And yet the USD has strengthened considerably against both those currencies during that time period

The Ewing rule: sell when your family say you’re a genius and buy when they say you’re a moron

Someone that lies, cheats, steals from you or even assaults you or rapes you is not ‘bad’ ‘wrong or ‘evil’, they are just ‘limited’. They simply cannot do better considering their current level of understanding or awareness. Do not find fault in others. Instead wonder if in fact the finger pointing at them should really be pointing back at you.

When did it become unpopular to make fun of poor people. I think that was a big loss

Hi Lyn, got a question. If the fed was forced to do balance sheet expansion again, wouldn’t this have to be offset by fiscal tightening in order to keep the USD at a rate that didn’t increase inflation (especially if there were also rate cuts)?

I just put my price up 7.5% for a service I perform for the Australian Federal Government.

I hope they appreciate that this is a one-off price rise, and the charge will normalise after this. I definitely don’t see the increase as an inflationary process.

In a well-run country, governments should be like the firmware/ bitcoin base layer. They provide the fundamentally stable rails (basic infrastructure, basic regulation, courts, security) on which the two layers above operate.

Corporations and businesses are the hardware/ lightning network. They produce products and services that maintain and improve our standard of living.

Humans are the software or nodes that keep the two systems running and, even more importantly, keep the other two fulfilling their appropriate roles.

It’s like Christianity but if Jesus were alive and healing people but just not on the scale you demand of him.

‘The Left’s view is actually a far more attractive view of the world. The only problem is it doesn’t work.’ Thomas Sowell

You know when you get to the end of the day and it’s time for bed when you read something and your brain just says ‘look, I know you want to, but just go to bed and find the words in the morning’. Goodnight.

Anyone who orgasms for that length of time would likely face significant mental and physical stress. The human orgasm, even in females, can be extended for several minutes, but if it were to last several months there would be risk of severe physical and mental harm. Please consult a healthcare provider if you are experiencing this for further information to address the underlying cause.

Actually pretty sure that’s water in there. If it was petrol he’d already be dead

You could try setting up your wallet so people can zap you

I really hope not

One thing I noticed about gen z, especially the guys, is that they seem to have great skin. Like minimal sun damage. I guess being an indoor kid has some benefits as an adult.

I’m 100% convinced that my oven grill is a small nuclear reactor. Literally not possible for it to be as powerful as it is through mains power alone

Atheism has been around for at least two Millenia and in 2024 you still have to have a religion in the fourth most populated country in the world, so maybe give bitcoin a little longer than15 years before writing it off on the basis of adoption proving value.

Yes you did and I mentioned that not everyone knew about it the day satoshi released the whitepaper, and then you said ‘well everyone has heard of it now’ and I addressed that point too.

Not sure why you keep relying on arguments you can’t defend and so instead throw out a different one-liner until you’ve exhausted all three you have and so just circle back to the first one and hope I forgot what you said like three two-line posts earlier

Honestly I think that makes it worse. They had explicit reasons why this system had to have vulnerabilities and exploited it regardless. But it was a massive oversight to allow politicians to appoint judges that oversee the laws. What do you think is going to happen with that conflict of interest