I really like Spirawave and other "low fi" synth/vapor wave remakes of old video game music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALgDxZZLDbA

KYC?

Know your customer

Basically identifying your customer and confirming their identity, e.g. via a video call or at a post office etc.

Know them so well, you can deepfake them later and make their avatar say whatever you want. Nice job if you can get it!

(Kind of like the scarier version of the store cashier stealing your credit card digits - because you can’t just order a new one.)

"Know Your Customer"

In the West, KYC means that a bank is going to ask to see your ID before letting you open an account.

In China, KYC means that, in order to use something as pedestrian as social media, you have to let the CCP AI dragnet build a profile that can be used to surveil you for the rest of your life.

Wechat is basically a bank as you can use it to send money, hence KYC. If all the CCP wanted was to build a profile they'd just ask for ID and then scoop up every call you make.

Wechat is basically everything for mainland users.

Need to pay registration for car? Wechat

Need to verify covid screening to enter the country as a resident? Wechat

Need to request a taxi? Wechat

Need to pay your electricity bill? Wechat

EVERYTHING is done through wechat.

any crypto that isnt bitcoin, etc, or bch is just a scam

imagine digging dirt out of the ground in your backyard and claiming it has value

thats how i view crypto

Imagine digging that dirt polluted like a small country. That’s how I view Bitcoin.

Imagine trillions of joules of energy was going into a process that was securing money for the planet, without its legacy gatekeepers being able to control or dictate their arbitrary rules. A revolutionary peer to peer system that allowed value to be transferred digitally!

Then imagine folks that just fail to see this after 10+ years still think about coal power plants!