Bitcoin. 120k. 2025.

Not the one being smug. That’s you. I am not the one virtue signally. Literally what I pointed out you were doing. I’m not going to tell you to stop or not do it, because you do you. My thing is mocking it anytime I see it. In case it’s not clear, I’m not claoming this makes me the better person.

Thank you for asking so nicely and with such curtesy and humility after graciously answer my questions.

I actively encourage and warn others to not use these platforms. I also pirate all their shit and share it with those around me who struggle to shake their addiction to the content.

You just assumed I use those platforms which makes you the fool here.

You not supporting evil doesn’t stop evil. To try for another approach here since you seem rather dense, evil prevails when good men do nothing.

I’m sure you’ll just attack that too becuase what’s important here to you is your feelings. Doing something was never going to be an option for you

Moral superiority. It’s seems to be a strong theme around here. Why worry about others when we’re all so much better then them.

The issue here isn’t your about your conscious. The majority of people do use these and those people are being influenced.

Your comment has a sort of fuck you I got mine vibe to it.

it’s because every device connected to a cell halves the bandwidth available to each device, and after something like 30-40 devices the cell is full.

I don’t know where you’re getting this from. There not how cells have worked since at least 3g, sort of sounds like how consumer grade WiFi hardware operates.

Towers are designed with sectors that are directional and each can support thousands of devices but those can’t handle 10k people at a stadium.

If you had bothered to read the article youd have read they are talking about how stadiums are now using distributed antenna systems (DAS), which is basically hundreds of antennas spread over the venue and fed directly into fiber. Each one is designed to handle a small section. The carriers do need to hook into the endpoint here so this isn’t something that can be setup on a whim.

I don’t see it mentioned but there are also mobile units, cellular on wheels (COWS) are common one and they really easy to spot if know to look for them. Basically a cell tower on trailer that can use microwave for the back haul for when on site fiber isn’t available.

If you end up at a venue and can’t get service it’s because the venue is too cheap to use any of these existing options. They could also be using some outdated antennas, LTE can’t handle as many connections as the new 5G stuff.

Yes. It’s all bad. The solution is to get rid of these political stooges. Dealing with capitalists is a different topic. There is some cross over with the poltical stoogery but that’s all there is.

Apple is doing this instead of requiring app developers to implement and maintain their own system, which is what Android is doing.

The question comes down to who trust more, any random app developer or a single entity.

For example this means meta doesn’t have to verify their iOS users because iOS already has.

I’m sure most people in this thread are coming at this all from a morally superior position about how they don’t use meta but they also don’t use iOS devices so this is another bit of outrage.

No one here is actually anything besides get upset about something that doesn’t effect them. The internet has become a silly place.

This is part of our mythology, but it’s just that, myth. The reality is most of what we experience today started in the late 60’s into then 70’s and then was co-opt by the right wing ideology in rhe 80’s because it aligns with their deregulation goals.

Essentially, boomers started it and then the Republican’s twisted it into something else.

On temporary contracts and at reduced wages of course because times are tough.

Software engineers predicted this would happen. The percentage of developers that love fixing other people’s code is essentially zero, fixing ai code is even smaller.

If they require low wages, they’ll only get the worst of the worst. Expect this phase to repeat until they are forced to hire for competence and pay above market rate required to convince senior developers to deal with not just the ai mess but all the failed attempts to turn it around.

Yep. At this point the “group of old guys” could literally be referring to mid-40 millennials; old guys to anyone in their 20’s.

There is a branch of battery research that is only focused on grid storage. It’s the last piece to make solar and to a less extent wind unbeatably affordable.

In a home solar setup, batteries are the other half of the cost and have not fallen as fast as the cost of the panels themselves, the other half of the cost. For fully off grid setups, they quickly become the main cost.

They behave exactly a child does when a parent forces an apology.

They have the words they’re expect to say so they do say them but they don’t undersranr why, they definitely don’t mean it and they lack the restrain to not doing whatever they apologized for over and over.

My criticism here isn’t about any specific group or topic. It’s about this aggravating debate pattern where rhetoric is used to paint the opponent’s argument into a morally charged form rather than addressing the actual claim being made.

That style of engagement is not something that ever leads to meaningful discussions.

A similar dynamic occurs in other highly polarized subjects where participants are more focused on signaling moral positions than resolving the underlying question.

This sort of shit has been going on since at least the times of Artistole who championed logic over emotion.

Arguing with vegans is like arguing with antivaxxers, they are positions based on emotions and they have their own version of reality they use to reinforce their believes. They often claim they have studies to back up their claims but the most shallow dive shows them to be bullshit.

It’s literally evident as they try to reframe this as rape. Their need to lean on rhetoric shows they have a strong basis for their believes.

banned phones at the dinner table entirely

I would everyone is doing this. Sitting down to eat together once a day and talk isn’t something only billionaires can afford.

They answered yes while creating a reason to be offended for having to answer yes.

Can’t make this shit up. Impotent rage is some people’s identity.

What’s funny is it’s literally a shared behavior across the entire political spectrum in America but each side pretends it’s only the other side doing it.

It is definitely possible to travel and not experience culture.

Thinking you understand culture byecuwse you have the internet is sort of admitting your that type of person.

The problem with talking to randoms online is the things they don’t say because it’s their normal. Experiencing those differences in normals is what is being discussed here.

When I was in school this was a literally social studies topic discuss many times over all the years we learned about other cultures which really reinforces that some people dont pay enough attention to receive any value from travel.

That doesn’t mean other can’t or don’t.