Bahnd Rollard

Exactly, and such things that require or could be improved by decentralized systems tend to be managed by companies (monopolies, or close to it) that already are acting like enshitifying goblins instead of responsible curators.

The ticky part is that when these decentralized systems are involved, the true costs (power, hardware, network, etc.) are distributed and not easily collected.

I would argue against this stance, but not completely. The need for decentralized authorities only comes about due to a lack or trust or failure of the custodians of the product.

From your example, you could turn concert tickets into verifiable tokens (I do think this would be a good idea), and it would solve a lot of after market sale and validation issues. The only reason we have these issues in [checks current year] is because monopolies like LiveNation/TicketMaster have so throughly turbo-fucked the system that venues and customers cant do anything about it.

IMO, blockchains are a cool concept, and I love that cryptography is now a common topic of discussion because of it. However, its a solution looking for a problem and the problems up until this point are manufactured by the people selling the product or straight up ponzi schemes.

Tell that to silicon valley, its a marketing bit now. Being “Too cool for school” is part of the tech startup playbook.

The advice I have on the scripting practice is to just do home lab stuff. A bucket of pis or a few VMs to get something working where your not afraid to break things. (Im not good at it either, but practice is the key takeaway).

As for the networking, they got certs for that, and said home lab will make applying your new skills easier until you find them relavent for an employer.

IT has a pretty simple pipeline that can be a lot more granular than a degree program. Early certs are not too difficult and their courses are much shorter than college or other programs. The tricky part is that getting past the “Hello, this is IT. Im here because you broke something” phase, without burning out. You really need to specialize or market yourself as a subject matter expert, the path becomes much more (and less) defined by certs.

If I had a nickle for ever time the UK did something pants-on-head stupid or short-sighted from a minor survey or public poll, [counts change jar]… How much are big macs these days?

I heard this on the radio this morning and could have sworn they called him Michael Bolton and could not tell if they were doing an office space bit.

Out of all the options, this one seems like the best to fulfill OPs intentions, although if you dont know someone with a boat, it does not make it cheaper.

Plus. funerals are for the living, not the dead. Some families may want more than GPS coordinates as a headstone (or they will need to put one elsewhere).

I personally would be fine with this disposal method for myself, assuming it was not too inconvienent or costly for others.

Destiny 2 was the old game I played 2 years ago when I switched to linux full time that does not play nice with Proton. And given how its driven itself off a cliff. I will miss the old space opera, but nothing of value was lost.

Eh… No, but its nice to think about it.

As stated by many others, evidence is required to prove something. However, the stories we tell ourselves are comforting, so I wont fault anyone who does. Up until the point where people start going “My sky-dad could totally beat up your sky-dad”, that can Belgium right off…

I can assure you, there are much scarrier people in new england than people who wear shorts in the winter. First, its THEIR winter, not yours. Secondly, fluffy AT-ATs (Moose).

This also is the part of the world where New Hampshire is, they are the “Live Free or Die” state for a reason. Texas would probably like that motto, but they would have to take it from NH, and we all know who were betting on in that fight.

A vegan, crossfit, arch user walks into a bar. Which do they tell you about first?

SPACESHIP!!!