News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:3blue1brown YouTube Bitcoin video taken down as copyright... by tivert on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @12:25AM (#42619531)
I'm pretty sure my idea was literally a mash-up of Phantom 2040 "resource wars" with Demolition man "franchise wars."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_2040

> It is the year 2040, all environmental disasters and the economic Resource Wars from the early 21st century have decimated the fragile ecosystem balance of an Earth once teeming with life.

The first part of this episode is near identical to my mental picture of the "franchise wars:"

https://youtu.be/Kg8bPDGmhnU?si=MhzsBy83h8yTi6Ux&t=59

I'm surprised how easy it was for me to figure this out and find confirmation.

There are no comments on this comment yet.