User: chesh1re

Economist Subscriber

On: Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Are Useless, The Economist Says (economist.com)

The scale and scope of crypto is going to take a long time to work out because its such a large, world changing idea. Crypto maximalists know this fully, its not a feeling of 'if' its a feeling of 'when' no matter who talks shit

Eerie audio clip

On: Seattle Airport Employee Steals Airplane, Crashes It Into the Ground (latimes.com)

I listened to the ATC audio and it was eerie. I just felt bad. You could tell this kid had just given up. No hope, he didn't even sound sad about it anymore, like he had come to terms with everything already. When the ATCs asked him about endangering other planes he apologized and pretty much took the plane out of altitude as instructed and away from the airport. You could tell the whole time he was just having a one way trip. Very sad.

Misleading

On: Bethesda Blocks Resale of a Secondhand Game (polygon.com)

The title line of this post is designed to hook you in with outrage, only to tell you the opposite at the end lol

Job not required

On: Slashdot Asks: Which is Better, a Basic Income or a Guaranteed Job? (timharford.com)

Our job is to spend money, not to make it!

Define the rules

On: Game Company Receives Complaints About Bad Example Set By '%FEMALENAME' (kotaku.com)

I share in many sentiments on what I've read here in response. But, the company should not have fired her. It's backing down to mob mentality at the end of the day- And that sort of behaviour needs to be stood up to no matter what side you support. Besides, Hasn't Arena Net heard? On a macro-level, outrage is so commonplace it's starting to become ineffective.