great rig roelof!


TV Buddha 1974

Look into the void. There is only the Godhead.

https://m.primal.net/LLdX.png


I kid I kid. This is about a path to God. But in a sense that is illegal immigration, yanno?


Where an elephant walks through the forest, a man can easily follow.

—Joseph Campbell on illegal immigration


body

User of Bitcoin / No GM / PhD in Phonics


Two years after suffering a stroke, Nam June Paik was invited to attend a state dinner at the Clinton White House in June 1998. A trickster and prominent purveyor of the avant-garde, Paik incorporated humor and spontaneity in performances and artworks that joined multiple artistic forms.

Due to the stroke two years prior, Paik was often confined to a wheelchair in public. However, when it came time to greet the president, Paik got up to use his walker as he proceeded through the line.

Scandal is no stranger to politics, and it was an especially frequent visitor to the Clinton house. At the time, the media coverage of the "Monica Lewinsky scandal" was at peak fervor. What happened next was a wonderful union of media, art and politics thanks to Mr. Paik.

https://youtu.be/o19m2UjTo9A?


Goddamnit lemme try this again

https://youtu.be/o19m2UjTo9A?


Two years after suffering a stroke, Nam June Paik was invited to attend a state dinner at the Clinton White House in June 1998. A trickster and prominent purveyor of the avant-garde, Paik incorporated humor and spontaneity in performances and artworks that joined multiple artistic forms.

Due to the stroke two years prior, Paik was often confined to a wheelchair in public. However, when it came time to greet the president, Paik got up to use his walker as he proceeded through the line.

Scandal is no stranger to politics, and it was an especially frequent visitor to the Clinton house.  At the time, the media coverage of the "Monica Lewinsky scandal" was at peak fervor. What happened next was a wonderful union of media, art and politics thanks to Mr. Paik.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?


Option A, seating first offers more window space/natural light to the customer; however if there is a long line/queue then the congestion could spill out into the seating area, making the seated customers uncomfortable--but also creating a higher seat turnover rate.

Option B, coffee bar first encourages the line/queue outdoors, providing free advertising for the coffee shop: i.e. "this coffee is good", but moves the customers away from the natural light and more comfortable dine-in experience.

In the end, I think it depends on the location of the shop. Is there another coffee shop in the area? If so, maybe offer the opposite layout that they offer. If it's mostly a rush-hour/lunch urban clientele, then maybe Option B up-front is good. But if it's a bad weather type town, then maybe Option A is better so more customers can queue up under shelter.

Personally I prefer Option A though. More time to peruse the menu and people-watch as you make your way to the order station.


i like this reminder. currently i'm trying to reconcile number 1 with two, three, four and five. might not be feasible for everyone. so, i guess i'm sticking with number one until further notice is what i'm trying to say. thanjs max


the "importing voters" narrative is too simplistic imo. it ignores the economic realities of aging demographics and over-production of the managerial class. everyone wants a desk job, thus there's not enough excess capital to pay native borns to clean the toilets, sweep the trash, and do the grunt parts of the construction work. importing low-wage laborers makes the working class compete for lower pay. that's the crux of the plan. any votes they may get are a bonus to the managerial class, who tend to vote blue.


HiQ!


This stupid computer is too buggy. Or maybe it's this Nostr client. I dunno. what I wanted to say is "ha! i was gonna tag you and talfy! lol" imagine that! If i had done that! ha!


Ha! I was gonna tag you and talfy lol


Anger is a Gift


I do think there is a cycle between centralization and decentralization. (I change my mind almost daily though.) If the lock-step messaging from the political managers and the supply chain jam-ups from Covid taught us anything, it's that centralization of global powers has a terrible potential to subjugate most of humanity.  I'm still very skeptical about even the most mudane news events now.

https://gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ever-Given-Suez-Canal.jpg

On a positive note, there's never before been a money capable of trustlessly facilitating global trade, but at the same time also facilitating the possibility of decentralized governance. I'm bullish on Fedimints and Cashu for this reason. (Even though I haven't used them yet lol.)


WE CAME FROM AQUATIC APES
I've always liked this theory. I think about it often when I go swimming. I find it improves my technique, and explains why I might want to have an aquarium one day. It's an old video, and I don't know  if Elaine Morgan is still with us and doing well. Here's a short run-down of some of the evidence she presents:

OUR NAKED SKIN
Every animal that has lost its body hair is aquatic:
the dugong, walrus, the manatee, the babirusa. Like all these ugly hairless animals, humans have gone almost full commando.

OK BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ELEPHANT?
Everyone now agrees that all the pachyderms had an aquatic ancestor. "No swimming trunks inside the house please!"

CONSIDER BIPEDALITY
Humans are the only animals that walk on two legs. However, all monkeys and apes are capable, but there is only one instance when they always walk on 2 legs: when they walk through water. There was only one who could walk ON water though: Chimpanjesus of Nazareth.

OUR FAT LAYER
Normal fat dispersement in land animals is among the interior organs, whereas with aquatic mammals such as whales, fat has migrated to the outside as blubber beneath the skin for insulation. There is little argument that humans are experiencing the same phenomenon, becoming grossly obese. And when you think about it, with the invention of the straw and venti Frappuccino, humans kinda have become filter feeders.

CONSCIOUS CONTROL OF BREATH
The only other animals besides humans that can do this are the diving animals and the diving birds. You can't even teach an ape to say "ah" on request. An obvious necessity for language, and amicable dentist appointments.

WE ARE STREAMLINED
Olympic divers can dive into water with hardly a splash. Compared to a gorilla, we are halfway shaped like a fish. Try to imagine a gorilla winning versus a pair of synchronized Chinese divers. The gorilla will probably lose. But he will look hilarious in a red Speedo.

King Thong: 2.7/10

https://youtu.be/bFDqYzgJfIo?


The 5 constituencies of consensus in Bitcoin:

1. Software Developers
(making reference implementations)
2. Miners
(implementing run-time consensus for making blocks)
3. Exchanges
(exchanging other currencies for Bitcoin)
4. Wallets
(validate transactions based on consensus rules)
5. Merchants
(exchanging goods for Bitcoin)

From Saylor.org
1:13:00-1:16:00
source: Andreas M. Antonopoulos, https://youtu.be/fw3WkySh_Ho
 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/


a Wendy’s salad bar


“The notion of “economics” as an invention, was created at the beginning of the industrial revolution. ECONOMICS IS AN IDEOLOGY. Labor, money, etc are self-referential. They refer to each other and only to each other. They are completely disconnected from thermodynamics.”

The English word “risk” is a derivative of the Arabic “ris”.

“Ris” meaning the spoils of war, the very real resources allotted to the victorious soldiers surviving a war.

Economic “risk” as described by market actors and economists is detached from thermodynamics, and therefore not connected to real resources.

Therefore, the entire point of money is to swindle—to trade “risk” for “ris”… that’s the scam.

https://youtu.be/p9YCzrHugJI?si=hD4VFToPzlNm3O3y


I assumed it was a meme. There is a subset of betas who pay only fans models to kick them in the testicles tho 🤷🏽


Ive been reading “Leviathan and it’s Enemies”. The crux is that liberalism (classical type with laisse-fair econ & cosmopolitan culture) gave rise to the managerial state in order to organize the means of mass production. Essentially making a planned economy with priority on the self-interest aimed at consumption to benefit the managerial class. It will be interesting to see how Bitcoin incentives influence mass production, national economies and their respective bureaucratic classes.


Magicians 🪄✨ https://image.nostr.build/ecb2db39e57d5a299dc1672ce3ea161774c1884a75217c7846913a14ea1ff627.jpg


In a type I managerial regime, public opinion is swayed through deception and propaganda. Influential players in media push the agenda of the  ruling regime, often without explicit collaboration, as the incentives align to expand the size and power of the managerial state. These incentives by default collude against the individual and small entrepreneur. No intended malice or nefarious motives are necessary to create the conditions to act in opposition to the creative potential and productivity of the individual or small group. https://image.nostr.build/8cc398b5f6e60d67a6c697542abade3bd9fdfa160df89ceec00b4173a71e3244.jpg


For example—you never see the opposite incentive: offer a lower fee for fewer items. Only a higher fee for more items. There is no incentive to reduce the cost to the customer—even if they produce 10x less waste than the average customer.


And to be clear, i agree that the blanket fee for “extra items” is dumb. I just think, like all govt enforced monopolies, this method absolves the service providers of real accountability to their “customers”


I agree that taking per-capita into account is definitely more fair than a flat per-unit/address waste fee that benefits a govt enforced monopoly. This is my issue. The incentives produce a situation where the most wasteful are subsidized by the least wasteful. 🤷🏽


I understand your opinion. However, I like the idea of pay-for-what-you-use. I don’t live in Canada, but basically i only use my trash service once every 2-3 months. I end up picking up trash from my neighbors’ cans every trash day. So, in a very real way i am subsidizing their bad consumption habits. The managerial State does not reward efficiency. The trash company has a monopoly on trash services, and the State gets their administrative cut. There is no incentive to optimize for the “customer” because it would mean less value extraction for the State/Corporate blob.


You can’t always do whatever you want, but you sure as hell can try


Lol


Hi MisterG. Your Lightning address isn’t working for me. I tried to zap but it told me “no”


It looks like you gave her a few extra dollars. Like maybe $167.


i would focus more on technique in baseball. also, i’d marry a japanese woman, but still avoid most seafoods


Street food
School Bus taxis
Rural Nuns
Diesel
Frijoles, huevos, leche for dinner
Curvy mountain roads
Volcanic rock beaches
Palm trees and flowerszzzz


I haven’t read Dune. The documentary on Jordorowsky’s 1970s never-made version is fascinating. This take on the 1980s David Lynch and the 2021 Villenueve version is kind of inspiring, and relevant to our current human condition. What am i a philosopher now? Worth the 16 minutes:

https://youtu.be/BrP7sjBa0hg?si=VzfMZ51qNcrseHme


I missed a day on Thursday. I was a little sick. Burning indigestion. I haven't had the flu since covid, btw--just acid frying the nerves in my brain stem and a little chest congestion. Anyway, I did 250 the next day, which is Friday. that's the rule: miss a day, do the 100 make-ups + 50 more. I did the corresponding squats and lateral pulls, because I think about how my skeleton and muscles function.

THAT'S THE CHEAT CODE: THINK ABOUT SKELETONS

https://image.nostr.build/1c66a0c935c239846bb746b0274ca51302675daad9aad401a154dd6c25478f51.png


Drunk History, With Jack Mallers


Here go an interesting collection of think tanks and think bois and grrrls. GAME B 👻 👻 👻 👀 🌚 🌝 🤨

https://www.gameb.wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page


Here go 40 ideas for making chairs from shipping pallets. They gonna look great in your shipping container tiny house, oke?

https://blitsy.com/pallet-chair/


This is the foggiest i’ve ever seen.


GM


Debian askin about nuthin if u know wats good for u


Remember orange-pilling?

Hi Nostr!


🥹 now we’ll never be alone 🥹


Thanjs everjuan. You’re doing gret 👏👍🤩


Also look at this. Wat ur looking fer aint on here i reckon, but there’s tons of stuff we probably never gonna use greeppelnz

https://www.nostr.net


I think i used nostr.build


Shut up


Thanjs donk! They didn’t care


I was just thinking the exact same thing


GM Nostr. I still think we can use Lightning in a non-custodial way.


Thanjs TC


This sound made up


GM Nostr. Im gorfing🏌♂today.
Rule is gorf attire is required.
I don’t own any gorf clothes.
Les see if anyone cares 🌞


Bitcoin is awesome. It doesn’t work without MoE functionality. Channels need liquidity. Prove me wrong, or don’t and just use the tools. Thas my post. Wat do you call a post on Nostr? I forget. Oke bye 👋


🏴☠GM🏴☠


So apparently if one uses Robosats, and the txn is USD—>USDT—>BTC, the Tether exchange rate is not calculated into the final payment. So you’ll need to send a few cents extra. The more you know 🌈☝


GM thanjs friend 🙌⚡💪


GM ser 🙌☕❤


GM Nostr. HODLING is not enough. Yes you have to hodl. But developers need users. Lightning channels need liquidity. Companies need customers. Galt’s Gulch doesn’t happen on a blind faith in Gresham’s law. Just sayin’ 🤚


I support ALL people. Governments are a different story.


GM Nostr. This is a psyop. I am not really here. 🧠✌👋


Omg Is that person on the right missing her head skin?!