What makes you think it won’t happen? They have the votes for it.

The Internet was designed to be somewhat decentralized. Some administrative aspects are centralized, like public IP address allocation, Top Level Domains, and common TCP/UDP port assignments for essential services. But the operational aspects are very decentralized. When an organization wants to connect directly to the Internet, they “just” need to connect with sufficient bandwidth, and then start broadcasting the IP address ranges they are assigned, and the routing protocols figure it all out. If all you want is a private Internet, you can even dispense with the routing protocols and set up static routes yourself, although that won’t scale up.

No matter what happens in the world, there will always be an Internet, as long as the equipment exists and there are enough furries to run it.

It makes perfect sense when you realize that Silk Road was the killer app that launched Bitcoin and the entire Crypto universe that is currently funding Trump’s lifestyle.

Now Ross can dust off that old brain wallet and live large in his stash. When he was arrested, 1 BTC was worth $200ish, it’s now worth $100k. And he can make more dollars whenever he wants to by simply selling a shitty token.

Did the law give Trump the power to change the deadline through executive order?

Yes, it does, but only a one-time 90 day extension and only if the President says there is concrete progress toward a sale to a US entity. Of course, this President will say anything that benefits him personally, whether or not it is true. So he says the magic words, and all interested parties (Bytedance, Zuckerberg, Musk, etc.) continue to buy his shitty NFTs and tokens to influence his decisions.

Hey, Joey, don’t say that shit out loud. Once they realize that there is a way to access content that isn’t sufficiently monetized, they will block it. Keep it secret!

Always two there are. The Master, and the Apprentice.

The magical fruit

No shit, Sherlock

What can they do about it? They know their jurisdiction doesn’t extend to Europe. May as well have some fun with it.

Ah, makes sense

Why would a reboot matter?

There have obviously been legit sightings. They closed that airport in the Hudson Valley for an hour because of a drone sighting, and they also restricted airspace over Wright Patterson AFB at one point. I don’t think the FAA or Air Force does that on the basis of an unverified tweet with grainy video.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/15/us/drone-sightings-east-coast/index.html

With that said, though, now that it has entered the national consciousness everyone is “seeing” them. I think most of the ones in your social media feed for the past two or three weeks are fake.

Someone is obviously doing something, but once it hit the news it all got blown out of proportion. The fucking media is still reporting that ex-Maryland Governor Larry Hogan saw drones there, even though the video he posted is shit and everyone realizes they are just stars.

It seems like the kind of stunt Musk would do…

On the other hand, no one is obligated to listen to you, and freedom of speech does not equal freedom from the consequences of said speech. If you voice an unpopular opinion, be prepared to not be popular.

He would never accept a deposit from the interested parties before making this decision. That would be a bribe, and extremely illegal.

He will accept his deposit from the interested parties after making the decision. That is a gratuity, and is now totally legal, thanks to SCOTUS.

All of those points are true for some crypto projects, and untrue for others. There are some projects with their own Blockchain that have ultra-low fees, others with quick transactions, and others whose algorithms are much more environmentally friendly. (There are other projects and tokens they are full-on scams with no redeeming value whatsoever).

And consumer protections are something that can be added to crypto, but out of necessity they involve trusting some entity to arbitrate when protection is required. Cryptocurrency is designed to be trustless, so any protections need to be added on top, like the escrow someone else talked about.

The worst thing that ever happened to crypto was for it’s price to balloon. Because improving all those other aspects that make it usable as a currency took a back seat to “wen moon?”. OG Bitcoin explicitly rejects improving its energy footprint and fee structure because it sees itself as a Store of Value.

He lies to literally everyone but still people regard him high

So, politics is his next move, then?

There is nothing wrong with making a profit. People have to be paid, after all, and that includes the ownership who put the money at risk in the operation to begin with. The problem is when making a profit becomes the only motive.

Every company is established with the purpose of offering a product or performing a service that makes their customers’ better or simpler. If is successful, it grows from nothing to something in a relatively short period of time. Then it gets the attention of the Investor Class, who shovels money into it with the expectation that it will sustain that growth. Now, the focus is on Building Shareholder Value, and the customer is seen as a necessary evil toward that goal.

The worst thing that ever happened was when we decided that public corporations had a duty to maximize shareholder value above everything else. It renders all those mission and vision statements irrelevant. No matter how much the CEO says the firm’s goal is to make the world a better place through selling stuff, we all know it’s a lie. Their goal is to enrich tthemselves, at our expense.

It truly is SOL