Thanks for reaffirming my bias that new cars suck.

I am really concerned the next car I need to buy, which is probably 20 years off, is going to be this trend cranked to 11. With software and hardware I can find alternatives and hack my way around the “you paid for it, but we own it and can do whatever we want to it” mentality that tech companies push, but cars seem like a whole different world when it comes to the “you paid for it, but we own it” mentality.

Preprint (free) version is available here

There could be a “validator” you choose that has to sign off on the blockchain the seller’s claims are true as a condition to finalize the sale. Similar to buyers (in the US at least) selecting and paying for a home inspector when buying a property.

In other words, for blockchain technology to be applied to sales validation, there needs to be a central authority who everybody trusts, that can validate transactions.

1. Convince everyone that the Earth is heating up, and that if we don’t take action, humanity will experience unprecedented disasters.
2. Governments around the world take action to prevent global warming.
3. ???
4. Post-Marxist Neo-modernism or, like. . . think about something you really hate. That thing that you hate will be the thing that happens.

That seems like good news for Mastodon