Counterpoint:

Sure, it’s pure “Greater Fool Theory”.

A copy of the Mona Lisa isn’t going to be as exactly the same as a copy of the nft.

Who says Empathy is rational?

Artists making money when each time NFT is sold or exchanged (mileage may vary). Verge had a decent piece https://www.theverge.com/22310188/nft-explainer-what-is-blockchain-crypto-art-faq

At a base level I feel like there can be economic value in providing for actual digital scarcity.

Counterpoint:
They spent $26,538 for a certificate of ownership saying they own it, that’s about as valid as:

The same thing that happens if everybody wins the lottery.

I would say it is actually a good deal, especially if you are a senior, 3 months should be enough to find another job.

Correct. I’ve been that person*. It’s not particularly uncommon at all.

On the bright side, at least they didn’t charge him with Identity Theft for the ID they gave him with the other guys number?

The article isn’t about the wealthy in general. It’s about the video game company leadership. An industry which, as stated by many others, did extremely well precisely because of the pandemic.

such as video game studios

Well, apparently knowing was WAY more than half the battle.

In the author’s defense, it’s not like he came up with that. “Real” media sources have been feeding into that same B.S. Which is just feeding the fringes plummet into the whole “legacy media is all fake news”. Because sometimes... it clearly is.

They aren’t talking case fatality rate. They’re talking 1 out of 100 of the employees died in most of the runs. e.g. 1% of the total population if extrapolated out to the entire U.S....

Sometimes my employees would take hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin (a dewormer commonly used for horses, and unfit for human consumption)

AFAIK, almost all social media algorithms are basically just popularity contests based on how many people look at it.

Still dubious about “drone” terminology for what we currently use. To me, “Drone” connotes some level of autonomy. Last I checked, current “drones” (at least U.S. ones) are merely fancy RC vehicles.

Metal parts of windshield wipers don’t magically tear off and break through windshields when trucks hit people. It only even gets damaged is if the person somehow gets onto the hood. And since the truck is pretty high. The only way somebody ends up on the hood is if that somebody JUMPS there. That sort of damage is…