Exactly 14 years ago , Satoshi Nakamoto designed the most pathetic / inefficient system ever invented by humankind : the blockchain.
Today, it weights 60 000 tons, wastes constantly 10 gigawatts .. to process less than 7 transactions per second :
Less than a 33 bps modem from 1990.
This could be joke if it didn't have such gigantic environmental impact, wasn't enabling billion dolllars ransomware industry and was not crushing thousands of lives in the process.
Mondrian Crescent
I love it when train doors align at the end of a tunnel. The red tiles at Green Park station make this the ideal location to capture this moment.
It wasn't luck though, instead I froze the moving train with a fast shutter. It took ages to get it centred.
This final image resembles an abstract art painting by Piet Mondrian.
#art #mastoart #abstract #architecture #photography #potd #symmetry #london #underground #londonunderground #railway #mondrian #tiles #photo
My #dungeon23 takes me to helping secret service #agents plan their pastime in South Kensington!
It's January 3rd 1940, and the #PhoneyWar is not the highest on the list of the socialites' concerns!
Kick back, relax, and enjoy the #LittleParis.
#quote | «In the immediate aftermath of President Putin’s regime, whoever replaces him will be just as nationalistic and authoritarian. Western policymakers should stop hoping for a “moderate” Russian leader who wants peace with his neighbors and reforms at home»
why? because putin's not the cause but just one of the consequences; the #fascism of the #russian nation would be the actual cause, and that fascism won't just go away with putin.
QT: https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission/109625807937939205
:piegeon: messaging is only valid in the context "peace after the total victory of Ukraine".
@drq tagging #dungeon23 people and #nozerodays people. How do you deal with cringe or worse while writing in public?
Another weird thing — I'm with other people whom I don't know and am about to compile information about #RightClub and other (sic!) anti-war (!!) nazi-supporters in the #UK during #WW2. (Sounds familiar? @drq and other "good russians" who are "against the war"?).
It may look really awkward for people who look over my shoulder into my screen.
I mean, I know what *not* to do — not to take off my mask. I won't die from ear bruising or whatever. My question is more like...
What to do after I can take it off? Is it some treatment for earache?
QT: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/109623891328707089
IT'S HAPPENING! I'll even update my instance when they release.
Normalize not giving a fuck about the needs of those who demand your labor and refuse to pay for it.
“In #Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Make sure everyone understands this — It’s costing us far too much to NOT provide housing and supports to those who are homeless.
Continuing #dungeon23 for #IcyNSR content.
Location briefs and four events that can happen in a hill village by Sedan on 2nd of January, 1939.
Wrote my first #dungeon23 entry.
It's set on a peaceful crispy morning of January 1st, 1939, in Sedan, France.
@docpop -
1) Agree. Everything about #Crypto is greater-fool-theory, as best.
2) To crush the #CryptoScams? EDUCATION. Educating our legislators, and educating the public.
3) The other way to crush the scams would be to get a super talented and dedicated lawyer like @marcelias to sue every high-profile celebrity who has promoted false Crypto claims for their last dime.
That https://doma.dev guy
#lean #rust #typescript #react #nix
In my non-existent free time I design and run #TTRPG
If you use tools made by genocide-apologists, you are a genocide-apologist.
#lemmy users aren't welcome here.