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Alphane Moon

@ Alphane_Moon @lemmy.world

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That there is no perfect defense. There is no protection. Being alive means being exposed; it's the nature of life to be hazardous—it's the stuff of living.

  • Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed

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  • It's got its issues (for me the main one are the tankie scum devs), but it seems to be the best platform there is.

    The good thing about it is you can move to clients like Piefed and still access all the content / communities.

  • Crypto mogul Do Kwon, known as ‘the cryptocurrency king,’ pleads guilty to fraud charges

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  • bottom up

    built by the people for the people

    Love your style!

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  • I was rude because I found the notion that monero is a great tool for "victims of domestic abuse" and "activists and political dissidents" distasteful.

    Shilling some crypto coins (even if does have technical privacy features) under guise of concern about "victims of domestic abuse" if pretty fucking low. This is scumbag level of polemics.

    Privacy is a social political issue. A social and political issue cannot be solved via technical means (even though this is a very common propaganda argument).

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  • Where did I say I believe that everyone pays taxes? Why bring up this random accusation?

    Ironic to be talking about going dark when posting via an internet connection.

    If you need the protections that privacy coins provide, both sides of the transaction will find a way to make it work.

    This is a fantasy. With respect to specific transaction you can make anything work. You can dried fruit in such a transaction too. Doesn't mean it's viable to live purely via exchange of dried fruit.

    I am not talking about what the xkcd comic alludes. I referring to the fact that a world exist outside of the monero blockchain and believe it or not, one has to interact with the real world.

    Monero is a red herring. It is not simple to cash out monero and it provides a false sense of security.

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  • Banks too are available for crimes for "small time people" if you know what you are doing.

    The direction of this discussion is a red herring. My point was that beyond financial speculation and crime/fraud, crypto has no viable (not purely theoretical) use cases.

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  • With all due respect, you don't understand what you are talking about. In a sense, your arguments (and their complete disconnect from reality) just proves that monero is not a viable use case for value exchange in authoritarian countries (or even democratic countries).

    Your monero for drugs for local cash idea is idiotic and that's not how any of this works. Have you ever given an "under-the-table" payment for utilities? Of course not! You are just making shit up, I can't put this in a more diplomatic manner.

    Because of what I mentioned, I won't go into an in-depth discussion around how you would be tracked (I trust you have sufficient common sense to think this through).

    That being said I will point out two things:

    1. I never challenged the technical merits of monero (vis a vis cash, bitcoin or drugs).
    2. The world does not exist on the blockchain, you don't have to break the monero protocol to enable tracking. That's arguably the most inefficient way possible of getting what you need.

    Make of this what you will.

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  • Have to disagree on this one.

    How would this even work? You transfer monero to a person in an authoritarian state and then what? What do they do with Monero? You think an authoritarian state is going to allow you to pay for utilities with Monero? Buy food?

    Monero doesn't allow for private transactions as this issue is a social and political problem, not a technology issue.

    I wouldn't be surprised if your transactions would be less private with monero than a bank payment (because of Monero's unlicensed nature).

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  • That's fair. I do agree it has some properties to potentially be used in payment infrastructure systems.

    I would argue something like India's UPI (we don't have a name for it in Ukraine) is better in every possible respect than a payment infrastructure based on blockchain tech.

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  • I've heard such arguments before, I don't find them convincing in the least. I don't believe you've thought this through.

    You bring up cash? So what? You can use banks for crime as well. I believe one of the major US companies that got rescued in 2008 had several billion USD on the books that no one came to pick up because of disclosure rules.

    And that's just the tip of the iceberg, there are multiple massive red flags with your arguement that don't require specialist education/experience/knowledge.

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  • You don't need crypto as an alternative to MasterCard/Visa. There are multiple national payment systems that de facto work on a public benefit basis or offer no fees or very low fees.

    One major example is India's UPI:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Payments_Interface

    Even in a medium sized developing country like Ukraine, I can send anyone money (P2P, business payment, business transaction) with minimal or no fees on a near instantaneous basis off my phone.

    I am not on top of recent payment infrastructure developments, but from memory this is relatively common.

    No need for scam services like PayPal, Venmo.

    And this has been avaible for half a decade minimum (was living in another country before then).

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  • There are only two good use cases for crypto:

    1. Financial speculation
    2. Criminal activity and fraud

  • Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed

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  • I haven't used FB in half a decade, but at least with respect to reddit, there are definitely more good "features" in the threadiverse than just lack of tracking.

    Not saying there aren't any issues or that scaling to 10 M MAUs won't create new problems, but lack of tracking isn't the only differentiating factor.

  • AOL to discontinue dial-up internet service after 34 years

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  • Sorry missed that. This is in Ukraine.

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  • I've lived in Canada too. I was surprised to find the situation with broadband/cell phone services to be even less competitive (and more pricey) than in the US.

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  • Of course not.

    I remember when I first moved to the US and saw the broadband and cell phone prices. Corruption american style.

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  • Less to do with absolute size and more to do with urban density and population concentration.

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  • Funny thing is dialup has been non viable for ~15 years if not more where I live. When you can get 100 mbit fibre for like $5 a month and it costs a whopping $12.5 dollars a month for a 1000 mbit fibre line, it makes no economic sense to offer dialup.

  • U.S. Senator Tom Cotton probes Intel board over CEO Lip-Bu Tan's former China links, raises national security concerns amid Cadence scandal

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  • I am good man, think whatever you want.

  • U.S. Senator Tom Cotton probes Intel board over CEO Lip-Bu Tan's former China links, raises national security concerns amid Cadence scandal

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  • By all metrics (product performance, market share, capitalization/stock price) they are in free fall and have been for half a decade.

    No need to be overly pedantic.

  • Raspberry Pi @programming.dev
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    Pironman 5-MAX turns a Raspberry Pi 5 into a mini tower with a transparent case, RGB lighting, and dual NVMe SSD support - Liliputing

    liliputing.com /pironman-5-max-turns-a-raspberry-pi-5-into-a-mini-tower-with-a-transparent-case-rgb-lighting-and-dual-nvme-ssd-support/
  • Space @mander.xyz
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    A star has been destroyed by a wandering supermassive black hole

    arstechnica.com /science/2025/05/a-star-has-been-destroyed-by-a-wandering-supermassive-black-hole/
  • Raspberry Pi @programming.dev
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    Final bookworm-based Raspberry Pi OS update arrives

    www.theregister.com /2025/05/08/the_final_bookwormbased_raspberry_pi/
  • Laptops Community @lemmy.world
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    HarmonyOS replacing Windows on Huawei laptops — delivers connectivity across the ecosystem

    www.tomshardware.com /software/operating-systems/harmonyos-replacing-windows-on-huawei-laptops-delivers-connectivity-across-the-ecosystem
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    Cue: Apple will add AI search in mobile Safari, challenging Google

    arstechnica.com /apple/2025/05/cue-apple-will-add-ai-search-in-mobile-safari-challenging-google/
  • Raspberry Pi @programming.dev
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    FieldStation42: The golden age of 90s cable brought to you by a Raspberry Pi

    www.notebookcheck.net /FieldStation42-The-golden-age-of-90s-cable-brought-to-you-by-a-Raspberry-Pi.1012053.0.html
  • Laptops Community @lemmy.world
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    OneChipBook-12-A is a $215 mini laptop with an FPGA for retro computing - Liliputing

    liliputing.com /onechipbook-12-a-is-a-215-mini-laptop-with-an-fpga-for-retro-computing/
  • Opensource @programming.dev
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    Run x86-64 games on RISC-V with felix86 – OSnews

    www.osnews.com /story/142259/run-x86-64-games-on-risc-v-with-felix86/
  • Opensource @programming.dev
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    FreeBSD Foundation – what's it been up to past 0.25 century

    www.theregister.com /2025/04/28/freebsd_foundation_25/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    China turns on ‘minors mode’ to keep kids safe online

    www.theregister.com /2025/05/02/china_minors_mode_enabled/
  • Raspberry Pi @programming.dev
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    Raspberry Pi Reduces Prices on 4GB and 8GB Compute Module 4 - LinuxGizmos.com

    linuxgizmos.com /raspberry-pi-reduces-prices-on-4gb-and-8gb-compute-module-4/
  • Space @mander.xyz
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    We finally know a little more about Amazon’s super-secret satellites

    arstechnica.com /space/2025/05/we-finally-know-a-little-more-about-amazons-super-secret-satellites/
  • Raspberry Pi @programming.dev
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    Raspberry Pi cuts product returns by 50% by changing up its pin soldering

    arstechnica.com /gadgets/2025/04/raspberry-pi-cuts-product-returns-by-50-by-changing-up-its-pin-soldering/
  • Raspberry Pi @programming.dev
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    Lilbits: A cyberdeck with a 2 inch CRT display, a 25.3 inch E Ink monitor, and the final nail in the coffin for LG's smartphones - Liliputing

    liliputing.com /lilbits-a-cyberdeck-with-a-2-inch-crt-display-a-25-3-inch-e-ink-monitor-and-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-for-lgs-smartphones/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world
    Financial Times

    Brands target AI chatbots as users switch from Google search

    archive.fo /NQOVV
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    Chrome is worth around $50 billion, DuckDuckGo CEO guesstimates

    www.techspot.com /news/107677-chrome-worth-around-50-billion-duckduckgo-ceo-guesstimates.html
  • Opensource @programming.dev
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    The wonderful world of Linux package managers

    thelibre.news /the-wonderful-world-of-linux-package-managers/
  • Opensource @programming.dev
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    A Colorful APT 3.0 Release Impresses with its New Features

    news.itsfoss.com /apt-3-release/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    Europe's cloud customers eyeing exit from US hyperscalers

    www.theregister.com /2025/04/17/us_hyperscaler_alternatives/
  • Opensource @programming.dev
    Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

    SDL2 ported to Mac OS 9 – OSnews

    www.osnews.com /story/142087/sdl2-ported-to-mac-os-9/