smashem

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by smashem 9mo ago
Face-to-face social gatherings - parties, dinners, clubs, meetups Membership organizations - country clubs, professional associations, alumni networks, charitable boards Personal introductions and referrals - being introduced through mutual
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by smashem 1y ago
Also ex-Base! Gee whiz.
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by smashem 1y ago
18 years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/6hc3w/comment/c03udg0/ > "This code is reserved for future use." > For when AT&T, Comcast, TimeWarner, et. al. have succe
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by smashem 1y ago
> It's really difficult to build agentic applications on top of Bitcoin. That's because brain power is being corralled around entities that seek to maintain their control as toll keepers of financial transactions. They have to
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by smashem 3y ago
Ethereum is a scam.
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by smashem 3y ago
Low interest environments exist because liquidity is growing in the financial system. As that liquidity escapes into the consumer system, which it always does, it causes inflation.
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by smashem 3y ago
That's why there's layer 2 solutions like Lightning to scale bitcoin's usability. And application-level solutions like Cash App.
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by smashem 3y ago
I don't use E2E encryption to evade my government. I use E2E encryption to protect myself from criminals and malicious actors. Oh, government == malicious actors ??
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by smashem 3y ago
And how about relative to M1 money supply?
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by smashem 4y ago
You've earned yourself a promotion.
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by smashem 4y ago
> National governments are the source and the only legal creators of money. And those closest to the money printer benefit. And hint, the average joe is furthest from the printer. The future of the average joe is stolen via currency deba
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by smashem 4y ago
You really believe that the USD, as the world's reserve currency, doesn't require its military to keep it that way.
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by smashem 4y ago
There are server farms within the military, so by proxy, the USD does require server farms. Then the private financial institutions have server farms.
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by smashem 4y ago
True, the USD just requires violence and cohersion.
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by smashem 4y ago
End the FUD https://endthefud.org/
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by smashem 5y ago
Tangentially, anyone tried dry sauna therapy sessions at night before bed? It's helped me tremendously with sleep and more. It's a bit considered a luxury, but maybe you can find a gym or spa membership that's low cost.
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by smashem 5y ago
Sounds like an interesting theory. Who will be the ones that do the productive work that pays for UBI?
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by smashem 5y ago
4 weeks of primary on-call.
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by smashem 5y ago
It's systems + networks analysis. Factories, ports, and transportation were limited or shuttered completely. Warehousing and storefronts saw the same. Impairing these network nodes, all at relatively the same time and in great numbers,
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by smashem 5y ago
Excellent. Hope it works out long-term.
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by smashem 5y ago
These companies should focus more on Bitcoin + Lightning. Keep It Stupid Simple. * Decrease reliance on Visa. * Instant, cross-border payment settlement. * Other features like money streaming.
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by smashem 5y ago
Succinctly nailed it.
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by smashem 5y ago
"Control" is such an interesting word in this case.
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by smashem 5y ago
Funny, I left Amazon two weeks ago because WFH burned me out. I'm currently taking a sabbatical. * Zoom fatigue is real. * I find it much harder to collaborate with peers. * I feel like less of a part of the company. Not being in the o
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by smashem 5y ago
So much BTC FUD on HN - it's kind of disgusting.
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by smashem 5y ago
Just look back at all of the fallen economies. They fall from inflation. "Although the Emperor Constantine (reigned AD 306-337) is considered by many to be among the greatest of the later Roman emperors, he was unable to fix the failin
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by smashem 5y ago
> Because increasing the demand for electricity more than necessary increases the cost to all of us––both the direct economic cost in our electricity bills and the environmental and societal costs. This is true whether the energy is rene
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by smashem 5y ago
#1, correct. Nothing wrong with energy consumption. In fact, there is a relationship between GDP growth and energy consumption growth, in general. That's not to say we don't need more efficient energy usage, though, but bitcoin ha
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by smashem 5y ago
All economies eventually fail due to inflation and central planning. I'm not saying we don't need national currencies, but bitcoin is the perfect hedge against central banking.
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by smashem 5y ago
It just depends on which parts of the system you're focused on. We'll continue to bridge the gap between monetary -> electrical energy. A bitcoin is a store of monetary energy, and the bitcoin network is readily available. We&#

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