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Terms such as "decentralization" have often been co-opted by free market radicals as a form of capitalist realism enforcement push. We need to be careful about the actual politics of the people using words to see what they actually mean
(Original title: Magic market words)
https://tante.cc/2024/03/12/magic…

Magic market words
In tech-related discourse “decentralization”, “Open Source”, “democratization”, “federation” have become weird terms. Not because of the specific architectural or technological concept they are describing but as a way to hide the fact that the speaker thinks that “markets” are the cure-all to anything. Anything is seen as an issue of needing “more competition”, “more choice” […]

Rangers Evaluating Dylan Cease Market
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Kaiko: trading volume for the top crypto memecoins reached ~$80B in the past week, the highest since October 2021; total market value of memecoins topped $60B (Muyao Shen/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20<…

Memecoin Trading at Levels Last Seen Before Crypto Bubble Burst
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Almost 1% more than November 2023.
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Kyiv City Council suspends second auction for iconic food market due to public uproar: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/12/kyiv-city-council.html

March 2024 US Labor Market Update: AI Jobs Are on the Rebound
#Economy #Indeed

Almost 1% more than November 2023.
#firefox

Magic market words
In tech-related discourse "decentralization", "Open Source", "democratization", "federation" have become weird terms. Not because of the specific architectural or technological concept they are describing but as a way to hide the fact that the speaker thinks that "markets" are the cure-all to anything. Anything is seen as an issue of needing "more competition", "more choice" which - given how many …

Arm unveils its first Neoverse chips for self-driving cars, seeking to grow its non-smartphone revenue; the first vehicles are likely in four to five years (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)
https://t.co/RxVX6DAU26

Sources: Salesforce is in advanced talks to acquire cloud data management company Informatica, whose market cap crossed $11B after its shares jumped 43% in 2024 (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/salesforce-in…