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+- UNCLE ROCKSTAR -- 18h -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Bitcoin has no top because there is an infinite supply of fiat toilet paper 🧻 | | | | https://blossom.primal.net/71f005d3ae1f0a638b8f2f49fa395ba1179ffc3621a3e95ae0afd20ea52f58bd.jpg | | | | #bitcoin2026 #bitcoinvegas | | | +-- reply ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2 replies] ---+Bitcoin has no top because there is an infinite supply of fiat toilet paper 🧻 https://blossom.primal.net/71f005d3ae1f0a638b8f2f49fa395ba1179ffc3621a3e95ae0afd20ea52f58bd.jpg #bitcoin2026 #bitcoinvegas
+- Lyn Alden -- 2d -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | I had a great uncle named Hugh. | | | | When he turned 18 in 1943, he decided to enlist in the military and go fight Nazis in WW2. As one does. | | | | In early 1944, he found himself as the radioman on a B-17 bomber, as the Americans upped their bombing raids on | | Berlin. Their bomber was attacked by German pilots, heavily damaged, and the pilot said they gotta parachute out, | | it's going down. | | | | So, Hugh funds himself parachuting over German countryside from a destroyed bomber. | | | | Early in the war, it was relatively uncommon for American/British/German pilots to shoot at enemy parachuting | | pilots. It was considered dishonorable. However, when the Americans/British really upped the bombing over Germany, | | and the war was increasingly turning against Germany, the German pilots increased their rate of shooting at | | parachuting American/British pilots. Their cities had been disastrously struck, some of them lost friends/family in | | the bombings, so they were more likely to just finish off downed enemy pilots. | | | | Hugh, as he parachuted down, was terrified at that thought, expecting that the German pilot who destroyed his bomber | | would finish him off. He watched as the pilot performed a wide arc and come back around, and he's like, "oh shit oh | | shit oh shit oh shit," but then the German pilot flew by him and saluted, and left. Trolled him but let him live, | | basically. Showed him he could've done it, but didn't. | | | | So Hugh lands in a tree in German farmland. He cut the parachute and fell to the ground, fracturing three vertebrae. | | So he's 19, injured, and realizes he doesn't know shit about geography, but decides he'll try to make his way in the | | general direction of Switzerland. | | | | He spends a week sneaking around the farmland, injured, and eventually gets severely dehydrated. So he sneaks up to | | a well to get a drink, and comes across a 10-year old German girl, who stares at him wide-eyed since he's a | | disheveled soldier-looking foreigner. He panics, and has absolutely no idea how Germans greet each other. So he does | | an enthusiastic Nazi salute and yells "Sieg Heil!" which of course is *not* how most Germans greet each other. The | | girl screams and runs away, so he's like, "oh shit" and goes to hide in a tool shed. | | | | The townsfolk come out and find him, capture him, and turn him over to the authorities. He gets sent to a prisoner | | of war camp for the next 16 months. Him and his fellow detainees circulated a newsletter within the camp at one | | point, and formed a music band out of like discarded cans and pots and stuff. Toward the end it got trough, because | | as Allied forces took more and more land, the outer prison camps would do forced marches where the prisoners would | | have to walk to a deeper camp, while malnourished, and if they got exhausted and couldn't go on, they'd be shot. So | | he had to do two of those forced walks, but eventually got rescued by Allied forces. | | | | Came back to the US, used his GI bill to go to college, and became a social worker at a hospital. Really quiet, calm | | guy. Most people didn't know he had this crazy story arc. | | | | Anyway, that's the post. | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [27 replies] ---+I had a great uncle named Hugh. When he turned 18 in 1943, he decided to enlist in the military and go fight Nazis in WW2. As one does. In early 1944, he found himself as the radioman on a B-17 bomber, as the Americans upped their bombing raids on Berlin. Their bomber was attacked by German pilots, heavily damaged, and the pilot said they gotta parachute out, it's going down. So, Hugh funds himself parachuting over German countryside from a destroyed bomber. Early in the war, it was relatively uncommon for American/British/German pilots to shoot at enemy parachuting pilots. It was considered dishonorable. However, when the Americans/British really upped the bombing over Germany, and the war was increasingly turning against Germany, the German pilots increased their rate of shooting at parachuting American/British pilots. Their cities had been disastrously struck, some of them lost friends/family in the bombings, so they were more likely to just finish off downed enemy pilots. Hugh, as he parachuted down, was terrified at that thought, expecting that the German pilot who destroyed his bomber would finish him off. He watched as the pilot performed a wide arc and come back around, and he's like, "oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit," but then the German pilot flew by him and saluted, and left. Trolled him but let him live, basically. Showed him he could've done it, but didn't. So Hugh lands in a tree in German farmland. He cut the parachute and fell to the ground, fracturing three vertebrae. So he's 19, injured, and realizes he doesn't know shit about geography, but decides he'll try to make his way in the general direction of Switzerland. He spends a week sneaking around the farmland, injured, and eventually gets severely dehydrated. So he sneaks up to a well to get a drink, and comes across a 10-year old German girl, who stares at him wide-eyed since he's a disheveled soldier-looking foreigner. He panics, and has absolutely no idea how Germans greet each other. So he does an enthusiastic Nazi salute and yells "Sieg Heil!" which of course is *not* how most Germans greet each other. The girl screams and runs away, so he's like, "oh shit" and goes to hide in a tool shed. The townsfolk come out and find him, capture him, and turn him over to the authorities. He gets sent to a prisoner of war camp for the next 16 months. Him and his fellow detainees circulated a newsletter within the camp at one point, and formed a music band out of like discarded cans and pots and stuff. Toward the end it got trough, because as Allied forces took more and more land, the outer prison camps would do forced marches where the prisoners would have to walk to a deeper camp, while malnourished, and if they got exhausted and couldn't go on, they'd be shot. So he had to do two of those forced walks, but eventually got rescued by Allied forces. Came back to the US, used his GI bill to go to college, and became a social worker at a hospital. Really quiet, calm guy. Most people didn't know he had this crazy story arc. Anyway, that's the post.
+- Lyn Alden -- 17d ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | My half-hour animated Broken Money video now has 500k views on YouTube. Coming up on its two-year anniversary: | | | | https://youtu.be/jk_HWmmwiAs | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1 reply] ---+My half-hour animated Broken Money video now has 500k views on YouTube. Coming up on its two-year anniversary: https://youtu.be/jk_HWmmwiAs
+- Lyn Alden -- 1mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Almost nothing in macro currently matters until the Strait of Hormuz opens. | | | | That’s the macro. It’s a binary analysis similar to Covid 19. | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1 reply] ---+Almost nothing in macro currently matters until the Strait of Hormuz opens. That’s the macro. It’s a binary analysis similar to Covid 19.
+- Lyn Alden -- 1mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | https://blossom.primal.net/bb6ae9c98bf0e9fe2945009a199143c699711278ea64de069705e75b4454936e.jpg | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+https://blossom.primal.net/bb6ae9c98bf0e9fe2945009a199143c699711278ea64de069705e75b4454936e.jpg
+- Lyn Alden -- 1mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | You know what, so far it’s not going that badly so far. | | note:022c0f15…6815 | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+You know what, so far it’s not going that badly so far. note:022c0f15…6815
+- Lyn Alden -- 1mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Really not looking forward to flying today. | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Really not looking forward to flying today.
+- Lyn Alden -- 1mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Last night when I finished work and joined my husband for movie night, he instead showed me a video about Newcomb’s | | paradox and we spent two hours debating it until bed. | | | | Anyway how is everyone’s weekend going? | | https://blossom.primal.net/a290c379b2571781f56e01753a2883174261ef96c5226fdb359afe1d785fd7c9.jpg | | | +-- reply ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2 replies] ---+Last night when I finished work and joined my husband for movie night, he instead showed me a video about Newcomb’s paradox and we spent two hours debating it until bed. Anyway how is everyone’s weekend going? https://blossom.primal.net/a290c379b2571781f56e01753a2883174261ef96c5226fdb359afe1d785fd7c9.jpg
+- Lyn Alden -- 2mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | I find that when LLMs summarize things, they don’t have a good track record of knowing what parts are worth | | emphasizing and what parts are not. They make it shorter by cutting out both signal and noise. | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+I find that when LLMs summarize things, they don’t have a good track record of knowing what parts are worth emphasizing and what parts are not. They make it shorter by cutting out both signal and noise.
+- Lyn Alden -- 2mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | I agree. Brevity is in relation to the topic. | | | | But it means spending time to make a 6k word article 3k words in a way that’s actually more clear and logical. | | | | More effort on cutting bloat, telling the audience what the signal is. | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+I agree. Brevity is in relation to the topic. But it means spending time to make a 6k word article 3k words in a way that’s actually more clear and logical. More effort on cutting bloat, telling the audience what the signal is.
+- Lyn Alden -- 2mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Broken Money is precisely as long as it needs to be. | | https://blossom.primal.net/0678337f4b8ee80e393bec6490fe8f8366bc85c488cc1040e9211233b28e169b.jpg | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1 reply] ---+Broken Money is precisely as long as it needs to be. https://blossom.primal.net/0678337f4b8ee80e393bec6490fe8f8366bc85c488cc1040e9211233b28e169b.jpg
+- Lyn Alden -- 2mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | In a world of AI slop writing, I’m prioritizing brevity more than ever. | | | | As Blaise Pascal (not Mark Twain to whom it is often attributed) once wrote, “I only made this letter longer because | | I have not had the time to make it shorter.” | | | | I am increasingly putting in the time to make things shorter. | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [62 replies] ---+In a world of AI slop writing, I’m prioritizing brevity more than ever. As Blaise Pascal (not Mark Twain to whom it is often attributed) once wrote, “I only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.” I am increasingly putting in the time to make things shorter.
+- Lyn Alden -- 2mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Good evening. | | | | A year and a half ago, Nostr spoke. And so I listened. Here’s the cover reveal for my upcoming sci fi thriller, The | | Stolguard Incident. | | | | I’ll share more info over the following weeks, but in the meantime I wanted to make sure folks on Nostr got the | | first look. | | https://blossom.primal.net/179ab082c464ebc2a757a2ed80809e9e4cc9239db06d426b42959b1ba6406fd1.jpg | | note:cd064eff…558b | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Good evening. A year and a half ago, Nostr spoke. And so I listened. Here’s the cover reveal for my upcoming sci fi thriller, The Stolguard Incident. I’ll share more info over the following weeks, but in the meantime I wanted to make sure folks on Nostr got the first look. https://blossom.primal.net/179ab082c464ebc2a757a2ed80809e9e4cc9239db06d426b42959b1ba6406fd1.jpg note:cd064eff…558b
+- Lyn Alden -- 2mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Anyway, GM. | | | | https://blossom.primal.net/dc3051e4530a978243d30f20fbc29961d9eb0364f89378d918017913c0922bff.jpg | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1 reply] ---+Anyway, GM. https://blossom.primal.net/dc3051e4530a978243d30f20fbc29961d9eb0364f89378d918017913c0922bff.jpg
+- Lyn Alden -- 2mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | I read the novel Blood of the Bourgeoisie by Michael Sullivan. | | | | Given all the corruption recently revealed about powerful people, it seems like a good season for it. It's a | | thriller about elite corruption, and features bitcoin prominently. Anyway, here's a review. | | | | The book is a concise and well-paced read, with three point-of-view characters. All three of them are quite fleshed | | out, especially given how trim the overall page count is. | | | | The plot is well-constructed and creative. Motivations make sense, the scale is significant, and I found myself | | consistently wanting to know what happens next. | | | | The audiobook version is out now, narrated by the great @walker. I started with the ebook version, but then listened | | to the audiobook version for the second half, so I experienced the book both in prose form and through listening, | | and both were quite enjoyable. | | | | I like there to be themes in novels. In other words, if the answer to why Prince Niceguy defeats Darklord Asshole in | | the climax is because "he's better with a sword", then that's just not that interesting to me. In addition to his | | training, what did Prince Niceguy learn that allowed him to defeat him? The original Star Wars trilogy handled this | | well: Luke loses to Vader in the middle movie and beats him in the third movie, not just because he improved with a | | saber between the duels but because he mastered himself and his emotions, and accepted the truth of things rather | | than deny them. | | | | This novel has good themes, in my view. Clashes of ideology. Tough choices. Characters who have their worldviews | | tested. Good, evil, and shades of gray. Can evil be purged peacefully, or does it require violence? | | | | There's a series of flashbacks in it, which is a structure that annoys a minority of readers (because it risks | | breaking your immersion by jumping back and forth), but I really like that structure in novels as long as it's well | | done. It helps flesh out a story and makes the reader wonder how the flashbacks are going to inform or intersect | | with the present-day plot. In this case, I thought the flashbacks were very well done and played nicely into the | | plot. I predicted how the flashbacks would intersect the main story, but there are other twists that surprised me a | | great deal. In my view that's the ideal combo, because as a reader I'm rewarded for thinking ahead, but also | | blindsided at times. | | | | To the extent that I have any critiques of the novel to flesh out a full review, they're pretty limited and | | contextual. | | | | -The bitcoin component is significant, both plot-wise and dialogue-wise. If someone doesn't like bitcoin, the plot | | can still work for them but it'll likely detract from their overall appreciation. On the other hand if someone is | | very knowledgeable on bitcoin, the "bitcoin 101" parts of it may feel skim-able. That's a tough balance for an | | author to navigate and I can't envision how it would be handled better. I would imagine that the sweet spot as a | | reader here is to be interested in bitcoin but a bit skeptical or not super knowledgeable about it. | | | | -One of the challenges an author faces (including myself) is how to make dialogue seem realistic but not too | | realistic. That's an unintuitive thing. If you actually transcribe most real-life conversations, they are filled | | with "ums" and false starts and just tons of verbal clutter which makes them super annoying to read. So an author | | can't actually make dialogue perfectly realistic, all the time. On the other hand, if dialogue is too polished and | | expositionary, it sounds artificial: "Well how do you do today, Bob? Lovely weather isn't it? Have you heard about | | that deceased gardener? What a shame. They found him this morning. I heard he was sleeping with the countess." | | | | Sullivan handles the dialogue well, but there were some times I would have preferred it pushed a bit closer to the | | realism side of the spectrum. There is not necessarily any ideal sweet spot, though. It's all trade-offs. An author | | has to put necessary exposition somewhere, and it can go in the narrative or in dialogue or some blend of the two, | | and readers have different preferences. There was one moment where characters whispered in front of another | | character as though they weren't heard and I was like, "guys, he's right there in earshot, looking at you..." | | | | I'd be happy to pick up other books by Sullivan in the future. In fact, he's got an earlier sci fi novel out called | | The Final Flaw. I haven't gotten to that one yet, but after reading this one, I'd like to give that a read as well. | | | | https://blossom.primal.net/b07e145b8ab7142540cdf2c2ff325fd9db7ce52b4d37000ca69cad4d16b09420.jpg | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+I read the novel Blood of the Bourgeoisie by Michael Sullivan. Given all the corruption recently revealed about powerful people, it seems like a good season for it. It's a thriller about elite corruption, and features bitcoin prominently. Anyway, here's a review. The book is a concise and well-paced read, with three point-of-view characters. All three of them are quite fleshed out, especially given how trim the overall page count is. The plot is well-constructed and creative. Motivations make sense, the scale is significant, and I found myself consistently wanting to know what happens next. The audiobook version is out now, narrated by the great @walker. I started with the ebook version, but then listened to the audiobook version for the second half, so I experienced the book both in prose form and through listening, and both were quite enjoyable. I like there to be themes in novels. In other words, if the answer to why Prince Niceguy defeats Darklord Asshole in the climax is because "he's better with a sword", then that's just not that interesting to me. In addition to his training, what did Prince Niceguy learn that allowed him to defeat him? The original Star Wars trilogy handled this well: Luke loses to Vader in the middle movie and beats him in the third movie, not just because he improved with a saber between the duels but because he mastered himself and his emotions, and accepted the truth of things rather than deny them. This novel has good themes, in my view. Clashes of ideology. Tough choices. Characters who have their worldviews tested. Good, evil, and shades of gray. Can evil be purged peacefully, or does it require violence? There's a series of flashbacks in it, which is a structure that annoys a minority of readers (because it risks breaking your immersion by jumping back and forth), but I really like that structure in novels as long as it's well done. It helps flesh out a story and makes the reader wonder how the flashbacks are going to inform or intersect with the present-day plot. In this case, I thought the flashbacks were very well done and played nicely into the plot. I predicted how the flashbacks would intersect the main story, but there are other twists that surprised me a great deal. In my view that's the ideal combo, because as a reader I'm rewarded for thinking ahead, but also blindsided at times. To the extent that I have any critiques of the novel to flesh out a full review, they're pretty limited and contextual. -The bitcoin component is significant, both plot-wise and dialogue-wise. If someone doesn't like bitcoin, the plot can still work for them but it'll likely detract from their overall appreciation. On the other hand if someone is very knowledgeable on bitcoin, the "bitcoin 101" parts of it may feel skim-able. That's a tough balance for an author to navigate and I can't envision how it would be handled better. I would imagine that the sweet spot as a reader here is to be interested in bitcoin but a bit skeptical or not super knowledgeable about it. -One of the challenges an author faces (including myself) is how to make dialogue seem realistic but not too realistic. That's an unintuitive thing. If you actually transcribe most real-life conversations, they are filled with "ums" and false starts and just tons of verbal clutter which makes them super annoying to read. So an author can't actually make dialogue perfectly realistic, all the time. On the other hand, if dialogue is too polished and expositionary, it sounds artificial: "Well how do you do today, Bob? Lovely weather isn't it? Have you heard about that deceased gardener? What a shame. They found him this morning. I heard he was sleeping with the countess." Sullivan handles the dialogue well, but there were some times I would have preferred it pushed a bit closer to the realism side of the spectrum. There is not necessarily any ideal sweet spot, though. It's all trade-offs. An author has to put necessary exposition somewhere, and it can go in the narrative or in dialogue or some blend of the two, and readers have different preferences. There was one moment where characters whispered in front of another character as though they weren't heard and I was like, "guys, he's right there in earshot, looking at you..." I'd be happy to pick up other books by Sullivan in the future. In fact, he's got an earlier sci fi novel out called The Final Flaw. I haven't gotten to that one yet, but after reading this one, I'd like to give that a read as well. https://blossom.primal.net/b07e145b8ab7142540cdf2c2ff325fd9db7ce52b4d37000ca69cad4d16b09420.jpg
+- Lyn Alden -- 3mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | You know what there aren't a lot of? Horror musicals. | | | | Anyway, I watched "Sinners" last night, and enjoyed it more than I expected. My husband and I are currently in a | | movie-a-night mode after a long stretch of zero movies. Here's a quick review. | | | | Sinners is getting a lot of hype because it was nominated for a record-breaking16 oscars. Of course, with Hollywood | | quality deteriorating over time, an oscar nomination isn't really what it used to be. There's some oscar-inflation, | | basically. And there's often a huge disconnect between what critics and insiders like vs what the public likes, | | especially in this highly polarized environment. | | | | Set in1930s Mississippi, Sinners is a stylized action story about the supernatural. It's one of those elevated type | | of stories, where there's 1) what's happening at the surface level for entertainment, and 2) what themes those | | actions are meant to represent. But it didn't get as heavy-handed as I expected. Well-executed themes can deepen the | | entertainment, whereas heavy-handed or misaligned themes can dampen entertainment, and for me the combo was | | neutral-to-positive. | | | | The music and the directing/cinematography are truly incredible. Like, outlier masterpiece level, 10 out of 10. | | There's a huge blues component, and the visuals are just constantly surprisingly good. | | | | My biggest complaint is the action in the third act. That's the only aspect that detracted from its entertainment | | value for me. Physical fights and gun battles don't work with a consistent set of rules or power scaling. As a | | result, the fights feel very unrealistic, and the outcomes feel determined by where the plot needs things to go, | | rather than maintaining the illusion of cause-and-effect (e.g. it distracted me enough to pull me out of the | | immersion, and I felt the writer's hand strongly at play). Overall fight choreography is like a 4/10 here. | | | | Thus I consider it a flawed masterpiece. Really glad I watched it for its music and visuals and overall plot | | concept, but was sufficiently distracted by third act details and execution. | | | | https://blossom.primal.net/56a60b07ae1ff14982d5ea56214adaea38c1e0aa79a9c6f62256569773a45993.jpg | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+You know what there aren't a lot of? Horror musicals. Anyway, I watched "Sinners" last night, and enjoyed it more than I expected. My husband and I are currently in a movie-a-night mode after a long stretch of zero movies. Here's a quick review. Sinners is getting a lot of hype because it was nominated for a record-breaking16 oscars. Of course, with Hollywood quality deteriorating over time, an oscar nomination isn't really what it used to be. There's some oscar-inflation, basically. And there's often a huge disconnect between what critics and insiders like vs what the public likes, especially in this highly polarized environment. Set in1930s Mississippi, Sinners is a stylized action story about the supernatural. It's one of those elevated type of stories, where there's 1) what's happening at the surface level for entertainment, and 2) what themes those actions are meant to represent. But it didn't get as heavy-handed as I expected. Well-executed themes can deepen the entertainment, whereas heavy-handed or misaligned themes can dampen entertainment, and for me the combo was neutral-to-positive. The music and the directing/cinematography are truly incredible. Like, outlier masterpiece level, 10 out of 10. There's a huge blues component, and the visuals are just constantly surprisingly good. My biggest complaint is the action in the third act. That's the only aspect that detracted from its entertainment value for me. Physical fights and gun battles don't work with a consistent set of rules or power scaling. As a result, the fights feel very unrealistic, and the outcomes feel determined by where the plot needs things to go, rather than maintaining the illusion of cause-and-effect (e.g. it distracted me enough to pull me out of the immersion, and I felt the writer's hand strongly at play). Overall fight choreography is like a 4/10 here. Thus I consider it a flawed masterpiece. Really glad I watched it for its music and visuals and overall plot concept, but was sufficiently distracted by third act details and execution. https://blossom.primal.net/56a60b07ae1ff14982d5ea56214adaea38c1e0aa79a9c6f62256569773a45993.jpg
+- UNCLE ROCKSTAR -- 3mo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Social Media is The Great Filter. | | https://blossom.primal.net/6217c3470491bc675a5f69850d726d6d9d27adda1721ef8b8043b0ce75660400.mp4 | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Social Media is The Great Filter. https://blossom.primal.net/6217c3470491bc675a5f69850d726d6d9d27adda1721ef8b8043b0ce75660400.mp4
+- Lyn Alden -- 3mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Just rode with an uber driver who has a perfect 5.00 rating. Don’t think I’ve seen that before. It’s almost always | | 4.9 something. | | | | It was an older gentleman wearing a three piece suit, driving a Corolla. Super friendly. | | | | Basically the final boss of uber drivers. | | | +-- reply ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2 replies] ---+Just rode with an uber driver who has a perfect 5.00 rating. Don’t think I’ve seen that before. It’s almost always 4.9 something. It was an older gentleman wearing a three piece suit, driving a Corolla. Super friendly. Basically the final boss of uber drivers.
+- Lyn Alden -- 4mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Just saw someone wearing a mask while driving alone in their car. | | | | In the year of our lord 2025. | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [56 replies] ---+Just saw someone wearing a mask while driving alone in their car. In the year of our lord 2025.
+- Lyn Alden -- 6mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | In a couple of decades, what percentage of people do you think will be using centralized systems for money and | | communication vs decentralized ones? | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+In a couple of decades, what percentage of people do you think will be using centralized systems for money and communication vs decentralized ones?
+- Lyn Alden -- 8mo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Most people I see who talk about robots quickly replacing humans out in the field (eg not white collar work, not | | assembly line work, but blue collar work out in the world) haven’t had any experience with what those jobs actually | | entail. | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Most people I see who talk about robots quickly replacing humans out in the field (eg not white collar work, not assembly line work, but blue collar work out in the world) haven’t had any experience with what those jobs actually entail.
+- UNCLE ROCKSTAR -- 9mo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Rockstar Action Figure goes open-source ✊🗽 | | Born by AI. Perfected by humans. | | 3D printable for everyone. Remixable by anyone. | | | | Join the campaign: https://btcpay368976.lndyn.com/apps/44DK1y4L2aD9BXenPCfhCgP6tffZ/crowdfund | | https://blossom.primal.net/2bf903a10b79b7cb9bbb9f27067a79897a63bc4c6c5c73ce6540aee71b80e034.jpg | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1 reply] ---+Rockstar Action Figure goes open-source ✊🗽 Born by AI. Perfected by humans. 3D printable for everyone. Remixable by anyone. Join the campaign: https://btcpay368976.lndyn.com/apps/44DK1y4L2aD9BXenPCfhCgP6tffZ/crowdfund https://blossom.primal.net/2bf903a10b79b7cb9bbb9f27067a79897a63bc4c6c5c73ce6540aee71b80e034.jpg
+- Lyn Alden -- 10mo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | I think it’s disingenuous to say that this will allow smut in the blockchain when 1) it’s already there and 2) | | currently possible to put more in there. | | | | If op return had a consensus limit, I might be opposed to the idea of increasing it. But it doesn’t have a consensus | | limit (other than the block size). Node software just has policies about what size of an op return to relay. And any | | node software or fork can choose that limit. Once any miner puts it in a block, all nodes have it. | | | | So no, I’m not worried about what was always possible and happening anyway. That is one of the downsides of it being | | an open, permissionless, decentralized ledger. | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1 reply] ---+I think it’s disingenuous to say that this will allow smut in the blockchain when 1) it’s already there and 2) currently possible to put more in there. If op return had a consensus limit, I might be opposed to the idea of increasing it. But it doesn’t have a consensus limit (other than the block size). Node software just has policies about what size of an op return to relay. And any node software or fork can choose that limit. Once any miner puts it in a block, all nodes have it. So no, I’m not worried about what was always possible and happening anyway. That is one of the downsides of it being an open, permissionless, decentralized ledger.
+- Lyn Alden -- 10mo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Op return already has no consensus limit. If you get a miner to mine it, it gets in there. | | | | This Core change is just about the limits on *relaying* op return prior to mining it. And it still requires a miner | | to mine it. | | | +-- reply ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [3 replies] ---+Op return already has no consensus limit. If you get a miner to mine it, it gets in there. This Core change is just about the limits on *relaying* op return prior to mining it. And it still requires a miner to mine it.
+- Lyn Alden -- 10mo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | There are already JPEGs right in the blockchain, not just links. Been like that for a while. | | | +-- reply ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [5 replies] ---+There are already JPEGs right in the blockchain, not just links. Been like that for a while.
+- Lyn Alden -- 10mo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | https://blossom.primal.net/3fc328b4e89e401ce8914b5fa3f96359c3bfd8a4073307a90b5ab22ee7bfbf75.jpg | | | +-- reply ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [8 replies] ---+https://blossom.primal.net/3fc328b4e89e401ce8914b5fa3f96359c3bfd8a4073307a90b5ab22ee7bfbf75.jpg
+- Lyn Alden -- 10mo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | I know it’s popular to be all-in on moral panic these days, but I think Bitcoin is in a good technical place right | | now. I’m bullish. | | | | I think Core devs are doing good work. And I’m glad that people can run Knots or otherwise fork if they don’t like | | Core. That’s part of what makes Bitcoin robust, and gives useful market/adoption signals. | | | | Mining pool centralization isn’t great, but there are plenty of optional tools to use more if it interferes more | | with the network, and economic signals (eg the possibility of high fees for censored transactions) exist for | | precisely that context, to help it get unstuck if it gets stuck. | | | | I think current functionality is great, but I also think CTV+CSFS is a sensible upgrade on top of that if folks end | | up coalescing around it. | | | | Sometimes the sun is out. ☀️ | | | | https://blossom.primal.net/0753042fc634d727b328e7de32ba8523c09c9000567e22e35189d1f2c2d0d782.jpg | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [11 replies] ---+I know it’s popular to be all-in on moral panic these days, but I think Bitcoin is in a good technical place right now. I’m bullish. I think Core devs are doing good work. And I’m glad that people can run Knots or otherwise fork if they don’t like Core. That’s part of what makes Bitcoin robust, and gives useful market/adoption signals. Mining pool centralization isn’t great, but there are plenty of optional tools to use more if it interferes more with the network, and economic signals (eg the possibility of high fees for censored transactions) exist for precisely that context, to help it get unstuck if it gets stuck. I think current functionality is great, but I also think CTV+CSFS is a sensible upgrade on top of that if folks end up coalescing around it. Sometimes the sun is out. ☀️ https://blossom.primal.net/0753042fc634d727b328e7de32ba8523c09c9000567e22e35189d1f2c2d0d782.jpg
+- Lyn Alden -- 10mo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | The combo of 1) people getting sucked into digital echo chambers and 2) people believing hallucinating AI answers | | without checking, is going to take a lot to change. | | | | We are in an environment where if things *look* official enough, we’ll usually just instantly believe them. Since | | nobody has the time or inclination to check everything. | | | | Like, someone can just tweet a picture of me at a conference, and put a quote next to it, and tons of people will | | take it at face value. People won’t stop and ask “is this actually a quote of hers from this conference?” It could | | be years ago, out of context, or not said by me at all, but one would never know since it seemed legit enough. | | | | The current counter to this is basically to assume most things are potentially wrong in part or in full, unless | | further verified. But the risk there is people get detached and don’t bother researching things. | | | | One thing you can do is go through your follow list and remove people/entities who don’t have a high signal ratio. | | In other words, keep people you agree or disagree with that are locked in and high signal, but remove those who | | parrot things they don’t understand or spread misinformation on a regular basis. | | | | In an environment of endless quantity, it is more important than ever to elevate quality. | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+The combo of 1) people getting sucked into digital echo chambers and 2) people believing hallucinating AI answers without checking, is going to take a lot to change. We are in an environment where if things *look* official enough, we’ll usually just instantly believe them. Since nobody has the time or inclination to check everything. Like, someone can just tweet a picture of me at a conference, and put a quote next to it, and tons of people will take it at face value. People won’t stop and ask “is this actually a quote of hers from this conference?” It could be years ago, out of context, or not said by me at all, but one would never know since it seemed legit enough. The current counter to this is basically to assume most things are potentially wrong in part or in full, unless further verified. But the risk there is people get detached and don’t bother researching things. One thing you can do is go through your follow list and remove people/entities who don’t have a high signal ratio. In other words, keep people you agree or disagree with that are locked in and high signal, but remove those who parrot things they don’t understand or spread misinformation on a regular basis. In an environment of endless quantity, it is more important than ever to elevate quality.
+- Lyn Alden -- 1y -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Broken Money has now sold over 100,000 copies. | | | | The readership demographic is really broad as far as I can tell. Many sales are individuals, in many countries. | | | | But for example there is a big tradfi institutional money manager that has given out dozens of copies to his money | | manager friends, and there is a big CEO that gives out dozens of copies to his CEO friends and members of Congress | | and stuff. | | | | Throughout this year more translations will come out. I think my foreign rights agent has like 7 languages out so | | far, and another 13+ are in the pipeline. | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Broken Money has now sold over 100,000 copies. The readership demographic is really broad as far as I can tell. Many sales are individuals, in many countries. But for example there is a big tradfi institutional money manager that has given out dozens of copies to his money manager friends, and there is a big CEO that gives out dozens of copies to his CEO friends and members of Congress and stuff. Throughout this year more translations will come out. I think my foreign rights agent has like 7 languages out so far, and another 13+ are in the pipeline.
