Jimius

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[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago

Just remember that Satoshi's wallet has almost a million bitcoin in it. Which is worth somewhere around 80 billion USD at the moment.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 2 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

We live in a hyper-individualistic society which is self-centred. This is only exacerbated by social media, where attention and being the main character is more important than ever. The new generation is living more and more in society. Instead of being part of society. Being part of something bigger is uncommon nowadays. Which makes participation in something as extreme as a war unfathomable. If you look at countries with high levels of civil sense like Taiwan. We see school uniforms and military service. Kids are being raised to be part of a free and democratic society, not to just live in it.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 hours ago

That's why I told you twice(!) to look elsewhere

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think you better google it for yourself and learn about it, instead of asking questions to strangers and constantly being dissatisfied with the answers.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

All Chinese companies should be regarded with suspicion, based simply on the fact that independent companies don't exist in China. The CCP has their own offices and people in every company and organization of sufficient size.

FBI wants a backdoor into iPhones, Apple says no and Tim Cooke is just fine. The richest man in China, Jack Ma, criticizes government policy holding back Big Tech domestically, he gets disappeared for 3 months.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

In autocracies, citizens are expendable. They either take away the citizen's ability to organize against you (like in China) or provide just enough services to avoid a critical mass of discontent.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

First time we had to worry about microscopic black holes. Now interdimensional biological organisms which somehow can survive in our nitrogen based atmosphere and climate temperature envelope.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, of course it's not the sole reason, but cost of materials is a factor. Also if there is a pro-longed cease-fire in Ukraine, the amount of materials needed for reconstruction is immense and drive up prices. Meaning stockpiling cheap steel right now would make sense.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

It deters new customers. If a particular brand of car has a target painted on it. Either for ridicule, vandalism or destruction. Who is going to want a car like that? Besides, in terms of quality Tesla has been long surpassed by the incumbents anyway.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

This. And some people just want to post in front of a crowd. So far I like Lemmy because there's more conversation going on. And less "Look at me!" posts.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Because there is no profit motive if you rent from yourself. Also, you only pay rent. You don't have put up collateral, down payments etc. Also you don't actually own it. When you leave, you're not selling anything.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Awesome, we need cheap steel to fight the shortage of housing.

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