I was a reporter in western North Carolina back in the day. It contains some of the most remote points you'll find east of the Mississippi.

There are places where you will never be found, dirt roads you never knew were there, and drop-offs you don't see coming. I've even heard stories of people falling down unmarked mine shafts. It's a beautiful yet treacherous place and that's without flooding and mudslides.

Praying for the ongoing rescue effort.

Desperation

The little differences make us unique :)

Not sure which group you're referring to but I think most people in bitcoin/Nostr feel like an outsider deep down. It comes with the fringe.

Looking forward to this one. Dominic is always a great listen and his songs are hilarious.

"I checked the price and it was free."

I could listen to this album start to finish anytime.

I'm sorry but a network protocol can't be both the almighty future of everything and so sacred and precious that its vulnerabilities can't be stress-tested.

ReplyGuy is good for Nostr. nostr:nprofile1qqsqf9ecfdtmg0qs0fmcsuzx9yqm768qapvrkvhzs9jkx4puqktcffqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshszymhwden5te0wahhgtn4w3ux7tn0dejj7rcu74w showing how follower counts could be exploited was good for Nostr.

Either Nostr is gonna evolve or not. And being a Nostrich should mean more than burying your head in the sand.

At the very least, doing so will unearth insights you wouldn't reach otherwise.

St. Louis is arguably the most underrated city in the U.S.

You can do polls on Nostr??? Wow.

wE hAvE tO sAvE dEmOcRaCy!

Why do all these defenders of democracy have such little faith in it?

Read more here: jtwoodhouse.com/let-democracy-go/ #repost

Most takes I hear about AI these days are either one of the following:

1) It's the new paradigm and the only investable category if you don't want to end up working for the robots.

2) It's the greatest bubble of all time, requires garguantan capital and buildouts, and no ROI will ever be realized. Pain train's a-coming.

Honestly, the contrarian take is neither of those opinions, but a general thumbs up.

What if AI doesn't overperform or underperform but rather just performs in line with the most average value creation trajectory in tech? The okayest path forward. It's the future in the same way the children are our future. Duh huh.

Contrarianism only works if you're right, but I hope for entertainment's sake, we get some normalism here.

Do you need a token for that?

Well, my car broke down on the side of the road.

The tow truck guy pulled up and said, "Lemme guess: transmission."

"Yup," I replied. "How'd you know?"

"It's a Nissan."

The reactions to this Saylor podcast with Saifedean are humorous.

We're really surprised the guy who took out billions in debt to buy bitcoin is open to a future world with debt? No shit.

Every now and then, I hear someone say "Oh you know, bitcoin is still just an experiment."

That was true back in the day, but there is no such thing as a trillion-dollar experiment. Too much is riding on it. It absolutely has to work.

Popeye deserves better.

So an Austrian economist, a communist, and a bitcoiner walk into a bar.

They order a round of drinks and then decide to close out. The bartender is busy and refuses to ring them up separately. He asks them to pay on a single tab.

The Austrian economist reaches in his pocket. He gets out some gold coins and says to the others, "Here you go. This is just enough to cover mine."

The communist shakes his head. "How about this?" he says. "What if we all empty our pockets, pool our resources together, and pay the tab out of that."

The Austrian economist balks at that and the two of them start arguing. They both look at the bitcoiner to decide what to do.

The bitcoiner stands up from his barstool. "Don't worry, fellas," he says. "This one's on me."

He walks behind the bar, rolls up his sleeves, and immediately starts doing the dishes.

Chills. #tunestr

https://youtu.be/yv5rcRkyLGs