NaibofTabr

On May 22, 2010, now known as “Bitcoin Pizza Day,” Laszlo Hanyecz, the Florida man, agreed to pay 10,000 bitcoins for the delivery of two Papa John’s pizzas.

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Nine months after the purchase, Bitcoin reached parity with the U.S. dollar, making the two pizzas worth $10,000. In 2015, the fifth anniversary of Bitcoin Pizza Day, the two pizzas were valued at $2.4 million. On May 22, 2024, Bitcoin was at just over $69,181 making the pizzas worth…you get the point.

https://www.investopedia.com/news/bitcoin-pizza-day-celebrating-20-million-pizza-order/

And... what... devolve into a dictatorship?

Julius was responsible for Nero.

John can't catch a break

The logo, the UI, or the code?

I have no idea how impactful this is. How many people does Image employ?

Microsoft over here dropping 9000 people in their second round of layoffs.

A ten-gallon hat on a one-quart head.

In terms of common consumer products?

Dryer sheets, which are typically made from polymer fibers. Use wool dryer balls instead.

Single-use water bottles - just buy a water bottle.

Ziplock bags for food storage - buy some solid, washable food containers with rubber seals. They'll keep food better for longer.

Also stop using the plastic bags in the produce section at the grocery store - get some reusable produce bags instead. The ones I have are thin mesh that doesn't block the barcode scanner at the checkout. The only produce I don't recommend this for is stuff that is typically wet like lettuce.

Basically try to avoid single-use plastics, many are unrecyclable (soft plastics like bags frequently just end up in landfill) or just dump extra plastic fibers into the environment (like dryer sheets). There are good reusable options for most of them.

Now there are three of them!

Of course...

accept no substitutes

Yes, but as long as there was public and political drive in that direction - even just the appearance of it - then the companies had to make some effort to look good.

Without the external pressure, then the pledge becomes worthless to the company, so they dispose of the expense.

To put it another way... the pledges become worthless if public sentiment does not force companies to maintain them.

Do you know someone who does trust printers?

Yes, it is part of the problem... the symptom part.

You're saying, "There's a monster that's killing people." I'm saying, "Yes, but you're pointing at its foot. We need to aim for the head."

You'll never get rid of the problem by trying to address capitalism in isolation. Even if you were successful, the problem would simply return under a new label.