I get that there is a theoretical privacy value to Bitcoin ATMs. But in practice, in a world where it's easy to get a Coinbase account, their main purpose seemed to be to charge heavy fees for confused scam victims who didn't understand crypto.
We need more walkable, mixed-use datacenters. Like community gardens, people should be able to experience the joy and satisfaction of cultivating their own hardware. Big Cloud has alienated the connection people felt with their computers. Kids should know what it's like to swear at rack mount rails.
Incredible quote from Wyden, that it is time to "start treating the adtech industry as a national security threat."