MrMonkey

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[–] MrMonkey@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The easiest to explain is NFTs are worthless. They have no legal validity for ownership. The largest portion of the NFT market is buying pictures, pictures which are hosted externally and can be taken down without respect to the NFT contract.

Oh, so you don't know what an NFT is. An NFT is a non-fungable token. This is a token that is distinct from other tokens, Some tokens are legally valid, some aren't. You use NFTs every day.

This "NFT = Not legally binding JPEG" thing stuck in your head has got to go. It was just a simple PoC that people took nobody but gamblers care for.

Your credit card is an NFT. Your drivers licence is an NFT. Your car title is an NFT. The car in monopoly is an NFT.

But being able to transfer and store NFTs on a trustless network is an amazing feat, and testing it with silly stuff like jpegs is the way to go before using it for something important.

Now imagine your car title is a legally binding NFT. You can prove you own your car, transfer ownership to the new owner, no trip to the DMV needed.

The supply chain is already using NFTs to prevent forgeries; tokens are created by the manufacturer and sent to the retailers. Retailers verify the tokens and know the real ones didn't fall off a truck.

At some point you'll use an NFT to check if those Air Jordan's on Craigslist are the real thing (or stolen). But like every other NFT you use you probably won't even know it.

[–] MrMonkey@lemm.ee -3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The same reason flying airplanes isn't "criminal trespassing". Satellite and aerial photography happen really high up.

No insurance company used a small toy drone to fly 50' over his property for pictures.

[–] MrMonkey@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Insurance companies use ariel and satellite photos. So do municipalities to check for unpermited work.

They're not going to drive out to each customer with a toy drone. They're essentially using google map satellite view.

Can we stop the hysteria and take a few minutes to think things through?

[–] MrMonkey@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

That's quite a generous reading.

I still see "if you don't agree with me 100% you're a racist".

[–] MrMonkey@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I know what you are trying to say

What is he trying to say? Because what I hear is "Anyone who's opinion is not 100% in lockstep with mine is an evil fascist racist nazi transphobe".

[–] MrMonkey@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks for proving my point.

Now go back to reddit, the adults are having a conversation.

[–] MrMonkey@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

"Capitalism is good"

"Conservatives aren't completely selfish" (backed with links to leftist sources)

"NFTs aren't worthless"

"Making everyone people pay for rich people's college debt is wrong (and a net transfer of wealth upwards)"

"The central banks cause inflation on purpose"

Some are opinions, some are facts people don't like. All get down voted.

[–] MrMonkey@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (18 children)

No, not really. Have a "wrong" opinion and see how it goes.

[–] MrMonkey@lemm.ee -4 points 1 year ago

The TLDR:

They hate capitalism because they're losers and they think that under a different system they wouldn't be such a loser. But they would be.

[–] MrMonkey@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

"someone has a different opinion than me, they must be dumb"

Go back to reddit.

[–] MrMonkey@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's always pushups!

[–] MrMonkey@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

The first thing I do is try to stop and identify what I'm angry about or frustrated with.

Then I check to see if it's something I can control, and if it's not then I just accept it. I might not like it, but I accept that it's the way things are.

For example I (used to) get angry driving. What I was angry with were bad drivers.

Is it reasonable to expect to drive and not run into bad drivers? No, they're out there and there's nothing you can do a bout it.

What I can do about it is change my reaction. Instead of raging at bad drivers I simply shake my head and continue about my day.

Think of it like you're holding a hulu-hoop. Inside that hulu-hoop are things you can change. Outside the hula-hoop are things you can't change. Getting mad at things you can't change isn't helpful, so concentrate on the things you can control, including your reaction.

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