DustRG

Father, Husband, Aircraft Mechanic, Gamer, Bitcoiner

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2026-08-28 21:57:57 UTC

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I like onshape, has a. Fully functional free version to practice with.
Also checknout tootalltoby, great resource for practicing and learning cad
https://tootalltoby.com/practice/

2026-08-05 15:48:08 UTC

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That price 5 years ago though

2026-08-03 23:56:52 UTC

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Thanks for discussing, I honestly dont know much. Just a screenshot of my thoughts at one particular time.

2026-08-03 23:53:21 UTC

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Those who dont considered power will always be taken advantage of by those that do.. Just the way nature works. While i can defend myself from other individuals, it is near impossible to defend oneself from a large group. Not trying to say the government we have today doesnt overstep its role, but there will always be some group assuming that role, we just have to make sure they dont abuse it, we've failed at doing that.

2026-07-31 02:43:15 UTC

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No one has the right to infringe on another's right of self ownership, okay, so what happens when someone does infringe on another's right to self ownership?

2026-07-28 23:29:00 UTC

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What is this definition based on? Per this definition, anarchy has nothing to do with governments, as governments only "steward" populations towards whatever means, they do not "own" their populations. There is nothing preventing someone from acting on their own means to flee such jurisdictions, for better or worse. You are free to ignore the rules set by the steward governments, but you also accept the consequences of doing such, just as a kid is free to ignore their parents, and accepts the consequences of doing such.
So essentially, per this definition, yeah everyone lives in anarchy, so what?
We also technically live in communism. Because I control my means of production, I am a worker and I can control what I want to produce. Myself and my community are not able to produce enough to realistically compete with the living conditions of the societal structure we live in, nor could we create a defense at scale to protect our community from said society if we did.
Sure we could share some things among a community, as long as we still participated in the state we live in.
Also, im not pro communism, I just think people have a misconception of what it looks like due to claims of communism by states abusing their workers. We've never seen real communism, as it is effectively impossible at large scare.
So I guess governments could claim to be pro anarchy/(individual freedom) or pro communism, but both are oxymoron as they both exist seperate from the state. So yeah, same thing.

2026-07-26 01:09:22 UTC

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Calling a government communist government is like calling a government an anarchist government lol both are oxymoron

2026-07-26 00:56:25 UTC

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"Rules without rulers" , same thing as laws without rulers. Don't need a ruler for there to be laws. Even family's have their own laws and the punishment for breaking them may be decided amongst the family or by the "leader" of the family. Anarchy is impossible because someone ultimately will make decisions on behave of others, hence not true anarchy. And ultimately people will give someone else power to provide things for them that they can't provide for themselves.
"Abolition of government is local" yet every state is also in a form of anarchy. Then you're just deciding on who gets to make the rules and its not actually anarchy.
There are rulers, from the family to the state, there always will be. And people will always rely on more than just local communities for things, because we dont live in the caveman days.

2026-07-25 20:06:13 UTC

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Anarchy is the same as communism, an idealist utopia where everyone gets along and handles things on their own and no one group takes advantage of it. Both require the abolition of government. Laws without rulers by the people, but humans suck and take advantage of any system reliant upon good human nature. so both are just silly ideological utopias that will never happen.

2026-07-17 20:29:27 UTC

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The Trojan horse is so convincing even bitcoiners believe it's changed sides.

2026-07-16 07:09:35 UTC

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The U-Shaped Trap of Control: Both extremes on your horizontal axis (Marxism-Leninism on the left and Anarcho-Capitalism on the right) ultimately result in a massive peak of centralized control. Whether that control manifests as an authoritarian state (left) or monolithic corporate monopolies (right), the outcome for the populace is effectively the same: high centralization and a lower quality of life.The "Money Printing" Accelerator: The yellow line illustrates that when you introduce fiat money and artificial money creation into either of these systems, it supercharges and exaggerates that centralization. It acts as the ultimate mechanism to bypass balanced representation, driving the control system straight up to that top red line.The "We Are Here" Disconnect: This explains the stark vertical gap indicated by your green arrows. While everyday political discourse focuses on moving left or right between capitalism and socialism (the lower valley), the actual mechanism of money creation has completely detached the system from that floor, pushing society into an elevated state of extreme control regardless of party lines.

2026-07-16 05:47:30 UTC

Made this chart to explain the current political climate we reside in.
https://blossom.primal.net/aa883ba6d178b61f600f835f21f40e7efcf97b5301b6deda39e3d7df761600bf.jpg

2026-07-15 04:12:51 UTC

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"as far as taking it is concerned, if we degrade them far enough and deep enough back, I would do that" -Johnny Sins

2026-03-20 16:08:19 UTC

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Looking forward to ordering some with my next batch

2026-03-18 00:33:55 UTC

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Democracy in action! 😆

2026-03-06 04:00:35 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/b965885b03603c57ea3cd2018884b91f52170b72865aa1c0301c80026d69099f.png

2026-02-24 06:02:54 UTC

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The fact it is a circus says quite a bit

2026-02-24 05:47:18 UTC

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Honest question, what is currently preventing someone from adding child porn to the blockchain?

2026-02-24 05:34:32 UTC

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There was no debate and nothing that could help them believe otherwise

2026-02-24 05:33:13 UTC

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I have friends on left and friends on right who both think epstein is satoshi because of this clearly fake epstein email. Both think i am crazy and this is how I know i'm right 😁
https://blossom.primal.net/042de2dd0e472c6089c3d25cf9c42b83553673af675611fc97d4dd72072e9ed6.jpg

2026-02-21 15:51:06 UTC

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Myspace

2026-02-09 15:09:32 UTC

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Or more than the fact that the Patriots even made it to the superbowl, just ridiculous 😆

2026-02-07 18:32:48 UTC

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Dude wasn't even corrupt, it was just a conspiracy created by the opposition to discredit him

2026-02-05 23:15:32 UTC

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Trying really hard to stay humble and not degen in trying to time the bottom 😪

2026-02-05 21:12:27 UTC

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Is las vegas a developing country?

2026-02-05 21:03:08 UTC

Me and my 80 random, probably bot, followers got shadow banned on X lol what a joke
https://blossom.primal.net/bce451e5231389a2d96151ba0406f4ade23b06e8eed0a543ffb5a3570e430ab0.jpg

2026-02-05 04:38:14 UTC

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Nice

2026-02-03 23:14:32 UTC

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Same, he, who understands almost nothing about bitcoin, said it would be good to sell it all and buy gold 😆

2026-01-30 05:04:46 UTC

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I will wait till 60k, then i will buy back in 🤪

2026-01-29 10:01:23 UTC

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Pay off house or hold onto the bitcoin?
Pro for payoff house, short term security for family to withstand economic downturns while waiting for money printer to turn on. Provides fresh start to accumulate bitcoin at higher rate with less anxiety/financial stress.
Hold on to bitcoin: much better long term financially, if you can avoid needing to sell. Risk needing to sell to provide for family if an extended downturn or job loss is experienced, which may require selling at really bad time while the value is low. This risk creates more financial stress.

2026-01-25 17:40:44 UTC

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The gun was bolstered on his back side, he never reached for it in the scuffle. The agent disarmed him right in view of the agent who shot him after he was disarmed. He wasn't assaulting officers, he was filming and then tried to help up another person who was pushed to the ground when he was pulled back into the street by the agent and pushed to the ground where he remained in fetal position, defending himself from punches being thrown by a mob of agents.

2026-01-25 17:32:22 UTC

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He was disarmed right in front of the face of the guy who shot him too. No excuse really

2026-01-24 03:06:27 UTC

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Its also best indoor playground in vegas, including arcade, cafeteria, bounce houses, and sports on TV at lounge area. The lady was excited for me to pay with bitcoin. Kid is having a blast.
https://blossom.primal.net/45f095ef8cfcf2d6825fa9bead36edc4bb94e41f0f014c817bc4cbb12fbd2884.jpg

2026-01-23 13:45:20 UTC

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Gonna have to take the kid here now 😀

2025-12-31 04:14:55 UTC

Imagine what is happening with Iran's currency to bitcoin happens to the dollar over the next 10 years. That would be like 855Mil$/bitcoin in 10 years. That's what happens when currencies die.
https://blossom.primal.net/2f71e9a142903dde67315cd1df87d22f7549721e497ba3413fcb040b2d45adf9.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/3579f4979cecb56e3208c92d857755e5cc914fd689d6c4a2ee281c187e109c4a.jpg

2025-11-18 11:52:37 UTC

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Nice dragons

2025-11-07 11:21:51 UTC

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#catstr

2025-11-07 11:21:09 UTC

#catastrophic #cats
https://blossom.primal.net/1ec1f2ae42fcb3734e9068e2f0563e2cd791da81cf18781381d20839db6894e6.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/cf3446ca7fb41dc93e0f31c69b97e67e507309130a5fd42d83120a1d2f5144c0.jpg

2025-08-05 20:59:37 UTC

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Can we stop pretending that "custodial wallets" arent just bitcoin banks. No offense meant, but Mallers is your newest bank ceo. Bitcoin banks will be different from banks today, though, there will be no bailout if you fail. Rooting for you, Jack

2025-08-03 19:58:41 UTC

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Its so hard when friends around you are talking about how effed up everything is and their explanation of it is so short sighted and they have no solutions and no hope. i just sit quietly and nod my head now.

2025-08-03 19:51:02 UTC

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Also many liberals are very big in the art scene and do not like things being replaced by Ai. And environmental concerns as well.

2025-08-03 19:49:17 UTC

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Left is against it due to surveillance concerns as well. They just think it is the big corporations doing the surveillance and not their beloved socialist government. Just got an earfull about it at family event yesterday 🙄 so hard to talk to enraged normies about this stuff lol

2025-08-03 19:34:17 UTC

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Yes but how will this affect the price of xrp?

2025-08-01 21:00:02 UTC

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Looks great nice job, what material?

2025-07-27 23:26:39 UTC

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Tick tock next block!

2025-07-27 23:24:33 UTC

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Waiting for more of the redacted tallow 😶‍🌫️

2025-07-16 12:29:05 UTC

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Nice, 3d printing and factorio. 👍

2025-07-15 08:46:50 UTC

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The Skeleton crew series is a good watch for bitcoiners. Basically about how those with a money printer unknowingly abuse the rest of the galaxy until they break the money printer and are forced to join the relaity the rest of the galaxy faces lol 😆 its got a goonies meets Starwars vibe, not too bad

2025-07-14 08:19:06 UTC

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Find things your friends/family need and print those. It helps to learn cad and create random useful things you cannot buy. Learn about things you could print for a friends business or job and offer to create and sell to them. Nice gifts are always useful to print. Just try not to print too much useless thingymajigs. I print lots of additional parts for my sons train set and marble maze that will eventually get passed to some other kid.

2025-07-11 03:39:31 UTC

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Wouldnt selling weapons for bitcoin be budget neutral? 🤔

2025-07-11 03:38:36 UTC

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Put it on their credit card? 🙄

2025-07-09 04:42:49 UTC

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Being fortunate enough to have these things now is not the same as the security that you will have them in the future. Security is what scares people, knowing they are one economic crisis away from losing everything. This lack of security is what gives people high time preference, not the lack of conveniences.

2025-06-25 12:39:38 UTC

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There will be chaos before things start to improve things. Hard to build trust in a world of chaos

2025-06-20 13:48:29 UTC

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Since we are getting rid of cents dor the dollar, we can now use 1 Cent is 100 Sats

2025-06-20 13:46:42 UTC

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GM!

2025-06-20 13:45:42 UTC

Can we all agree that 100 sats is a Centoshi?

2025-06-18 09:11:08 UTC

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Before i argue these points, i do agree that gold was the best metal to be money, but i do not agree that it is the best metal,( i do acknowledge that as subjective). I believe that other metals were much more useful than gold during the time that gold was becoming money, but yes, gold's unique properties made it the best metal for monetary uses.
1. It can be destroyed. It will dissolve in nitric/hydrochloric acid, Platinum will not. Most metals need to be mined at a cost, some with higher cost/yield than gold.
2.It did not become money because of its conductivity, as that wasnt valuable during the time period we are talking about. Gold is less conductive than silver and copper, but more resistant to corrosion and oxidation. Gold is more reactive than platinum and others and less heat resistant while being slightly more conductive than those. All these metals can be used in electronics.
3. Gold is the most malleable metal, making it a great option for various uses, jewelry, decoration, and forming into coins being the most impactful at the time it was being adopted as money. Like i said, great properties for being the best metal money
4. It is not by far the most useful metal out there. This is a subjective statement. I would suggest that metals that can be used for strength in weapons, tools, buildings, vehicles, everyrhing, more "useful" than one that can make electronics more efficient.
5. Yes, It will likely always have a market of buyers. Its long history as a store of value will persist likely until it is no longer difficult to obtain, maybe asteroids or inter-planetary mining. Benefit of golds dominant network effect, not sure if thats the right term for gold but i think you get what i mean.
This is why it became money, still not the best metal though. It was the best metal for money at one point, likely that would be platinum now, but platinum is not quite good enough to overtake gold now that gold has already been established. And platinum was too scarce and too difficult to be used when metals were being adopted as money.
Great points. Thanks for taking the time to banter 🤙

2025-06-18 08:41:59 UTC

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@nprofile…jmah why do you sound like @nprofile…8sjr

2025-06-18 08:40:27 UTC

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Yeah i agree on the scarcity thing, just one property of many that helps it be good money.
And platinum is better than gold at most of the things gold is good for, less reactive, more resistant to degrading, similar conductivity properties with more heat resistance. Yet platinum was never the most used form of money.
Gold had already established itself as money before platinum had a real chance. Even though platinum is more scarce than gold and has some better qualities to be money than gold, it wasnt able to overtake gold because gold was already established.
Something better than bitcoin may come along, better at being money, but it will likely not be able to compete with bitcoin's network.

2025-06-18 08:27:12 UTC

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Guess i should rephrase my statement.
Gold is not the best metal at everything, yet it is the metal for money.
Like gold, Bitcoin is not the best blockchain at everything, but it is the best at being money.
In hard times, id rather have a sword made of steel than one made of gold.

2025-06-18 08:01:35 UTC

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Been so worried about AI pretending to be humans, forgot about worrying about Humans pretending to be AI! 😅

2025-06-18 07:58:24 UTC

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It has good properties to make jewelry and shiny things that didnt rust or loose quality over time and to be used as a conductor in modern electronics, not so much to make weapons, armor, tools, buildings. Imagine the dude trading all his gold to hoard iron because it made better swords lol. It had enough properties to have value, and the best properties at the time to be used as money. The conductivity properties became more useful later on in its lifespan.

2025-06-18 07:24:10 UTC

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And gold isnt even the most scarce or most expensive, yet it is still seen as money or at least as a monetary asset. Point is, Network effects are very difficult to overtake. Golds network effect, and perceived monetary value, made it the best metal at being money, even though its not the best metal at much of anything

2025-06-18 06:48:53 UTC

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Titanium, iron, copper to start. Scarcity does not make a metal useful, it makes it good money. All these metals are much more useful than gold, and i would say better metals, but they arent better money.
Other blockchains are faster, more useful for other things, cheaper, but they lack other qualities to be good money

2025-06-18 06:44:05 UTC

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@grok do you agree?

2025-06-18 06:17:28 UTC

Gold is not the"best" metal, yet it was the best metal at being money.
Bitcoin is not the "best" blockchain, yet it is the best blockchain at being money.

2025-06-17 22:29:11 UTC

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What it trump sets off a nation state bitcoin accumulation race. This would make war unaffordable very abruptley. How could you accumulate bitcoin when trying to pay for war with a hyper inflating fiat? Would be the sort of chaos always previously associated with times of war

2025-06-15 16:14:09 UTC

GM #catstr
https://blossom.primal.net/0fb53e669fe1454b91408476a5891b350116a781f31887c7078642debd687e5c.jpg

2025-06-13 08:08:22 UTC

While I'm hopeful for the future, its tough to deal with the realities of where we are today. As an aircraft mechanic, the AI crash just put an extra slice of shit on the shit sandwich.
Just going to fast a couple days to try and not feel so guilty for going about my daily life, watching the chaos from afar.
Stay safe and stack sats everyone!

2025-06-13 07:46:58 UTC

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It's difficult for the bitcoiner right to differentiate between bitcoiner left and fiat left. The lines are blurry and there is quite a bit of misunderstanding and skepticism.

2025-06-13 04:16:03 UTC

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We have unlimited money here in america and we cant even take care of our own people. Things will be worse before they get better.
Yes we are numb to this. Some of us are numb, others will justify within their belief system, some are just hopeless and confused about what to do about it and what cause they want to stand for.
Bitcoin provides the only hope that things will eventually get better. That we can fix this system.
Just my thoughts good luck everyone.

2025-06-13 04:10:51 UTC

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Yeah so what do we do huh? Fight from within the system? That always works so well.
On another note, not to make light of it. In 24 hours I've seen a missle and a plane strike tall buildings without them collapsing. 🤔

2025-06-13 04:06:20 UTC

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Another electric car push? or an excuse to drill local oil? I donno, i think they can get away with pretty much anything these days without needed a war to blame it on

2025-06-13 04:03:00 UTC

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Sounds legit, all i know is theirs always something more to it... was hoping that tarriffs and deportations were gonna be all the chaos they needed :/

2025-06-13 03:59:55 UTC

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This is what Dave Ramsey advises to do, to save more fiat lol
its amazing how Dave's saving advice gave me a lower time preference, and then Satoshi provided the proper tool. He would have made a great bircoiner haha

2025-06-11 06:56:15 UTC

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When things become so easy to make that there is very little profit, they will be included in other services as a way to improve the other service. Calculators are essentially free now, yet we all expect them to be available on our phone and computers. It took effort to put them there, but it just contributed to a larger product.
For a more physical good example. Lets say for instance, it was no longer profitable to sell shoes because they were so easy and cheap to make, that there was an over supply and prices fell dramatically. Well people still need shoes. So maybe instead of buying shoes, theyre just available for free at the grocery store, with stores providing this as a service to attract customers. Something like that. Why would i go to a store without free shoes when i could go to a store that offers me free shoes.
Not likely to happen with shoes considering the premium people put in brands but i think it gets the point across.
There would no longer be much investment opportunity in shoes, but this is because there is no extra capital needed.
Would this lack of capital investment be bad for the economy? Not necessarily, because that capital can now be invested somewhere it is more needed, while everyone still gets free shoes and a better living standard.

2025-06-10 09:15:28 UTC

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The only path to a deflationary economy is if everybody is on a bitcoin standard, all wages paid in bitcoin

2025-06-10 03:00:12 UTC

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Your expenses will decrease as well, eventually you could retire much earlier than a deflationary currency, if you save properly

2025-05-27 03:33:06 UTC

Advice for those coming to Vegas from a Vegas local
Try to enjoy the dopamine fix for a bit, knowing you will be home before long. Vegas is a one of a kind city where you will find whatever pleasure it is you're looking for. Try to enjoy it for what it is, and avoid the deceptive tactics. Dont go full degen! I would also advise getting away from the strip and experiencing some of the other places in vegas.
Check out AREA 15
The Arts District pubs
Freemont st.
Go see valley of fire natl. Park
China town food is 👌 and has great karaoke bars.
Drinking and walking the strip/freemont with friends and just people watching
Buy some overpriced weed and relax
Find your thing, not their thing
👍

2025-05-27 03:26:53 UTC

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Advice for those coming to Vegas from a Vegas loval
Try to enjoy the dopamine fix for a bit, knowing you will be home before long. Vegas is a one of a kind city where you will find whatever pleasure it is you're looking for. Try to enjoy it for what it is, and avoid the deceptive tactics. I would also advise getting away from the strip and experiencing some of the other places in vegas.
Check out AREA 15
The Arts District pubs
Freemont st.
Go see valley of fire natl. Park
China town food is 👌 and has great karaoke bars.
Drinking and walking the strip/freemont and just people watching
Buy some overpriced weed and relax
Find your thing, not their thing
👍

2025-05-27 03:04:47 UTC

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Better to have it and not need it then need it and not have it i guess 🤷 lol

2025-05-17 00:57:35 UTC

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They gave out bitcoins lol
https://blossom.primal.net/c81506ed1ed5e2dd002d4c1143914b1e00868e380ac1b2583b376030ad0b4d7d.jpg

2025-05-16 21:50:01 UTC

Does the IRS have a spot for # of cheeseburgers of profit i gained?

2025-05-16 20:34:23 UTC

Steak n Shake in North las vegas is on 2121 E Craig rd., how fitting haha

2025-05-02 12:23:58 UTC

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Asked the dude giving carwashes in the parking lot if he accepts bitcoin. He looked at me funny. Asked the lady selling flowers if she would accept bitcoin and she just smiled and kept walking. 🤷 no one wants it so ill just keep it lol

2025-05-01 22:48:40 UTC

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"Liberal vs conservative bitcoin" 😆 liberals want more freedom to allow any types of transactions, conservatives want to protect the base use case. Yet bitcoin is about freedom to use money, but that very freedom is not intended for all uses of money because that could take away its use as freedom money." Hmmm am i getting this right? 🤔

2025-05-01 22:44:18 UTC

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Didnt have to redownload the blockchain? This seems pretty easy to do

2025-05-01 22:42:34 UTC

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Part of me thinks, if bitcoin takes so much work and relies on people protecting it, then its probably going to fail at some point. Other part of me thinks that bitcoin is our shot at this new monetary system and we have to do everything to protect it, and the reason it wont fail is because of the inentives people have to maintain it so it is our duty to make good decisions. But if it can fail because of human action, it probably will? I donno, i literally just started running a pruned node on bitcoin core a little while ago after being "into" bitcoin for many years. 😆 now i gotta run something else? Lol computer stuff isnt as easy for me now as when i was young. Should i just stop using bitcoin core at a minimum?

2025-04-20 19:24:20 UTC

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Shadow on the surfboard def looks fake. Proof of shadow?

2025-04-18 21:10:25 UTC

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Tough thing to get over ego. Ego is biggest reason for circumcising your children.

2025-04-18 21:03:16 UTC

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Son is not circumsized. Wife actually pushed to not circumcise and i was able to get over my ego of just expecting him to be the same as me. Feel great about the decision now.

2025-04-17 05:06:13 UTC

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Not yet. Only have problems if the spool isnt seated in the ams properly

2025-04-17 04:43:18 UTC

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Nvm, i guess the people saying it could be hacked didnt understand how jade actually creates seed phrases. The esp32 chip is not a sufficient rng but jade uses multiple sources of rng.

2025-04-17 04:23:05 UTC

Whats up with blockstream jade and the esp32 chip. Do i just move my sats and trash the jade? Havent seen anyone talking about this. Saw a post on x that was deleted soon after seeing it.

2025-04-16 08:56:35 UTC

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Oooooooh... 🤔

2025-04-04 08:13:09 UTC

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Wifes concern meter
https://m.primal.net/QDnG.jpg

2025-04-04 05:32:16 UTC

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sickness-pollution-money-anger-mounts-ghanas-illegal-gold-mines-rcna174636

2025-04-04 05:23:10 UTC

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Some of the gold produced is sold to Venezuela’s Central Bank, but much of it is smuggled through Venezuela’s borders, reportedly reaching countries including Turkey, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Switzerland. The total amount is difficult to determine precisely due to it being illegal

2025-04-04 05:21:09 UTC

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Human Rights Watch was unable to identify whether any of the gold mined under the control of syndicates was sold or whether it is in the supply chain of any specific companies

2025-04-04 05:18:38 UTC

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"four residents said that they witnessed members of syndicates amputating or shooting the hands of people accused of stealing. Several other residents said they knew of cases in which syndicate members had cut offenders into pieces with a chainsaw, ax, or machete."