21 sats \ 1 reply \ @clr 1h \ on: The Death of Cash Transactions Around The World alter_native
What is alarming is that the amount places that accept bitcoin is still negligible in the grand scheme of things.
How can we change this?
Next time a "bitcoiner" says that one should not spend bitcoin, remind them of this.
Or... Welcome to the Brave New World. Where you will own nothing and have no privacy.
I haven't seen yet any word about EMF coming from that kind of antennas and possible health risks. This antenna is intended to be placed not on a roof or similar, but very close to the person using it (just look at the article's picture showing the antenna on a table with a puppy looking at it).
If it consumes an average of 20-40W of power, that suggests that the radiation coming from it might be quite significant.
There are many reasons to use bitcoin that aren’t dependent on the end of Western civilization.
Yes, true. But Western civilization already ended in March 2020.
I was just thinking that the family started to be destroyed a century ago or so. How can conservatives speak about 'family' when a regular kid spends 6-8 hours a day learning mostly useless stuff and being indoctrinated at school, plus the time spent going and coming, then ~2 hours a day of extracurricular activities, plus another 2 hours of homework and the only interactions with parents are talking about your 'progress' at school and then 'it's time to brush your teeth and go to sleep'?
The current state of society is the result of what has been built during many decades. Maybe the wokies are just finishing the job so that real families (not the fake version promoted by traditionalists) can be reborn from the ashes. Burn it to the ground. Creative destruction, they say.
Sorry for the question, but I can't help it.
What if one happens to be born in a not-so-awesome family? How can family help with healing if family is oftentimes what is making one sick?
Yes, family is part of the so called natural order, but some families are far from ideal, and are a source of sickness, not healing. Do you have something to tell to those cases?
Do you mean with censoring politically incorrect content or with avoiding censorship? I suppose you mean the former.
I think this is a good recap. Bluesky seems to be DINO (decentralized in name only). They don't appear to have a diverse ecosystem of apps, relays, developers and so on.
Thanks for this post. It confirms that I'm right in not using AirBnB for my stays.
If the places are so awful and expensive and the review system is so disingenuous and fake, why do people keep using that platform? I don't get it.
First of all, I would stop using the term "hate speech". Nobody can define it.
Great point.
Open borders and a welfare state just don't go together.
I agree with this. But then they shouldn't say "auslander raus". They should say "out with the welfare state" instead. It seems that most people that are against immigration love the welfare state but only for themselves. That's what I see as hypocritical.
I'm highly critical on the current mass migration to western countries and I migrated myself.
If you are a productive individual you should be fine, regardless of what happens to western countries. I was born in a 'western' country and I had to leave because society is not welcoming to me. I still visit, but now I don't see myself settling down in a 'western' country. Maybe it's better that tons of migrants go to western countries so that clinging to the idea of nation-state is finally overcome.
During the 2024 fiscal year, net interest costs on the debt have totaled $601 billion — more than the government has spent on health care or defense and more than four times what it has laid out for education.
Regardless of whether they keep rates 'higher for longer' or they lower them, all roads lead to the money printer going brrr.
I wonder how people still believe in the system.
I suppose the mints could require authentication every time you make a transfer outside the mint via Lightning. I am not sure how ecash works, but maybe they could also require authentication every time you transfer ecash to someone else.
But maybe it's just a way for the developers to protect themselves after the Tornado Cash issue. It's also a great reminder that the mint can rugpull or shotgun KYC anytime. Every day I am liking less and less this whole ecash thing. Please change my mind if I am wrong.
So the cashu tokens are not real bitcoin, you have to KYC, and you have to safekeep the private keys. All the disadvantages of a CEX/bank with the disadvantages of self-custody combined in one package. Why would anyone want this?