Miami Horror's All Possible Futures (album on YouTube)

lets not forget AI was trained on human data. some people will "sound like AI" because they likely make up a big portion of its demographic training data.

agree to disagree

From the POV of someone who's never used a bidet, you come off like someone who was just looking for conflict.

Ah, you're just trolling. Got it.

“Responsible” and “Bitcoin” is an oxymoron due to the inherent multi-level marketing pyramid/Ponzi scheme aspect of crypto“currencies”.

First, you're removing the next two words "financial diversification" from the statement. Your own personal opinions and emotions aside, financial diversification is not a bad idea. It's all about percentages and risk calculations. I would agree with you if they went "all in" on crypto, but they didn't say that.

Second, you're lumping in bad people with good tech that has solved a very specific problem - the ability to transfer funds without relying on a central bank or authority. Is email bad because the majority is spam? No. Is the internet bad because the dark web exists and thousands if not millions of crimes are being carried out on it? No. Are encrypted messengers bad because they allow criminals to send message? No. Same concept here. There can exist a good technology that gets abused by bad people.

“Money corrupts; bitcoin corrupts absolutely.

You can stop at "money corrupts". bitcoin is money and money corrupts.

Disregarding all of bitcoin's shortcomings, a financial instrument that brings out the worst in people—greed—won't change the world for the better.”

Disregarding all of the U.S. Dollar's shortcomings[1], a financial instrument that brings out the worst in people—greed—won't change the world for the better.”

Fixed it for you.

[1] The US spent 877 BILLION dollars on its defense budget (as much as the next 10 countries combined!) to ensure the USD keeps its power.

Corporate Memphis

Link for the lazy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_Memphis

Do you disagree with their reason?

Responsible financial diversification requires holding some assets outside of the traditional government controlled banking system.

They didn't say they were going all in. They aren't continuously promoting - at least not that I'm aware. They were just being open and honest about how they're handling their finances.

Look another American obsessed with Russia!

A single comment on Russia's bullshit spyware tactics does not equate with obsession. Are you going to refute the facts or continue to troll?

A billion people tricked into using malware is still a billion people using malware. Telegram is a Russian spyware and misinformation machine. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/columns/2024/08/27/7472194/

Putin's Mouthpiece Demands Release of Durov (a likely fsb agent himself)

Pavel Durov has secretly traveled to Russia more than 60 times between 2014 to 2022

Durov concealed that he crossed the border more than 50 times from 2015 to 2022

• Despite the story that "the FSB took Vkontakte away from Pavel in 2014", his relationship with the Russian authorities 2015-present was good enough > that he was not afraid of being detained while entering, reentry& long stays & operations in Russia.

• In response to the publication about his possible ties to Russia, Durov deliberately deceived Ukrainians and the general public, claiming that he > was an exile in Russia and that Telegram had "no ties" to Russia.

• As proof of his lack of ties to Russia, Pavel claimed that he was no longer a Russian entrepreneur, had dual citizenship in France & the UAE.

• After his arrest in France and the statements of the Russian authorities, we know that he has a valid Russian passport.

• Russian authorities are demanding his release.

Pavel Durov, telegrams owner, repeatedly crossed the border and concealed these 60+ trips into mother russia. For those familiar with Durov's official position that he has become an exile and cannot return to his country, this fact alone should be interesting, as it probably means that Durov was not telling the truth about his conflict with the Russian authorities.

But go ahead, keep using Telegram, товарищ.

Texas reeks ~~of freedom~~

ftfy

It's okay to not tolerate hatred, fascists and misinformation.

The paradox of tolerance states that if a society's practice of tolerance is inclusive of the intolerant, intolerance will ultimately dominate, eliminating the tolerant and the practice of tolerance with them.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance