i just looked up the thread and they weren't just suggesting that jimbo uses blockchain, but specifically the bitcoin blockchain
jeez oh man
one of my favourite twitter events is when someone pinged jimbo wales (the co-founder of wikipedia) and said "hey you should use the blockchain for wikipedia instead, it's really good for storing data" and jimbo literally replied "we already have a place for storing data. it's called a database"
the conversation started low and moved further downhill very quickly into this person saying "but the blockchain can do this" and someone else saying "but the database they already have does it faster and more efficiently" and then PUBLIC LEDGER and ugh
very long (2500+ words), terrible conlang idea
@lynnesbian What about a language where the words are SHA256 hashes of their definitions?
@lynnesbian Neoliberalism is the juggling act between human rights and making a shit-ton of money, but also being really bad at juggling 😛
some of the tech articles on wikipedia read like
[technology] is a means by which companies can more effectively accrue data about their users
PRIVACY
concerns have been raised that this practice is not only incredible immoral but also highly illegal
LEADING IMPLEMENTATIONS
the following is a list of companies that exist solely for this purpose:
MAKE THIS A SHOW OR MOVIE
RIGHT NOW
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