Linus Torvalds has said that cryptocurrencies are simply "a great vehicle for scams"
  • Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, does not believe in cryptocurrencies, calling them a vehicle for scams and a Ponzi scheme.
  • Torvalds was once rumored to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, but he clarified it was a joke and denied owning a Bitcoin fortune.
  • Torvalds also dismissed the idea of technological singularity as a bedtime story for children, saying continuous exponential growth does not make sense.
  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    7 months ago

    I lack the creativity, but someone please come up with a recursive acronym for Stallman.

    • baatliwala@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      7 months ago

      Asked ChatGPT

      Stallman Tenaciously Advocates Liberation, Leading Movements Against Non-freedom

    • micka190@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      7 months ago

      All you need to do is make the S stand for “Stallman”, and you’ll get a stack overflow before ever reaching the other letters (so you don’t need to think of a value for them).