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The longer the bubble goes without popping, the worse the pop will be.

Props to everybody here who helped to contribute to that drop just a teeny tiny little bit.

I explained it to you twice.

Ah yes, Microsoft, the company people love because of their AI pushing

Cryptocurrencies are generally open protocols, usable by anyone. Both the rich and powerful and the poor and powerless.

But its most common cases are to defraud the poor and to allow the rich to speculate.

I agree with your earlier, more honest comment, that said that cryptocurrency is not inherently bad, but this new take is not that.

The United States federal government is the largest known state holder of bitcoin in the world, estimated to hold about 328,372 BTC, as of February 2026.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Strategic_Bitcoin_Reserve

It’s popular as far as billionaires and corporations like Microsoft and Facebook are concerned, which was my point.

Cryptocurrency has largely been adopted by the rich and powerful to keep speculating while avoiding regulations and taxes. Look no further than how Donald Trump and his family use it to enrich themselves.

Acting as if cryptocurrency is maligned because it’s “unpopular” is like acting that Donald Trump is a victim because he’s unpopular.

why would you think I know more than what I’m seeing here and in the linked pages

Because 4 minutes earlier, you commented acknowledging their intent was to have a rule against harmful projects, not “unpopular” ones. I just explained this.

That’s not correct, and you should know better than to claim this. 4 minutes before making this comment, you acknowledged it was about harmful products, not unpopular ones.

It’s still rather poorly worded, though. The ban is: “Content that harms the reputation of Codeberg, such as cryptocurrency related projects”

And AI is wildly popular. Competitor Microsoft has sunk billions into it.

Previous discussion at https://piefed.zip/c/technology@lemmy.world/p/1667772/openai-admits-responsibility-for-huggingface-attack-an-agent-from-an-internal-evaluation-i

“Sounds like a marketing stunt” - I concur

There are very few (sub-$1500) point-and-shoot digital cameras of decent quality to even compare any more*. The ones that are left are targeted at vloggers, and despite how neat phone camera technology is (and it is incredible), it’s often astonishing how good a compact camera with a modern sensor and decent zoom has gotten.

It’s a shame the market got hollowed out by phones, because over the past few years, phones have just gotten more hallucinatory with their output images in an attempt to “fix” the photos they’re talking, and hardware innovation has stalled out. Because of course it has. They don’t have the space of a dedicated camera.

* IMO it is a disservice to Sony that the author mentions their $1500 camera but not the very similar ZV-1 model that’s only $800.

This is major and unfortunate. And worst of all, not their fault, and unlike companies like Apple, I believe them when they say they’re nearly to the point where it wouldn’t be possible to keep afloat.

Thanks, AI.

And anybody could try to take down your repository by pointing to copyright law in general. Bad faith takedowns are not a new phenomenon.

That’s just Facedeer, an infamous AI booster and concern troll.

A bad faith troll could claim any genuine rule against platform abuse could be turned into a witch hunt. Rules like “don’t upload giant files to overwhelm our servers” or, since I’m reminded of someone else who claims they’re labeled a witch, “don’t harass transgender people”…

Previous discussion at https://piefed.zip/c/technology@lemmy.world/p/1667772/openai-admits-responsibility-for-huggingface-attack-an-agent-from-an-internal-evaluation-i

“Sounds like a marketing stunt” - I concur

This is so nice to see, in contrast to that other Tea Party group that’s repeating Big AI talking points and getting a ton of coverage…

Please don’t mandate computerized light dimming

A bill introduced into Congress earlier this year—the LIGHT (Limiting Intense Glare for Highway and Two-lane) Safety Act—directs the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to study and establish an overarching maximum allowable brightness for low-beam headlights in the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. Right now, there are rules around the intensity of headlights at different parts of the beam, but no limits on the overall brightness.

Oh, a good bill.

Their marketing says that they will fight to defend your privacy, which is explicitly proactive language.

Nowhere in their marketing will they even hint at the fact that Swiss law will compel them to work with foreign governments.

Speaking of lying by omission, we moving entirely off discussing the Proton-promoted blog post that is even worse with its messaging?

Oh, so Proton totally won’t work with Trump’s admin unless they get a lawful order and then they’ll bend over backwards.

Your Proton-backed blog post lies by omitting the second part. Having you say it post facto doesn’t absolve you of pushing deceptive material.

Speaking of lies by omission, any blog post that doesn’t address the official Proton Team response is unreliable. You can be snarky about it, but it’s clear the blog is being deceptive with what it intentionally ignores.