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		Trombone12 on Jan 30, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Starlink Is a Big Deal ITT: > Too poor to make stove out of bricks > Goes spend full day per week to go an check on their bitcoin transactions Uh, are you sure you have a grounded understanding of what rural poverty means?

dzhiurgis on Jan 31, 2020 [–]

You’ve missed out on irony and bitcoin and guatemala farmer (cant find it right now). Also you are underestimating the needs of impoverished people. Part of impoverishment is lack of connectivity and facilities to charge phone. Not other way around.

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