It's a rhetorical tool that quickly highlights the absurdity of pointing out actual harm experienced makes the subject un-objective.
Would you prefer an example of 50 companies being hacked, them advocating for better cybersecurity measures everywhere, and someone pointing out they're now un-objective and should be dismissed? That this doesn't indicate anything about how cybersecurity measures are needed?
I also find it hilarious that you're accusing me of playing "bingo" while half your argument is:
"logical fallacy", "strawman", "appeal to emotion", and "poisoning the well" in quick succession.
Although I'm hoping it's just good sarcasm if it's impossible to distinguish.
Rhetorical tool? No it's a logical fallacy because you are misrepresenting the argument made by the OP in an attempt to attack it and you're confusing the deaths of family members with a little bit of lost revenue.
Here's a better analogy for you.
This post may as well be talking about how household electricity is the worst invention of the 19th century because of how inefficient long distance DC power transmission is.
Author here. It's hardly ruining my business, it's just a nuisance. I have long denounced cryptocurrencies since well before this incident, including on HN:
Are there actual PoS systems in the wild that don’t pretty directly tie themselves to PoW systems?
In my mind, the people who make this pitch that we shouldn’t blame crypto, we should blame proof-of-work sound a lot like Elon telling me that Tesla will be Level 5 any day now. Yea, it would rock if we could suddenly have the perfect thing, but I don’t see any evidence that PoW is actually being replaced by PoS for real world transactions.
If you're genuinely asking this question, it really depends on what you mean by "tied to PoW systems".
Currently the three largest PoS networks that I know of are Polkadot/Kusama, Harmony and Fantom. They are functional insofar as being EVM compatible. Theoretically anything running on ETH could be ran on these networks.
Stellar Lumens is an example of something which does not use PoW, it uses FBA which is considered much more efficient than PoW (and possibly certain PoS systems too).
Certainly, almost all crypto assets right now are tied to PoW systems in that their value is somewhat propped up by a general interest in crypto, of which the large majority (in terms of market cap) is currently Proof-of-Work based (BTC, ETH, LTC, BCH, DOGE, XMR, etc.)
I suspect we will see a natural shift towards PoS alternatives as they are much cheaper to run and entry into these other markets is cost prohibitive.
We should also see a huge shift in value if/when ETH2 is released (which some estimate could still be several years away).
The elephant in the room will be BTC. It remains to be seen if people will still consider BTC to be a store of value in the crypto world, akin to gold bullion in traditional markets. Certainly many people holding it would like you to think so.
"This is not an objective take, his family is being affected. Malaria is not a problem."