The report doesn’t seem to address any of the most damning arguments I’ve heard against crypto currently. Namely:
Bitcoin is mostly just a vehicle for speculation and is too slow and expensive to be considered for actual commerce
Nothing about crypto directly solves any of the existing problems with currency, since the problems are social structures and financial incentives brought about as an emergent property of organizations and are not a function of the currency itself (some of the biggest holders of crypto are the same huge investment agencies that created the subprime loan crash in '08)
The fact that blockchains are enormously inefficient, given that unfathomable amounts of redundant work are being done (Visa uses about 1.5 Wh per transaction vs BTC which is about 1,500-2000 kWh, making BTC over one million times less efficient)
In my opinion, there’s a reason why you haven’t been able to do anything with your Crypto besides bet on it for over a decade now. It’s because it’s just a bad product, engineered by techbros who think they know better than the global banking system how to create a decent financial product.
A Texas man who said his death sentence was based on false and unscientific expert testimony was executed Thursday evening for killing a man during a robbery decades ago....
If you are a pirate VPN is an essential tool. I am trying to ascertain the popularity of various VPNs in piracy community. In this excerise, I will list several Popular VPNs in the comment if you use one of them just upvote that comment and reply the reason. If you don’t find your VPN listed add a comment with just their name....
Right-wing political philosophy is becoming so authoritarian that we’re really harassing people who just lost their pregnancy, treating them like criminals until proven otherwise.
My experienced dating a socially anxious person is that there is no perfect response, anything you say needs exclusion qualifiers and follow-up for reassurance purposes. Love her tho.
Consistent sleep is the #1 sleep-related correlate of academic performance, even more so than duration or quality! Sleeping at the same time every night is incredibly important.
It’s crazy that in the modern day there are still places on Earth where failing to adhere to a religious dress code results in immediate public beatings or arrests. Crazy but also not that surprising unfortunately.
I think it’s already a great system, its philosophical foundation of being built around user freedom is fantastic. It just has a few things that are definitely still problems for desktop users. Namely,
Sensible defaults
Proprietary driver management
Distros needing to distribute software in their repos instead of authors doing it themselves
Too many competing application formats, each with glaring issues
Inconsistent theming with GTK vs QT (mostly app developers’ faults tho)
Both popular display servers have huge issues
Lack of manufacturer support for hardware (this will come with time if Linux continues to become more popular)
Incompatibility with existing standards, especially Microsoft products
Lacking proper professional applications for things like video editing that actually work consistently
Gaming anti-cheat compatibility
Generally being easy to break the whole system on accident
Power consumption on mobile devices
I guess that’s a lot, but it’s still a great system ha.
Gonna be a great day! (lemmy.world)
Nashville college freshman Jillian Ludwig dies after being hit by a stray bullet at a local park (www.nbcnews.com)
Texas man who said death sentence was based on discredited testimony is executed for 1990 killing (www.pbs.org)
A Texas man who said his death sentence was based on false and unscientific expert testimony was executed Thursday evening for killing a man during a robbery decades ago....
Yeehaw rule (lemmy.world)
Typical Doki Doki experience (lemmy.world)
Still looking for something to match a Zebra 2.0 I used years ago (lemmy.world)
Ukraine war: Zelensky says Israel-Gaza conflict taking focus away from fighting (www.bbc.co.uk)
The Israel-Gaza war is “taking away the focus” from the conflict in Ukraine, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted....
Facepalm (lemmy.world)
What VPN do you use and why?
If you are a pirate VPN is an essential tool. I am trying to ascertain the popularity of various VPNs in piracy community. In this excerise, I will list several Popular VPNs in the comment if you use one of them just upvote that comment and reply the reason. If you don’t find your VPN listed add a comment with just their name....
‘Deeply sinister’: Police testing women who have miscarriages for abortion drugs (www.independent.co.uk)
Medical professionals warn it is ‘deeply sinister’ to test women for abortion drugs
Democracy in decline worldwide, new report says (www.politico.eu)
Supportive boyfriend (lemmy.ml)
Healthy work/life balance (startrek.website)
Iran arrests lawyer at funeral of girl who died after metro incident (www.theguardian.com)
As a large language model I do not feel affection... (feddit.de)
The future of Linux
I’m not proposing anything here, I’m curious what you all think of the future....
hey - trying to switch from Chrome to Firefox, what are your recommended extensions and/or quality of life addins, etc?
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Linux vs Windows tested in 10 games - Linux 17% faster on Average (video.hardlimit.com)