Linus Torvalds has said that cryptocurrencies are simply "a great vehicle for scams"
  • Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, does not believe in cryptocurrencies, calling them a vehicle for scams and a Ponzi scheme.
  • Torvalds was once rumored to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, but he clarified it was a joke and denied owning a Bitcoin fortune.
  • Torvalds also dismissed the idea of technological singularity as a bedtime story for children, saying continuous exponential growth does not make sense.
  • huginn@feddit.itEnglish
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    2 months ago

    he doesn’t cheat on his wife

    he doesn’t cheat on his wife so far.

    • Coasting0942@reddthat.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      He’ll live long enough to end up on the wrong side of the polygamy rights fight. But I’d like to be surprised.

      • huginn@feddit.itEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Polyamory isn’t cheating though.

        Cheating is, by definition, sex with another person against your partner’s will.

      • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I imagine he will be an old and gray man and someone will ask him his opinion and it will probably be like

        What? Are you fucking with me? I didn’t give a shit what people did behind closed doors 40 years ago, what fuckin made you think I would care now? Are you fucking mental? Did your daddy not love you enough? Get the fuck out of here, your making my blood pressure spike…

      • VerticaGG@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Polygamy: Mormons, etc. generally opposes womens rights.

        Polyamory: Ideally places noone above another, elevates everyone to have the healthy connections such that noone is a “3rd wheel” or more disposable. Less about “polycules” recruiting new members, and more about individuals pairing with new partners, and existing partners (initially at least) gaining a metaphor. Mileage may vary and the point is everyone’s needs are a bit different and shouldnt feel pressured to fit neatly into a nuclear box.

        Just fyi.

        • Coasting0942@reddthat.comEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Five guys and five gals will be arguing they have a right to share DNA amongst each other and make a single kid, giving them all parental rights. Religious right will have their scheduled stroke. Most of the population won’t care. Internet trolls will be screaming how it’s a United Nations plan to depopulate the planet.

          Or basically any legal recognition for polygamy.

          • Syrc@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Five guys and five gals will be arguing they have a right to share DNA amongst each other and make a single kid

            …Is that even possible? I thought humans could only have exactly two parents biologically? If I didn’t misunderstand, I’m legit curious about this.

            • Coasting0942@reddthat.comEnglish
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              2 months ago

              We’ve already reached two lesbians with their combined dna being carried by a surrogate (which has extra dna effects as the carrier). With further dna advancements it should be possible to mix up multiple parents dna.

        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          They’re the cheapest to aquire, put hotels on, and they’re right at the start of the board. If you overshoot go, you’re PAYING $250 instead of recieving $200 if you land on baltic. And you, as the owner of the brown properties would either get $250 or $450 everytime.

          All for just $610 to buy both, and upgrade them both to hotels.