#pest | 2023-10-23

10:10

billymg

$ticker btc usd

10:10

busybot

Current BTC price in USD: $30676.91

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11:42

billymg

any bets on when china makes its move and takes taiwan? looks like usg.mil has its hands full at the moment

11:53

billymg

potential shift to the right in sv https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/

12:07

asciilifeform

'The socialist USSR was far worse for the natural environment than the capitalist US. Google the Aral Sea' << lulzy oblig stab at sovok in there. esp. considering the theme of the piece

12:08

asciilifeform

aral was (or so the period propaganda, to pitch the supposed effectiveness of the builds would have you think) dried on account of rivers diverted to terraform 'dune'-style desert shitholes

12:10

asciilifeform

'We believe our planet is dramatically underpopulated... can quite easily expand to 50 billion people or more' << aaand we get to the cockroach-paste eatin' at last

12:11

asciilifeform

only ~halfway in and already

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15:19

awt_akris

$ticker btc usd

15:20

busybot

Current BTC price in USD: $31205.23

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16:40