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My Web3 skill is already maxed out.
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quote:blockchain encryption
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:17 |
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Chris Knight posted:The other primary function is support for Web3, aka blockchain-based decentralized internet, aka the buzzy new thing among crypto enthusiasts (and skeptics). On top of providing extra security via blockchain encryption, it allows users to access things like GameFi "where you can earn as you play your way through all sorts of metaverses," Opera notes. i really want to sit these people down and go "ok explain what the gently caress you think any of these words mean"
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:18 |
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with double negatives it's just a chain
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:19 |
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it's how you get the extra security while you earn as you play your way through all sorts of metaverses obviously
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:19 |
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metaverses lol. eagerly awaiting microsoft renaming WoW to Metaverse of Warcraft
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:20 |
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Active Worlds of Warcraft
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:21 |
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what makes it a "blockchain-based decentralized internet", what do you think an internet is also it's minor but i notice the fiat-to-crypto on-ramp doesn't have any corresponding off-ramp to get actual money back out, i'm sure that's just an oversight though
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:22 |
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i do like that opera seems to think "metaverses" are just wreck-it ralph though, that's fun
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:24 |
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Chris Knight posted:https://www.engadget.com/opera-is-making-a-dedicated-crypto-browser-112602524.html lmao, and this is after Opera already pivoted to trying to be the browser for gamers. How about being the browser for lovely bandwagon stuff
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:24 |
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The original Opera team, making the pretty solid Vivaldi instead ever since their buyout years back, have been open for months about how they will never make this mistake and god, sometimes I wonder if a former coworker or two don't just share notes going "hey you know what dumb poo poo WE got asked to implement today?" at all of their desperate scraping.
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:33 |
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Armitag3 posted:lmao, and this is after Opera already pivoted to trying to be the browser for gamers. How about being the browser for lovely bandwagon stuff quote:Owner
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:35 |
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Shumagorath posted:The browser as both state-sponsored malware AND a conduit for burning down the planet. I'd rather use Safari... on Windows. lol that the same guy owns two different companies to comprise a majority share ownership of loving opera
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:37 |
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The gamefi poo poo is driving me insane. Who thinks they're actually going to get paid for playing a video game? Where do they think the money is coming from?
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:45 |
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Shame Boy posted:what makes it a "blockchain-based decentralized internet", what do you think an internet is It even has a secure clipboard that ensures other apps can't data when you copy/paste
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:47 |
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Further, let's put it this way: Africa is like their house, and it is rich with twinkies and natural deposits of X-Boxes. Also: Jose Valasquez posted:Jesus Christ dude, how much money have you lost on crypto? This is just from the first few posts you made in the thread Call Your Grandma posted:lol
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:51 |
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Hammerite posted:why do people put .eth on the end of their twitter name I think they do that because it's their website or wallet address in the .eth domain. If you aren't already aware there are several crypto specific domain names now, and you can own them on the blockchain!
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:53 |
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EorayMel posted:Further, let's put it this way: Africa is like their house, and it is rich with twinkies and natural deposits of X-Boxes.
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:55 |
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did timbuckly create the most referenced piece of art of all time
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:55 |
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The Wisest Moron posted:I think they do that because it's their website or wallet address in the .eth domain. If you aren't already aware there are several crypto specific domain names now, and you can own them on the blockchain! actually it's a secret symbol child predators use to identify each other
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 20:59 |
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do twitter bitcoinmen still do the laser eyes thing or did monkeys over take that
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 21:00 |
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My "friend" sent me this saying this is why butts are good. https://theintercept.com/2022/01/19/crypto-afghanistan-sanctions-taliban/ Thoughts?
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 21:02 |
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quote:There are several advantages to using crypto: Afghans fleeing the Taliban can take their assets with them without risk. Humanitarian agencies seeking to bypass banks and discreetly avoid the Taliban can provide cash directly to those in need. Smugglers and intermediaries who may steal or try to resell aid packages can be circumvented if aid is given directly through a digital transaction. boy there's a lot of asterisks next to all of these statements, weird that they forgot to add them
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 21:11 |
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quote:“We can’t get money through banks, but 88 percent of Afghan families have at least one smartphone,” said Kakar, who hopes to facilitate money transfers of afghanis, along with USDC, another stablecoin. He is in the process of setting up money-exchanging shops at which Afghans can obtain QR codes or trade crypto for hard currency. hey guess who controls the "money-exchanging shops"
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 21:16 |
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evading US sanctions by any means to feed the hungry is a noble effort
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 21:18 |
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like do these people think crypto is one weird trick the taliban don't know about and will just ignore, let alone use themselvesquote:Kakar explained that many steps are in place on his app to ensure that users are authenticated. HesabPay, Kakar’s company, is running commercials on Afghan television and radio stations to explain the product, which uses biometric technology (such as facial recognition) to identify users. lmao ok sure quote:Despite the steep learning curve and several barriers to entry, within Afghanistan using crypto is seen as an unqualified improvement on the status quo. Zafar recalled working in Afghanistan years ago, when militants would raid vans transporting cash around the country. Forough said that her sister’s bank account was seized by the Taliban after the U.S. withdrawal because of her work with Western groups. There are more and more new reports of banks closing. thank god they can't possibly do the exact same thing to crypto
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 21:20 |
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Gazpacho posted:evading US sanctions by any means to feed the hungry is a noble effort is that what this is quote:With crypto, Forough’s tiny pocket of Afghanistan is surviving. “A group of our students just finished our academy scholarship, 77 of them,” said Forough. “Including, I believe, the very first female blockchain coders in Afghanistan. It’s very exciting even though the situation on the ground is not very pleasant.” cuz they talk a lot about humanitarian stuff and then weave in "oh by the way this person's business is training blockchain coders" or "oh by the way this person's business is some crypto app" which makes me real fuckin' skeptical about the entire rest of it
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 21:22 |
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it helps people who want to send money into Afghanistan more than it helps people who need to use money in Afghanistan but that's still something i think
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 21:24 |
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Tormented posted:My "friend" sent me this saying this is why butts are good. she's been paying people in bitcoin for at least seven years, and back then she claimed the primary reason she chose bitcoin was to raise awareness of cryptocurrencies it has nothing to do with sanctions, she's just a predatory bitcoin evangelist who's been using nonprofits as an excuse to spread cryptocurrencies by paying poor people in internet tokens instead of real money
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 21:29 |
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simply access the anonymous block-chain via facial scan
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 21:47 |
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holy gently caress it came true https://twitter.com/twitterblue/status/1484226540984356864
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 21:51 |
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what the gently caress is twitter blue
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 21:52 |
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I don't see anything wrong with these people stepping up in the postwar situation with expertise that they acquired as US pawns during the war
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 21:57 |
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Chris Knight posted:holy gently caress it came true https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/892346728166416385
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 22:05 |
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Gazpacho posted:I don't see anything wrong with these people stepping up in the postwar situation with expertise that they acquired as US pawns during the war sure, assuming that's what's actually going on and it's not just a bunch of people who run crypto companies trying to brand that as humanitarianism, which it sure sounds like
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 22:09 |
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Chris Knight posted:holy gently caress it came true crosspostin' from the bubel thread lmao
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# ? Jan 20, 2022 22:11 |
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EorayMel posted:Further, let's put it this way: Africa is like their house, and it is rich with twinkies and natural deposits of X-Boxes. as if his pnl could somehow get redder than march 2020 Shumagorath fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Jan 21, 2022 |
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Asymmetric POSTer posted:what the gently caress is twitter blue y'know how discord has discord nitro? it's like that but even less useful
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there are very few problems that are so bad they can't be made worse by a well-intentioned idiot stepping in to direct traffic
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