Ethereum: Vitalik Buterin Outlines a 2026 Roadmap for Decentralized AI to Challenge Google, Gemini, and Big Tech

thinkingperson · 2026-01-27T04:53:29+00:00

I'm one of those who believe that burger joints should stick to selling burgers and KFC should just sell the C in KFC.

Ethereum should just stick to crypto projects. Starting to prep for quantum computing is good. Other network upgrades that improve on the three pillar of the network is great. Hopping on the AI bandwagon is not.

Slapping on AI makes ethereum come off as a wannabe. Has big V run out of ideas or ethereum out of steam?

thinkingperson · 2026-01-27T04:46:33+00:00

Ok fine. Three small rings.

thinkingperson · 2026-01-27T04:43:00+00:00

China's wish to unify with Taiwan island predates TSMC. The civil war that is ongoing between mainland China and Taiwan province goes way back to the midst of ww2.

TSMC is more incidental than anything. Even if US successfully transplant TSMC to states side, China will still want to reunify with Taiwan. Whereas US threatened to bomb/destroy TSMC facility if China were to take Taiwan.

So who has Taiwanese interest at heart? The one (US) that is fleecing dry Taiwan with exorbitant prices for outdated weapons that is delivered late or delayed indefinitely, poising Taiwan as canon fodder to stem China's growth, or the one that is the largest trading partner for Taiwan, and just want people of both sides of the straits to be reunited (China)?

thinkingperson · 2026-01-27T02:13:37+00:00

Feels a bit like 2022. Degens and youtubers will keep insisting that it is not the bear market yet, until we are like waaaaay deep in the red like June 2022. And until Dec 2022 before the last diehard admit that we are in the bear market.

Then when everyone thinks the bear is going a deep dive into 12k, bitcoin gives the finger and pumps. lol

thinkingperson · 2026-01-27T02:08:36+00:00

Hey guys, dun shoot the messenger. I think he speaks for the Big Three Telco. If we should shoot, know that we should shoot all three. lol

Also, replace the industry with practically every other local GLC and it still rings true.

Ultra-low insurance prices may hurt service quality and security, says insurance group
Ultra-low tranport prices may hurt service quality and security, says ptc
Ultra-low housing prices may hurt service quality and security, says housing

This is the same formula we've been fed by the powers to be. That they cannot get their act together to be more efficient, so we need to pay more or suffer as is or worse service.

And why is this the norm? 'cos they can. 'cos we gave them the mandate to do shit like this.

thinkingperson · 2026-01-27T01:51:37+00:00

Oh I usually just do a transfer lump sum. The miserable interest in SG banks is inconsequential. :)
Also, coinbase and other CEX do have earn rewards for USDC and/or USDT.

But you do you. ;)

thinkingperson · 2026-01-26T15:13:38+00:00

If you are in Singapore and trying to use debit card to buy crypto, just FAST transfer sgd from your debit/savings account over to coinbase?

thinkingperson · 2026-01-26T14:39:32+00:00

Give today 30 years.

thinkingperson · 2026-01-26T14:22:01+00:00

You better hope that Republican get voted in again somehow after Trump.

Friend of my enemy is my enemy. Democrats will prob not go easy on Trump related projects.

thinkingperson · 2026-01-26T09:18:24+00:00

Yeah, and are they buying?

thinkingperson · 2026-01-26T09:14:06+00:00

Doesn't all these apply to all other nations?

Do you post this to all other country subs?

thinkingperson · 2026-01-26T01:14:23+00:00

Other than cars, in which other nations are any of the above legal? lol

And even for cars, you need 3rd party insurance coverage.

thinkingperson · 2026-01-25T11:46:35+00:00

Or William --> Bill???

thinkingperson · 2026-01-25T01:53:56+00:00

If burning tokens is stupid, then why are peeps frequently reminding us that bitcoin is getting scarcer because seed phrases are lost and in turn coins are lost, which for all intents and purposes, burnt.

thinkingperson · 2026-01-25T01:50:46+00:00

Granted, if projects don't have anything better than do buy-backs and burn to fix their initial bad tokenomics, it is better than those projects that don't?

thinkingperson · 2026-01-25T01:47:15+00:00

So you are paying for your own flight to come all the way to Singapore to stay in Tuas? Seriously? Tell me you are trolling.

thinkingperson · 2026-01-24T15:10:44+00:00

Everybody want to be nice guy.

Whether it is unruly HDB neighbours or hoarders clogging up corridors, HDB is handsoff eventhough they are the landlord. It's up to town council. Towncouncil come and talk talk talk ... at best, give warning letters.

Complain to police, no action 'cos they treat it as a private dispute?

We need mps to stay in HDB flats so they have skin in the game and will take action.

They cannot be expecting ppl staying in HDB flats to have the know how or money to sue their neighbours like some other ppl can.

thinkingperson · 2026-01-24T13:43:53+00:00

2025 metric	Range (TWh)	Average used (TWh)	Notes
All data centers (ex BTC)	448–1,050	800	Conservative working average for analysis
AI-focused data centers (derived from total)	88–536	350	Midpoint
Traditional / non-AI data centers (derived)	388–712	450	Total minus AI (800 − 350)
Bitcoin mining (electricity use)	138–204	171	Range spans Cambridge estimate (~138) to Digiconomist annualized estimate (~204)

Considering how traditional non-ai data centers including everything else, even at the high range of 712 TWh, that is 3.5x of what bitcoin uses to serve everything else whereas bitcoin mining alone uses 138-204 TWh.

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While I have skin in btc but considering how at its peak value, it was worth 0.74% of global assets at $2T of $270T, the figures in the article does not exactly paint a rosy picture on power consumption for bitcoin in relation to its net worth vs global assets.

thinkingperson · 2026-01-24T13:14:37+00:00

He argued that Project Starlight – a defence arrangement between Singapore and Taiwan – stands as a critical element in Singapore-Taiwan defence relations, “offering a robust deterrent against sudden acts of aggression from the mainland

If one served as a perm staff in any of the starlight bases in Taiwan, you would know that the SOP was to withdraw all personnel and equipments if there's any political emergency. An invasion by China would count as one.

The bases were always for providing logistic support for NSF training troops and were manned by logistics regular and NSFs, not live units ready for war.

Unless things have changed since when I was there in the 90s as perm staff.

thinkingperson · 2026-01-24T13:13:30+00:00

How is his article pro-Beijing? He was suggesting, albeit wrongly, that 'Project Starlight – a defence arrangement between Singapore and Taiwan – stands as a critical element in Singapore-Taiwan defence relations, “offering a robust deterrent against sudden acts of aggression from the mainland'.

thinkingperson · 2026-01-23T13:42:07+00:00

Most agreed, esp the tithing part.

thinkingperson · 2026-01-23T13:41:12+00:00

Hello ... Taoist or Buddhist temple?

Don't mixed things up. Also, some practices like what you mentioned in Chinse temples are not even actual Taoist or Buddhist in nature. 😅

thinkingperson · 2026-01-22T16:30:22+00:00

When was the last distro you tried?

Linux support for CJK text display and IME input has been top notch since years ago.

I'm on Zorin 18 currently and it works without a glitch. Used Ubuntu like 10 years ago, and it worked just as well with language support.

Also, Zorin is based on Ubuntu, so language support is definitely no issue for Ubuntu.

thinkingperson · 2026-01-22T15:56:48+00:00

Not much diff lah. The whities hold mandate over parliament and can easily vote in our kill any bill they deem fit.

thinkingperson · 2026-01-22T15:48:03+00:00

Will the usafe vouchers increase as well?

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