bitofhope

My prediction begins with a confession, for I have sinned. Seven years ago a younger, more foolish me purchased a small sum of Bitcoin out of curiosity. I had forgotten about this until just recently, when I found an old notebook where I had recorded the keys to access the accursed asset. The news about the price peaking after the election made me decide to take at least some advantage out of the result, so I cashed out, earning a tidy profit, which I dutifully reported to the state revenue service.

My prediction for the rest of the year is that as a penance for my transgression, I will spend the ill-gotten gains from my destructive action to poison my body and mind with concoctions of ethanol.

Bullish on Le Creuset

What do you mean "crashing the economy"? GDP is doing great! Line go up! Just keep staring at the NASDAQ composite and you will surely be able to afford a house by the time it hits $20k.

Overton window, more like overton viewfinder. Point it wherever you like and the median voter will agree everything to its left is radical extremism.

I swear to god post the map with lots of diagonal arrows one more time

The thing that really grinds my gears about the escape to Mars plan is that Earth is already habitable (for now) and Mars is not. If we can make an uninhabitable planet habitable, we could just make the already habitable planet stay habitable. There is no scenario where terraforming Mars is easier than, uh, "terraforming" the Earth.

SMRs make me so goddamn miserable. We already know how to build nuclear plants. Build those! We're kind of on a tight deadline here, maybe don't waste time trying to invent a less efficient reactor that's supposed to solve a problem we don't have.

We already have working carbon capture technology, too. It's called plants. Thanks to deforestation and ocean pollution we're making negative progress creating CC machines, nice job.

We live in a world where you can watch billionaires publicly humiliate themselves on the daily and never suffer consequences for it. What's a little temporary embarrassment compared to that?

The third worst part is the fact that I’ve been owned in a way I can’t even explain to my closest friends.

Oh god, this so much. Well, third worst for me personally, as a non-American white guy. I suppose Palestinians, Ukrainians, and marginalized groups in the US might have a few issues they'd rank higher.

“Our mission at Mozilla is more high-stakes than ever,” wrote Syed in an email to staff, a copy of which was shared with TechCrunch. “We find ourselves in a relentless onslaught of change in the technology (and broader) world, and the idea of putting people before profit feels increasingly radical.”

"which is why we don't"

Bitcoin peaks as Trump is elected

(Article encrypted in Finnish, see spoiler for translation)

Dry heaving at the shameless public fellatio Trump performed on Musk in his speech.

One weird trick explains venture capital!