dismalnow

This isn’t a logo. It’s a cry for help from a severely distressed mind.

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̷̛̰̣̠͛͊ ̸̳̼̹͂ ̸̳͕̳̔̈̉͝ ̸̛̲̋̄͘ ̴͎͐ ̸̝̃̽̚W̵͓̙̏̄̀̉Ḩ̶͚͍͗͠A̷̢̹̥͙͑͐͆T̷̫́̉̄̚’̸̧͍͌͆͜Ş̷̗͚̻̓̉͒͠ ̶̣̯̬͑̈́H̷̘͛̇̚A̷̭͗̓͘P̶̭̠̔͒͝P̵̱̯̲̓͌͘E̵̡̪̣͇̕͝N̵͓͊̇̿̋Ì̷̭̯̠͗̈́͠N̴̬̹̲͔͑̈͝G̵͎̖̥͇̀

I got curious and did the math if $44B was denominated in $100 bills.

That’s 496.85 cubic kilometers of cash. Or a pile of money that covers half of the continental US, stacked 1/4 of the height of Low Earth Orbit.

I honestly don’t think one could physically burn that much cash since May 2022 in real life.

Edit: more mind bogglery!

The earth is ~40,000 km in circumference, so you could stack the bills almost 28m high around the equator (or circle the globe 256,482 times.)

Then why are they even still there?

Sunk cost fallacy or misplaced hope are other options outside of Napoleon complex.

YOU CANNOT DOXX WHAT YOU CANNOT SEE.

I may have one on now.

Wholly off topic.

I feel like you should know about this if you don’t already.

Current models waste space, weight, and durability by including an “off” button.

I love comparing apples to orangutans. Really paints a clear picture.

True. Malice and idiocy aren’t mutually exclusive, but you tell me what REPEATEDLY lighting $44B on fire is more likely to be.

Funny enough, it’s actually Hanlon’s razor.

Archived.

Valid cert.

I feel like the car in the picture is important context. I’m thinking that the home was turned into a business, and the pavement is for parking

Thanks, and apologies. I’ve edited out my idiocy. Misremembered, and was thinking of something else.

̷W̷̶̷h̷̶̷i̷̶̷l̷̶̷e̷̶̷ ̷̶̷F̷̶̷r̷̶̷a̷̶̷n̷̶̷c̷̶̷e̷̶̷ ̷̶̷i̷̶̷s̷̶̷n̷̶̷’̷̶̷t̷̶̷ ̷̶̷a̷̶̷ ̷̶̷p̷̶̷a̷̶̷r̷̶̷t̷̶̷ ̷̶̷o̷̶̷f̷̶̷ ̷̶̷F̷̶̷V̷̶̷E̷̶̷Y̷̶̷ ̷̶̷"̷̶̷t̷̶̷h̷̶̷e̷̶̷ ̷̶̷f̷̶̷i̷̶̷v̷̶̷e̷̶̷ ̷̶̷e̷̶̷y̷̶̷e̷̶̷s̷̶̷ ̷̶̷a̷̶̷l̷̶̷l̷̶̷i̷̶̷a̷̶̷n̷̶̷c̷̶̷e̷̶̷"̷̶̷,̷̶̷ ̷̶̷i̷̶̷t̷̶̷ ̷̶̷i̷̶̷s̷̶̷ ̷̶̷e̷̶̷x̷̶̷t̷̶̷r̷̶̷e̷̶̷m̷̶̷e̷̶̷l̷̶̷y̷̶̷ ̷̶̷l̷̶̷i̷̶̷k̷̶̷e̷̶̷l̷̶̷y̷̶̷ ̷̶̷t̷̶̷h̷̶̷a̷̶̷t̷̶̷ ̷̶̷i̷̶̷t̷̶̷ ̷̶̷i̷̶̷s̷̶̷ ̷̶̷c̷̶̷o̷̶̷m̷̶̷p̷̶̷r̷̶̷o̷̶̷m̷̶̷i̷̶̷s̷̶̷e̷̶̷d̷̶̷ ̷̶̷b̷̶̷e̷̶̷c̷̶̷a̷̶̷u̷̶̷s̷̶̷e̷̶̷ ̷̶̷M̷̶̷a̷̶̷t̷̶̷r̷̶̷i̷̶̷x̷̶̷ ̷̶̷w̷̶̷a̷̶̷s̷̶̷ ̷̶̷c̷̶̷r̷̶̷e̷̶̷a̷̶̷t̷̶̷e̷̶̷d̷̶̷ ̷̶̷b̷̶̷y̷̶̷ ̷̶̷t̷̶̷h̷̶̷e̷̶̷ ̷̶̷F̷̶̷r̷̶̷e̷̶̷n̷̶̷c̷̶̷h̷̶̷ ̷̶̷g̷̶̷o̷̶̷v̷̶̷e̷̶̷r̷̶̷n̷̶̷m̷̶̷e̷̶̷n̷̶̷t̷̶̷ ̷̶̷i̷̶̷n̷̶̷ ̷̶̷2̷̶̷0̷̶̷1̷̶̷8̷̶̷.̷̶̷ ̷̶̷ ̷̶̷

Keep in mind that op’s foia request is from 2021.

Edit - I’m misremembering. Disregard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(protocol)

The initial project was created inside Amdocs, while building a chat tool called “Amdocs Unified Communications”,[4] by Matthew Hodgson and Amandine Le Pape [fr]. Amdocs then funded most of the development work from 2014 to October 2017.[5] Matrix was the winner of the Innovation award at WebRTC 2014 Conference & Expo,[6] and of the “Best in Show” award at WebRTC World in 2015.[7]

@FaceDeer

@hedge @0xtero @gk99

As for monopolies… they are inherently bad because of the lack of motivation to innovate, or improve. You have no other option, and no ability to create one.

I don’t want to stray too far from the topic, but I feel like I need to address the mention of the internet as a monopoly.

If you’re talking about TCP/IP, it’s just a protocol that the most widely used - but others exist, and outperform it in their niches.

The internet is a collection of technologies that are owned and operated by thousands of companies. All have competition in their arenas.

ISPs have constructed local fiefdoms - but there are nearly always multiple services that one can use. Backbone companies own the major routes, but you can almost always go around one if it misbehaves. Myriad email providers, websites, etc exist to offer choices, as well.

Categorically, the internet can not be or become a monopoly. It’s core purpose is to provide as many avenues as possible to connect machines to AVOID monopolization.

@0xtero

@hedge

This has become the prevailing opinion for most of the tech-savvy folks that I know, but it’s gaining traction with a wider audience.

Having steeped in corpo-climate for two decades, it’s naïve to say that the C-Suite has ever maintained a realistic perspective on the business that they run; but it is baffling to me that corporations like Reddit have completely lost sight of their actual product - a clearinghouse of perpetually donated content - and seem to believe that their platform cannot be easily duplicated, or made obsolete nearly overnight.

It’s exciting to be an insider as new paradigms like the fediverse become more widely known. If the last week is any indicator, there is a non-zero chance that ultra-capitalist hubris will be punished.