Unless I missed something, some US citizens were among the victims.

Why not just force him to give back as much as possible?

Very unpopular opinion - when people say that something is because of the problem in education, it is rarely the true problem.

Yes, centralized education does not work. If someone wants to teach you something (top down) and it does not come from the student, the student will rarely learn something beyond the next test.

Self directed education is important.

But even this is rarely the answer. People are not doing stupid things because school did not teach them critical thinking.

And the correlation is backwards - rich societies have better education. But they became rich first. Their wealth is not the effect of the education, but the cause at best.

Tldr: If you think something in society will be fixed by better education, you are probably wrong.

How much do you eat? At what times? How many grams of protein and how many of fat? What's your weight?

Signal is working on a Rust library but I don't really know what state it's in. Last time I checked it was WIP alpha but that was a long time ago.

What is the best open end up end encrypted messenger that has a good cli client for most platforms to send messages from scripts?

I currently use signal-cli, but looking for a change.

- signal-cli requires java, quite specific versions and it's hard to install / upgrade on nas devices. I would much prefer a self contained binary (like restic does)

- signal starts requiring captchas, especially over vpn. Not good for scripts

- telegram? Lol. No.

- matrix could be nice, if there is good self contained cli client. I don't need to receive currently, only send. Any tips?

- simplex - after fighting with haskell and not being able to compile it according to instructions neither on macos, nor on Linux. Binaries don't work (mac is x86 only, not arm64, Linux - I don't use Ubuntu)

- session maybe? Is there any good cli?

- I need push notifications to work reliably

I agree with this. Add more fat, specifically animal fat into the diet. Also, if you’re eating a healthy diet of animal fats and low carbs, that’s the weight your body is supposed to be at. If you truly want to add weight, do it through weight training.

So that SBF's victims pay him for food and accomodation? That's ridiculous!

How to spell #zapathon in your language?

The combined TO-DO list of all projects is way longer than what the combined coding population would ever have time to fix in our lifetimes. -- David Malan

Let that sink in.

# Addressing the Decline in Birth Rates

Global birth rates are in decline, a trend that governments find alarming. A dwindling population could lead to a host of economic and social issues, but the policy responses have been largely ineffective. Financial incentives for families, like direct payments, tax breaks, and subsidized child care, have been deployed, but with little impact. This reveals a deeper, fundamental issue.

To understand the decline, it's crucial to figure out why couples are having fewer children. The common responses are either a lack of interest or financial constraints. While we should respect the choice not to have children, it's the financial concern that needs addressing.

Having children has become an expensive undertaking. From medical costs related to childbirth to time off work, government-mandated expenses like car seats, and the added costs of larger living spaces and education, families are stretched thin financially. Even households with two earners often struggle to make ends meet, making it harder to consider expanding the family.

The decline of single-earner households, where one parent could stay home to raise children, can be traced back to the massive expansion of rent seeking. The bureaucratic state has increased massively in all sorts of industries, and the inflation that has funded their expansion has driven up all kinds of costs, including essential resources like health care, education and housing. Both parents often need to work just to maintain a moderate standard of living.

A significant reason for these inflated costs is the fiat monetary system. Inflation has eroded the savings and earning power of average families, compelling both parents to enter the workforce. Moreover, real estate prices have soared, making it challenging for families to afford larger homes that could accommodate more children.

In essence, the decline in birth rates is not a consequence of individual choice or even culture but a byproduct of a kleptocratic monetary system that has made child-rearing unaffordable. Unless structural changes are made to restore the financial viability of having larger families, any superficial policy incentives are unlikely to reverse the declining birth rates. These economic incentives are giving back to families just a tiny portion of what's being stolen through the fiat monetary system. Stopping this inflationary theft would empower families to have more children, but such a move would require political will that is currently lacking.

What we need is a new monetary system and the path is not through political reform, but through the adoption of a new money. Bitcoin really is the fix for low birth rates.

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Only if they are very, very old. Losing important information is much worse than a few MB of storage.

Just use regtest. You can mine your own in seconds and automate the tests.

Yeah I'll need some tomorrow to test a bitcoin wallet I'm developping + I probably lost my old testnet coins with old lightning nodes

Clean up your room.

Rotate your log files.

I will be recording a episode soon about libsecp256k1 with some of the ppl who work on it. This was a tremendous achievement, up there as one of the most watched crypto lib in existence.

Do you have questions or comments you'd like to hear us discuss?

Let me know below.

Fun fact: "Vim" means "I know" in Czech