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Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
  8. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 32 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I really really really doubt those claims. I would need sources to believe that and also the blockchain itself is not a bad idea. Theres also like a thousand different implementations of it. Its like saying every form of currencies are bad.

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What, why would you doubt such obvious claims such as "the blockchain [...] weights 60 000 tons"

I seriously would like to know WTF the poster meant by that

[–] SlothMama@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

I thought the context was obvious - in server hardware and infrastructure required to house it.

Verifying this number thought seems essentially impossible.

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[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

And banks could continue having a monopoly on controlling money and transactions.

[–] pipi1234@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Spot on! And diluting your income and savings by money printing and inflation.

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[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Does anyone know I'd proof of stake ended up being better than proof of work? I dont follow crypto but kept hearing that was supposed to improve things

Crypto is a big deal because it enables grifting and crime, but with how shit payment processors are and their tendency to use their position for censorship, crypto actually would be a potential way of solving that problem IF it werent ludicrously volatile and wasteful. But I have no idea if those problems could really ever be solved, or any progress has been made on those fronts

[–] red_tomato@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Proof of Stake and Proof of Work are two different ways of electing who should append the blockchain with new transactions.

Proof of Work: the one who can waste most energy fastest is most likely to be elected.

Proof of Stake: the one with most money is most likely to be elected.

It’s a bit oversimplified, but that’s the general idea.

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[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Yeah, but now you can buy drugs online way easier.

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