Sachin

Internet maximalist

Public Key

npub1xnc64f432zx7pw4n7zrvf02mh4a4p7zej3gude52e92leqmw8ntqd43qnl

NIP-05 Address

_@sachin.npub.pro

NIP-57 Address

sachin@getalby.com

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relay.nostr.band

nostr.bitcoiner.social

relay.nostr.bg

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2024-11-17 13:32:58

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2024-11-17 13:31:02

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You'll like the Android client Voyage
It's very minimalist

2024-11-17 05:44:51

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2024-11-17 01:19:01

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2024-11-17 01:05:34

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Constitutionalism has its limits.
Rothbard elaborated how the American government has constantly reinterpreted the constitution to expand its powers as well.
The history of how the Indian constitution was butchered is a much better example of a government blatantly doing it.
https://youtu.be/AhZl7kmdC_g
One can advocate for liberty till their throat is sore, and yet it is entirely possible that people just keep voting for a socialist who makes utopian promises and destroys every element of freedom that exists in society when he comes to power.
I don't know if its healthy that I'm so skeptical about our political and legal system here in India so early on in life.
I just know that I shouldn't stop advocating for liberty either way. Inaction doesn't seem like a very good alternative to me.

2024-11-16 18:07:44

This is why I don't take much encouragement with the US or other countries adopting bitcoin. Because I don't subscribe to the idea that the Indian govt will automatically be favourable to bitcoin just because some OECD govts do.
I'm very optimistic and confident about the Indian people, their spirit and capability to do great things. But I'm incredibly skeptical about the Indian government and the political and legal system it claims to abide by. It's a cesspool of lies, deceit and incompetence.
#nevent1q…yypk

2024-11-16 17:51:54

The are countries whose economies are relatively free, with the constitution placing reasonable restrictions on the government from intervening into it. There is a path towards repairing and regaining lost freedoms. There is a well-articulated, cultural yearning for freedom. Fiat money and central banking is likely the biggest barrier, with Bitcoin being a missing piece of the puzzle.
And then there are others whose constitutions have been butchered by socialist amendments, giving unchecked power to the government to interfere with the prices and the markets. Socialism has infiltrated the culture to such an extent that freedom is almost a bad word. Fiat is one among a long list of problems. Bitcoin alone cannot fix things.

2024-11-15 18:33:46

ethbtc goes below 0.034
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#nevent1q…xd8w

2024-11-15 15:37:01

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2024-11-15 15:01:15

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2024-11-15 12:38:32

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2024-11-15 10:08:07

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2024-11-15 09:25:02

Nothing can destroy a country and its economy more than socialist policies like these. Every single political party in India is pathetically socialist. The ideology is a disease that is a leech on society, only attractive to parasites, scoundrels and thieves. https://image.nostr.build/68cecb58980de1a14f5b35dde8661d94c30c746ad77906cca0d6d5818a5d0398.jpg

2024-11-14 11:22:34

😂
@npub1rtl…jtfs
https://m.primal.net/MCuG.mp4

2024-11-13 21:37:28

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I watched the video in which he interacts with the occupy wall street protestors. He seems like a nice fellow that understands how things work and what the actual problems are with it (central bank and govt intervention)
It's possible that he's trolling

2024-11-13 18:45:10

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2024-11-13 17:44:49

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One of the best uses of time

2024-11-10 03:42:03

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2024-11-09 06:16:39

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2024-11-05 22:16:55

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https://x.com/NewsFromGoogle/status/1853895738876649540
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2024-11-05 14:47:05

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2024-11-03 21:03:52

Incidentally, 'No power on Earth can stop an idea whose time has come' is the same quote that Manmohan Singh uttered during his budget speech on July 24, 1991 as he kickstarted the liberalisation reforms that marked the beginning of free market capitalism and end of Soviet-style socialist policies in India that were enforced for 44 years since its independence in 1947.
#nevent1q…vmk2

2024-11-03 19:43:53

Credit to Dutch Libertarian for the edit
https://video.nostr.build/52f8fa03dce81a2cff65115cdff22a98888ef9946f4f82d167d3e600e3bf3506.mp4
Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB3MYrTtsoF/

2024-10-31 16:42:13

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Can confirm
This is how we cook food in India 😂

2024-10-27 19:17:39

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Pushups help with building and maintaining back muscles, right?

2024-10-26 00:09:34

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I use other services from Proton but this is the first time I'm using their Drive. It's pretty good!
But it seems like I can share folders through links but not documents. For docs, I'll have to add the email of the recipient for each one.
This is definitely better for personal use than Google Drive though.

2024-10-25 22:57:17

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Ah yes great point. I'll create a copy on it.
It would actually be better if I create a self-hosted website which I can share with people.
Or, I think there's a file-sharing alternative on Nostr too. I've got to look for it.

2024-10-25 21:30:40

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Bruh 😂
Your notes can get ridiculously unhinged hahaha

2024-10-23 20:02:56

ethbtc goes below 0.038
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2024-10-23 05:55:40

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Conversely, I also wish those who are building freedom tech and other tools would explore their theories, as they provide a legal, moral, and ethical framework to take this technology forward in the real world, in the right way. Can't force these things though. It has to be a voluntary effort.

2024-10-22 21:40:04

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I only wish they would use, contribute to or promote freedom tech and other tools that make their ideas a practical reality. It's upto them though. I've personally found their theories useful.

2024-10-14 17:29:01

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😂😂

2024-10-14 17:25:00

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ecash

2024-10-10 05:58:15

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But that doesn't mean you and I as individuals have to live and interact with each other in a way that assumes that Governments are always needed. We can respect each other's natural rights, abide by the natural law and build a relationship based on peaceful cooperation.
The question is, are we capable of governing ourselves as individuals first and be responsible? Only then can we start imagining a world without a Government.
Governments are coercive and violent entities that exist or emerge because of moral and ethical inadequacies of a society. And the more that individuals within a society abdicate their own personal responsibilities, the bigger and more violent and coercive existing governments become.
This excerpt is relevant to what you're talking about:
#nevent1q…yv7l

2024-10-08 07:46:17

A simplified overview of the documentation, technical features, and underlying philosophy of GrapheneOS by the project's community moderator
https://stacker.news/items/705242

2024-10-04 12:44:40

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2024-10-02 09:20:48

Finished 'Bitcoin is Venice' recently.
The ideas they discuss and the insights they provide are valuable and good. It's worth exploring them.
But the book is annoyingly tedious in how it's written.

2024-10-02 04:01:28

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2024-09-29 16:04:30

Bitcoin, Tor, Nostr, Signal, Simplex, etc. are awesome but not enough for Indians to be censorship-resistant.
The atrocious Telecom bill passed in the union legislature at the end of 2023 gives the union government more discretion in imposing internet bans.
It also has a provision that requires anyone wanting to provide telecom services or to possess radio equipment (things one would want to do during an internet ban for mesh networks and whatnot) to get permission from the union government first.
We need to find and learn about ways to be censorship-resistant at the lower layers of the internet (TCP/IP) stack that consist of telecommunication services, autonomous systems and physical networking infrastructure.
This is especially important when our internet connection and payments for it themselves are KYC'ed and linked to our Aadhar ID's, hence everything.

2024-09-29 15:51:05

Paper: 'Payment Censorship in the Lightning Network Despite Encrypted Communication'
'We explore the LN’s susceptibility to censorship by a network-level actor such as a malicious autonomous system.'
https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.AFT.2024.12

2024-09-29 10:52:25

'The Intellectual Poverty of Racial Polylogism'
https://mises.org/mises-wire/intellectual-poverty-racial-polylogism
An article that criticises Racial Polylogicism, the fallacy that different human races have different ways of logically reasoning about the world or are driven by different sets of incentives.
People constantly use this type of thinking to label the universal values of individual freedom, financial sovereignty and free markets as 'western', 'foreign' or 'colonial'.

2024-09-26 03:27:05

An excerpt from 'Common Sense', a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, who had a lot of involvement with the American and French revolutions:
'Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first a patron, the last a punisher. Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer. Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise. For were the impulses of conscience clear, uniform, and irresistibly obeyed, man would need no other lawgiver; but that not being the case, he finds it necessary to surrender up a part of his property to furnish means for the protection of the rest; and this he is induced to do by the same prudence which in every other case advises him out of two evils to choose the least. Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it unanswerably follows that whatever form thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us, with the least expense and greatest benefit, is preferable to all others.'

2024-09-25 15:50:53

Just came across the title of Nydig's article that says Bitcoin is protected under the first amendment to the US constitution.
Here's the first amendment to the Indian constitution:
https://image.nostr.build/838db3770935f75e45a8cb422fa67b50ea0a5613a66d349fbcd4d2b2a3719556.jpg

2024-09-25 06:27:46

An approach to environmental conservation we aren't used to taking
https://youtu.be/kPy9j3vtKCs
Something interesting I came across while I was searching for real-life evidence of what Rothbard says:
A third of forests in Switzerland are in private hands while the remaining two-third is owned by the respective local governments.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/woodland-health_third-of-swiss-forests-in-private-hands/44577120

2024-09-25 06:11:15

Taxation is theft
#nevent1q…hgnn

2024-09-25 06:10:05

If he actually shuts down the central bank and removes the associated moral hazard, allows interest rates and choice of currency to be determined by the free market, then his economic agenda is one that is truly liberal and anti-socialist and anti-collectivist.
#nevent1q…hu4p

2024-09-24 19:52:55

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The one that is followed by other people you trust

2024-09-23 11:15:27

This is heritage
https://youtu.be/anwy2MPT5RE

2024-09-23 11:10:19

'The history of spam is one that is closely tied to the history and evolution of the Internet itself.'
A document published in July 2014 by the internet society detailing the history of spam on the internet.
https://www.internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/History20of20Spam.pdf

2024-09-22 16:51:37

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Apparently the yellow was for kicking the ball away. One of their players did that earlier but he didn't get a yellow for that.
Least we can expect is for them to be consistent.

2024-09-22 16:41:12

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If that was a yellow them Haaland's tackle on Saliba early on should've been a yellow as well

2024-09-22 16:39:48

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Michael Oliver is sus as always

2024-09-22 08:12:30

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Ah that would be useful to get users to switch from Telegram to Nostr.

2024-09-22 07:53:44

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It is a good app but was a little slow the last time I used it.
DM's probably won't see traction till Jeff's MLS client comes out no?

2024-09-22 07:25:16

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And in the same way, the properties of Gold does not change because a few people decide to represent its value in a certain way.
That's the point I'm making for both Bitcoin and Gold.

2024-09-22 07:23:46

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The protocol or the network does not change because a few people decide to use it a certain way. Nobody can do anything about it.

2024-09-22 05:42:05

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Governments haven't been able to prevent people from making payments so far. And there is no indication that they are planning on outright banning them.
Besides, if a few asset managers and their customers are stopped from doing so and people voluntarily use their services, it's their loss. Didn't affect Bitcoin.

2024-09-22 04:47:49

'You should be worried about Bitcoin as they are doing to it the same thing they did to Gold.'
Black pills are boring.
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2024-09-21 13:18:53

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Now that's a lot of sats

2024-09-21 13:13:38

Test

2024-09-18 16:55:41

For example, Hinduism in India has this concept of 'Dharma' that seems to resemble 'Natural Law' on the surface, but I'm not adequately well-read in either of those things to effectively articulate the connection. They 'feel' similar to me based on my understanding of the two.
#nevent1q…jf8p
But it goes to show that there are certainly things that are universal to all of humanity.
A society cannot evolve and become civilised without a spontaneously emergent moral and ethical code, absent of imposition of it by a higher power or an authority through violence or coercion. Those who live in a world where this order doesn't exist are simply unfortunate and will have to attempt to bring it about through argument, discourse, cooperation and reason.
It might seem inconceivable, difficult and nearly impossible, but it certainly is the right thing to do.

2024-09-18 16:38:32

Something I've discovered over the last few months while having conversations with people about the conception of individual freedom, rights and liberty: Understanding 'natural rights' and 'natural law' is crucial in making a rational, unemotional case for any of those things.
Some material to read about them:
'Introduction to Natural Law' excerpt from Rothbard's book 'Ethics of liberty'.
https://mises.org/mises-daily/introduction-natural-law
'Law, Property Rights and Air Pollution', a standalone article by Rothbard.
https://mises.org/mises-daily/law-property-rights-and-air-pollution
#note1u8f…573d

2024-09-18 02:47:12

Now below 0.039
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2024-09-18 00:05:33

Milei's stance on geopolitics seems to strengthen the libertarian case that wherever the state exists, there is violence.
https://mises.org/mises-wire/milei-wants-more-government-spending-military-course
And even if those who are part of the state endorse libertarian principles, it seems like the violent and aggressive nature of the state will eventually make them the opposite of a libertarian.
#nevent1q…kenv

2024-09-17 20:40:45

When it comes to economics, libertarians/classical liberals have been proven right in that their system of free market capitalism, private ownership and exchange of the means of production, emphasis on savings and sound money is better at ensuring material advancement for individuals. Fiat money and Central Banking have distorted this breifly, but Bitcoin will further strengthen their case.
However, when it comes to the political and legal realm is where a lot of disagreement happens. Some say democracies are better, while others want constitutionalism. There are republicans, anarchists, individualists, voluntaryists, democratic socialists, utilitarians, collectivists, communists, social liberals, conservatives, the list goes on.
I think Federal Democratic Republics with separation of powers is the best form of Government.

2024-09-17 09:48:00

Website that helps you discover Bitcoin conferences happening around the world in one place.
https://bconf.org/

2024-09-17 06:07:08

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2024-09-15 15:44:52

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2024-09-14 18:13:32

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Equality of opportunity is to treat every citizen irrespective of religion and caste, of which there are many in India, equally. I assume that the underlying principle is that all men and women are created equal, which is one of the core tenets of classical liberalism/libertarianism.
So I don't think they mean equity.

2024-09-14 16:13:31

A funny coincidence that the only classical liberal/libertarian party in India that existed during the 60's initially had a 21-point statement of principles.
https://indianliberals.in/bn/content/statement-of-principles-of-swatantra-party/

2024-09-14 14:13:52

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2024-09-14 01:57:35

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2024-09-11 13:02:35

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It's going to be EPUBs or PDFs shared over Nostr or Torrents nowadays

2024-09-11 10:46:08

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2024-09-10 18:09:47

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Bitcoiners still actively posting on Twitter give me the same vibe

2024-09-10 18:05:39

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2024-09-10 18:00:10

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Also, good morning 🫡

2024-09-10 17:59:34

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One of these days you're going to forget using caps and it will be a glorious screenshot

2024-09-09 01:31:50

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Just remembered that I picked up Václav Havel's 'The Power of the Powerless' after seeing you mention it in a note you posted a while back.
It was an amazing and powerful read, especially for someone like me who has grown up and currently lives in a largely socialistic pattern of society.
So is this speech.
Thank you for sharing them! 🫂
It was this note:
#nevent1q…hkdn

2024-09-07 21:02:08

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I thought you were definitely late 20's because of the kind of pop culture references you made

2024-09-07 17:44:00

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But they won't be followed by trusted people who are already being followed by OP

2024-09-07 13:33:08

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Little to no rage and a lot of jokes and meaningful good-faith interactions here

2024-09-07 12:53:59

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Bitcoin does fit into Mises' regression theorem. In fact, it aids in explaining Bitcoin's value along with Menger's origins of money.
Initially, Bitcoin was being mined and exchanged among developers, cypherpunks and hobbyists for some reason. They thought it was worthwhile to spend their CPU resources and time in order to learn about it and obtain it.
Then, someone at some point was willing to voluntarily part with his dollars or goods he valued in exchange for some Bitcoin when its market value was $0.
This could be the person who thought its value was $0.0025 at bitcoinmarket(.)com while making the first trade or Laszlo who was willing to part with his pizza for 10,000 bitcoin whose value was $25 when he made the first real-world transaction.
But the transactions happened voluntarily without any authority telling them that Bitcoin is money or that it is valued at a certain price or that they should define it in a particular way.
And other people decided to part with their dollars in exchange for Bitcoin at other prices.
Why any of these people decided to participate in these exchanges or why they thought Bitcoin had value, only they know. It was their own subjective valuations of Bitcoin that gave it a price, and continue to do so.
Now, we have many market participants valuing it at different prices, looking at what it was in the past and forecasting it to be worth various amounts in the future to buy, sell, spend or earn it right now.
Check this out:
Bob Murphy on Bitcoin and Ludwig Von Mises’ Regression Theorem
https://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2014/03/on-bitcoin-and-ludwig-von-mises-regression-theorem.html

2024-09-07 11:36:42

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I'm actively looking for critics from the Austrian school and the libertarian community because I think they are more aligned with Bitcoiners than anyone else on most things. It's more fun to engage with their criticisms.
White, Selgin and Bob don't completely deny Bitcoin's value outright. But their criticisms are worthwhile to engage with.
For example, their claim that Bitcoin can't be money because it isn't widely accepted is interesting and fair, but falls apart when you start trying to define from first principles what 'widely accepted' means.
I could be using Bitcoin to earn and spend in my locality and it could become 'money' to me, while people I interact with don't have to use it as money in all their economic exchanges and calculations. Bitcoin wouldn't stop being money to me as a result.
I suppose so many years of legal tender laws have distorted that part of our brain that can conceptualise a free market in monetary goods.
Thanks for pointing out the issue with my LN address, will fix it.

2024-09-07 11:20:03

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2024-09-07 10:59:53

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The one that is followed by multiple people you trust would be the legit one

2024-09-07 00:39:11

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More events that refute Graeber's argument:
1. The emergence, growth and usage of Bitcoin and circular economy initiatives built around Bitcoin - all of which have happened and are happening spontaneously.
2. The slow rate of adoption of Bitcoin in El Salvador despite being declared as legal tender.
Also, regression theorem is something I just discovered thanks to this podcast episode. Bob's explanation of it filled some gaps in understanding about Bitcoin's value I never realised I had despite having read Menger's origins of money.
Thanks for sharing!

2024-09-06 21:45:15

Clever bureaucratic technique.
Announce that anything below a certain amount should not face demand of ID verification, hence giving a feeling to readers that the government cares about people's privacy. But it will not be mentioned explicitly that for everything above that amount, an ID can be demanded.
https://image.nostr.build/230098022e436f7775627f55ad5a86f96795887847003216ab881f596fe0fa6a.png

2024-09-06 01:17:56

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Anarchy will not work without the conception of private property, natural rights and free markets at all.
Without them, it will inevitably lead to the emergence of a ruling authority to allocate resources, protect the weak and maintain order.

2024-09-06 00:16:09

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Because easy to stain*
Maybe that's why people don't wear white pants much

2024-09-06 00:15:09

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I'm always paranoid about wearing white anything even though I like wearing them

2024-09-05 10:25:44

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I spent almost all of my educational life in a boarding school and a university hostel. I have a lot of good memories and met good people, sure.
But the academic experience was miserable and it felt like I was jailed up and held hostage by those institutions, their systems and their exams.
Only after I got out and started learning things by myself that I thought were necessary for my future at my own pace for my own self-interests did I start enjoying the learning process.

2024-09-05 10:20:00

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Yes, works now

2024-09-05 10:19:29

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Ah, right
I guess I'll have to check it out then

2024-09-05 06:36:35

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Unable to zap you. Something's up with your node.

2024-09-01 21:10:05

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Wow haha that's crazy

2024-09-01 20:37:17

Subramanian Swamy on the failure of the Soviet model attempted in India between 1950-1991
https://image.nostr.build/78224ed73f65271b87d740d6d4ea48bfb077ca637d72b2e30ac041128489db2f.jpg

2024-09-01 11:12:21

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Sure.
It's still their money and capital. Which they used to buy Twitter.
I am not going to tell them what to do with it. And neither can they force me to use it.

2024-08-31 17:54:44

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Did you try copy-pasting the nsec?

2024-08-31 17:53:50

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He controls the company