I kid I kid. This is about a path to God. But in a sense that is illegal immigration, yanno?
Where an elephant walks through the forest, a man can easily follow.
—Joseph Campbell on illegal immigration
Two years after suffering a stroke, Nam June Paik was invited to attend a state dinner at the Clinton White House in June 1998. A trickster and prominent purveyor of the avant-garde, Paik incorporated humor and spontaneity in performances and artworks that joined multiple artistic forms.
Due to the stroke two years prior, Paik was often confined to a wheelchair in public. However, when it came time to greet the president, Paik got up to use his walker as he proceeded through the line.
Scandal is no stranger to politics, and it was an especially frequent visitor to the Clinton house. At the time, the media coverage of the "Monica Lewinsky scandal" was at peak fervor. What happened next was a wonderful union of media, art and politics thanks to Mr. Paik.
Two years after suffering a stroke, Nam June Paik was invited to attend a state dinner at the Clinton White House in June 1998. A trickster and prominent purveyor of the avant-garde, Paik incorporated humor and spontaneity in performances and artworks that joined multiple artistic forms.
Due to the stroke two years prior, Paik was often confined to a wheelchair in public. However, when it came time to greet the president, Paik got up to use his walker as he proceeded through the line.
Scandal is no stranger to politics, and it was an especially frequent visitor to the Clinton house. At the time, the media coverage of the "Monica Lewinsky scandal" was at peak fervor. What happened next was a wonderful union of media, art and politics thanks to Mr. Paik.
Option A, seating first offers more window space/natural light to the customer; however if there is a long line/queue then the congestion could spill out into the seating area, making the seated customers uncomfortable--but also creating a higher seat turnover rate.
Option B, coffee bar first encourages the line/queue outdoors, providing free advertising for the coffee shop: i.e. "this coffee is good", but moves the customers away from the natural light and more comfortable dine-in experience.
In the end, I think it depends on the location of the shop. Is there another coffee shop in the area? If so, maybe offer the opposite layout that they offer. If it's mostly a rush-hour/lunch urban clientele, then maybe Option B up-front is good. But if it's a bad weather type town, then maybe Option A is better so more customers can queue up under shelter.
Personally I prefer Option A though. More time to peruse the menu and people-watch as you make your way to the order station.
i like this reminder. currently i'm trying to reconcile number 1 with two, three, four and five. might not be feasible for everyone. so, i guess i'm sticking with number one until further notice is what i'm trying to say. thanjs max
the "importing voters" narrative is too simplistic imo. it ignores the economic realities of aging demographics and over-production of the managerial class. everyone wants a desk job, thus there's not enough excess capital to pay native borns to clean the toilets, sweep the trash, and do the grunt parts of the construction work. importing low-wage laborers makes the working class compete for lower pay. that's the crux of the plan. any votes they may get are a bonus to the managerial class, who tend to vote blue.
This stupid computer is too buggy. Or maybe it's this Nostr client. I dunno. what I wanted to say is "ha! i was gonna tag you and talfy! lol" imagine that! If i had done that! ha!
Ha! I was gonna tag you and talfy lol
Ha! I was gonna tag you and talfy lol
Ha! I was gonna tag you and talfy lol
I do think there is a cycle between centralization and decentralization. (I change my mind almost daily though.) If the lock-step messaging from the political managers and the supply chain jam-ups from Covid taught us anything, it's that centralization of global powers has a terrible potential to subjugate most of humanity. I'm still very skeptical about even the most mudane news events now.
On a positive note, there's never before been a money capable of trustlessly facilitating global trade, but at the same time also facilitating the possibility of decentralized governance. I'm bullish on Fedimints and Cashu for this reason. (Even though I haven't used them yet lol.)
WE CAME FROM AQUATIC APES
I've always liked this theory. I think about it often when I go swimming. I find it improves my technique, and explains why I might want to have an aquarium one day. It's an old video, and I don't know if Elaine Morgan is still with us and doing well. Here's a short run-down of some of the evidence she presents:
OUR NAKED SKIN
Every animal that has lost its body hair is aquatic:
the dugong, walrus, the manatee, the babirusa. Like all these ugly hairless animals, humans have gone almost full commando.
OK BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ELEPHANT?
Everyone now agrees that all the pachyderms had an aquatic ancestor. "No swimming trunks inside the house please!"
CONSIDER BIPEDALITY
Humans are the only animals that walk on two legs. However, all monkeys and apes are capable, but there is only one instance when they always walk on 2 legs: when they walk through water. There was only one who could walk ON water though: Chimpanjesus of Nazareth.
OUR FAT LAYER
Normal fat dispersement in land animals is among the interior organs, whereas with aquatic mammals such as whales, fat has migrated to the outside as blubber beneath the skin for insulation. There is little argument that humans are experiencing the same phenomenon, becoming grossly obese. And when you think about it, with the invention of the straw and venti Frappuccino, humans kinda have become filter feeders.
CONSCIOUS CONTROL OF BREATH
The only other animals besides humans that can do this are the diving animals and the diving birds. You can't even teach an ape to say "ah" on request. An obvious necessity for language, and amicable dentist appointments.
WE ARE STREAMLINED
Olympic divers can dive into water with hardly a splash. Compared to a gorilla, we are halfway shaped like a fish. Try to imagine a gorilla winning versus a pair of synchronized Chinese divers. The gorilla will probably lose. But he will look hilarious in a red Speedo.
King Thong: 2.7/10
The 5 constituencies of consensus in Bitcoin:
1. Software Developers
(making reference implementations)
2. Miners
(implementing run-time consensus for making blocks)
3. Exchanges
(exchanging other currencies for Bitcoin)
4. Wallets
(validate transactions based on consensus rules)
5. Merchants
(exchanging goods for Bitcoin)
From Saylor.org
1:13:00-1:16:00
source: Andreas M. Antonopoulos, https://youtu.be/fw3WkySh_Ho
