Camille Paglia about Revenge of the Sith and why it's so good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Ibkmh72_1pwCamille Anna Paglia (/ˈpɑːliə/ PAH-lee-ə; born April 2, 1947) is an American academic, social critic and feminist. Paglia was a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1984 until the university's closure in 2024. She is critical of many aspects of modern culture and is the author of Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990) and other books. She is also a critic of contemporary American feminism and of post-structuralism, as well as a commentator on multiple aspects of American culture such as its visual art, music, and film history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_PagliaCrypto: The World’s Greatest Scam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORdWE_ffirgWhy This Computer Scientist Says All Cryptocurrency Should “Die in a Fire”
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2022/05/why-this-computer-scientist-says-all-cryptocurrency-should-die-in-a-fireWeaver’s Iron Law of Blockchain], which is: When somebody says you can solve X with blockchain, they don’t understand X, and you can ignore them.
I am regularly amazed that we pretend folders are the right way to organize files. They’re entirely arbitrary. Every competent file system ignores them to its best ability. Why can’t I have a file in two folders? Why does one have to be a “reference”? Why can’t i filter for files that exist in 3 folders with X extension? We’ve been played for fools. Don’t let Big Folder win. Actually technically I am letting a “Big Folder” win but you know what I mean
https://x.com/theo/status/1852911539914953066The Value of Downvoting, or, How Hacker News Gets It Wrong
https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/03/09/the-value-of-downvoting-or-how-hacker-news-gets-it-wrong/Making money on Steemit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS1kYX6_Ld4&list=PLZbbT5o_s2xo_m9ifxsnWRrqbOypARsWL&index=6Value of STEEM cryptocurrency | Economics of STEEM and Steemit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvX2g6Yy07g&list=PLZbbT5o_s2xo_m9ifxsnWRrqbOypARsWL&index=9Steem was very financially driven - attracted a bunch of grifters I bet. So the community may have been more focused on number go up than quality posts.