If youâre curious about your blood sugar fluctuations, you can buy continuous glucose monitors over the counter in Canada (Costco, Shoppers). You wear the sensor for two weeks and scan before and after meals to see how different foods affect you. (In the USA, I think theyâre still prescription only.)
Sometimes the results are unintuitive. For example, I saw higher blood sugar fluctuations from beans than cake. You can also moderate the blood sugar spikes of pancakes by upping protein or fat in the meal.
https://www.freestyle.abbott/uk-en/products/freestyle-libre-2.html
Perhaps you could please share the data that youâre relying on.
cLiMaTe cHaNgE
How it startedâŚ
How itâs going⌠
Yes, Iâm thinking adoption would provide the same purpose. I hope youâll find your purpose, whatever it may be.
No, the world is not overpopulated. Each person brings new ideas and some of those become innovations that improve standards of living for all.
Children are the greatest blessing. People who view life as meaningless have nothing to live for because they have no purpose. Every parent knows what their purpose is.
Dan Held is confused. You canât own real estate⌠you always rent it.
Your landlord is the govt. Your use of it is conditional on paying annual rent called property taxes.
Unfortunately ETF funds will be how most people get into âbitcoinâ. This is how the install rate of bitcoin will exceed WC, as measured in USD.
I still believe that few people will be self-sovereign. Even fewer will own a UTXO.
Bitcoin has two fundamental UX problems.
First, centralized solutions are more convenient and few people are willing to prioritize freedom and independence over convenience.
Second, most people have pressed a âI forgot my passwordâ button in the last year and are scared of losing their keys. As much as we preach âitâs only 12 wordsâ, that level of personal responsibility is a nonstarter for them.
Iâm encouraged by projects like fedimint. I think this could make a real difference in helping to onboard more people.
I knew youâd love it. Itâs great once you make it through the learning curve.
Yep, itâs a strange dichotomy⌠We consume food to live but consuming food kills us slowly.
~60% through the fourth turning. I hear the fireworks get more impressive as we get to the end. đđđ§¨
Some big media account on Twitter asked people what they think the best music album ever was, front to back.
While some albums are more iconic than others, the fascinating thing about the question is how it tends to be a sign of what era someone came of age in (i.e. which decade they grew up as a teenager), and what cultural part of that era they were more in line with. Sure, some people go back and find older iconic music and appreciate it the most, the absolute greats of the past, but the more typical outcome is that someone finds music from their coming-of-age years to be what somehow sticks out.
For me it was rock in the 2000s, and my mental answer to the question of "best album?" was Meteora by Linkin Park.
While it was a very popular album and also well-remembered, it doesn't generally go down on the ageless list of greats. In other words, it's always kind of a top two or three genre item. I could argue why other more iconic albums are better, and why they "should" be my answer. For example I could go a little bit before my time, but still close enough, and say Nirvana's Nevermind was better. That would poll better.
But basically, as a product of my time, Meteora is just the one that struck the right chords at the right time when I was a teenager. It's the one that spoke to me. I would listen to it casually, and then also listen to certain songs in it before martial arts tournaments to get myself in the combat zone. Even as my musical tastes changed over time, that's the album I listened to the most of all time, and so when I hear it in the present day, I still appreciate it a ton.
The fact that they crossed genres appealed to me a lot. Their main vocalist, Bennington, struck their melodic and emotional aspect. The other vocalist, Shinoda, was their hip-hop guy, with a rougher or more practical aspect. Mr. Hahn brought an electronic aspect, and Delson brought the rock guitar aspect. Some of their stylization was anime-aligned, and I was into anime at the time. Basically whatever vibes I might be feeling as a teenager at the time, there was something in Linkin Park that spoke to it, with Meteora being among their best and which came out at the right time when I was 15. It's like Bennington would speak to my emo aspect and help me acknowledge it, while Shinoda and the others would pump me back up, and tell me to not fuck around and get back out there, and boost my confidence. Yin and Yang.
Another reason I thought of this is that here in 2023, Linkin Park released a 20th anniversary edition of Meteora, which included a couple songs like "Lost" that didn't make it into the original. It all hits a bit harder for us fans based on the fact that the lead singer, Chester Bennington, is no longer with us. RIP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NK_JOkuSVY&ab_channel=LinkinPark
Anyway, Iâm doing a series of âreal thoughtsâ uniquely on Nostr, and this is the second one.
Conclusion: Sometimes what hits harder subjectively is worth appreciating, rather than just whatever can be argued to be the best objective answer. Somewhere on that border between "objectively good" and "came out at the right time and hit the spot for you and imprinted itself" is your answer that is worth exploring and sharing.
What's your answer?
Linkin Park is one of my go to bands when snowboarding. Love the energy boost. âĄď¸â¤ď¸
My personal best album is Hysteria by Def Leppard. đľ
Youâre right that privacy is better in monero by default and youâre also correct that people are lazy and will not avail themselves of the additional tools in bitcoin to safeguard their privacy.
I support bitcoin though because the world will be a better place when nations can no longer fund wars and massive governments with printed money.
To become the global money, the base chain needs high trust. Everyone needs to trust it. Really trust it.
I remind myself that most people will just buy the bitcoin ETF. They will give up their independence and privacy for convenience. For those of us that care about privacy, options are available.