Ex-bank CEO gets 24 years after falling for crypto scam, causing bank collapse - eviltoast
  • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    Still doesn’t mean crypto is like steam, nor that it will ever have any practical application

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      3 months ago

      I’m sure the ancient Greeks said similar things about their steam pinwheels.

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        3 months ago

        you know, the fact that they were right sort of undermines your argument, Hero’s engine really diden’t amount to anything outside a fun curio for wealthy aristocrats, modern steam engines are not based on this invention, the modern steam engine comes from early pressure-cooking