• Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, does not believe in cryptocurrencies, calling them a vehicle for scams and a Ponzi scheme.
  • Torvalds was once rumored to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, but he clarified it was a joke and denied owning a Bitcoin fortune.
  • Torvalds also dismissed the idea of technological singularity as a bedtime story for children, saying continuous exponential growth does not make sense.
  • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Well, that might be the only form of payment they take, and so you’ve got to use it I suppose. But the anonymous part really isn’t a huge factor here.

    I would be a little cautious of buying “non traditional” medication from someone who doesn’t want a paper trail.

    Unless you mean drugs, and then yes a paper trail is bad haha.

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      1 month ago

      Haha no drugs in that article at least. I can’t find it but I think it was either for diabetes or asthma

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      1 month ago

      In most countries it’s illegal to purchase or sell non-OTC medicine without a doctors note (buyer) and license (seller). Even if government doesn’t care, I’m sure that big pharma would like to keep their profit margins.