2025-10-17T14:28:09Z https://nostr.ae Simon (2.₿y.2) Kofah https://nostr.ae/npub1njrxx64druwzxvexewj2ejg0upxp7ynd4m3a7tyfpp33fplz8ufq4z2hq2 https://i.imgur.com/xwZjM42.jpg https://i.imgur.com/xwZjM42.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0lnrzw7q899lq35ut4a73ffcr5486mmtay56aqzzkfljnewuafwczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ynhr489 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9dwzt29luwrts5u4uwl0cyhqxsm2x8z2z2rsdf3ccs6klwdzvq7spzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsxrrlg5'>nevent1q…rlg5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Being against everything...&#34;<br/><br/>Define &#34;everything&#34; 2026-05-19T05:23:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs02xnzedwdskyur7a5uc78pduannskee6le4uc65qtm54k828xypszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y3ea06k Random thought:<br/><br/>I&#39;ve always heard the DOD touted as proof that a socialist system can work (e.g. Tricare).<br/><br/>What&#39;s always missing from that claim is the obvious fact that it can only afford to be socialist because it is funded by the proceeds (and debasement) of a larger capitalist system. Also the fact that socialism always works... for a moment... until gravity kicks in and it collapses under its own weight (much like the bloated/corrupt DOD is doing now).<br/><br/>That is all. 2026-05-11T18:45:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0crm3z6aqhp3q0dggm7ld2gsu3wrvf06ec2q0n6rtrnyw339xpjszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y66cf9c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqkgnnsdcr0epj7jkshdldedv65wfs2rfexs03q9vh67w303yn45gpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsgetsgz'>nevent1q…tsgz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Always wait for &#34;Print receipt?&#34; prompt. That marks end of transaction.<br/><br/>Gotta love fiat. Makes everyone a cop and a robber. 2026-05-11T15:23:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstmx3yguvd5jqkf4ed50y3jr7g65q3hexx6zmmme769j808pkgcjczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ygfwdhu Orwellian double-speak has quietly created a deep semantic divide that enables reality-manufacturing at an unimaginable rate. Add AI, and all bets are off. We underestimate how much of &#34;objective&#34; reality is actually perspectival.<br/><br/>Yesterday I learned, this whole time, that my wife has thought Trump Derangement Syndrome referred to irrational PRO-TRUMP zealots. Your media diet defines your reality.<br/><br/>This successful coopting of language negates any hope of compromise, agreement, or a democratic resolution to modern societal rifts.<br/><br/>This is tower of Babel stuff.<br/><br/><br/><br/> <img src="https://npub1njrxx64druwzxvexewj2ejg0upxp7ynd4m3a7tyfpp33fplz8ufq4z2hq2.blossom.band/fa97529d7ee04662a56b4dc312f160b31fc7db7d0b70365da3687fec0ade0c22.jpg"> 2026-05-03T14:25:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0qlkdnej87h5xmdz7pakk30gtcg670d0dzhk2ehnsklq66p4u9qczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y87r4dc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst6e2x7ncqvkau0dwfmyjprfq4ggrhghvpx8gkyg9qr6m0tcta57spz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7lc6uss'>nevent1q…6uss</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Much appreciated. Been off nostr for a while. Need to do some wallet maintenance 2026-05-02T18:02:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsym9zvd790xg62lhuh5l6k3xxzn6fk4wk7uyxaznunc8jkewzyt6gzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yjkl26m Why I fear we&#39;re fucked<br/>fucked...<br/><br/>Anarchocapitalism is cruelty. This is the general sentiment of most mainstream (particularly left-of-center) detractors of such a system. Indeed this is the reaction to any sociopolitical/economic system founded on principles of individual accountability - sound money, libertarianism, small government, Austrian economics, etc. Individual responsibility, while empowering to some, is outright terrifying to others. The consequent reality is that a large swathe of society generally operates under a premise that equates consequences with cruelty. This bias is preserved down to the individual level, most commonly expressed in different parenting styles. Why is this important?<br/><br/>It is important because it illustrates that what is needed is NOT a fact-based discourse highlighting the merits and drawbacks of the seemingly radical ideal of a predominantly individualist (as opposed to collectivist) system of governance. First a deep exploration of the underpinnings of morals and justice must occur. Before I can convince you that the libertarian vision is not one of cruel and indifferent individualism, we must first have a mutual understanding of notions like ‘justice,’ ‘kindness,’ and ‘cruelty.’ I am generally a proponent of facing the consequences of ones actions. This starkly opposes the opinions of many people I know personally who view this way of being as harsh or uncaring. So the problem is that when you view consequences as cruelty, then the type of society proposed by libertarians IS a cruel one. And this gap is unlikely to ever be bridged without catastrophe (e.g. Great Depression or Soviet-style civilizational despair).<br/><br/>Nature to be commanded, must be obeyed. As people and societies experience prosperity and insulation from nature - and its uncompromising Darwinian competition for survival - they become increasingly intolerant of hardship. Stated differently, the better able civilization is to subdue the forces of nature, the more misaligned with nature and its principles we become. The problem with this is that laws - be they of physics or nature - cannot be escaped. They can be deferred. So eventually, the bill comes due. If individuals are not required to pay the price for their actions, eventually, then society writ large will have to. This the case in much of Europe. And it is becoming increasingly the case in the United States as we forget our own rugged, self-reliant origins. I suspect the dislocation will only worsen as we opt for continued attempts at denying the axiomatic truth that NOTHING IN LIFE IS FREE. This is the weak-men-creating-hard-times phase of the cycle.<br/><br/>If you’ve reached the end of this post, thank you. I don’t like to be a pessimist, but I just do not see a path forward, barring a major recalibration of society’s prevailing views on individual responsibility. Perhaps I am mistaken. 2026-05-02T15:10:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp0xh8z9pathnzkavj8hrhe0cvdgx8mac4ur8qqtnmf9t4njrcuhqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ypv7jpx The cognitive dissonance of being a bitcoiner in medicine.... love my patients. Love treating them. Fucking hate Healthcare, the bureacracy, the corrupt incentives, and the way many of my colleagues think. Can&#39;t go on forever. Sigh. 2026-03-22T02:22:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8u2cr07qujm9aza98ygfjm0r7ujj5skz720r39zq4zcrqressqmczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yqrtdw4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs82xyuucpeggkpclz305yznctaxmlnwrk62kw9znn9lc0m2pxwftcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qxwpku'>nevent1q…wpku</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A pardon would be the right thing.<br/><br/>That said, it&#39;s funny how easily he&#39;s played like a fiddle - just say it started under Biden and his ears perk up 😂 2025-12-16T02:01:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsttpshv0xupg60ux3efv4xakmzk77dekxhh3xu2w9gklqjcux7t0szyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ycaf548 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ga2es6ve3f9r8qwfklhd37rvumzsuyl4a5ny85ls0rsy3004srcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhs7dyzp5'>nevent1q…yzp5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh I absolutely agree. But there&#39;s rational atheist skeptic types who argue that supernatural framings aren&#39;t compelling. All I&#39;m trying to imply is that even if divorced from the supernatural, the existence if a spiritual war is irrefutable. 2025-12-16T00:46:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0mxmxpeukhd8ttvrma4ump0qp8z2jc5c9n97cysz7t5snfwkgkgczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ycq95m5 I am increasingly hearing the term &#34;spiritual warfare&#34; pop up in the modern vernacular. Some obviously subscribe to this framing, but others I see cringe or recoil at this, as it appears to evoke religiosity and superstition.<br/><br/>I would argue that intentional and exacting attention needs to be paid the WORDS, however. Spiritual warfare encompasses the Christian connotation people think of. But it also has a more general meaning. I would argue that ANY struggle that transcends establishing exclusively physical submission of an opponent is spiritual. When a UFC champion takes a match into late rounds to dissect a challenger, that becomes a war of the spirit. When a prisoner of war is subjected to psychological torture, the goal is conquest of the POW&#39;s spirit. The intent is to BREAK his or her spirit.<br/><br/>So the question is: are there or are there not forces at play in society that strive, whether intentionally or otherwise, to break our spirit?<br/><br/>#thinkstr 2025-12-12T20:33:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgy97w8sdhxgvysmlj2yx7gntdzgqg9kh8njyrvz0t6hr7kadt5aszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yuv4r26 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyp9hqg57ugpj4fjq6v8nmufj89j8wma3tqnhz4pqpc5jkf4ywfkspr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9u7mllve'>nevent1q…llve</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What a guy! 2025-12-06T20:00:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdln4zk52jjh4x33w0ulgfmzcsmf4a3fwkckmq5msnc4uaenpkpvgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ydle9uv Probably an unappealing take, but I believe two facts exist in opposition in modern society (specifically with respect to the male psyche):<br/><br/>1. Emotional intelligence, the therapy revolution, comfort with being vulnerable, etc. are generally positive forces for actualization of men - as social creatures. This is a good thing.<br/><br/>2. Cultivating rich emotional fluency has the directional effect of domesticating men. Of course this a generalization, and there are/will be exceptions. But, generally speaking, emotionally actualized and vulnerable men are less savage men. The question is, does society need savage men?<br/><br/>I would argue savage men in your populace aren&#39;t needed. Until they are. Every revolution in history has hinged on savage men. And if history teaches us anything, it is that revolution is ALWAYS coming. Eventually. This is the paradox I observe as we unconditionally push for more emotionally intelligent men. <br/><br/>...but idk tho 🤷🏾‍♂️ 2025-12-02T15:42:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst9pf7ml7lapcc2245cvte7a3zp9ye8pewvkrrk20hnqgukhkfr4gzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yhn7ecj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8k3ve4ruswnd2shgpnnancwrnwslwrfaddsg6eah9kjne6dj7r3qpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0ax9060'>nevent1q…9060</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Was just ranting yesterday about this phenomenon to my wife. Everyone and everything MUST be monetized. It&#39;s gross. 2025-11-30T03:45:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9sckm4twrv5k5476cweuj34zxgq5f567tvj688ucua2crk4ffu4czyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ya3tyns War is the difficulty adjustment. 2025-11-27T16:22:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfn4nrlw2ja0ahg43ljm540e4lcqs74gxvhsrn8sfugplyh0qefsczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ydceqvu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfnlsu42ccq5mufvwf58myjd7ddh7f32pdqpnv9yl5zgfvsqhrlhspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsphshrr'>nevent1q…shrr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Question in my mind is, who holds more sway in their respective domain: JPM in America or CCP in China?<br/><br/>If Xi couldn&#39;t successfully defeat the corn, can Jamie? 2025-11-26T05:01:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszz8vnd5rqmlkpl0mvh79cxrysjzgglax2epw96w53kdzsp09tqmgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y7xqhcc If restaurants billed like hospitals....<br/><br/>1. A menu item would cost X.<br/><br/>2. The value of X would be hidden from BOTH the server AND the guest.<br/><br/>3. The guest would then be charged some value Y (instead of X).<br/><br/>4. The restaurant would then be paid some value Z (instead of Y or X).<br/><br/>5. We, as a society, would then be downright BEWILDERED by how broken restaurant economics have become. Insanity 🤬 2025-11-24T18:32:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvjng3stvsrxvecptjvvgvxsccx64205mykhf7cty5vayyj84gmtqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ysgfjxd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdjwu68mkekxma9mvw5yyf3xmlgwwaaxcrvxrvg2kzauy6qg0678sppamhxue69uh5qmn0wvhxcmmv9u7qp8f2'>nevent1q…p8f2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sure. In this case. I&#39;m just pointing out the problem with unforeseen consequences. You are implying these ppl are good at anticipating consequences. I am suggesting they are abysmal at it. Therefore there should be no tinkering with the source code<br/><br/>Nature is the only proofreader I even marginally trust. 2025-11-24T18:02:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0w2sctv6388excy8grcfc05uc67g4u95d33zq29ygcqtgwqk6fqczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yw8vmp8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrk7n0lpfpx54a3pc33zjs4kqx63radmp7hp0cd5nqq8ay6q8vrycpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcdq4a7p'>nevent1q…4a7p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Familiar with Roundup? It&#39;s a highly toxic chemical that kills nearly anything it touches. Crops were &#34;bioengineered&#34; to be tolerant to roundup. Farmland was then saturated with Roundup, killing only the undesirable plants (weeds).<br/><br/>&#34;Testing&#34; the bioengineered crops would have revealed no problematic effects to the plant. But it turns out human consumption of Roundup is VERY harmful.... nature would have never produced a plant immune to Roundup. Gene editing did. Unfortunately the second/third order effects became apparent only after the practice was already mainstream.... this is a large contributor to America&#39;s food supply being toxic 2025-11-24T15:59:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvg4rdrcrtfqz9xap4ytjarddu3cash6mp8t5w6lksfss59udz9zgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yslyk47 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdu222p0hvwpg2vtkegpc8wpspkaheuktnglug4enem6ylhnhnl4sppamhxue69uh5qmn0wvhxcmmv9u9a4rp7'>nevent1q…4rp7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If we assume gene X only controls one trait, but it turns out to control a lot of functions, we could introduce weird diseases or mutations by accident. When you selectively breed, you let evolved biological control mechanisms filter out potentially dangerous mututions<br/><br/>I don&#39;t trust profit-motivated corporations to tinker/optimize for bigger oranges and beefier cows without tolerating some possibly harmful tradeoffs. These are the ppl that brought us high fructose corn syrup. Given the means, they will ALWAYS want a &#34;stickier&#34; product.. 2025-11-24T15:37:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswlr7nwsnjh4ce449dunfjyle50ejxwd2syqf9jpf6pncy3443r3szyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y5rsrrk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvwxjnxav7pxg8cnwdjnvlg6yuzpjd847rr7952v0y3d0ds2pzh0sppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0zy3heg'>nevent1q…3heg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The nuanced distinction between the two approaches is in fact the very critical detail... every single thing humans do HAS to factor in the probability of human error......<br/><br/>Human error in the context of selective breeding has a much lower probability of catastrophic fallout than does human error in the context of direct genetic modification/&#34;bioengineering&#34; 2025-11-23T15:26:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8d7936xj2uw4lxp2epelfcn7lx3hm22garpjd00f8un3qrwxfrpszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yn4596f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9xz2d4jamkesqnlh7ugfxk22x8hfwzwflhysjzaxysyge999nytcpr9mhxue69uhhqun9d45h2mfwwpexjmtpdshxuet59u74l6qs'>nevent1q…l6qs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Man.... thanks 2025-11-23T01:27:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy2tx90n73dwn8kqstxeg8324cctc0n77q5r2kthaulrywltm6dsczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yr23dx6 So is <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqstvj22wngc5t0687qvak06mt34spm3dl8pqu0ymcv7946xkmv8vpspzamhxue69uhhxetpwf3kstnwdaejuar0v3shjtcx36237" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>PUBKEY</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…6237</span>)</a></span> DC open to public yet or nah? I think google is trying to lead me astray. Says it doesn&#39;t open till December 2025-11-23T00:38:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqj54ema60lcj6vsm56uk95k7r8edjhnt4gcc08pgh2vt8yt792zqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ywp2qns The US floating toxic financial thirst traps like this 50 yr mortgage scheme WHILE gutting the populace is the fiat govt equivalent of a mob boss that gives a usurious loan, then positions goons outside to shake you down for the borrowed cash.<br/><br/>You end up broke and idebted to the mob boss - who ends up with the money &amp; power. 2025-11-22T19:30:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst295ncdax85px64fzfnpuarcs3jj2ws0rrk5pyj5589yh44tewnczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y0pp3fe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspm3ccejaghj7r77tz4qga7rhus0y7pjhf63w00uyef435p465xsspr9mhxue69uhhqun9d45h2mfwwpexjmtpdshxuet59u34drpd'>nevent1q…drpd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Glancing through their reported data, seems they are... 2025-11-18T20:03:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy404y7pxtr3dwstunxqj6jzxsw9wkav2mal89n07kppwjmu0pcdszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ys8gque In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvejqx46sakxt2sxuelkdju0e5ssaxdt5u565eed7cqfd37rx8uaqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj78536mt'>nevent1q…36mt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Any w/o nuts? 2025-11-18T19:58:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2v55wlgcnq667vzrevf24jtcxap5s36mu4lp25a0xjuu59rhjxjgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ydn69t6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv9x42xmw76v7px3wl0fz9txadkr6l0pzq86r32hqvs4svwumdtgsppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0wptwt4'>nevent1q…twt4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fold? 2025-11-18T17:42:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0e8399a2t4vjslpyd5mr0dmf7yz50y0p88zmpd9r7jhl3v74j3lszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yeftsuw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswsjrnntzhxpfcvxpv7zltfp2scjgdvtenlvslzp0ttlmugrskzscppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0wrz47z'>nevent1q…z47z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Lost on most of the world. Many seem only interested in understanding that which they have already decided to condone. 2025-11-17T02:02:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgspv8d2edzg55jjp89tlfwhj36h66f3248vxmnmcy2cfda8tmn0qzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ywtngp0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvspvtcqlz78rse3vax40aycfn3267crdeeufvvcda2kqfkkn9jwspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43z7q8c3da'>nevent1q…c3da</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You know how fiat relies on monetizing tomorrow&#39;s resources today?<br/><br/>Tesla does that with innovation. 2025-11-16T21:12:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2sqcq8ml0kt2ldk3edxvwg6amtephz8kw2lrzrrgnfcdfhsy5ctgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y7c4gq7 I find it amusing that to many people I know, the statement, &#34;not everyone needs to go to college&#34; is more controversial than &#34;not everyone needs to get married/have a family&#34;.... one statement is backed by 70 years of precedent, the other thousands.<br/><br/>We have a long way to go yet. 2025-11-16T20:56:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfpxagcnvpvzw8qjmz6s3mdyvscc5rt4rddp6pluqeah3k98um9zszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ynx0hd7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2q7w666fgd0ct82tfm8t06kdanlhkra9dv8vc32dtcscyc7ys6xqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0ngs7tz'>nevent1q…s7tz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I guess that&#39;s a valid point too. Our conception of time is so constrained by its necessary link to geographic location on Earth. Seems so obvious that this becomes a woefully inadequate system as soon as you leave the atmosphere (or time travel for that matter)... block height doesn&#39;t seem to suffer this same limitation 2025-11-16T02:56:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgdj494dq6hunn73ys7ne55h4u6llalzn8sfgjmqfwrnan8a9ywjczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y5lvd55 Thought question: assuming bitcoin represents a new New World, complete with its own time zone - or rather its own timekeeping convention (block height)...<br/><br/>Would this convention be tenable at extraterrestrial/interstellar distances? Is there already an accepted convention for timekeeping in space (I assume UTC would be a silly idea)? 🤔<br/><br/>#thinkster 2025-11-16T02:35:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9n3cxkwpkj254ghpygdcegwh5f56f09p74kmwls0q77urqyq9urqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y2qvf8u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqll3p3464ajsj0n3spgvpdy3us7mtk4vgmemaadyylvhpjn7hd7spz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhs0xexa0'>nevent1q…exa0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I WISH it was only 80% 2025-11-13T01:45:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst9emzeq6repcn2h7r2vw9elwa3k36w6pmgewfmj0qlsy65s4rxmgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ytkdhfm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8rsmgdr2nupg3ga7yfg3cgchd5adj94a9zctwgkmm2mqakzgnwacpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsghy0yn'>nevent1q…y0yn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Boing. 2025-11-12T03:36:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvptatj5ekue85u9sd44g93486l4k37urvau09v80cdkr3fjaqqhgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yr98lvu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstplamgp3kfkurxwc0jm5rmh83smuh85nd7jffccyfjmettgkammsprfmhxue69uhhq7tjv9kkjepwve5kzar2v9nzucm0d5hs9uhr64'>nevent1q…hr64</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Our society pulsates to the hypnotic drumbeat of corrosive hedonism. 2025-11-08T04:04:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdkck68kppaq3peew02e7cm53tgl36wk7aydupgx43pgxj20ts3kczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ylh7rhj The word &#39;healthcare&#39; is a fairly modern word. I don&#39;t know why, but I&#39;ve always taken issue with it - as compared to other longstanding terms like &#39;medicine&#39; or just &#39;health.&#39; It feels like an orwelian misdirection designed to CONNOTE (imply) one thing, but DENOTE (mean) something entirely different. The term is never examined, but I feel it should be.<br/><br/>Similar to how &#39;social justice&#39; masquerades as actual justice, but in reality is a wholly unrelated, highly political, and less noble idea.<br/><br/>The serpents should be given no quarter. Every single word should be dissected before accepting any of their premises.<br/><br/>Idk. Just a gut feeling I suppose. 2025-11-01T17:44:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvx6mp3q5feefth0rgt6upkl0n67snwd443kptnl8f0gk0hdtlklszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yswe4xw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw2gcrvc9g2755q3mmypa02a66wndhhw8ah97r835q805f96jcn7spr9mhxue69uhhwmm59eeh2er0vdshymr0wvhxxmmd9uzvckzt'>nevent1q…ckzt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s the only echo chamber where I routinely get wise/sound advice....<br/><br/><br/>Or is that just what someone inside an echo chamber would say? 🤔 2025-10-26T13:09:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqjxtmckhqtd65rt807ew68n0qgrjpvmcdrm4d3knmme4eqcc0saszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yxcut5h Something I struggle with almost daily is authenticity/integrity....<br/><br/>Does being authentic and committed to truth-telling mandate that I share my position on EVERY issue at EVERY opportunity? In my day to day life, I&#39;m surrounded by left-leaning normies who couldn&#39;t be bothered to question any of the mainstream orthodoxy. It gets exhausting engaging these people. So I generally keep my mouth shut and my head down. This is taken as tacit agreement with their dogma. This feels cowardly.<br/><br/>Is there a proper balance between having the courage to speak my mind and just being combative/argumentative?<br/><br/>#asknostr 2025-10-26T02:48:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqp6mxgswgnuy8cqa8r2ld70tckcvlla2494xqw28062hcfnfr3lgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y6vc37p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8qvq09ss47tea7wra834x60txnc84lsn8sngf2t2mnzksr9svrpqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgd6cc'>nevent1q…d6cc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I believe leftism is an emergent property of increasing scale. Large atomized populations are the fertile ground for this ideology to take root.<br/><br/>Maturation, parenthood, entrepreneurship provide a counterbalancing force to this scale. They draw attention to the micro. Conversely, big tech, bureaucracy, academia are blinded by their focus on macro phenomena.<br/><br/>This decouples them from reality. 2025-10-25T17:52:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf8arkyh7vf95673ve82a7s50mjyp7uq3f00aayay87e0q50sh5sqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yujxhkf When a patient is dying, there are a number of physiologic derangements that are universally present. Many appear early and worsen (sometimes gradually, sometimes rapidly) until the person&#39;s demise. These commonly include low blood pressure, low oxygen saturations, labile heart rates/rhythms, and an altered or depressed mental state. Many, if not all, of these aberrations, are apparent even to the lay person or the junior medical trainee as worrisome. For the most part however, these findings, though very concerning, do not NECESSARILY spell the imminent death of the patient. There is one derangement though, that once it appears is a harbinger of the end: hypoglycemia. It turns out that maintaining physiologic blood sugar - specifically avoiding LOW blood sugar - is an absolutely fundamental condition of life. So much that this function, largely fulfilled by the liver (with some input from the pancreas), is more protected and preserved than even maintenance of blood pressure or blood oxygen levels. So when a patient&#39;s blood sugar begins to tank, requiring administration of dextrose to correct, this spells liver failure and is an undeniable tell that the end is nigh. This is often missed by family members or novice clinicians as meaningful because hypoglycemia seems so innocuous when compared to the other concomitant physiologic abnormalities in the critically ill.<br/><br/>...why do I mention this?<br/><br/>Lately, when I listen to people like @NikBhatia, Luke Gromen, Dr. Jeff Ross, @Preston, @MartyBent, to name a few, I get the impression that the silent (as far as MSM is concerned) geopolitical and macroeconomic tremors we are experiencing are America&#39;s hypoglycemia moment. These tremors highlight fault lines in the post 1971 USD hegemonic structure. But - just like low blood glucose - to the lay person these events seem like esoteric concerns, easily corrected by a hit of sugar. Bond auction and repo market fragility aren&#39;t felt as palpably as inflation, unemployment, or unaffordable housing, but they are nonetheless telling signs of things to come. I&#39;m no economist. But I know a sick patient when I see one. And, as I listen to the people with expertise in this domain, I see some concerning parallels. Just my 2 sats. 2025-10-25T05:54:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfvq437gztendwcjsu4aw2rghugdz8mw6r6fv4yj7l7vegxeqd9lszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yd4xvaq My little cousin (20 something) just started a job as a financial advisor. Cold calls me to offer his services.... i declined but said I&#39;d be happy to chat. I was excited to see if Gen Z tradfi has evolved in its understanding of #bitcoin.<br/><br/>I was sorely disappointed. The hubris is oh so strong 2025-10-22T22:21:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs22ehsg3p9gll9l4w8dnuvnlrxmppaqaxfwtyt7q5xeu0dk52pa2qzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ysnusza In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs29x4lc25tf7jpyz7v4uj0pksz5d6hhxzwsxcxfrulnv4spaqd85gpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj70zh46d'>nevent1q…h46d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ewwww 2025-10-18T02:54:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq89n5f70fzqjz40j0hwrn49qmewqk3d4pg8axvsxd8ew868vknqgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y85fwpz For the warriors that have passed on.<br/><br/>.Anis.Mojgani.<br/><br/><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://video.nostr.build/a5fb201c7303e009a698cbca363fa11bcea094efc022d8131cf7693496d20e5e.mp4"></video><br/><br/><br/>#artstr 2025-10-17T14:18:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs95v0xdwcy37h49xxzncx9wnc9jvfeuwvz4ehj72qq9duuxcsmkwqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ydll0zd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswrx7f0pr9wa8su0akee5efx9ct5ns8p8hgwcnzc7snvwt9v3e5lgpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsp77hj9'>nevent1q…7hj9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wtf is this??<br/><br/>Shit&#39;s fire. 2025-10-14T04:15:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqdxsqzj0hutj03exdlr39mp5eenfckqggkp6rkqnu5tn2zd4p5jgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ys7hncw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdq4vwrn0lr9jt2m26zr4rx6yrqty8s77fmfka4gc9tzl6q5hpawcprfmhxue69uhhq7tjv9kkjepwve5kzar2v9nzucm0d5hs78h8su'>nevent1q…h8su</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is so upsetting.<br/><br/>I&#39;d hit though. 2025-10-13T02:48:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyy5lnq5g88c970ktwnf6j0n0ylzy0k4pyynldajaxc4ktczcnecgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yykhtxw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrvpwhz9xn928dk8jrpfgs6xurx6a7ypfvemhgwm5595t5l79lhegprdmhxue69uhhg6r9vehhyetnwshxummnw3erztnrdakj7hwv7tf'>nevent1q…v7tf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Pretty sure there&#39;s a reach-around somewhere in there.... 2025-10-12T20:29:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszyteufc4gy7jsuavzfpz478llp6mzs60g6gym6dhytryp20mjz8qzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yqhgdw7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrg60wz84nh0gqtaq68t9k52zgn79t0s990vk75y6tfeyka0wxdgspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsj5st3y'>nevent1q…st3y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Breaking: the Shitcoin™️ industry is a scam. Who knew?<br/><br/>After all that has happened, it takes a liquidation to reach this conclusion. Maybe the shitcoin universe is fractal.... this pattern is doomed to repeat for all of eternity. Some kind of Dao of Crypto. 2025-10-11T23:05:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfkkfr653khard78jhsey2vrdza3atkm0t4whx98gx6axwg568pfqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y62xx8u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw9qqatwvgqrcrsy3faurptve2hcjp95du2y4s66wg74fu7n8daccpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcqj0mzz'>nevent1q…0mzz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;World Government Summit&#34;.... what is this insanity?? 2025-10-11T22:43:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy9y6ylfuv6fx8zhyep2ndq4qhgp32g8c4uypzm05weptkxtn90pszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yhx8aqh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrxrvzcyk9899zk3zt4fv2xm2nnnvkmva8zcqwm89z3t5meclnqaqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj735nw4s'>nevent1q…nw4s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What venn diagram intersection leads to someone simultaneously having the ability to make/possess $15M AND the sheer stupidity to put it all on SUI (whatever the FUCK that is)?????..... i am truly bewildered by this 2025-10-11T17:06:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvd9xwsknx6kt4jg2yt2yxa5tymz8a38ptrs5kftervtlaqxz6rlqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y4zdnxh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0sdpkefva24ea2kp6tle7xaa62fjjjlks0sxnv965fnk9e4g24sspzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsp8dfz0'>nevent1q…dfz0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Help me out here... What&#39;s a hypothetical leverage scenario where a 12% drop in the underlying leads to COMPLETE liquidation? <br/><br/>Does that imply this guy levered his entire stack up 9-10x?? 2025-10-11T13:58:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0f857ufq6srs0w2qyuadxwqw9revsaewe7q2k2hwp924j9g4e3rqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ydsv99a Probably unpopular take: I&#39;ve never understood the hate I hear for Charles Hoskinson (the Cardano dude)... I get the shitcoining point. But is it possible that he&#39;s just WRONG about crypto but isn&#39;t necessarily a charlatan?<br/><br/>I&#39;ve always heard negativity about him, yet every single time I&#39;ve listened to him speak (most recently on Shawn Ryan Show), my impression is that he&#39;s intelligent, nuanced, and ethical. What am I missing?<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/_DZgdAUGXug?si=Xsgo8DJhrspBSAbV">https://youtu.be/_DZgdAUGXug?si=Xsgo8DJhrspBSAbV</a> 2025-10-10T20:35:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrnqnqu367e8tpahehs3sq5tkr2ff9argdczuu9x64lhzwf0cqldszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ydldxay What tradfi ppl don&#39;t understand: they are thespians. They&#39;re actors in the play. As a bitcoiner, I am an audience member that noticed the theatre is on fire.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t care what act/scene we are in or when intermission is. I&#39;m leaving. 2025-10-09T15:46:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswngnrwgvzhd2vds7nemx6m5ecfl3e00krdvl8gpdny7cy4jzngcqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y8xlk6u Overhearing normie boomer finance dudes sharing their bad BTC and MSTR takes behind me in a restaurant = 4th turning version of taxi drivers giving stock advice 2025-10-09T00:53:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2xc4u8suthjusyv6dg4qm7d65z359t4ep9hupgyvl82rq055kgvszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ygugcvx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq55pfzpdwfzy7yzjtxkanelggf3zjt427hg26u4l5g9gq6k62ywcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp06wp3ym'>nevent1q…p3ym</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why don&#39;t I trust him.... 2025-10-03T04:58:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsypl2ksmm902k7v86r0gqeglhv6cvsee7aun2y6aj3hh67c5e3xvgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ya3ewnv Hot take: when discussing leadership (esp in context of politics) business leaders or often lauded as having the best experience/acumen for the compexities of leadership. I would submit that an overlooked and underestimated intangible in a leader is an understanding of human nature. And few people understand human nature better than skilled adversarial-thinking software developers.<br/><br/>So maybe that&#39;s what we need: more hackers (preferably cypherpunks) in politics. That&#39;s it. That&#39;s the tweet. 2025-10-02T01:43:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8gktf0uxdxsq7nkqxuxv9k3wc4e3s7a4tf3tdv2px3murjlj74vczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yp7mkyl Every human action is a response to an incentive (or a matrix of incentives). If you can&#39;t explain another human&#39;s actions, that just means you&#39;re missing the incentive that they are attuned to.<br/><br/>Dismissive pejoratives like &#34;evil,&#34; &#34;lazy&#34; and &#34;stupid&#34; are cop-outs from understanding other ppl&#39;s incentives. There are certainly evil, lazy, and stupid people in this world. But even they are responding to incentives. 2025-09-27T05:20:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvzytw6m9k265u2jmhs3pj5dlf0ue6rchn0undqgx86pza8gv2qzgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yjse4fm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyuyxxgep4cdum2kwejzm7vaaq2gp5tuper4nswysanydxr2s6uugppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qzsnvm'>nevent1q…snvm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They think they can defy gravity. It is definitely going to hurt. 2025-09-26T02:07:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8cmxscnzky28njcnjuw6dceaur8hf7vgfpf36ny5z979jsmptfgqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y4hzwg4 Make no mistake. Freedom of speech is on the menu. Both arms of the political apparatus are actively DEVOURING what remains of free speech. <br/><br/>Charlie Kirk&#39;s assassination was an assault on free speech.<br/><br/>Kimmel&#39;s cancelation (irrespective of the quality of his show) is a reflexive assault on free speech.<br/><br/>Lather. Rinse. Repeat. The noose slowly tightens. 2025-09-22T14:09:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0wxlwsx2w034v0czs8neyvv9dq4l50uhhe6nap6r4dp7k88jr9yqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yuklnq6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsveztr3fy2pfg9gg0vscacw86tv85q0d4fz6yz2uwxp448mgyd0mspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsshrqsh'>nevent1q…rqsh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Pretty awkward metric. 220lbs is a small polar bear. Might want a bigger wagon. 2025-09-14T01:25:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsve6ealhx00njcl8cyn4rn8d8kc8gsag33u5n0tjkrgf67tx4paygzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y8wrn7f Could use some help with a game theory question I haven&#39;t seen discussed in #bitcoin posts/podcasts. It has to do with what I refer to as fiat sats - fake bitcoin held on fiat rails (think ETFs, treasury company equities, etc.).<br/><br/>Looking long term, I see bitcoin dismantling fiat. Inevitably. But in the near/mid term, I can easily imagine bitcoin being viewed as a threat and coming under assault by a dying fiat system. In that timeline, we have to survive 6102 attacks; Operations: Chokepoint N.0; attacks on self custody, etc... In such a scenario, does it make sense to have some fiat sats as insulation? If for no other reason, holding fiat sats diverts attention from one&#39;s real stack and allows obscuring those coins from a hostile tradfi regime. This gives individuals the breathing room to wait out a dying fiat system without potentially doxing their UTXOs. Face it, BTC circular economies are promising, but interacting with the Leviathan is unavoidable if one is to buy a house, pay for medical bills, or pay tuition.<br/><br/>This approach seems to me an effective way to be antifragile. This also explains why some OGs have been selling massive amounts of bitcoin. If you are going to be a multibillionaire regardless, doesn&#39;t it make sense - much as it pains me to say this - to sell half your stack? In so doing, a massive holder essentially locks in extraordinary wealth in both the fiat world AND the BTC world and plays both sides of the war to come. This assures that regardless of what timeline plays out over the next decade or two, you and your family are set.<br/><br/>I know the goal is to never have to sell your bitcoin, but I do see this as a scenario that rarely gets fully gamed out. I&#39;d imagine maybe 10% of a person&#39;s sats being kept in the sanctioned sandboxes of brokerage accounts, 401Ks, or whatever else, with the remainder essentially airgapped from prying fiat eyes in deep cold storage.<br/><br/>Another way of putting it is keeping some fraction of your hard earned value in Ceasar&#39;s currency, while the family jewels are buried out back. Thoughts?<br/><br/>#asknostr 2025-09-14T01:21:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyrx45ql5vtx4psa7y5khwpeacjzfqxgwa7hhkwgmhg8d5696fy3qzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yhp3t23 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswnw8r3deeca09z4pzrcklljjrx4tvwyc23wf9e2hjhypmh4mghacpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7s6j33a'>nevent1q…j33a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is the difference between &#39;tribe&#39; and &#39;state.&#39; What&#39;s good for the tribe is very often also good for it&#39;s members. Conversely, very often that which benefits the state only harms the individual. State level adoption of bitcoin is good for America.<br/><br/>Americans have been fooled into thinking they ARE America... (Spoiler: they are not) 2025-09-13T17:32:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgyy60ckfyukur2pjnktfjsaw4yp6qx62cpvdnya0wrsafuxcfzcgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yt2wsgs Imagine you work for a powerful person, prone to violence. You are charged with managing your employer&#39;s finances. Now, imagine you have been quietly, imperceptibly, stealing from this employer for years. Eventually you become careless and increasingly bold in your theft. You now take stock and realize you have overplayed your hand. Your deception can no longer be concealed or embellished away. Knowing your discovery is inevitable, you are faced with two choices: make strategic plans to preemptively eliminate your dangerous boss before he kills you, or get your affairs in order. Choose force or suffer force.<br/><br/>This is the dilemma faced by our present day parasitic hegemons (central bankers, bureaucrats, political class). Historical precedent dictates that theft of the magnitude they have committed only ends one way: violent revolution. They are no fools. Hence their sloppy and ham-handed fumbling for the levers of power. The masks are off. There is no longer time for tact or artful deceit. They are desperate. They have to secure the bag and bar the gate. Everything happening is a manifestation of this fear.<br/><br/>Stay vigilant, anon. 2025-09-10T02:09:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0ydzp70gay5a9ryrmanvxxvyjxcmxm39jgffc27jfr59jtahzmzszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ydl4qza In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstg0rzlpuc0shcs5w9qcr0mth9vdeudpjvy979f5k2tk3yqjpgfjcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qmfswf'>nevent1q…fswf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What the fuck. 2025-08-31T02:20:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyjx09nggy6ak8kqehp7c85qhjdryysv0wewwfjfvu7ekh4v5e3mgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y2qstex Is Trump really dead? 2025-08-30T16:11:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9zu87y4e4j5s9q4aypz3js45s80a5upyckq8ua9sunpsxh5wmx6szyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yqn4nme In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyh3rflp6mhxl0lqh7am9mlzdwcceyqlf5xkr6fw76qdymrhlq7jsl32wn5'>nevent1q…2wn5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ref lived for this moment. Technically undefeated. 2025-08-25T02:19:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstzf58js4cqw8xw3zv9wtlt767cm23stjumvg6cgzedrnmp6t4u0gzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y688zwl <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqs06z703ng6a6plua0xcr7lc4pcghjmc06s6fkj6hjud5l62g0e3sqpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcdyn966" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>rare</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…n966</span>)</a></span> I randomly think back to a post of yours from some months back about being unable to relate to normies. This metaphor sums that up so perfectly....<br/><br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsrwsrf6g25m73j0t9zdalm7vk8zhqzxnyqllrjap9w97yyxx7k56gpzpmhxue69uhkumewwd68ytnrwghsygyuse3k4tglrs3nxfkt5jkvjrlqfs03ymdwu00jezggvv2g0c3lzgpsgqqqqqqsxkja6r" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…ja6r</a></span> </div> From Chadd Wright on Rogan.<br/><br/>I'm reminded of "pearls before swine." This is so perfect.... applies in the spiritual context (how he intends it) AND with respect to #bitcoin. Substitute 'fiat' for 'garbage.'<br/><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://video.nostr.build/f1ced75b197f38ba99a2b613e6e8e0bba1f5c43360dc90249491ed60f7f7af92.mp4"></video> </blockquote> 2025-08-21T20:23:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrwsrf6g25m73j0t9zdalm7vk8zhqzxnyqllrjap9w97yyxx7k56gzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y9avxwt From Chadd Wright on Rogan.<br/><br/>I&#39;m reminded of &#34;pearls before swine.&#34; This is so perfect.... applies in the spiritual context (how he intends it) AND with respect to #bitcoin. Substitute &#39;fiat&#39; for &#39;garbage.&#39;<br/><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://video.nostr.build/f1ced75b197f38ba99a2b613e6e8e0bba1f5c43360dc90249491ed60f7f7af92.mp4"></video> 2025-08-21T20:21:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdu2yetpqre5gre09xux9ekhmyrkqtmegakp7nqu850z4en77hk7szyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ykym3yh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq0c59a4s8z673yes83fxxupj8c0ux3sk55lx5j900w4s3let49rcn6jfdc'>nevent1q…jfdc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Big Fish 2025-08-17T02:03:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstqa089t4kdn6rkgz3fd5t7reaxl8gr6uhmad77ksqwjthh2ypyfczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y39ct65 Why do some species live much longer than others? (another long-ish biology/Bitcoin analogy…)<br/><br/>There is a phenomenon observed in nature of remarkable longevity being reserved for only the most well-adapted and niche-dominant species. Think of all the organisms known to live for extreme amounts of time: humans (100+), tortoises (170+), bowhead whales (200+), Greenland sharks (500+), crocodiles (70-120), and of course, trees (1,000+). All of these species are so well suited to their ecological niches, that they are effectively removed from the food chain. The adaptations vary, but they all demonstrate recurring themes. First, excellent defense. Take the example of the tortoise. It is essentially a mobile boulder. It doesn&#39;t even need speed because it is essentially impervious to physical attack. Similarly, an oak tree does not share the same vulnerability that a clover plant does to being consumed by a grazing mammal at a moment&#39;s notice. Second, efficient, low-cost offense. Owing to their methods of attack, crocodiles and pythons are exposed to very little risk when they take down prey (as opposed to big cats or wolves, which hunt at considerable risk to themselves). Their offensive, and consequently defensive, adaptations make these reptilian carnivores superpredators with essentially no natural threats (except sometimes, each other). A third element, which straddles the first two, intelligence allows an organism to optimize its behaviors to its environment in such a way that it maximizes both its offensive and defensive attributes. This is the case with humans, whales, and, I would theorize, long-lived avian species such as parrots. Honorable mention goes to adaptations such as venom and flight. Both of these adaptations adhere to the same principle. Ultimately a pattern emerges: before a species can dedicate valuable adaptive resources to longevity (i.e. evolving defenses against cancer, infection and physiologic breakdown) that species must definitively conquer more imminent threats to its existence. A tiger sees no benefit from being able to live 50 years, if it is only physically capable of taking down large game for a decade or so; a broken jaw, injured joint, or simply age-induced decline in speed or agility are all a death sentence for a predatory cat in the wild. Therefore, a species having a long lifespan is almost a proxy indicator that that species has discovered some optimally efficient means of surviving in its environment (and it turns out that having to kill a bull elk with your face is not a long-term efficient strategy). In other words, ALL other natural threats must be neutralized before a species will evolve to live a long life. Absent this precondition, it is much more evolutionarily efficient to prioritize a short and expedient life/reproductive cycle.<br/><br/> <br/>So how does this apply to Bitcoin? I would argue that Bitcoin needed to have the security and robustness to defend against hostile adversaries (e.g. China mining ban), supposedly well-meaning innovators (e.g. blocksize wars), bad actors (e.g. FTX, Teraluna), and a host of heretofore unknown threats FIRST, as a precondition for its long-term viability. Immutability, permanence, and durability of the timechain are attributes that must be built atop censorship resistance, permissionlessness and antifragility. Bitcoin must possess the attributes necessary to transcend politics, centralization, and human folly/greed if it is to unflinchingly transmit value through time. A theme I am going to borrow here is the axiom: Nature to be commanded, must be obeyed. Bitcoin, whether by design or by happenstance, just seems to abide by so many of the dictates of biological, physical, and indeed Natural law. This ties into a previous post on the relationship between Life and Entropy. By overcoming the immediate threats of day-to-day disintegration, Bitcoin can ultimately stand as an awe-inspiring monument against entropy into the distant future. Simply put: in order to be able to build for forever, Bitcoin had to be built for forever.<br/><br/> <br/><br/>#bitcoin #thinkstr<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/753580f264d8d1fac9ae353e8bbcb17ddabbddcd6e92c227f1f27aa5dc703351.jpg"> 2025-08-12T18:33:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsye7td6znusttcu3tsk48lwjadxn9y7ucgnwppc093vxsyrwtnnqqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y2smmy2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstdj5xxy28gx9yuf3s8kvpn9tf50s8axxgz9xg9umh7sy6s8l8ygclg46ct'>nevent1q…46ct</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So glad it&#39;s not true... crazy how it hit when i first read this. Goes to show how connected we all are. Never met the guy, yet felt like a gut punch to think he&#39;d passed...... 2025-07-28T04:25:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs89tua47s0256tl44xtzzd3a8km5ms55cl79extpmsyt0h4mujvwqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yqyf8ym In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstmt2q5dr5vlytnuc7827npxtjtnxd8xqve2ejtcg6pjpkzgrjhmszsalwj'>nevent1q…alwj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is cute. Tradfi going through its requisite shitcoin phase<br/><br/>Soon I can buy Bored Apes in my Schwab account 😃 2025-07-22T01:31:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr77xmg2dmjk2vr54e5jmq7xfg3ss35tp96xx07agep5lh7fyttmgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yl6v8ee All true maps MUST align. There&#39;s a reason #bitcoin has all these serendipitous parallels with other intellectual disciplines (economics, biology, physics, cosmology, psychology, philosophy, sociology, etc.)....<br/><br/>To the extent any or all of these disciplines uncover TRUTH they must agree or resonate with one another. This is axiomatic. Bitcoin finding analogy with other inquiries into the fundamental laws of the universe and/or life is proof of its alignment with Truth. 2025-07-17T05:07:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszf4wg7gxr5egfu67u0kerzrnp0y5h47qrg9hu9dsfcje3enq8zvczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y739n3c Normies are so lost. 2025-07-17T04:43:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2khedffev3z558763fv05qa7hkft8ll2ugtefdrge9k60grds44qzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ysxkqk6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdvadjmygc4sx7zyv8vpqanuv0q8k5ulhcg4mzwekfa2xmfagmssgds474m'>nevent1q…474m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There. Three. 2025-07-17T04:14:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2xg3f78j0dkgzhecdjgcqjq8c6a8p7qfqnzs889464nu4q6udlsszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yp2fc7f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfmvt5e8d66jmxf73a2xuqdkwudqry4h37tnknkpq68sayye72cvcx9gwmq'>nevent1q…gwmq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This cover-up accomplishes two things:<br/><br/>1. Protects establishment power brokers who would&#39;ve been implicated.<br/>2. Undermines Trump&#39;s credibility with his base, thereby protecting establishment power brokers (who would&#39;ve been implicated). 2025-07-16T02:09:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfsrkcl3a6v97nkccngp0fnqxfuxz3ywakr2stan34t23slugacnszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y7fjck9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstlt5q2r3cxcz8xlzm2970lajt4t8xzzzta2hxee3lgr5xx6q9r3gsa6fjt'>nevent1q…6fjt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What is dead may never die. 2025-07-14T04:25:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswhdxrcw9udl74d0dkq6h62dkqrs4y9udh9efrrkc0n0rkht4xgcszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y9xrdp6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs97uz2jt3sw43n0c5yd80jlpe5zyjdel5ayx8qnnhdffv4ezeuf6stagevs'>nevent1q…gevs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The free market is the closest approximation of Nature functioning within human society. To claim that free markets exist in opposition to human nature is to claim that nature exists in opposition to human nature. Incoherent. 2025-07-13T07:39:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrexwvpyfhtu5zhrdy0jmh422cl3nz42r72jedj6m8yt7ddk7w6eqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yx63vxr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdpmca6jd9q5qrul0cgkqg9w0dg4hpd30r3m43wsjughg8ywuf6zcqsgeg8'>nevent1q…geg8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wow 2025-07-07T04:27:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxr56n4qkjxqhyrw93uqcwxtqleettxwj2urexlwe3qyzc8400rvszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yx6kcl3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0e44snd4lzn3ed5nucyw5k5zun53d48ej827w98l72gzygfq6a4qwts6fl'>nevent1q…s6fl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>First name is Sauce... pretty cool<br/><br/>I&#39;m sure it&#39;s common, but why does an athlete need a STYLIST?? For T shirt selection...<br/><br/>Also of all ppl that could most benefit from bitcoin... it&#39;s so ironic that a pro athlete has Satoshi&#39;s name printed ON HIS SHIRT but has no idea what bitcoin is. So close, but yet so far.<br/><br/>Everything about this screams fiat. Sigh 2025-07-07T04:16:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdur5pya5g6w7l5yn5ysq4eyjzcn6frrr74xxrnhlh7m0z7uj3k9czyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ygpsrpw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstlnr9dpt8ucvm2yrmlx23tm93xaqcyggscy3vz6kdltmqpxyvv2gswj9ds'>nevent1q…j9ds</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just came across this post again. It moves me as much now as when i first read it. Your father sounds like a good man. 2025-07-07T02:05:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs82hhg34cfqrh7mqv6gxda0ac9mrrtzz25sk8v7myf94t863t4phqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ye74cax In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspqq376zw7exnxgx4nrgz6jumecrapvvnwwjcxdfwh6eawrfudets47jn2f'>nevent1q…jn2f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed. We see so many negative emergent properties from fiat. The emergent properties from building on bitcoin are hard to imagine. I suspect in retrospect, many years from now, it will look obvious. But hard to predict from this vantage point... thanks for the feedback 2025-07-06T19:47:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgp7a5cdfu3f69fd0vm7eyzj7pu59kq4hs4j2g0yd0jnpfgwrmr6czyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yzeey4c Bitcoin as foundation layer of an emerging economic biosphere (long-ish post... hopefully not a strained analogy)<br/><br/>A distinguishing characteristic of a living system that I have found useful is the ability to counteract entropy. Indeed an informal definition of &#34;life&#34; could be formulated as: any closed system within which entropy is reversed or suspended and order is maintained or established. This holds true for the single-celled microbe as it does for the blue whale. Building on this assertion, it becomes evident that all life is in a continuous struggle against entropy. Most life forms (organisms) must continually fend off entropy by regularly sacrificing other organisms to this unyielding force. This is the case when a cow consumes grass. It is the case when a tiger consumes a deer. One life form converts the structure or Mass of another into biochemical Energy. Stated differently, the predator species breaks down - digests - its prey, disintegrating it from order into entropy (calories, micro/macronutrients, minerals, etc.), and absorbing it for the purpose of staving off the predator&#39;s own entropic decay. Entropic decay in this context represents death and disease. This relationship applies irrespective of whether the predator/prey diad is represented by: brown bear and cow; cow and grass; or krill and plankton. Not even herbivores escape this axiomatic reality of Life.<br/><br/>Ultimately, all biological complexity rests upon one miraculous reaction: photosynthesis. Only organisms capable of this metabolic process are capable of ingesting entropy in its purest form, electromagnetic energy, thereby side-stepping the need to essentially rob another organism of its ordered/integrated state to fortify its own. As such, these organisms are the basis of all life. Every other, albeit transient, triumph of order over entropy (e.g. every other living system) owes its very existence to these foundational life forms. This is the biosphere. This is the primordial resistance to the universal process that extends back to the stars: the inexorable conquest of entropy over order. Life is that which claws back, deriving order from entropy.<br/><br/>Satoshi&#39;s innovation, which cannot be overstated, mathematically encodes a novel means of accomplishing what only photosynthesis has. Energy/entropy is directly converted into order via Bitcoin&#39;s proof of work protocol. In no other manmade process is Energy truly captured and converted into order. All comparable applications are actually variations on two related but dissimlar processes: capture/storage of energy (as in a battery); use/harnessing of energy (as in a water mill). In a manner similar to photosynthesis, Bitcoin accomplishes a true phase change of its supplied energy. A battery CAPTURES energy in kinetic form - whether solar, thermal or electrical - and converts it to potential energy for use at another time/place. The watermill CHANNELS the kinetic energy of flowing water for use in a productive enterprise, such as milling grain. These are definitionally distinct from what plants - and I am proposing Bitcoin - accomplish. By means of photosynthesis, plants do not merely store energy. Instead they convert the energy into a complex substructure of carbohydrate (e.g. cellulose/starch), peptide (e.g. protein) and nucleic acid (e.g. DNA) polymers - curiously analogous to blockchains. This allows for the encoding of complex information and synthesis of complex proteins, enzymes and tissues. The energy of the sun is not merely being stored or harnessed. It is being converted into Order. By performing a similar function for the first time in human history, does Bitcoin represent the base layer of an entirely new economic biosphere? Are we witnessing the birth of a novel economic building block? If so, what superstructures can we expect to see built atop this foundation? My thesis here is that, in Bitcoin&#39;s proof of work protocol, we have a massively underestimated innovation that will take humanity in unimaginable directions. Unimaginable within a restrictive paradigm that seems only interested in the obvious monetary implications of this peer-to-peer electronic cash system. But Bitcoin is more than money.<br/><br/>#bitcoin #thinkstr<br/> <video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://video.nostr.build/c939d8e4a788de288c6bcad03426411aff08e7d304f547e0faf93ff15abcdcf2.mp4"></video> 2025-07-06T15:54:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs27d6xltuzg6xfe6mgf6j3nqftuv5rtcq22nehchjrjvfxtwjnd9gzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yl6vh8u The &#34;AI as impetus for re-valuing proof of work&#34; thesis playing out right in front of us.<br/><br/>#bitcoin #thinkstr<br/><br/><br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqswymnkwxll2jmtfetjfl4x5tds09tt88mvv6czszz5mk0ugw3snkcpzdmhxue69uhhwmm59e6hg7r09ehkuef0qgsfchgyhq3r6l29kreg8rprg8njh44z6jhqhtuqga2k0hv4kkevktqrqsqqqqqp3acf7f" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…cf7f</a></span> </div> Schools turn to handwritten exams as AI cheating surges<br/><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/tech/schools-turn-handwritten-exams-ai-cheating-surges">https://www.foxnews.com/tech/schools-turn-handwritten-exams-ai-cheating-surges</a> </blockquote> 2025-07-04T17:17:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdemh0vvmx025va282mn43x3ftvt4js5jztsgln9lad8s28w4vjnczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y57naxm Stay humble.<br/><br/> <video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://video.nostr.build/1895c540cba7e7289361bb251096f4d3d005a510b91434dec7331d124e658645.mp4"></video><br/><br/> 2025-07-04T04:48:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8eph629gh50k2ypv4q5dple8pm67658anwg5s2uajamp80p37x9szyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y52g0jj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyq5dl47wx7jd6x0e3um43zua4j27l2pll0vqjvqs0mr3ph7vlu7crwuhhq'>nevent1q…uhhq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Imagine stacking sharts...<br/><br/>Play your cards right and one day you&#39;ll have a heavy bag of shit. 2025-07-04T03:09:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyz6czcddjqe8apzftexn54nk69gzcc0m8zjjk44w5f78z09gnlkszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y5xl8k5 What are Litecoin sats called? 2025-07-04T03:00:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2qvfkecrjczdnkfxsd4n52x6qpxnfrzf54y96nx3dcfk7hkxclugzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yqcdj0u <img src="https://image.nostr.build/c7c1365b1b13b1fa5c439106210257fcfc7adc03fddc2de8230edbd05fca7a60.gif"> 2025-07-03T04:42:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswg42yp9772wvntcjvjak9tqfjukxxcx73qmr9aefvrr85jj48xkqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3y0ccw9w Perhaps an unpopular take, but after much reflection, I have concluded that the Cybertruck is cool in EXACTLY the same way that Batman&#39;s costume is cool: infinitely cool to look at it; infinitely uncool to wear (drive).¹<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>¹Even on Halloween 2025-06-30T21:33:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg3etx8u86k8qtmjahl6tmp9ayc8e89lwatalcefkethnep025m2qzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yl4qclx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ry73gducejc0ccvcg0aec9gys5r2s6jppvke373pm2hqz6jkkcglwt7w5'>nevent1q…t7w5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That sneaky second impact ☠️ 2025-06-30T02:05:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0s4nmk0cfqly5wkm0zfwn6kxfhdg0nlw7tt3fk74lh4juqtjylvczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ycafq06 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvg62h3f5dxdlvy3vxwwc9t2pe4q8hsa662lkpj2pqnvq3t9v3yfsplzd73'>nevent1q…zd73</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Another thought that occurs to me is the possibility that any experience has two components: the MEANING (this would represent the skeletal structure of that experience); and the DETAILS (this would be the flesh of the experience)<br/><br/>Much like in reality the details/flesh is what allows you to appreciate an experience/person in the present moment as unique and/or memorable. But with time the flesh/details are exactly what decay away, leaving the enduring skeleton/meaning which is what persists indefinitely through time - and in many senses reflect the real underlying truth of that experience/person. 2025-06-29T16:54:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqzz758mknfuvgxp73fmhhwauw39h58dn32dsx8jzypa3qh2wydtgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yxnnhu7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszygruca4acg0gs754060sq2m6kezdhyqh5e3lt57ldmse2vzgx5gulvww0'>nevent1q…vww0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Two words come to mind:<br/><br/>1. Ostensive: the property of requiring demonstration of multiple examples to define a thing (as opposed to symantic: definable by words alone). An example would be the color blue. Only by examples can one be taught the rule (this is true of love, beauty, sacrifice, etc). This is the case with abstract but fundamental concepts. This is also why the Bible can be viewed as a series of stories all emphasizing the same principles. Only by observing &#39;n = ∞&#39; iterations of an indescribable concept can one come to truly understand that concept.<br/><br/>2. Fractal: only by zooming out or in (in a sense toggling the resolution) do certain patterns become manifest/observable.<br/><br/><br/>Not sure if either of these seem fitting... 2025-06-29T16:37:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2l5w3rhe5cz6h2gfra4nwzuq7vgw343nae00jaynm767s6f5nvfgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yg24xrk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxrpmedpkw0zk83xqdjp5xhlrpwvwkveg7ngprksmmw3lg2tnc3eglnkx8z'>nevent1q…kx8z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My observation was that, in its early days, Bitcoin selected for ppl high in intelligence and low in ego.... ego was kept in check because Bitcoin was still unproven... but as it&#39;s become increasingly apparent that Bitcoin (and by extension, bitcoiners) is right, this has created space for egos to inflate<br/><br/>....I&#39;m becoming increasingly convinced that ALL of humanity&#39;s ills can be traced back to ego. 2025-06-29T16:24:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqak437lrqmj5yk4de8kukm7gpa69nt8sawfm09eqsp2zsqs3aesszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yz9anqa Bitcoin as Fitness (longish post).....<br/><br/>One of the topics I&#39;ve heard wrestled with on multiple podcasts is the principle of trustlessness as relates to bitcoin. Other variations on this theme are the &#34;trust but verify&#34; and bitcoin as a &#34;trust-minimizing money&#34; memes. Why this recurring theme of Trust? I would argue that trustlessness is of central importance BECAUSE of humans&#39; limitless capacity for deception. Now, in the natural world, deception is certainly not the exclusive domain of homo sapiens - animals are capable of camouflage, mimicry, and misdirection. But humans have certainly perfected this unholy art. For the most part, animals tend to be trusting because in their simpler social hierarchies, complex deception is uncommon. Because false altruism tends not to happen amongst animals, gestures such as sharing of food or social grooming are unambiguous acts of social bonding (as opposed to self-serving Machiavelian manipulations). Further, in matters of fitness and/or survival, most animal behavior (whether in higher vertebrates or &#34;simpler&#34; organisms) tends to rely on unfalsifiable signals.<br/><br/>Unfalsifiable signals serve as incontrovertible evidence of an individual&#39;s fitness, their status as friend or foe, and thus their suitability as a mate and their rightful place in the pecking order. Examples of unfalsifiable signals are the bright coloration of male peacocks, birds of paradise, or mandrills. The bright coloration both demonstrates the nutritional/physiological health of the individual and serves as proof that the individual is fit enough to survive a hostile environment while flouting any attempt at effective camouflage. In modern parlance, this is a &#34;flex.&#34; This conspicuous display is unfalsifiable. There is no faking it. Other examples are the thick mane, imposing size, large rack of antlers, and combat prowess of dominant male lions, brown bears, red deer, and elephant seals, respectively. These markers of fitness are unfalsifiable, and in a sense demonstrate inarguably a sort of proof of work.<br/><br/>Humans, by virtue of our capacity for complex abstract thought, are in a constant quest to attempt falsify any and all markers of fitness. Thus we invent cosmetic surgery, botox, and all manner of prosthetic enhancers (wigs, false eyelashes, spanks, penis pumps) in order to game the physiological indicators selected for by millions of years of evolution to communicate to our peers our level of fitness. We have devised creative feats of financial engineering to allow any consumer to flaunt any luxury good that society has deemed a status symbol (e.g. the working class person purchasing an extravagant vehicle on a usurious loan with a minimal down payment). We have innovated buy now/pay later schemes to finance any and all fiscal indiscretions. The cumulative effect of all this is to warp and distort any signal in the social marketplace that projects fitness (of an individual/mate; of a corporation; of a nation state). This is Fiat: the falsifier of signal.<br/><br/>Enter #Bitcoin.<br/><br/>By virtue of its proof-of-work-based tethering to physical reality, Bitcoin reemphasizes the unfalsifiable signal. It reifies the primacy of uncompromising Truth. This is the basis of Bitcoin&#39;s nature as a trust-minimizing protocol. Yet another thing Bitcoin fixes. In keeping with the theme of Fitness, muscle glycogen and our bodies&#39; fat stores are storehouses of caloric energy that equip us to survive periods of deprivation. A derivative of this, further extending our fitness, external food storage also equips us against hardship and uncertainty. Yet another derivative beyond this, a true and sound money protects against uncertainty extending well beyond what glycogen, fat, and stored food can accomplish. This is unfalsifiable. Trustless. This is Bitcoin. Bitcoin is Fitness.<br/><br/><br/>#thinkstr<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/94487340f33c142195a1179957501c5daf4fca19401d4a60b4e172b21c024cf0.jpg"> 2025-06-29T01:06:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfaumkjy2ccyww053c86q9smu9zff7adfarfkrut0w7ltny7xv3zqzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yrjtvnq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdcxak6ngycev49q67xt3tqr5c5ckzf3hp0880x86jxsuy8e3j80s8xc2je'>nevent1q…c2je</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There is a class of human beings (regardless of nationality) whose very existence is a threat to the survival of the species. These people are monstrous. 2025-06-28T22:28:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9vu7rvct7exmx47m4j7f3kenuaq38el0qp9gzm0jqz7qvtwrrsfczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yq2n3zn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfa80d7zdme5894jjqujdp4cumdclhq2yc73fgeapq47nv4xylz0qsky52p'>nevent1q…y52p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This. 2025-06-28T22:21:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0gh5dsmvr5634vxjq4m2l0l7rms9x3l76wfva4z624mh9lmeqckszyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yg0rqq4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrczy9ewsh2uzq0s5tw07g39cusfc402fw7ycrqm6ezjxmylprmgsjh28qr'>nevent1q…28qr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>INTP 2025-06-28T01:59:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0qhpq6t6e33keewdg9cjcyp33wh0ff52vzguk02k74fmdc9rrrfgzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ya4uzwq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxm5g6xvhfepea4a3rjpk4sk3aehuzjs393s3tx26d3e5tmkug40ccgzwwx'>nevent1q…zwwx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Prestige Worldwide 2025-06-26T23:47:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswpt7klw7gjfudw5cmgscdva7g5kvma3jwvre3gdw4wcn76zvh2eczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ykwua08 The human mind is a Time Machine (long-ish post)...<br/><br/>Before elaborating on this point, it is important to clarify terms. The term &#34;time machine&#34; as commonly used conjures notions of a fictional device that allows the operator to travel back and forth through time. This definition is one manufactured by science fiction and Hollywood (e.g. Back to the Future). However, strictly speaking, &#34;time machine&#34; can be used to describe a category of instruments that would include the clock, hourglass, or metronome: a device or technology used specifically for its relationship with or ability to measure time. It is in this sense that I theorize that the human mind - or, perhaps more accurately, human consciousness - is a time machine.<br/><br/>The basis for this claim is that, the more thought I give to the unique attributes of homo sapien and/or human civilization writ large, the more I come back to Man&#39;s relationship with time. By my estimation, all of the features pointed to as the potential sine qua non of human-ness (complex thought/planning behavior; art/culture; awareness of death; religiosity; abstract symbolism) distill down, whether directly or indirectly to time. Any capacity for sacrifice REQUIRES as a prerequisite a sophisticated conceptualization of the interplay between the present and the future. This undergirds any possibility for low time preference thinking/behavior. It undergirds any belief in the eternal or afterlife. Sophisticated orientation within some sort of timeline is also a necessary precursor for any consideration of legacy. This also leads to the notion of money as an abstract symbolic framework. In a world absent the concept of time (presumably the world occupied by the majority of sentient life forms), tokenizing time and/or work into a tradeable commodity would seem an absurd behavior.<br/><br/>With this perspective in mind, it does seem plausible that the major breakthrough of human consciousness is its ability to more fully appreciate this metaphysical dimension. Humans are not unique in this, by the way, as dolphins, orcas, elephants, apes, and in some instances dogs (to name a few species) have demonstrated at least a rudimentary ability to mourn. While not proof of a deep awareness of time, these are glimmers of this capacity elsewhere in the animal kingdom. That said, humans exhibit time awareness at a level far in excess of these other species. As it has been put forth by Saifedean Ammous, among others, one plausible definition of civilization is the gradual lowering of time preference, at scale. So if the human mind is indeed a time machine, it is little wonder that #bitcoin&#39;s innovative timechain would be as profound a breakthrough as it appears to be. Where fiat attempts to surreptitiously distort the integrity of man&#39;s bearing in the expansive matrix of Time, #bitcoin manages to re-anchor this relationship. As the saying goes: Nature to be commanded must be obeyed. Bitcoin obeys one of the most foundational principles of human flourishing, the absolute subordination to time, and therefore truth, as the only bedrock on which to build enduring Value. <br/><br/><br/>#thinkstr 2025-06-25T04:24:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswtle7pz930r56rzjrkwaj3l0q84w4mcgzz3nj9wml56ulmxcstrczyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ypmffvt I recall <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqstnem9g6aqv3tw6vqaneftcj06frns56lj9q470gdww228vysz8hqpzdmhxue69uhkzmr8duh82arcduhx7mn9qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcam28zl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>TheGuySwann</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…28zl</span>)</a></span> writing a post some time ago about the link between the ability to save and having dignity. The dignity to say &#39;no.&#39; The dignity to stand up for yourself or demand a minimum standard of respect. I would equate this with agency or sovereignty. <br/><br/>I believe this very dynamic is playing out on a national level. Anywhere America - or its institutions - appears to be flouting basic matters of national sovereignty (e.g. maintenance of borders; policing acquisition of strategically sensitive land by foreign adversaries; retaining a healthy domestic industrial base), the underlying root traces back to fiat. Because we have opted to eat our proverbial seed corn through fiat chicanery, we end up ceding the ability to credibly enforce our sovereignty. We become whores willing to sacrifice the very foundations of our security to the highest bidder. All to satisfy the high time preference existential decay that is fiat. 2025-06-18T03:45:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgw6nk8zccj2s3skk63rascsuuw353rphsph0zj4cr6c29ayxak2gzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3ygdu9js In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs894j26f0eq0yequyk406jqsh562l5znyjr7wnj24lxue2vzdesrg2j0aey'>nevent1q…0aey</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Familiar with the quote, &#34;The truth is like a lion. You don&#39;t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself&#34;?<br/><br/>I think the inverse is equally true. Lies are brittle, vulnerable, and weak. In constant need of insulation and protection. This has become the mode of being of modern society: an insecure lie. 2025-06-17T03:07:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx7na0arj0sz6d46xcqyja5ns49q3wm7q0k8j8ud67m42xgln796qzyzwgvcm24503cgenym96ftxfplsyc8cjdkhw8hev3yyxx9y8ugl3yjyv7fa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszta4ypsmq3ashd5qz4twpj4tjvq93yge06adrqsle6gehg0raspge8vtfg'>nevent1q…vtfg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s this old Dimitry Martin sketch (he was a mid-tier comedian in the 2000s) where he satirizes Da Vinci trying crack the code of flight. He does all this in depth research and creates a prototype. The prototype ends up being a prosthetic beak. Because birds can fly. And birds have beaks. Obviously missing the point entirely of correlation vs causation.<br/><br/>This is that. Highly regarded. 2025-06-15T04:23:04Z