tripu @tripu@social.cleverlibre.org
Technologist, Spaniard, male, 42
Joined May 2020
> _“Where exactly in this story does the shady corporate advisor fit in?”_
I don't know. I don't have certainty, it's only reasonable suspicion given the results I've seen so far, and the alignment of some incentives.
In your other toot you say that
> _“people from within the bitcoin community [had] to make this happen within their crazy time limit of just 90 days.”_
I would ask: _who exactly_ is “they” in “their crazy time limit”? Who had an interest in rushing such a risky, complex, nation-wide rollout? #Bukele for selfish PR/electoral reasons? Him alone?
As [I always said](https://qoto.org/@tripu/105196744728247284):
A proprietary implementation of #E2EE? Distrust by default!
I already predicted (in private #crypto circles and with friends) that the #BTC experiment in #ElSalvador would go awry and end up being a net loss in PR for crypto in general.
This is my new prediction:
**Before the end of this year, we will have evidence that at least one relevant person or organisation with an anti-bitcoin agenda in the short term (ill-)advised the Salvadorean government or their contractors, or actively worked on this new legislation or its technical implementation, with the goal of damaging the reputation of #bitcoin, causing a price drop, or delaying/preventing endorsement or adoption by other governments or by big companies.**
This could be (eg): a financial regulator or watchdog in a developed country with an interest in preserving the status quo, an investment fund trying to groom the market before going all in, a “whale” who is short (even privately) on BTC, a large bank with an interest in boycotting, some resourceful think tank or non-profit with a strong conservative or progressive bent, etc.
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Last month the Netherlands passed #RouterFreedom into law: all ISPs must let customers choose their own Internet hardware and still provide tech support at no extra cost. That little box is your home-internet gatekeeper, and now in NL it can work for you https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210805-01.en.html
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@tripu Buenas! Perdona, pero las cosas van un poco más lentas de las que nos gustarían 😅. Esperamos poder tenerlos para finales de este mes.
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The factory that makes caution tape could be a really confusing place to work.
-tailanyways, Sep 2014
-tailanyways, Sep 2014
This 4-hour-long #episode of the #MakingSense #podcast with #SamHarris & #BalajiSrinivasan is golden. Highly recommended.
https://samharris.org/subscriber-extras/259-reckoning-come/
([One hour for non-subscribers](https://samharris.org/podcasts/259-reckoning-come/))
Fun: swap synonyms “#inequality” and “#diversity” in #MSM headlines!
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@tripu "Some 30 books, the national broadcaster reported, were burned for “educational purposes” and then the ashes were used as fertilizer to plant a tree."
Wow that's really something
> _“#Australia is undoubtedly a democracy, with multiple political parties, regular elections, and the peaceful transfer of power. But if a country **indefinitely forbids its own citizens from leaving its borders, strands tens of thousands of its citizens abroad, puts strict rules on intrastate travel, prohibits citizens from leaving home without an excuse from an official government list, mandates masks even when people are outdoors and socially distanced, deploys the military to enforce those rules, bans protest, and arrests and fines dissenters**, is that country still a liberal #democracy?”_
— [_The Atlantic_](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/pandemic-australia-still-liberal-democracy/619940/)
…and now, this!
> _“Australia now has a **warrantless #surveillance regime** on the books […] There is **no one to argue on your behalf**, and **there is never any notification to the individual (even after the fact)** so you will never know if you were subject to any of these powers.”_
— [_Digital Rights Watch_](https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/2021/09/02/australias-new-mass-surveillance-mandate/)
> _“I discovered when I started making #money that I didn't really need it. When you have such an excess of money you don't need, the most sensible, most human and completely obvious thing is to give to people in need.”_
— [Avicii](https://www.timberglingfoundation.org/about-tim)
Congrats! That's amazing.
> _“At the close of the 2020-21 academic year, #women made up 59.5% of college students, an all-time high, and men 40.5%.”_
> _“U.S. colleges and #universities had 1.5 million fewer students compared with five years ago, and men accounted for 71% of the decline.”_
> _“This #educationgap, which holds at both two- and four-year colleges, has been slowly widening for 40 years.”_
> _“After six years of college, 65% of women in the U.S. who started a four-year university in 2012 received diplomas by 2018 compared with 59% of #men during the same period.”_
> _“In the next few years, two women will earn a #college degree for every man, if the trend continues.”_
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/09/u-s-a-facts-of-the-day-2.html
Hahaha… 😆
I don't blame you: I haven't found yet a good alternative myself 😟
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@koalie: no, but you're the only one still _using_ @flickr@mastodon.social 😃
Technologist, Spaniard, male, 42
Joined May 2020
