• @bamfic
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    3 hours ago

    I am old enough to remember when the CEO of Nortel Networks got crucified by Wall Street for saying in a press conference that the telecom/internet/carrier boom was a bubble, and the fundamentals weren’t there (who is going to pay for long distance anymore when calls are free over the internet? where are the carriers-- Nortel’s customers-- going to get their income from?). And 4 years later Nortel ceased to exist. Cisco crashed too, though had enough TCP/IP router biz and enterprise sales to keep them alive even until today.

    This all reminds me of the late 1990s internet bubble rather than the more recent crypto bubble. We’ll all still be using ML models for all kinds of things more or less forever from now on, but it won’t be this idiotic hype cycle and overvaluation anymore after the crash.

    Shit, crypto isn’t going anywhere either, it’s a permanent fixture now, Wall Street bought into it and you can buy crypto ETFs from your stockbroker. We just don’t have to listen to hype about it anymore.

    • @[email protected]
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      348 minutes ago

      Crypto is still just as awful as it ever was IMO. Still plenty of assholes gambling investing in crypto.

    • @[email protected]
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      52 hours ago

      Well put.

      Soon, it won’t be this idiotic hype cycle, but it’ll be some other idiotic hype cycle. Short term investors love hype cycles.

    • @kautau
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      53 hours ago

      We just don’t have to listen to the hype about it anymore.

      True, it’s now in most circles just been mixed in as a commodity to trade on. Though I wish everyone would get that. There’s still plenty of idiots with .eth usernames who think there’s some new boon to be made. The only “apps” built on crypto networks were and are purely for trading crypto, I’ve never seen any real tangible benefit to society come out of it. It’s still used plenty for money laundering, but regulators are (slowly) catching up. And it’s still by far the easiest way to demonstrate what happens to unregulated markets.

      https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/

    • @kameecoding
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      03 hours ago

      Crypto has been turned into gold by wallstreet, they bought up enough of it to jot be completely exposed, it’s supply is extremely limited and will run out. Putting your money into it is no different than putting it into gold, you might catch a good moment and buy in low and get some return, but most wont.

      • @[email protected]
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        150 minutes ago

        Putting your money into it is no different than putting it into gold

        Sorry kiddo, putting your money into crypto is very, very different to putting it into gold.

        • @kameecoding
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          124 minutes ago

          Well yeah, it’s easier to steal it if you click on a link you shouldnt.

      • @Valmond
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        12 hours ago

        The supply is absolutely more like unlimited lol.

        Not enough btc? Make lite coin! Etc etc etc

        • @kameecoding
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          124 minutes ago

          No one cares about lite coin though which defeats the purpose.

        • @[email protected]
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          052 minutes ago

          That’s like saying US Dollars are Unlimited because you can always buy Zimbabwe Dollars…