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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 14 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

in crypto, these guys run on a six to eighteen month cycle - at get in, evangelise, get rekt and disappear in embarrassment. What this means is that the only people who actually remember the history of crypto are the critics.

i once had a coiner demand in outrage that i prooove my claim that bitcoin was started by libertarians.

anyway. dunno if the same will hold in AI grift, but yeah recycling refuted claims as if nothing happened is standard in other areas of pseudoscience.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 10 points 18 hours ago

i once had a coiner demand in outrage that i prooove my claim that bitcoin was started by libertarians.

... did they know what a libertarian is?

[–] khalid_salad@awful.systems 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

i once had a coiner demand in outrage that i prooove my claim that bitcoin was started by libertarians.

who the fuck else would start it?

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 12 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

a libertarian, a pedophile and an early crypto enthusiast walk into a bar

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

"Drinking alone tonight?" the bartender asks.

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

"no," he says, "miku-tan will have a banana juice."