Denmark with an unrealized capital gains tax on crypto?


And stacking cold storage sats.


He has said many many times, “buy Bitcoin. don’t sell your Bitcoin.”  This is good advice, sincerely given, I think.

Anyway, he is not the ceo of Bitcoin. He has a view just like everyone else. I think he is dialed in to the community enough to know that
ODELL and other bitcoin cultural leaders will not fall for the headfake. Fiat people will be appeased, and Bitcoiners will be resolute.

Staying humble,
:-)


But, I still want an invite to your party when btc hits 100k.


But now we press on from different flanks. Good luck on your end.


I think Saylor is like the oracle in the Matrix. He is saying exactly what everyone needs to hear.

The fiat world needs to hear that Bitcoin is not a threat and that it can safely fit within the fiat paradigm.

The Bitcoiner’s hear Saylor’s words of heresy and double down on self sovereignty. We hear the CEOs words and work even harder to create btc circular economy and self custody.

Saylor knows Bitcoiners will be undeterred and he knows fiat will be placated.

Well played imo.


In my view Saylor is speaking intentionally specific audiences.

His comments do not deter Bitcoiners, and he knows this.

His comments assuage fiat while simultaneously motivating Bitcoiners.

Well played imo.


Doesn’t look good


Living without risk probably wouldn’t be living or human for that matter.

So, I’d say, no. Digital me isn’t alive in the human sense.


Is one more privacy oriented, and the other more business custody oriented?


Casa v unchained?


Where’s your pit crew?


I’ve never thought the pentagon was a notable architectural triumph. But compared to the Surat, it looks like a
Cathedral.


What is a good price for a 1976 Catalina capri? $500? https://image.nostr.build/9e269e7eccdb2af59561d9c779f12c627280d989165e6e63b045a8db0c482e00.jpg


Indeed. I will make it through :-)

I asked my 14 yo son what he thinks of the name Mr Obnoxious, he said he likes it. So, maybe you are on to something!

(He is a semi regular listener—i have podcasts playing when I drive him to practice and school. He of course likes it when you swear. I do think he has picked up a few things along the way though.)

Congrats on the win today.


Standard:
What is your background?

Better:
Can you tell the audience how you know this?

Better yet:
Were you into this as a kid?

I think the most interesting interviews are subtle and humanizing in how the narrative is advanced. Makes for a much more credible and interesting discussion.


Working, earning, saving. Certainly seems like the right approach.

The savings of bitcoiner’s will provide the foundation for the capital formation needed for the following renaissance. This is valuable and will be rewarded.


I agree. I would favor an election result that is an evenly divided low turnout event.

I do not want to provide energy or validation to this ludicrous spectacle.

Culturally, there is room to grow. Along the way there will be conflict. Arguments and elections are lagging indicators of a society.

I am more interested in examples. Who is choosing to live in which manner and with which priorities and what are the results?


This is probably true, and therefore worriesome.


Maybe focus on your fans rather than your enemies.

Is the name some sort of inside joke?
Without context I find it off putting. Even with context (whatever that might be) it has a lot of connotation to overcome.


How did you land on Mr obnoxious?
Seems like an unnecessary uphill climb for a brand based on personal likability.


I was mesmerized by that video of
the belly dancer singing to Saylor and never looked back.


Mr. Obnoxious

I’m 10min in to Peter’s new podcast.

no intro, no framework, no sense of what the payoff will be for listening through the 2+ hours.

Not sure where this is going and not sure I can make it through.

Also, the name “mr obnoxious” needlessly puts the whole effort in a negative frame. Why? Being thoughtful and persistent is not obnoxious


Chat gpt is a bitcoin bull, bull, bull.


You are correct! Thank you


I like Damus too.

Do you know if there is a way to change the background on Damus to dark?


Pulisic!


USMNT 1st half is over. That was ugly.


The more I think about my comment the more I think it was wrong. Perhaps even dangerously wrong.

Yes, the political, healthcare, cultural, and scientific response to Covid was bonkers.

Scientists are still ardently refusing to utilize scientific method and tools to learn anything about the origin of the virus. This is so patently self serving that it should disqualify the entire cohort.

But, here is my point. Conceding every bad thinking and action around the pandemic does not mean that every preceding moment in history is necessarily bunk. I think it is dangerous to wholesale throw the baby out with the bath water because we will be left with no perch from which to seek to understand anything. This sort of deconstruction serves chaos, not knowledge and understanding.


Wow. That is really impressive to see You are thoughtfully generous with your wealth. Thank you for sharing.


9/10 6pm cst

USMNT V NEW ZEALAND


Interesting.


Do you have the idea already? What’s the gist? The background mythology?


Was it ever any different? I can’t remember.


I read a follow up study on orangutan vocalization a while back.

The initial research into orangutan vocalization speculated that meaningful communication was taking place.

One scenario was the vocalization that a member of a troop emits when it has lost the group.

The follow up study that I recall recorded and analyzed the sounds in this situation.

The conclusion was that the orangutans are not really communicating. Rather, the lost animal shouts in fear and the intact members of the troop carry on shouting amongst themselves normally. It might happen that the lost one hears the others, but the “speech” is not directed at achieving that outcome. Might be like one lost orangutan mournfully shouting his name, “Bob, Bob, Bob.” Over and over again. While the rest of the troop merrily shouts their own names “Jane” “Mike” “Chris” “Sue”.

Internet communication can be similar to the discourse of orangutans.


The USMNT needs more options than Pulisic. He is really good. But no one can do it alone. We need more players who are at peer level with Pulisic (skill and stature) so that they can draw fire and create deception to open up opportunities.


You know.

“It”

Got to get ready for when “it”
happens.


Canada 2 US 1

That sucked. Not only was Canada better at soccer, they also excelled at
all the BS gamesmanship that makes the game so infuriating (fake injuries, time wasting, and the like).


I think this is as solid of an effort at cliche sports casting that I can muster.

Go USMNT!


Yes. It’s a low pressure mid cycle match against a concacaf team with a   stand in coach and only a few top players reporting.

Despite all that, this game means a lot. If the US can win (better yet, convincingly win), this team may finally turn the corner and take the next step.

A loss? well? I am afraid the “talented but no grit” label will sink a bit deeper into the minds of fans and players alike.


Shame is a killer.
Way more lethal than failure.
I know it, although I’m ashamed to admit it ;-)


The self-sovereign rallying cry. Arghh! Freedom! Self sufficiency! And independence! And self-determination! And isolation! And self-importance! I am so powerful in my own mind!

“They don’t know self-sovereign I am” https://image.nostr.build/ccc4f69623d5265e5effa43757ff9019d18059dcd859f9d055c8e33ad5f2c89a.jpg


Thank you


I have seen some posts brimming with regained optimism after trading X for nostr. Freedom from the algo! So peaceful. Less anger and frustration. Better, more authentic conversations. And so on.

And it’s true. There is so much capture on algorithm driven media. Creators captured by cultural thought leaders and audience, audience captured by feeds, advertisers working overtime to capture everything. And the whole thing bound together by a digital system designed to keep you in lockstep engagement.

So, for now nostr feels sincere in comparison.

But… and I hate to say this…I don’t think it will last. The algorithms are honed on our biology, our human nature. The organic human version of the algorithm is here already and the bots (human and digital) are fast followers.

As nostr gets busier this will inevitably accelerate. There simply isn’t time to sort through all posts and evaluate them on their merit.

Maybe we should have a periodic purge in which all profiles are deleted and we have to reintroduce ourselves anew?

Anyway, the end is near. Enjoy it while it lasts!


Your video is very accurate. I feel this way often.

Personally, I hodl best (happiest, most confidently) when I have other financial ducks in a row.

If it were me I would prioritize house situation.


Ok. That’s really funny.


If governments are successful in bringing X to heel, I worry that they won’t need to come after nostr. Governments will have a pretty solid grip messaging and will be able to dismiss and marginalize anyone else as fringe/radical/dangerous/irrelevant.

Nostr is important without a doubt. But I’m not sure that abandoning ship on X is a smart move.


9/7, 3pm cst

USMNT V CANADA


The lacquer finish looks sick


Old school. I’d like to a ham set up at our cabin.


Like this. Clarifying and helpful.


The demise of free speech on centralized platforms (if it was ever there) is a loss, nostr notwithstanding.

I’m not cheering for this loss for a couple of reasons.
1. X is an interface, a battleground. The battle is somewhat visible and useful as an indicator of sentiment.
2. I don’t think centralized platforms will cease to operate and have influence. I think people with large audiences on X should continue to support that ecosystem and their audiences, ideally with parallel efforts on nostr. This provides information continuity in both spaces and these people can serve as trusted ambassadors providing a conduit to decentralized platforms.

I hope X and nostr users don’t lash out. Better to stay humble, tweet tweets and relay messages.


Sovereignty provides for an escapism of sorts. God gets let off the hook, because, well He is God.


Well said. I’m going to send this one to my kids.


Sovereignty is a tough nut to crack. I’m not even sure our minds can get a handle on this one.


I doubt Elon’s motives are transparent and pure. (Whose are?) But he is engaging on the free speech battlefield at the moment and so I think he and X are deserving of support. Nostr helps keep all the corporate com tools honest, which is good because I don’t think they are going away.


I like nostr. It’s not corporate controlled and has a grassroots feel. Nostr delivers on free speech. But speech without reach is more of a whisper.

Nostr is a safe fall back refuge and it is critically important. But contributions on the frontlines in the battle between X and censorship are, in my view, worthwhile as well.


Such a good point


Very witty


Agree completely.

Or, we could move Halloween up to Oct 1 to get it over with.


I just listened to Peter’s last WBD episode.

Last show has a big cast with a lot going on.

Peter outlines his rationale for changing his show’s focus. Travel, football team, boredom all feature in the discussion.

He will next try to parlay his celebrity into a new venture. He concedes that the episodes will be hit or miss for most listeners. (He mentioned he will interview a musician from some band I’ve never heard of—I will probably skip that one. Also mentions he will interview a manager of a big time soccer team—I will probably listen to this.)

Will his celebrity be sufficient to keep subscribers coming back? Maybe. I’m pulling for him. I think self directed topics can be more limiting than you might think. So much of what was good about WBD was the way Peter changed over time. He grappled out loud as he was forced to confront certain issues relevant to the of the bitcoin community. Now that he has decoupled himself, will he still grow?

Eventually the final episode devolves into a discussion of sports heroes and possible political aspirations of Peter and Jack Mallers. Mallers, who is by all accounts a stellar businessman and charismatic personality, apparently has aspirations to be the mayor of Chicago and perhaps even the president. Peter has more modest aims of being mayor of Bedford.
Peter, who has faced friction from the current mayor, has some rational for running and even a bit of a platform (a slight budget decrease).
Mallers offered no concrete initiatives but did indicate that leadership is lacking and he could be the remedy.

On the one hand I have to applaud the mindset. Peter framed the ambition well with a nod to Nic Carter’s newly developed fighting ability. Nic, and Peter, and Jacks success notwithstanding, I found this part of the conversation unnervingly naive.

Mid aged cynicism? Maybe in part, but I don’t think that’s the only reason to be skeptical. I’ve just seen a few things and I know that chutzpah doesn’t necessarily translate to electoral or administrative success.

Anyway, I’m looking forward to the McCormack Show and if Mallers becomes the mayor, I’ll happily move to Chicago to cheer him on.


Nice dogs. I thought you made reasonable points regarding post 1994 World Cup soccer appreciation.


Have you tried wakesurfing?  I think the slower speed of wakesurfing is easier on your body. And, the goal is to drop the rope, so no gloves needed :-)


I think I’ll go sailing https://image.nostr.build/db1d4f90d6e3df006ae93c7ba314e87010f5416f496b226e47c855f08ef35b70.jpg


Jibe ho!

I like Bitcoin, sailing, skiing, hiking, hockey, soccer, audible, art, and hanging out with my family. It’s great to be alive.


Your X post about soldering cables made me smile. I enjoyed time as a kid partially and then fully inserting audio cables like that and listening to the effect.


Fed?


But stay humble ;-)


Impressive


I tried to update bank info and got stuck on this screen. I gave up on that instance and added a new payment method (same bank) and it worked. Then i deleted the problematic one. https://cdn.nostr.build/i/95fd0e701f278aa42c4a64bb103422443135867528b0c2e80fa0da7902e7617b.jpg


Bitcoin is different. It is an intangible manifestation or an inalienable right. It cannot be taken away.