dgerard

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spotted by @jonny@neuromatch.social

good discussion: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/114079771880419501

archive link: https://archive.is/9g3KF

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 15 points 2 weeks ago

i'm sure they're working for someone

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 2 weeks ago

my god incredible, what a clever and likable fellow

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 3 weeks ago

Michel is great and you should follow him if you enjoy crypto shenanigans

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago

lol i was about to reply "welcome to awful systems here's your accordion"

 
  • news accompanied by another crypto scam
  • price faked via >"$10b" of dubious stablecoin pseudodollars created out of thin air
  • no liquidity, trading super thin (even more pumpable)
  • public still not buying in
  • (yet)
  • lol

nothing has changed in my last few posts on the subject https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

how do they think they solved these fundamental issues in their proposed design?

number go up

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

how dare you, that's ancap jargon

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 16 points 3 months ago
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

it would be illegal to make her listen to her own music

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

source announcement https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/bitfinex-hacker-sentenced-money-laundering-conspiracy-involving-billions-stolen

razzlekhan being sentenced for war crimes against music on Monday

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago

this is an appropriate penance and now you can change your username

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 4 months ago

the glib answer is "oh we subscribe to Elliptic" or some other blockchain monitoring service

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 4 months ago

I am actually talking book proposals about this one. (I told my agent about the Akon City article and her eyes lit up.) There's a definite strain of compelling crazy to pursue here.

obviously I should write an AI book first. But also, writing isn't fungible, so it'll be what I come out with first.

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