RikNieu

> “further debate would do unnecessary harm to science in general and science in China in particular”.

You know what else causes unnecessary harm to science, public trust and health policy? Repeated and condescending lies and gas-lighting from those in charge.

What do you mean by "needed it?" How did it affect your life afterwards?

What kind of immediate and long-term side effects did you have, if I may ask?

And what happened during the experience?

I feel that it has potential for some interesting use-cases but that hype is overshadowing clear thinking at the moment.

A lot of the benefits either don't really exist like supporters say they do, or are actually gotchas.

In brief

* single point of failure

* false sense of privacy

* false sense of ownership

* currentlt only for the rich due to costs

I outlined my thoughts here;

https://www.riknieu.com/web3-downsides/

That was a great read, gald you made some progress.

I started with year-end reviews too. Hopefully next year will see me having some success as well.

https://www.riknieu.com/2021-year-in-review/

100%, I think that's mostly batshit too. But it's not taking over my Twitter feed, so I have no reason to address it directly.

Do you want Daleks? Because this is how you get Daleks

Not for everyone.

"Anyone can join, if they have the money."

Yep, status symbols. NFTs are just internet bling/flexing, like digital cold chains and chunky rings.

Maybe just great numbers?

This is the most ridiculous thing I've read in a long while, coming from the "overpaid executive class".

How do taxes work? And legal an accounting fees?

Why do all major companies act like this? Facebook, Google, PayPal, Stripe...

Is this being taught in some Ivy League module somewhere? I'm genuinely baffled.

Because it's a choice between two apocalypses. One is slow motion and over the horizon, and "no ones fault" and the other would be voluntary.

I wrote about my thinking on this last year.

https://www.riknieu.com/no-one-believes-in-climate-change-no...

That argument might hold... but other commenters here suggested the same terms were put to first world countries, like the US and UK.

"This would apply even if the case were brought due to the company’s own acts of negligence, fraud or malice."

Uh, yeah, no. I fully support my country's stance on this. We simply cannot afford to indemnify an multinational company from their own product.

I doubt it has a serious effect.

I think most iPhone users buy the latest model every year, and that those who consistently use older or secondhand devices, wouldn't buy new often enough to affect Apple’s sales anyway.

I believe non-competes and claiming the IP of what employees do in their own time is ridiculous and way out of line. Employers do not own the people who work for them.

So metta meditation.

I tried using another search engine, like Duck, but they are horrible. I don't know if it's because I'm not in the US, but it's BARELY usable.

No, you're expected to eat at your desk and type while chewing.

Lol, I fed it this "Calorie counting works as follows..."

And it immediately tried to sell me an ebook. For real.

"The biggest danger with this diet is that you'll probably end up counting calories and then feeling deprived so you want to eat more and more. This cycle will keep you yo-yo'ing right back to the point where you started and then make you feel much worse. I have made this mistake myself and I know that I want to make sure I don't repeat that mistake.

To get people started with the 21-day Fast Weight Loss Guide, I am offering it for just $1.99 on April 29, and every day of the month after that until the program is sold out, and it will be up to the discretion of the buyer if they choose to wait and pay more"

The bot they use is not.

Were I live referring to a group of people as "guys" is non-gender specific, and has been for ages.

What I see here seems like Americans(Californians?) trying to force their cultural preferences on the rest of the world. And they think they're doing good?

They don't own the English language.

For most non-techie people Facebook IS the internet.

I just wish I could use regular Stripe. :'(

Insta is the only social media app that consistently brightens my day.

My secret? Follow topics, not people. My feed is filled with galaxies, animals, art... cool, interesting, inspiring stuff.

Threads was terrific. Threads needs to he remade.

I created https://www.atsh.io/ after learning about advanced Twitter search queries, and wanting to try out a quick, small project on NextJS and Vercel.

So I made something that will allow non-techie users to use advanced queries with a simple GUI.

It's not super sophisticated, but thought I'd share anyway.

I generally like The Atlantic but this is a prime example of why no-one trusts the media anymore. This is why people turn to fake news. Because all news is now fake news.

When I read any content related to the economy it seems that anything that helps the poor and middle class get ahead is immediately branded as "evil, socialist marxist propaganda", but if it benefits the extremely wealthy (and helps exploit those under them) it's "good for the economy and country".

Index funds are "worse than marxism"? Please. Even the prime embodiment of capitalism, Warren Buffett, recommends them, and have done so for years.