Couple this with Hawaii’s new research that Lunar cycles will make coastal tides larger for the next 10-15 years starting around mid-2030s*…

“We are the cancer now”

bonk!

Yada yada, kettle, pot, black, yada

No one here is proclaiming that…

Plz take that back to REddit where you found it.

Right?

So, like, do something then??

One word solution:

Fiber

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Well I did say I still love MP3s…

Obviously good points.

But we know now subscriptions =/= to ownership.

Also nothing stops us from potentially ripping the downloaded songs into MP3s and this gives you all the access to it. Or just go rip them off youtube.

I was just providing an easy solution that still gives the artists money. Philosophically, just using mp3’s doesn’t inherently give the artist any funds when I can just torrent/rip them.

It’s a good philosophy but that’s just it. Crypto should’ve remained closeto it’s philosophical roots.

The government legalizing manipulation of crypto by making them “assets” ruined any real implementation by tethering it to the fiat currencies. So crypto is now a moot point sadly that doesn’t retain it’s original anarchist intentions.

I know a lot about Monero and Ring Token technology. Used it plenty. Doesn’t matter. Still tied to fiat and manipulation by proxy. Even if private. What’s the real issue with this tethering you ask?

Authoritarian Control

Governmental overreach being able to examine any of your accounts and almost see a one-to-one with your deposits is a red flag. No, they cant see the amounts on the other end (Monero’s private ledger). But all security is an illusion, especially for the now government backed tech like this. Eventually Ring tech will be broken by AI, ML, Quantum, or many. Plus, the exchange reports your purchases and sells that data too (legally now).

Even if you use LocalMonero and do it in-person, you have IP Addresses (bc no VPNs usually), messages between seller and buyer, and purchase amounts potentially all under the authority of private entities. Unless you’ve some serious connections.

All the government has to do is make it illegal to participate in crypto at all and now it becomes dead tech again (for better or worse).

Thank you for your input though! Not trying to be defeatist or an alarmist. Just a clarification on my opinions of where the hypothetical train went off the rails.

Are we even tracking their work Tickets for progress? /s

Yasser, let the darkness consume y’all

Blame petrochemical/oil companies.

Plant based biodegrade plastic exist…

YOUTH’S ANSWER: Spotify offline download

I love it :)

Always got a stash of backups if network goes down on the road. Love mp3s still tho.

Also we stream so much because we’re used to it. I download replays now tho to save energy consumption in general.

BUT more streams means more money for the artist!

I get it philosophically, but…

crypto = no underlying value (unless it was a 1:1 ratio with some measurement of electricity like a bond almost, ideally being a unit of energy we exchange unto itself)

so for now…

money = government

Plus, we’d need someway to independently run, manage, and maintain an autonomous system outside of the government controlled infrastructure. Which, unless we make serious energy/education/resource breakthroughs is not going to happen anytime soon sadly.

No, you caught me :)

That’s a very helpful clarification, thank you.

Still sounds shady though. The research should primarily, if not only, be done by college and academic researchers I’d say. The ones who probably should be doing the publishing as well… js. its not all roses like they make it appear imo sadly.

i blame Russia

/s

The world’s most intense match of Minesweeper you’ve ever seen!

Same…

I had COVID, RSV, and Type B flu all at once during Christmas. :(

Fine now.

Boo!!!

“We don’t fully know or understand the ecosystems down there and how fragile they are yet… but yeah, go ahead and run an underwater vacuum over it, sure!”

Fuckin’ idiots