I respect a lot of the philosophy behind bitcoin, wanting to have a currency decentralized from governments. I totally get that. But if a Saudi prince can dump 500 bln in, and then sell when it goes even higher on the backs of working people buying, that's a problem. The rich stole the BTC dream.

Sure, there will be another big thing that we can't even imagine right now. The internet had a lot of doubters. But even with the doubt, you could see it's potential utility as an everyman. That's why it got adopted. Lots of people are gonna lose their shirt chasing that next big thing.

It's future tech being developed based not on utility, but on the musings of people with a lot of money and not a lot of sense. SBF wooed investors with talks of an everything app, that you could even buy bananas off of it. That impressed a lot of investors. Lots of money, no sense.

Because, no matter the hype, at the end of the day it's people that are going to have to adopt a new tech. 3D films, against aggressive efforts, never became the default. VR is more affordable than ever, and is still niche. Will people want their paycheck in crypto? Unlikely.

The block chain, Metaverse, AI, how much is real and how much is show to shore up money? How many people are just trying to get in on 'The next internet' without really considering the actual utility. Or does that matter when you get billions in investments?

But, how is that going to be made profitable enough to justify half a trillion in investment upfront plus the upkeep. To get a thing that answers questions fast? I know people tout it making medical advancements but that's just theoretical. Can it find the cure cancer? Or is that investor talk?...

Years ago, some film directors swore up and down that 3D 60fps films were going to be the new standard. And like all the other times 3D was going to be the new standard, it never took off. AI feels like much of the same. Sure, there's utility to it to some degree, and no doubt impressive...

Once that alt is made, artists will dump IG. I'm ready for that transition and an algo that will show posts to all followers and not just 10% and pay wall the rest. Espec. for show promotion, really kills participation. And I'm not giving Meta anymore $ to promo my open calls to reach my followers.

I respect Bluesky and how well it has been able to provide a great alternative to Twitter. But, I've never been big on using these types of apps and I know most artists aren't either. Instagram format really lends itself better for art based 'content'.

The official POTUS account switched from Biden to Trump. Same with VP and FLOTUS. If you followed Biden, that's why you're now following Trump. I don't like it but it's not a conspiracy, Trump just took over the official account and Biden's posts got moved to a new account.

I mean there is definitely sexual content in it, but some made it seem to be more prevalent than it was. Coppola's Dracula was waaay more sexual than this film.

Especially sucks since the US is so car reliant. But I guess that's always been the way of the US. Preventing substantive change at the will of an individual's money and power interest.

I understand why they'd investigate, it's almost too ironic to be by chance. But I suspect it's more likely a hardcore Elon stan was staying at Trump hotel and a poorly made car that has a tendency to randomly explode decided to do it's thing on property.

What a loss for everyone. We need EVs & it's infuriating that the most notable US manufacturer for EV's is ran by Musk and focused on producing cars with so many tech add-ons that they become unaffordable to most. Practical & affordable should be the way to go, but that's not sci-fi enough for Musk.

That's awful people got hurt and one died. Fucking Tesla. I'm sure they have a lot of brilliant people working for them, but are hindered by Musk's egocentric leadership. I wouldn't be surprised if they raised safety concerns and Musk just brushes those warnings aside.

HOLY SHIT. That's insanely violent. At least once they put the fire out it'll look better than it did before the explosion.

Thank you! Hope you had a pleasant one as well.