Nieshtze

Nieshtze t1_j00gjdq wrote

>SBF stole billions; enough money to make it worth going through every minute of the last decade of his life with a fine-toothed comb, he worked with a ton of other people who have knowledge on his methods (and are young enough to desperately want to avoid spending decades in prison themselves- so they will testify), and he was basically plugged into one device or another at all times.

This is a good point... The fact that he has billions probably makes it worth it to put a bunch of federal agents to work and crack his case. However, I still think he probably managed to sock away a few millions of dollars (a small drop in the ocean compared to his fortune) in offshore accounts/crypto wallets (Russia/China?) that may not be worth pursuing.

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Nieshtze t1_izzv6t7 wrote

I'm sure he's stashed a boatload of money in offshore accounts and cryptocurrency wallets. I don't think the government will be able to lay its hands on his money.

The government will be able to take most of his money, but I wouldn't be surprised if he has a few million dollars (a tiny portion of his large fortune) hidden away in hard to track crypto-wallets and offshore accounts.

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Nieshtze t1_iyj09y1 wrote

Wouldn't most of these exotic trans-uranium elements be formed in some quantity during events like supernovae? There's enough radiation and particles flying around in that event that I'm sure every isotope is formed (if only for a few short microseconds) due to the massive scale and energetics of the reaction.

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Nieshtze t1_iwiixg6 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in A typical thought process by Kaarssteun

I would imagine that there are 'weaker' versions of the Malthusian catastrophe argument. For example, in most of the western world, population growth is negative (and is low enough to present significant problems). US, for example, sustains its population through immigration, as the locals aren't having enough children. Similar story for recently developed/developing countries like China and India where the population growth rate has dropped significantly.

What if the resource in question isn't food, but something like cost of housing?

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Nieshtze t1_iwihbne wrote

Reply to comment by Sandbar101 in A typical thought process by Kaarssteun

The younger generations will face an existential crisis. We are living in a time of unprecedented peace (relatively), powered by the blazing rise of technology over the last century or so. We went from traveling by horse drawn cart to putting a man on the moon in around 50 years. After the pace of the improvement of other technologies slowed down, the microchip made an entrance and ensured that the constant march of progress continued without impediment.

Not really the case any more. Moore's law is dead. Chips aren't becoming that much faster anymore. Planes aren't flying faster. People in poorer countries are living longer, but not necessarily in advanced economies as we are hitting walls in the field of medicine. AI is successful in certain cases, but is nowhere near taking over office jobs. We don't have self-driving cars or nuclear fusion, nor have we set up a habitat outside earth.

Our grandchildren are doomed to find meaning in a world where constant technological progress is not the norm. I eel scared for them. When technology became stagnant, life isn't good. Look at the middle ages in Europe, for example.

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Nieshtze t1_iugz7a0 wrote

Russian invasion is the sacrificial lamb at the altar. America is insulated enough from Russia to not be affected this much.

The main reason for this inflation is due to central banks all over the world that printed literal truckloads of money during the COVID that is slowly making its presence known.

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