Non-IT News Thread
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tonyshowoff Satoshi (the Asian guy) as being the inventor.
I remember for months the media hounded him to try and get him to say he was. Which means Mr Wright should've stepped in and ended it then.
That's harassment caused from inaction.
Well Dorian Satoshi was blamed because he had a similar name, which I always thought was stupid to begin with. That's like if I used the name James Woods and they blamed the actor for something I did without even bothering. Reading the documentation or any of the early stuff it was pretty clear it was not a Japanese person. Though obviously a huge Japanophile nerd for using a Japanese alias.
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@scottalanmiller the picture of the Asain guy in the BBC article, news outlets hounded him for months, when he is not the inventor because of false information.
Mr. Wright was using his name as a cover for the Bitcoin operation.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller the picture of the Asain guy in the BBC article, news outlets hounded him for months, when he is not the inventor because of false information.
Mr. Wright was using his name as a cover for the Bitcoin operation.
Craig Wright called himself Satoshi Nakamoto in his original documentation and implementation of BitCoin, Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto was later blamed by people who thought "similar name, must be the same guy."
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@tonyshowoff Yes I know.
That's my point, without all of the details. Wrong dude was hounded just because of misinformation.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tonyshowoff Yes I know.
That's my point, without all of the details. Wrong dude was hounded just because of misinformation.
Yes, I see, it seemed like you were suggesting that Wright never used that name himself.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tonyshowoff Yes I know.
That's my point, without all of the details. Wrong dude was hounded just because of misinformation.
Well sure, but the name you said and that guy aren't the same person or even the same name. It's like if I did something and a Ralph Scott Miller got hounded. Doesn't mean that Scott Miller didn't do it, just some guy with a different name got picked on because random people picked on him. No association. Scott Miller still did it.
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@scottalanmiller You're not? Better call off my hate mail campaign and apologise to Ralph Scott Miller.
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Dammit, was having so much fun messing with him.
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OMG that is so me and @andyw - we used to hit the all you could drink martini happy bar at the local country club then run all over the golf course trying to get home.
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@thanksajdotcom said in Non-IT News Thread:
My mother actually thought that was real news. I had to tell her it was satire.
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@coliver next video: Majority of Americans Get Their News from The Onion
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver next video: Majority of Americans Get Their News from The Onion
I'm sure that isn't far from the truth.
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The onion is the only trustworthy news source that I know of.
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver next video: Majority of Americans Get Their News from The Onion
I'm sure that isn't far from the truth.
Considering how many people "get" the news from The Daily Show. It's probably as accurate as the "real" news channels
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver next video: Majority of Americans Get Their News from The Onion
I'm sure that isn't far from the truth.
Considering how many people "get" the news from The Daily Show. It's probably as accurate as the "real" news channels
Surprisingly The Daily Show often presented the news better then Fox News or CNN. The same thing with John Oliver and even Stephen Colbert. The way they were presented was entertaining and strictly for entertainment purposes but that didn't make the news less viable then the "Main Stream Media". Most of the time the "satire" news, aside from the Onion, cited sources better then most other stations.
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The thing I found the funniest, when John Stewart got something wrong he admitted it in the next show and corrected the record. When some "news" channels do that in the US they double down and use the "Say it enough times till it becomes true" philosophy.
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
Surprisingly The Daily Show often presented the news better then Fox News or CNN.
That's surprising?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
Surprisingly The Daily Show often presented the news better then Fox News or CNN.
That's surprising?
I see this meme constantly. Where people assume because you watch the Daily Show or John Oliver you are less informed then if you watch other news sources, mostly this comes from Fox News viewers.
