I’d agree with @jabberati here that ChatGPT is not (yet?) a threat to software engineers. Although these tools are impressive, they appear to produce inefficient (though not necessarily incorrect) code. This means that you still need human coders when you want to build something really complex. Having that said, I’m wondering whether this tech has the potential to make a programmer’s work a bit easier.
Here is an addition to the topic.
As for a privacy-respecting website builder, you may consider b2evolution, although their themes could be better.
Register an account and click “Make a contribution” (although you don’t). You should receive an email confirming that you successfully booked a ticket. (The only thing I don’t understand is that a site like opencollective.com is using Cloudflare if I may say so.)
Asia holds record for highest number of journalists imprisoned in 2022
Edit: You may be interested in the RSF stats about China or in the Hongkong Freedom of Expression Report and maybe in this
There are many reports like this one in recent years unfortunately.
This is a Q&A with Sam Bankman- Fried some time ago (5 min read): https://web.archive.org/web/20220503122727/https%3A//www.ft.com/content/eac0e56c-f30b-4591-b603-f971e60dc58b
I respectfully disagree with the notion of a “strong” central bank. The vast majority of the total money supply (~90%) is created by commercial banks by lending money to companies and individuals. Central banks can influence the total amount lent by reserve ratio requirements, but in our fractional reserve banking system where commercial banks hold only a small fraction of their deposits in reserves, each commercial bank loan creates about 10 times more money than its initial volume. This is just book money literally created out of thin air, it “exists” only as the sum of agreements between the commercial banks and their debitors rather than as notes and coins, and the central bank is by no means involved in this process.
So don’t get me wrong, I don’t say we should get rid of fiat money. I just argue that we need much more complementary currency systems that we have now. Whether or not these systems are blockchain-based is a different question altogether (that doesn’t really matter imo, although I consider blockchain a good technology for this). Communities should be free to create new means of exchange. Each of these new systems will have their own drawbacks, too. So let different systems compete with each other.
Yes, Briar is aiming at special use cases, e.g., investigative journalists and activists. It offers features such as communicating with peers even if the internet is down. This can be essential in high-risk and war-torn areas or in case of a natural desaster, but it’s certainly not aiming at the average user.
Cwtch is a great project, too, imho, but still in early development. They’ll need time (and funds), but I do hope they continue their good work.
Have been using Jami for some time, and it works great.
The bubble is made by humans. I feel that complementary currency systems could have a huge positive impact on local and regional societies (as it was often the case in history), and the blockchain technology could help us to get there. The vast majority of crypto projects appear to aim at something else, unfortunately.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-37348016
Scroll down a bit, it’s under the subtitle “Federal interest”.
I also agree with your predictions and find the answers funny 😅😅