CurrencyofDistrust
Currency of Distrust

Christian | Husband | Father

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Lover of freedom tech

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2025-04-06 01:41:38

Remember when the EFF and a ton of others were saying repealing net neutrality would be the end of the internet? And then it was repealed and literally nothing changed
#nevent1q…acrt

2025-04-05 21:10:55

My wife just stimulated a really interesting thought for me - how can we preserve family history and tradition for generations using technology? 🤔
Going to try to explore that more.

2025-03-05 22:02:26

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I hate that verse 🤣 I was like my man, they’re evil! We can’t just let them do it

2025-03-04 03:57:25

Something I’m realizing lately - the average person in America spends so little time reading.
Even just reading blog posts on topics of interest, but especially not books.
Reading even 15 minutes daily is probably a huge competitive advantage. And almost no one does it.

2025-02-25 04:03:04

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How did he determine the uber eats app was fake?

2025-02-24 03:46:47

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Not only does most of it break, almost none of it is repairable

2025-02-22 01:10:26

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Lock picking is a total blast. I’ve thought about opening a business locksmithing

2025-02-15 18:36:04

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I tend to agree. I don’t follow his thinking at all.

2025-02-14 05:29:26

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Doublespeak

2025-02-14 04:04:07

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Damn, I wish I had realized this when I heard this objection

2025-02-14 00:21:01

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I have a legit copy. Bought it when it came out, read it, and it’s just been collecting dust

2025-02-13 23:09:47

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$40 in sats plus shipping?

2025-02-12 05:18:54

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Based on this note, they’re probably in manilla folders under a fucking volcano or something
https://primal.net/e/note102ww34hky3zcl00um74j8lp5xfk2shz2rdnmpwqs9f7rr3aga5fsezfdkm

2025-02-11 01:52:28

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I talk to my neighbors a good amount. Especially parents of other kids

2025-02-04 19:20:18

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Why is this clown always threatening millions of deaths??

2025-01-30 04:07:29

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Ah bummer but I understand

2025-01-30 04:06:07

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Ohh what is it called?

2025-01-29 17:49:30

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Meh I’m not a purist. I’ve really enjoyed popos

2025-01-29 17:08:56

After using popOS as my main daily driver, using macOS for my fiat mining is insufferable. I used to really like macOS but I hate how little control I have compared to running Linux.

2025-01-24 17:54:16

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Man, no lie, I struggle with this. Especially this last week

2025-01-18 05:21:16

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Woah dude thanks for the zap!!

2025-01-16 20:01:55

I miss the days when I actually owned the media I purchase, not just a license to use it.
Growing up, my N64 was my favorite gaming console. So many classic games that I thoroughly enjoyed.
When the switch came out, I was super excited about it. But I soured on it because of how Nintendo does a lot of their business.
It would be really cool to be able to use Nostr or something similar to forever establish ownership of media and give me a way to prove that ownership later on and redownload that media as needed and be allowed to use it anyway I prefer, on whatever hardware I desire.

2025-01-15 05:23:11

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While I agree, this absolutely won’t happen. Car manufacturers are scraping TONS of data about drivers and leaving it completely unsecured. This has happened multiple times already. And this is just typical customer data they can’t secure, let alone the critical components that do the “self driving”.
https://cybernews.com/privacy/volkswagen-recording-ev-movement-data-owners-exposed/

2025-01-15 04:16:26

Far too many people worship tech and put all their hope and belief in it. It’s a great tool for good, but also for evil.

2025-01-15 03:46:38

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So they’re going to siphon off all this data and then just… stop? You really believe that?

2025-01-15 03:44:42

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Also will be easily “censorable” if you want to go somewhere you’re not supposed to

2025-01-15 00:58:02

I really think a #nostr powered electronics company could be super interesting. No extra accounts to sign into, no data tracking, could potentially sync with other media you own, etc.
But most of all, I just want high quality electronics that can’t be later hijacked like this Sonos issue. I can’t imagine spending that much money for them to render it useless with their shit software.
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/sonos-ceo-patrick-spence-steps-down-after-app-update-debacle-2025-01-13/

2025-01-11 17:43:40

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The thing I hate most about Amazon is what it’s done to local retail stores. I’ve had so many times in the last few months where I go to get a very basic thing from a store, but they no longer stock these items.
Store shelves are almost never full anymore and the quality/quantity is nowhere near what it used to be.

2025-01-10 22:02:38

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I just got one of these! Was gonna use it tonight

2025-01-09 18:48:35

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So I’m curious - I live in the PNW and when trees fall on their own, typically they’re cut up enough to just move them out of the way, similar to the pics.
But we obviously get tremendous rain and most of these begin growing moss and breaking down. During the summer, they’re dryer, but not anything like the pics. Does this create the same amount of risk?

2025-01-08 16:14:13

Out of all the software engineers in the world, how many are writing code for products that normal people use and it actually improves their life?
I bet it’s under 10%. Maybe even 5%.
The majority of SWE’s are working at companies who’s sole focus is selling to other corporations. The rest are making fake AI profiles for FB/IG 🤣

2025-01-07 18:28:34

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Do you know of any podcasts that go deep on this? I conceptually understand what you mean, but having trouble understanding why insurance would have this big of an impact

2025-01-07 17:59:31

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Ok, I’m one of those people. What is the importance?

2025-01-06 15:51:55

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Idk if starting with Rust is the best idea. It might be better to learn another language first. But, I’ve not tried rust as of yet.

2024-12-29 19:24:15

What are some creative ways to instill entrepreneurial spirit in young kids?

2024-12-29 06:56:15

This is why hero worship never goes well. All people are flawed, no matter how incredible they appear.
This is equal parts hilarious, sad, and illuminating.
#note1yek…ryr6

2024-12-28 16:53:22

I guess what I’m getting at is, I’m stuck in the fiat mines and I’m mad about it 🤣

2024-12-28 16:40:39

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I’m not sure how I misrepresented. At no point did I say you shouldn’t work hard or that you shouldn’t run a small business. I’m specifically talking about fiat jobs.
In fact, if you’re going to work super long hours, I personally think it only makes sense that it’s for a business of your own. I don’t think we’re far off from each other.

2024-12-28 16:33:44

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You said “You have to work to make money”. At what point did I say “never work”? Like I’m not a fucking child, I know how earning money works.
My entire point is that corps want to squeeze workers for every drop of productivity they can get and that it is a net negative for literally everyone. And the reason corps need to do this is because of fiat dynamics.

2024-12-28 16:27:43

To be clear, I’m not a fucking commie. I believe in working hard and sometimes that means long hours.
I’ve had two recent experiences at tech startups where the company laid people off and either put more work on every single person or outsourced the work offshore.
The fiat endgame is trapping you in these jobs, working non stop, not being able to get ahead because the value you create is being stolen. If you work hard and create real value for others, you should be able to keep that value!
That’s why I bitcoin.

2024-12-28 16:23:06

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Bro… you’re being super disingenuous. I work hard and make excellent money. I just don’t want my entire life consumed by corporations

2024-12-28 16:20:18

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I’m not saying don’t work. I’m saying work shouldn’t be the dominate thing in your life

2024-12-28 16:17:50

This right here. This is where the push for more H1B is suddenly coming from. Corporations want to push Americans to spend all their time at work and less with family.
This is why I am such a believer in sound money. We shouldn’t have to work our lives away at meaningless jobs. We need money that doesn’t steal from us so we can say no to this.
#note1l4j…e8ke

2024-12-25 00:09:12

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Although, thinking about it, I’ll concede that asking AI questions about syntax or debugging is WAY faster, so I guess there’s room for nuance. I was only thinking of the auto completion

2024-12-24 23:11:30

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What browser do you use? I’d like to eventually degoogle my life

2024-12-24 23:10:36

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This. If you use it enough, eventually you can’t code without it

2024-12-23 22:42:47

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They just removed support for this extension from chrome.

2024-12-23 17:05:45

Man, there’s nothing sadder than someone in their 40s or 50s with no kids and does nothing but work their life away for soulless corporations that will shitcan them the moment it’s feasible.
Have a family, have a life.

2024-12-23 05:17:30

A lot of people think that being anti corporatism means you’re anti capitalism, but that just isn’t true.

2024-12-22 04:28:28

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My newest 😍
https://m.primal.net/NDBf.jpg

2024-12-20 23:40:56

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Dude, I love this! I really like the idea that data/comms are essentially synced across clients, as everyone seems to have their preferred. That seems like a big unlock.
My focus is on security at SaaS companies and of SaaS products (internally and externally), so I am very curious to explore the impacts on that side of things further. I have limited technical knowledge of Nostr at the moment, but was planning to start really diving in post Christmas.
I'd love to help out, if you think it would be useful!
Also, small and minor bit of feedback - I found the font selection very hard to read 😅

2024-12-20 21:50:33

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Damn, I looked high and low for these little houses for a gift for my wife. Almost no retail stores carry them anymore. Pretty sure this is her dream lol

2024-12-20 21:31:52

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I have worked in SaaS for several years now and I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. I think there’s huge potential! Excited to read through this

2024-12-08 20:53:52

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Dude get an old 64. I bought one a couple weeks ago and it’s sooo much fun playing classic games. No internet connection, no manipulative reward mechanisms. Just good fun.

2024-11-04 16:05:55

Lol I bet these games will suck
#note1efp…8wsf

2024-11-03 23:41:32

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So in the article, it mentions she had a rare bone infection in her skull, and that she was resistant to treatment due to immune issues. I kinda think that’s a justifiable reason, but curious if you still think it’s an irrational decision.

2024-10-27 17:06:26

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So ya I’d say that if there are ZERO logs of any kind at the exact time of attack, that’s definitely suspicious. MacOS is extremely verbose, so I can’t see that happening.
As far as getting root, it’s possible they found a privilege escalation vulnerability. It’s not terribly uncommon, especially if you’ve heavily customized things or write a lot of code, which could inevitably give someone a way to root.
As far as logs for deleting logs, it’s definitely possible but I’m not familiar enough with their logging structure to say off hand.
Sucks dude, hope you figure out what happened. One thing you can do is hire a forensics firm, but that’s big money.

2024-10-27 16:59:52

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If you’re talking about a specific thing that’s happened, what likely happened is the attacker just deleted the logs of their activities.

2024-10-27 16:56:57

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I don’t think Tails would have access to the local filesystem

2024-10-27 16:56:38

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Easy. Rubber Ducky. Wouldn’t necessarily meet the no logs requirement, but there’s a lot you can do to obscure the commands you run. Plus, almost no one has the skill required to go through logs and craft together what actually happened.
https://shop.hak5.org/products/usb-rubber-ducky

2024-10-23 01:04:08

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Ya interesting. I’ve been going to a local Christian church for about a year. Overall, I like the balance they strike, but there’s some things about Christian culture that I’m not a huge fan of, but I’m new to it too 🤷
I haven’t picked up on any wokeness though. If anything, the guys and families we’ve met are very aligned in non woke values and thinking.

2024-10-22 23:39:33

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What about it is woke?

2024-10-16 15:35:12

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This CANT be real 🤣🤣

2024-09-27 15:21:49

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It’s pretty surreal when that sort of thing happens. I grew up in ABQ and went to school at the same school Walt from Breaking Bad taught at. In fact, I took chemistry in his exact classroom, and some of my classmates were in the show lol

2024-09-24 19:42:34

Whoever at AWS thought I’d want to see the panel for their dumb Amazon Q AI on literally every fucking page is an asshole. Can’t make it go away permanently. So annoying.

2024-08-19 15:42:59

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Dude, yes… I see people pin all sorts of hopes and desires on AGI and it really disturbs me if I’m being honest.

2024-08-19 15:18:54

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Absolutely agree. The idea that an LLM is anything close to AGI is maddening to me.

2024-08-19 03:28:26

I hate that most businesses today aren’t just “here’s my product, I sell it for $x, which allows me to reliably turn a profit”. The financial engineering, VC fundraising, metrics manipulation based economy is gross.
The amount of pure greed is astounding. No one can be satisfied with making a healthy salary while treating employees well and not laying them off at the first sign of trouble.
Fuck, I can’t wait until I’m in a position to work for myself.

2024-08-17 04:51:50

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Dude sometimes when I drive over a bridge or near a massive building, all I can think about is how much man power went into building it. And then multiply that by every building, bridge, etc.

2024-08-08 16:42:28

This was such a great podcast. Lyn is so interesting to listen to, especially beyond macro. Such a reasonable, measured take on everything.
#note1qrx…jdd0

2024-08-08 12:10:09

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Those are all great. I go a step further sometimes and physically put my phone out of reach. Made me realize I was numbing myself during uncomfortable thoughts/moments. But also just generally less present.

2024-08-02 14:09:45

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He’s not a politician, though…?

2024-07-30 22:16:29

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Our car did an update and completely bricked. Been in the shop a month. Currently shopping for a “dumb” car that just runs and can’t be stopped.

2024-07-22 17:31:35

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I had an opportunity to interview with them recently, but two different people reached out to schedule, both of which were pretty high on the org chart. Felt very disorganized, so I declined. Sounds like it was a good choice haha

2024-07-19 21:11:08

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Crowdstrike is primarily for business customers. Typically, nearly every business is under some type of obligation or expectation to run EDR software. So even if these companies go off crowdstrike, the expectation will be that they go to another provider. Generally, they’ll turn to Microsoft for Defender for Endpoint, which is more advanced than the Defender that comes preinstalled in windows.

2024-07-16 01:12:01

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I think the fact that the shot was also rushed given that many people watched the shooter get into position also suggests it’s not a false flag. That just adds a tremendous amount of risk to the whole thing.
I personally don’t think Trump is a deep state asset and I do think that some of the SS were complicit. Deep state is usually very sloppy with their handling of events to meet their ends. They don’t believe that enough of us are smart enough to figure it out.

2024-07-15 23:28:45

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If it were a fake, the SS would have to be complicit in carrying that out. I don’t really see that happening. Also, no way they’d risk shooting that close to Trump for a fake.

2024-07-14 20:37:36

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Idk man, the amount of coordination needed to really pull this off would be immense. I’m not saying it’s not possible, but that’s a really, really tall order. Of course, they’ve conned us all before, but this would be pretty difficult. Especially if you were to claim the shooting was also toward that end.

2024-07-14 20:30:22

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True, but I have way more sympathy for people who believe everything is a psyop after these last few years. Mostly because they’d have been correct quite a lot 🤣

2024-07-14 20:22:59

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I’m not outright dismissing that Trump may actually be in the establishment, but if he were, why would they go to such lengths to keep him out of office? Why would they spend his entire presidency trying to get him out? Why charge him with all those crimes?
I don’t have an opinion on whether the shooting was a conspiracy, a PR stunt, or anything else. So keeping that aside, it really feels like the establishment is greatly threatened by him.
I’m not a Trump supporter, I try to look at everything he does objectively. Some I like, some I don’t. But the constant barage of Orange Man Bad really makes it hard to believe he’s establishment.
Otherwise, you’re left with the conspiracy that they’re doing all this to paint him as anti establishment while he secretly is part of it. I don’t think the govt is capable of doing that to this level. All the conspiracies that seem to be true are sloppy with narratives that have tons of holes.

2024-07-13 03:40:05

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50k sats on Pablo!

2024-07-12 15:27:52

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It would really depend. You’d have to capture quite a few codes from each service you’d want to compromise, and even then, it’s not guaranteed that you can determine the seed from a large number of codes. Unless the seed is very weak in and of itself, because you’d likely have to resort to brute forcing it. So, possible, yes. Likely, probably not.

2024-07-12 01:02:27

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I was kinda thinking the same thing, but I’m paranoid there’s another caveat I haven’t considered. I would think the folks who made robosats thought that through, but not 100% sure. I’d just hate to pay a premium for non kyc sats but end up with KYC anyway.

2024-07-07 23:03:33

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I was literally just having a conversation with someone who does SigInt in the Navy and ya… you’re exactly right.

2024-06-30 14:36:48

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Typical corporate decision making 🤣

2024-06-27 15:38:46

I keep having lightning channels force closed on #mutiny. I just opened a new channel and as soon as the on chain transaction was confirmed, the channel was force closed. Anyone else experiencing that?

2024-06-26 03:51:58

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THANK YOU!

2024-06-24 16:21:50

I have a question as a #robosats newb - I was originally intending to buy KYC free sats with Amazon gift cards, but it doesn't seem like there is much demand for that from sellers. I see a lot of people putting up offers with Strike as a payment method. My question is, wouldn't paying via Strike (assuming I'd have to KYC w/ them) defeat the entire purpose? I'm not seeing the advantage with that...

2024-06-15 14:29:40

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Plus, what are the chances they’ll keep the promise of tax free gains? Or that they’ll let you access the money at the same age? The federal govt is going to get extremely desperate for tax revenue in the coming years to pay off all this debt

2024-06-14 19:29:07

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Thanks public school system…

2024-06-14 18:52:04

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I pull my hair out every day wondering if I’m in a bubble with some the crazy shit going on. So, at least we’re not alone 😅

2024-06-13 22:06:47

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What do you think of his recent pivot to Bitcoin? I wonder if he’s woken up to this strategy

2024-06-13 21:44:44

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Ya absolutely. A good framing I heard on this recently - tool tech vs drool tech. Drool tech just tries to get you hooked and not thinking, where tools make our lives better. I refuse to contribute to drool tech in any way now.

2024-06-13 18:08:04

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Ohhh very interesting 🤔 I definitely think you could argue it’s a symbiotic relationship at this point. Whether or not that’s a good thing is another question 😅

2024-06-13 18:00:33

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I really don’t think it’ll be another life form, as Rogan constantly touts. It’s definitely evolving in a decentralized way, but I don’t think it’s inevitable that we’ll build something more intelligent. We can’t even come to an agreement on what we believe intelligence or consciousness is, so the idea that we’ll accidentally stumble on it is silly to me. Maybe I’m wrong, but I just don’t see it.

2024-05-26 03:05:08

It doesn’t matter if Trump will actually follow through on the right to self custody, no CBDC, or commuting Ross Ulbricht.
The exciting part is the fact that Bitcoiners and freedom lovers are becoming such a significant portion of the voting block that politicians are forced to take a stance. RFK, Vivek, and now Trump. Maybe Biden next? He’s going to have to do something and now he really has to weigh whether being anti bitcoin is a net positive.
THAT is the beauty of the game theory at play.

2024-05-25 18:36:16

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I tend to prefer Debian based. Right now, because of work I run Kali everyday, but I recently started playing with Parrot. I’ve used Ubuntu a lot in the past, but I’m not as happy with it as I used to be.

2024-05-25 17:41:28

I moved to Windows 11 earlier this year so I could do some pc gaming. Huge mistake. Currently starting the process of going full Linux for everything.
Gaming was just wasting my time anyway…
#note10pd…vxaz

2024-05-25 14:04:45

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Nice, I’ll check it out!

2024-05-25 13:48:07

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Ohh I haven’t, what’s that?