Interesting takes by levels.io on lex fridman in the context of being a diginal nomad:

“Freedom doesn’t make you happy, constraints do” -levels

“I am free thats why i am lost” - kafka

Freedom is pretty great, but constraints (family, kids, relationships) keep us locked in and focused. Thats how i interpreted it at least.

at some point you realize that, generally speaking, a stiff penalty for a minor infraction is often a sign of the known difficulty of enforcement (on the government's part)

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Gm.

It seems that it will be very hard for Brazil to identify and enforce the fines on VPN usage for Twitter/X. But it’s a powerful scare tactic.

When the United States banned gold ownership in the1930s (which lasted for four decades all the way into the 1970s btw), they didn’t really enforce it at the household level. They just had large prison terms that were rarely ever applied, which effectively dried up liquidity in the gold market.

Some people have pointed out that Nostr relays could be blocked by Brazilian internet providers if Nostr was big enough to matter. However, more relays could spin up, so they’d have to keep adding to the list.

Brazil’s government could then say it’s illegal to use VPNs for any Nostr app around internet censoring. The defense against that is to make Nostr as ubiquitous as possible. The more apps that tie into Nostr in some way, the harder it is to ever ban it in practice. Some people might not even know their favorite app uses Nostr. Imagine if everyone’s favorite short form app, long form app, podcasting app, reviews app, wallet app, recipes app, picture app, music app, and tons of other stuff are tied into Nostr, and how hard that would be to ban.

If Nostr becomes big enough to really matter, it’s because it’ll be tied into so many different things. That’s super powerful. And the devs keep building rapidly.

Sparkling water is insufferable.

The amount of times I accidentally drank it in Europe has only amplified my hatred. Sorry, not sorry.

Bitcoin is boring money.

And that's precisely why it's great.

Boring means stability, which means you can focus on what matters most without worrying about your money melting like an ice cube.

Boring is the new exciting when it comes to financial freedom.

Welcome to the g-EU-lag

At the Bitcoin Conference, people could pay for photographs with politicians. Or pay more for a dinner with them.

So when you see an awkward pic with some bitcoiner next to a politician, there’s a good chance they paid for it.

I think most people know that, but for those that don’t, keep that in mind.

All else being equal, the more awkward the pic looks, the more likely they paid for it.

Anyone here do meditation?

What kind?

I’ve met Peter Schiff in person a few times.

He is super chill, friendly, usually sun-tanned on vacation with chad vibes, etc. He’s trolling us.

He might be our industry’s most prolific troll, but ultimately he is just that: consciously trolling us.

His only argument is that bitcoin has no “intrinsic value” while meanwhile I’m active in two continents and am thankful that my multi-signature money isn’t attached to either one of them like gold would be. He has no answer for this. Bitcoin is the best at what gold can’t do: be globally accessible.

He’s famous from two decades ago, is rich and happy, and wants to sell gold. He is closed to Bitcoin intellectually but is happy to engage with bitcoiners that give him marketing. He’s a Puerto Rico chad. That’s who bitcoiners debate against; someone who is going for marketing and is happy for the engagement.

StackOverflow is still better than AI chatbots.

they don’t tell you this but ime giving up coffee, sugar, and alcohol makes life a lot more fun

having normal ass emotions and sleep cycles is great

Nostr CEO was unreachable, so 🇪🇺 sent only Elon a note.