterrent than it is to actually try gaining intelligence on systems they already control.
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> Announcing it just means Apple would work on a fix. Bold of you to assume Apple stands up to government surveillance: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/06/apple-governments-surve...
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by smoldesu 3y ago
I'd wager that most Chinese citizens are aware that the government monitors most domestic communications and sends thousands of warrants to Apple every year. It's really not that different in America, given how people joke about t
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Bitcoin is absolutely cryptocurrency and deserves zero exemption from the category.
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Imagine how many decks of playing cards that is...
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> I have no doubt everything will transpire exactly as outlined because it is simply the most intelligent take you could have. As a general principle, claiming that you are an authoritative source without authoritative evidence is not rh
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by smoldesu 3y ago
> whether Microsoft has one app store for Windows and one for Xbox. It's not silly to say they're separate. At the same time... https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/xbox-play-anywhere
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by smoldesu 3y ago
Hey, more power to you. The good news is that after the DMA rolls out, Apple doesn't have to stop offering any of that. You can keep using it until Apple stops providing the function, same as you would have without the DMA. I'm gl
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by smoldesu 3y ago
As someone who owns an RTX 3070, why is it so special? I've found myself wishing I had the 3060 Ti for the 12gb memory, sometiemes.
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by smoldesu 3y ago
> the first company to make the fact [...] a selling point. I don't think that's as impressive of an accomplishment as you think it is...

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