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Cake day: March 25th, 2021
  • NotAGingertoOpen Source•*Permanently Deleted*
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    4 years ago

    I dislike the idea that we have to make the world feel safer to everybody. The reason is that feelings are subjective and some people would feel safer in a world that is actually more dangerous (look at all the people who reflect positively about the safety of previous decades).

  • NotAGingertoAsklemmy•*Permanently Deleted*
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    4 years ago

    But transmission isn’t centralized, and can’t be centralized. Because its purpose is to transmit power from power generators (both centralized and decentralized) to (located elsewhere) loads.

    I assumed the OP meant generation because the other way around doesn’t make sense.

    I may also be thinking about the physical world with the OP thinking about ownership, but that makes even less sense. Transmission and generation should be paid for by the end users. Preferably in whatever way reduces their costs without making them a burden on other participants.

    Maybe the statement is talking about centralized ownership for the purposes of economies of scale. Even that can be broken down to cooperative ownership as much of the less urban areas of the United States already are.

  • NotAGingertoAsklemmy•*Permanently Deleted*
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    4 years ago

    I think NFTs could be a great way to fund arts or charity. Especially if they can smart contract money to their cause with each transfer.

    I personally don’t know how NFTs could really work as an investment mechanism because they aren’t a currency and their ties to artwork are about the same as reddit posts with the same URLs. If there isn’t an agreement under law giving people exclusive rigbts or monies from their NFTs then they are even more speculative than physical art.

    Not saying they couldn’t work, just that I don’t comprehend the mechanism keeping people buying them at higher and higher prices.

  • NotAGingertoAnnouncements•*Permanently Deleted*
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    4 years ago

    Opinion: same thing should apply to other R&D too. You make a drug or vaccine using government money then you are limited to cost+ (meaning a small profit). Shortly after recouping your investment and a small profit the medicine becomes a generic and you have to compete on price for sales.