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[-] o0joshua0o@lemmy.world 142 points 2 years ago

I need to get into the business of being paid to not mine crypto. Sounds lucrative, and I have the skillset already.

[-] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 63 points 2 years ago

Here I am, not mining crypto for free, like some sucker!

[-] Die4Ever@programming.dev 13 points 2 years ago

if you're good at something, never do it for free

[-] renownedballoonthief@lemmygrad.ml 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Catch-2022:

The government paid him well for every coin of crypto he did not mine. The more crypto he did not mine, the more money the government gave him, and he spent every penny he didn't earn on new GPUs to increase the amount of crypto he did not mine. Major Major's father worked without rest at not mining crypto.

[-] deadtom@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Sounds like our Agriculture industry. The people that unironically cry socialism when kids get free school lunch and shit...

[-] Starbuck@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

That’s actually the joke. The book Catch-22 has a story about Major Major ( rank, name) whose father scammed the government for corn subsidies by not farming.

Good book, I would recommend it!

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

One of my absolute favorites. "Help the bombardier!"

[-] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That's a sweet gig, if you can get it. I heard you have to now show you can grow but choose not to.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I would totally read that book.

this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
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