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spacesatan@leminal.space ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

This is the dumbest shit I have ever read. And I don’t mean conceptually, I mean everybody playing improv on what actually happened.

Some guy says ‘during interviews now I ask how much compute budget I’ll have access to’

Every dumbass since then: ‘omg company scrip???’

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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
The problem is that it definitely feels like something a libertarian tech bro would try.

It’s also not entirely false

Richardson has a unique and progressive way of running his company. To update an old adage, Richardson is putting his bitcoin where his mouth is. His platform pays its 250-plus employees in bitcoin. He takes his pay this way too. The company has opted for the bitcoin standard to both show commitment to the cause and streamline payroll for its global workforce.

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- AAA@feddit.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  More relevant: Sam Altman floated the idea two years ago. link
  
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