Gary Poppins

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2024-07-29 18:33:53

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you just gave me a great idea for my unattached female cousins. onboard them here and boom.

2024-07-29 18:28:13

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It does seem that way.
Mostly people are meeting each other at work, where dating is kinda taboo. But spending a full day at work, and then having to do a second job of filtering candidates...seems like an impossible task.
Here, however, it's like a return to a college dorm environment where there is comradery. You learn more about people around you naturally with no pressure. I've heard of college dorms in Germany after the WWs where each room was shared by a college student and a trade apprentice. So the trade apprentices got the benefit of the college parties, and the college student got the benefit of odd jobs I think.
Nostr is similar to that model where creatives and builders of all types can congregate.
The only thing that's missing is questionnaires about what is important to people. But that might be hard to get out of people.
Some people here may not even say what their favorite flavor of cake is lest it reveal a vulnerability.
I need to look up a book on compatibility. What makes people compatible.
Years ago OKCupid had a compatibility score and I always found it was inversely related to how much i enjoyed the other person. The more similar they were to me, the quicker we said goodbye on the first date.
NostrCupid

2024-07-26 17:12:37

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do you have any age range, like are you wanting to have kids, or you just want a partner.
how do you know you would find someone whose an intellectual match .
this is making me think of Pearl S Buck, "THe GOod Earth" for some reason. I've got to look that up again. It's all about coupleship and changing fortunes affect it.

2024-07-26 15:59:34

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That's an interesting link between customer service jobs and people pleasing behavior. It probably trickles into the relationship and makes it harder to set boundaries and communicate directly.

2024-07-26 15:44:53

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I like your reframing.
We have swallowed the "sex-positivity","you can have it all" vibe for too long.
I do think there are still a lot of people finding each other by the number of hand-holding that I see walking around.
And it's about the cars too:
guy in BMW: red flag.
guy in F150/ Honda Accord-- could go either way, leans positive
Guy in Toyota Corolla, Prius. if he's not a delivery driver -- grab him. clearly doesn't have issues.
I think it's important to be philosophising and shitposting while you're waiting for God.

2024-07-26 15:15:18

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do women want to be treated badly like that? you would think that they would get wiser quick.
I know a cocktail waitress who always fall for the worse men. it's like she's stuck in taking care of a bad brother mode.

2024-07-26 13:27:35

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every other coder who looks at someone else's code always rolls their eyes and says how horrible it is.
i say:
1. everyone can sing ( Florence Foster Jenkins (film) - Wikipedia)
2. everyone can code
3. everyone can be a supermodel
the audience for each may change.
a project that has a bad coder who is really motivated to learn will be better served than a project that has a master coder who is bored.

2024-07-25 14:58:20

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the moral arc of the universe is long and bends towards humbling everyone, or?

2024-07-25 12:18:33

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i suppose what she says and what she does will be two entirely different things

2024-07-25 12:15:55

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i love the idea of a open source workplace suite of Apps, and payroll is naturally built in.

2024-07-24 17:52:08

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have you figured out a name for your GUI client?

2024-07-24 17:05:10

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so the target is women but what are they selling them?

2024-07-24 16:51:27

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bizarre. i would have thought that what sells more would win the day.

2024-07-24 14:59:49

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that sounds like an example of "Soft War". CHina has turned off their Bitcoin mining machines so they could produce porn-AI. They don't even need to bounce an electric death ray off the moon.

2024-07-22 15:58:48

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omg, you killed me

2024-07-21 10:54:18

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is that like what a corporation is?

2024-07-18 14:20:32

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yes, you have to get on a different timeline. There's a movie about this where you just need to change 1 thing to change everything else. If you were planning to go the post office, go to the ice cream shop instead. There you will meet the love of your life.

2024-07-18 10:37:50

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> genetics of these aliens is chinese/mongolian and irish/iberian, which is completely consistent with the claims of Apocalypse
what are the claims of Apocalypse?

2024-07-18 10:28:46

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so i read this "hair of the alien" book. It definitely sounded silly from the title but the author is well written. The stories themselves are "gripping" as a review said, and it's a page-turner but in a stomach-turning sort of way. I almost feel sorry for the author for having this affliction of needing to write about this topic but glad that someone empathetic to these experiencers exists. At some point I got nauseous and it feels like just reading the stories is a funhouse that's just not fun because none of it makes sense.
thankfully the stories near the end from China, Basque, and Ireland are less lurid and more along the lines of fairies and folktales which are easier to just dismiss. His overview is something along the lines of there's a race allowed to live on top of the ground (us) and below ground who are more powerful.
By the end, i just want to dismiss the whole thing as altered states of consciousness that humanity is susceptible to. the only physical evidence from all these stories collapses to 1 hair tested long ago and found to be unusual.
And then this morning I read this:
2:9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
I'm thinking "Yay Moab, you must have done something right. I hope this is me some day"... and then...
2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; 2:11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.
and then in some more detail:
2:20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; 2:21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

2024-07-17 16:37:43

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ok, cool my library has Hair of the Alien. I read a book recently that I couldn't put down. If i remember the title I'll add it. Oh yeah, it was called “The MANIAC” by Benjamín Labatut
the other one that was a fun listen while working was “The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack,”

2024-07-17 16:10:55

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same problem. I have Carl Jung sitting on the shelf and I'm on here instead.

2024-07-16 17:39:28

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Who would be "they" in this case?

2024-07-15 10:29:53

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>Chemicals in your home & personal care products
what would I replace them with? vinegar? it smells so bad

2024-07-14 21:04:51

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https://image.nostr.build/8013ac29faf5712041662013bf4826fa46399f49461e1eee2cd3e5a006f75508.jpg

2024-07-14 16:59:45

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yes, and I got the same response for the chart for house prices versus interest rates, that i believe was from Fred!
It almost feels like I have a mystical power now to actually understand graphs that other people are just refusing to look at or understand.
"yes, but it's more complicated than that..." "you're just repeating what you hear from websites you visit"

2024-07-13 14:28:43

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it's ok, i guess i shouldnt be stereotyping

2024-07-13 12:24:20

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i'll try that one out. thank you

2024-07-13 12:14:03

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the dog and I have an unspoken agreement. I stand guard when he poops, and he stands guard when I go.

2024-07-13 12:09:22

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how do i follow hashtags of themes... looking on coracle for this

2024-07-13 12:03:26

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yes Jane Austen settles each of her characters with a man and a fortune according to her merits. Like Ms. So and so married Mr. So and so and settled with 50,000 pounds a year.
and the worse characters get worse yearly stipends of pounds.
I liked CS lewis. Perelandra is interesting. I should go back and try to read it again. naked astronauts, because it keeps the space ship lighter.

2024-07-13 11:54:39

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sounds lovely. once in a rainforest i saw an earth worm that was as big as a snake sliding through the leaves. gave me quite a scare since I'm from cold climate.

2024-07-13 11:27:16

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mountains between dry flat and coastal subtropical... you are very lucky as I don't think this is a very common geography to grow up in. California, Australia, Mediterranean...

2024-07-13 11:22:23

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I just read the wiki synopis of THX113... very interesting. I do love that it has BART tunnels when Bart was new, first automated metro in US. I try not to think too much in these terms, as i don't want to lend compute to the computer that's birthing that dystopia. may cleanse myself with some Jane Austen or something.

2024-07-13 10:54:37

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lush volcanic landscapes are so beautiful
Pico Ruivo - Google Maps

2024-07-13 10:50:24

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yes, brazil is where i had it. at little food stands with sandwiches and fruit juices. I'm looking at where Madeira is on a map.

2024-07-13 10:48:14

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I'm just a polyp on Elon's intestine.
and maybe Elon does suck up all the best talent and quash their ideas and make them produce horribly toxic battery vehicles when we could have zero-point energy vehicles instead.
he also was very dismissive of bitcoin. he could have had it all, Bitcoin, the world's sexiest company, and a rocket company.
I do like the fact that his Human robot pays homage to humans. When you steal a design, you might as well steal God's design.
that boston dynamics dog robot is scary because, what useful thing can a dog do, besides herd?
who are they planning to herd? so the worker humans will be working with dog overlords.

2024-07-13 09:31:02

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Cashew juice always struck me as funny since it tastes a lot like the cashew nut but it is sweet/tangy.

2024-07-11 19:45:23

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do you remember anything else after the. mushrooms?

2024-07-11 15:28:53

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so you don't envision a war between evil Hodler OGs wanting to keep their hold on precious Blockspace so they can charge fees on custodial platforms and earn yield and the many others.
if 51%of people total say "we're increasing the blocksize" then it happens, right, regardless of what people who hold the most bitcoin say ?

2024-07-11 15:17:56

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I will attach some paintbrushes on the bottom and draw some Art.

2024-07-11 15:16:07

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i heard an interesting idea this week from a Hodler who was worried that in 50 years, when each Hodler is a bank and there is little blockspace for opening/closing lightning channels and not all 9 billion people on the planet will have access to the non-custodial version of Bitcoin.
I haven't gamed it out more than: ~1,000,000 transactions per day
9 billion people.
I don't know how many transactions per lightning channel.
The idea is that eventually there will be a big base of population who will want to self custody their Satoshis, but they will not be able to due to the fees and small UTXO sizes even on Lightning.
So it will be the Satoshi-poor masses advocating bigger blocks versus the rich OG bitcoin hodlers who will want smaller blocks to keep all the little guys on their custodial platforms.

2024-07-11 14:17:05

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it would be so fun though to click submit on a Nostr & lightning -workday timesheet and the day's payment goes immediately to my Lightning wallet.
and maybe there's Satoshi rewards for Jira tickets closed. i would not dislike Jira in that world.

2024-07-11 14:11:09

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i'm afraid i force price this in by wasting a lot of time until i start doing my timesheet, and then I get productive.
Maybe there should be a new Nostr-enabled Workday where each person has an account jar of satoshis and they can tip their coworkers when they complete tasks that they need.
Managers would basically become the person that collects the most Sats and can then pay the most Sats out to allocate work.
this sounds like a toxic workplace BTW, and I would NOT want to work there. sign me up for a obfuscated salary/output ratio with the 1 month pay check

2024-07-10 17:41:50

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Enoch sounds more crazy scientist to me... is there a preference towards people who use the technology that they were given by nature (body/pleasure/Solomon) vs people who are more adroit with outer-technology (inventions/etc).

2024-07-10 17:37:54

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i just might have to give that one a read then...

2024-07-10 17:01:07

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I thought he was at least respected. I meant the comparison to be complimentary for Bukele. got some rereading to do.

2024-07-08 15:02:36

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I did the same a year ago. I had to get to the point where I was like "I can't do this on my own. If you want to help me, God, I can't do it on my own."
it was only after that i could break the habit. Then i started to take God more seriously. I do agree it's like demons. At times i felt like i could almost see a black shadow sliding across a doorway.

2024-07-07 18:14:23

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that reminds me of hiking with a classmate from Czech Republic who introduced me to sardines on baguettes. my silly granola bars were no match for the energy output of sardines.

2024-07-07 18:12:27

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sounds incredible. are there paths to walk other than the railroad tracks or the highway?

2024-07-07 15:43:15

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that's quite the walk! was this over several days?

2024-07-05 11:11:52

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I miss having a backyard to burn stuff in like cardboard and things feels so good.

2024-07-05 11:10:10

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apparently there is a book of Satan. a friend told me it's not half bad. main thrust is "everyone makes mistakes and such".
Is it true that God made Satan, so Satan is part of God's consciousness? perhaps it's a whole other route for people to come to God.
If Satan is the smartest creature out there, it would seem natural that God would keep him close just because otherwise God could get bored. So it makes sense to me that they could be friends.

2024-07-05 10:59:21

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zero electric life is OK, as long as you have a fresh waterfall in your backyard.
I spent 2 weeks without electricity in a community in Brazil. There was a waterfall in the woods behind the community (thankfully uphill and upstream). the whole community neighborhood naturally figured out times for men and women to go wash clothes and take showers.
without the electricity, i got better sleep. However as soon as the water stopped flowing into the sink from the gravity tanks (electric pump dependent), i had the thought "why am I living here".

2024-07-05 10:30:49

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all the smoke from a fire will make the food (including cowboy cake) taste so much better

2024-06-30 20:59:29

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havaiaanas like these:
my toes feel more spread out already
https://m.primal.net/JDir.webp

2024-06-30 18:56:27

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I just went on hike with flip-flops only. it felt good to walk on my tip toes up the Mountain

2024-06-23 16:23:22

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if you are familiar with Hal's writings, is he specific/unspecific in other instances too?

2024-06-23 16:02:49

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Satoshi was the second coming of Jesus. he wrote the code that would redeem all those people right before the apocalypse. that's detailed in Revelation.

2024-06-22 15:18:04

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I believe so. the wallet that's built into Primal is what I'm using

2024-06-22 15:12:27

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I appreciate your content! also trying out how these apps work. Primal crashed when I zapped several times in a row.

2024-06-22 15:02:24

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sounds like 4d chess

2024-06-22 14:44:22

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what a goofball

2024-06-22 14:43:08

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is this the defragment function of the universe. do you mean other ways of body decay will keep info in a more readable format? like burial vs burning ?

2024-06-22 14:40:19

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not the money plant!

2024-06-21 13:56:44

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chivalry is good imo. makes me blind to a lot of faults in someone if they put me first in some way. it buys a lot of loyalty and rent space... not sure if it's good to have loyalty, but loyalty to someone who puts you first seems like a no-brainer

2024-06-19 18:04:05

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i wonder where Central America is going in this scenario. I'm thinking Guatemala is the best place to move as it's close to El Salvador to benefit from their policies and economics but may be less expensive

2024-06-19 16:22:07

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I need to also add "warm weather and no snow" to the intersecting bubbles of requirements

2024-06-19 14:34:32

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there once was a lady of Lynn who was so incredibly thin that when she essayed to drink lemonade, she slipped through the straw and fell in

2024-06-19 14:25:27

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so I recently ordered a blockstream jade and fell for a silly scam. on the same day that the device was being delivered, I received a text from postal service about delivery and I also received a text asking me to update my address and pay 20cents for redelivery.
so the text I answered with my address was not official... so someone now has my address and knows that I was buying a blockstream jade.

2024-06-19 14:09:33

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i love Rio! I want to go back so bad, and I'm afraid it won't be like I remember from 2010.
sorry to jump in the middle of a thread, not sure what the etiquette is here...

2024-06-19 00:46:36

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thank you. I am now reading "Bitcoin is Time " by Gigi

2024-06-18 16:10:54

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responding to : the Bible is laughable
I honestly wish it were. I wish I had a better grasp of other ancient texts to compare them. I hold the Bible in too high regard perhaps from inculcation as a child. I only know Book of Mormon to a certain degree as another religious text. I wonder if Bitcoin is becoming a thing in the Mormon community

2024-06-18 16:07:14

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was it the book "thank God for Bitcoin" or something else that made the connection for you?

2024-06-17 20:39:42

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thanks for the info. I wasn't sure if it's the bitcoin influence or radio waves beaming in from outer space but I also feel that strange appreciation for Christianity that I didn't have before. it's odd to me because I would normally think an obsession with financial things like Bitcoin should be a distraction from religion/spirituality but the two seem to make room for each other somehow.

2024-06-17 20:23:16

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how or why did it bring you closer to God?

2024-06-17 18:00:35

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opportunist optimistically selling things. so many roads lead to intelligence

2024-06-15 20:40:26

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oh I see the concern, especially if the serfs are subject to usury on their fake money granted to them by the overruling lords who hoarded the hard money out of sight and mind.
I was thinking about the contrast of locking Bitcoin away forever with establishing foundations with wealth.
This may be unfounded conspiracy, but let's just say for example: in the early part of the last century, the Carnegie Foundation helped standardize medical education under the preview of the American Medical Association. That served to remove a lot of snake oil salesmen, as well as homeopathic doctors. The American Medical Association oversaw who was allowed to practice and conveniently cigarettes were advertised as even good for you...
so while I appreciate the Carnegie libraries, I'm worried about the zombie foundations by which well-intentioned dead donors could be piloting civilization

2024-06-15 20:00:46

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I'm looking up the antidotes to Midas syndrome as I plan to be prescribed at some point

2024-06-15 19:31:16

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that's the plan

2024-06-15 18:41:31

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another way I think of this is as follows: he is the most visible CEO figure in Bitcoin, and selling his or donating it is akin to a CEO selling their stock. it rugs the shareholders and reduces our faith in the asset he promotes. but I'm relatively new here so he was the best marketer to me

2024-06-15 17:18:30

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I guess I was expecting everyone to have some by then

2024-06-15 17:11:30

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enlightening

2024-06-15 15:26:49

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so i thought the idea is that with bitcoin, by not passing it along, you are giving a gift to all the network holders.
It's like you are giving a gift to everyone and not to charitable Foundations that can ultimately fund the arts and sciences and all the ~Wonderful~ things those can create...
i actually really like this aspect of Saylor. if he really means what he says "die with bitcoin" it is the idea that you don't need to influence the future of the world with your ideas. let the next generation start on the foundation where you left off with no appointed board or heir or ruling elite...

2024-06-15 14:43:18

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great question. i don't believe so, although i wouldn't mind it.

2024-06-15 12:16:42

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good point. the OSS was founded in WWII and in 1947 converted to CIA.
Charlie Chaplin was funded by proof of laughs in 1914

2024-06-15 11:49:49

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and here i was dreaming of how food in Germany 10 years ago was so much healthier, so much easier to not gain weight, feel bloated.
every guest i have from Europe complains how sweet every food and dish is in Texas.

2024-06-15 11:43:12

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was Charlie Chaplin CIA funded

2024-06-12 02:49:21

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the middle class is sliding down the side of the Eiffel tower of economic class

2024-06-10 16:21:13

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Imagine the growth of Nostr if all of India turned to the platform to avoid censorship. if wonder if anyone's tried advertising Nostr in India

2024-06-09 16:20:37

A friend is asking me for dating/relationship advice. Am I wrong to think that relationships are completely transactional?
In 20s and 30s, they are often about sharing space with someone else. If someone is unwilling to share space, especially when rent is so costly in most cities, is it possible to have a relationship? Does that mean a relationship is just about saving money with someone that you enjoy being around.
if that's true, how much does whether sharing a bedroom with siblings growing up affect the probability that one will be in a relationship?
Would not sharing an apartment with a potential partner limit the dating pool severely as potential dates are going to put their roommates above the potential partner on the social priority ladder.

2024-06-09 11:15:32

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Bookmarked. so useful. the Nost Stats page is very cool

2024-06-07 13:08:42

please tell me i'm paranoid and conspiratorial:
I've never seen so much news about DDay celebration in France as this year... are they trying to inspire some european young people to sign up for war?
https://x.com/mlehardy75/status/1798638268067856401

2024-06-07 11:19:41

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Why in the world is a "blessing" so important and that it can only be given once.
However it makes a lot of sense if the blessing were 12 word seed phrase to the wealth of the family.
Also, i think the blind father was in on it.

2024-06-07 11:15:30

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The Hopi nation from the 4 corners region (Utah/Arizona, NM, Colorado) have the legend that they emerged from a cave in the ground and the god told them to spread out.

2024-06-07 11:09:48

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speaking of Alan Watts, he mentioned money as an "information system" and economic energy in a talk.
https://youtu.be/NhRSkMrUY9o?si=z6dySPVFU6LxYBOa

2024-06-07 11:06:18

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it's not the size of the boat.... it's the motion of the ocean!

2024-06-07 11:02:02

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in 30 years! I'll stop saving for retirement then.

2024-06-04 12:41:03

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yikes! so how much of following of the law should be driven by fear of consequences vs just being a better person? it feels like it's impossible to not fall into a useless obsession with following laws that's completely unhelpful to moral development. so then it's easy to make up excuses for why certain laws just don't apply anymore.
i'm always looking for excuses for why i can be pagan and christian at the same time...

2024-06-04 10:40:39

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hahaha ok, great point.

2024-06-04 10:29:56

I've had a 2 second kiss 3 years ago that I still remember. it seemed like it had a world of possibilities in it that were completely unrelated to how i perceived the person on the other side.
how is it possible that something so seemingly meaningless has a life of its own in my head?