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bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto News@lemmy.world•Heritage Foundation founder Edwin J. Feulner dead at 832·2 days agoEveryone dies alone, especially the evil ones.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto News@lemmy.world•Trump to sign stablecoin bill that may make it easier to bribe the president8·2 days agoEdit: google sent me to the wrong bill, this is in committee. Apparently when I searched for new crypto law text, google thought I wanted bills written by high schoolers about crypto.
https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/s954/BILLS-119s954is.pdf
So I decided to read this bill to work my way through all the FUD and report back, and I can say with some confidence this bill was written by old people with no idea what bitcoin does, and 20-year-olds who think language is substance. Here are some gems:
The facilities to hold the bitcoin need to be spread around in secure places, to prevent theft. Of a digital currency. They literally un-memed “the files are in the computer.”
It does state that Bitcoin is a currency and it shows stability, comparing it to gold. So a point for the fears it legitimizes a very unstable digital currency held by a number of anonymous large stakeholder that can push price.
Terminology vaguely describes vague terms. They define terms poorly, which opens the door to later confusion and argument what they mean. “Fork” I especially call out; I read legal documents and I wouldn’t sign this without clarifications.
The government is buying a million coins over 5 years, then they are permitted to sell 10% a year. So they just backstopped bitcoin.
They are paying for it (in part) by making banks hand in their gold certificates, having them revalued, and making banks pay the difference. Banks will Not like this. I wonder if they’ll refuse the new certificates.
This is a very short bill, give it a read. This is very poorly written and thought out in my opinion, but spot on for the current government. It will, however, greatly stabilize and increase bitcoin prices.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•Republicans and Democrats don't get their news from the same sources381·2 days agoHow do you list Joe Rogan as a news source and not The Daily Show?
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto News@lemmy.world•CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’21·3 days agoThey’re going to speak Chinese on Mars because of this president.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkOPto The Onion@midwest.social•White House Website Has New Section Renting Bedrooms: Lincoln Bedroom $1 Million Per NightEnglish1·3 days agoTrump would totally call a serious-sounding press conference and do a timeshare presentation.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkOPto The Onion@midwest.social•White House Website Has New Section Renting Bedrooms: Lincoln Bedroom $1 Million Per NightEnglish3·3 days agoThis isn’t the onion, this is
Folgers Crystalsa Lemmy original by me.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.world•Texan Moved Fam to Russia to Flee Woke—Now He’s Headed to Ukraine Front LineEnglish8·3 days agoNo one is woke from a dirt nap.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkOPto The Onion@midwest.social•White House Website Has New Section Renting Bedrooms: Lincoln Bedroom $1 Million Per NightEnglish10·4 days agoI did, although I feel some of it was over the top. Only 100k for a pardon? That’s ridiculous.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Who's the most ridiculed POTUS of history?1·5 days agoYou can see it in his eyes as he’s about to say it… both the inevitable use on the Daily Show and the desire to strangle his speechwriter.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto Comic Strips@lemmy.world•When A Good Show Has A Bad Ending21·6 days agoAnd then a brick wall fell on that guy and his sister in Tahiti.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto News@lemmy.world•2,000 National Guardsmen being withdrawn from Los Angeles mission, Pentagon confirms16·6 days agoFiction Accomplished.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto Technology@beehaw.org•The Butlerian Jihad is NOT a warning against AI3·7 days agoI believe in God Emperor he touched on the book mentality when Leto 2 talked with some Bene Jesserit about how machines made you treat people like machines, and that was the concept that was overthrown.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•17 Patriot systems are already being prepared for shipment to Ukraine - Trump6·7 days agoOr maybe DeWalt batteries, we’ll just have to see what arrives.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Gov. Greg Abbott says emails with Elon Musk are too ‘intimate and embarrassing’ to make publicEnglish11·7 days ago“Oh yeah Greg, great notes about the self-driving robot legs, we’re building you a prototype right now.”
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•Today, the Mexican Government introduced its new chocolate bar, priced at less than $1USD. Made of 50% cocoa, powdered milk, vanilla. No refined sugar, no artificial flavourings.1·9 days agoSince wizards wear grey robes I feel this checks out.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK: Do you have documents to prove you are a US citizen? If not, here's how3·11 days agoAlso only good for ground travel. But you have to go through the same process as a passport, so they’re usually an add on to the passport.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.world•‘I voted for none of this!’ Trump-voting comedian unleashes scathing rantEnglish13·11 days agoHave the day you voted for, funny man.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why didn't the Democrats release the Epstein client list?352·11 days agoPretty sure he was an asset and Ghislaine is the agent. Both based in who’s alive, and whose father’s funeral was attended by multiple former heads of Mossad.
bradorsomething@ttrpg.networkto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why didn't the Democrats release the Epstein client list?13·11 days agoIf someone hands you $50,000 a year with no questions every year, it’s hard to say no when they squeeze your hand and ask you to reconsider releasing it.
Will an AI make a video of him being innocent in the Epstein case, or is the technology still not that good?