Yeah no worries. Didn’t mean to sound defensive. Making sure people know that pumping a coin isn’t the same as a pump and dump, and yeah, anyone getting into crypto should definitely know about all the rug-pulls.

Didn’t say Pump and Dump for a reason.

The one I got involved in, I knew the people and it looked like they were legitimately trying to develop a product. It was 50/50 pump scheme/real project, since they never did a rug pull. They were honest with themselves about most investors not giving a shit about their project, who were going to sell high anyway.

Sometimes it’s hard to tell if something’s going to be a pump-and-dump until they dump.

I say this as someone who’s been involved in cryptocurrency, in some way, for almost a decade: Do not look at it as a source of income. That’s my warning.

Most money I’ve made off crypto was by accepting it as a source of payment for freelance work, and selling when the price went up. I’ve made only one lucrative investment on a token and it’s because the developer team was a friend of a friend, I only spent the money I could easily afford and pulled out early, once it tripled. Don’t fall for FOMO, even if you could have made more money.

If you go forward, stick with media put out by the major, legitimate exchanges. They have a lot of information on how to get started.

Stay away from crypto-bro hype schemes, do not buy/trade anything from any project/company that isn’t legitimate, with a strong social media presence and a community.

You can make good money off pump schemes if you’re in their communities and keep a close watch on what they’re doing.

Sign up for airdrops of new tokens and coins, shit you can get for free just by joining/signing up for something. A lot of times it’s trash you’ll never get rid of, sometimes it’s free money.

I’ve been using metamask as a wallet for years, it’s one of the most accessible platforms and has a lot of information and support on how to use it.

For the love of god do not look to NFTs as an investment.

Never, ever, spend money you can’t afford to lose.

This is called a ‘Hyperbole.’

I didn’t realize I was giving fascists a reason not to stop being fascists.

that’s super weird and also I think fascist somehow

It’s a toy. A succulent little toy.

If one of my besties thought they could live their best life as a helicopter I would absolutely support them.

Bumping because I’m interested, too. I tried teaching myself ASL, hoping to find a good, free app. The only decent resources I found were paid.

I have some big news for you about libraries and second hand book stores.

That’s my point. We don’t allocate energy resources based on importance, and when this argument is brought up there’s no scale for comparison when someone says AI, specifically, is destroying the planet.

Do we know how energy usage of AI compares to other daily tasks?

Like: rendering a minute of a fully animated film, flying from L.A. to New York, watching a whole series on Netflix, scrolling this site for an hour, or manufacturing a bottle of tylenol?

How does asking AI “2+2” compare to generating a three second animation in 1080p? There has to be a wide gamut of energy use per task.

And then the impact would depend on where your energy comes from. Which is a whole other thing, we should be demanding cleaner, more efficient energy sources.

A quick search on energy consumption by AI brings up a list of articles repeating the mantra that it’s substantial, but sources are vague or non-existent. None provide details to be able to confidently answer any of the above questions.

That’s not to say AI doesn’t consume significant power, it’s saying most people don’t regulate their lives by energy consumption.

Overhearing other people being cute when they don’t know I can hear them.

You know what? I was so out of brain this morning I stared at that for a whole minute wondering if it was right. I write for work every goddamn day and I was like “WTF… how did I forget this. I use these words EVERY DAY.” I knew until I thought about it.

I almost looked it up but then was like… no, 50/50 shot and everyone will know what I mean. No one will point it out.

It’s almost like outside factors may effect someone’s health and wellbeing.

I agree, an argument can be a narrative, too. One where the second person is a dickhead.

Appeal to Fallacy.

It might not be a fallacy.

A fallacy doesn’t make an argument wrong.

There are degrees of fallacies.

Claiming a statement is wrong because there might be a fallacy is a thought-ending argument. There’s more nuance and relatability in rhetoric. Refusing to engage because someone’s using a fallacy is reasonable, but calling it by name isn’t a magic spell that forces someone to throw in the towel.

It’s not a bigoted one either.

“I like feminine people of all genders, what is that?”

“Normal.”

We don’t know OPs gender, but it doesn’t matter. All sexualities are normal.

It…really doesn’t. OP’s gender isn’t mentioned, either.

Is there a secret, hidden insult in that comment that only you can see? Is it in the room with us right now?

A guy in my art school made a piss sculpture. He collected it in jars every day and then arranged them like pixels on a rack. It was neat to see the colour variation, since he deliberately ate things to try to get more hues.