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2024-09-26 17:43:21

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I think it’s Menara Perak :))

2024-09-26 17:32:15

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Thanks for the zaps. It’s my second home. Check out the botanical gardens (great for jogging and workout), the bird park (better than S‘Pore imo), KGB Burger, bicycle rental at Titiwangsa (also tandems available), Indian Restaurant 1947 India, KyoChon in Pavillion Connection. Lala Port is a Japanese mall with cosplay dudes and anime stuff if you are interested to see that. For some retro tech trash you may visit Sungei Wang Plaza Mall. Mid valley mega mall is also worth a trip, as they have some nice eateries in and around thevpöace and bangers village is not far. The BEST Italian restaurant is Via Pre. https://image.nostr.build/ebf43d3ef96153471edd56a4546341ff62438d06ea4edba72dfe08b640d1a4c0.jpg

2024-09-26 02:41:02

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Gm! Love Malaysia. Is this star residences?

2024-09-09 11:30:50

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The message is this: You’re beautiful at any size! You’re obese? Never mind, it’s just another shape. You think it’s ugly? Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. You think it’s unhealthy? You’re right, but it’s not allowed to say that because it hurts feelings and is therefore violent speech. Let’s just close our eyes and ears and ignore reality. Reality sucks!
#nostr #freespeech #bodyshaming

2024-09-07 16:23:58

Back then when Aphex Twin made the album Come to Daddy in 1997, it was meant as an intentional provocation. If you consider this a provocation today, you yourself are considered the provocation. Times change and so does your perception by and of society.

2024-08-28 11:59:54

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IMO there isn't a straightforward, consistently high correlation between Bitcoin's price and the growth of money supply (like M2). For instance, periods of significant money printing haven't always led to immediate or proportional increases in Bitcoin's price. This could be due to Bitcoin's nascent nature, where its price is influenced heavily by adoption rates, technological developments, regulatory news, and speculative trading rather than purely monetary policy.

2024-08-27 03:55:29

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@npub192k…43u7 Your demand that everyone should “READ YOUR STORY” is almost stereotypical for people supporting the narcissistic and woke agenda. Wake up to the fact that you are not special. Nobody cares about you.

2024-08-26 12:35:19

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Well, looking at the median American citizen’s household debt of approximately 65K USD, 40 hours per week doesn’t seem to be nearly enough. You can’t keep spending consistently more than what you earn over DECADES and then demand less working hours. I know there is a lot of nuance around the subject, including student loans, home affordability, etc. BUT: If you can’t afford to study and if you can’t afford a house, DON’T DO IT! Look at emerging markets. People don’t buy stuff they can’t afford. It’s basic common sense.

2024-08-26 06:12:09

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We’re on the same page here. It then boils down to personal preference and a lucky hand in getting the mix right. Historically, the best „mix“ would have been 100% in bitcoin plus leverage on bitcoin. But then, I am not the greedy type and I value hedging my risks. Also, life tells me that many a times you have it all laid out when you suddenly are faced with an unforeseen event. So I would treat these events as something that is going to happen sooner or later. Which leads me to the conclusion that diversification is prudent. It’s not the path leading to degenerate returns, but I wouldn’t like to consider myself degenerate anyways. We are entering a volatile and increasingly difficult world. The winners my well be those who manage to lose least, rather than those who manage to win most. The one-eyed amongst the blind, if your will.

2024-08-26 05:31:25

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I think you are right about the price argument. Berkshire stock is 0.5 mio. a pop, but this built up over decades. It may therefore take longer for bitcoin to appreciate further. Also, It’s first and foremost liquidity driven. And it is ultra liquid in itself. During Covid this became clear.

2024-08-25 09:52:14

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How so? Please elaborate if possible.

2024-08-25 06:37:34

It’s very telling how the French government is again pulling „pedo criminal offenses“ out of the hat of the toolkit of defamation. It’s an old and tested strategy.
It’s the same way in which they pinned accusations of rape onto Julian Assange, which turned out completely fabricated.
Do you see what's happening? They are stating an example of intimidation. It no longer matters that we are aware that they are lying. It no longer matters that everybody sees through the fact that this is not about children or victims of fraud or AML.
This is about warning you that you better shut your mouth.
https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-816149
#nostr #firstamendment freedom #oppresion slander https://image.nostr.build/d0e77ecaa03387cad693a44638abf5a7c0d2c95da68a7ae2ba6418396e4480ba.jpg

2024-08-24 17:08:04

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Not sure what you want to say with your post. Can you explain?

2024-08-24 16:25:30

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Sacrilege! Oprah is a pleb just like you and I. She says so herself. She lost 100 Kg just by herself with NO OZEMPIC AT ALL. She said so.
I WANT TO BELIEVE.
Hallelujah!!!

2024-08-24 14:23:32

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Love it. I visited this hobbit village, but they refused to offer me hospitality. They hate humans. Most people don’t know about it. https://image.nostr.build/be6a35052e00fe7b6941900b0234f4bf3e92846f9ebe46a7dd0edcdc62ddc92b.jpg

2024-08-24 14:16:19

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Hahahaha. Made me laugh.

2024-08-24 06:05:21

#bitcoin #freedom #happiness https://image.nostr.build/64286cbd643545bd326530ced7382cbd6fa554a90533bf7982c52412826706af.jpg

2024-08-22 16:55:13

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But again: why tax when you can print? Still haven’t heard a good answer to that.

2024-08-22 16:51:23

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It’s all about perception. The simpler the better. Like a brand name. Does it do justice to the person he discredits? No. But it surely helps Walz to create a clearly defined picture of the enemy. Seriously, who’s got the time to verify what they are being told? Pfff…

2024-08-22 13:38:34

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How can you tell that a politician is lying?
Her mouth is moving.

2024-08-22 04:57:37

Tether is launching a stable coin for the United Arab Emirates Dirham („AED“).
For background, the AED is pegged has been pegged to the USD since many years and as part of the petrodollar system. The UAE are among the biggest oil exporters worldwide. They get paid in USD and then recycle these USD back into US government bonds.
The USD/AED peg is being artificially amaintained through the UAE central bank buying and selling US dollars and AED respectively.
Creating a stablecoin for the AED therefore means a double peg:
USD to AED
AED to Stablecoin
More remotely, there is also a “peg” of the USD to crude oil…
If you ask me, it’s just a matter of time for this to break.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/tether-provide-stablecoin-pegged-uaes-dirham-2024-08-21/
#nostr #USD #bitcoin #tether #stablecoin

2024-08-21 18:18:22

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Right, and some of these customers cooked the cats and ate them and only then realized that they tasted like cat rather than pig. These are historical facts, but I haven’t fact-checked them.

2024-08-21 17:47:57

Selling shovels during the gold rush.
#AI https://image.nostr.build/d3a8a33930f94adf90183021bcf49908ca74f71691a99e1a3f3bfa2a0dddd740.jpg

2024-08-21 17:42:08

Some much cherished travel impressions.
#memes https://image.nostr.build/c5e81931570fcf11cb9dd720d16670898121621f498e4cb5ef45b59037547456.jpg

2024-08-21 17:37:33

The German regulator BaFin seized 13 bitcoin ATMs for alleged lack of banking licenses. They seized 28 mEUR in „illegal“ funds.
Whatever the facts around this case may be, let’s remember that the German financial „watchdog“ was fast asleep while Germany‘s worst accounting fraud in postwar history, WireCard, was playing out right under their otherwise so snoopy nose.
Considering that appr. 5,000,000,000 EUR were pulled out of investors’ pockets back then they just need to bust another 2,500 „illegal“ bitcoin ATMs à 2,000,000 EUR each to compensate for their failure to perform their duties.
These are the institutions that keep on wondering why „trust is eroding“.
Keep wondering.
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/08/21/german-regulator-seizes-13-crypto-atms/
#bitcoin #AML #BaFin #corruption

2024-08-21 17:33:29

The German regulator BaFin seized 13 bitcoin ATMs for alleged lack of banking licenses. They seized 28 mEUR in „illegal“ funds.
Whatever the facts around this case may be, let’s remember that the German financial „watchdog“ was asleep while Germany‘s worst accounting fraud in postwar history, WireCard, was playing out right under their otherwise so snoopy nose.
Considering that appr. 5,000,000,000 EUR were pulled out of investors’ pockets back then they just need to bust another 2,500 bitcoin ATMs à 2,000,000 EUR each to compensate for their failure to perform their duties.
These are the institutions that keep on wondering why „trust is eroding“. Keep wondering.
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/08/21/german-regulator-seizes-13-crypto-atms/

2024-08-21 17:19:32

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Any sources?

2024-08-21 16:56:09

Let’s put Europe‘s AI ambitions into perspective and try not to crack up. https://image.nostr.build/b9f9de1dc4426a675e01fe754f0aa4df3df648dc678f8216926d357a6725222d.jpg

2024-08-21 16:54:39

The new AI tool „Crack Viewer“ is not what you think. https://image.nostr.build/e6483ed2bc16fef95208eab63e1f961e30d49b69f45e4161def53b7132c642e9.jpg

2024-08-21 16:50:49

Can’t stop it. Ha!
#xrp #bitcoin #memes https://video.nostr.build/ff5f81444e8b4d04e1d1afa4c383eb3f4d3a464c8e48a9eec479161981635cd4.mp4

2024-08-21 16:49:04

Memes galore! https://image.nostr.build/08072297e4bf138308c5c745df5224418d1b98f829cd9cc2750500eedf0ff0a2.jpg

2024-08-21 16:44:11

Some much cherished travel impressions. https://image.nostr.build/1a0cd40b2cd420bd2f9dff3c836a850ec2968bf96df3e988c4df5a447716486b.jpg https://image.nostr.build/66863b46f90ad0445c5110b63eaf6c60e5156ba926537265c0ca50dacf1fbc35.jpg

2024-08-21 16:41:58

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Check this out. Haha. https://image.nostr.build/f26ae8310400301e39c39ec4448b778735d99e02fe7c9b2757453bc030b9670a.jpg

2024-08-21 16:30:58

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The idea is fully consistent with the debt-based monetary system: You consume tomorrow’s earnings now, so why not tax gains before they actually materialize? Slaughter the chicken before it lays eggs! No better: eat the eggs before they even exist!

2024-08-21 15:02:37

Brian Armstrong has has little regard for bitcoin’s virtuousness. He shills whatever deranged new crypto project hits the market.
It’s Altcoins season? „Bitcoin is trash. Let’s list some garbage !“ Altcoins season is cancelled? Brian pivots like a ballerina back to bitcoin.
The regulator calls? Brian is there ready with the red carpet.
He is no match for Jesse Powell who actually acts with principles and backbone.
#nostr #bitcoin #note1cvp…aa2t

2024-08-21 14:43:55

The arrogance of EU beaurocrats has reached a level that is now bordering delusion. The role of the commissioner for the internal market once upon a time was to ensure good competition within the EU.
Today the woke thought police has widened their field of competence and is now telling nationals of other countries (!) what to say or not to say publicly. The dude gets 19,000 EUR monthly salary (tax free, excluding allowances) from tax payers to boss them around internally and embarrass them externally. The perversion of it is truly astounding.
Good to know that Thierry now wants Ursula‘s job. The two deserve each other.
https://unherd.com/newsroom/thierry-bretons-naked-ambition-is-undermining-the-eu/
#nostr #censorship #bitcoin #fourthturning #EU #musk

2024-08-21 11:57:08

Shocking: In terms of gold, the S&P is now back where it was in the good old days of Bretton Woods.
#gold #bitcoin #austrianeconomics #centralbanks #hardmoney #satoshi
#inflation #cbdc https://image.nostr.build/317874841932b703882c73c1a84d2b903496b8c653c843e6a2f6e72427998764.jpg

2024-08-21 10:49:24

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Not so stupid after all.

2024-08-21 10:28:30

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The arrogance of EU beaurocrats has reached a level that is now bordering delusion. The role of the commissioner for the internal market once upon a time was to ensure good competition within the EU. Today the woke thought police has widened their field of competence and is now telling nationals of other countries (!) what to say or not to say publicly. The dude gets 19,000 EUR monthly salary (tax free, excluding allowances) from tax payers to boss them around internally and embarrass them externally. The perversion of it is truly astounding.

2024-08-21 07:48:41

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It’s not fake news. But it’s a shirt lived strategic move before the elections.

2024-08-21 06:48:46

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Hi, I’ve written a thesis on this topic. I agree with your concern. The one thing many people in the tokenization business don’t understand is this: in bitcoin’s case the valuable asset IS the information on the blockchain itself. That’s why enforcement can happen on-chain. In the case of blockchain based title registers enforcement can’t happen online because it actually is important who in the end will physically possess the property. This can only be enforced by the state (or regime) with guns and jails.

2024-08-20 15:47:58

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I’m sure it’s an honest mistake. Spanning multiple month. That happened repeatedly already in the past. In line with desired political outcomes. Coincidentally propping up the stock market and strengthening lost trust in the Fed’s actions.

2024-08-19 14:44:25

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Thanks Matthew. I constantly read about people who are surprised that price limits are still the tool of choice for many politicians although there is plenty of evidence that this leads to scarcity, black market activity and ultimately higher prices. These people are right economically but they seem to be blind to the fact that for people like Kamala this tool works perfectly well: everybody believes the lie over and over and over. It’s proven and tested - not from an economic but from a political angle. It reminds me of infants: mommy tells the same joke over and over again and they laugh every single time.

2024-08-19 11:08:38

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True. My concern is as always legislation. While you are thankfully able to hold your own BTC you might run the risk to get criminalized along the way. The US might use BTC similar to the way they used first gold and then oil: as a foundation asset to prop up the dollar.

2024-08-19 08:35:45

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The strategic bitcoin reserve, if it happens, will pump the bags of bitcoin holders. But it has the potential effect of allowing government to capture bitcoin in a way similar to what happened to gold. I am not very happy about it.

2024-08-19 08:31:35

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Price controls actually work very well for the hypocrites who will be elected based on the false promise of bringing prices down. It’s important to understand that economic laws of physics can be repressed, albeit for limited time. This limited time is however enough for Kamala to come into power.

2024-08-19 02:31:20

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No, monkey pox and shingles are NOT the same. They are caused by different viruses, namely the monkeypox and the varicella-sister virus, respectively. I agree with your take on the vaccination and the actual lethality of the monkeypox virus though.

2024-08-19 02:23:12

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People always say price control never worked. But let’s face it: they actually DO work, notably for the politicians who are pointing fingers at innocent actors. The companies and shops make for excellent scape goats and help the corrupt and unconscionable politician to become more popular.

2024-08-18 09:24:21

Institutions and governments recently have come to love the term „violent speech”. This is a deliberate Orwellian manipulation of the natural meaning of a word. Violent by its very definition is physical in nature. Words might hurt but can never injure.

2024-08-17 02:24:27

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Have been running it for 3 years an an old MacBook. Then bought umbrel home server, appr. 400 USD two years ago. So maybe around 800 USD.

2024-08-15 14:46:54

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The question is this: will enforcement at scale be possible now that we live in a digital society? The toolkit of government has widened.

2024-08-15 02:21:12

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“Let’s not get obsessed with truth. More importantly, let’s just agree on something, even if it is a lie.”

2023-11-01 18:18:59

I wonder if it is mere coincidence that Satoshi released the Bitcoin White Paper exactly on the day preceding the anniversary of Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman's release of their proposal for a breakthrough in cryptographic communication dated 1 November 1976, which was the first implementation of public/private key pairs for secure communication over public channels.

2023-10-24 17:05:09

This is where it starts.