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Captainant

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  1. 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.
  2. Captainant

    3D Printing

    Really cool new tech in slicers - "bricklayers"!
  3. 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?
  4. 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
  5. I guess you could say that pilot made an error
  6. 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.
  7. 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?
  8. Hey what wow tarrifs are gonna push up prices? WHAT A SHOCK! I AM INCREDULOUS
  9. 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"
  10. I call this "Moments Before Disaster"
  11. Ah gotcha, it's bundled with the board software. Bummer
  12. You can ski and surf in the same day on the big island
  13. 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?
  14. 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/
  15. I hope you're right, but it's been a called shot by the president that he wants to take the power of the purse away from congress, which would allow him to de-appropriate funds at will. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-impoundment-appropriations-congress-budget
  16. Having a home media server has been one of the best time and effort investments for entertainment. Bluray ripper gets a ton of use, but it's nice knowing things will never disappear and I'm getting a good bitrate for the content. It's wild how much the little Celeron that could can do in that box. Intel's quicksync acceleration in the integrated GPU is a godsend
  17. Why would it? The fire keeps em warm
  18. The explosion of memecoins is something else, especially with the president firing the starting pistol
  19. lulz a pastor went from praying at the inauguration, and then left the stage to immediately go promote a memecoin It's gonna be a fuckin hoot to watch the intersection of evangelicals and cryptogrifters. Is anyone getting in on the rugpulling action? Or is that more for the NFT thread?
  20. these are the same idiots that genuinely think the nazis were socialists because of "national socialist" is in their name. Nevermind that hitler named it such in part to troll the communists and explicitly targetted socialism for literal obliteration
  21. I did engage honestly - I think your position of pushing more money into fintech, when we have manifold examples of their fragility and danger to average americans, is absurd. An ad hominem attack would be "everything you say is stupid because you're part of $GROUP" - criticising your ideas and stated position is just the table stakes. Maybe go try your echo chamber goldbug board instead if you want attaboys instead of critical thought
  22. Lol that was faster than I thought it would take BBC: Instagram hides search results for 'Democrats'
  23. Captainant

    3D Printing

    How much are you looking to spend and what do you have already? Creality looks to be releasing an MMU soon if you're already in that ecosystem
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