Nostr will eat the internet.

Don’t you think?

I normally keep my Uber rides under 45 mins. But for a few reasons I ended up just getting a two-hour Uber from an airport the other day.

The driver was nice but was like, “damn lol I hope Uber pays me well for this”. The issue with long rides is that the Uber driver is far away after the ride in a new territory and has to try to earn rides back to their normal location. He asked if he could at least stop for coffee or something and I said of course.

So we go for a while and eventually pull over over at a convenience store and he goes to get some coffee and a snack. I go out and get a coffee too and then I pick up his tab and pay for both of us. Uber ended up calling both of us for a health check because the car was stopped.

Buying him a coffee opened him up a bit so we talked for a while. He asked where I was coming from and I said Egypt, and he said he was from Ghana. While chatting and me explaining why I am coming from Egypt, he made a great point that in many places outside of the US, family is a big deal whereas in the US, it is much diminished. And as a result, it’s very important to build connections with neighbors and coworkers in place of that. Even just tell people “good morning” if you usually see them on the way to work so that people know who you are. He came to the US alone four years ago so that is something he describes having learned and a strategy he is using.

Anyway as we pulled up to my destination I gave him an unusually big tip to compensate any inconvenience or unpaid time he might have getting back. A few mins later my doorbell rang and he had come up to say was super thankful for the big tip. The Uber algorithm had kind of screwed him over and the trip price (and thus his share) was low for the hassle, and he felt screwed over by Uber, but then he saw my tip which instantly fixed it.

I should have checked to see if he had a lightning wallet or tried to convince him to download one if not, because then I could have done one of those social media “okay everybody tip this guy” posts. :/

Bitcoin can make the government's money printing machine useless, but if one day their money printing machine becomes useless, they will take your bitcoins from you at gunpoint. Unfortunately, Bitcoin cannot take us to utopia either.

Imagine owning a phone that doesn't align with your way of life just because it's hip...

Proud member of the blue check resistance 📛☑️

unless you verify your identity with elon you will not be able to DM someone that does not follow you

- expect restrictions on unverified accounts to increase

- expect verification requirements to increase

They're useless without a functioning dispute resolution mechanism, like courts with enforceable authority, though.

If you’re defending Binance selling fake securities so corrupt venture capitalists could and can offramp their stupid fake securities tokens on retail investors, because of some knee-jerk anti-government/anti-regulation/market-maximalist nonsense, well … I question whether you’re a serious person.

2013: big bubble

2015: can’t believe hype under $200

2017: Amex points are better

2023: it’s not really money until the government lets me pay taxes with it.

Unbelievable cope for a DECADE from this “Chief Economist”/Northwestern MBA…

Don’t be like Brian… Study #Bitcoin

Even if the state could shut down every Bitcoin on-ramp and off-ramp worldwide, 92%+ of the supply has already been mined and is in circulation.

The jig is up for fiat. #Bitcoin

Some days I wish I could back to university to call bullshit on the profs.

Question and think vs memorizing

Who wants to crowdfund this 😆

To those new to nostr, reply for some ⚡️⚡️⚡️

1: Be NIP-05 verified

2: Have a lightning address on your profile.

3: Write something awesome in your reply.

*This will also test my relays to see how far this gets.

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