Recent comments in /f/tifu

burner7651 t1_j6j5abp wrote

I feel for you, dude. I’m in a similar situation where my feelings for a close friend are not reciprocated. It isn’t easy to navigate one-sided romantic feelings in a friendship. I’m trying to make my peace with the fact that I have to do the same as you and lay it all out there, and then go my own way for the sake of my own emotional well-being. Good on you for making that choice.

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luitzenh t1_j6j4606 wrote

> It's the big trend in inventory, order and supply chain management at the moment with companies investing millions into it.

No, it's not. Blockchain is an implementation detail and implementation details don't matter. It's as asinine as choosing a flight based on whether a the airline uses Slack or Teams for internal communication. You don't see new airlines being founded based on the fact that AWS is the future. You don't get emails by your bank saying they're better than their competitors because they use PostgreSQL.

The fact that companies advertise implementation details means that the implementation detail is a fad. The fact that you don't understand that blockchain is an implementation detail means you don't understand blockchain.

A blockchain is a data structure. Other data structures are linked lists, arrays, queues and hash tables. Unlike blockchains these are actually used by developers, some of them on a daily basis. When is the last time you've heard a company created a buzz around double linked lists?

The only reason advertising using a blockchain makes sense is when using a public blockchain, but running a public blockchain without a cryptocurrency does not make sense as there is no incentive and you've already admitted that there's nothing to crypto currencies.

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distant-starlight t1_j6j3xqd wrote

>For some reason I decided to use my uncle’s helmet from the germans in ww2

Was that reason your undying love and empathy for the original wearer?

>another group of students decided to dress up as jews. At first we tought that it was funny so we played along and took a few silly photo’s.

So you went low and found a way to make it worse along with your bizarrely tasteless classmates?

Honestly all of this sounds planned, deliberate, and very non-accidental, and the only reason you're online trying to fish for support is that someone likely pointed out that laughing at human atrocity and making fun of genocide and war crimes are not good looks.

>a lot of people thought that we had planned this and now, am I and the students who dressed up as jews seen as racists by the rest of the school. What should I do to restore my reputation?

You did plan this and lying after the fact can't change your wilful decision to mock a horrific historical event and showcase your racism and pro-racist stances. You proudly wore the outfit. You smiled and posed for pictures. Zero of this happened by accident.

I hope no one forgets how you allied yourself with the scum of history.

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benevanstech t1_j6j0rqo wrote

Which companies? MSFT, IBM, Red Hat have all shuttered their dedicated "blockchain" units, and any remaining staff have been folded into general R&D.

The Australian Stock Exchange has written off their entire blockchain project & marked it to zero.

Maersk is out, too.

So - which companies are we talking about here?

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sybann t1_j6j0apb wrote

I have a tipped uterus (back, not forward - explains cramps feeling like a backache I guess) so these and the sponge (remember the sponge?) and diaphragms are right out. You simply cannot reach stuff unless squatting and really long fingers and a string you can find.

How did I find this out? OBGYN didn't tell me (might have been NICE) found out trying to find a SPONGE. Complained at next appointment and was told then.

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