well, there is a whole book about piracy, DRM and selling stuff on the internet.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Doesn%27t_Want_to_Be_Free

So I won’t add much to the topic, what I can say is that this is about being pragmatic. There is some people who’s gonna spend their money on books but it requires publicity (polemic topic) and subsidizing creativity with our own money (another controversial one).

Otherwise it’s a difficult discipline /profession /industry

@prologic@twtxt.net @eapl.me@eapl.me I want to highlight another social problem: People don’t read. Paper industry is a bad moment because people don’t pay for books; it does not matter if it is a physical or digital platform. I have this information because I have a good friend who left the industry after publishing a magazine, books and working in an editorial. DRM is a try to give some more money.

I have just received the royalties for the last book: 98 euros for the four-month period, about 24 euros a month on average. Not even enough for the gym membership.
If you have to keep some knowledge: don’t write for money, the paper (or ebook) industry is in a very bad way, the margins for the author are very small and piracy is devastating.

Should Taxpayer Money Fund Open Source?
Mozilla, F-Droid, Let’s Encrypt, Tor, & more receive huge amounts of money from US taxes. ⌘ Read more

10 Video Games That Were Scrapped Close to Completion
Remarkably, the world of video game development is often fraught with unpredictability, where immense effort and staggering amounts of money—sometimes tallying up to millions—can be poured into a project, only to see it abandoned before reaching the finish line. This phenomenon is not only bewildering but also disheartening as developers walk away from near-completed projects, […]

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Ten Movies Overshadowed by Behind-the-Scenes Controversies
The job of Hollywood is to present us with an immaculately presented fantasy with beautiful people and big money. That’s why we can’t look away when things go wrong. For these ten movies, things went so wrong behind the scenes that it overshadowed the Hollywood magic; these ten movies had controversies bigger and more memorable […]

The post [Ten Movies Overshadowed by Behind-the-Scenes Controversies](https://listve … ⌘ Read more

10 Pharmaceutical Scandals That Will Leave You Fuming
When large amounts of money are involved, companies have proven to do whatever it takes to protect their profits, even if It’s unethical and illegal. The pharmaceutical industry is no stranger to illegal practices and scandals involving shady businesses, leading to more money. Some of the largest drug companies have faced backlash for price hikes, […]

The post [10 Pharmaceutical Scandals That Will Leave You Fuming](https://l … ⌘ Read more

Trump officials escalate fight to take back $20B in climate money
Jean Chemnick,  Staff Writer  -  Politico

_Stephan: If you have been paying even the slightest attention, you must realize by now that we, in the United States, don’t live in the same country we did four months ago. We live in a country now ruled by a psychopath who is owned and funded by oligarchs, one of whom is dismantling 250 years of democracy and destroying the economy for ordinary people … ⌘ Read more

Review: A Week With iPhone 16e
It’s been a week since Apple released the iPhone 16e, its new low-cost (but not as low-cost as before) smartphone. The ‌iPhone 16e‌ has many of the same capabilities as Apple’s flagship iPhones, but it is lacking in some key areas to save money. So, is it worth the savings? MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera spent a week with the ‌iPhone 16e‌ as his main iPhone to see what he could live wi … ⌘ Read more

b4n6_b4n6, not-a-money-printer propose bounties to make Monero GUI, RetoSwap, UnstoppableSwap ‘Whonix friendly’
b4n6_b4n61 and not-a-money-printer2 have proposed bounties3’4’5 to make monero-wallet-gui6, RetoSwap7, and UnstoppableSwap8 Whonix friendly 9:

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#1 Make monero-wallet-gui whonix friendly
Total Bounty: ~0.12 XMR (to date)

#2 Make reto swap whonix friendly
To … ⌘ Read more”`

Yes, Mozilla Receives USAID Money.
The Firefox maker spends millions from tax payers on “social and political” training, “centering marginalized groups”, and “engaging race, gender, sexuality perspectives”. ⌘ Read more

Some consumers are not spending money for today’s economic blackout. Here’s what to know.
Betty Lin-Fisher,  Customer Reporter  -  USA Today

Stephan: The 28 February “Don’t Buy for 24 hours” boycott doesn’t seem to have amounted to much. What that tells me is that a large percentage of Americans don’t yet realize what is going in their country with the Trump coup. Very sad.

![Some consumers are participating in a one-day economic blacko … ⌘ Read more

@arne@uplegger.eu That’s nice, but … where do they get the money for this? Must be expensive as heck. 😅

Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building
Christopher Rugaber,  Staff Writer  -  Federal News Network | Associated Press

_Stephan: Did you vote for Trump? Is you did you are reasonable and complicit in the end of all consumer protection against scams. Your bank has implemented new fees, your credit card corporations have done the same? You were deceived into paying money for some benefit you didn’t … ⌘ Read more

10 Things You Might Not Know About the Panama Canal
Building the Panama Canal was one of the greatest civil engineering projects of all time, but how much do you know about the history of this waterway that joins two oceans? The building caused thousands of deaths and cost an enormous amount of money, but it has bestowed priceless benefits to world trade and prosperity. […]

The post [10 Things You Might Not Know About the Panama Canal](https://listverse.com/2025/02/08/10-things-y … ⌘ Read more

Nobody that does good things earns a lot of money.

> Nobody that does good things earns a lot of money.

Nobody that does good things earns a lot of money. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net IMHO: Most people like it the easy way: “Don’t make me think!”. If you do not pay money for a service, your data/content is the price to pay. Some handy mobile apps for the fediverse and the ongoing debate on social media services may get the people and their content out of the walled gardens of the 21st century.

Stick it to Big Tech. Support The Lunduke Journal.
No ads. No corporate money. No Big Tech influence. Support the last bastion of truly independent Tech Journalism. ⌘ Read more

Doctors Against Genocide Hold Global Sick-Out to Highlight Atrocities in Gaza
Chris Walker ,  Staff Writer  -  truthout

_Stephan: I want to be clear that I do not in any way condone or support what the Muslim terrorist groups did and have done to keep the wars in the Middle East going. But I see all that as no justification for your money and mine being used to finance an Israeli genocide of Muslims. More than that as this article describes is the … ⌘ Read more

Supreme Court won’t block Donald Trump’s hush money sentencing
Josh Gerstein and Erica Orden,  Staff Writers  -  Politico

_Stephan: In 11 days the first person in the history of the United States ever convicted of multiple – 34 – felonies will begin his term as President. I think it is very important to note and remember that Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, notable as the most corrupt justices to ever serve on the court, … ⌘ Read more

‘Dark Money’ Is Tainting Washington Think Tanks. A New Report Shows It’s Worse Than You Think.
Michael Schaffer,  Senior Editor and Columnist   -  Politico

_Stephan: Few Americans, unless they have been involved in the federal government, have any idea about the role of think-tanks. in shaping government policy. BIllionaires, American and international, as well as foreign governments, have been funding these institutes and organization … ⌘ Read more

Why the American dream of owning property is dying
Josh Kirby,  Senior Money Writer  -  The Telegraph (U.K.)

_Stephan: Like virtually everyone I knew buying a first home for my wife and myself was a prime objective.  It was 1969, I was 27, and the managing editor of Seapower Magazine. My wife didn’t work and was in the 7th month of her pregnancy. We bought the house in Chevy Chase, Maryland just past the border with D.C. for $68,000. It was not a large house, but on a nice … ⌘ Read more

The billionaires and tech barons vying to build a private space station
Matthew Field,  Senior Technology Reporter  -  The Telegraph (U.K.)

_Stephan: NASA for decades the U.S. approach to space exploration is dying. It is being taken over by billionaires who are using your tax money and mine coming to them through government contracts to increase their wealth and create their own space exploration programs. This is getting virtually no coverage in the A … ⌘ Read more

“Plez give me all the compute, money, and copyright allowance and i give you shitty autocomplete for fee!” - Tech Bro.

“Plez give me all the compute, money, and copyright allowance and i give you shitty autocomplete for fee!” - Tech Bro.

Today’s EV Batteries May Last Up to 40% Longer Than Expected, Study Finds
Paige Bennett,  Contributing Writer  -  EcoWatch

_Stephan: Here is some good news about EV batteries. If you drive an EV you will find this reassuring that your batteries  will last longer than you were originally told they would which may save you a lot of money. This means that EVs are cheaper than was thought compared to the cost of buying and operating a petroleum-powered vehic … ⌘ Read more

Millions of Taxpayer Dollars Have Subsidized Project 2025 and Climate Denial
Chuck Collins ,  Staff Writer  -  truthout

Stephan: As this report describes, because the bribery of politicians is legal in the United States, and MAGAt billionaires and the corporations they control, have also rigged the nonprofit system, your money and mine is paying for the degradation of our own wellbeing. We are nation defined by corruption.

![](https://www.schwar … ⌘ Read more

Living together: Reflections on collective living
[A version of this post was initially published on 2022-05-30 (Setting
Orange, the 4 day of Confusion in the YOLD 3188) in my gemlog at:

gemini://gem.hack.org/log/collectives.gmi

It’s been slightly edited and a few photos added.]

I dreamt about Dial House last night. I’ve never been there, but it
was like I belonged, like I was meant to be there.

Last I heard anything about Dial House they were trying to gather
enough money … ⌘ Read more

North Korean IT workers ‘have infiltrated Australian businesses’, experts warn
Remote tech workers are using fake identities to work for Australian companies and wire money back to North Korea, human resources executives are being warned. ⌘ Read more

The ‘death clock’ that predicts the day you’ll die
The AI was trained on a dataset of more than 1200 life expectancy studies with some 53 million participants. Its answers may well be of interest to economists and money managers. ⌘ Read more

Two friends with a love of coffee cross paths with Colombian farmer, changing lives across continents
Mathew Hatcher and Lewis McKenzie started a coffee-roasting business in a small Australian town, motivated less by money and more by the excuse to taste rare and expensive beans. When they met a coffee-growing family from Colombia, the business would transform lives and form a “connection with the heart”. ⌘ Read more

Cherry Queen crowned in Pooraka as first box raises $85k
Bidding started at $50k, but Donna Mecurio was crowned Cherry Queen with a bid of $85k at the SA Produce Market in Pooraka this morning. Money raised goes to the South Australia Brain Research Foundation. ⌘ Read more

Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 46, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.

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(#ldyrryq) @bender@bender I’ve worked with this guy before. Paid him to do some freelance work. Not very good IMO. So haven’t hired him ever …
@bender I’ve worked with this guy before. Paid him to do some freelance work. Not very good IMO. So haven’t hired him ever again. But he keeps saying hi every now and then on Signal. And then every few months or so asking stuff like this ☝️ – Last time it was money for private school fees for his child.

How am I suppose to know whether stuff like this ( _so … ⌘ Read more

> I need money for my mother’s heart surgery, there is a shortfall of about 2 million rupiah from a total of 40 million, can you help me with an …

I need money for my mother’s heart surgery, there is a shortfall of about 2 million rupiah from a total of 40 million, can you help me with any amount?

Hmmm 🧐 ⌘ Read more

[ANN] [PROPOSAL] Add optional is_gift and txs parameter and create a new gift standard

There is currently no easy and safe standard way to gift Monero to people around you. It is possible to gift a wallet containing money. However, malicious people can use this to trick people into using the wallet they gifted them and steal the money after the recipient puts in more money, so this is unacceptable.

Link: https://github.com/monero-project/meta/issues/1100

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[WTS] [EU] [0.2+ XMR] Monero Stickers 250pcs

Decorate your neighbourhood with these disruptive and thought provoking stickers. The 4 new designs are inspired from the original ‘Anonymous Money’ design which has been around for some years already. Choose from the 5 different designs in batches of 50pcs.

Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/TCs3/

ChadXMR (XMRBazaar) ⌘ Read more

[WTS] [CA] [$15] Monero Stickers

5 stickers that you can place anywhere to market this private, untraceable money.

Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/tDUb/

PaPaMorty (XMRBazaar) ⌘ Read more

@xuu@txt.sour.is I think it is more tricky than that.

https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/rules-business-and-organisations/application-regulation/who-does-data-protection-law-apply_en

“A company or entity …”

Also, as I understand it, “personal or household activity” (as you called it) is rather strict: An example could be you uploading photos to a webspace behind HTTP basic auth and sending that link to a friend. So, yes, a webserver is involved and you process your friend’s data (e.g., when did he access your files), but it’s just between you and him. But if you were to publish these photos publicly on a webserver that anyone can access, then it’s a different story – even though you could say that “this is just my personal hobby, not related to any job or money”.

If you operate a public Yarn pod and if you accept registrations from other users, then I’m pretty sure the GDPR applies. 🤔 You process personal data and you don’t really know these people. It’s not a personal/private thing anymore.

@prologic@twtxt.net I have no specifics, only hopes. (I have seen some articles explaining the GDPR doesn’t apply to a “purely personal or household activity” but I don’t really know what that means.)

I don’t know if it’s worth giving much thought to the issue unless either you expect to get big enough for the GDPR to matter a lot (I imagine making money is a prerequisite) or someone specifically brings it up. Unless you enjoy thinking through this sort of thing, of course.

@quark@ferengi.one My money is on a SHA1SUM hash encoding to keep things much simpler:

$ echo -n "https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt\n2020-07-18T12:39:52Z\nHello World! 😊" | sha1sum | head -c 11
87fd9b0ae4e

Winter soldier: scale down Kubernetes made easy
Member post originally published on the Devtron blog by Bhushan Nemade TL;DR: Stop wasting money on idle resources! Winter Soldier, an open-source tool, helps you automatically scale down non-production environments, saving you up to 28% on your annual… ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net Yes, they do 🤣 Implicitly, or threading would never work at all 😅 Nor lookups 🤣 They are used as keys. Think of them like a primary key in a database or index. I totally get where you’re coming from, but there are trade-offs with using Message/Thread Ids as opposed to Content Addressing (like we do) and I believe we would just encounter other problems by doing so.

My money is on extending the Twt Subject extension to support more (optional) advanced “subjects”; i.e: indicating you edited a Twt you already published in your feed as @falsifian@www.falsifian.org indicated 👌

Then we have a secondary (bure much rarer) problem of the “identity” of a feed in the first place. Using the URL you fetch the feed from as @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org ’s client tt seems to do or using the # url = metadata field as every other client does (according to the spec) is problematic when you decide to change where you host your feed. In fact the spec says:

Users are advised to not change the first one of their urls. If they move their feed to a new URL, they should add this new URL as a new url field.

See Choosing the Feed URL – This is one of our longest debates and challenges, and I think (_I suspect along with @xuu@txt.sour.is _) that the right way to solve this is to use public/private key(s) where you actually have a public key fingerprint as your feed’s unique identity that never changes.

Apple Reportedly in Talks to Invest in ChatGPT Maker OpenAI
Apple is in talks to invest in OpenAI, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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The report did not reveal how much money Apple would be investing in OpenAI if the plan moves forward, but it said this latest fundraising round would value the ChatGPT maker above $100 billion.

Apple prev … ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net It cost what you mentioned here too, but they had a special discount, and the shop gave 20% discount for all the gear we needed (since I bought the bike + gear for two persons), so all in all I got a really good deal on it. Also interest rate is locked for 3 years (low rate) so that was also a good deal.
I just took the longest time I could on the loan, to have a low price each month, and then i just pay extra whenever I can to get it payed down faster.
Luckily the Marlyn, my son, and my daughter all fit the same gear, so the 3 of them share that, that saved a lot of money too :)

When i met Marlyn (before we had kids) I asked here to go on her first trip with me (I had a bike before I met her back then), and we went on a 2 week ride from Norway to Italy and back (venice) through the alps and all that. Was super fun, and I think it’s pretty cool of her to say yes to a 2 week trip as passenger :)

This alternative to supermarkets can help you save on groceries, but most people don’t know it exists
Families and neighbours shopping through informal co-ops are saving hundreds, but the business model could help apply major competitive pressure to the major supermarkets. ⌘ Read more

Can you save money with BYO storage on laptops and phones?
Samsung’s Galaxy A55 only has 128GB of internal storage – tiny compared to other phones. But a good quality 256GB card triples the storage for about $30. ⌘ Read more

Apple Promotion Boosts iPhone Trade-In Values for a Limited Time
Apple today launched a limited-time promotion that increases the trade-in values for select iPhone models in the United States when customers buy a new iPhone.

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The promotion lasts from today until June 3, and means anyone trading in their existing iPhone 11 or newer will get more money knocked off the price of a new iPhone. As you can see fro … ⌘ Read more

Good money, good vibes: Why Gen Z doesn’t care about work perks
Free lunches, gym memberships and gimmicky thrills are no longer important to young professionals, according to a survey. ⌘ Read more

GNOME Publishes Annual Report: Still Losing Money
The GNOME Foundation hastily published report after damning article from The Lunduke Journal on their finances. More from The Lunduke Journal: http://lunduke.com Watch the video on Lunduke.Locals.com: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5613959/gnome-publishes-annual-report-still-losing-money ⌘ Read more

TikTok local profits surge as potential ban looms
New figures show TikTok is a money-making machine locally, despite mounting political and regulatory pressure. ⌘ Read more

go-money 實現貨幣運算的金標準
在進行金融領域的軟件開發時，貨幣值的精確表示和操作至關重要。由於浮點數帶來的精度問題，傳統的處理方式經常導致數值上的細微誤差。針對這一問題，go-money包提供了基於 Go 語言的解決方案，實現了 Fowler 的貨幣模式。本文將深入解析go-money包，演示其具體的使用方式，並通過豐富的示例讓您掌握如何在 Go 項目中實現精確的貨幣計算。起步：安裝 go-money————- ⌘ Read more

@adi@twtxt.net (I would not object to someone wanting to throw FFRDC-class money at P9F, if you’ve got a lead! ☺)

The town that chocolate built: How a global cocoa crisis poured money into these remote PNG villages
Over the last few years, a peculiar change has taken place in Papua New Guinea’s north-west, with remote, traditional villages modernising at a rapid pace. Here’s how the price of cocoa is fuelling development. ⌘ Read more

in the matter of political voice in the US money is speech and therefore companies use their “free speech” to donate and gain access to politicians. Therefore companies are people. Thanks a lot “citizens united”

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained?ref=foreverwars.ghost.io

in the matter of political voice in the US money is speech and therefore companies use their “free speech” to donate and gain access to politicians. Therefore companies are people. Thanks a lot “citizens united”

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained?ref=foreverwars.ghost.io

Mark Cuban says to focus on money instead of following your passions
In emailed comments to Fortune, Cuban advised against starting a business on the basis of passion, urging workers instead to remain eagle eyed on money and building wealth. ⌘ Read more

#TheMoment a man climbed up and down Mount Kilimanjaro backwards
Britain’s Ben Stewart conquered Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, while walking backwards, all in a bid to raise money for charity. ⌘ Read more

Olivia Rodrigo donating money from tour to her women’s health initiative
Olivia Rodrigo is donating money from the profits of her global tour to her women’s health non-profit. ⌘ Read more

Albo’s major housing promise under threat
One of Anthony Albanese’s major election promises is in doubt after the Greens announced plans to kill Labor’s Help to Buy scheme unless the government meets its demands. ⌘ Read more

Sunflower patch provides pocket money and life lessons for 7yo Charlie
Charlie Smith spent his school holidays growing sunflowers with his dad on their Manjimup farm in WA’s South West and has big aspirations for his little business. ⌘ Read more

Bitter news for wine exporters as more people choose not to drink to save money — and health
Australian wine exports have been hit by a global trend in people drinking less alcohol and cutting costs, but hope remains for the re-opening of a major market. ⌘ Read more

We derive pleasure from anticipation, so ensure there are a number of things to look forward to. If Money Doesn’t Make You Happy Then You Probably Aren’t Spending It Right [pdf] | Hacker News

Переиздание Hitman: Blood Money вышло на iOS и Android — с механиками из последних частей серии
Порт для Nintendo Switch выпустят зимой.

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@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net I feel like this is a bit of a common pattern? Company builds an awesome product, makes it free for a lot of users, then create additional features and paid plans, makes a tonne of money. But then later decide they need to make more money, so focus on converting the free users to paid users. Hmmm 🤔 Surely this can’t be the only viable business model? 🤔

Переиздание Hitman: Blood Money с механиками из новых частей выйдет на iOS и Android уже 30 ноября
Порт для мобильных устройств можно предзаказать за 15 долларов.

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@prologic@twtxt.net I only use it so that family that follow me can see the images I post.
I do not browse around and spend time there, just check what family and friends have posted.
But still - makes me mad that they put that tracking infront of a paywall like that.
Hate putting money in zuckerberg’s pocket.
Same with VR - you need a meta account to use the oculus.. and you get full screen notification inside the VR headset if you do not use that.. Luckily there is a trail going on in Norway now..

https://www.datatilsynet.no/en/news/aktuelle-nyheter-2023/meta-case-brought-to-the-european-level/

https://www.datatilsynet.no/en/news/aktuelle-nyheter-2023/temporary-ban-of-behavioural-advertising-on-facebook-and-instagram/

I acquired a new, fancy domain for a new side project. A site with tips on how to save money on purchases is something I would like to start. The search for a CMS reminds me of why I built GoBlog: all available options are not optimal. But GoBlog also isn’t optimal for this project for various reasons, as it shouldn’t be a typical personal blog. And now I have this really cool domain and question my plans. 😅 ⌘ Read more

Snikket: State of Snikket 2023: Funding
As promised in our ‘State of Snikket 2023’ overview post, and teased at the end of our first update post about app development, this post in the series is about that thing most of us open-source folk love to hate… money.

We are an open-source project, and not-for-profit. Making money is not our primary goal, but like any business we have upstream expenses to pay - to compensate for the time and specialist work we need to implement the Snikket vision. To do that, we need income.

T … ⌘ Read more

Release Radar · July 2023 Edition
After the last Release Radar, I promised the next one wouldn’t be far away, so here it is. This is the low down on some of the best open source projects that shipped major version updates in July. There’s lots of cool stuff from natural language processing, to APIs, money, and SDKs. I won’t spoil […]

The post Release Radar · July 2023 Edition appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net Yeah, I got some cash that I will put aside for a rainy day. I initially wanted to buy a kickbike for the dog with that, but he should not be pulling too much until next year’s fall, so I decided not to buy that now.
I’ll put the money aside for next year.
Other then that I got a new harness for me that I use for the dog, we’ve had one but this one is more solid and fits better to my size. That is super useful - and will last for many many years.
Also got a new hiking jacket, cotton jacket, green, outdoor type jacket, that is also something I really wanted, since I do not like those synthetic jackets (sweat too much in that). Also got some chocolate from my kids (Which I love). So I’m very pleased with the gifts :)

@rrraksamam@twtxt.net I honestly dislike web3 platforms, and especially blockchain social media.
It’s just filled with people trying to make a dollar. That is always the focus on those blockchain based social media sites. I like what I can host my self, no money or tokens \ crypto involved etc.
Tried nostr for a while, but I cannot get into that either. Only reason it’s popular is because of jack (that’s just my opinion), and they are always pushing bitcoin lightning network there - and I get tired of that pretty fast.

I’m curious. How many people truly believe blockchain social networks are the future?

NFTs, tokens, monetization, revenue…

I’m sorry, but how are your random social media blabbers worth any money?
Unless you’re Shakespeare or Einstein or some philosophical or scientific genius, I don’t see why anyone would want to read your posts, let alone cash out some “crypto” from some “wallet”.

And that applies to most people. Sure, your lifestyle and your thoughts may be interesting. But who’s going to start paying to view what’s going on in your life?

As if likes, upvotes, hearts, and subscriptions weren’t narcissistic enough, let’s make people think someone wants to pay them with crypto to view their random posts online.

Cut food waste and save money with five tips from a famous foodie
Australians each throw out a whopping 300 kilograms of food every year. But these tricks from award-winning author and broadcaster Alice Zaslavsky can help reduce your waste — and put money back into your wallet. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net haha, money goes out fast. but its nice too see some savings grow a bit.

Record number of Pacific Islanders now work in Australia helping supply your next meal
This fruit picker is supporting his family in Vanuatu to recover from cyclones. He hopes changes to the Pacific worker program will help him send more money home. ⌘ Read more

Major Open Source Projects: How much money do they actually make?
Comparing the revenue of some of the biggest names in Free & Open Source Software. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net The good thing here at least is that you get back on your taxes if you loose money, so that helps a bit, and if you buy mining gear you can write some of the cost up as well etc. So it’s a pretty nice that they have done it that way here. The only downside is what I mentioned already - the complexity of filing it all.

can you money-pump the agents simulated by large-language models?

Bringing the bugs back to this winery has saved time, money — and insects
The global population of insects has declined by 41 per cent in the past 40 years, with researchers saying the overuse of chemicals in agriculture is a key reason. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net Yeah, apparently it was a bit of old new (according to twitter), but still - looking forward to have a risc-v desktop system. :)
Hopefully it’ll not be too long until something like that hits the market with a price that I can pay for it.
I do have 2 risk-v devices already, one mangopi (like a raspberrypi zero), and one HiFive1 Rev B (like a arduino).
The Hifive rev B was a waste of time and money for me - but I bought it anyways, too ‘embedded’ for my liking, so not easy to make things work on that. The mangopi is perfect, got all my desktop stuff set up on that running debian.

Wish Interpretation
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i think people should give me money for me to pursue my idiosyncratic interests

Breaking: Google hires John Connor to fend off ChatGPT threat
“I can take down ChatGPT, no problemo,” stated Connor. “This’ll be easy money.” ⌘ Read more

how much money do I need to pay you for you to take a pill that makes you insane?

The Vikings need to dump Cousins. IDK why anyone would throw guaranteed money on an NFL QB that took a knee when he needed to spike the ball.

Firefox Money: Investigating the bizarre finances of Mozilla
Payments to nonexistent companies? Funding politics? Reliance on a single customer? And that’s just for starters. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net It’s called “cgod” and it isn’t written in C or Go? I want my money back…

I also like Gopher more than Gemini. The problem Gemini is trying to solve is better solved by just writing static HTML 4.01 pages.

@xuu@txt.sour.is proof of stake = people with money get more money. It accelerates the wealth inequality problems that are already plaguing us. Crypto has even worse wealth inequality than fiat currency systems, which is 100% predictable.

Minimizing Liabilities Is Making It.
The default way to look at financial “independence” nowadays is to think that means “making a lot of money.”
That’s understandable.

But then you see stuff like this:

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Or this:

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Minimizing Liabilities Is Making It
The default way to look at financial “independence” nowadays is to think that means “making a lot of money.”
That’s understandable.

But then you see stuff like this:

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Or this:

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good hobbyist internet science writers & scientists are afflicted by a peculiar disease: they produce some (or a lot of) good output, and then someone gives them enough money to start an organization, and they never write anything interesting again.

Taiwan stocks facing ‘big bully’ prompt Goldman retreat as cross-strait tensions inflict 20 to 40 per cent fund losses
Cross-strait tensions are rising several notches as military threat escalates. Goldman has downgraded Taiwan market, worrying about a spillover of risk from related stocks to the broader market. ⌘ Read more

Prince Charles’ US$3 million bags-of-cash claim, denies any wrongdoing
British royal’s office said the money, from a former prime minister of Qatar, was for the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund – it was handed over in a suitcase and in shopping bags from London’s Fortnum & Mason store. ⌘ Read more

China inflation: Li Keqiang says ‘prudent’ economic policy, bumper wheat harvest leaves room to tackle risks
Premier Li Keqiang says China has refrained from ‘excessive’ money printing in recent years to prevent inflation and create room to counter new challenges. ⌘ Read more

No more GitHub Copilot for me
I was an avid user of GitHub Copilot during the technical preview phase. Apparently, as many as 1.2 million developers used Copilot. But now Copilot is out of beta and suddenly costs money. ⌘ Read more

Teen girl in China steals US$18,000 meant for sick mother’s operation to go on a shopping spree
Police in China helping a distraught woman recover some of the money she’d saved for an operation after her daughter stole it and blew it on online games, mobile phones and clothing. ⌘ Read more

Fear grips cryptocurrency traders and magnifies the global rout in US$247 billion DeFi market, Binance’s founder CZ says
The crash in cryptocurrencies shows how the fundamental principle of DeFi – the pursuit of higher yields in the era of cheap money to disrupt and replace traditional banks – has been upended by rising interest rates. ⌘ Read more