Fuck credits, charge a carbon tax.

IMO it seems RECs are a better solution than carbon taxes at least in situations like this. With RECs you're buying renewable energy to offset non-renewables, with a carbon tax the company is just giving the government money for use of non-renewables. Only funds spent on RECs in this case actually go to supporting the renewable energy sector. I'm no expert in this stuff so I could be off, just how I understand it.

Not saying this out of any support for Elon or Twitter, just because I respect free speech.

It would be nice if the US pushed back on the EU on this type of thing. Going after platforms for the speech of their users, especially with a government mandated monetary incentive behind it, is an open door for censorship and unfairness. A US company, born under the auspices of a nation where free speech is literally rule number one, should be defended by the US government when other nations create rules attempting to stifle that free speech (especially when those rules also come with huge fines which siphon money, however much, from the US economy).

Governments should be developing ways to stop bots and botnets not stifling human public expression, no matter how disagreeable to the political sensibilities of those governments that expression may be.

I feel like this, and the latest three, episodes have been kinda fillery. I've ended each by thinking, "Well, that was an episode." It wasn't bad but it didn't push the envelope comedy-wise or plot-wise. It was some breezy fluff, good enough to pass the time to but I find myself looking for higher caliber laughs or deeper plot elements than this episode delivered.

While I'll never vote Republican I don't see myself voting Biden this time. He got my vote to unseat the cheeto last time but his administration's antagonism towards financial markets along with his outdated stance on things like policing (more cops with no reform) and cannabis legalization (just no) along with him pushing a CBDC (programmable digital dollar that removes all privacy and places all control in the hands of the banking elite) have lost him my vote. I'll be wasting my vote on a third party since a worthy Dem primary challenge is highly unlikely.

Not all cryptocurrencies are deflationary. Yes the deflationary model encourages holding/discourages spending however for some projects this is a desired outcome based on the utility the coin/token is aiming to provide.

Additionally deflationary crypto can act as a hedge against inflation, hyperinflation, and stagflation. The decreasing supply can counteract inflationary pressure caused by externalities like government policies and economic shake ups.

cryptos like BTC or ETH that can be mined with ASICs

ETH moved to proof of stake, no more POW mining needed.

The intrinsic value of any art is what someone is willing to pay for it.

For example the world’s most expensive NFT, The Merge by Pak, sold for $91.8 million. Its price was higher than the sale of Jeff Koon’s Rabbit, the most expensive artwork by a living artist at auction. It's all about personal tastes and how deep folks wanna dig in their pockets with this stuff.

I buy a picture from you on an NFT marketplace, I get an NFT proving I bought it. What value does an NFT provide in this case?

In this case, assuming you're a trader in this example, you'd be banking on whatever art you purchased to gain further value so you can then sell your certificate of ownership and make a profit. This is no different than art sales/trades IRL. Here's an art gallery owner discussing using NFTs as certificates of ownership for real world art sales and the added benefits over traditional COOs.

The truly decentralized portions of the market can't be directly regulated. A feature not a bug as the point of decentralization is a trustless environment with no overlords, middlemen or gatekeepers.

The places regulation can touch are endpoints: fiat on/off ramps, legal entities (companies, orgs) operating in the space, people's freedoms in regards to the ability to interact with crypto etc. Regulating those endpoints in an attempt to manage the decentralized interior requires a level of nuance and respect for people's privacy and liberty that first-world governments have so far yet to demonstrate.

In lieu of sweeping regulations (which can have many downsides), the "web3" industry would be well served to get it's act together internally with tech solutions to problems like rug pulls, scam tokens, wash trading and such. The example of fiat markets shows such problems can't be completely eliminated but if tech solutions can eliminate just some or most of them that'd make the playing field safer by orders of magnitude.

Note to any unware: "Trustless" in this sense means the ability to transact without having to "trust" any outside authority to regulate, allow or manage the transaction for you. Everything programmatically handled and equally open to inspection and validation by all involved.

...is there any solution to prevent scalping?

Built-in price ceiling and verifiability. Resales could be limited or completely forbidden as well.

Just wanted to mention fractionalized NFTs are a thing. That "can't be subdivided" part doesn't hold for all types.

There would be too much value in tracking that token for such a scheme to stay secure. Governments or shady corporations or illegal black markets or all of the above would be all over keeping tabs on what sites are visited by which tokens and matching them to identities.

A lot of Gen-Z, of Gen-Y and Millennials are re-adopting 1950's prudishness. That has the potential to really be horrible for a generation or two before the repression sparks another sexual revolution.

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Definitely worth checking out. Rough start to the first season but gets so great by midseason and keeps improving from there on out. Really looking forward to season 2.

Wasn't a big Scrubs watcher so I've never seen their musical. Gotta check it out some day.

IMO the people who will like this episode are those who love musicals, shows like American Idol or just anything nuTrek.

I'm someone with the potential to like a musical, I loved the Buffy The Vampire Slayer musical episode and still revisit some of those songs some 22 years later (I'm not adverse to belting out a mean rendition of "Sweet's Song" in the shower). This episode though very rarely escaped the cringe zone IMO. Nurse Chapel's song was the only standout as it had a melody that wasn't derived from the template of modern pop music with a Broadway filter applied. Overall though the biggest emotions I felt through this episode were boredom and cringe. It really dragged at certain points.

As far as the story of the episode, the musical-ness is explained by the excitation of an "improbability field" near the ship then Uhura and Spock tried transmitting music at it. An obvious reference to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's "Infinite Improbability Drive". Really the explanation of this whole thing was just felt like BS to make singing, dancing Spock and Kirk happen. All I know is I'll never rewatch or re-listen to any part of this episode ever again. This was painful to sit through.

Here ya go: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LgNdzbYwsvY

Real story is the unnecessary lip syncing. I think it's lazy when singers who aren't dancers do it. For a rapper who just walks around to do it... sheesh.

I live on the edge 😜