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Captainant

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  1. And four terms is right out
  2. Welcome to the joys of snap restructuring led by an empty suit with an MBA!
  3. My bad, Bitcoin is also excellent for operating a criminal enterprise at scale. One step further, I really doubt that TSR's operating model would be palatable for any real business considering how much overhead and time they spend on just maintaining crypto infra, rather than traditional payment means. Also, you're an order of magnetude off on scale, TSR only sold $183M in revenue off illegal drugs and human trafficking and contract killers Most of Ulbricht's profits came from the money laundering services of the tumblers he operated, and it came out to around $13M in profits for him at the time.
  4. Hah credit to YouTube for bringing this back across my feed
  5. That certainly tracks with the science at least https://www.psypost.org/adolescents-with-authoritarian-leanings-exhibit-weaker-cognitive-ability-and-emotional-intelligence/ The results showed significant relationships between both cognitive and emotional abilities and ideological attitudes, though the strength and nature of these relationships varied. In line with prior studies in adult populations, adolescents with lower cognitive abilities were more likely to endorse authoritarian attitudes, both on the right and left of the political spectrum. Interestingly, the relationship between cognitive abilities and social dominance orientation was weaker than for right-wing authoritarianism, suggesting that hierarchical preferences might be less cognitively driven. Emotional abilities, however, emerged as even stronger predictors of ideological attitudes than cognitive abilities. Adolescents with lower emotional abilities were more likely to hold authoritarian beliefs across all three dimensions: right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and left-wing authoritarianism. Furthermore, when emotional abilities were included in the models, the influence of cognitive abilities on ideological attitudes became nonsignificant, suggesting that emotional abilities may play a mediating role.
  6. Bitcoin isn't useful for anything except hoping it goes up in value to sell to a greater fool. If you want to spend it, it's a huge hassle and all but requires you to use a 3rd party for trust in the transaction. And at that point, you're just using a slower and shittier and more expensive debit card
  7. Fucking wild, the Antioch High shooter was a no-shit black white supremacist https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/purported-writings-from-antioch-high-school-shooter-show-his-plans-thoughts-before-death In one of his first sentences, Henderson wrote he "was ashamed to be Black." He was anti-Semitic in his writings and posted a flyer from the Goyim Defense League, which is a neo-Nazi white supremacy group that visited Nashville this summer. Henderson said he was inspired by Candance Owens, a conservative Black pundit who previously called Nashville home. "Candance Owens influenced me above all each time she spoke," Henderson wrote. His writings showed that he had been thinking about violence for a few months. He wrote his final remarks on Nov. 18. "I was so miserable. I wanted to kill myself. I just couldn't take anymore. I am a worthless subhuman, a living breathing disgrace. All my (in real life) friends outgrew me act like they didn't f—ing know me. Being me was so f—ing humiliating. That's why I spend all day dissociating."
  8. It's just wild to me that people are defending him. He knows how to show love without seig heil-ing
  9. Ars with more reporting, written by Eric Berger of SpaceCityWeather fame: https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/nasa-moves-swiftly-to-end-dei-programs-ask-employees-to-report-violations/
  10. I'm not looking to be convinced, but I am genuinely curious of why you believe that crypto will solve the problems you mention in a way that's better/cheaper/more secure/more durable than existing means. If you require a trusted 3rd party to effectively use bitcoin, then the entire premise for the "trustless" crypto currency is shot. I understand the technology and the utility, and it's not a matter of "belief" - it's a matter of efficacy and cost.
  11. Captainant

    3D Printing

    Really cool new tech in slicers - "bricklayers"!
  12. Let me tell you, no services or business workflows use em. Because at a fundamental level, they are simply more complex and expensive than a traditional data store. Plus, what's the point of running a trust less architecture if you're inside the network boundary and already have the benefits of trust? You can even realize idempotency without blockchains, there's not a favorable comparison if you already trust all the nodes you're connecting to. Then please, show me a real world example of a real crypto transaction with Bitcoin that isn't so laborious. Or are you saying that you need a trusted 3rd party to handle the complexities?
  13. I disagree wholeheartedly, every company and nation that has tried to go whole-hog on Bitcoin has choked. Turns out volatile 10+ minute confirmation windows with transaction fees do not make for a good payment system. And while Wally world is a "user" of Bitcoin, it is nowhere near to their core business and the thought of a Walmart associate trying to figure out a busted crypto TX cracks me up, so thanks for the laugh with my morning coffee
  14. I guess you could say that pilot made an error
  15. As someone in the tech industry, I have not seen a single enterprise-scale blockchain implemention in a decade. It's simply slower, less resilient, and more energy expensive than non-blockchain systems. Great, so when's the last time YOU used crypto for a commercial purpose, and not just horse trading? Because what you're describing is not reality, but a sales pitch.
  16. Amazon, Google, and Facebook are actual products. What does crypto do, solve, or address? Why does it exist but for hoping to sell to a greater fool for a higher price?
  17. Hey what wow tarrifs are gonna push up prices? WHAT A SHOCK! I AM INCREDULOUS
  18. I can't imagine going on a soviet-style purge will be helpful to the mission of making it to the Moon and Mars. "There will be no adverse consequences for tomorrow reporting this information. However, failure to report this information within 10 days may result in adverse consequences"
  19. I call this "Moments Before Disaster"
  20. Ah gotcha, it's bundled with the board software. Bummer
  21. You can ski and surf in the same day on the big island
  22. But not kidding, why are we still embedding Twitter on surly? If the owners and site leadership agree that the owner is acting like a Nazi and the site is acting more as a dissemination source for hate, racism, and disinformation, what are we even doing here? Is that something you'd be interested in putting out for a poll @immamac?
  23. I mean, not a shock at this point but lmfao they took the Constitution off of the Whitehouse.gov page https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-constitution/
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