Rentlar

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Joined 2 years ago
Cake day: March 14th, 2023
  • RentlartoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Am I the only one that think the new bitcoincash community is full of bots?
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    4 hours ago

    To play devil’s advocate, the instance itself appears to be created around 15 days ago (~3 or 4 Jan 2025), so most local accounts will be less than that age, and no one would sign up on that instance if they weren’t enthused about cryptocurrency.

    Chances are it is a solo/small bot operation, but without context I can’t rule out that perhaps a community from somewhere else could have migrated. Either way if it becomes too obnoxious, the instance can be blocked client side or de-federated.

  • RentlartoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Would you trust yourself with infinite wealth?
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    20 hours ago

    Lol if I had truly infinite money, this is a story of what I would do.

    I would first have a “magical investment bank” that would promise 200% per annum with interest paid monthly, but only if paid in cash and at least 50 million to start. Have this scheme open for a few months with actual results and interest paid out. This is to get billionaires and megacorps to liquidate their assets into soon to be worthless monetary instruments. Then, everyone in the world but the top 0.1% would get 1 trillion. Everyone’s debt is virtually erased, and the old top 0.1% can go ahead, get their money back and feel bad about themselves. With all currency effectively rebased to a billion times than previously, now we can work on solving the world’s problems as shoulder-to-shoulder equals. Give the world food, give the world shelter, give the world healthcare, give the people of the world a purpose, give the people socioeconomic freedom, give them trains, give the world a chance at reversing disastrous effects of climate change.

    If it didn’t work, then my money would be just as worthless any way (unless my infinite money powers could manifest in bottle caps or whatever the newest thing people found value in was).

  • RentlartoCanada•EKOS: Conservative Lead Narrows to 11 Points
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    24 hours ago

    The Libs and NDP have a lot of ground to make up with the male demographic (I’m not talking about conservative chuds or the Dick Cheney-courting “swing voter” strategy employed by the US democratic campaign).

    I think that awareness of working class issues is the first bar to clear. The next is to stop letting Conservatives dictate the framing of every issue (which right now is “every Liberal is Trudeau”). Third is the candidate will really have to show how the Liberal party will change for the better, instead of touting Trudeau’s record (he got stuff done but with Biden this was another of Harris’ campaign mistakes).

  • RentlartoCanada•B.C.’s $3B LNG project won’t get environmental assessment
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    1 day ago

    The title is a bit of a misdirection, it is an electric transmission line, though it is going to be used to liquefy natural gas and power some mining operations in the area. The fact it is a power line seems to be downplayed in the first few paragraphs.

    The maps shows that it is in large part within the area of the existing transmission line. So an EA might not be as crucial as a transmission line to a new area.

    That all said, I am a little concerned by a lack of transparency and record of scant violation enforcement from the regulator. Fossil fuel companies ought to pay an appropriate price for infrastructure that will largely benefit themselves.

  • RentlartoBritish Columbia•After Heavy LNG Lobbying, BC Simplifies Power Project ApprovalEnglish
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    2 days ago

    In order to align with B.C.’s climate objectives, any new LNG development in the province needs to be powered by electricity. While emissions from liquefied gas exported and burned overseas don’t count toward B.C.’s carbon footprint, the energy-intensive process used to liquefy the product does.

    It’s not perfect and I don’t appreciate overreliance on LNG and oil money, but this is a good thing only because of the rule that LNG production must be electrified, if not then those companies would have just burned the natural gas on site.

    As a result, some northern communities will have access to more power than before. Plus since it’s adding capacity to an existing line it would seem intuitive that as thorough of a review is not necessary compared to construction along a new corridor.