DavidDoesLemmy

joined 2 years ago

What's something that's taken for granted that occasionally makes you think, wait wtf? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago

What country? Is it really rich if it can't look after its citizens?

If you could choose who was president who would it be? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 10 points 5 months ago

President of what? We have a prime minister

Mandatory jail for Nazi salutes under new Australia laws in c/news@beehaw.org

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

Nobody's been brave enough to hail a taxi since this was introduced. Taxis are going out of business.

NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’ | An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause all “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.” in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Which nation? Australia?

NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’ | An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause all “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.” in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

What's NOAA?

Nobody hates working together with leftists more than leftists in c/leftymemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Those are nowhere near me, you idiot

Anon gives up on Bitcoin in 2010 in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The fact that Bitcoin works differently to fiat is what gives it value to some people. Being different is the point.

Anon gives up on Bitcoin in 2010 in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How many Bitcoin millionaires do you know? Do you think there's a selection bias there and only the douchbags make a big song and dance about it.

Anon gives up on Bitcoin in 2010 in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago

They're somewhat correlated, but I think this is more related to times when people have money to invest.

Anon gives up on Bitcoin in 2010 in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago

Does the US government really make the value of the US dollar? When inflation was out of control in Mexican America, the US government had a lot of trouble stopping it.

Anon gives up on Bitcoin in 2010 in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I don't know why you're connecting paying taxes with a currency with it being legitimate. I don't think those things are related

Anon gives up on Bitcoin in 2010 in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago

That's not how the complexity of the mining works. It doesn't increase with every block. It scales depending on how many miners there are (essentially). So if many people stopped mining, the complexity required would decrease.