Volker

http://bitcoinbegreifen.de

Bitcoin translator, educator, communicator:
English ↔ German | Nerd ↔ Noob

Public Key

npub1g4jdvuxv9dgkcqtn5fupf2l9mr9xp27glzp6eq450dwfszrhfp9scxfm70

NIP-05 Address

volker@nostrplebs.com

NIP-57 Address

volker@getalby.com

Profile Code

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relay.damus.io

nostr.einundzwanzig.space

offchain.pub

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Last Notes

2025-04-25 11:11:31

H/t to @npub1m9y…yhzw
https://image.nostr.build/b00063932b048671ae3092c4c543b49e9b48c4359327e095f000959cb502123e.jpg

2025-04-23 13:31:05

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Don't ask me why; I can't explain it either. I learned it in flight school a looong time ago, and it just stuck as a fact. Might ask Grok one day.

2025-04-23 12:52:25

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I'll let the public be the judge. <muted>

2025-04-23 12:50:54

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So, what happened to you afterwards? Cause you're certainly not smart now.

2025-04-23 12:49:19

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As I said: behaving like a kid ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2025-04-23 12:41:00

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Big ones need all sorts of approvals from the regulators. We DID roll out a huge bunch of large wind turbines in Germany recently. A lot of drawbacks: the landscape looks awful, it's a noisy mess, downstream the windmills the ground dries out, overproduction and reserve capacity make energy hideously expensive to the end user., and so on.
They need to be as high up as possible, because wind speed near the ground are relatively slow. That's why they get bigger every year. I'm sure they could efficiently be mass produced, even if they're hard to deploy because of said foundation (a huge heavy concrete slab to weigh the thing down), but I suspect the whole enchillada won't be as energy efficient overall.

2025-04-21 08:36:08

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And then zapping it. And then replying to it....

2025-04-15 07:31:45

GM! Bitcoin core 29.0 has just been released and is available here: https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-29.0/

2025-04-14 14:33:02

https://image.nostr.build/9cfdf871ad8e89779e90744cb1966b83500224fb5b1d0743c0c964a3e21252e3.jpg

2025-04-14 07:39:00

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Roger *psh* GM *psh* over

2025-04-12 16:41:57

Trump is to politics what SpaceX is to NASA

2025-04-06 12:24:08

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Will feature all brown, hyper intelligent, female lesbians with rasta hair, wanna bet?

2025-04-06 09:30:42

GM! Bitcoin just hit 1 Zettahash for the first time!
https://image.nostr.build/64777d9a75086f1d4bd37c45d399e1cc853afd2fc36e97626908f5b972c9cfd7.jpg

2025-04-06 09:04:09

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It was the Supreme Court that nullified his convictions, not the president.

2025-04-06 08:32:20

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That would set a bad precedent. Also: reciprocal tariff incoming, for trying to scam 😂

2025-04-05 23:45:37

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That would lead to a very sharp drop in the F'ED balance sheet because the low interest rate bonds lose value the second the higher yielding papers come out.
It also has implications for the broader, secondary market but it's too late for me to think that through (midnight)

2025-04-03 17:02:33

https://image.nostr.build/22975e61e4fd853d36051b3aae0a2712c5f3a4da95c994bc2b00781dc7d55c56.jpg

2025-04-01 17:33:03

https://image.nostr.build/b17283a4946553d78330ee3944c8e9f6ce0d742b3f5b14d5bff25b4bb652ca5b.jpg

2025-04-01 17:05:20

Make Earth Warm Again!

2025-04-01 14:43:36

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This?
https://image.nostr.build/fd9308f4350fab6d0c84345d55273fa23f8a50c2a5dc2daf10b9ebfb85a80c26.jpg

2025-03-30 13:22:46

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USAIDS?

2025-03-30 13:22:35

https://image.nostr.build/6ec5ba7eb84f63d87feb0b9ce4869fddb54c538b31af48a32f12a5b5789b70b9.jpg

2025-03-29 20:21:00

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Strawberry themed eCash client in 3..2..1...

2025-03-29 20:14:37

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Also: strawberries are nuts (really)

2025-03-29 13:20:06

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I can tell you how to move your mass data, home directory, etc. to an external drive and make it mount reliably. You'll never have to buy expensive internal Mac storage.

2025-03-28 09:50:44

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I'm all for decentralized energy. I'm against: less energy for nonsensical reasons.

2025-03-28 09:32:31

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

2025-03-28 09:29:37

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Saving fossil fuel consumption in area A makes the fuel cheaper (less demand), so just moves the emission to area B.

2025-03-28 08:51:57

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Part of the deal, in 1971, of moving the world to the petro-dollar was US promise to protect oil shipments worldwide.

2025-03-28 08:50:08

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Well, for one, at least in non-banana-republics, politicians don't directly profit financially from money printing. It just enables them to remain in power longer than otherwise, and maybe opens some job opportunities later. So at least part of your assumptions aren't 100% correct.

2025-03-28 08:47:33

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Climate virtue signalling on airports is max cringe BS

2025-03-28 08:44:17

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That's what we're all used to thinking, yes. But what if we're wrong?

2025-03-28 08:28:23

What if the reason for the governments' ridiculous spending spree, is because they have understood that fiat is worthless and want to make it obvious enough to normies, so we can transitition to a ฿itcoin standard?

2025-02-22 14:11:15

Bitcoin is the blockchainsaw. https://image.nostr.build/b69b70d6b003ade1c9d7fb19d941c4a34aea56b3776e6db02a91e20a441cad63.jpg

2025-02-17 12:15:23

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The most insane part IMHO is they demand the satoshi test even when you send BTC to an exchange. As if by being able to move the UTXO to the exchange I didn't already prove to be the owner JFC

2025-02-15 22:03:25

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No information is ever lost on the internet, Gigi. You will find your penis somewhere, one day.
Wait that came out wrong…

2025-02-15 22:00:57

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IMHO the biggest obstacle for most, is becoming aware of the multiple valid interpretations of truth. A normal person just uses one, hence isn't aware of the existence of multiple others, and tends to blame different opinions on misunderstanding, stupidity, or even malice. I was very lucky to have been working with a guy who at the time was in the process of writing his philosophy PhD thesis on the topic of truth theory, and kept his short notes ever since. It's been 30 years or so…
Re: the topic of bodily/sensory limitations: Very true what you are saying. In my 20s, based on my frustration of not being able to kick vertically into the top of a door frame (I may have been a little weird at the time 😅), I found that everyone is a handicapped person. Some more, some less. And made it my goal to try and be as little handicapped as I could, while treating everyone else as, well, just another also-handicapped person. That way, respect for people in wheel chairs or on crutches came completely naturally.
Minds work in interesting ways. Anyway, good night Brisket, or rather, good morning to you :)

2025-02-15 21:50:09

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Thanks, always happy to learn more…

2025-02-15 12:48:10

Warning, deep thought ahead. I've come to a conclusion what the inherent problem between the political left and right is. And yes, obviously there are many more dimensions that L/R, but you'll see why they are very relevant. Read on; we'll get into left vs right, tradition vs renewal, and two of the five theories of truth. The last point will blow your mind!
Managers and Engineers:
There are people who work with things, objects, systems, etc. And there are people who work with people, emotions, opinions etc.
Those who work with people (managers, politicians, etc.), will get SOFT feedback if what they do doesn't work. I.e. their feedback loop is social: disagreement, dislike, loss of trust, etc.
Due to its nature, this feedback can be alleviated by social means: invitation to dinner, to a golf club, provision of a higher position etc. So this type of feedback is very, very soft and squishy. In the world of the manager or politician, there can be lots of massive screw-ups over a long period of time, before it really affects the screw-upper.
OTOH, the people who work with and on objects or systems get no such breaks. If the plane is too heavy, it will fall out of the sky. If your code is buggy, it will crash and might cost lives. If you miscalculate the amount of TNT for a mine blast, there goes your mine. And so on. The feedback cannot be discussed with; it is real, final, and often lethal.
It is this kind people out of whose effort came what now stands as our civilisation: the buildings, machines, processes, values, and even social systems that have proven to ACTUALLY WORK across a wide array of circumstances and over a long period of time. Our tradition. Our culture.
This is essentially the right side of the political spectrum. It is relatively static, individualistic, and typically considered more of a male thing.
The other side, obviously, is the left side. It typically is creative, dynamic, sometimes chaotic, collectivist, and female.
So far, there's probably not much here that you haven't heard from Jordan B. Peterson, but I found it important to sum these up so the interesting part (coming up right now) is more easily digested.
Truth? What Truth?
It is a sad fact that most people take the word "truth" for granted, without understanding that HOW we constitute truth is not universal. In fact, there are five relevant (plus at least two not so relevant) theories of truth. What I want you to take away from this is, that unless you identify what type of truth the other party is relying on, you will most likely either be fighting windmills, barking up the wrong tree, just not reaching them, or waste your time in some other unfortunate way. So what types of truth are there? I'll shortly list and explain the five types, then we get to how that relates to L/R politics.
Pragmatical truth answers the question: Does it solve a real problem? A - by definition - useful type of truth, especially for individualists, engineers, scientists, etc. Using a lever to move a heavy object DOES WORK, no matter how many people think it doesn't. It's not debatable, and people who use this kind of truth are often convinced of being right. Though they ay fall short, as you'll see below.
Coherence truth answers the question: Is it correct within its own framework? This is the type of truth that's important for mathematics, logic, rule based systems (e.g. chess), and similar. Example: moving a rook diagonally across a chess board is FALSE in coherence truth, but TRUE in pragmatical truth. That is because pragmatical truth takes place outside the ruleset of chess. It happens in the real world, and moving the the rook was physically possible.
Consensus truth answers the question: Is it accepted as TRUE by a well-meaning, rational, and competent majority? This is the truth that is most important for the manager, the politician, the influencer, the collectivist. "Look, if we all agree that masks and vaccines will prevent infections, then it DOES, OK? Stop your conspiracy theories, trust the science! Also, climate catastrophe is real!" You can move the rook diagonally if you can somehow whine enough about being oppressed by the rules. This truth is very useful for organizing and manipulation masses of people. The really bad thing about this truth is, that the definition of well-meaning, rational, and competent is subject to this same truth. IOW, we can exclude from consensus truth anyone who "destroys the vibes". This is how "cancelling" became a thing.
Correspondence truth answers the question: Does it actually get me ahead in real life? It is a mixture of pragmatical truth and consensus truth. Being able to move the heavy objects with your whiz-bang lever might actually work, but it may also spoil the relationship you had with the higher-up you just exposed as a dummy/liar/fraud, because he said it can't be done. Sorry, no career advancement for you, buddy. This is probably the most useful type of truth to employ in day to day life, but it may be hard to achieve unless you understand, or are at least aware of, the other types.
The core of the problem:
I believe the political left relies too much on consensus truth. Their weak feedback mechanism, social media driven consensus groups, and being able to skip hard to swallow pills to avoid discomfort, have worked together to create a gigantic blob of unreflected, uncorrected self-righteousness that finally, at least in the USA, seems to have found the needle that will pop it.
I sure hope more needles are growing. Thanks for reading!
Oh, and here's the last one.
Phenomenological truth answers the question: Does or does not the statement describe an experience precisely? This is mainly useful for philosophy. Now you know. Yay!

2025-02-14 15:45:24

May god help Trump and Vance wake up Europe, we are so lost right now.
#nevent1q…lqxd

2025-02-09 07:58:22

GM! Normies fangen schon mal mit den Dehnübungen an. Ab 2027 müssen sie sich wie Hund und Katze sauberlecken, oder sie wachen endlich auf und zeigen diesen Wahnsinnigen den Mittelfinger 🖕
https://m.primal.net/OXal.jpg

2025-02-08 22:29:35

Merkel gibt dem Begriff "Trümmerfrau" eine ganz neue Bedeutung. https://image.nostr.build/f5543dc0ca1582c467f136b8ba02941e003a56e0219ffb8980bbebcb90ad5e97.jpg

2025-02-07 15:44:52

Als Migrant darf ich das ja sagen 😁 https://image.nostr.build/985aefa7037c717631d2193bcf2012c949460bb9790e5c25a7c89cd2c2c507f4.jpg

2025-02-07 10:15:29

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Yeah, that one hit deep...

2025-02-06 22:22:05

GN! The sun was hiding behind a tree and in the fog this morning. https://image.nostr.build/1d905425f35fb3310a43e0a1eadc0b193fd78fe44ace5f953c31522fd6fd9f9c.jpg

2025-02-05 19:24:35

Any minute now… https://image.nostr.build/e266e49279c11170a1f3801f6d4a9d1f7b609b392dcd0bec10663512bf6381d9.jpg

2025-02-05 13:26:56

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🫂

2025-02-05 13:26:40

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🫂

2025-02-05 08:01:01

GM! Afuera >> AfD https://image.nostr.build/714a1981ce23ca2c676278356431d1dfd2da5470c47e9adbd9bc0ce2cfb28466.jpg

2025-02-04 20:41:24

Dentists are the health sector's equivalent of central banks:
Fifty years ago, they told us to brush our teeth for two minutes at least.
Technology gave us toothbrushes doing >500 strokes per second
Dentists keep telling us to brush for at least two minutes.
Dental inflation!

2025-02-03 08:32:44

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Clubhouse memories 😅

2025-02-02 06:19:45

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Straya really is something else. Will be back one day, searching for those elusive funnel web spiders 😆

2025-01-29 07:46:35

Watched Despicable Me 4 on the plane. An absolutely terrible sequel, but they do seem to understand about Bitcoin. A fierce honey badger played a notable role, and the caption is pretty clear 😁 (~58:00 into the movie) https://image.nostr.build/a3d02c519e537b10fc03722b829f548ae0984c29fd68c1377be750b0c059fe8a.jpg https://image.nostr.build/6e876c72bf4a6e61003b5ce1c2897f04ab16f38e019489965f5ed1b292d931dc.jpg

2025-01-29 07:10:26

GM! Today, Kermit celebrates his divorce from Miss Piggy 🐷, who in this picture. looks more delicious than ever. https://image.nostr.build/cbc179218335e87104cc31c5cc700272390a654a63ad1045f6378faf9d684822.jpg

2025-01-27 10:30:18

Welcher ist schicker? https://image.nostr.build/94e4a3f9a594da7e78be122a8902e206d467178954bf426bc8c35685cff29edb.jpg

2025-01-27 08:24:08

GM! All my thoughts about the SBR, in one picture: https://image.nostr.build/86e277a584c5a2cddbfdaf57e2ebecbb69bc247b43e18e257e14cbe07617bb3a.jpg

2025-01-25 01:44:52

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Wait, I was asleep. What's up with that?

2025-01-25 01:43:04

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Ah, so when you tap the pix again to change the upload order, it doesn't change the upload order but uploads them more than once. Noted 😅

2025-01-25 01:41:28

G[N|M]! Enjoy the sun[set|rise] https://image.nostr.build/f1b48d5a70094f10ab2579f24b2a97e3699e6c4df98e17650c2718ab99e57695.jpg https://image.nostr.build/8a84345009766d583fcf5d84fd5a497d37f39285191a91217ade2fa9d1ba5912.jpg https://image.nostr.build/f1b48d5a70094f10ab2579f24b2a97e3699e6c4df98e17650c2718ab99e57695.jpg https://image.nostr.build/8a84345009766d583fcf5d84fd5a497d37f39285191a91217ade2fa9d1ba5912.jpg

2025-01-24 07:12:49

Brutal, but necessary. DEI will DIE. Good riddance! https://image.nostr.build/97ea779978307ce0818cc33e1ee7d7dee2180f7e83022a16f6d60cd0db0eaa95.jpg

2025-01-24 00:55:13

SAB122 link:
https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/staff-guidance/staff-accounting-bulletins/staff-accounting-bulletin-122 #note17q3…t3nk

2025-01-24 00:42:59

GM! SAB121 is no more, according to Hester Peirce 🥳 https://image.nostr.build/51c4421459eb06f2e58532b8f2b11fbd2be5ea15971f0766a4664c30f8983a21.jpg

2025-01-24 00:15:10

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Instafollowed. R0ckstar has the best tips!

2025-01-23 16:08:21

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Pepe says hi frens 👋 https://image.nostr.build/7d1c987530ec271c5340f8fbcf822784d5ed00a51bd8ef5a054e86cf3ed2131b.jpg

2025-01-23 10:00:28

Which one wins? https://image.nostr.build/d41062745ebe68aa5f41e1bde0366376fe16d5af57632779de1ceac4a890c943.jpg https://image.nostr.build/0f2e64f5ed5a3651ad9ef70aed79a70c5a92c1113b2c57879507f5f1af1da82d.jpg

2025-01-23 08:41:59

GM! More good news from the US of A https://image.nostr.build/aa0931345d5fdd781b77b3ed93d0488b70cddc9feaad7606020b16806579e653.jpg

2025-01-23 06:15:14

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If I asked you to mute me, would you boost me? 😆

2025-01-23 03:13:49

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Did you forget the /s like I did? 😆

2025-01-23 03:12:01

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Does it have onboard gfx & hdmi? Might want to try that in case you haven't yet. Sometimes the trouble is insufficient power to the graphics card…

2025-01-23 03:10:10

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HAVE YOU TRIED TURNING IT OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN????

2025-01-22 16:27:32

GN! This little guy is Pepe the tiny dragon. Say hello, Pepe 👋
https://m.primal.net/NuuH.jpg
https://m.primal.net/NuuJ.jpg

2025-01-22 03:38:42

Productive people think long term, delay gratification, invest in means of production instead. And reap great rewards from playing this as long as they can. They orient themselves around the truth of the market and the real world, else they fail.
Animals don't think much in general, they scoop up whatever there is to eat at the moment, and aside fron some notable exemptions don't save or consciously plan ahead. But they usually react as if they were thankful, when you hand them a treat. They orient themselves around the real world, else they die.
Socialists think they are morally superior, they scoop up whatever they can get from the state, then demand more. I have yet to see a socialist express sincere gratitude to those who produce what the socialists consume. They orient themselves around a world of deceit, else they would have to admit they aren't able to compete in the real world.

2025-01-22 03:24:56

GM! Delfine 🐬 am Frühstückstisch zu sehen, das ist schon was ganz Besonderes ☺️
https://m.primal.net/NtyT.mov

2025-01-22 01:29:46

Comparison of CO2 production per kWh during 2024, Germany vs France.
Mic drop
"Wir müssen alles tun, wirklich alles, um unseren CO2 Fussabdruck zu reduzieren". Ausser das eine, was wirklich funktioniert. https://image.nostr.build/c701e075ccbc262ce8b3192829e59e2cd125790d19f1666d4a645b81dfed0533.jpg

2025-01-22 01:01:23

GM! Ross has been pardoned and is free! https://image.nostr.build/844e1cd1c4fbde0b392bc554f9951baf335d846d1422f278fb4b90e77d0bd932.jpg

2025-01-10 21:24:41

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Congratulations. It's very satisfying owning a house. Have fun, seriously!

2025-01-08 19:43:24

We did it again haha 😂
https://m.primal.net/NYDs.jpg

2025-01-08 12:15:06

My wife's friend painted this 😅 https://image.nostr.build/c22544c1a8825fab45e922975edefa04109d6dff033d8edf318e00a1b8b33a81.jpg

2025-01-08 08:33:31

https://image.nostr.build/da93ae19911b2ae879ea2787d352a67827793629527e5e3446ef9103ef978f1a.jpg

2025-01-08 08:32:58

https://image.nostr.build/46cad9030f982c9e7cd4423fab865d252864d0022a43240bbb38b381c8136e3c.jpg

2025-01-08 08:05:00

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No, it's more of a wave function.

2025-01-08 08:04:08

GM!
Life hack: Don't have the government do anything. https://image.nostr.build/75c65831fee0f66e33257cc8cc243227c5ef7c7a11ff2192a167c421b784b6e5.jpg

2025-01-06 09:30:41

GM! I wrote you something today. What do you think of it?
Infinite Money Glitch - IMG 😱
Governments figured out the IMG, and became socialist
Banks figured out the IMG, and became too big to fail
Financial institutions figured out the IMG, and became shadow banks
Mega corporations figured out the IMG, and became financial institutions
Millionaires figured out the IMG, and became billionaires
People can't use the IMG, and became poor
฿itcoin. Fix the money, fix the world.

2025-01-04 10:42:22

Good Morning.
Help! My cat is judging me.
https://m.primal.net/NRZo.jpg

2025-01-01 09:37:37

GMHNY☺️

2024-12-30 07:06:04

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You might decide to stop making big decisions around this time of year 😁

2024-12-27 06:11:52

GM! This has been the Zeitgeist of every young generation for a very long time.
Bitcoin fixes this.
https://m.primal.net/NHuH.jpg

2024-12-26 15:53:04

Lovely ☺️
https://m.primal.net/NHQL.jpg

2024-12-24 07:09:50

GM, Merry Christmas everyone. Remember that staying in consensus has its advantages.
And have a nice trip next year 🚀🌙😁 https://image.nostr.build/0710384b10ee50b5475255d1bc4e9aec75ff96de172fa2c3ea3c3f6ea336184e.jpg

2024-12-19 10:08:17

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We all do

2024-12-19 09:56:42

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Regulierung, die wirklich sinnvoll gewesen wäre:
- EVs müssen bidirektional arbeiten (V2G)
- Stromanbieter dürfen Spotpreis-Tarife anbieten
Marktdurchdringung ergibt sich durch Early Adopters, wie bei jeder Innovation.

2024-12-18 22:33:17

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(You won't get it unless you speak German)

2024-12-18 22:32:32

The €uro is fully kacking ab rn

2024-12-18 22:17:32

Cats and Christmas 🎄 trees
https://m.primal.net/NAFM.jpg

2024-12-18 12:51:58

Closed after 2024-12-31 due to sudden wealth 😂
https://m.primal.net/Mzkd.png

2024-12-18 12:32:09

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Dude has his pants full 😂

2024-12-18 12:25:09

They do.
https://m.primal.net/Mzjf.jpg

2024-12-17 17:55:07

I 😂'ed
https://m.primal.net/Myzg.jpg

2024-12-16 09:07:58

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Und dann das hier. Energie verknappen, Tariflöhne hoch halten, regulatorische Anforderungen an Autos hochschrauben, aber dann "muuhh €20.000 Auto musdu bauään". So ein Schwarzkopf
https://m.primal.net/Mxgb.jpg

2024-12-16 08:59:21

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CHF first ☝️