Wow what a read! TIL. Thank you for this

PSA: there is a revanced patch to remove ads from spotify

Yeah they used slavery instead

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The only prime factor that 240 has which 10 doesn't is 3, so using 240 only really helps for multiples of 3

donating online

Yeah i suppose any form of payment that you have to keep secret for some reason is a reason to use crypto, though I struggle to imagine needing that if you're not doing something dodgy

avoiding scams for p2p transactions

Wat. Crypto is not good at solving that, it's in fact much much worse than traditional payment methods. There's a reason scammers always want to be paid in crypto

boycotting the banking system

What specifically are you boycotting? The money that backs your crypto (i.e. that you bought it with) still sits in a bank account somewhere and continues to support the banks. All you're boycotting then are payments, but those are usually free for consumers (many banks lose money on them) so you're not exactly "sticking it to the man" by not using them. Evem if you were somehow hurting banks by using crypto, if you think the people that benefit from you using crypto (crypto exchange owners and billionaires that own crypto etc.) are less evil than goverment regulated banks, you're deluded.

What about avoiding international payment fees?

You'll spend more money using crypto for that, not less

Time to move to a new country

You in the wrong job then

Yes, doing illegal things secretly is a valid use case for crypto. So far, it's also the only one

Is this The Rehearsal?

I have zero sympathy for people who don't use an ad blocker

The desire to overtake

This is lovely and wholesome, but you're not the type of person the post is about.

Edit: sorry I just realised my comment was kinda glib, so let me elaborate. You didn't specify but I assumed you approached those women with a friendly air, having a genuine desire to have a conversation with them as equals, and said something like "oh I love that album, have you listened to it?" Putting yourself in their shoes, compare that to a guy who approaches them aggressively, having a deep seated resentment for all women, and lashes out with "pretending you like that band huh? Prove it then, name 5 of their songs!"

My all time favourite is Peter F Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga + Void Trilogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Saga

Currently enjoying Brandon Sanderson's various Cosmere books a ton too, although book 5 of stormlight is a bit disappointing it's still an excellent series

I love the fact that they just gloss over the fact that all the sodium will FUCKING EXPLODE if you even get so much as a crack in one of your fuel containers or the battery or any kind of leak in the connections etc. Definitely not keen to be on an airplane with that on board!

Tell me you're american without telling me you're american

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Decentralised currencies are fundamentally too expensive to operate, while providing dangerously little safety and a far worse user experience than fiat.

The scam part is the idea that any crypto coin is an asset with inherent value, when in fact the price is created entirely by new investment, in other words it's just a ponzi scheme

I literally came to the comments to say how happy I was that it wasn't another meme about Teams

Thanks I'm gonna try this