Sorry for your loss 😥😥😥
Hell yes it was! Probably in my top 5 movies. It's nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs and nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle levels of American patriotism.
Not saying a degree is what it's cracked up to be... But the principle holds true.
I stole this story but it's super impactful:
"My mom was thinking about going back to school to get her bachelor's at 55. My entire family was trying to tell her that'll take 4 years! It's not worth it! You'll be almost 60 by the time you're done!
And her response was: 'I'm going to be 60 in five years anyway. So I can either be 60 with a degree or 60 without a degree.'"
-Oliver Velez
It's so fun! I'm not coordinated enough. I ended up bruising my palms because I fell so much. But this is when I discovered I have bad balance on my heels. I'm a "goofy" rider and I could turn left easily... Couldn't turn right to save my life.
It's been awhile since I've been back in California, but good lord cell phone service sucks. I know the towers are probably overloaded with all the people but my god... I'll go back to my small town where it works 95% of the time and be grateful.
So, I was reading the Dan Simmons books, Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion.
Depending on what your theme of the sci Fi book here's something to think about:
Hyperion is about a ton of planets multiple light years away from each other. And as each one gets teleportation gates, before it's operational mechanics/engineers have to travel the light years to install them. So everyone is aging around them as they "hop" through time going to various planets to install these gates.
He never mentions their monetary system in the books but as I was reading it... There would HAVE to be some kind of fixed system. You can't offer someone $X if they won't even be able to spend it for 20 years without it maintaining and/or gaining in purchasing power. No mechanic would sacrifice 20 years for one dollar amount but end up with half that by the time they can spend it.
I know you already think of money Lyn but it's something that has bugged me when reading science fiction. There needs to be some kind of explanation of how it works. Because everyone just uses the short cut of, "universal credits" but still controlled by the hegemony. Seems like a glaring plot hole to me.
No. Muun does not have LNURL. And Muun is not a native lightning wallet. It does submarine swaps which is a fancy term for, Muuns servers receive and send lightning for you, but you're doing an on-chain transaction every time it happens. Which is why muun is unusable when there's high on-chain fees.
In-laws got me and the wife a meta quest for Christmas. Just started playing mini golf together and had a blast.
Then it depends... Because if you need a LNURL... The only places I've found being in the US is Alby, primal, strike, or Zeus. Everything else works like breez or aqua, but they don't have lightning URLs. Pros and cons.
Ah I gotcha. You could always send all your funds to your primal address until you find a better home for your sats
Honestly... The only benefit for me was being able to choose my zap address with primal. Other than that, I just wanted to support the business.
Even the greats: Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, etc. They had about a 20% greatness probability.
The best you can strive for is ONLY writing 80% garbage.
"When photographs first were invented, someone added fairies into one of the first pictures. People thought it was proof fairies existed."
Same vibes
Why are you moving Alby funds? Are you running your own hub or no?
Where are you running Alby hub? On my start9 server I have to restart alby hub every so often.
I agree with open borders, however, the caveat is there can't be a welfare state. Because I agree with your assessment of the brain drain argument... But with giving welfare to immigrants, ie California, you incentivize the worst to come, not the best. Because if you give free money to all immigrants you get the lowest common denominator.
Just got done playing poker with my grandpa and his buddies...I aspire to have a weekly game like him in my old age.