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   Else, Someone (nobody@mastodon.acm.org)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 20:49:03 JST Else, Someone

   RE: https://mastodon.acm.org/@nobody/115819645719547846

   Serious, peiple being so diplomatic all the time feels like pure gaslighting.

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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 20:49:01 JST iced depresso

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     @nobody hyperbole is my favorite medium of communication :neocat_googly:
     
     i dunno who taler is for. i'm impressed they finished it but we already saw the rise and fall of crypto currency and the central bank stuff is just globalists taking everything over in the backrooms. nobody in the public actually *wants* CDBCs.
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 21:04:26 JST iced depresso

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     @nobody right, there is one swiss outlet that was talking about supporting it for gold if i recall.
     
     i guess a fiat use of taler just has the marketplace not bother to track whatever would have been backing the tokens, so, it -could- work for that.
     
     the push for cbdcs is more to do with controlling every aspect of everyone's lifes, though, so it lacks the ability to micromanage how you're allowed to spend money. it specifically does the opposite of that and only registers who is taking and returning tokens.
     
     i'm generally not supportive of trying to fit cryptopunk stuff to appease the state because the state can and will just go "lol banned" if it genuinely steps on the system's toes.
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     Else, Someone (nobody@mastodon.acm.org)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 21:04:27 JST Else, Someone

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     @icedquinn
     Well somebody just mentioned at ccc that GLS and some other bank are looking to launch a Taler-backed mobilepay-revolut-etc alternative

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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 21:07:16 JST iced depresso

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     @nobody nonviolent communication, socratic and trivium methods, probably more effective than sarcasm. overall.
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     Else, Someone (nobody@mastodon.acm.org)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jan-2026 21:07:17 JST Else, Someone

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     @icedquinn

     > hyperbole is my favorite medium of communication :neocat_googly:

     Eso! Hyperbole, meme, sarcasm, I know of no better tools for dealing with pressure and for communicating ideas, whose perception is hindered by biases and by conflicting "core/identity beliefs"