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Can anyone explain a rational political motivation behind this? I realize "less immigrants" is the hand-wavy explanation, but how does this benefit those in charge?

I had this thing and loved it but it WAS SO G$DD$MN LOUD!!!!! It was like the sound of a pile of silverware dumped into a garbage disposal played at full volume over an AM radio. G…

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According to the business plan, solving world hunger and ending disease comes AFTER the 1/2 trillion dollar AGI buildout.

Saw your comments in the MomBoard post. This is exactly what I've been looking for. Ordered a dev edition in white :)

So I should not believe attestations by third parties because they are all lies then? https://tether.to/en/transparency/?tab=reports I guess that would be not much different than M…

What about this one? https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8450-21

I don't know. What's going to happen with Tether?

Don't buy bitcoin because it will crash... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vII3xWrXzwY

You know, the entire point of this website is to comment on articles with our own thoughts, experiences, and opinions - even if it's moralizing and/or grandstanding. Can we stop di…

> > It's disheartening for kids when the thing they've worked hard on simply isn't fun — particularly when they share it with friends and are met with, at best, a shrug. An easy wa…

Exactly, but the value proposition of crypto is that it's *very* difficult to disrupt. See Nigeria for a current example of a national government trying and failing to get its popu…

Sir, this is the internet. Nobody reads past the headline before spouting their opinion.

It's unfortunate that the loudest advocates of crypto in the US and Europe are screeching libertarians and grifters/scammers. They drown out the everyday users in far off places li…

Different countries have different regulations and differing levels of permeation within society. Nobody in the US will take crypto as payment (other than a few niche retailers), b…

No. If you're happy with USD, then use USD. If you are Argentinian (or Venezuelan, or Iraqi, or Zimbabwean) and your currency is getting devalued to nothing and the government is r…

Maybe they hacked together something that can feasibly me marketed as an AI-assistant knowing that whatever they build now will get "steamrolled" by GPT-5 (Sam's words, not mine). …

He's doing exactly what he wants with purpose and determination. Probably enjoying himself. It's not what I would do, but you know - to each his own.

"Avoiding the sun" does not mean "avoid going outside" Long sleeves, hat, sunglasses go a long way to prevent burns and skin cancer. Sunscreen, too, but something tells me this guy…

Mine is definitely one of those.

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AirBnB comes to mind. https://airbnb.io

Wait, who am I supposed to believe here?!? Prime Video tore down their micro services in favor of a monolith just last year! Which trillion dollar globocorp is my tiny, insignifica…

Jack has ADD Chili's sister is infertile Winton, Judo, and the Terriers are from single parent households There's a deaf kid featured in Turtleboy There's a wheelchair kid in Quiet…

I got mine from Edible Landscaping in Virginia. The owner is super friendly and very helpful. One of my grafted saplings died almost immediately after planting, and he replaced it …