Politics

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Please follow the Chat Rules. Who, me? Not on your miserable life!

14 Jun 2023 2 minute read 2 comments Great White Snark

Ah, the inexperienced young fools let me back into the chat room on TipNano already, which was their mistake. I learned long ago that if I'm going to ban/block/mute someone even once, for even the slightest infraction, they must stay that way permane...

Nigeria and Binance

14 Jun 2023 1 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic

Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, to cease its operations there. The SEC stated that Binance Nigeria Limited was not registered or regulated, making its activities ill...

Africa, energy and climate change

14 Jun 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

Africa is facing a pressing need for clean and modern household energy due to its growing population. Currently, a large majority of the population, around 900 million people, rely on polluting and inefficient energy sources such as wood, charcoal, a...

The Abridged Tale of the Iranian Scumbag Political Puppet Mouthpiece

13 Jun 2023 5 minute read 2 comments Great White Snark

You can protest your innocent victimhood and persecution by the mob, make empty threats to the CrytoVision community all you want, @gilgamesh_ir, but it was you whom lost your cool and had a total meltdown in CVn chat, you whom didn't take the advice...

Anti-racism activism in Buffalo City

13 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

Zeneta Everhart, whose son survived a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, is running for a seat on the Buffalo City Council to disrupt the city's stagnant politics and address the systemic racism that led to the shooting. Everhart aims to tackle the...

Internet and languages

13 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

According to data from W3Techs, over half of the websites on the internet use English as their primary language, despite native English speakers comprising less than 5% of the global population. In contrast, languages like Chinese and Hindi, which ha...

India and OpenAI

13 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sparked controversy when he expressed doubts about the ability of a young team from India with limited resources to build a foundational artificial intelligence model similar to OpenAI. His comments received backlash, with some...

Pakistan and Internet shutdown

13 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

The recent internet shutdown in Pakistan has severely affected the country's tech ecosystem and has prompted many professionals, particularly in the tech industry, to consider leaving. The shutdown occurred amidst rising political instability, unempl...

The current crisis in Congo

13 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

The M23 crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) persists due to a combination of factors, including long-standing geopolitical tensions between the DRC and Rwanda, proxy warfare, and the weak commitment of the Congolese state to address...

Disney's In Trouble - How Did It Get Here?

13 Jun 2023 4 minute read 0 comments LateToTheParty

Disney is in a precarious position. A company once known for making magical experiences is now facing stiff headwinds at many fronts. Despite having a multi-billion dollar market cap, Disney surprisingly only has around $200 million (page 5) in liqui...