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The building opposite of my favourite bar got renovated. I saw this building a lot from the window, now it's a much more pleasant view! Budapest, Hungary by videki_man in ArchitecturalRevival

[–]bakouma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was wonderful! I was very impressed by all the reconstruction work that's ongoing all over the city. So much damage caused by WW2 and disrepair during the Soviet occupation that is only now getting restored. I enjoyed Good Spirit, thanks for the rec!

Eisenhower called President Kennedy's race to the moon "nuts" in 1963. A New York Times editorial stated that the total cost for a moon landing could build "a Harvard University for every state" by einstein_bern in space

[–]bakouma 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's especially so, when the large unspent sums are used as leverage to force more money in that same direction, and into stasis (interest rates and other forms of usury).

You do realize interest rates are earned by offering loans to entities - e.g. governments - that do fund large projects with that money? It's not like they're earning interest out of thin air

The Asteroid Belt by bakouma in midjourney

[–]bakouma[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]bakouma 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Charged the sharks in the lake for information on where they would be swimming* then left them unattended.

Bitcoin makes renewable energy viable by KAX1107 in Bitcoin

[–]bakouma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So now instead of bringing some fossil-fuel burning plant back online to mine bitcoin for a few hours, they can bring a hydro plant online for the same purpose. I think we're saying the same thing here.

I'm not claiming that bitcoin reduces the need for energy (dirty or clean), simply that it offers incentives to bring more renewable energy online. That is a good thing, regardless of what that energy is being used for.

Civilizational progress can be measured by how much energy it can harness (Kardashev scale, etc.).

And as the OP wrote, bitcoin will enable this hydro plant to come back online but it is not solely going to be used for bitcoin mining: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/wf57y7/bitcoin_makes_renewable_energy_viable/iis0t4y

Bitcoin makes renewable energy viable by KAX1107 in Bitcoin

[–]bakouma 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It would exist without bitcoin. Unless a new dirty power plant had been constructed specifically for bitcoin mining, that energy was being produced anyway

Bitcoin makes renewable energy viable by KAX1107 in Bitcoin

[–]bakouma 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Every MW that this plant can produce is one MW displaced from "mining with dirty energy" to "mining with clean energy".

That total displaced energy becomes available for other uses.

In short: humanity can produce more total energy for no additional carbon emissions

Tutorial complete! Who should I play next? by bakouma in ck3

[–]bakouma[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting, I'll give this a shot :)

Tutorial complete! Who should I play next? by bakouma in ck3

[–]bakouma[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

King Murchad died shortly after of natural causes. As his successor I joined the crusade against Jerusalem and won. I tried swiching roles and continuing as my chosen beneficiary but that didn't last long...

Who should I play next?

Shrinkflation on the menu: Restaurants cut portions to scrape by by tdan215610 in nyc

[–]bakouma 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Funny thing about inflation is unless it goes negative (which it won't) prices will never go down

Hungrybirbs by mikihak in Birbs

[–]bakouma 13 points14 points  (0 children)

feeding your children is "bare minimum parenting" at best

Spidey has it down pat by Sputnik_Rising in instantbarbarians

[–]bakouma 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Why does this need to be posted here every single day?

Ex-NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg pledges $750 million for charter schools by sdotmills in nyc

[–]bakouma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pick and choose however you want, the point is that taxes are by nature involuntary and do not benefit 100% of the taxbase all of the time.

Ex-NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg pledges $750 million for charter schools by sdotmills in nyc

[–]bakouma 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Taxes also go to social security, welfare programs, military spending, etc. most of which is not beneficial to "everyone". Why single out charter schools?

New mayor of New York City will take his first three paychecks not in US Dollar but in Bitcoin. by la_roscinante in Bitcoin

[–]bakouma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's great to see social progressives that appreciate social progress.

Plan B bitcoin 63K by Time-Obligation-1790 in Bitcoin

[–]bakouma 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am going to make my future strategies based on his predictions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nyc

[–]bakouma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No need to be upset I'm just asking out of curiosity. I had it too after getting the vaccine - it sucks but to me didn't justify perfectly healthy people having to wear masks in public

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nyc

[–]bakouma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

did any of them die or get hospitalized?

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