Bitcoin was derailed from being peer to peer electronic cash to this strange "store of value" that doesn't store value. It happened almost six years ago, back in 2017.
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Bitcoin was derailed from being peer to peer electronic cash to this strange "store of value" that doesn't store value. It happened almost six years ago, back in 2017.
Bitcoin was derailed from being peer to peer electronic cash to this strange "store of value" that doesn't store value. It heppened almost six years ago, back in 2017.
If you're buying into something that isn't "a great currency" then you are being lied to, and the thing that you're buying has been derailed from the original plan.
My pet conspiracy theory is that is is wired to please the user, to get better coverage from the media and social media.
To best illustrate what I mean, watch this chess match[0] it's quite riveting.
Since it read millions of matches, it can predict a legal move most of the time, and even some good moves some of the time, but it cannot "understand" the rules of chess, and makes some hilariously illegal moves, especially if the match lasts longer.
[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchyChess/comments/10ydnbb/i_pla...
[0] https://www.swfinstitute.org/news/83524/janet-yellens-speaki...
The first lines of the description say
> This API allows interaction with files on a user's local device, or on a user-accessible network file system.
It doesn't really "get" the rules of chess, but it has seen lots of matches and can do some "linguistic" predictions on the next move. It gets hilariously lost pretty fast, tho.
[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchyChess/comments/10ydnbb/i_pla...
Generating is correct.
A couple of words of context (or maybe a "category tag"?) would be so much helpful, most of the time.
Is it renewable?
It's like if "Theranos' scam will leave deep scars in USD".
This is the kind of vibe I get from this writeup, and the level of separation from humanity these people operate.
Which is ever absent from all and any Hacker News entry.
Am I the only one? Am I crazy?
* have all the basic and possibly premium features
* be rather compact and portable
* have the right weight
* possibly be weather/waterproof
* process images fast (including video)...
* ...don't drain battery in minutes...
* ...but also don't overheat in users' hands
* etc
I complain because I come here for news, not for riddles.
As is, it could be any of:
* Kitchen appliances
* Urban stealth
* Image processing
* Fashion contagion
* Music and rhythm
* ...
One thing I really appreciated was that it was conceived as an appliance rather than as an attention grabber. We tolerate our phones being attention grabbers, but unrightfully so, it doesn't have to be this way. The default UI even had the saturation toned down, to not be so much in your face.
It was pretty capable for an 80 Euro phone. It was the only smartphone I owned that I could feel vibrate in my pocket. I concede that Android ran better on it, but it's not like FirefoxOS ran bad, on the contrary.
I unfortunately lost it, and it was about the time it was being discontinued. I would probably get another one. Heck, I would get one now, if they were still around.
Anecdote: friend had a KaiOS and it was pretty aweful.
I am NOT getting over it.
When I think of Amazon/Tesla, I always associate it with early 2000s era science-fiction videogames.