Crypto executives meet White House officials to discuss policy, grievances during virtual roundtable - Certainly looks like crypto industry is making a lot of progress. Perhaps some of those priveledged bitcoiners with kids will finally be able to up themselves a little bit. Sure hope so, there are a lot of us folks out here that need to up ourselves, but the world sure doesn’t make it very easy. www.theblock.co #
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X’s new AI image generator will make anything from Taylor Swift in lingerie to Kamala Harris with a gun - Seems to be making quite a splash. Yes also controversy, but that tends to work out quite well for Musk, though it will undoubtedly make quite a lot of folks roll their eyes. Regular non-nerds have always liked riské stuff though haven’t they. It’s weird to think there is now a category of software that is a bit like a movie PG13 rating or something. www.theverge.com #
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Kim Dotcom’s Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light By New Zealand - Weird coincidence / synchronicity, one of the blokes that works in a cafe shop I go to, I realised today, after reading this article, is a total Kim Dotcom doppelganger. Seriously could totally be his brother or cousin or something. Strange world sometimes. Anyhow I hope Kim is okay, he’s one of the early internet heavy weights, both physically but also from an entrepreneurial perspective. Did a lot of crazy stuff. I like his views on free speech and trying to break down old world barriers. From what I’ve read, it appeared he had been somewhat harshly treated, though I don’t know the specifics. Hoping he doesn’t get memory holed. Let’s remember to watch out for updates on this story. torrentfreak.com #
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Zelenskiy: Ukraine’s troops now in full control of Russian town of Sudzha - I know the war is serious business and I don’t mean any disrespect to either side but I have to say this made me smile a bit. It has a certain comedic sense to it. It reminded me of the opening sequence to Dad’s Army a bit. It’s definitely unnexpected. I heard that the Ukrainian moral was very low, because soldiers had basically lost hope of ever returning home, they had resigned themselves that they would likely remain at the frontline for the rest of their lives. So perhaps this will make things somewhat more interesting for them. Who knows maybe it could unlock a whole new dimension to resolving the conflict peacefully. As I understand it Zelenski used to be a comedian after all. Strange, and sometimes good strange things can happen during wars. Here’s to hoping this is one of those times. Also sorry no disrespect to germans either. I have no idea what they think of Dad’s Army. I grew up watching it, so I’m quite fond of it. Easy for me to say, I suppose, since we were on the winning side. I’d love to see any german satire / comedy from that era if any exists. Is that still a sore point? I really don’t know. Update: Was listening to Duncan Trussel’s latest Jamar Neighbors episode while writing this, and there’s a really really bizarely hilariously synchronous relevant bit 1/3 into it. Weird but kind of funny. www.theguardian.com #