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if you are a business with a large collection of offshore dollars that cannot be brought onshore due to reparation taxation the easiest thing to do is convert the offshore balance to bitcoin.
i have a sneaking suspicion that this is the main reason Microstrategy originally did their first bitcoin purchase.
they avoided all capital and currency controls and reparation tax.
the best way to minimize politics in your life is to actively avoid it.
just like you actively avoid freezing or overheating and optimize your dwelling's climate so too must you insulate yourself against politics
-avoid people who speak of political party politics
-ignore all government news
-optimize income and business to have as little political customers as possible
-hire people who love political work to handle all political interactions
-live in an apolitical neighborhood
-never engage in political conversations
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https://stacker.news/items/147339/r/byzantine
"micro payments as a donation for value works great but micropayment as a paywall causes unnecessary friction"
two coolest bitcoin miners:
1. PRTI -- using thermal demanufacturing,” breaking tires into oil syngas for mining
2. SDIG -- using refuse coal as a peaker plant and for miner
"two NASA satellite telescopes, including the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), witnessed a black hole's corona being "launched" away from a supermassive black hole. Then a huge burst of X-ray energy emitted."
https://blog.physics-astronomy.com/2022/11/nasa-just-saw-something-come-out-of.html?m=1
"1/3 of first-time homebuyers tapped rich parents or family members for a gift or loan to cover at least part of their down payment"
-zillow
--nothing wrong with getting a gift to start your family but there is an obvious generational issue at hand that is fueling a class divide
Chrysler Assembly Plant, Belvidere Illinois constructed in 1962 is not done for good.
Millions of vehicles produced, most recently producing Jeep Cherokees has not been closed.
A thriving country has thriving manufacturing 💪
MAKE MANUFACTURING GREAT AGAIN
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"Courage is the only virtue you cannot fake."
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game
https://void.cat/U6og3WZ6HmK4BPjoGcJKhX
debt is fine if it results in something that works and is then paid down with the productive proceeds
what did we get for this debt?
-incredible infrastructural upgrades?
-nuclear fusion?
-asteroid mining?
-educational excellence?
this is a dumpster fire 🔥
A German walks into a bar and orders a fancy beer.
The bartender tells him : "100 euros!"
The German is shocked - "100 euros? yesterday it was only 10 euros !"
"Well, today it is 100 euros."
- "But why 100, damn it?"
Bar tender : "I'll explain it,
-10 euros is the beer,
-10 to help Ukraine,
-20 assistance to European countries who have imposed sanctions and are not members of the EU.
-20 euros in aid to the UK, for successful implementation of sanctions against Russia.
-Then 30 euros are sent to the Balkan countries as aid to buy furnace coal/keep their corrupt politicians.
- and finally, 10 euros for a gas subsidy for the EU and fund to help maintain sanctions!"
The German silently with internal anger took out the money and gave the bartender 100 euros.
The bartender took them, entered in the cash register and gave him 10 euros back.
German in disbelief : "Wait, you said 100 euros, right ? I gave you 100, why are you giving me back 10 euros?"
".....There is no beer."
everyday i feel like this in utter disbelief when i look at the arrangement of the world economic system.
just as you can pinpoint a photo in time based on previous fashion trends, generations from now will identify photos from this period based on the size of the human waist
Work hard and stay curious 🪖