A blast from the past

they get how tech works the same way an iphone user knows the intricacies of cobalt refining.

I think a significant percentage of people in tech don't know anything. For them tech stuff like NFTs, crypto, meme coins are an infinite number of magic black boxes. You put money into the box by buying NFTs and eventually you get more money. All you have to do is find the right box. If a tech bro is rich enough to begin with - he can create his own NFTs or whatever. And then other people put money into the black box to his benefit.

I expect that there will be some kind of massive crypto collapse during Trump's term. And the greedy, grasping tech bros will scream and cry they want a bailout for their massive stupidity in investing in a highly volatile speculative investment that they bought because it's directly marketed as not being connected to government. The small fry tech bros will be fucked because Trump only rewards criminals he respects. And you have to be some kind of the right combo of rich, successful, famous, and charismatic for Trump to like you,

Last I heard he got scammed and lost it lol

I don't understand why he didn't just make it anyway. Or I know why, he believes in that shit, but still. Owning the nft is just you owning a jpeg. Copyright law is meaningless here and whoever steps forward as the owner also steps forward as a thief.

I'm glad he didn't make it though, he should stick to what he's good at: Asking what if the action figure of Wonder Woman caught the action figure of Dennis the Menace, tied him up and it turns out Dennis is into bondage, which she thinks is nasty because he's a child, and then he swears.

NFTs will be looked back upon as the golden age for scammers. If I went back in time and told P. T. Barnum about them, he'd weep tears of joy

When Facebook was just starting out in 2005 an artist painted murals for them. He asked for $60,000. They offered the option taking Facebook stock instead. He took the stock. The following article was published in 2017.

How Facebook graffiti artist David Choe earned $200 million

It was a risky decision. As Choe told Stern, at that time “Facebook was a joke.” There was no guarantee that the business would amount to anything and his shares could wind up worthless. He took the stock. When Facebook went public at $38 a share in 2012, his stock options were worth $200 million, making him a bona fide multimillionaire. Today the common stock is at more than $171 per share.

Meta stock right now is $676.49.

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Is every single male even remotely connected to tech like this?...

Choe and his work have also been the subject of controversy. In June, a newly finished mural by Choe in New York City’s Bowery neighborhood was almost immediately tagged over, reportedly as protest against his alleged history of sexaul assault.

The top comment to that still gets me. Some guy going "hey... I know you're sad and this all sucks, but maybe remove your profile pic? Since you don't own it anymore? It's copyright infringement. Please?

Sorry, it's unironic. See my top level comment with the "Know Your Meme" link.

The weird thing for me is that even though they were introduced in the second year of Trump's first term - they seem like they were introduced before his term started. If that makes sense. Okay, that makes no sense but it's still how I feel.

I don't think any Hexbears have been successful yet with the lathe in wormhole mode. But then again - I might be wrong and it's possible I'm writing this comment for the hundred trillionth time.