skells @skells@social.cleverlibre.org

Conferences now became quite close-minded and elitist: the same people, year after year, polished presentations, barely any input at all. There are a few large ones every year, but they are expensive and quite limited number of people are allowed in. Which raises the question: does anyone know a platform or a website where one could post unpolished results and discuss them with other in hopes of feedback, corrections or even collaboration?

You've been screwed because you trusted central banks.
You've been screwed because you trusted altcoin founders.
You've been screwed because you trusted VCs and influencers.
You've been screwed because you trusted exchanges.

When will you learn? Verify, don't trust.

Twitter is now the place where you can pay $8 to crash a pharmaceutical company.

The level of scumbaggery in the "crypto" crowd is a surprise only to people who haven't been paying attention.

A lot of them should be hiring criminal defense lawyers right now, but I have little faith in our government's ability -- much less desire -- to hold them accountable.

okay I take that back, covid was a strange time for meme folders

#FTX digs go deep
@adam

100 Mastodon myths:

1. Mastodon is hard.

FALSE. It’s a "soft"ware. Not hardware.

2. You have to use Linux to post on Mastodon.

FALSE. FreeBSD and OpenBSD are also supported.

3. You need to learn to use the Vim editor before posting on Mastodon.

FALSE. There’s also an emacs plugin.

4. Mastodon is only for computer nerds.

FALSE. As you can see, we sometimes try to make jokes that everyone could understand.