Their argument is, "Bitcoin is 'green' because this oil well was just going to vent all that methane into the atmosphere anyway" -- or -- "It was on fire when I got here." 'Absurd' video of bitcoin mine hooked to an oil well sparks outrage: In states like Texas, where energy regulations are laxer, natural gas by-product can be vented, intentionally releasing gases, predominately potent ...| www.jwz.org
Looking at you, Internet Archive. jackdanger: As the price goes up it's worth it for miners to spend more to mine a coin. Even if it costs them enormously in energy costs. Will they? Guaranteed. As long as someone who wants to better their finances can make a fortune destroying a common good at least one psychopath will do that. [...] What can we do? Treat Bitcoin like we (should) treat the ...| www.jwz.org
Drew DeVault: I don't trust Signal: I expect a tool which claims to be secure to actually be secure. I don't view "but that makes it harder for the average person" as an acceptable excuse. If Edward Snowden and Bruce Schneier are going to spout the virtues of the app, I expect it to actually be secure when it matters - when vulnerable people using it to encrypt sensitive communications are ...| www.jwz.org
When you install Signal, it asks for access to your contacts, and says very proudly, "we don't upload your contacts, it all stays on your phone." And then it spams all of your contacts who have Signal installed, without asking your first. And it shares your phone number with everyone in your contacts who has Signal installed. And then when you scream ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME and delete your| www.jwz.org
Top Facebook executive defended data collection, and warned that Facebook could get people killed: So we connect more people. That can be bad if they make it negative. Maybe it costs a life by exposing someone to bullies. Maybe someone dies in a terrorist attack coordinated on our tools. And still we connect people. [...] That's why all the work we do in growth is justified. All the ...| www.jwz.org