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npc12345on Veganism is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce our environmental impact, study finds

Nobody dare talk about the oil companies.

Why don't we switch to hemp instead of plastic to begin with?

npc12345on America Is Losing Its Value Proposition

A dollar deposited into a bank in the US in 2022 is a dollar you'll still have in the bank in 2052.

That's the value proposition of the US (and couple of other countries) and it still holds true.

npc12345on Centralization is inevitable, but decentralization is right behind it

Sure, Binance could run off with your money tomorrow if they wanted you, but if you keep most of your money in your actual Bitcoin wallet and only deposit what you need to, your money is 100% safe.

npc12345on An anonymous donor just sent 299 Ether (equivalent to 393k USD) to redox_OS

Is Monero shielded from this?

npc12345on Google Pixel 6 still freezes when calling Emergency Services

What processor does yours have?

npc12345on Man who robbed bank to get his own money back hailed as national hero

Coup or revolution will always depend on who you ask.

Be careful what you wish for.

Change must come from the bottom up, or just f*cking flee.

Sanctions do nothing.

npc12345on Vauld suspends all withdrawals, trading and deposits on the platform

> Deposits USD into ponzi scam

> USD is bad!!11

Does not compute.

npc12345on SMS phishing is way too easy

Skype

npc12345on Where are all the crypto use cases?

The crypto use case is bitcoin.

Everything you can do elsewhere you can do it in Bitcoin, and safer.

npc12345on Solend seized $170M of user funds

Not bitcoin? Not your coins.

npc12345on Drawing a childrens story with DALL-E 2

Srry but youre the horse carriage maker in the 1920s, adapt.

npc12345on Patreon cuts deep inside creators’ pockets

Try zelleing a scammer, call the bank, then get back to us buddy.

npc12345on Over 13k Vivo phones found to be using same IMEI number (2020)

They really hate revolutions over there huh.

npc12345on Ask HN: 30s single man, which city should I move to?

I don't know.

But I can tell you which states won't have mask mandates if a new strain or a new virus comes out.

npc12345on US Army deploys its first floating solar array

Solar panels do not suddenly render large swaths of fertile land un-inhabitable.

npc12345on Ask HN: 30s single man, which city should I move to?

No masks though

npc12345on When will Apple ship other M2 Macs?

You're right, I have let it go too, I used to argue much more online.

I got into Apple stuff at around 2005 so I have had the same experiences.

npc12345on Resident Evil Village in the browser through Stadia

> Playing games with friends use part of growing in current society.

Young people are broke where I live, they either pirate or just outright not have game consoles (most do not have consoles).,

They're managing just fine, they play stuff on their phones or hang out and talk and eat some ice cream, or have parties/get togethers.

npc12345on Resident Evil Village in the browser through Stadia

Don't purchase DRM'ed or hosted bits.

There's the solution.

I haven't bought software or games in years.

npc12345on Dropbox deletes Rick and Morty creators account for secret TOS violation

I think you're shadowbanned.

npc12345on Dropbox deletes Rick and Morty creators account for secret TOS violation

rsync (and web3 in the future) are the solutions to this.

npc12345on When will Apple ship other M2 Macs?

Your xps have 100gbs ram bandwidth? No

10 hours battery life? No

Superb handling of fractional ui scaling? No

Perfect trackpad? No

Single cable charger? (Maybe) no(t)

Unix? No

npc12345on When will Apple ship other M2 Macs?

8 or 16 ram?

npc12345on DALL·E Mini – Generate images from a text prompt

"Too much traffic"

npc12345on Uber loses appeal as top Swiss court rules company is an employer

Yes I know, we all know, everyone who read the article knows.

It's still a thing they have to pay to the government.

Jeez.

npc12345on Ask HN: What Is Today's Lead?

> Its not,

It is.

npc12345on Uber loses appeal as top Swiss court rules company is an employer

> but not a necessary one.

I know, but, a friggin 1 billion fine? They're most likely just pulling out of Switzerland altogether.

npc12345on Uber loses appeal as top Swiss court rules company is an employer

The evil companies are paying low wages, let's expel the companies where they'll take their capital to some other country and leave all employes unemployed, that'll show them!