• swlabr@awful.systems
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    8 months ago

    Perhaps I am too pessimistic but the first thought I had was about whether or not Anguilla is under threat from rising sea levels, which AI/blockchain shit is e/accelerating, so… ultimately an L if that were the case. My google fu was not strong enough to find out for sure

  • Steve@awful.systems
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    8 months ago

    I remember someone saying the only way to make (real) money in crypto is to run a conference, I imagine AI will be the same for some time

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    8 months ago

    IIRC Tuvalu got something like a $1 billion as a one-time payment for .tv and I figure .io has been fairly lucrative for British Indian Ocean.

    I have mixed feelings about small island nations selling their DNS identity out like this but I guess milking tech dweebs for all they’re worth is in a certain sense cool and good actually.

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      8 months ago

      I have never understood the .io domain name fad. “ah this site must do something vaguely software development-related, their name is glorksplush dot input output” what

      • bitofhope@awful.systems
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        8 months ago

        Shoulda guessed from the name “British Indian Ocean” it’s a region mired in the most heinous imperialist bullshit.

        I wish the colonists a very nice time and I hope very comical things happen to them from the point of view of the Chagossians.