lemmeee

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[–] lemmeee 3 points 9 months ago

It's not a currency - just a new payment system, but I don't know how it works exactly. In order to make payments with it, your bank has to support it. Some banks are working on integrating it now. It's supposed to be anonymous and the transaction history is supposed to be private. Currently only cryptocurrency has such features, but it looks like Taler will change that.

[–] lemmeee 35 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Btw, have you guys heard of Taler? It's pretty interesting and I think you will be able to use it with a libre app

NGI TALER is a pilot funded by the European Commission and the Swiss State with the very concrete objective to roll out a new, best-in-class electronic payment system that benefits everyone: people, merchants, banks, financial authorities, auditors and anti-corruption researchers. The project doesn't have to start from scratch either, but builds on the strong foundations of GNU Taler — the privacy-preserving digital payment system developed by the GNU community and Taler Systems SA with support from the NGI initiative. This offers privacy for those that make payments, while enforcing transparency on those that sell. By providing micro payments at very low overhead, GNU Taler permits internet business models to shift away from advertising revenue or subscription models, especially for online publishers. No-risk transactions can lower transaction fees and open online payments for the underbanked population and citizens marginalized from digitalisation.

https://nlnet.nl/taler/

[–] lemmeee 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Conjure familiars? Buy a dish washer or cleaner service or whatever.

Also washing machines, robot vacuums, robot lawn mowers.

[–] lemmeee 2 points 9 months ago

We write incantations to make the magic rock think and give us answers.

[–] lemmeee 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They don't know they don't have freedom.

[–] lemmeee 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

AMD is catching up now. There are still performance differences, but they are probably not as big in the latest generation.

[–] lemmeee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think most youtubers either have sponsors or Patreon. I don't think they rely on YouTube's ads anymore.

[–] lemmeee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

If popular creators start talking about PeerTube, there will eventually be an audience there, which means there will be money too.

[–] lemmeee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think we need more to be honest :D

[–] lemmeee 12 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Short term solution: convince other users to use piped.video or FreeTube
Long term solution: convince creators to post on PeerTube

[–] lemmeee 1 points 9 months ago

That's very interesting.

[–] lemmeee 8 points 9 months ago

It's funny, because people who defend DRM also use this argument. They are happy with the service, so they don't mind losing freedom. They can't understand that they could have both.

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