Bitcoin hits 100k.
My friend who I'm on the phone with: "most theaters will shut down and AMC will launch their own streaming service"
Ask HN: Predictions for 2021?
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#132Prolonged lockdowns and new habits kill 75% of small businesses and greatly increase inequality as the richest 10% stay at home saving/investing instead of spending. This will trigger an economic collapse which will bring down the eurozone. Germany will want country rated euros to avoid having to bail Italy. House prices in Europe will drop to a rent / value rate similar to the USA, as property owners scrap for money…
If I had a euro for every time I've heard a prediction of the collapse of the euro I'd be rich by now.
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#133Number 55 will be factored using Shor's algorithm on quantum computer.
Please god no.
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#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
And Putin looked Biden in the eye, smiled, and said "So, we understand each other."
Really?! That’s stone cold.
Apparently it’s true.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-biden-idUSKBN0...
> "I said, 'Mr. Prime Minister, I'm looking into your eyes, and I don’t think you have a soul,'" Biden told the magazine. "He looked back at me, and he smiled, and he said, 'We understand one another.'"
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#135Kamala Harris will be President by July.
I wouldn't make that prediction for 6 more days but all things considered, probably.
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#136Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you think Brexit reaching a conclusion could spur reunification between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (a “United Ireland”)?
(Lived in UK and Ireland, and various other EU countries) NI is now effectively separated from the rest of the UK, so will rely on Ireland a lot more for trade. For sure there will be more cooperation between the two countries, but in the last survey only 20% of NI residents favoured a united Ireland. [0] I doubt Brexit has shifted that number too much. I'd more expect NI to become an independent country, but Scotlan…
That's a dubious looking poll with three options on remain and one on re-unification.
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#137New blockchains are released that offer practical value
VR headsets as gaming platforms become commonplace
Global politics becomes even more strained
Re: Ask HN: Predictions for 2021?
#138Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really?! That’s stone cold.
Apparently it’s true. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-biden-idUSKBN0... > "I said, 'Mr. Prime Minister, I'm looking into your eyes, and I don’t think you have a soul,'" Biden told the magazine. "He looked back at me, and he smiled, and he said, 'We understand one another.'"
That just gave me chills.
Re: Ask HN: Predictions for 2021?
#139Daft Punk comes back, releases a single with album forthcoming.
The political divide continues to grow in the US. Terrorist acts are attributed to alt-right ideology, and government starts to remove particularly egregious examples of online hate websites.
Only a third of the country will be vaccinated by the end of Q2 2021.
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#140There will be contact with an alien civilization, the kind of which we haven't ever thought about.
Care to elaborate?