revisesociology in #hive-167922 • 8 days agoBenefits of the Informal (cash-based) Economy to the State...I wrote a couple of days ago about how after a long term trend of Britain's economy moving AWAY (rapidly) from cashless transactions, the last couple of years have seen a…revisesociology in #hive-167922 • 10 days agoCash isn't quite dead.. yet! Cash payments fell as a proportion of payments used in transactions from 80% of all transactions in the 1990s to just 15% in 2020. Covid acted as a spur to the decline because…revisesociology in #hive-167922 • 13 days agoReflections on Hive-Engine!We've had a good run on Hive-Engine, it's been a relatively easy place for all sorts of projects to mint their tokens and so help develop their projects. I've certainly enjoyed…revisesociology in #hive-167922 • 15 days agoCruise Companies Don't Care about Their Clients! Eight Passengers were recently left behind on Sao Tome by a Norwegian Cruise Company. They'd been on a private tour of the island, not arranged through the Cruise Company…revisesociology in #hive-167922 • 17 days agoThe Self-Help Market is Out of Control...!I recently bought a book on Amazon called 'Atomic Habits', the general gist being that if you have a vision of how you want to change your life then the way you get there is my…revisesociology in #hive-167922 • 18 days agoThe Environmental Costs of AI...While AI may appear to us as something of a virtual and even weightless phenomenon, at its core lies some truly HEAVY and energy intensive hardware . Existing AI syrevisesociology in #hive-167922 • 19 days agoHappy (?) New Tax Year...! So another new tax year starts today, and in attempt to mark myself out as the saddest man on the chain I thought I may as well mark the occasion! it means that I can finally…revisesociology in #hive-167922 • 20 days agoThe race to Mine the Moon...Back in January 2024 Japan became nation number five to complete successfully a soft landing on on the moon. Previous successful nations to have done this include: The…revisesociology in #hive-167922 • 21 days agoHypothetical Budget for a 2/3 day in the office job!I quite fancy, NRN, but at some point in the medium term future, maybe sometime in 2025 or 2026, a nice little office based research job, maybe in Lodon or if not some other…revisesociology in #hive-167922 • 22 days agoTether's Increasing Dominance in the Stable Coin Space, but also a couple of new comers for 2024! According to CoinGecko 's latest stable coin stats... Tether has increased in market cap from $79 BN to $104BN over the last 12 months. At the same time USDC, the second…revisesociology in #hive-167922 • 24 days agoHappy April HPUD day! Maybe I am a mug for Powering Up a few more Hive on April Fool's day, I've opted for another 50 Hive this time, on account of the fact that I've got quite a lot of liquid…revisesociology in #hive-167922 • 25 days agoFour Days Off! I've taken the rather radical decision this Easter to have four days off. Well almost! I did have to nip out to do two hours of work around midday Friday but honestly 2 hrs is…revisesociology in #hive-167922 • 27 days agoWeekly-ish Running Update, Missing that extra pint!I managed to get in three decent runs this last week, Sunday 'long' run, Tuesday not so fast 5K and intervals just today. I was slower than usual on account of giving blood…revisesociology in #hive-167922 • 29 days agoI should cheque in with my share funds more often! So I bought 250 shares in the Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust about a decade ago, and then paid the fund very little attention. I did this on the back of the main Fundsmith…revisesociology in #hive-167922 • last monthBy all means change the BBC, but let's keep Radio 4 the same!I stumbled across this article in The Guardian recently... BBC Looks for Commercial Deals as it Faces Potential End of the Licence Fee .  I went through the rather complex process of trying to exchanging my Cub and PCub for LEO today. Because it's rather complex I decided to write a post about it to make sure I'm…revisesociology in #hive-167922 • last monthSplinterlands Challenge of the Week: Having a Blast!This week's Battle Mage rule set challenge was Explosive Weaponry in which every monster gains the blast ability at the beginning of the battle... With blast attacking…revisesociology in #hive-167922 • last monthOn finding fart (+) videos funny and conversion therapyThe last time I checked in with Facebook (sorry!) I stumbled across a fart prank reel... FINALLY, something suggested to me that's worth watching. I have to say I find farts…
