Post AWmOpkojxZ2NgKCqO0 by markhughes@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AWmIARZpzUBqPX9c12 by tante@tldr.nettime.org
2023-06-17T09:19:34Z
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Quick question: Have any of the tech experts who claimed crypto to be real and important and meaningful and totally not a scam apologized so far? Or have they all just switched to doing the same for "AI"?
(DIR) Post #AWmJ2HHUUEta7GF5qi by andreclaassen@ruhr.social
2023-06-17T09:28:58Z
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@tante why should they do it ?
(DIR) Post #AWmJ7MZoE3iRzIEfdQ by tante@tldr.nettime.org
2023-06-17T09:30:14Z
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@andreclaassen The Bitcoiners are a bit of a different crowd. I was talking about the "blockchain for everything" people with their DAOs and NFTs who claimed it was more than just a get rich quick scheme
(DIR) Post #AWmJJULz8XU1aBYFUW by andreclaassen@ruhr.social
2023-06-17T09:32:24Z
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@tante ok , they took their money and moved on to AI. One of them was a former president.
(DIR) Post #AWmJOqkbICRSUfcax6 by andreclaassen@ruhr.social
2023-06-17T09:33:23Z
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@tante next step quantum computing
(DIR) Post #AWmJYkT7VHHruGAIwy by tante@tldr.nettime.org
2023-06-17T09:35:04Z
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Like I literally lost friends/friendly acquaintances over my criticism of crypto. People who told me that I was just too dumb to get it and that I was harming the Internet's progress. Most don't even speak about crypto anymore. Because of course not.
(DIR) Post #AWmJcDX7tlF0uwh2Xo by pepicrft@mastodon.social
2023-06-17T09:35:37Z
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@tante most have just jumped into the new trend to capitalize it sooner than anyone else
(DIR) Post #AWmK8Xqvt1pHChN9do by alper@rls.social
2023-06-17T09:41:23Z
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@tante Do you have a list somewhere?
(DIR) Post #AWmKVfD8hA3KgXmchk by tante@tldr.nettime.org
2023-06-17T09:45:46Z
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@alper Kevin Roose, Kara Swisher, all the celebrities who did Ads for those companies and pushed that stuff to their followers on Instagram etc.
(DIR) Post #AWmLikxAkvnKDK7cES by ArneBab@rollenspiel.social
2023-06-17T09:59:18Z
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@tante do you mean cryptocoins?
(DIR) Post #AWmOpkojxZ2NgKCqO0 by markhughes@mastodon.social
2023-06-17T10:34:14Z
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@tante I don't speak about it because most who do (on either side) have closed minds.Example: all cryptocurrency is a scam versus cryptocurrency must save the world.I see a future for secure p2p tokens, but I'm wary of discussing that part because I think people switch off to anything else the moment it's mentioned.What I do think is bad is energy inefficiency, centralisation of power and fraud, all of which are rife in many industries and monetary systems, not just blockchain based tokens
(DIR) Post #AWmP9VwYyCAVLKHt9U by tehabe@norden.social
2023-06-17T10:37:49Z
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@tante you could ask @molly0xfff about that very question, if someone knows the answer it is probably her.
(DIR) Post #AWmPthYU88eAg136FE by sandorspruit@mastodon.nl
2023-06-17T10:46:04Z
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@tante I think this is known as a rhetorical question 😬
(DIR) Post #AWmQQZuFad08VguG7E by AE35@hal9.ooo
2023-06-17T10:52:05Z
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@tante Well, you're answering it yourself! You where harming the progress, so you have to apologize! </s>
(DIR) Post #AWmUy4Wz9FesrdFcR6 by vmexell@chaos.social
2023-06-17T11:42:57Z
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@tante totally unrelated pic, taken in München
(DIR) Post #AWmWfnVtscemmU9oJ6 by tongpu@hachyderm.io
2023-06-17T12:02:03Z
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@tante @andreclaassen I just wanted to ask how far in the past I should apologize for such a statement. In 2010 I thought Bitcoin could revolutionize the world, nowadays I've realized that this won't happen anymore.
(DIR) Post #AWmkjVdNhBpPqVJvQu by ivaliotes@hachyderm.io
2023-06-17T14:39:37Z
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@tante @alper Neither Roose nor Swisher have demonstrated an ounce of self-awareness or even the slightest capacity to view themselves as anything other than infallible. Celebrities' P.R. handlers believe they can ignore things away, and they're usually right.
(DIR) Post #AWmoRKTopNgZr7QzHk by devnull@crag.social
2023-06-17T15:21:08Z
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@tante no because the definition of "hustle" is to highlight wins and minimize losses. I've got an acquaintance (used to be a friend) who bought into Bitcoin. He preached endlessly about how the Canadian Dollar was going to go bust, and that BTC was the future.To go around doomsaying about an entire first-world country's economy is just something else...
(DIR) Post #AWnUJvoQL60xOkE8mG by apocraphilia@hachyderm.io
2023-06-17T23:10:28Z
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@tante A lot have just switched - Sam Altman said exactly that at his "fireside chat" in Australia this week, and I guess he should know.But I suspect a lot also continue to believe that crypto *would* be transformative, if it wasn't being undermined by critics, and conspiracies of bankers and governments.
(DIR) Post #AWwQHDtM0MgFzRZWqm by dadbod_beeblebrox@kolektiva.social
2023-06-22T06:37:31Z
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@tante brutal. Being right about Web3 is not a path to professional reward, especially when people you meant to help are still chasing their sunk costs. Or so I hear.
(DIR) Post #AWxlJ3Fqohvxm3lfcm by adamgreenfield@social.coop
2023-06-22T22:07:48Z
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@andreclaassen @tante Yes, the Bitcoin bros are (if possible) even worse.
(DIR) Post #AWxrbWI2CdFElLyka0 by tante@tldr.nettime.org
2023-06-22T23:18:25Z
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@apocraphilia Oh, do you have a link to Altmans Statements? Because he still has his scammy worldcoin thing going
(DIR) Post #AXZ2m044jMTlhYBFo0 by apocraphilia@hachyderm.io
2023-07-10T21:47:55Z
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@tante Sorry, I don't think it was recorded. Someone did ask a question that mentioned the WorldCoin stuff, but it was just a sycophant, asking how he can be so awesome all the time. 🤢