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2026-05-15 12:41:58 UTC

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Yeah I get that too.
It's in the same category as "As soon as we mine that asteroid made of gold, everyone in the world is going to be a trillionaire".

2026-05-08 14:15:43 UTC

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I thought that headache thing was a combination of grape varietal, and the application of oak.
The alcohol extracts chemicals found in grape skins, stems, and the oak barrels (tannins, histamines, and quercetin).
Quercetin interferes with the body's breakdown of alcohol, and can result in acetaldehyde build up.
So, a full bodied, high alcohol cab sauv that has had had extended fermentation on the skins, and then had extended aging in new oak is more likely to give someone a headache than a riesling.

2026-05-03 14:35:14 UTC

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That's a classic textbook bug you learn to test for in software developer class. And as a developer, it's edge cases like this you are always thinking about.
Similar to testing strings containing apostrophes when handling apostrophe delimited strings. Or semicolon delimited name/value pairs containing semicolons.
I wonder if this code was machine generated. There is a bug bounty bonanza right now due to machines creating bugs that are traditionally rare because the human developers had those fail points hammered into them as junior devs.

2026-05-02 01:02:22 UTC

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Forgot to mention. The fluid was transmission fluid. It gets pumped into a section of the radiator to keep it cool. Very odd timing it would start leaking right after I replaced the fluid...

2026-05-02 01:00:51 UTC

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All of a sudden, my vehicle has started leaking oily fluid.
I was worried that one of the plugs hadn't been tightened enough and had come loose, but no, it was coming from the bottom of the radiator.
I crawled underneath and there are two small tubes coming out of the bottom of the radiator, and fluid was leaking from where the rubber tube meets the metal connector.
I changed the rusty clamp. No dice. So I pulled out the hose and replaced it with a section of straight hose since the actual part isn't available. Still no dice!
So I lay there with a bright light and my glasses on, and I found a pin hole in the metal connector right where the rubber ends!
Luckily for me, my replacement hose is a few inches longer than the original, and I was able to push it over the top of the pin hole, and double clamp it. No more leak :-)

2026-04-26 13:43:00 UTC

Fucking Palantir.
If humanity doesn't regulate soon, I really don't see much of a future.
https://youtu.be/6AEpYU5fn6Y?si=7QxbAh7GDwzLYzEP

2026-04-18 20:21:59 UTC

My car needed a transmission fluid change. If anyone has been through this experience, it's bloody expensive.
So last weekend I attended YouTube university and did it myself.
I got a bluetooth enabled OBDII device and a free app on my phone to access the vehicle sensors (there is a temperature sensor inside the transmission). I also got a little hand pump for transferring the fluid.
A few tool bits I didn't have, and it was as easy as changing oil. Did the differential oil at the same time.
Saved myself at least $500.
So this weekend I did the other vehicle, and saved another $500.
It took some research to find the correct fluid for the vehicle, and learning the correct process. Some nervous moments, and some application of common sense. But now I've done it, doing it again will be really easy.

2026-03-16 17:01:09 UTC

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I'm using an alby wallet. Running my own node. The node is working, the browser extension is working, the Primal site is connected, and says it's connected.
But when I zap, the Primal site pops a dialog saying there is no wallet connected.
Maybe I need a reboot...

2026-03-16 16:09:42 UTC

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FYI it dropped my wallet. I'm going to have to piss around and reconnect it.

2026-03-15 15:39:18 UTC

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Yeah there is a lot less shit that they put in cigars. No burn and moisture regulating chemicals for example.

2026-03-15 15:37:53 UTC

If you have ever wondered why different people act the way they do, and different nations act the way they do, then this is an excellent, if long, talk about why.
It will even explain why You act the way You do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH4O2KCu6xg

2026-03-15 14:11:09 UTC

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I'm not a smoker, but I do grow tobacco, and taught myself how to make cigars, snuff, chew etc.
During my learning, I discovered that it's not the tobacco which is so terrible for you.
It's the pesticides, fungicides, burn promoting chemicals, and moisture regulating chemicals (like antifreeze) which are burned and inhaled.
A lot of the addictive and "nicotine hit" sensation experienced by smokers are actually caused by these chemical additives.

2026-03-15 14:02:54 UTC

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The creature from Jekyll Island by G Edward Griffin.
Tragedy and Hope 101 by Joseph Plummer.
One details how central banking controls nations and documents the creation of the US federal reserve.
The other is a commentary on the work of Carroll Quigley who was a Princeton and Harvard professor of geopolitical history.
That research reveals how and why "the network" was created, and documents their plan and execution for global domination.
The book also goes into how to combat "The Network", including the importance of crypto.

2026-03-15 13:48:06 UTC

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The wiring and switching equipment has to be a lot beefier to handle the continuous DC current. With AC, the current flowing through the circuit is zero 6 times per second, which means wear and tear on switches due to arching is far less.

2026-03-11 17:31:34 UTC

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It was an excellent lesson. Everyone found out exactly who everyone really was.
When the masks went on, the masks came off.
And I for one cannot unsee what I saw.
When things get seriously authoritarian, which they will, you can be 100% assured that the same people will behave exactly the same as they did during covid.
Your next-door neighbor will be your worst enemy even as they smile and make small talk.
There is a Polish cultural thing where you do not smile in public. Because it will tell others that you have something to smile about. Something they do not have. And if they do not have it, then you shouldn't have it either.
Smiling in public is asking for trouble.
Make no mistake. The people who live around you will rat you out for anything and everything if they think for a second it might in some way profit them. Even if it's for a dopamine hit and a feeling of power.

2026-03-11 12:03:53 UTC

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Fuck that!
Learn your lesson from France, where people who filled that out are now getting hit at home by criminals and tortured until they hand over their wallets.
This is an intelligence test. Don't fail it.

2026-03-11 12:01:32 UTC

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Always remember that the first casualty of war is the truth.
Especially in this post truth era where anything you see or hear can be faked.

2026-03-11 11:58:36 UTC

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It's a cultural thing. It is considered clever to scam someone, and wise to steal something you did not earn.
They may not even have a practical application for it except maybe selling it to someone who does.
These are the same cultural values that result in the faked expiry dates on food they sell, the price mislabeling and short changing at retail stores, the reused cups at coffee shops, the pre inspected and resealed scratch lottery tickets and promotional items like roll the rim coffee cups.
It's the same cultural values that drive the scam calls, the email phishing, the forged qualifications, the social programs abuse, the dumping of trash on roadsides and in waterways...

2026-03-07 14:17:03 UTC

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I hope that is true. 2026 has been a continual series of disasters and loss.
And it's only March.

2026-03-07 14:15:24 UTC

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Dangerous megalomaniac ones too.
Just look at the glee in his eyes as he describes his vision for the elimination of humanity at the hands of his drone army.

2026-03-06 23:33:07 UTC

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Oh I am mildly surprised. Care to share your thoughts?

2026-03-06 22:56:41 UTC

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Martin Armstrong's AI model (Socrates) predicts a major transition in how the USA is structured going into 2032.
It has a track record of accurate geopolitical forecasts going back to the mid 1980's.
Yes. Actual AI in production in the 1980's.
What you're talking about here is shielding / getting yourself out of the way as this phase state change unfolds.
There are other options that Armstrong recommends, and I'll leave folks to explore that rabbit hole themselves.
Because rabbit holes are fun :-)

2026-03-06 22:50:21 UTC

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I hear income taxes are entirely voluntary in the USA. Anyone here actually investigate this?

2026-03-06 22:31:44 UTC

Binance dumped 27,588 BTC
Jane Street dumped 10,533 BTC
BlackRock dumped 12,824 BTC
Wintermute dumped 17,606 BTC
Coinbase dumped 17,642 BTC
Kraken dumped 9,551 BTC
All at the same time.
They dropped the price 3%
What I want to know is... who is the buyer that just hoovered up a gazillion BTC this morning?
https://blossom.primal.net/a8986008593df1d565518468bfae8a5489382676e13ee3c73e7770e78c3b07cb.png

2026-03-06 12:32:39 UTC

Autonomous farm equipment. What could possibly go wrong...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PsTNiW_c3k

2026-03-04 13:52:51 UTC

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Pay close attention to what Matt Hill from Start9 has to say about Agentic AI and privacy.
You grant these personal agents high level access to your systems out of necessity, and everything these agents can access get sent back to whatever cloud platform you have subscribed to.
That company now has everything you digitally owned.
For example, I have a number of apps, algorithms, and platforms I built when I was a software dev that are still ground breaking today.
If I use AI agents to port all these systems into modern tech stacks, all that IP now sits with the likes of anthropic.
Just like Google has everything you ever typed into its search engine, these AI companies will have everything you ever express, build, keep, and do.

2026-02-28 21:20:46 UTC

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Been listening to your talk all afternoon. It's an excellent take on a lot of things.
One thing is the importance of the precious metals markets. Not as a financial vehicle per se, but as an important tool for learning how these markets are manipulated.
A lot of crypto folks are anti Gold and Silver for some reason. And they miss the hard learned lessons by the gold bugs. these lessons will become more important going forward as Bitcoin rotates further into institutional hands.
Finally, I have a question... what do you think the chances are that Jane Street is some kind of tentacle belonging to Vanguard?

2026-02-28 17:22:40 UTC

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Meanwhile during the same time period, over 100,000 people died from the known side effects of their prescription medications.

2026-02-28 17:18:35 UTC

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Because the people in power have been trapped by their own sin.
It's the oldest trick in the book if you want to control another person.
Israel happens to be masters at it due to thousands of years of practice.
Consider Abram and where he got his wealth from.
He marries his sister who happens to be smoking hot, and they set up this scam where they go into a kingdom and Abram tells the king that this woman is his sister and neglects to mention she is also his wife.
This tempts the king into sinning, and when the king finds out, he pays Abram off and they move on to the next mark.
It's a classic honey pot trap. These folks have been running ops like this since the beginning.

2026-02-13 14:16:52 UTC

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Voting harder never results in meaningful change.
Neither does protesting.
Both are constructs of a system designed to channel and control opposition to the system's agendas.
The most effective way to facilitate change is to exercise your right to walk away from the king.
And the most dangerous thing you can do is to position yourself so that you can actually exercise that right.
The biggest threat to the system is not your non-compliance. It is your non-reliance.

2026-02-05 17:04:18 UTC

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Most people can't do that in our modern society. I
t's a major reason why contestants on the reality TV show "Alone" end up quitting.

2026-02-05 17:02:16 UTC

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I don't often shitpost on nostr, but when I do, it's usually when I'm halfway through my morning coffee.

2026-02-05 14:51:12 UTC

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Alright. I can do with another wallet :-)

2026-01-25 21:39:12 UTC

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No Way!
Slash was part of the club too?
Is there actually anyone who legit broke into the industry?

2026-01-25 21:35:00 UTC

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I thoroughly recommend you watch this lesson. There is a longer more in-depth one, but here is the short version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kse87ocS0Uo

2026-01-23 23:07:41 UTC

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Ooff

2026-01-21 23:02:49 UTC

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THE MUN?
If so then welcome!!

2026-01-03 15:46:24 UTC

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Mostly elected and peaceful government receives assistance in a largely peaceful intervention by the global champion of freedom and defender of democracy.

2026-01-02 21:50:24 UTC

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Damn you live dangerously!😂
The best pans #worththesats are the ones your wife picks out when you take her pan shopping.

2025-12-13 00:33:24 UTC

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I was blessed in my formative years with a family GP who was very critical of "medicine".
This was the 1980's and he refused to prescribe antibiotics or administer vaccines on multiple occasions, because he recognized the incredible sophistication of the immune system.

2025-12-04 17:15:01 UTC

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Old enough to be an adult with kids.
Luckily for them, I had already dug into enough safety study data to realize that they are never tested on infants for ethical reasons.
Safety is therefore implied from adult test subjects.
So I dug into infant immune system research and very quickly discovered that they're structured and behave very differently from adults.
Then I discovered that the only reason they administer them to infants and toddlers is for administrative convenience.
So we hit pause until the kid's immune systems matured. And in the meantime it became clear that these things are not at all just what they present themselves to be.

2025-11-29 20:28:19 UTC

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Yeah I agree. They will just be quicker off the mark.
Doing some math, you will find a 10 year old on 50% calorific intake will enter famine type starvation after around 6 weeks because their metabolisms are much faster than adults.
Parents are getting seriously concerned after about 4 weeks.

2025-11-29 14:35:05 UTC

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Unfortunately, social democracy enthusiasts feel entitled to your shit.
When the food runs out and they watch their children begin to starve, they get all the more insistent that your shit is their shit.
In fact, when this happens, they become full of righteous violence because the evil people down the street are hoarding food that belongs to their children.
And if you give them even a cup of flour, they will come back the next day and storm your house.

2025-11-26 15:52:05 UTC

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Everything is an offer.
We are enslaved over time by repeatedly accepting offers until we become reliant on the one making the offers.
Freedom is having the ability to choose. Take the offer or walk away.
The most dangerous thing people can do is walk away from the king. They know it, and the scariest thing a person can do is work towards a position where they can do so.
But with freedom comes responsibility, inconvenience, and work. We must each assess where the balance is for us. This system does have great benefits, but at some point the cost is not worth it.

2025-11-23 13:36:22 UTC

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I've worked in tech start-ups most of my career, and this is a rarely talked about conditions that I have seen emerge in non-technical founders.
It starts with "fake it till you make it" which is somewhat necessary for your CEO to do in the early days.
Then they start believing their own jazz hands are magical.
And before you know it, their grip on reality starts slipping. You notice them lying when it isn't necessary or even advantageous to do so.
And as trust evaporates, they become paranoid, controlling, and their decisions become increasingly irrational.
Founder's syndrome. It's real, and it all starts with lies.

2025-11-16 14:49:51 UTC

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Walk away from their system.

2025-11-10 00:20:41 UTC

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I just had a channel go offline and my lightning balance reduced to zero.
I'm hoping it will appear on-chain eventually, or the channel will come back online.

2025-11-09 13:31:26 UTC

I've been watching the sun every day for over ten years. I have never seen anything like this.
An X class flare launched directly at earth in the wee hours of the morning. And as it did, an even larger plasma filament intercepted the eruption and swallowed it up.
Such amazing resolution and beautiful! https://blossom.primal.net/b50367916c6f3cb82f2fde42f644adac4ac5c978a6086d40497ea15316496a30.mp4

2025-10-30 12:27:46 UTC

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Yeah. Gold is for war. Crypto is for flight.
In other words, gold is the money of last resort when no trust exists between parties in a transaction. Or even in the transactional capacity.
But you can't get the hell out of dodge with a pile of gold. When people flee war zones, tyranny, oppression, or persecution, crypto is the best option.

2025-10-30 12:11:50 UTC

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They have a butt hole, but bee poop comes out of it. Honey is dehydrated bee vomit.

2025-10-30 12:09:20 UTC

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We had a particularly licky dog. She was short, and when people bent over to pat her, she had this knack of jumping up and sticking her tongue all the way down the person's throat.
Nobody enjoyed that, so I think that would be a 10.

2025-10-25 23:39:14 UTC

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Oh interesting. I have a 90 day frost free growing season so that looks like a potential option for my trials.

2025-10-25 23:27:58 UTC

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Do you know what type it is?
Been growing little dutch for 2 years now and it's excellent for pipes. Very aromatic.
All up, I grew 7 different varieties this year.
Burley, Virginia, Monte Calme Brun, Turkish, Florida Sumatra, Little Dutch, and Punche.

2025-10-24 22:42:36 UTC

A buddy shot a moose yesterday, and so I took half the hide and spent a few hours this afternoon fleshing it.
https://blossom.primal.net/36a6f11a5d68dcd3f275be31b3fc0c8bb2843dcaf14c2433ebcc7949f32a3daf.jpg
Why only half the hide? Because the last time I tried processing a moose hide it seriously kicked my ass.
Tomorrow I'll continue fleshing, and then I will soak it in unchlorinated water with wood ashes mixed in. It will sit for 3 or 4 days in there until the hair starts to slip, and then I will either make leather or suede by scraping off the epidermal layer with my fleshing knife.

2025-10-09 22:10:01 UTC

Monday morning and a bear breaks through the screen door of my friends house and goes inside looking for food.
So I get a call: "Hey you want a bear?"
Monday evening I skin and gut the bear. And all Tuesday is spent butchering, making burger, and rendering the fat.
Since then I have traded half the bear meat for homestead raised pork.
My buddy who shot the bear also gave me a frozen 22lb moose neck for my troubles as well.
So far it has been a blessed week for me, and a really shitty week for the bear.

2025-09-26 21:19:04 UTC

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It used to be a viewer committee, which means retired folks with nothing else to do with their time.
That gives you a rather disturbing insight into the minds of boomers.

2025-09-24 21:41:37 UTC

GM NOSTR.
I am waiting for this BTC correction to work itself out before moving some funds into physical assets in the form of books.
The kind of books one will need after everything collapses and we are all kicked back in time to 2025 BC.

2025-09-20 21:39:55 UTC

I've been putting this job off, but it couldn't wait much longer as winter is coming.
A month or so ago I filled a 50 gallon plastic drum with old wool fleeces I picked up from a farmer for basically free, and covered it with well water and left it to undergo a natural process called suint fermentation.
Instead of using loads of hot water and detergents to scour the wool, you let microbes and time do the job.
The down side is that it really, really stinks. And today was the day I dove into the tub and pulled the wool out, rinsed it a few times, and then hung it out to dry.
https://blossom.primal.net/69c874986f913f50554209732ac630fe643eb1d47a310ab038caf5c1f3be0d45.jpg
Here is the fetid nastiness. It's grass, sticks, poop, urine, sweat, and hair grease (lanolin) all well fermented by some anaerobic bacteria. It smells worse than it looks.
https://blossom.primal.net/2fdc6b1779b0beb9f4e9029f20cc73fcdff3e0aa0adeff0788452d89ea29e400.jpg
I fished all the wool out, wrung out as much nastiness as I could, and then took it over to another barrel full of fresh water so that I could rinse it.
I did all the wool in two batches, rinsing each batch twice.
Here is all the wool, hanging up on the fence to dry:
https://blossom.primal.net/afa4cebca7b00046a64d82fac831debff6b8c1da7ee6d6d0cf5a1f21f0e098b2.jpg
Most of the smell is gone, and apparently once dry the smell will go away completely.
All that gross water makes excellent fertilizer and so the fruit trees and berry bushes all got a good fall feeding.
One thing I immediately noticed compared to the hot water / detergent method, is the wool is much cleaner. There are no tangles, no residual grease balls, and the wool fibers separate out by themselves which will make cleaning much, much easier.

2025-09-13 22:33:05 UTC

GM NOSTR
Ghetto nails... And how do those women wipe their ass properly?
Might be a solid indicator for dating...

2025-08-24 22:38:06 UTC

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This is why Downs Syndrome is such a taboo subject. They are spell breakers, and there are countries that have zero in the population because they kill them before birth.

2025-08-24 22:32:32 UTC

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I remember my grandparents never, ever, used bought mayo. They always made it on demand, and it was awesome.

2025-07-21 15:27:03 UTC

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It really is incredible how we get through the day considering how easily the human body can be seriously compromised.

2025-07-09 18:35:21 UTC

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It's classic predator behavior. The sicker or weaker you act, the more attention you get.

2025-07-09 17:38:20 UTC

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I was an in-water rescue specialist for a SAR organization when I was younger. I was the one who trained for jumping into the water and retrieving people, performing CPR and any necessary first aid while I was there. Swim through surf onto rocky shorelines to get trapped and / or injured folks to safety etc.
One of the first things that got drilled into us on the medic side was that CPR almost never results in the person coming around like on TV. Your job is simply to keep oxygenated blood circulating until the medical attention needed to revive them is available.
I would have been astounded if you reported pulling an unconscious and non-breathing person out of the surf and had them come to on the beach.
If it's any consolation, there really isn't anything you can do to fuck up in that situation short of doing nothing.

2025-07-03 21:09:37 UTC

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Damn. XRP. So Harsh!

2025-06-28 15:45:02 UTC

Morning. I've talked about Bitcoin's looming liquidity problem.
Check out Blackrock's BTC purchases in the last week of June 2025, and bear in mind that less than 500 get mined per day:
1,430 BTC (Fri)
1,522 BTC (Thu)
3,158 BTC (Wed)
4,134 BTC (Tue)
2,110 BTC (Mon)

2025-06-20 18:17:26 UTC

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By sheer coincidence, the first direct rail line between Iran and China was completed and opened at the beginning of June 2025.

2025-06-07 20:37:31 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/97876879fc6e2608e00d0f987460ae28cc62aafdee8a48c353d3e13cdb0c0324.gif

2025-06-03 18:02:10 UTC

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Owen Benjamin called this months ago, describing AI as nothing more than a warehouse full of datajeets.

2025-06-03 17:59:09 UTC

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Doing my best!
https://blossom.primal.net/ad6d91cea9f4afde409fa43044d6f13df5d6acdccf285d9172a051a9584a2f8a.png

2025-06-01 14:51:16 UTC

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I disagree with this viewpoint.
Initial patents are time limited protection so that inventors can develop their invention and get them to market before the big companies rip the product off.
They aren't cheap, and a permanent patent is typically beyond the affordability of most entrepreneurs working out of their garage.
Cashflow is what kills most young businesses. And sinking thousands into a patent which probably won't offer them actual protection without an expensive and lengthy court case is not a practical option.
What happens in real life is a big company monitors temporary patent applications, and if they want that product, they watch and wait until that patent expires, launch their own version with more cashflow, and sink the fledgling competitor.
Patents are a mechanism to reinforce the monopolistic position big companies have over their chosen markets. At least in the West.

2025-05-31 11:56:48 UTC

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They have been doing this for about 7 or 8 years now. I first heard about it when Bio Bot was spun out of MIT thanks to In-Q-Tel funding.
All that data was heading into the Palantir system to be combined with every other health record from hospitals, clinics, etc.
Not to mention the IoT data coming out of your dwelling from all those appliances that are snitching on you.

2025-05-25 21:41:23 UTC

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You smoked a whole pig without cutting it up first?
Does that even work??
I've cooked them whole, but never tried smoking them like that.

2025-05-25 21:38:33 UTC

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You're not just a ghost, but a zucchini ghost aren't you?
You know, the ones who sneak up to your porch in the night and drop shopping bags full of zucchini at your front door during late summer..

2025-05-25 21:09:43 UTC

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We are.
I met a woman recently past her child bearing years, and she is one of those rare good people in the world.
I actually said to her that it's a pity she only has one child. People like her are extremely rare and the world would have appreciated it if she had a shit ton of kids.

2025-05-24 20:50:26 UTC

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I have a bunch of kids in competitive tennis. The only way they can participate on the circuit with a single income is to pet sit their way through the summer.
The kids also love interacting with the animals.

2025-05-22 23:00:34 UTC

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What is your ultimate goal? Bitcoin as a store of wealth, or Bitcoin as a main street medium of exchange?
It can't be both.

2025-05-22 22:21:35 UTC

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Someone peeing in your pool?

2025-05-22 22:20:18 UTC

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Yeah it's good money. Which is a big problem.

2025-05-22 21:40:27 UTC

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Unless AI is a thin veneer obfuscating an ocean of data jeets.

2025-05-22 21:38:41 UTC

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I would take a moment, and seriously consider his argument. It might surprise you. Worst case, you earn respect and your thoughtful response will be better received.

2025-05-16 19:55:57 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/ed5636d6f8b5f87d3a6a438b2d366d57618bd0b52b9eab53a532633551a8b49a.gif

2025-05-16 19:41:39 UTC

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Like Solomon said. With great knowledge comes great sorrow.
Part of me gets Cypher and wishes I could go back.
I'm taking a different path than you. Getting rich was something I worked hard at removing from my matrix. At least in terms of money. Not minimizing your efforts or priorities at all. We just have different paths.
The journey you ask about brought me to the conclusion that humanity is deeply and wantonly corrupt. It is for good reason that so many highly sentient beings which inhabit our world want nothing at all to do with mankind.
Sounds kind of dumb I know, but my focus has shifted away from this artificial human construct we may call the modern system and working within it because a deeper matrix which manifests as our very reality is not as solid as one might think.

2025-05-16 12:55:16 UTC

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Remember when the OpenSSL stack in Linux had a backdoor engineered into it for years and years, despite many, many "peer reviews"?
This situation with the Bitcoin network is extremely vulnerable, and I would go so far to say that it is already compromised. We just haven't found out yet.
Based on the personality types involved with developing and maintaining these systems, it's inevitable that a secret king will pocket a whole lot of money to compromise the system because their feelings got hurt.

2025-05-16 12:34:58 UTC

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Who would have thought the data jeets could have been bought off for a few shekels.

2025-05-13 22:12:02 UTC

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Your mind is alive. It exists outside of your body.
Likewise, Bitcoin exists outside the physical layer that sustains it.

2025-05-13 22:01:48 UTC

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Pol Pot disagrees.
https://youtu.be/cE96ZlIq0OI?si=rd7DOuigMSL6VaXE

2025-05-13 21:50:37 UTC

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You know why bear markets are called bear markets? Because the rallies are so amazing and so much more impressive than bull runs, that everyone piles everything in, only to get their faces ripped off.
Are we in a BTC bull or bear market? I have no fucking idea myself. And that is probably the best position to be in regarding any market.
Belief will kill you. So will fundamentals. I know because I learned that myself the hard way.
Maybe they pooched their reputations, maybe they didn't. Only time will tell.

2025-05-13 21:40:40 UTC

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You need to go back further and research cybernetics. But to answer your immediate question from an old soul who lived during that time, PGP comes to mind immediately.
The reason it never really took off is because people are inherently lazy in both action and mind. The intellectual effort required to exchange keys and set up communication channels involved more discomfort than surrendering privacy.
A fundamental law of change management is that people only change when the discomfort of staying put exceeds the discomfort of moving on.
You either need to lower the discomfort barrier to change, or raise the discomfort of the status quo.
To answer your last question, I think we are indeed in a cryptography renaissance, but it's out of necessity. The math is there for quantum proof cryptography, but I suspect the machines are about to take over the next phase of development because it exceeds our human capacity for mathematics.

2025-05-13 21:29:54 UTC

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Rhino wins if dog is smart.

2025-05-13 21:11:58 UTC

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I had to do one of those stupid personality tests for work the other day.
You can imagine the results when your mind is full of stuff like this.

2025-05-12 14:24:31 UTC

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I'm surprised it hasn't flipped a few of those others based on their similar tyrannical domestic policies and widespread corruption.

2025-05-12 14:18:50 UTC

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Yeah it's hit and miss. There is a learning curve and if you screw up early on then it can be a nightmare to unravel the mess.
Getting your node channels lined up properly and maintained really affects the user experience.
Experimental as it is, I've found that running my node on a Raspberry Pi has been the smoothest ongoing experience. Much better than an old laptop or something.
I think once a dedicated gadget comes onto the market where people can plug and play things will significantly change.

2025-05-12 13:45:57 UTC

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We started hustling on raising meat ourselves when the rhetoric started about injecting animals with self amplifying mRNA gene therapies in order to inoculate the consumers without their knowledge or consent.

2025-05-11 14:27:31 UTC

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Except of course Trumpcoin. Once that gets back to parity, it's going to the moon!

2025-05-11 14:25:50 UTC

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Another tear in earth's magnetic field, but during a bona fide solar storm this time around, and your wine will be worth more than Gold, and more useful too.

2025-05-09 22:59:17 UTC

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Anyone wondering how to hide your wealth from the greedy clutches of government? Have a shit ton of kids.
The wife is the heart of the home, and the wellspring from which all creation flows.
Pour everything you have into creating enough space for your heart, and it will exceed that space tenfold.
In the grand scheme of things, Bitcoin is nothing but dust.

2025-05-09 22:12:11 UTC

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If I slather this all over my body, am I not going to sleep for like, 3 days? 😂

2025-05-09 21:52:22 UTC

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I didn't get my position completely established before the breakout. I'm not chasing price so I'll just sit for a bit over the summer.
I'm expecting a good run and then a correction in early November. I'd like to hedge my position around late October but I'm not sure exactly how to do that considering how I'm holding the asset and how the exchanges are functioning.
I know how to hedge properly, it's just the tools available aren't really that great.
If I could hedge properly, I would collar my position using out of the money put options, and sell even further out of the money call options to offset some of the hedging cost.
Once the expected correction happens, I would unwind the trade and use the proceeds to buy more BTC. Just how Buffet operates.

2025-05-06 22:39:47 UTC

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Been doing that for a few years making tinctures, extracts, and powders from various medicinal plants.