Nostr notes by lifeisjustreplication

00:54:30 > .. let's give diplomacy a chance. .. There is ...

2026-07-05T16:32:20Z

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00:54:30

> .. let's give diplomacy a chance. .. There is no diplomacy .. Putin has no .. they don't do diplomacy in Russia ..

> .. there's the dictator and the dictatee, like that's how it works .. and there's no compromise, noone ever compromises in Russia ..

> .. right now the European Union they're fighting among themselves .. "who should negotiate with Putin?" .. nobody should negotiate with Putin, cus the only way that Putin is gonna stop is if he's stopped ..

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Well, probably also depends on how one defines the term diplomacy.

But in any case these sentences make me think: "Aha, now here's the overt propaganda at last."

"Art" installation?

2026-06-20T11:03:58Z

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"Art" installation?

The EU is probably going to push _AI_ for demand response / grid ...

2026-06-19T09:57:02Z

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The EU is probably going to push _AI_ for demand response / grid stabilisation instead of Bitcoin 🤷‍♂️

See here:

quoting
nevent1q…gqwx
Politico (3.6.):

EU wants households to cut peak time energy use as demand from industry and AI soars (EU will Energieverbrauch von Haushalten zu Spitzenzeiten beschneiden, da der Bedarf von Industrie und KI rapide ansteigt)

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-households-electricity-energy-artificial-intelligence-ai/

Depends a LOT upon regulation by EU and states, if this can take ...

2026-06-18T16:14:21Z

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Depends a LOT upon regulation by EU and states, if this can take off soon.

Would be hardly surprising if EU commission/parliament were to shoot Bitcoin mining as demand response mechanism in the foot by ruling the same old: "Bitcoin is nonproductive waste of energy and harmful to the environment, therefore it's not a legit technology.".

IMO the grid stability pain will have to get MUCH worse than it is now for politicians to reconsider their opinion.

Has been my opinion for a few years now: #complexity is a root ...

2026-06-11T16:04:56Z

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Has been my opinion for a few years now: #complexity is a root cause of many of today's problems in the world.

Complexity prevents individuals aka regular people from understanding things and thus making decisions in their own best interest.

(Large) organisations/companies/states have more resources to handle complexity so complexity tilts the balance of power away from the individual and towards the organisations.

Keeping technology/laws/rules/systems as simple as possible has the benefit of these things being better understood by the average Joe.

--> Reduce complexity!

Does your post have anything to do with the parent post YouTube ...

2026-06-06T18:15:10Z

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Does your post have anything to do with the parent post YouTube link?

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DCA'ers are retards?

2026-06-03T05:27:52Z

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DCA'ers are retards?

Honestly .. how can anyone be so utterly naive to believe that ...

2026-05-23T22:23:31Z

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Honestly .. how can anyone be so utterly naive to believe that cloud hosters will not scan/analyse their uploaded files?

Unless you encrypt before upload, they will scan.

Absolutely crazy how all these people in EU are so incredibly ...

2026-05-23T10:51:39Z

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Absolutely crazy how all these people in EU are so incredibly blind and naive that they cannot see or how they ignore out of convenience/laziness how politicians introduce measure after measure to install total surveillance and digital control.

UFOs have quantum evidence prevention systems.

2026-05-23T10:45:19Z

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UFOs have quantum evidence prevention systems.

Tja, da wird wohl nur helfen, dass man schnellstens mehr ...

2026-05-23T10:44:02Z

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Tja, da wird wohl nur helfen, dass man schnellstens mehr ungesunde hoch verarbeitete Lebensmittel erfindet (hallo Nestlé), für deren Folgeerkrankungen man dann "innovative" Pharmaprodukte ersinnt.

Und natürlich muss man schnellstens irgendwie die aufkeimende Vernunft bei vielen Leuten bezüglich endlich erkannter Ernährungsirrtümer ("Fett = schlecht, ..") wieder ersticken mit irgendwelcher Propagandisierung.

This music .. what gives? 🙄

2026-05-23T10:18:27Z

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*This* music .. what gives? 🙄

Related to what I wrote: #naddr1qq…46ta

2026-05-15T19:15:23Z

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Related to what I wrote:

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naddr1qq…46ta

Introduction

One of the most common fears surrounding artificial intelligence and robotics is the belief that human beings will eventually become economically obsolete.

The argument appears straightforward:

AI performs cognitive labor.

Robotics performs physical labor.

Machines become more efficient than humans.

Therefore humans are no longer needed.

From this comes a cascade of secondary assumptions: - mass unemployment, - universal basic income, - centralized distribution systems, - collapse of labor markets, - and ultimately a civilization where machines produce everything while humans become passive dependents.

At first glance, the logic appears compelling.

But the conclusion rests on a deeply flawed understanding of: - economics, - value, - labor, - productivity, - and human desire itself.

The mistake is subtle but foundational:

The economy is not fundamentally a machine for producing necessities.

It is a system for expressing and coordinating human valuation.

Production is downstream from human desire.

That distinction changes everything.

The Root Error: Confusing Production with Value

The fear that AI will replace humanity originates largely from industrial-age thinking.

Industrial civilization trained people to think of labor as: - repetitive task execution.

Factories reinforced this model.

Human beings became: - operators, - clerks, - coordinators, - analysts, - assembly workers, - managers inside standardized systems.

In that framework, labor appears interchangeable.

Thus when machines begin performing: - manufacturing, - accounting, - writing, - design, - coding, - logistics, - customer support, - analysis, - research, - planning,

people naturally conclude: “If machines can do the work, humans are no longer necessary.”

But this confuses: - tasks with: - human economic function.

Those are not the same thing.

Human economic importance does not originate in repetitive execution.

It originates in: - valuation, - preference, - judgment, - aspiration, - meaning, - and choice.

Machines optimize toward goals.

Humans determine which goals matter.

Productivity Has Never Eliminated Human Relevance

History repeatedly demonstrates this principle.

Agricultural Mechanization

At one point, the overwhelming majority of humans worked in agriculture.

Mechanization reduced the required agricultural workforce dramatically.

If the “machines replace people” theory were correct, humanity should have experienced permanent mass unemployment centuries ago.

Instead: - industrial sectors emerged, - manufacturing expanded, - science advanced, - medicine expanded, - engineering exploded, - entertainment industries formed, - software industries emerged, - global trade expanded.

Human labor did not disappear.

It migrated into newly possible domains of value creation.

Industrial Automation

Factories automated enormous portions of manufacturing.

Again, society feared permanent unemployment.

Instead: - productivity increased, - standards of living rose, - new industries emerged, - specialization intensified.

The economy did not contract.

It became more differentiated.

The Computer Revolution

Computers eliminated huge categories of clerical and administrative work.

Yet the digital economy produced: - software engineering, - online commerce, - digital media, - creator economies, - cloud infrastructure, - cybersecurity, - streaming entertainment, - mobile ecosystems, - decentralized digital services.

Again: productivity did not destroy civilization.

It expanded the reachable possibility space of civilization.

Why Productivity Does Not Eliminate Labor

The core misunderstanding is the assumption that: - human wants are finite.

Basic needs may be finite.

Human desire is not.

This is one of the most important economic realities in existence.

Once humans satisfy survival needs, they do not stop creating demand.

They shift toward: - refinement, - personalization, - aesthetics, - identity, - status, - optimization, - creativity, - self-expression, - novelty, - experience, - meaning, - mastery, - social differentiation.

As productivity increases: - expectations rise.

And as expectations rise: - differentiation rises.

The Economy Evolves from Scarcity Toward Differentiation

Industrial economies optimized around: - standardization.

Why?

Because production capacity was scarce and expensive.

Mass production minimized cost.

Thus industrial systems attempted to produce: - identical goods for everyone.

But if AI and robotics dramatically reduce production costs, then the optimization pressure shifts.

The new pressure becomes: - personalization.

Instead of: “One toaster for everyone.”

The economy moves toward: - millions of toaster variants, - individually customized products, - localized production, - aesthetic specialization, - adaptive manufacturing, - identity-specific design, - health-optimized variants, - socially differentiated products.

The toaster example sounds trivial, but the mechanism is universal.

As abundance rises: - sameness becomes less valuable, - differentiation becomes more valuable.

AI Does Not Replace Human Agency — It Amplifies It

AI is not an independent economic actor.

It does not originate: - meaning, - goals, - values, - aspiration, - desire, - moral preference, - aesthetics, - identity.

AI functions more like: - an exoskeleton for cognition.

It amplifies: - execution, - analysis, - synthesis, - production capacity, - coordination capability.

The human remains: - the chooser, - the valuer, - the intentional agent.

This means AI increases the economic leverage of individuals.

A single person may eventually wield productive capability previously requiring: - corporations, - departments, - specialists, - logistics networks, - accountants, - marketers, - analysts, - manufacturers.

But this does not eliminate the person.

It multiplies the person's productive reach.

Exploding Productivity Expands the Possibility Space of Civilization

Suppose AI increases individual productivity by 10,000 times.

Many assume this means: - 9,999 out of 10,000 humans become economically unnecessary.

But that assumes: - the economy is fixed.

It is not.

What actually happens is: - the space of possible value creation expands.

When constraints weaken: - creativity expands, - specialization expands, - niche markets emerge, - entirely new categories of value become viable.

The economy becomes more multidimensional.

Human beings do not merely consume necessities.

They endlessly generate: - new preferences, - new experiences, - new symbolic structures, - new aesthetic demands, - new social hierarchies, - new forms of meaning.

Thus productivity growth creates: - more civilization, not: - less need for humans.

Scarcity Does Not Disappear — It Migrates

AI may reduce scarcity in: - manufacturing, - logistics, - information processing, - transportation, - repetitive labor.

But scarcity itself never disappears.

It shifts into new domains.

The future scarcities become: - attention, - trust, - authenticity, - reputation, - judgment, - social alignment, - identity, - curation, - meaning, - community, - narrative legitimacy.

In fact, greater abundance often increases the value of: - trusted human filters.

Because when possibility space explodes, selection itself becomes difficult.

Humans cannot evaluate: - every product, - every service, - every idea, - every possibility.

Thus: - reputation, - community trust, - personal recommendation, - social proof, - human curation

become more economically important.

Why Information Asymmetry Never Disappears

Even perfect AI cannot eliminate: - bounded human cognition.

Humans remain finite.

No individual can process: - all possibilities, - all tradeoffs, - all future outcomes.

Therefore: - information asymmetry remains permanent.

This means: - human judgment remains economically central.

The future economy may become less about: - raw production,

and more about: - navigating infinite possibility space.

The Corporation May Transform Rather Than Disappear

Corporations historically existed because they solved: - coordination costs, - communication costs, - accounting complexity, - manufacturing scale requirements, - trust problems, - transaction costs.

AI increasingly compresses these frictions.

This means the rigid industrial corporation may partially evolve into: - fluid coordination networks.

People may increasingly organize around: - projects, - missions, - communities, - shared interests, - temporary alliances, - decentralized production ecosystems.

Technology increasingly replaces: - bureaucratic overhead.

But it does not replace: - human cooperation.

In fact: lower coordination friction may dramatically increase voluntary collaboration.

Dynamic Economic Coordination

Future economic coordination may become: - decentralized, - programmable, - reputation-driven, - dynamically negotiated.

Instead of: - rigid employment structures, - centralized payroll systems, - hierarchical management,

people may increasingly participate through: - contribution-based agreements, - automated revenue distribution, - protocol-level profit sharing, - decentralized collaboration systems.

The “company” becomes less of: - a rigid institution,

and more of: - a coordination mechanism.

AI does not eliminate social organization.

It may instead: - lower the friction required for humans to organize around common goals.

Why Human Labor Still Matters

The mistake in “AI replaces everyone” thinking is the assumption that: - labor equals repetitive execution.

But human labor increasingly migrates toward: - judgment, - trust formation, - meaning creation, - creativity, - relationship building, - coordination, - identity construction, - aesthetic refinement, - narrative generation, - strategic decision-making.

As AI automates lower-level execution, human effort moves upward into: - higher-order valuation domains.

This is not unprecedented.

It is the recurring pattern of civilization.

The Transition Will Still Be Disruptive

This does not mean the transition will be painless.

Short-term disruption is highly likely.

Entire sectors built around: - routine cognition, - administrative friction, - standardized expertise, - information gatekeeping

may destabilize rapidly.

This may produce: - temporary unemployment, - institutional instability, - credential collapse, - wealth concentration during transition phases, - political stress, - social disorientation.

But transitional disruption is not evidence of permanent human obsolescence.

It is evidence that institutions lag technological change.

The Long-Term Outcome

The long-term trajectory is more likely to include: - increased prosperity, - greater individual productive leverage, - explosion of specialization, - decentralized value creation, - fluid coordination networks, - lower barriers to entrepreneurship, - personalized production, - greater creative participation, - expanded human agency.

The economy becomes less about: - surviving scarcity,

and more about: - navigating expanding dimensions of possible human value creation.

The Final Principle

AI does not make humans obsolete because: humans are not fundamentally valuable as biological machinery.

Human beings are economically central because: they are the origin point of valuation itself.

Machines can optimize.

Machines can execute.

Machines can produce.

But machines do not independently determine: - what is meaningful, - what is beautiful, - what is desirable, - what civilization should aspire toward.

Value originates in conscious preference.

As long as humans remain: - the source of valuation, - the source of intentionality, - the source of meaning,

humanity remains economically central.

And as productivity expands, the frontier of possible human contribution expands with it.

AI does not end human economic participation.

It amplifies civilization’s capacity for differentiated human value creation.

If people get fired, they'll look for a new job .. don't ...

2026-05-15T12:11:52Z

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If people get fired, they'll look for a new job .. don't you think that most will find one eventually?

I'm pretty sure there will always be different types of jobs that cannot really be done by robots .. people may just have to move to these .. adapting over a timescale of years is doable.

And if people find new jobs, then they can continue to stack.

Call me naive, but somehow I don't think we'll ever run ...

2026-05-12T21:10:00Z

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Call me naive, but somehow I don't think we'll ever run out of work .. but that's another topic.

Maybe a bit like Jevon's paradox but for work instead of energy .. we'll use what we have, even when we discover powerful new tools that'd allow us to let capacity sit idle with same output.

The market can absolutely stay irrational longer than an ...

2026-05-12T21:02:37Z

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The market can absolutely stay irrational longer than an _individual_ can stay solvent .. the market cannot stay irrational longer than _people_ can stay solvent ..

If the economic incentives to buy/use BTC continue to exist (which they do unless the CBs return to gold standard), people will continue to buy.

But "just buy it all up" doesn't actually work, even ...

2026-05-12T16:51:24Z

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But "just buy it all up" doesn't actually work, even though it sounds somewhat simple.

Because it implies, that everyone (people) who currently is also buying BTC would need to stop.
But why would they stop if their goal is to "buy it to save for retirement in 30 years"?

Or why would people who speculate on rising price in 10 years stop buying now, unless they see the price rise to say $ 100.000.000 and think "oh, now's actually a good time to sell, I've reached my goals"?
In which case buying all BTC has become too expensive even for the FED.

Let's say they're doing that .. then either .. (A) they ...

2026-05-12T16:23:58Z

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Let's say they're doing that .. then either ..

(A) they burn the keys --> BTC total number is lowered --> less BTC sold --> higher price (assuming demand stays constant)

(B) they dump some amount on the market to crash the price --> price crashes temporarily but DCA'ers quickly consume the excess supply and the price eventually recovers

No?

Also, aren't we early? As in: most regular human BTC holders ...

2026-05-12T16:18:32Z

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Also, aren't we early?

As in: most regular human BTC holders are not 70/80/90 years old ..
.. but in 30 years many will be.

I'd assume that if someone's using BTC as savings account and even if they're using it for speculation/leaving legacy, they at some age will spend some of it to "get" something out of it before they go to the grave.

Sure, your assumption that velocity will be low seems reasonable. ...

2026-05-12T16:12:19Z

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Sure, your assumption that velocity will be low seems reasonable.

But I doubt that whales will just hold onto their BTC through all time.
I instead assume that at different increasing valuations, most large holders will eventually become sellers of at least a part of their stash.

Because the value is at some point so high (measured in touchable goods), that possession of some of the touchable goods is more valuable than keeping _all_ BTC.

And because Bitcoin (thankfully) doesn't earn interest, anyone that wants to benefit from the increased value by having some touchable goods _must_ spend.

Sure, we can assume, most whales/rich folks usually have other sources of capital/income to spend on buying stuff, but if they never sell BTC, they never actually benefit from its increased value, right?

And as to the scheme of dumping and crashing the price and buying back at a lower price, is there evidence of that actually working?
I mean, as long as there are many stubborn DCA'ers out there who just don't stop buying, they should set a pretty solid price floor and they also stack more when the price drops and they DCA for constant amount of fiat/time.

Actually pretty nice to see the US on 2nd place in so many ...

2026-05-08T21:07:41Z

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Actually pretty nice to see the US on 2nd place in so many countries .. wouldn't have guessed that.

Why can't people who're retiring just convert back their ...

2026-05-07T14:32:43Z

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Why can't people who're retiring just convert back their SOV'ed sats to fiat?

What needs to be "sorted out" there?

If retiree makes 1 tx/month converting sats-->fiat that's not overly many txs.

Come on .. IF "nuclear power plants" are supposedly just ...

2026-05-05T16:24:33Z

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Come on .. IF "nuclear power plants" are supposedly just "kettles to get rid of excess electricity" then can you explain how France generates all this electricity they heat their homes with and run their industry?

It's not coal, it's not PV, it's not hydro, it's not gas, it's not wind .. then what the hell is it if not nuclear?

Ach, ist doch alles kein Problem .. wenn der Strompreis Sonntag ...

2026-05-02T18:45:46Z

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Ach, ist doch alles kein Problem .. wenn der Strompreis Sonntag mittags schön niedrig ist, verschieben bald alle ihre Sonntagsausflüge auf Dienstag, sodass sie den günstigen Strom zum Kochen,Backen,Waschen und E-Auto laden nutzen können .. gelöst. Man muss nur ein bisschen flexibel sein.

Your criticism of Scuttlebutt is only partially valid, don't ...

2026-04-30T13:59:45Z

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Your criticism of Scuttlebutt is only partially valid, don't you think?

The scaling problem is undeniable.

The identity/key compromised scenario OTOH seems effectively the same as with nostr.

When your key is nsec is compromised, an attacker can continue to push notes to relays forever, can't they.

To continue with another identity, a SSB user would have to create a backup identity BEFORE being compromised and publish that through the primary identity (then every peer can check that out and start following the backup identity) .. and then use it in case of primary identity compromised.
Not different from what you'd do with Nostr, right.

"Oil to Solar ratio [watts]" .. .. watts dad?

2026-04-28T14:49:43Z

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"Oil to Solar ratio [watts]" ..

.. watts dad?

🙄 let's hope he won't attack.

2026-04-23T20:06:17Z

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🙄 let's hope he won't attack.

Question: Let's say you .. - generate a seed by picking the ...

2026-04-17T12:42:32Z

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Question:

Let's say you ..

- generate a seed by picking the words on paper snippets from a bag
- generate a wallet from this seed on an air gapped computer using spectrum
- write down some of the generated addresses on paper
- use these addresses to receive

Are these addresses then safe even if the Linux has a compromised RNG, because the seed is truly random?

DVDs .. really?

2026-04-15T18:09:01Z

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DVDs .. really?

Do you happen to have some tutorial for doing things like this, ...

2026-04-10T05:38:15Z

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Do you happen to have some tutorial for doing things like this, that you can point to?

I'd love to get rid of blobs for hardware but haven't done anything with LLMs yet.

For example I'm interested in running this laptop but there are still some blobs necessary.
https://mntre.com/

Agree. Convincing the public that some war is ...

2026-04-06T10:48:54Z

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Agree.

Convincing the public that some war is "justified/necessary" has worked far too often.

Don't you think?

Why? Because A, states/war lobbyists intentionally escalate. And B, they come up with very well crafted narratives.

Separation of money and state is necessary and would go a long way.

But I'm afraid it's far from enough to prevent "unnecessary" wars.

Government would IMO also need to be more transparent and function with much more simple principles so that the public is actually in control, instead of just being made spectators of a well crafted theatre play with the purpose of simulating public influence on policy.

Sounds like noble intentions. Yet, I very much doubt that ...

2026-04-06T10:33:52Z

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Sounds like noble intentions.

Yet, I very much doubt that governments would allow widespread adoption of hardly controllable p2p/adhoc WIFI networking solutions.

Also, if you look at the members list, those are all the big players that will do everything but play outside government rules: https://www.wi-fi.org/member-companies

Cheaper until things clog and you have to visit the mechanic, ...

2026-04-06T09:23:11Z

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Cheaper until things clog and you have to visit the mechanic, that is.

All reasonable .. but won't this nice strict isolation of ...

2026-04-06T07:07:16Z

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All reasonable .. but won't this nice strict isolation of money from the state fall over easily as soon as some state "needs"/wants to go to war?

War needs large amounts of money and if a state that is heavily indebted already just borrows more, it's credit rating especially when going to war will suffer and the debt would become too large to handle.

If that were to happen, the state would immediately propose to allow financing by the central bank again.

All they'd (the state) need to do is "convince"/propagandize the public that all this is necessary because this war is imperative/"forced upon us by the enemy" .. which unfortunately works too often.

Correct

2026-04-04T18:31:04Z

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Correct

Induce super powers?

2026-04-03T15:41:56Z

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Induce super powers?

My hip nearly dislocated when I just tried to replicate 🤷

2026-04-03T15:33:32Z

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My hip nearly dislocated when I just tried to replicate 🤷

What do Nostrich meat-eaters say about eating cheese? ...

2026-04-03T15:02:41Z

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What do Nostrich meat-eaters say about eating cheese?

Do/Don't?

Warmongering misanthropes

2026-04-01T14:33:21Z

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Warmongering misanthropes

IANAb iologist .. But this sounds pretty impossible, ...

2026-04-01T05:48:03Z

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IANAb iologist .. But this sounds pretty impossible, biologically.

🤔 did not notice a similar change in speed .. but I'm also ...

2026-03-23T18:30:32Z

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🤔 did not notice a similar change in speed .. but I'm also not following a lot of npubs.

But would they really publish a mediocre AI video to try to ...

2026-03-17T16:25:28Z

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But would they really publish a mediocre AI video to try to pretend he's alive?
How could this possibly be useful when they can be pretty sure it'll get debunked soon?

Could it not have a more complicated strategy behind it?
Like, cause uncertainty/confusion.

Even if it's not actually true .. publicly announcing it as a ...

2026-03-15T18:16:36Z

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Even if it's not actually true .. publicly announcing it as a possible scenario early on is porbably not a bad strategy from Iran side, I guess.

He's actually also the driver, right?

2026-03-12T16:53:09Z

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He's actually also the driver, right?

Isn't the consequence that states ought to play fair? .. ...

2026-03-06T18:06:47Z

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Isn't the consequence that states ought to play fair? .. because if they don't then their infrastructure will be destroyed .. without any chance to economically defend it.

Do tell, please.

2026-03-05T17:22:21Z

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Do tell, please.

Respect to this veteran for raising his voice.

2026-03-05T17:12:40Z

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Respect to this veteran for raising his voice.

Asmongold

2026-03-02T22:51:38Z

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Asmongold

And yet, many people will still defend western ...

2026-03-02T17:08:38Z

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And yet, many people will still defend western "democracy" as: the best thing we have available™.

Who dis?

2026-03-01T21:34:55Z

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Who dis?

Of course .. just turn rocks into granola, et voilà

2026-03-01T06:59:41Z

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Of course .. just turn rocks into granola, et voilà

But what base date do they apply? Let's say you bought 100 ...

2026-02-26T16:45:04Z

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But what base date do they apply?

Let's say you bought 100 sats in 2023 and 100 more in 2024.
And then you spend 50 sats in 2025.

Do they calculate your gains from "selling" in 2025 vs 2023 or vs 2024?

Damn nice 👌 .. do you have a link to the full recording? Like ...

2026-02-25T21:33:20Z

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Damn nice 👌 .. do you have a link to the full recording?

Like this one much better than the official versions on YT.

Hm, "Ohne Steuern hättest du: Keine Straßen, ..". Hab ...

2026-02-21T15:54:31Z

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Hm, "Ohne Steuern hättest du: Keine Straßen, ..".

Hab seinen Post nicht so absolut verstanden, also wie "ich will 0 Steuern und 0 Staat".

Es ist doch durchaus ein vernünftiges Anliegen, die erreichten technologischen Effizienzgewinne privat so zu nutzen, dass man bei ähnlichem materiellem Wohlstand mehr Zeit für andere Dinge als Erwerbsarbeit hat.
Aber genau das zu tun, ist für viele Menschen trotz aller Effizienzgewinne scheinbar kaum noch möglich im jetzigen System.

Die unaufhaltsame Verteuerung aller lebensnotwendigen Güter ist ein Grund warum die meisten Menschen eben nicht die Option haben, weniger zu arbeiten und trotzdem noch ok zu leben.

Und diese Verteuerung hat System und geschieht absichtsvoll.
Einerseits durch unsinnige Energiepolitik. Dieser Effekt ist hoffentlich unbeabsichtigt und Ignoranz/Ideologie geschuldet.
Andererseits durch Geldpolitik.
Das sagen Zentralbanker sogar explizit.

Das jetzige System zwingt die Menschen qua Teuerung dazu, immer mehr zu arbeiten. Trotz besagter technologischer Effizienzgewinne.
Soweit mir bekannt, ist die Zahl der Arbeitsstunden bezogen auf die Zahl der Erwerbsfähigen in den letzten Jahrzehnten gestiegen.
Soll das immer so weiter gehen?

I think, in many domains, in the long run, resilience often _is_ ...

2026-02-21T13:00:42Z

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I think, in many domains, in the long run, resilience often _is_ more efficient than short term efficiency.

Example coming to mind: electrical grid.
When resilience is sacrificed for short term efficiency, leading to a blackout, the blackout will do so much damage in different ways that all the "efficiency" gains will likely be eaten by effort to remedy.

They don't run as smooth as air filled .. but in case of ...

2026-02-20T19:42:39Z

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They don't run as smooth as air filled .. but in case of crash and fire they shine 👌

She might be complaining about the noise from his work 🤔

2026-02-15T06:38:10Z

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She might be complaining about the noise from his work 🤔

Shouldn't there be continually more flexible hashrate being ...

2026-02-14T15:29:42Z

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Shouldn't there be continually more flexible hashrate being added or static hashrate being relocated to grids that need demand response / flexible load?

With all the new renewable generation that's being added to grids all over the world.

The number of hours with negative intraday prices is still increasing in some grids if I'm not mistaken.

Does anyone use #Valet as a #lightning wallet and recommend it? ...

2026-02-07T11:13:57Z

Does anyone use #Valet as a #lightning wallet and recommend it?

Valet - https://f-droid.org/packages/finance.valet

Welcome back

2026-02-04T06:45:29Z

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Welcome back

Question: why should anyone trust that any of those emails or ...

2026-01-31T18:30:34Z

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Question: why should anyone trust that any of those emails or email screenshots are genuine?

Because they were published on some government site?

Great Episode 👏 Two cents .. At one point you discuss what ...

2026-01-30T06:48:02Z

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Great Episode 👏

Two cents ..

At one point you discuss what solutions to the problem of the financial complex running the world could be.

You didn't discuss a solution that seems pretty straightforward to me.
(I'm not claiming it's easy to implement, but rather that one should be able to prove that it does work.)

Here it is:
A majority of people need to understand that complexity is an enemy. Political complexity, financial complexity and also digital/technological complexity.

Why? Because the more complex the world is, the more obscure mechanisms exist to allow the financial complex to pull the strings with most people not being aware and not being able to do anything about it.

So we need simple political systems where people understand the consequences of their actions/decisions. Only then are even able to make decisions that reliably benefit themselves.
If the world is (unnecessarily) complex, then people can't even know what's good for them and what's not and what's only good for the elites.

Just one good example IMO is the element of randomness that was used it ancient Greece where they elected politicians based on chance. This made it harder for social networking as we have it today with the political parties to capture individual politicians and build power structures that reign from the background.
Election by lot is simple and people can easily understand how it works. Nothing obscure about it. No hidden networks influencing (corruption/blackmail/..) who gets the seat.

People need to understand that high complexity creates opportunities for powerful entities with great resources to game the system in ways that the individual cannot game the system because the don't have the resources to understand and game.
So simplicity is imperfect but good for the people.

People are actually still using Tox? Used qtox for group audio a ...

2026-01-28T16:26:14Z

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People are actually still using Tox?

Used qtox for group audio a few years ago and it worked surprisingly well.

Any good explanation why of all BIPs BIP-110 isn't listed ...

2026-01-26T16:17:22Z

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Any good explanation why of all BIPs BIP-110 isn't listed here?

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/tree/master

Happening in NL ... #nevent1q…43ps

2026-01-21T16:47:07Z

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Happening in NL ...

quoting nevent1q…43ps

🤦🏻

NETHERLANDS TO TAX UNREALIZED BITCOIN GAINS

Netherlands is moving toward taxing unrealized capital gains on bitcoin, stocks, bonds, and other assets after parliament voted to overhaul annual income tax filings.

Under the new system, investors will owe tax each year based on changes in asset value, even if nothing has been sold.

The reform, known as Wet werkelijk rendement Box 3, is scheduled for 2028 and will tax actual returns by measuring the difference between an asset’s value at the start and end of the year, plus any income received.

That means both realized and unrealized gains will be taxed.

Critics warn the shift could create serious liquidity problems, forcing investors to pay taxes on paper gains without having cashed out.

Unless .. "they" manage to sabotage it .. with CP .. or ...

2026-01-19T16:33:33Z

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Unless .. "they" manage to sabotage it .. with CP .. or by taxing capital gains with > 50 % .. of by propagandizing and linking it to "villains" like Kim Jong Un or Putin ..

The hard part is IMO: how do you learn/grow/accustom yourself to ...

2026-01-14T23:30:55Z

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The hard part is IMO: how do you learn/grow/accustom yourself to not just habitually give in _without_ either being an asshole or being perceived as an asshole.

That's IMO a very narrow target to hit and most people - reasonably - err on the "not an asshole" side of things ..

So far so ordinary 🤷

2026-01-13T06:49:15Z

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So far so ordinary 🤷

Cut the number off after the thousand separator, eh? 🙄

2026-01-10T13:57:43Z

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Cut the number off after the thousand separator, eh? 🙄

Poor fellas have been sweating for years 😥

2026-01-08T17:22:22Z

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Poor fellas have been sweating for years 😥

What does the #Bitchat crowd think about https://qaul.net/ ? ...

2025-12-31T16:16:00Z

What does the #Bitchat crowd think about https://qaul.net/ ?

Quite some overlap in the features, it seems.

#qaul

@nprofile…uh72 .. what's your impression with this?

2025-12-30T11:45:42Z

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Juraj (nprofile…uh72) .. what's your impression with this?

Wondering how many people at #39c3 "secretly" own Bitcoin ...

2025-12-30T10:49:33Z

Wondering how many people at #39c3 "secretly" own Bitcoin ..

.. as in, they're not open about it at 39c3 .. because it seems a bit like Bitcoin is almost habitually being frowned upon there ...

... but that may just be the vibe that I individually picked up.

🤔 is noone on nostr posting about #39c3 ? Or am I just not ...

2025-12-27T22:35:51Z

🤔 is noone on nostr posting about #39c3 ?

Or am I just not seeing tge notes?

(maybe because I haven't set search relays)

Economies of scale --> lower cost per unit?

2025-12-24T23:38:25Z

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Economies of scale --> lower cost per unit?

Population declined drastically though

2025-12-24T22:34:25Z

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Population declined drastically though

Just wanted to show off your nerdy keyboard, eh?

2025-12-20T21:39:57Z

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Just wanted to show off your nerdy keyboard, eh?

And just for legal reasons they will fit the "asking for ...

2025-12-20T21:34:02Z

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And just for legal reasons they will fit the "asking for access" somewhere innocuous, where people will just click approve quickly like with all those EULA forms they already had in the early Windows versions.

Can tell from experience .. it's more about water .. rather ...

2025-12-15T23:38:09Z

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Can tell from experience .. it's more about water .. rather than food .. food is often heated, so less risky .. drink a sip of water though .. from that plastic cup in which they serve you water .. from that bucket in the corner .. bam, you'll have it.

As I've been saying about the Apps-walled-gardens problem for ...

2025-12-10T16:40:35Z

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As I've been saying about the Apps-walled-gardens problem for years:

The best way to fight is:
Use services via websites & browser.

The principle: use it or lose it.

You _have_ to give companies a financial incentive to keep services accessible via websites.
You _have_ to give managers statistics that say: we've had 30 % of interactions with our service via the website, we cannot lose this.

If people 95 % opt for the App, because "muh, App has so much better UI/UX than browser" they'll turn off websites as soon as they can.

Same goes for websites working with Firefox/derivatives: if you want maintainers to make sure their websites work well with FF, you have to use FF and thus flood their servers with your FF user agent.
If shops risk missing revenue by their website not working for people with buying power .. they will make sure their site works with the browser.

Until I come across some trustworthy randomised control trial ...

2025-12-09T16:35:29Z

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Until I come across some trustworthy randomised control trial study, suggesting that LED lights are indeed bad for sleep, I don't buy it.

Been surrounded by those lamps for years .. sleep just fine.

I'm damn sure that exposure to VOC chemicals emissions from us being literally surrounded by plastics for hours in a day .. as well as breathing in and ingesting micro/nano plastics ALL the time .. is a health problem that's so much larger than LED light.

Putting both adverse effects on one chart, the damage from LED light would be hardly noticeable, I'd think.

--> now you know where the heavy metals go 🤤

2025-12-08T16:44:33Z

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--> now you know where the heavy metals go 🤤

Somehow the AI growth train has to be kept rolling .. especially ...

2025-12-07T12:23:07Z

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Somehow the AI growth train has to be kept rolling .. especially with all these investments/commitments/bets .. this is also the boon of the corporate world being utterly dependent on Windows/m365 .. all the companies are going to pay for the whole AI party .. and .. all the better if Africans get hooked on US OpenAI instead of Chinese DeepSeek .. so get them access and lock in some subscription models ..

Makes me wonder if either ... A) .. those supposedly harmful ...

2025-12-04T22:50:33Z

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Makes me wonder if either ...

A) .. those supposedly harmful effects of seed oils apply to ALL sorts of these oils and ALL ways of processing and consuming them ..

.. or ..

B) .. some oils and/or ways of consuming them are perfectly healthy.
(And they're only harmful because most people are systematically shooting themselves in some other way.)

The mechanism that UFA/PUFA are less stable and thus deteriorate from exposure to UV sounds pretty plausible.

But our bodies have marvellous mechanisms of self repair.
Maybe under certain conditions, let's say, for example, enough sleeping hours, which contribute to high melatonin, which is a powerful antioxidant, the seed oils are not harmful ..?

So it's not just his endocrine system not being used to carbs ...

2025-12-02T16:22:47Z

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So it's not just his endocrine system not being used to carbs and thus glucose doing wild spikes when he doea eat carbs?

Because nausea doesn't happen with special carbs.

Maybe those special carbs are low glycemic index / wholegrain?

Sadly it looks like AI .. just pause the video at second 6 .. ...

2025-12-01T21:34:18Z

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Sadly it looks like AI .. just pause the video at second 6 .. you'll see some very coarse faces and other elements.

Well, the claim that "cost of sex --> closer to zero" ...

2025-11-30T10:46:02Z

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Well, the claim that "cost of sex --> closer to zero" is somewhat true.

But .. the other thing ..

> .. and when creating wealth is no longer required for status, security, or attracting a mate ..

That is obviously wrong.

Looks to me like his thinking derailed a bit there.

GrapheneOS looks like a very valuable project. But this text ...

2025-11-21T21:30:17Z

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GrapheneOS looks like a very valuable project.

But this text makes it sound as if you can trust a phone with GrapheneOS installed if only the keys/signatures were verified on boot.

Seems naive to me to trust a hardware device with probably hundreds of opaque blobs even when it has the best open-source OS installed.

One possibility would be to crash the price by moving all the ...

2025-11-21T20:50:31Z

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One possibility would be to crash the price by moving all the coins believed lost.

That'd be crazy wild .. if they had indeed created it as an ...

2025-11-21T15:30:12Z

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That'd be crazy wild .. if they had indeed created it as an attractor for libertarians and system opponents ..

.. to make them think they have an exit ..

.. to let it ride and do its thing .. for years and decades ..

.. to then finally pull the plug at the right time ..

.. to make it collapse and leave the opponents in the dust.

Maybe they don't want to wait for the weeks/months/years long ...

2025-11-21T15:19:29Z

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Maybe they don't want to wait for the weeks/months/years long that it may take to bounce back 🤔

Will be quite interesting to watch the spot prices in January .. ...

2025-11-19T16:26:33Z

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Will be quite interesting to watch the spot prices in January .. and also the electricity spot prices 🫣

I'd say she's quite well off .. beautiful buildings .. ...

2025-11-15T21:21:42Z

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I'd say she's quite well off .. beautiful buildings .. plus she gets the benefit of having exercise two times a day .. and she doesn't need to try to fit it in her day either, it does so automatically.

Been thinking about this for a few years now. One way to fight ...

2025-11-12T06:50:20Z

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Been thinking about this for a few years now.

One way to fight back is: collect your own data and process it (ideally locally only) and come up with conclusions and knowledge about yourself.
Sure, you won't be as good as "they" are .. but better than nothing.

Unpopular? Depends on who you ask .. Was it really ever the ...

2025-11-10T22:19:11Z

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Unpopular? Depends on who you ask ..

Was it really ever the Ukrainians' war?

Or were they gaslit into believing it was their war to fight?

I'd say it's the US' war against Russia and Europe at the same time.
Unfortunately every war has to happen somewhere .. Ukrainians are paying the price for US decision now.
Worked out moderately well for them up to now.

Will it mean that real estate specifically in popular areas will ...

2025-11-10T21:37:04Z

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Will it mean that real estate specifically in popular areas will get notably cheaper?

Wouldn't be so sure about that.

Does this fantastic illustration have some name or source? Who ...

2025-11-10T21:31:43Z

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Does this fantastic illustration have some name or source?

Who used it first in what context?

Ah, it is .. damn, I thought these things don't fail like ...

2025-11-08T21:02:38Z

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Ah, it is .. damn, I thought these things don't fail like this.

That an Apple/Macbook?

2025-11-08T21:01:39Z

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That an Apple/Macbook?

😄 🤦

2025-11-08T20:58:43Z

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😄 🤦