Why would they not allow an mvno? Odd.

Mine is $6/mo unlimited since I was on the beta for Helium. It’s $20/mo now.

You should really check out an MVNO if you can afford to pay off your phone. You’ll save a LOT. I personally use Helium Mobile (uses Tmo and consumer decentralized network) but there are carriers that use AT&T if you prefer their coverage.

The major carriers overcharge for service since they lock people in with 0% financing.

Same

I’m extremely close at this point.

USDC is a memecoin? It’s $1, on a decentralized ledger. Backed by $1 in the legacy banking system. I can move 1 USDC to $1 in the legacy system nearly instantly by redemption at Circle. No different than a legacy to legacy bank wire.

I’m not grifting - I’m attempting to make you aware that there are decentralized markets denominated in US dollars. What I’m explaining is not a pyramid scheme - I’m just informing you that there is a very widely used token on decentralized ledgers which represents exactly $1.

He was a founding partner.

That’s what I did. It says they’ll be following up to get ID.

Email validation.

Except that my bank stores dollars, not memecoins.

USDC is not a memecoin. Are you aware of what USDC is? A token issued by a US company, Circle, with strict transparency and regulatory compliance. It’s no different than a number in your banks database, except it’s in your custody, like cash.

Yes, because “USDC” isn’t a currency.

Is your bank’s database a currency?

Look, I get the popularity of shitting on crypto but I’m happy to teach you about the industry if you’re interested. Memecoins, ponzis, shills, shitcoins, etc is the loud obnoxious side of our industry and has no bearing on the real economics and financial system being developed.

I requested opt out and they requested my ID. lol! So they’re demanding more info to opt out of info collection.

Didn’t you repeat what I said? It’s a token on decentralized ledgers that represents a currency. Like a number in the database at your bank. No different than that.

You deposit your currency at a bank, it’s a number in a database. You earn interest on your investment.

Are you saying that is a different concept than usdc deposited into a lending market on a decentralized ledger and earning interest?

Also, usdc is accepted places. In fact Stripe is adding it as a payment method very soon. Would that make it a currency, or does it have to reach some level of acceptance? What about PayPal balance? Currency?

Oh my god. That would be… no different than now for me 😒

^ yes, this exactly. It was the equivalent of living on the dark net in the eves. Total Wild West.

Not all > 45 tho. I’d say 40-55 or so who were also “nerds” or “geeks” as kids.

Absolutely. Nothing scarier than rebooting the computer or router that’s been running for 10 years.

I also enjoy exercising software blue/green rotation weekly. Even if no code changes, have it roll to the alternate infra on an automated schedule. Is a great habit to get into and helps any engineer sleep better. It also results in providing very accurate downtime recovery numbers - not estimates.

Huh? Why would you think this?! I’d love to explore this line of thought with you.

Cmon, outside of ol’ Bitcoin, my freedom of money networks are a drop in the bucket.

That’s mainly just bitcoin at this point. Other top network use proof of stake. Dont throw the baby out with the bath water.

Also, I’d reckon a secure transactional network is a serious end product. But I understand most here don’t share the same freedom of money philosophical views as the cypherpunks.

I’m very familiar with what LLMs do.

You’re misunderstanding what copilot does. It just completes a line or section of code. It doesn’t answer questions - it just continues a pattern. Sometimes quite intelligently.

Shoot me a message on discord and I’ll do a screenshare for you. #locuester

It has improved my quality and speed significantly. More so than any other feature since intellisense was introduced (which many back then also frowned upon).

If you’re skilled enough to know it’s wrong, then you should do it yourself, if you’re not, then you shouldn’t be using it.

Oh I strongly disagree. I’ve been building software for 30 years. I use copilot in vscode and it writes so much of the tedious code and comments for me. Really saves me a lot of time, allowing me to spend more time on the complicated bits.

I hear what you’re saying. But USDC is absolutely a token on many different ledgers that represents a currency.

I’ve been deep in decentralized finance for years as an investor and fulltime software dev. I get the whole “hur hur Bitcoin is dum” but you’re really missing the forest focusing on a tree.