I mean, everything?

I take that back, my hand tools work great. Screwdrivers, chisels, clamps, five stars all around.

But everything else in my life, appliances, cars, government, communication, children, yeah they could probably all improve. And I'm happy to switch to a new system if something is clearly better. Brand loyalty is a scam, like patriotism.

Firefly. It could have gone for so many more seasons! The world still grieves...

Jesus Christ this community never fucking misses a chance change a discussion to Linux. It's tiresome.

And he was trained to do so.

Yeah, there was no training, they aren't trained to go into space. I don't see how astronaut could possibly be an appropriate title. They're payload mass in a sounding rocket.

If they're already doing that, sure. Though that is harder to cover the tracks of.

I mean, Bitcoin is an appropriate currency to use as a reserve, that's not misguided. The problem is that they can't be trusted with access to the funds.

That's not a great assumption. He doesn't need to take the margins on an increased value of Bitcoin, maybe making 20% on a quick investment... he could take the Bitcoin itself! Instead of making 20% on the money that he and his cronies put in, he could make 100% on the money the NATION puts in... It's the difference between millions and many billions!

This is a much bigger deal than a pump and dump scam! Bitcoin is cash, he could convert it into any currency in the world whenever he wants. It's instant money laundering.

I see what you did there Dad

They don't have to pay anything, they're not buying them.

You forgot the part where they take all the government purchased Bitcoin and cash that out to personal accounts.

They could literally steal billions of dollars this way... It's terrifying.

Yeah, we can't let them do this... Bitcoin is electric cash, once they have public funds in Bitcoin, they have turned it into private funds, they've already pocketed it. We can't let them steal from the country like that...

I'm not sure that's sound investing advice...

Hah. Yeah, put your money where your mouth is! I fucking dare you!

Put all your money into that worthless joke!

That is fucked up...

Alright, that's a good use case, I like that.

I'm not saying both aren't possible. And I'm not saying both don't apply here.

But in general, if you make it a practice to remember Hanlon's razor, you will be both correct more often and generally happier. I'm just suggesting, do it for your own sake. Assume the best of intentions in people, because usually people do mean well. And also expect them to let you down by making genuinely stupid choices, because then you won't be surprised when they do.

If I were to read a book on my computer, I would use one screen. That's kinda my point. A second monitor does nothing for me in that scenario.

But it folds like a book, and i see it being held like a book. If that means text populates in two columns like a book, and you read one column at a time, I really don't see the point of the second side. You can just turn the page.

You know, chalk... markers...

Actually, we use quills a surprising amount of the time!

So you think the main difference between Elon and other rich people is that other rich people keep a low profile?

So does that mean you think that other ultra wealthy people are just as influential (and damaging to the world) as Elon? Because I don't doubt that the ultra wealthy are problematic in general, but I think Elon is worse, like in a big way. And he's been changing a lot in the world for the last 20 years, like a lot more than literally anyone I can think of.