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2025-04-04 11:04:18

i'll be honest i didn't think much past catching her 😐 https://image.nostr.build/7d407b66421c8dfc7d0a786944329ff0341fb287f16b5d155ecfb88114f087d5.jpg
#nevent1q…ur4a

2025-04-03 01:46:02

https://image.nostr.build/f983798759affa393415a0558ed12f14b9c020484b5ad2df751aac89de6aee6d.jpg

2025-04-03 01:35:00

i'm trying to catch a possum using a (humane, relax) trap baited with marshmallows so the neighbor's cat doesn't get caught.
any tips would be appreciated. so far all i have to show for it is fewer marshmallows.

2025-03-29 13:03:49

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it's been a year now since i first installed it and Fedora Silverblue has been surprisingly stable and pleasant

2025-03-27 11:43:25

i am ghibli'd out
gm

2025-03-10 11:33:39

"It's the slavery of attachment that is hell, not the things themselves that we are attached to. It's a grave error to imagine that by giving up the object of our attachment we become free from the force of attachment itself."
—from 'Money and the Meaning of Life,' by Jacob Needleman

2025-03-09 03:52:48

y'all @nprofile…h2ec is on nostr now and he is a real one so i encourage you to give him a follow
he's a herdshare prophet preaching the good word of beef, community, responsibility, and hard work
very based and inspiring ✨🤘

2025-03-04 02:19:57

i know drinking alcohol isn't cool right now—and it certainly isn't health food to be sure—but for people who spend time drifting across disparate topics and seemingly unrelated subjects it is widely known to serve a kind of mental and conversational lubricant that dislodges overthinking and rumination
i see a lot of biblical historical types who have proudly exiled fermented spirits from their lives without acknowledging their presence in every major philosophical, spiritual, and societal revolution in history. which is a it odd tbh.
excess is detrimental. indulgence is sinful. but these are behaviors, not a substance.
all this to say: i think we're currently in a pendulum swing that is apexing and fixing to swing back

2025-02-24 14:03:35

if the mafia called themselves the Waste Disposal and Family Values Foundation there would be public outcry at any attempt to dismantle or shut them down
this is waste disposal and family values we're talking about. it's right there in the name. how could you.

2025-02-19 01:43:31

a friend of mine has been intrigued by my bulk beef buying from a local rancher
he proudly announced tonight that he has procured his very first 1/8 of a cow from a local farm and is very excited about it
big win, lfg 🔥

2025-02-05 14:15:53

i work in an office sometimes and i have come to learn that normies are sick all the time.
all. the. time.
they bond over it and think it's normal.
fascinating

2025-01-20 17:27:44

"Politics is downstream from culture, and cryptography in general (and Bitcoin in particular) changes culture." @nprofile…weu7
https://www.citadel21.com/bitcoins-meme-wars

2025-01-20 13:37:52

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🙏✨

2025-01-09 18:45:31

Swan just announced that they're finally live in New York
i read the FAQ and, i mean, that's quite the caveat...
"Buys, sells, and USD withdrawals are active. Bitcoin withdrawals are pending NYDFS approval."
https://help.swanbitcoin.com/hc/en-us/articles/29044573254807-Swan-is-Live-in-New-York

2025-01-05 02:12:15

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ooo 👀

2024-12-31 15:40:20

if you're struggling to learn something and find it hard, remember that it's likely because it is hard and not because you're bad at it
keep going. it's hard for everyone.

2024-12-29 11:45:59

gm fam ☕🌅 https://image.nostr.build/bf6a51ddc8a39a203b5522e58ddcbe60309170961b79c5159810f219a018ce81.jpg

2024-12-28 15:10:16

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i don't think he's on here, but i'll reach out and let him know he would be appreciated :)

2024-12-28 13:42:56

https://m.primal.net/NJNg.png
"I met Ross’ mother, Lyn, late last year, when I was in Miami to perform my Ayn Rand EP at the Atlas Society gala. The World renowned “Pimp On A Blimp” Alex Stein very sweetly invited me to a party being hosted by Tim Pool, where I had a lovely time and met a number of fascinating people, and late in the night I was introduced to Lyn. She ended up giving me a lift back to my hotel, and on the journey we spoke about her fight for her son, and music, and I told her I’d like to make a song.
The next day, Lyn’s friend Martha Bueno sent me Ross’ 2021 Miami Bitcoin Conference address, delivered by crackling telephone from maximum security prison, and I listened to it all the way through, wandering around Miami, and it made me weep, and I knew then that it would be the basis of the record, which would now be an album, rather than just the one song.
Making the record had challenges, to be sure. Getting the tone right was crucial. This is a man’s life story, after all. A man locked in jail, presumably for ever. The telephone recording is certainly the trickiest vocal audio I’ve ever had to work with. And then there was the small matter of how it kept making me cry, which gets in the way of recording vocals.
I completed the record as Bitcoin was surging to $108,000, and the bitcoin 100k Christmas Parties that Clif High was predicting all those years ago were happening. Ross, meanwhile, remained in prison. But there is hope. In an address to the Libertarian National Convention in May, Donald Trump declared, 'if you vote for me, on Day One, I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht.'
Well, they voted for him, and Day One is fast approaching.
Merry Christmas Ross.
Merry Christmas Lyn.
And Merry Christmas to you, beloved Meaningwave enjoyer.
Enjoy this new album. https://go.meaningwave.com/FREEDOM
LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!
AKIRA THE DON
DSPDC, Mexico, December ‘24"

2024-12-26 21:03:33

how was everyone's holiday?
mine was great https://image.nostr.build/24c20b238a3cfb557e0f3285d23759bdddda59e2129c8d1733a4ca2280899fba.jpg

2024-12-21 13:49:58

gm
maybe go for a walk outside today ✨ https://image.nostr.build/fb38589c89a2751e5e115cab87dc08709d6bfe9fea7c06807e90462b82e2a8ed.jpg

2024-12-20 14:32:37

update: setting up my own self-hosted Alby Hub was shockingly easy and painless. i am very impressed, well done @npub1get…0nfm
zaps are now coming from inside the house 🏠⚡️🏠
#note1g6f…nwg8

2024-12-19 14:08:42

gm https://image.nostr.build/168a9653097511aeae34efb4a5ba575c9ec746044a1172f28b7533f4a6340aa1.jpg

2024-12-13 12:28:02

today's soundtrack for working will be provided by Creedence and Tool, and nothing else
it is literally that easy to guarantee yourself a good day
gm

2024-12-09 01:35:52

i need to migrate to Alby Hub in order to keep zapping on here (☹️)
but to self host i need to set up my own lightning node again (😑)
and to do that i need to set up another bitcoin node (😀)
so it begins... https://m.primal.net/MqmN.png

2024-12-08 14:18:08

posted by the wife of a friend of mine yesterday
turns out it's a thing
i can't believe people keep doing this to themselves in december 2024 with no sense of caution or curiosity or concern 😔 https://image.nostr.build/b24f684b260d5b16492f661e446be99ca7a53ea25c29ec9c10f297709dcc4f0c.jpg https://image.nostr.build/6fa2f906b01be888078845e183547e63eb6f2f0800e87df2bfab72bbde119ead.jpg

2024-12-06 12:34:54

you either pay some now or pay dearly later
many things we consider "expensive," whether in money or time/effort, end up costing us more in the future. nutrition & exercise comes to mind, but so does learning & knowledge growth.
carve out a budget to make future you better off.

2024-12-03 15:18:08

hey @nprofile…kls6 looks like you've got a scammer on instagram 👀
cc: @nprofile…67ea
https://image.nostr.build/c5babf82b81c301905777f346b80f97f50a5e033d0473cd2f85ea9cd1ccfb831.jpg

2024-12-01 13:02:52

"In our time and culture, the battlefield of life is money.
Instead of horses and chariots, guns and fortresses, there are banks, checkbooks, credit cards, mortgages, salaries, the IRS.
But the inner enemies remain the same now as they were in ancient India or feudal Japan: fear, self-deception, vanity, egoism, wishful thinking, tension, and violence."
—Jacob Needleman, from 'Money and the Meaning of Life' (1991)

2024-11-30 16:14:59

grateful for nostr that's for sure
looking forward to spending another year with all of you ✨

2024-11-16 02:41:30

anyone else watching fights they don't care about in anticipation of the Tyson-Paul bread & circuses event? 😀
spectacles are fun

2024-11-15 00:16:51

hear hear
#note1ktt…vpl0

2024-11-05 02:09:38

current energy
#nevent1q…fh8x

2024-10-29 11:35:40

people who have terrible sleep schedules love to humblebrag about how they have terrible sleep schedules.
anyway, i hope you slept well fam
gm

2024-10-19 11:31:37

gm ☕ https://image.nostr.build/31b3e0f2918d5cf5b9dfacd3c3e538d79f074501dd7d1c2a8d65f4b546c4177e.jpg

2024-10-11 00:29:25

Austin, Texas to me is great, partly because it gives me access to _all_ of Texas which is *very great*
but you may not prefer Austin or Texas. that's okay. find your place. find your happy. you'll never see me trying to convince people to live in one place or another because i understand that people are different.
i just want everyone to find their place

2024-10-11 00:24:16

if you don't like where you live, move. you're not a tree.
i just want to see people happy with where they're at. the more happy people there are in the world the fewer problems we'll all have with each other
and a big contributor to happiness is where you live

2024-10-08 23:59:10

what is BitcoinTina up to these days?
i miss that dude. he berated we for a full minute on Clubhouse one time but it was strangely endearing

2024-10-08 02:31:50

every time i see a caps @nprofile…p7e2 post https://image.nostr.build/a92e604dc4b84c8330f087943a55734a3a825143f0696343278f8494354f8046.gif

2024-10-08 02:03:37

i fact checked this and there is at least one film (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) where computer-generated tails were used to counteract excited dogs
anyway gn nostr ✨ https://image.nostr.build/8384bbbd128aa5d7be75ea7965541e233579bac8346efd53fbb1bacd38bb1b4b.jpg

2024-10-07 15:35:38

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i mean, it's also not milk and has just1g of protein but ok

2024-10-07 13:39:15

i know a couple people who are often outraged online and clutch pearls about clickbaity news stories claiming books are being banned somewhere
and i can say with certainty—because they've said so on other occasions—that they have not personally read an entire book in years
always be mindful of the difference between what people say and what they do. most stated preferences are performative and done for in-group acceptance and status games.

2024-10-05 13:08:35

this is my favorite book on that age old question "why is there something rather than nothing?"
i read it back when it came out but still think about it from time to time
highly recommend
https://image.nostr.build/d6c13ab12ee170705ba13eab314260badc5027a9e49a6cd33f8e8ed15df5777e.jpg #bookstr

2024-10-04 12:08:05

that the government cares about you and tells you the truth is the real conspiracy theory
gm

2024-10-02 13:25:37

people are so afraid to make a mistake, but you learn by making mistakes
if you want to improve i would start by getting out there and making more mistakes

2024-10-01 13:28:11

recently i took an uber to the airport. it was an early flight so the uber arrived at like 2:30am. based on the unusual name i assumed it would be a guy and that he was of African heritage, neither of which i was ever able to confirm which to me is just a hilarious side note. they had almost 3,000 trips logged and nearly 5 star rating. so far so good.
this person did not say a word to me the whole time, which would normally be ideal. however: he/she had the windows down and was passionately singing Bob Marley tunes the entire time. 3 Little Birds. No Woman No Cry. really feeling it despite clearly not being a singer.
now, on the one hand it's 2:30am so please stfu. through this lens it was completely jarring and annoying. i had had no coffee and was barely sentient.
on the other hand, I actually love Bob Marley tunes and there's something heartening about someone driving cars for a living in the middle of the night and in the most cheerful of moods. we probably need more of that in the world.
but at 2:30am?!
anyway, i'm still torn on how i felt about that ride.
gm

2024-09-30 15:14:37

if a jerk tells you the truth it's still the truth

2024-09-29 03:02:39

remember when adult coloring books were a thing? lol
anyway gn

2024-09-27 14:13:37

don't publicly shit on people building something if you don't like it. if you truly care and have constructive criticism deliver it in private.
we need more builders. encourage creation. failed attempts can also be thought of as iterations, which get better at each pass

2024-09-24 20:17:15

You can't get what you want till you know what you want
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6WpYaseyW4

2024-09-22 13:56:52

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can you point me towards a book of his in particular?

2024-09-22 12:23:56

the Japanese value system around work ethic, aesthetics, attention to detail, and care is not just admirable it's inspiring, and more than a little motivating
if you're struggling to make progress you're probably trying to do too many things. focus on one.
then give it everything you got

2024-09-19 13:56:28

QR code menus can fuck all the way off
when will society be done with this awful trend

2024-09-12 12:26:17

the value of having a large vocabulary isn't in being eloquent or impressing others, it's in being precise
you don't need to use a big word when a small word will do, just don't use the wrong word
“To use language well is to use it particularly. Precision of utterance is both a form of lyricism and a species of attention.”
gm

2024-09-11 15:52:23

"what, you missed the debate??"
i wouldn't say i missed it, Bob.
https://m.primal.net/KmvU.jpg

2024-09-10 23:56:42

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K&C Cattle hosted a burger night at an outdoor bar here in Austin and they were also selling tallow & take-home cuts 😀

2024-09-10 23:21:13

i am cooking my shrimp in beef tallow, ama

2024-09-05 15:56:02

i'm a simple man.
i just want an AnchorWatch hat.
why can't i get an AnchorWatch hat.

2024-09-04 11:20:14

gm 🌅✨
i started using this Winamp clone on Mac called re:Amp
now instead of using whatever apple bloatware music store that requires login and takes forever to load, or an always-on streaming subscription firehose that sucks up bandwidth, or a youtube tab that sucks up memory...
i just go to a music folder and drag in some mp3s and press play 😌
https://image.nostr.build/fa79a4be36cea25f9dd6d9b01024dc694b736df10904fb4d9a836eefdbb78d72.jpg
https://re-amp.ru/

2024-09-04 00:34:14

there's a point in the aging process where you pass through the "dude, grow up" phase after which, if you successfully do exactly that, you will soon be admired not for growing up but for maintaining a youthful spirit and optimism 😅

2024-09-03 18:59:37

the physical and the ephemeral—body and soul—are deeply interwoven, to the point that even making the distinction amounts to a kind of absurdity
Aristotle called this idea 'hylomorphism' and was mainly referring to the duality of physical matter and immaterial form. (this term was eventually picked up and used in computer science to talk about recursive functions)
Einstein later followed the logic of his relativity theory to discover that physical matter and immaterial energy were literally two aspects of the same phenomenon: E=mc^2 Hylomorphism had passed the rigor of modern physics.
Then decades later Werner Heisenberg had this to say regarding the duplex world of quantum mechanics, from his 1958 book 'Physics & Philosophy':
"In the experiments about atomic events we have to do with things and facts, with phenomena that are just as real as any phenomena in daily life. But atoms and the elementary particles themselves are not as real; they form a world of potentialities or possibilities rather than one of things or facts...The probability wave [...] mean[s] tendency for something. It's a quantitative version of the old concept of potentia from Aristotle's philosophy. It introduces something standing in the middle between the idea of an event and the actual event, a strange kind of physical reality just in the middle between possibility and reality."
https://m.primal.net/Kcfm.jpg

2024-09-03 13:47:19

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i hope not!

2024-09-03 13:15:37

some days i feel like i'm far too sincere and earnest and other days i feel like i'm not being sincere or earnest enough
gm

2024-09-01 13:39:55

tell the truth. leave people alone. be kind. work hard. take responsibility. aspire to greatness. ignore what you cannot control. be of service. build things. practice courage.
these are my politics

2024-09-01 02:03:02

read paper books.
listen to audio recordings if you want, and have a kindle around if you like it, but not at the expense of paper books
not out of nostalgia or tradition but out of efficacy
physical media sticks around

2024-08-30 18:06:22

today it was uppercase True instead of lowercase true
HUGE MISTAKE APPARENTLY
programming is so unforgiving lmao
#nevent1q…8r64

2024-08-30 18:04:31

a solid 99% of my bugs are not because of some complicated logic mistake or a subtle change to an imported library or an arcane syntax update, which is where i focus 99% of the next several hours looking
it's a missing comma, semicolon, or letter
https://image.nostr.build/dccf0d81cf95da5c037222bed216dd58d82388e6dd15593ffec00a72dbb0d718.gif

2024-08-28 15:51:30

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i'm sincerely trying to find out, and if so why

2024-08-28 15:32:21

make it make sense
https://image.nostr.build/acb3984d487e140e4bc1aa80d19c8f4778be8565a9e72ad443be1dd402d56279.png
https://image.nostr.build/f77b45d5c0cec9229094fdf937c74499da7a18412392570ba4a6a8f753b98be5.png
https://image.nostr.build/41ce5647875e6b7db2d2edc18a58de225cc07ba08d4ea984f36527f7876e7cc9.png

2024-08-22 16:49:53

"To be entertained" and "to be distracted" are synonymous in modern Greek (διασκεδάζω) while the etymology of the word (ancient Greek διασκεδάννυμι) means: to scatter oneself, to dissipate, to dilute.
Same with French divertissement – (divertere, ‘turn in separate ways’)
Greeks have a second word to differentiate the mere entertainment of the senses/diverting of the mind from the higher forms of "entertainment" (ancient Greek plays, philosophy, public debate etc.): ψυχαγωγία, from ψυχή (soul, spirit) + ἄγω (to guide, to induce)

2024-08-21 14:22:32

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it was made specifically for long form content
the design and functionality is like Medium, not Twitter

2024-08-21 14:07:00

「もし人間が機械だったら、その主な機能は夢を見ることだろう」
‘If humans were machines, their main function would be to dream’

2024-08-21 13:59:37

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pretty sure, yes https://habla.news/

2024-08-21 13:59:08

do these box office records ever control for ticket price inflation?
pretty sure we're gonna just keep breaking box office records in perpetuity
https://image.nostr.build/a972adb7469f9dc83b5e66a68546ed6eb1dd08cd910ce12f81c23ff58052979e.jpg

2024-08-21 01:37:00

"Everything that’s really worthwhile in life came to us free.
Our mind
Our soul
Our body, our hopes, our dreams
Our ambitions, our intelligence
Our love of family
And children and friends
All these priceless possessions
Are free…"
—Earl Nightingale

2024-08-20 15:44:59

putting in the work is increasingly scarce
in a world of endless conveniences and shortcuts, simply making an effort has become a significant competitive advantage

2024-08-18 01:27:23

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ah cool! i'm out that way every so often. went to Shiner last weekend actually

2024-08-18 01:03:14

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well then you are my people 🤝

2024-08-18 00:46:55

picanha is on the menu tonight fam
courtesy of K&C Cattle here in Austin, TX https://image.nostr.build/8410af139176232c5f7dcecdf429ec16ae151af5fdcc83e2974f8c31cd3108a5.jpg

2024-08-17 15:58:25

people are going to go out and vote in november based mainly on fear of social judgment + out-of-context tiktok clips, and then proudly share an 'i voted' sticker on instagram for the likes
best to mentally prepare now

2024-08-16 14:57:33

the craziest thing about the placebo effect is that it still works even when you tell people that it's a placebo
"The efficacy of open-label placebo was superior to that of no treatment. Relative to no treatment, the placebo, under each information condition, accounted for more than 50% of the drug effect."
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.3006175

2024-08-14 12:03:15

Do Quests, Not Goals
this is great: https://www.raptitude.com/2024/08/do-quests-not-goals/

2024-08-13 15:43:39

i think it was Naval who said you should find three hobbies: one that makes you money, one that makes you fit, and one that makes you smarter
i'd add a fourth: one that makes you build
building things conditions you to see the world as changeable and subject to your will

2024-08-12 01:51:11

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i would keep letting him hang and just keep an ear/eye out for any causes for concern. odds are he will eventually feel comfortable enough to tell you more about his situation without you even having to probe. (it could just be a case of a latchkey kid with loser parents)

2024-08-11 20:58:28

you'd be surprised how many problems can be solved by walking 5 miles outside by yourself on a hot summer day ✨ https://image.nostr.build/dae514f5344e2651787c52c050e7aff387b5820e392f12d09990ec773ef5b3e8.jpg

2024-08-11 19:34:05

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memetic contraband 🏴‍☠️

2024-08-10 17:54:13

if you're not washing your shoelaces instead of buying new ones and drying them on a busted chair you refuse to throw away you're short bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/6d440e59c0c44f1e7ab017ae77d786adecfd2c9786e8ce20c84dfac4d42fc47b.jpg

2024-08-10 17:47:11

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zapped for displaying gratitude ✨

2024-08-08 14:47:10

stay
https://image.nostr.build/dca6672be98ba181ae6add1a9c5c00e2c1c449016262086a8e63d10c35cc3071.jpg

2024-08-08 14:18:59

fine i'll explain:
the reason to stand in line before boarding is to get on the plane sooner and claim overhead space, since now they run out of room due to people avoiding checked bag fees
"who cares, they'll just gate check it" no, my bag stays with me, i don't trust these idiots

2024-08-06 01:09:58

samourai wallet left me. phoenix wallet left me. mutiny wallet left me.😢
what are y'all using for wallets these days? (especially lightning)

2024-08-05 02:21:31

while bitcoin was crashing i was building a bar in my backyard ✨ https://image.nostr.build/eaea3d192cfa5f99ce906c2d093a479da9b600c2a10cd1dc311d7ed17e292ac9.jpg
#nevent1q…7klg

2024-08-02 03:43:25

DARPA is translating all their C code to Rust 👀 https://www.darpa.mil/program/translating-all-c-to-rust

2024-08-02 01:36:58

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yes!
1. move quickly. have someone using a float to smooth the top and an edger to smooth the sides after you pour—don't wait til the end. it will start curing faster than you think, at which point things get messy.
2. rent a mixer. it's worth every penny.
3. add a little bit more water than the instructions and youtube say. makes it smoother. not too wet, just a bit.

2024-08-01 23:28:34

proof of slab
i learned a lot about concrete but it's level and it's finished so it's going in the Win column https://image.nostr.build/96605d601f324a0ea2cb726a43617dad7c441dfcf42d7fe537c37de9585d4ff5.jpg

2024-08-01 13:21:28

me: leave me alone
gov't: "No we're gonna have MANDATES to FORCE you to do things under the threat of PENALTIES and FINES."
me: ok gfy
gov't: "How dare you"

2024-07-31 13:40:38

In a better world, every family will learn from children. You are in such a hurry to teach them. Nobody seems to learn from them, and they have much to teach you.
—Osho

2024-07-30 19:14:35

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yes, great book!

2024-07-30 16:13:51

is there a good argument for living in california that does not involve the weather/temperature/beach etc.?
i don't know many people who live there, but the ones who do only seem to mention the weather as the thing they like

2024-07-30 14:05:05

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it may be easier or more natural-sounding to say but it's less accurate.
i suspect most people feel there's some sort of prestige about reading books as opposed to listening to them. i don't think there is, but they are very different activities.