I thought I was reading /r/bitcoin for a second there.

Many people are easily influenced by pop culture icons. You can say it is stupid, which it is, but it **is** what it is. There are many people who just aren't that smart and it will always be this way. The only way to fight fire is with fire. Enlist some A list star to say they believe in vaccination, appeal to the masses with some heart wrenching story of a disabled kid whose condition could have been prevented, soft music and plenty of tears. Every nerdy doctor pleading with people, holding up volumes of scientific evidence is just a waste of time. The masses need anecdotal evidence and a good heart wrenching presentation, something they can be emotionally attached to, something that is believable in their gut.

I just use my own VPS. Amazing what people will go through to save $10/month.

That's the next wave for bringing internet to people on remote ocean islands. Patience patience.

I just don't see myself hopping in with strangers either way. I prefer my own vehicle or public transit.

No utility for you so 0 value for you. Others do benefit from bitcoin today.

This is just self awareness. Everybody is way over-thinking this. I have no doubt she is giving "dorky" type nerds (as the article specifies) tools that are useful.

I thought it was common to interpret your own names for months and years before being corrected. Started for me with Linux being pronounced L"y"nex. I also called gnome noam for a while. There are many other packages that I did this with but none are coming to mind right now. I always thought it was funny how oss folks name their products, would make marketing people run for the hills.

This right here. I have settled on XFCE. Some people may find the UI dated but to me it just stays out of my way and just works. When I need to do something then it facilitates that with no hassles. Thank god for choice.

Whose replacing all of their money with bitcoin? It's not a replacement, it's just another option for some circumstances and it will get better as time goes on. Really, it's not football game, there is no home team, you can use both if you so choose.

Now how do I get one for my backyard? :-)

This is great stuff and is helpful advice to me as well. Thanks you old bastard.

Wouldn't you just be keeping out the low level dumb criminals?

I wouldn't say so no. The point I was trying to make was that many of those kids were autisitic. I did say "a good portion of those kids would be called autistic today", not all.

This is one case where anecdotal evidence presented by a celebrity may be a good strategy.