A bought a filter that improves the water quality for my house, including water softness, and it’s a total game changer.

Didn’t realize how shitty my water was.

-Reduced the chlorine and iron, which were measurably bad.

-The softer water makes hair and skin feel so much better after a shower. Not dry.

It seems we like the coin again.

Lyn. Serious question.

What percentage of Hyundai drivers make it to 16 yrs?

Gotta be less than 1%

Maybe 0.1%

That is like lifetime achievement award shit right there 🏆

Never trust your health to the government or to corporations.

Stocks down, bonds down, and currency strength down simultaneously represents a balance of payments problem.

It’s the type of thing that usually happens to emerging markets.

Anyway, GM.

i "downgraded" to an iPhone 16e.

i’ve learned:

- always-on screen is dumb

- dynamic island is dumb

- camera button is dumb

- new modem is great

- one camera is fine

- magsafe is dumb

- titanium is dumb

- battery is great

- 60hz is fine

“You can just do things” is one of my favorite meme phrases that I see out there.

Back around my senior year of high school, I consciously decided to shift to that mindset. I went from kind of operating within rules, and trying to leave a light touch around me, to being more assertive and creative about what I want to do. It was kind of a quiet “I’m not locked in here with you, you’re locked in here with me” vibe shift.

At the time I think the terminology I filtered it through was Sagan’s pale blue dot. Like, everything that has ever been done is on this crazy little ball spinning through space. So it’s okay to just do things, to take chances, to think outside of the box. Because the box itself is already actually kind of crazy.

And then in the mid-2010s, like around 2016, I did kind of a checkup on how I’m doing, and felt that while I had used that strategy well, I wasn’t thinking big enough. I had primarily used that strategy to climb up the ranks in the engineering world, with the goal of making things better for myself and my colleagues/division; I would just do things and be the person who pushed to say “yes” a lot and it had worked out really well.

But for my next phase, I felt I needed to “just do things” outside of an organizational structure as well.

So I started my namesake website. I previously had a small anon website on stock investing which I was able to sell to some publisher and that gave me experience, but this one would be different. It would have my face on it.

Any sort of content creator starts by being a little crazy. It starts with the improbable concept that you could create written or audio or visual content that thousands or millions of people will actually want to see and get value out of, in the sea of endless content that already exists.

But it starts somewhere. With just doing things. My view was that I would do my best, leverage the experience that I had, and give it my honest shot.

Never looked back since. It’s been a wild journey.

It’s definitely possible, especially with tomorrow’s FOMC meeting and the Powell presser.

What I'm watching... 👀

The #MSTR chart continues to look clean.

Demarcated with magical lines and technical points of interest (blue arrows).

For infotainment purposes only, obviously.

Onward.

I am unchanged on my view of economic strength and monetary support of most international (ex-US) economies.

Regarding my pessimism of the US economy based on the abrupt regime change... I think that the effects were amplified by the recent US dollar surge into mid-January... that markets have now reached bearish extremes... that the US economy is strong enough to not fall into a sustained recession despite the withdrawal of fiscal support... and that economic surprises will predominantly be to the upside going forward.

Recording the next (quarterly) Mastermind discussion this evening with nostr:nprofile1qqsg2zqd8wkhpnxu6lm5c2dyfa2mhpwte57apjae2ldp6g2mmwf3ypqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9thwden5te0dehhxarj9ehhsarj9ejx2a3089nsfz, nostr:nprofile1qqsp4lsvwn3aw7zwh2f6tcl6249xa6cpj2x3yuu6azaysvncdqywxmgpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsz9thwden5te0v4jx2m3wdehhxarj9ekxzmnyh3p7y9, and nostr:nprofile1qqsgz30qhzza9mh9lpxd3ls5ekkc9u3rrqmnz3ngahad8cyt80kjuucpp3mhxue69uhkyunz9e5k7qfpwaehxw309aehgatyv4h8gtnrdpskgur0d3uhgetrdphxjcewvdhk608zepv … which is always a good time.

We already have much to talk about, but what would you like us to touch on?

Comment below. 👇🏼

Will #Bitcoin cross the previous cycle at $58K or move into the $100K range?

Short sellers getting wiped today.

We can remain bulltarded longer than the market can remain irrational.

#Bitcoin

It was a good speech. And based on what he said we should absolutely stick with our democracy and constitution. 8 years max. 12 years is a slippery slope to forever, and a Trump dynasty will invariably lead to future generations unrecognizable to the current one and far from what you’d hope for. If Trump and Vance do a good job, OTHER candidates with the same views and visions will win.

This speech was the first time I knew for a fact that Vance would be a two term president.

Just want to be on record 4 years in advance. nostr:note1phyxgcsfkhpm7e8m4zl4sfps0a0szcymw04k8fyfeelgs6uz6kaswezj99

The most common complaints about God are "How could God send all of those people to Hell?" and "How could God allow all of those bad things to happen to people?" and "Why is God so authoritarian as to force people to do what He wants?". To be consistent we need to follow the Bible as written rather than as interpreted by many people. God created everyone and everything, including time and space. He has the authority to use His creation as He wishes. It is not evil for Him to create things for good and bad uses. God is holy, which means He is very good and can't allow evil in His presence. Adam and Eve sinned, corrupting His creation, so it is no longer perfect. In addition to being holy, He is also merciful, which is why He has given us time to repent instead of punishing us with instant death and banishment to Hell at the first sin we commit as we deserve. His holiness does not let those who reject Him be in His presences, so those who reject Him are sent to Hell. His mercy led Him to send His son to pay the penalty for our sins and to reconcile us to Himself, so God sees Jesus's righteousness rather than our own sinfulness. Our only part in salvation is belief, which leads to repentance. We can't say "God is evil because He allows bad things to happen." and "God is evil because He punishes people in Hell." A holy, good God has to punish evil and we have all sinned with no exceptions.

When you say things are unclear, it is only unclear if you want it to be unclear. For the purpose of you personally, all you need to know is that faith leading to repentance means you will be saved, have a close relationship with your God and Creator, and will someday join Him in Heaven. If you refuse to do this, you will be punished by being separated from Him in Hell. (I'm not trying to be harsh, just truthful).

Another thing is that a lot of people have a problem with God and the Bible because they can't understand Him perfectly. Who wants a God that is perfectly understandable? I want a God that is so awesome, so infinite and that is a Creator that His creation can never fully comprehend. That is a God worth worshipping. A superhero God, who is just a stronger, smarter person than us isn't worthy of submission or worship.