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  • Not the person you replied to, but I do use Linux (arch btw).

    Linux is a free (as in freedom) and open source software that basically powers the internet.

    A vast majority of servers on the internet are running Linux. It’s powerfully but that’s a double edge sword. It’s easy to cut yourself too if your unfamiliar with the edges.

    Because it’s completely open source, there are endless customizations and optimizations you can make. The art is knowing what, how, and where. But that’s true of windows and macos.

    It’s vertically less creepy with AI and logging garbage compared to apple and Microsoft.

    It’s popular with nerds because it’s free and customizable. IMO that can come at a cost of user-friendly experiences. But it’s all about learning the edges. The other two have plenty, most are just used to it.











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    I see the common mistake of associating the left with authoritarianism.

    China and such are not left. They’re even further right to the point of fascism labeled communism.

    Remebere communism/socialism is about the workers relation to the means of production. Chinese people do not own the factories they work on, so I’m not sure you can call them left.






  • But now your posturing in the “potential “ can you see how that doesn’t actually help server owners pay the bills they have today?

    Like sure postulate all you want, but it’s not a better solution to the actual usable solutions.

    The sports betting apps is whataboutism. I don’t care what happens to a different scam when this other scam becomes more popular?

    Let me clarify.

    Betting is a pleasure activity. Whatever currency that uses is irrelevant.

    If someone is selling you profit motivated betting, they’re selling you a scam.

    If their method worked, they wouldn’t be selling it. They’d be using it because generally they only work when few know it works.


  • Can you see how “there’s not a better solution” isn’t addressing the problem that crypto is fundamentally a scam?

    Also, you can’t pay your rent with crypto either….

    EDIT: if you want crypto to pass my sniff test, you have to explain where value comes from.

    Fiat currency is valuable because I can pay my taxes with it. (This is really the only reason it has value).

    So what underpins crypto value beyond “it’s the future”