Great question. I do my best to train my behavior to the following guidelines:

Christian Behavior
We are called to be a godly people who think, feel, and act in harmony with biblical principles in all aspects of personal and social life.

For the Spirit to recreate in us the character of our Lord we involve ourselves only in those things that will produce Christlike purity, health, and joy in our lives. This means that our amusement and entertainment should meet the highest standards of Christian taste and beauty.

While recognizing cultural differences, our dress is to be simple, modest, and neat, befitting those whose true beauty does not consist of outward adornment but in the imperishable ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit.

It also means that because our bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit, we are to care for them intelligently. Along with adequate exercise and rest, we are to adopt the most healthful diet possible and abstain from the unclean foods identified in the Scriptures. Since alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and the irresponsible use of drugs and narcotics are harmful to our bodies, we are to abstain from them as well.

Instead, we are to engage in whatever brings our thoughts and bodies into the discipline of Christ, who desires our wholesomeness, joy, and goodness.

https://www.adventist.org/beliefs/


Would you consider using stable sats on the nostr:npub13ljnkd633c7maxatymv3y2fqq8vt3qk7j3tt0vytv90eztwgha9qmfcfhw wallet (by Galoy) instead of USDT. Blink is an excellent product that is only getting better each day.

Here is a link to the wallet. I’ll zap you once you’ve got it all set up. I think you’ll like it.


“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.”

-John 3:16-21 NIV

https://bible.com/bible/111/jhn.3.21.NIV


Wallet features are steadily increasing. From what I’ve seen, custodial wallets offer a ton of features for different use cases.

Non custodial wallets are very good but don’t seem to be as feature packed and or the user experience is a bit more clunky in my opinion. Particularly when the non custodial wallet incorporates lightning. That’s when I see a bit more clunkiness. That’s not a tear down, that’s just an observation.

Custodial wallets that “have it all”
Strike
CashApp
Blink

Non custodial
Green/Jade
Zeus

What are you favorites…why?

This is all based on my personal experience. I’m not a developer, programmer, or engineer of any kind.

I do consider myself a “techy” however. I run a node and I enjoy learning more from folks who are software engineers, developers, and programmers. So, please share.


“Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done. “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.””

-Matthew 16:24-28 NIV

https://bible.com/bible/111/mat.16.24-28.NIV


nostr is still mainly used alongside twitter. in the best rare case, as a replacement. and only because people are running away from something about twitter they don't like.

there is nothing that people want to run to nostr for yet. zaps were promising, but bitcoin is still a hurdle (one that primal is doing the best at overcoming), and it's doubtful lightning could scale to a massive adoption moment.

nostr needs a feature or experience that's unique and sets it apart. i *think* that is the ecosystem of microapps over the long term...but it's definitely not in the short term. and that might be ok.

for twitter the initial draw was the simplicity and weirdness of 140 characters (we started with zero network effect, facebook had it all...that's built over time). later it became the conversation which lead to the "public square" (owned by a private corporation ¯\_(ツ)_/¯). and then as it grew, it had a single point of control/failure people could attack.

nostr doesn't have to worry about that last bit. it's an incredible feature. but not one the average person cares about (no matter how much they yell "FREE SPEECH!"...if people actually cared about free speech, bitcoin and nostr would be all they used...they don't).

all this to say, we're not doomed. but what we think is the killer feature isn't right now. who's going to discover the one that is?


damn https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/12/politics/house-vote-fisa-reauthorization/index.html


#Tacoma maxi

I second that.


Toastmasters…I’ve never done it, but I’ve heard it’s a great way to develop one’s public speaking abilities.


I want to #zap you 2,100 Sats!

Good morning #nostr! It has been about a month since I joined and I'm loving "Self-Soverign Social".

My challenge has been connecting with like minded folks, which is surprising because if we are both here on nostr we likley share at least an interest in decentralization and #bitcoin.

So I want to try a little experiment this morning. I have just under 500,000 sats or about $350 in my  nostr:npub1flm9yc3vhc3dj036pn3ysl5xwd4f5gyhyjnn9rzehs5mqe9y9ynq6qrg9q account, I want you to help me empty it!

Please follow me (if you are not already) and share this post and I'll zap you 2,100 sats until I run out or have to leave the office. It's about 8:45AM EDT, and I'll be zappin' until at least 3PM (or until I'm broke).

In theory this should yield about 235 paid engaugements, which will hopefully amplify my presance here and help me connect with some like minded folks.

Lets see how it works out, I'll share my results!

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


Winning is being better today than you were yesterday…everyday.


“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV

https://bible.com/bible/111/1co.10.31.NIV


“When secular rulers unite with ministers of religion to dictate in matters of conscience, then it will be seen who really fear and serve God. When the darkness is deepest, the light of a godlike character will shine the brightest.”

-Ellen G. White
https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/127.1905


Official Beliefs of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church

The 28 Fundamental Beliefs can be organized into six categories of doctrine: God, man, salvation, the church, daily Christian life, and last-day events (restoration).

22. Christian Behavior

“We are called to be a godly people who think, feel, and act in harmony with biblical principles in all aspects of personal and social life.

For the Spirit to recreate in us the character of our Lord we involve ourselves only in those things that will produce Christlike purity, health, and joy in our lives. This means that our amusement and entertainment should meet the highest standards of Christian taste and beauty.

While recognizing cultural differences, our dress is to be simple, modest, and neat, befitting those whose true beauty does not consist of outward adornment but in the imperishable ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit.

It also means that because our bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit, we are to care for them intelligently. Along with adequate exercise and rest, we are to adopt the most healthful diet possible and abstain from the unclean foods identified in the Scriptures. Since alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and the irresponsible use of drugs and narcotics are harmful to our bodies, we are to abstain from them as well.

Instead, we are to engage in whatever brings our thoughts and bodies into the discipline of Christ, who desires our wholesomeness, joy, and goodness.”

https://www.adventist.org/beliefs/


”Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;“

1 Corinthians 6:19 NIV

https://bible.com/bible/111/1co.6.19.NIV
https://m.primal.net/HtcU.png


💯

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🔥

nostr:note1navg937z70yh8q3y7u8q57x807d244y5hwehvlachht80nnpex5qlrmh6e


Are you a Christian?


https://youtu.be/yM3jr7k2nLQ?si=fFAljVTMqJl6P4oR&t=1526

 6And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”

Exedous 34:6-7


Dr. Conrad Vine presents "The God Who Sees" https://youtu.be/yM3jr7k2nLQ?si=-J1m-Inn4PDdD-zp


Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,
who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

Isiah 5:20


Peace and Love…

That is all…


That’s exactly what I saw. The clouds ruined it.


“CITY OF YES HOUSING OPPORTUNITY”

https://www.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/city-of-yes/city-of-yes-housing-opportunity.page


You can’t teach what you don’t know. You can’t lead where you won’t go.


Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love.

1st Corinthians 16:13-14


I’m rebuilding my house. Full gut renovation. There is nothing better than building something and making it exactly the way you want it.


It will always be twitter.


Sounds like financial advice…be careful.


Amazing woman!!


👀

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/28/live-updates-ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-sentencing.html


Saifedean Ammous in the current podcast episode 207 in conversation with investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald about CBDC and its impact on financial freedom and monetary policy.

#CBDC ⛔ #Bitcoin 🗽
nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak #Plebchain

https://youtu.be/FJYBEBhywoU?si=e71xD3Fi5CpVs5AX https://video.nostr.build/0dbbc1599ba78e8aeec4d8892ecdbff817bac89445285fb8ae33d34cdf26eb37.mp4


“The most important tenet on which social cooperation rests is the respect for property.”

Principles of Economics -nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak

https://saifedean.com/poe


Green is my wallet of choice used with a Jade. It makes a perfect match. nostr:note1nzqqc2awlec3cjzz820n52krgxe06gguz658d4wmep7xctdc2ggssqzs22


https://image.nostr.build/5ead95162bdd5d932fd061740378a4215c6204dc2c9eb40c32c621c53993ee35.png
With Blockstream Green version 2.0, we've enhanced desktop security by introducing a pin pad for login, protecting your pin from potential keylogger threats and boosting both security and privacy.
Download Blockstream Green wallet for desktop here ⬇
https://blockstream.com/green/


“The market economy, and civilization itself, are predicated on the respect of property rights, as it is only when property rights are secure that individuals can accumulate any amount of capital significantly larger than what they can keep on their person for basic primitive needs. A society in which property rights are not respected is one where conflict is rife, and one where individuals cannot afford to think of investing their precious labor in the future, as all the property that can store this value is risky to own. Civilized society is only possible when the right to property in self and objects is widely respected, and individuals can expect to maintain their property into the future.”

Principles of Economics - nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak

https://saifedean.com/poe


Whoops too many oo(s).


I wear Hooka brand shoes. I consider myself a running enthusiast. I’d recommend Hooka.


Who still zaps and replaces immediately what they zap by purchasing what they just gave away…?


If you see me in a fight with a bear, pray for the bear.


“If a fish tank is dirty, you clean the tank. You don’t drug the fish.” -@calleymeans

https://fountain.fm/episode/c6M38U2kg2ZXuAFdJ4X7


Matthew 6:1-4

Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.


Verifying my Nostr account with https://tallycoin.app user @cafebitcoin


I’d say the exact opposite…you know you’re a hardcore bitcoiner if you live in New York.

We have regulation here that limits access to using certain features of platforms that integrate Lightning and exchanges. For example Strike and CashApp. There are work arounds but those workarounds are not common to many.


“There is no stronger social force, no greater mind-setter, no more-effective influencer than conventional media.”

— Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority by Tom Burrell
https://a.co/7nQUOCB


I like your style! #TrainForLife


Check out my group on Garmin Connect. #TrainForLife https://connect.garmin.com/modern/group/4180908


“Why many Americans misunderstand Bitcoin

While many native-born Americans may find it difficult to imagine, immigrants are all too familiar with the problems of autocratic governments.

Unlike the United States, most countries do not have the privilege of a reserve currency that is widely in demand.

Instead, governments abuse their money printer, leading to massive currency devaluation.”

- nostr:npub1tftc33ttam85wraffce62cgtvvjrmttquqlv6a0agtfm5nl4vues82xar5


So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.

Colossians 2:6-10 New International Version


Thank you.


Something nostr:npub19tcpurtt6xulhw0r6sc404j9jraj0h8me2lzs7z2tqewz7l0hpas59nlea has designed maybe...?

I have no clue as well. I clicked the link in the announcement post they made on nostr and it took me to web image.


Another niche nostr nomenclature.


Introducing the Ghost Address! 👻⚡

A Ghost Address is a Lightning Address for every lightning node, eliminating the reliance on custodial intermediaries to obtain a Lightning Address.  Ghost Addresses enable easy lightning payments directly to self-custody!
https://amboss.tech/_next/image?url=%2Fassets%2Fblog%2Fghost-addresses%2Fhero.webp&w=1920&q=75

What's a Ghost Address? 👻

It's the fusion of Phantom Payments first described by nostr:npub1spralxq6jlw5rdy0249vqr5sh43rfrlx2wzv3rhjjqedw559w9psrs8s72 with the simplicity of Lightning Addresses from nostr:npub1rvg76s0gz535txd9ypg2dfqv0x7a80ar6e096j3v343xdxyrt4ksmkxrck . It's all about making lightning transactions as easy as email. 📧⚡

Getting started is easy. Update to the latest Ghost-enabled Thunderhub.io , claim your Ghost Address, and step into the new era of self-custodied lightning zaps!
https://image.nostr.build/05bd50be440908dede1aa9527d95135bd31a016a5307d99a87462bde45fd7254.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=662x259&blurhash=Z04B%7CSo%24_3%3FbIT%25gITM%7BIA%7Eq-%3B%25M%3FbWBt7ofIUWAD%23%7Eqxu%25g-%3BRjxuM%7BWWRN-%3A_3Rj%3FbazIUxuIU&x=d23ba8a784c77403aae841466756a6d86031ef08960d5260825c42f54060a467

Dive deeper into Ghost Addresses, how they work, and their impact on the Lightning Network in our latest blog post: https://amboss.tech/blog/ghost-addresses .

Lastly, Merry Christmas from the Amboss team! Now we can be sure that you'll be getting into the Christmas Spirit! 👻🎄


“The Path to Dignity and Progress Law is justice. And it is under the law of justice–under the reign of right; under the influence of liberty, safety, stability, and responsibility–that every person will attain his real worth and the true dignity of his being. It is only under this law of justice that mankind will achieve–slowly, no doubt, but certainly–God's design for the orderly and peaceful progress of humanity. It seems to me that this is theoretically right, for whatever the question under discussion–whether religious, philosophical, political, or economic; whether it concerns prosperity, morality, equality, right, justice, progress, responsibility, cooperation, property, labor, trade, capital, wages, taxes, population, finance, or government–at whatever point on the scientific horizon I begin my researches, I invariably reach this one conclusion: The solution to the problems of human relationships is to be found in liberty.”

— The Law by #FrederickBastiat
https://a.co/baJcwZM


“…for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works.”

— The Law by #FrederickBastiat
https://a.co/inKY3sv


“Law is justice. In this proposition a simple and enduring government can be conceived. And I defy anyone to say how even the thought of revolution, of insurrection, of the slightest uprising could arise against a government whose organized force was confined only to suppressing injustice.”

— The Law by #FrederickBastiat
https://a.co/5CCrDUb


“Law and Charity Are Not the Same The mission of the law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even though the law may be acting in a philanthropic spirit. Its mission is to protect persons and property. Furthermore, it must not be said that the law may be philanthropic if, in the process, it refrains from oppressing persons and plundering them of their property; this would be a contradiction. The law cannot avoid having an effect upon persons and property; and if the law acts in any manner except to protect them, its actions then necessarily violate the liberty of persons and their right to own property. The law is justice–simple and clear, precise and bounded. Every eye can see it, and every mind can grasp it; for justice is measurable, immutable, and unchangeable. Justice is neither more than this nor less than this. If you exceed this proper limit–if you attempt to make the law religious, fraternal, equalizing, philanthropic, industrial, literary, or artistic–you will then be lost in an uncharted territory, in vagueness and uncertainty, in a forced utopia or, even worse, in a multitude of utopias, each striving to seize the law and impose it upon you. This is true because fraternity and philanthropy, unlike justice, do not have precise limits. Once started, where will you stop? And where will the law stop itself?”

— The Law by #FrederickBastiat
https://a.co/3kilUv6


“It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property. The existence of persons and property preceded the existence of the legislator, and his function is only to guarantee their safety. It is not true that the function of law is to regulate our consciences, our ideas, our wills, our education, our opinions, our work, our trade, our talents, or our pleasures. The function of law is to protect the free exercise of these rights, and to prevent any person from interfering with the free exercise of these same rights by any other person. Since law necessarily requires the support of force, its lawful domain is only in the areas where the use of force is necessary. This is justice. Every individual has the right to use force for lawful self-defense. It is for this reason that the collective force–which is only the organized combination of the individual forces–may lawfully be used for the same purpose; and it cannot be used legitimately for any other purpose. Law is solely the organization of the individual right of self-defense which existed before law was formalized. Law is justice.”

— The Law by #FrederickBastiat
https://a.co/7cecnlM


“A science of economics must be developed before a science of politics can be logically formulated. Essentially, economics is the science of determining whether the interests of human beings are harmonious or antagonistic. This must be known before a science of politics can be formulated to determine the proper functions of government. Immediately following the development of a science of economics, and at the very beginning of the formulation of a science of politics, this all-important question must be answered: What is law? What ought it to be? What is its scope; its limits? Logically, at what point do the just powers of the legislator stop? I do not hesitate to answer: Law is the common force organized to act as an obstacle to injustice. In short, law is justice.”

— The Law by #FrederickBastiat
https://a.co/7cecnlM


You have to do more than stop voting for her and others like her….you MUST run a candidate who has better policies and will challenge the incumbent. This will in turn force the incumbent to rethink and explain their position to their constituents. Utilizing debates and town hall style meetings that highlight the incumbents policies are a great way to highlight the issues of concern.

From my experience, you do more by running a candidate against the incumbent and losing than actually winning the race. If strategized correctly you can get the incumbent to adopt your position and get policies changed.


MAF Training
1
Perform a MAF Test
Benchmark: Run, walk or cycle for 20 mins at your MAF Heart Rate and record your distance.
2
Train at your MAF Heart Rate
Exercise regularly at your MAF Heart Rate ensuring that your body has time to rest and recover between sessions.
3
Track Progress
Repeat the MAF Test monthly on the same course and conditions. Your aerobic system can take 3-6 months to improve but as it does you will be running further at your MAF HR.

https://philmaffetone.com/method/process/


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So far there is no summary or text that I’ve found. As it passes along the legislative process more will be known.

Many have been, and will continue to be deceived.


#Freedom
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The U.S. legislative law making process.

https://www.congress.gov/legislative-process


🤮S.2669 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2023 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2669?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22S2669%22%7D&s=1&r=1


Likewise. I have not bought a single present to date and we’re not going to.

El Salvador booked for April.


“Clearly then, the conscience of the social democrats cannot permit persons to have any liberty because they believe that the nature of mankind tends always toward every kind of degradation and disaster. Thus, of course, the legislators must make plans for the people in order to save them from themselves. This line of reasoning brings us to a challenging question: If people are as incapable, as immoral, and as ignorant as the politicians indicate, then why is the right of these same people to vote defended with such passionate insistence?”

— The Law by Frederick Bastiat
https://a.co/gx2Bt66


“Clearly then, the conscience of the social democrats cannot permit persons to have any liberty because they believe that the nature of mankind tends always toward every kind of degradation and disaster. Thus, of course, the legislators must make plans for the people in order to save them from themselves. This line of reasoning brings us to a challenging question: If people are as incapable, as immoral, and as ignorant as the politicians indicate, then why is the right of these same people to vote defended with such passionate insistence?”

— The Law by #FrederickBastiat


“Never let school get in the way of your kids education.”

-Me


CORRECT! you’ve been ZAPPED⚡


“Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children”

-Guess the author…


“But we assure the socialists that we repudiate only forced organization, not natural organization. We repudiate the forms of association that are forced upon us, not free association. We repudiate forced fraternity, not true fraternity. We repudiate the artificial unity that does nothing more than deprive persons of individual responsibility. We do not repudiate the natural unity of mankind under Providence.”

— The Law by #FrederickBastiat
https://a.co/6vzJ46W


“Try to imagine a regulation of labor imposed by force that is not a violation of liberty; a transfer of wealth imposed by force that is not a violation of property. If you cannot reconcile these contradictions, then you must conclude that the law cannot organize labor and industry without organizing injustice.”

— The Law by #FrederickBastiat
https://a.co/4CYyw6M


“When a portion of wealth is transferred from the person who owns it–without his consent and without compensation, and whether by force or by fraud–to anyone who does not own it, then I say that property is violated; that an act of plunder is committed.”

— The Law by #FrederickBastiat
https://a.co/0Xj5kVK


“But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime.”

— The Law by #FrederickBastiat
https://a.co/4I8X57W


For all you “Bitcoiners” out there that say The Fed doesn’t get audited…

https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/audited-annual-financial-statements.htm


“But even in the United States, there are two issues–and only two–that have always endangered the public peace. Slavery and Tariffs Are Plunder What are these two issues? They are slavery and tariffs. These are the only two issues where, contrary to the general spirit of the republic of the United States, law has assumed the character of plunder. Slavery is a violation, by law, of liberty. The protective tariff is a violation, by law, of property. Its is a most remarkable fact that this double legal crime-a sorrowful inheritance of the Old World-should be the only issue which can, and perhaps will, lead to the ruin of the Union. It is indeed impossible to imagine, at the very heart of a society, a more astounding fact than this: The law has come to be an instrument of injustice. And if this fact brings terrible consequences to the United States-where only in the instance of slavery and tariffs-what must be the consequences in Europe, where the perversion of law is a principle; a system?”

— The Law by #FrederickBastiat
https://a.co/0EHj0KQ


“As long as it is admitted that the law may be diverted from its true purpose–that it may violate property instead of protecting it–then everyone will want to participate in making the law, either to protect himself against plunder or to use it for plunder.”

— The Law by #FrederickBastiat
https://a.co/fQ8PMAJ


“In fact, if law were restricted to protecting all persons, all liberties, and all properties; if law were nothing more than the organized combination of the individual's right to self defense; if law were the obstacle, the check, the punisher of all oppression and plunder–is it likely that we citizens would then argue much about the extent of the franchise?”

— The Law by #FrederickBastiat
https://a.co/ct3weOX


#TrainForLife


Don't get fat. If ur already fat, get less fat.

We say this because we care about you. Fat people are limited in life, and statistically, they die much earlier.

Reaching ur potential doesn't include being 40 plus lbs overweight.


Free and open-source software.
https://image.nostr.build/cd857c39ff228eaed95fb846e50dc013d6f4fc9e0680e5d18c169677162fa57a.jpg


Yup! In the US it’s been removed from the apple App Store.


One week…can you do it…?  I bet you can’t.

See you in a month.

10-22-2023 2206

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxwIIPDOUQR/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==


Happy moment meeting nostr:npub1773r2y5zl3sa7xufmye96un3hf02rse8j82hkd45ps0wvk2hrkasslesjt
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#plebchain #nostr #grownostr #babechain https://image.nostr.build/01285a46d14e222e8dfa5339190c78177a5a3ce0bff6507c5b68d4e6b77e9a00.jpg


No sir. Never heard that.


What is “Premillennial Dispensationalism”?


Let’s talk about what these two wallets do differently. Wallet Of Satoshi versus Phoenix.


And again…what do you mean by “taking the subject seriously”?

What would relay to you that the author is taking the subject seriously?


Your response seems to affirm my suspicion that because you don’t understand the context in which this excerpt was derived from you’re thinking the author is focusing on the aspect of the quote which you find question in.

This is inherently the fault with text message communication. We cannot communicate in real time verbally so I cannot get the point across. We’re limited. Let’s save that for another day….

The point I think you’re missing is that the author is in fact taking the subject of IP seriously. The author I believe in part is trying relay to the reader that IP rights and the authorities that enforce them cause the focus to switch from producing for the consumer benefit to protecting the ownership. This, in my opinion, is a critical point. I believe you would find that this point is well made of you read the book or at least this chapter.


What do you mean by “treats the subject seriously”?

And remember I’ve cherry picked an excerpt from his book that I thought may be valuable here in our exchange about intellectual property. There is no supportive context to the excerpt I gave.

I read the book and understand what concepts the author was building on to support the quote I’ve referenced here. It may not make sense to you because of your lack of context.


“Yet a closer look at the alleged benefits of intellectual property shows that they have been massively exaggerated. Intellectual property laws, at the margin, increasingly incentivize innovators to obtain monopoly licenses at the expense of innovating to meet consumer demand. At the margin, these laws magnify the reward for obtaining state monopoly licenses for ideas and lead innovators to dedicate growing quantities of resources toward meeting that end, rather than seeking to satisfy consumers.

This is most apparent in the pharmaceutical and software industries, where large bureaucratic corporations can be increasingly seen as enormous patent trolls, whose primary focus is on hiring lawyers, patenting, litigating, and defending against litigation; while developing consumer software and drugs are an increasingly secondary focus.

While we are taught to value innovations for their own sake, valuable innovations are those that consumers value enough to make them profitable. Without intellectual property laws, the only way to monetize ideas and innovations is for idea holders to ensure their ideas provide greater value to consumers than the available alternatives.88 With intellectual property laws, entrepreneurs can legally ban their competitors from competing, and succeed by dint of their monopoly power over their ideas. The satisfaction of consumer wants becomes a secondary concern. By limiting the number of providers on the market, government enforcement of intellectual property laws effectively comes at the cost of consumer satisfaction.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak talks about all of this in his book Principles Of Economics. It really was a profound read. I highly recommend it.


I gotcha.

This is a genuine question. How many users of #nostr, or any other platform, do you believe even know what a NIP72 nostr community is?

Just to add context, I have no idea what it is either. I do not understand how nostr works (relays etc..).

I’m on nostr cause I understand the fundamentals. I post, I interact with a different class of people that are not on mainstream social media, I cannot be removed from nostr, I own my “account/content” via my private keys, and for me most importantly, I highly value and prioritize my freedom, ownership of property, and my privacy.


“Producers, being self-interested humans, will not sell a good for a price that does not cover their entire cost of production. They would rather go out of business and stay home than work in a business that loses them money. So trying to mandate lower prices simply results in the destruction of the human incentive to produce a good, resulting in higher prices and even lower supplies. The other inevitable consequence of price controls is the emergence of black markets where the seller and buyer can transact at rates suitable to both of them, but without the attention of the government.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


Go outside and meet people at work, church, a club, organization etc. Begin to participate in local events where you’ve met these people. Share your time with them and create human bonds. Help build or add value to the existing organization/people you’ve decided to connect with.

After doing all of this, introduce something new/different you want to develop to the individuals or organizations you’ve created bonds with. Those that feel there is value in what you’re doing and want to share time with you will join and create your “own community” you’re looking to create.


"All life on earth depends on the freedom to move"


Gotcha.


I’ve read all three of his books. They’re fascinating.

Is Dr. Ammous as funny in real life as he is when making points in his book? Some of the correlations he makes to food and sludge is hilarious. I wanted to take the course just to hear him speak about “fiat food”.


Did you read the book first? Or are you going in without any knowledge of the book?

Have you read his other two books?


I just posted a reply to someone and it didn’t take. Maybe I forgot to hit the post button.


Test.


I don’t know bro…but one thing is for sure #nostr is real niche right now.

Folks like me still can’t figure it out.


You forgot the zaps and zapathons. Those I like.


I recently that we needed a Nostr plugin for WordPress for both comments and for automation of posting articles. WordPress now has this for ActivityPub.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/11/23913278/wordpress-activitypub-official-plugin-automattic-fediverse-mastodon


“Capitalism weaponizes human reason in the service of innovations that benefit humanity, and it rewards it to the extent it succeeds. If fiat allows governments to capture the beating heart of civilization, capitalism is the brain fighting back by incentivizing reason to find a solution to this problem.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak

https://saifedean.com/poe


Maybe I’m missing something here. I make an on chain bitcoin transaction and you’re saying that the government will in some way find me and tax me? If I’m making an onchain transaction with the government then maybe yes, but how else would the government prove that the BTC transaction belongs to me?


Thomas Sowell is the man! I haven’t read the book you’ve posted, but I’ve read one of his greatest works titled Basic Economics a common sense guide to the economy.

https://a.co/0hf9YgI


“Finding fault with the concept of self-ownership and capitalist division of labor and civilization is not an argument. It is a glorified return to monkeys flinging their own feces at each other—merely a reversion to nonhuman animal life. The problem with being an opponent of capitalism is that you cannot do anything against capitalism that is any more complex than slinging your feces without becoming a capitalist. Any weapon more complex than your own feces requires delayed gratification and capital accumulation. Any weapon beyond what you can make with your bare hands requires participation in the global division of labor. The opponents of capitalism destroy their own ability to produce, specialize, and innovate, making themselves weaker and less impactful. Capitalist civilization continues to win because its opponents either fling their feces powerlessly at it, or engage in it to try to fight it, effectively supporting it and pushing it forward.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak

https://saifedean.com/poe


https://thesaifhouse.com/

Study


It’s a bit different than that. This book gives really good insight into defense chapter 17, and civilization chapter 18 from an economical perspective.

Bitcoiners and no coiners alike would benefit from reading this book.


“Human civilization is inescapably linked to the economizing methods we have found to increase the value and quality of our time on Earth. Both require lowering time preference, capital accumulation, and the division of labor, which in turn require peaceful social cooperation and human ingenuity, which applies human reason to whatever problems it confronts and attempts to achieve the best outcomes possible. These are the three processes that elevate human labor above the labor of animals, allowing us to build civilization and increasingly master our environment and surroundings.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak

https://saifedean.com/poe


“A libertarian rejects the legitimacy of a government initiating aggression against a peaceful drug consumer, but would not reject the right of individuals to refuse to live next to, work with, or be part of the same security agency as a drug consumer.”

Principles Of Economicss by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak

https://saifedean.com/poe


“In a free market for security, private providers have no tax revenue to subsidize them, and so must economize to survive and succeed. They would aim to minimize violent conflict and, to the greatest extent possible, seek peaceful solutions because doing so is good business. Private security guards in private establishments have nowhere near the same nasty reputation as police, precisely because they operate in a free market with accountability to the customer, and they have rational market calculation motivating their decisions, training, and operation. Private security guards everywhere illustrate that it is possible to provide security without having a monopoly and without being in charge of applying and interpreting the law that governs your behavior.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


Here’s a visual of some of the amazing guests we’ve had on recently. Grateful for this opportunity to share these stories with you all, the guests who have come on, the team working with me on this effort, and all of you for listening and your support 🧡

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"Tax-funded security providers have no economic incentive to minimize human and monetary cost, as customer satisfaction is tangential to their job. They are able to take the least economic choices available, as their operation is not constrained by an operations budget or a budget for recruitment and training of manpower. Monopoly army and police can treat their members as dispensable cannon fodder since they are not being allocated by entrepreneurs who succeed or fail in their enterprise by their prowess in allocation. The startling trigger-happy nature of modern police, notorious for wasting life and endangering police and citizens alike, cannot be understood without reference to the lack of market discipline imposed on police services."

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“Rather than peaceful cooperation under the rule of law applicable to all, society under government eventually degenerates into competitive conflict and aggression between people seeking to gain control of the power to dominate others. One common statist objection to the idea of a free market in defense is that the largest, most powerful group of thugs will take over and control society. The anarchist’s response is that this is merely the reality of what the state is. Statists present their own cognitive enslavement as an argument for itself. Understood correctly, the state is the largest gang of thugs, and the progress of human civilization depends on minimizing the damage from this gang, not on commandeering it for the impossible task of using its license for evil to do good.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“The struggle for civilization is the struggle for humans to deal with each other based on the principle of non-aggression, where everyone agrees to respect the property rights of everyone else in their person and justly acquired property. When this principle is overturned in favor of a violent monopolist, the exception begins to seep into all other aspects of life, for the violent monopolist will seek to control all other aspects of life. And with the population conditioned to pliably accept the legitimacy of violent coercion in the sphere of defense and law, it is not very difficult to convince them to extend it to other aspects of life, beginning with money, as in modern fiat capitalist economies, and ending with the concept of property itself, as in communist societies.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“The more time one spends examining modern state-funded schools and universities, the more one sees their entire purpose as consisting of promoting acquiescence to the state.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“With the right of secession granted, the state cannot take for granted the allegiance and revenue from its citizens and needs to work for them. Without the right to secession, government becomes a territorial coercive monopoly.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“As long as a majority of the population continues to believe they are bound to receive security as a gift from a hopefully benevolent monopolist, its provision is likely to be deficient, as is the case with all market monopolies.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


Ok…and how does this explain how the state will tax on chain bitcoin transactions?


Yes sir! And then the same government will perpetually try and correct markets for what they call “market failures”.

It’s all a complete racket. Don’t fall for the okeedoke.


This is not true. Prices are not “jacked up”. There are costs to bring a good or service to market. The price reflects that.


“Mainstream fiat economists are quick to provide voluminous rationalizations for why markets fail, why humans are irrational, and why only coercive intervention can succeed in improving things. Yet closer inspection shows that markets function regardless of economists’ objections and that the real failure of markets occurs when coercive intervention, under alluringly altruistic pretexts, is used to try to fix these markets.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


Huh!!? Please explain to me how the “state” will tax on chain bitcoin transactions? If that’s what you’re referring to.


That is all…


I dont watch news or read the paper. When I go to work people mention things to me and I say to them “I have no idea what you’re talking about.” It feels so good.


Yes that’s what I was thinking yet I didn’t articulate that (my bad). In the fire/emergency service industry as you get promoted and earn rank you would have done, or have been expected to have done everything your subordinate must do.


I like what you’ve said here. Let me add to it if I may.

The Government clearly acknowledges God however there is this tension that has been ongoing that will come to a climax. The Government will enforce/pass laws (Sunday worship/Sunday “Blue laws”) that will make it illegal to worship on any other day (the sabbath). If you accept this trick (false worship) you have accepted the mark of the beast.

Accepting in you head or your hand is a further breakdown we can specify at another time.


These texts in Daniel and Revelation are all presented symbolically (as you already know). We can identify what all these symbols mean.

When we finishing identifying these symbols properly, you will come to these prophetic factual truths. No need to trust, simply verify history and cross reference.

Here is some brief context. There were 4 great empires that ruled the world that historians can identify. Babylon, medo-persia, Greece, and the last Rome. Alexander the Great did something pretty significant during his rule by making a decree regarding Sunday worship. I’ll stop there.

After studying all this, and identifying the symbols (the beasts/horns etc…) in Daniel and Revelation everything will make perfect sense.


Great point my friend and I agree. “Project Leader” and a supervisor are two very different roles. I should have clarified that in the original post’s language.

I guess what also plays a factor is what industry  the leader/supervisor is in. I was referring to the Fire/emergency service industry in particular. Again I should have specified that.


Not sure what you’re trying to say.

If you read revelation it’s very clear. Cross reference it with Daniel chapter 7 and it all should pop for you.


I don’t know what Sola scripture or premil dispy is. Sorry.


While in a leadership role never ask your people to do what you’ve never done, what  you’re not capable of doing, and what you’re not willing to do in the future.


Don’t do it brah!


To be clear…the “mark of the beast” as per bible scripture is false worship. Being fooled into worshiping (holding in high regard, which ever language you want to frame it in) things other than God.

Governments along with world superpowers will leverage institutions and laws to make it difficult for individuals to live freely.


This is incorrect. Have you ever researched the Bible scripture on this topic?


Have you ever received a lightning payment?


“But markets do not tend toward monopolies, except through the use of coercive violence. Quite simply, individual producers who charge exorbitant prices cannot stop competitors from undercutting them—unless they resort to force. In decades of examining this question, I have never come across a single example of a monopoly provider whose monopoly status was secured on the market peacefully rather than through coercive intervention. It is always government rules and regulations that create monopolies, as they are the only barrier that can stop peaceful private enterprise. The irony here is that government mandates turn specific industries into monopolies, which then normalizes the idea that this industry inevitably can only function as a monopoly, making it a “natural monopoly.””

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“Profits are not just a mechanism for greedy people to get rich—they are what coordinates the entire structure of market production, allowing producers to calculate the costs and benefits of their various options while searching for a way to serve others the most and produce optimal gains for themselves.”

Principles Of Economics y nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“Subsidies lead to the overproduction and overconsumption of goods away from what people would freely choose when able to freely calculate. When subsidies are given to individuals based on their economic situation, they create a stronger incentive for people to choose the condition that makes them eligible for those subsidies. Welfare encourages those with low income to stay on a low income. Subsidies for the unemployed create an incentive for unemployment. Worse, by being financed at the expense of the employed, they also lead to the erosion of the incentive to work.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“Money, as discussed in Chapter 10, is unique in that it is the one good that is obtained purely to be exchanged for something else. It is not consumed, like consumer goods, nor is it used in the production of other goods, as capital goods are. Since its sole purpose is to be passed on, and it performs no physical function to its owner, a claim on it, or a substitute for it, is capable of playing its role in a way that cannot be played by any substitute or claim on another consumer or capital good. A voucher for a steak cannot be eaten, a receipt for a machine cannot produce the goods that the machine produces, and an airplane ticket cannot make you fly. But a claim on money can perform the essential function of money: It can be exchanged for other goods.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


on a scale 1 to 10: how well do you think you understand bitcoin?


on a scale 1 to 10: how well do you think you understand nostr?


0…I need a negative scale.


“The manners and mores that make human society possible also suffer when time preference rises, as broad discounting of the future leads to increased interpersonal conflict. Trade, social cooperation, and the ability of humans to live in close contact with one another in permanent settlements are dependent upon them learning to control their basest, hostile animal instincts and responses, and substituting them with reason and a long-term orientation. Religious, civic, and social norms all encourage people to moderate their immediate impulses in exchange for the long-term benefits of living in a society, cooperating with others, and enjoying the benefits of the division of labor and specialization. When these long-term benefits seem far away, the incentive to sacrifice for them becomes weaker. When individuals witness their wealth dissipate, they rightly feel robbed. The supposed social contract appears to have been torn up, and they question the utility of living in a society and respecting its mores.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“Rather than expecting money to appreciate and thus reliably retain value into the future, fiat returned humans of the twentieth century to far more primitive times, when retaining value into the future was far less certain, and the value of their wealth was expected to be reduced in the future, if it survived at all. The future is hazier with easy money, and the difficulty in providing for the future makes it less certain. This increased uncertainty leads to a higher discounting of the future and thus a higher time preference.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“The twentieth century’s shift to an easier monetary medium has reversed this millennia-old process of progressively lowering time preference. Rather than a world in which almost everyone had access to a store of value whose supply could only be increased by around 2% a year, the twentieth century gave us a hodgepodge of government-provided abominations of currencies growing at 6%–7% in only the best examples, usually achieving double-digit percentage growth and occasionally, triple-digit growth. The numerical average for the growth of all national currencies’ broad supply during the period between 1960 and 2020 is 30% per year. Calculating the average weighted by currency size shows us roughly a 14% annual increase in the market supply of all fiat currencies, which can be viewed as the average money supply increase experienced by the average citizen of the fiat nations of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“The simple reality, demonstrated throughout history, is that any person who finds a way to create the monetary medium will try to do it. The temptation to engage in this is too strong, but the creation of the monetary medium is not an activity that is productive to society, as any supply of money is sufficient for any economy of any size. The more that a monetary medium restrains this drive for its creation, the better it is as a medium of exchange and stable store of value. Unlike all other goods, money's functions as a medium of exchange, store of value, and unit of account are completely orthogonal to its quantity. What matters in money is its purchasing power, not its quantity, and as such, any quantity of money is enough to fulfil the monetary functions, as long as it is divisible and groupable enough to satisfy holders' transaction and storage needs. Any quantity of economic transactions could be supported by a money supply of any size as long as the units are divisible enough.”

— The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking by Saifedean Ammous nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak
https://a.co/6nobgsA


Introducing EXIT

You broke up with your ex; it wasn’t treating you well, maybe it was shadow banning you or your friends; it was manipulating you into becoming your worst possible self.

But over the years you accrued a bunch of quality shitposts, and perhaps some nuggets of wisdom.

Introducing: https://exit.pub:

The last bridge you’ll need to port over your data into the new world of decentralized freedom-tech.

1. Download your twitter archive
2. If Elon agrees, you’ll get a zip file; uncompress it and just use exit.pub to import your data into nostr

✅ original dates are used; whatever you posted in 2009 will show up as posted in nostr in 2009
✅ granular control of which tweets to import (threads, non-replies, replies)
✅ V4V, you choose how much your shitposts are worth
✅ it *should* preserve embedded images
✅ granular control of which relays you want to publish to

Try it out:

https://exit.pub


I’d love to have some discussion on it. Would you like to exchange some ideas about the points made in the book? I think this book needs to be taught in high school. It’s written in a way that I believe 9-12th graders could grasp these concepts.


“The scarcity of time is the starting point for all economic choices. The scarcity of time forces man to choose between alternatives at all points in his life, and it means that every decision has an opportunity cost.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


We are “super” excited to have you on the show today…


EXACTLY!


Recently I’ve noticed something….why does anything someone wants to emphasize start with “super” this or “super” that?


I wrote a (short) book about Bitcoin. Mostly for people that aren’t very technical. If you know anyone like that, please pass it along. #Bitcoin

https://www.bitcoinbuddy.co/post/introducing-21-questions/


“The capitalist entrepreneur is the most important actor in the economic system, as he stakes his own property on his ability to anticipate changes correctly. He is the force that affects change and creates economic reality.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“The capitalist entrepreneur is the most important actor in the economic system, as he stakes his own property on his ability to anticipate changes correctly.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“In his analysis of socialism in 1922, when most economists were taken by this popular new idea sweeping the globe, Mises correctly identified the Achilles heel of socialist economic systems as the inability to perform calculations to allocate capital goods without considering the private property rights associated with them. There is no rational means of ascertaining how to allocate resources without property, prices, and a market for entrepreneurs and consumers to conduct economic calculation.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


What do you understand “the mark of the beast” to be?


#WWJD


Give the government what is theirs.

They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.


#Forerunner777
#TheForerunner777

https://youtu.be/_i0t6CocHxg?si=gkTzaKoN-B74fTWw


“Misguided climate science has metastasized into massive shock-journalistic pseudoscience.”

-Dr. John F. Clauser, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics.

https://clintel.org/nobel-prize-winner-dr-john-f-clauser-signs-the-clintel-world-climate-declaration/


Yes sir. Follow this brother’s work. I’ve known him a long time. He speaks truth unapologetically.


“Rather than produce for himself the goods he needs, a participant in the market economy specializes in providing the goods he produces best for other people and relies on other people for procuring the goods he himself needs. Profoundly, the capitalist market system makes people specialize in what they do best and focus on how to provide value for others, rather than focusing on what they value. People choose to serve others in a capitalist system because it is far more productive and efficient than working for yourself alone in isolation from the division of labor.”

Principles Of Economics y nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“No matter how attractive the spoils of coercion may be, they will always pale in comparison to the rewards possible from cooperation. Man’s animal instinct elicits fear of the other, but man’s reason can also identify the benefits of cooperation, in effect creating a civilized society.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“Women are far more likely to be able to support themselves independently in an industrial and informational economy than in a primitive economy. It is no coincidence that female liberation has come about with industrialization. The richest and most industrialized societies are the ones with the highest achieving and most independent women, while the preindustrial societies continue to witness widespread female repression.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“Economics, as a field, is the study of human choices under scarcity. It focuses on analyzing how humans attempt to find solutions to the problem of disparity between what they have and what they want and the consequences of their choices.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


People do it all the time in the bitcoin space. I don’t even ask anymore. They know no one knows what the heck they’re talking about.

A lot of “I’m smarter than everyone in the room” syndrome in bitcoin.


The above is a basic truism of all internet services. If you connect to a server/relay/provider of any sort, then they can attach your IP address to your account on the network. Which can then be used to find your address, real name, jurisdiction, etc.

This is true for the network you connect to with Nostr as well. It’s designed to be open and decentralized, but basic privacy issues haven’t changed.

A VPN is a service that you connect to that hides your IP address behind a facade. They only see the VPN service address, not yours. So you protect yourself from exposing your potential location and ID from being relatively easy to discover while you casually browse the internet.

But understand this isn’t a problem unique to #nostr, you don’t have to know or care about this at all to use #nostr. It’s simply that the community and bitcoiners who built Nostr care about privacy and security in a way that most people don’t. So they make suggestions for some basic practices that most people don’t think about.

That said, there is certainly an element that if we really care about these issues, we need to find ways to implement them by default, so the typical user can benefit from them, without having to understand how it works.


I need to learn how to do this on my node as well. Any recommendations on a tutorial. I’m currently using nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 now on my iOS device.


“Technological innovation is born from the desire to achieve ends and secure profits by serving others.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


What does this even mean…? This is part of the reason why many users may not consider nostr or other such technologies. It’s too technical and they don’t have a need for it. Many don’t value this aspect of nostr and bitcoin.

Folks will begin to value nostr and bitcoin and other similar technologies that better position the individual to be more self sovereign when they have a need to…however that need may present itself.


Dollar is dropping to a sat


“Capital accumulation not only requires the sacrifice of the present for the future, but it also requires the sacrifice of the certain for the uncertain. The capitalist is constantly speculating that her investment will yield a positive return in the future, but she could always be wrong. In order to become a capitalist, one needs to first produce something of value for which others can pay him. He then needs to abstain from using that payment to satisfy his own needs, and instead deploy it into a business whose goal is to serve others, by producing outputs, which they subjectively value higher than the market price of the inputs into the production process. At any point in time, failure to provide customers with this value will result in a collapse in revenue and profitability, inevitably leading to bankruptcy and the loss of capital. The causes of such failure are endless: laziness, disinterest, bad luck, better competitors, but the outcome is always the same: the loss of capital. These are the reasons why capital ownership is so valuable and productive and why workers continue to choose to work for capital owners.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


What is the  point of impersonating these accounts?


good morning nostr, we must be the change we wish to see in the world 🫡

push forward - never stop 🤘


Thank you for the #zap


This was a test. Checking to see how the invoice appears as a post.


We have thoroughly investigated the claim and can confirm that our email database has not been compromised.

For those who are concerned, we recommend checking your email addresses on 'Have I Been Pwned'—if you trust that platform.

As Bitcoiners, our system is intentionally designed to collect minimal personal information. Providing an email is optional and is primarily used for account backup or to obtain a custom lightning address.

We always prioritize the security and privacy of our users and continuously monitor our systems to guard against any potential threats.


“Modern schools of economics do not teach the reality of economics as the study of human action, which results in their adherents being incapable of understanding the hard work, sacrifice, and risk needed for anyone to become a capital owner. This inability to understand cause and effect leads to imagining capital as some sort of heavenly privilege bestowed upon a particular race of people. You either belong to that race or you do not. There is little appreciation or understanding of the actions necessary to accumulate capital and hold on to it successfully, and as a result, many people waste their time, and the fruit of their labor, complaining bitterly about capital, rather than working to acquire it and raise their productivity and living standards. This economic ignorance is the wind in the sails of demagogue politicians who exploit it to achieve power and use it to expropriate capital owners.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


Have my email address. They can’t have my sats.


Yup!


I’ve seen many quote that scripture. In context it speaks to the gift the sabbath is to humanity.

Out of context it becomes something very different.


Exodus 20:8-11 states-

“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”


YES SIR!! I’ve just about finished reading all of nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak ‘s books. I’m finishing up Prociples Of Economics now. I started sharing these quotes because I became convinced that even some Bitcoiners have not made an effort to study economics. The bitcoin standard, the fiat standard and principles of economics really have helped me understand human behaviors.

The last book that I’ve read recently is by Thomas Sowell. Basic Economics A common sense guide to the economy 5th edition. This book will give the reader a clear insight into why society and politics/legislation looks the way it does. It’s really scary what our elected officials are doing. Many of them I’d bet have no sense of how economics works. They all should take a class in economics as a prerequisite to proposing legislation.

https://a.co/3oC1RcO


If this is the case, I’d agree. However since I understand Capitalism I understand his move. There is a market…with willing market participants. The end.


Folks like Kiyosaki know it’s bitcoin only. He also understands that there is a market out there for Doo Doo coins. So I believe he’s leveraging his platform to make more profits.


Kiyosaki understands bitcoin very well. This seems to be a scam his team has come up with.


“The opportunity cost of capital is always forgone consumption.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“It is common to hear capital and its owners mentioned disparagingly in mainstream media, academia, and other fountains of economic illiteracy. Capital is presented as if it is a means of exploiting labor, and its owners the beneficiaries of an unfair advantage over the rest of society. Rarely does one hear the true costs required for capital ownership and the responsibility it implies. To be a capital owner, you first have to earn it. Then you have to abstain from consuming it by saving it. Then you have to deploy it in the market well enough to earn a return sufficient to maintain it.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“Every process that lengthens production is only possible because of the sacrifice and delayed gratification made by capitalists. This seemingly obvious point is worth reemphasizing because a sizable portion of the world’s economic problems have come from cranks laboring under the delusion that they have found an exception to this necessity.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“Every process that lengthens production is only possible because of the sacrifice and delayed gratification made by capitalists. This seemingly obvious point is worth reemphasizing because a sizable portion of the world’s economic problems have come from cranks laboring under the delusion that they have found an exception to this necessity.”

Principles Of Economics by @saifedean


“August saw a somewhat flat market, with coins like Ethereum and Bitcoin having a slow month, but other cryptocurrencies like Maker and Ripple surprised everyone and really skyrocketed.

Crypto disruptors landed on the scene – FedNow is a new instant payment platform direct from the Federal Reserve. FedNow may challenge the likes of BTC and ECH.

There’s also WorldCoin, which aims to be a payment network, ID system and universal basic income platform all in one.”

I used to respect this man for his perspectives on money and markets. After seeing this in my email inbox I can no longer value anything he has to say.

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_4356890100429613301694876956.webp


Sorry, I don’t engage in what I consider meaningful exchange with meme accounts. Such interactions usually are a waste of my valuable time. Cheers mate.


“The market economy, and civilization itself, are predicated on the respect of property rights, as it is only when property rights are secure that individuals can accumulate any amount of capital significantly larger than what they can keep on their person for basic primitive needs. A society in which property rights are not respected is one where conflict is rife, and one where individuals cannot afford to think of investing their precious labor in the future, as all the property that can store this value is risky to own. Civilized society is only possible when the right to property in self and objects is widely respected, and individuals can expect to maintain their property into the future.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“Importance of Property Rights Understanding the concept of property makes an individual able to economize more effectively and increase the productivity and value of his time. By investing his labor in the production of durable goods, man is able to draw on their services for longer, lowering his time preference in the process and learning to prioritize the future more.”

Principles Of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


Are you saying the value of bitcoin is only in its utility in passing it along to others…? If so, you’re either a troll or you haven’t done 40 hours of independent research into what ₿itcoin is. If you have committed to doing your own research you may think otherwise.


Can wait! Let’s goooo!


I’m still a kid who thinks that if I run fast enough I’ll fly.


It’s already ripping!


There was a time when there was no bitcoin+no KYC option for translations through #damus. I rolled out nostr:npub109pkdu0k0dau2cz063lzrgn7dl9l7lk8u7njcm2v8pk4pl2a9uzqf6u4w5 to fix that problem and as time has gone on not too many folks are using it.

I want to help the #nostr ecosystem so I’d like some feedback on a new direction. The biggest question is whether you would consider using the service if we made this change.

I’d like to reach a bigger audience so if you repost this I’ll zap you 1k sats.

New direction:
- API keys with no balance will now show any translations that our service has already translated from other people. We have to cache translations anyway because clients send the same note multiple times as you scroll.
- price per character lowers to 0.07 sats per character instead of 0.1

Tl;dr: anyone will get already translated notes for free. If you pay for the service, which is now cheaper, you get translations on notes that haven’t been translated and in effect donate translations to other folks.

There’s pretty much no scenario we make any money with this service, (which is okay because we believe in #grownostr) and we can lower our price because of cheaper/dynamic hosting with nostr:npub1n0delesspp5qyp9sd6d4fql9g3s96k7g4yyvfmpdncpp542wvxzqksp427 thanks to nostr:npub1utx00neqgqln72j22kej3ux7803c2k986henvvha4thuwfkper4s7r50e8


The work continues until all the payments are Bitcoin payments. Our Point of Sale in Riga during https://baltichoneybadger.com ensured VISA and other credit card companies had no cut.

https://video.nostr.build/dde7a4b165d861c7d63e378a923caa0ca74ea7c882ec6b3e08430275a6827a2a.mp4


“Normal” people are not thinking about BTC. In fact when “normal” people hear the word bitcoin they relate it to doo doo coins. “Normal” people are not thinking about BTC. Many “Normal” people are still trying to figure out how to get “normal” money, and figure out how to pay all their bills that keep getting more and more difficult to pay.

We as Bitcoiners sometimes forget that not everyone is thinking like us. I speak with educated people all the time about bitcoin and they’re so far removed from the reality of what it is. They don’t even want to learn about what it is. There must be a need for a person to learn about bitcoin. Someone influential to them must introduce it for them to find it interesting, or there needs to be some sort of significant milestone life event that happens to an individual that places them in a position whereby bitcoin becomes the option an individual must utilize for basic survival.


“Deciding how to occupy his time is man’s eternal and universal economic problem because time is scarce, and Keynes’ simplistic conception of economics prevents him from recognizing that use of time is an economic choice.”

Basic Economis by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“Kids play video games to escape reality but then they make video games as real as possible


“Under a free market with sound money, savings appreciate in market value over time, and individuals have the freedom to work or not, and to ask for any wage they want. Employers also have the freedom to pay any salary they want. In such a world, with savings appreciating, it is perfectly rational for many to forego employment. A worker who cannot find employment at a prevailing wage is simply unable to find someone who values the marginal revenue product of his labor at a price higher than the worker’s valuation of leisure.”

 Basic Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“Switzerland, the last country in the world to go off the gold standard, provides a good example of this dynamic. As the fiat world struggled through severe unemployment crises throughout the twentieth century, Switzerland had practically no unemployment until it went off the gold standard in the mid-1970s.42 After adopting the dollar standard and engaging in inflationism, Switzerland has witnessed a rise in unemployment that follows the same cyclical pattern observed in every country that runs on fiat money.”

Basic Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“It is telling that the concept of unemployment did not really exist as an economic term before the twentieth century. In a free market, people choose whether or not to work for the wage offered to them, so nobody can be involuntarily unemployed. With the introduction of monetary inflationism and minimum wage laws, a permanently unemployed part of the population became a fixture of modern economies, and blaming this unemployment on the market process became a fixture of the pseudoscientific economics dominant in modern academia, financed by those with vested interests in maintaining inflation in order to provide rationales for it.”

Basic Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


“The inflationary boom results in the financing of unsustainable investments, and their inevitable collapse causes entire economic sectors to witness bankruptcies, with large numbers of workers laid off and left with skills for which there is little demand.”

Basic Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak


Verifying my Nostr Nests identity: KtMOxxCc3x8Sd7CvFEOMO9fKvDSZQUKOqRwT4bwavT8
https://nostrnests.com


"When the money works society flourishes."
NY Giants Running Back Saquon Barkley and       Jack Mallers from nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9 discuss what happens to humanity when the money we use is capable of purchasing what we need in life over a longer time horizon. Check out the conversation on @moneymatterzpod

https://youtu.be/czNTQjMwV6I?si=yP_mW83XkisA4yW4&t=2846


nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9 works well for zapping too. Strike is by far one of the most versatile applications when it comes to a payment rail. It’s absolutely game changing.


Head back over to nostr:npub1hcwcj72tlyk7thtyc8nq763vwrq5p2avnyeyrrlwxrzuvdl7j3usj4h9rq until this new update and fee structure is understood. WoS seems to always work. And you can get a custom Lightning address.

Breez seems to be pretty straightforward to me if you’re still looking for self custody Lightning.


Breez works well. The one question I have about Pheonix…the seed phrase you get, can it be used with another wallet to restore?

In Breez you get a 12 word “seed phrase” but from what I read on Breez it’s not actually a seed phrase and it can only be used to restore you wallet on the Breez platform.

Can anyone clarify the same for Pheonix please…


“The inevitability of death, and the finitude of time, and hence its scarcity, necessitate a constant accounting for opportunity cost, and from that comes all of man’s economic thinking and action. All human actions consume time and therefore come at the cost of forgone actions. Understanding scarcity in general as resulting from the scarcity of time helps us understand opportunity cost, and why the economic way of thinking must always include the cost of the forgone alternative. Since human time is scarce, it is valuable to humans. There is thus always an alternative valuable use of time available for an individual, which must be taken into account.”

Principles of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak Ammous


nostr:npub1r73gmgu7rjstdwuskshn9ztj9rrdrprl5y435yrmtc9qtq4ausfqr0v7zy speaking with the community. nostr:note1dd0z92g4e0wlej6pc4nxz2vkvxrwt9g6gqhphnzwp8v6dl53u53st2jryt


All of what you said here is like a foreign language to me. What I got out of it is…someone who is very knowledgeable has noticed something strange about their accounts. This very knowledgeable person is unsure how this strange thing has happened.


Banks are beyond broken.


Yes sir. I’ve gotten that 10% back on gas. It’s very nice. And I’m aware of what they’re going through. That’s why I get my BTC off there asap.

But those twin brothers don’t play any games. The NYS regulation is also, in situations like this, a comforting factor. However nothing comforts me better than knowing that I snatch my BTC off the exchange frequently.


I use Gemini credit card. It straight pays bitcoin rewards direct to my Gemini hot wallet. When I accumulate a certain amount of BTC I withdraw to cold storage. I don’t think it gets any more simple.

Here are the rewards percentages Gemini credit cards owners earn:

3% back in food and drink
This includes bars, restaurants, and fast food.

2% back on groceries
This includes grocery stores, and markets but not wholesale stores.

1% back on everything else


it’s still an option for me as well.


are you serious?