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Den Yellek
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🇦🇺 #Austrich Trying to live a good life in a world gone mad.

Seriously. They are struggling more and more giving the right change.

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I'm losing a fight I didn't even know I was taking part in.

One of the top sales guys at my work recently, proudly, told me how he was now using AI to write his emails as he was fed up with his own "brash style" of writing possibly rubbing people up the wrong way. He then told me that after doing this he got a really nicely worded email in reply, so therefore he must be doing the right thing.

I did point out to him that the person who replied to him with that professional writing style, also likely used AI to write it.

My argument was then, what's the point of you and him even being involved, just get another AI to write up the report and email it to the customer AI to do what it needs to.

The reason that sales guy is so successful is because of his personality. He can be abrupt and demanding, but his customers love that, they see him as someone who will fight for them. His emails are part of that. You learn that if you get a really nice, happy email from him, then you did something he really appreciated.

With AI writing his emails for him, all the personality is lost. The thing that made him popular was being diluted.

He had to agree with me that he would not have many of his clients if he didn't have his "tough but honest" personality, and since 80% of his interaction with them is by email or messaging, that was how he put his style across.

So what's the point of this ramble? Well I didn't convince him.. He walked away saying "yeah sure, but people now expect you to be more polished, everyone uses AI to write their emails, I'd look stupid if I didn't".

Its like we've become lemmings, racing over the edge to our own demise, cheerfully and willingly. I am losing the battle to try and get people I know to stop using AI so much, in offices its becoming a plague, worse, management encourage it, we're doomed. :)

AI has a purpose, I know it can be good, but people are starting to get a little too hooked on the easy mode, convenience thing.

First we use the AI to write slop.

Then we become the AI slop.

https://xiaomitime.com/eu-kills-android-bootloader-unlock-starting-august-1-59449/

i already have been on the border of ditching the mobile phone entirely. after this shit, i'm not buying a mobile phone again while i still live in the EU.

it's notable that concurrently with this draconian imposition on mobile phone users, that almost all online services are ditching SMS verification in favor of returning to using email.

the ground is being prepared for businesses to continue to have their freedom of privacy, but the normie herds addicted to the dopamine and cattle tags are going to swallow this without even thinking about it.

i can see that the next move they will make is about locking people in to needing mobiles for essential services. the banks all seem to be doing this quite happily. the amusing thing is that actually, and i didn't think about it, but i could probably install my banking app on a desktop mobile dev simulator, and that would be the death of me using mobile phones for good.

i'm sure that these clowns think they are going to consolidate their control over the population by doing this, but us slippery fish are not gonna have it. this is also why you have to leave the cities. they will make it, in every possible way they can concoct, impossible to live in a city without one.

this is what the mark of the beast is: being tagged like livestock.

very likely there is going to be a slow descent towards greatly decreased ability to travel and use the internet inside higher density population areas.

well, this is gonna be fun because this solar max we are already seeing frequent, quite severe internet outages.

next solar max is gonna destroy the internet, probably. and that's if it doesn't also bring the solar flash that will permanently destroy all electrical infrastructure and kill a lot of people from radiation, and don't forget the cosmic thunderbolts, the earthquakes, the volcanoes, the crop failures, the infectious respiratory diseases, that likely will be weaponised further, and then ultimately, the pole shift and global tsunami.

get right with God, and you'll have nothing to fear. the angels are marking you now for protection and will be here before they achieve their totalitarian global communism. i think more and more it seems to me like a dead certainty that all macroscopic life on this planet, except maybe small fish, are going to be torched in this coming disaster, and the angels know this. they have known this for maybe as long as 10,000 years. they are using this event to extinguish the souls of the fallen ones who have made life on this planet a hell.

they can never be permitted to exit the prison they have made for us, these wardens of iniquity and violence. every place they go they will destroy it. life is too precious to leave the disease unchecked.

Might need to invest in a few old phones.

There is only one position that it is against the law to hold your body in. One specific placement of your limbs that results in mandatory prison time. Can you guess what it is?

Exactly. Which just highlights how these rules are never to catch real criminals. Anyone actually engaging in crime can easily encrypt whatever they wish and nothing anyone can do is able to stop that.

As always these laws are to restrict the rights and spy on average people.

Australia passed anti encryption laws in 2018 that compels companies “to create a technical function that would give them access to encrypted messages without the user's knowledge.”

It seems they have recently increased pressure on signal to comply with these existing laws.

I doubt most people even those in Aus that care about privacy even remember these laws being passed.

Laws get passed, there is initial pushback and then we move on to the next thing forgetting about all that we have lost.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46463029

I asked AI for a quote for today August 4th 2025 and had it in think mode.

It was thinking for ages so I took at peek at the “thoughts” to see what it was mulling over. It got seriously stuck on working out what day of the week it was 😂 Sometimes AI blows you away with how smart it is and sometimes it does this…

The AI reasoning below ⬇️ 😆

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Alternatively, maybe focus on the day of the week. August 4th, 2025 is a Sunday (I should check that). Let me confirm the day of the week. 2025, August 4th... Let's see, January 1st, 2025 is a Wednesday. Let me count the days. But maybe I can just check an online calendar or use a formula. Alternatively, since I might not have that info, maybe proceed assuming it's Sunday, but perhaps better to check.

Wait, 2025: Let me think. January 1st is Wednesday. Then August has 31 days. Let's calculate the day of the week for August 4th.

From January 1st (Wednesday) to August 4th is 7 months. Let me count the days:

January has 31 days, so January 1 to January 31 is 31 days. February 2025 is not a leap year, so 28 days. March has 31, April 30, May 31, June 30, July 31, and then August 4.

Total days from Jan 1 to Aug 4: (31) + 28 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 4 days in August.

Wait, but that's from Jan 1 to Aug 4. Let me calculate:

Jan: 31 days (but starting from Jan 1, so if I want to find the number of days between Jan 1 and Aug 4 inclusive? Or exclusive?)

Wait, to find the day of the week for August 4th, starting from Jan 1 as Wednesday.

Number of days between Jan 1 and Aug 4:

Jan: 31 days (so from Jan 1 to Jan 31 is 30 days later, but inclusive? Maybe better to calculate total days from Jan 1 (Wednesday) to Aug 4.

Let me use another approach. Let's check how many days are between Jan 1 and Aug 4, then divide by 7 to find the day of the week.

Number of days:

January: 31 (but since we start on Jan 1, the number of days from Jan 1 to Jan 31 is 31 days. Then add the months:

February: 28

March: 31

April: 30

May: 31

June: 30

July: 31

August: 4 days (up to Aug 4)

Total days = 31 + 28 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 4

Calculate step by step:

Jan: 31

Feb: 28 = 59

Mar: 31 = 90

Apr: 30 = 120

May: 31 = 151

June: 30 = 181

July: 31 = 212

Aug:4 = 216 days total from Jan 1 to Aug 4 inclusive.

Now, since Jan 1 is Wednesday, we need to find what day of the week is 216 days later.

Divide 216 by 7. 7*30=210, so 216-210=6 days. So 6 days after Wednesday.

Wednesday + 6 days is Tuesday? Wait:

Wednesday (day 0), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (3), Sunday (4), Monday (5), Tuesday (6). Yes, so August 4th, 2025 is a Tuesday.

So the devotional would be for a Sunday? Wait no, my calculation says it's Tuesday. But maybe I made an error in the days count. Let me check again.

Alternatively, maybe use another method. For example, using known dates. For example, January 1 is a Wednesday in 2025. Let's check what day August 4th is.

Another way: Let me count the number of days from January 1 to August 4:

January has 31 days. So January 1 is day 0 (Wednesday). Then January 28 is day 27, which would be Wednesday + 27 days. Let's divide 27 by 7: 3 weeks is 21, so day 27 is Wednesday + 6 days = Tuesday. January 28 is Tuesday. Then January 29: Wednesday, Jan 30: Thursday, Jan 31: Friday. Then February has 28 days. So adding 28 days to Jan 31 (Friday) would be Friday + 28 days. Since 28 is divisible by 7, so same day of week. So Feb 28 is also Friday. Then March has 31 days: adding 31 days to Feb 28 (Friday). Let's calculate 31 mod 7: 31 /7 is 4*7=28, remainder 3. So adding 3 days to Friday: Saturday (1), Sunday (2), Monday (3). Therefore, March 31 is a Monday. Then April has 30 days: adding 30 to March 31 (Monday). 30 mod7 is 2 (since 28 days is 4 weeks, so 30-28=2). So adding 2 days to Monday: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2). Therefore, April 30 is Wednesday. Then May has 31 days: adding 31 to April 30 (Wednesday). 31 mod7= 31-28=3. So adding 3 days to Wednesday: Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (3). Therefore, May 31 is Saturday. June has 30 days: adding 30 to May 31 (Saturday). 30 mod7= 2, since 28 is 4 weeks. So adding 2 days: Sunday (1), Monday (2). Therefore, June 30 is Monday. Then July has 31 days: adding 31 to June 30 (Monday). 31 mod7= 3. So adding 3 days: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (3). Therefore, July 31 is Thursday. Then August 4th is adding 4 days to July 31 (Thursday). So Thursday +4: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Therefore August 4th is a Monday?

Wait now I'm confused because earlier calculation said Tuesday, but this step-by-step gives Monday. Which is correct?

Alternatively, maybe I made a mistake in one of the steps.

Let me recheck:

Starting from Jan 1 (Wednesday):

January has 31 days. So days remaining in Jan after Jan 1: 30 days (since day 0 is Jan 1). Let's calculate the day of week for Jan 31: 30 days later. 30 divided by 7 is 4 weeks and 2 days. So Wednesday + 2 days = Friday. So Jan 31 is a Friday.

February has 28 days, which is exactly 4 weeks. So adding 28 days to Friday (Jan 31) brings us to February 28, which is also a Friday.

March has 31 days. So from Feb 28 (Friday), add 31 days. Let's see, March has 31 days. So from Friday Feb 28, adding 31 days: Let's divide 31 by 7. 7*4=28, remainder 3. So adding 3 days to Friday: Saturday (1), Sunday (2), Monday (3). Therefore, March 31 is a Monday. Correct.

April has 30 days: From March 31 (Monday), adding 30 days. 30 mod7 is 2, so adding two days: Monday +2 = Wednesday. So April 30 is a Wednesday.

May has 31 days: adding 31 to April 30 (Wednesday). 31 mod7=3, so Wednesday +3 days: Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (3). May 31 is a Saturday.

June has 30 days: adding 30 to May 31 (Saturday). 30 mod7=2. Saturday +2 days: Sunday, Monday. June 30 is a Monday.

July has 31 days: adding 31 to June 30 (Monday). 31 mod7=3. Monday +3: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. July 31 is a Thursday.

August 4th is adding 4 days to July 31 (Thursday). So:

July 31: Thu

August 1: Fri

2: Sat

3: Sun

4: Mon.

Therefore, August 4th is a Monday.

So my previous calculation of 216 days was wrong. The correct day is Monday. So August 4th, 2025 is a Monday.

Now, what theme?…

Yes very neat. The digital equivalent of taking a photo holding the front page of today’s newspaper. And it cant be faked and will live forever!

Ethics aside I think the reality of the world we live in is that everything that touches the internet will be ingested by a machine learning algorithm. I do not see any way around that.

Having your work widely distributed in a way that makes it accessible to humans means also offering it up as a sacrifice to the AI overlords to train on and regurgitate.

I would publish my work regardless of this fact knowing that in order for it to be enjoyed by others or for me to get any recognition at all I have to let go of complete sole ownership of the ideas (or at least the ability for me to defend these ownership rights over the ideas).

Might need to upgrade to the brain chip for that. Not sure how keen I am on that.

SWAT team on route.

Think twice before you put our community at risk next time.

Just going to leave this here for anyone who may or may not live somewhere that requires them to prove their age via a face scan before accessing the internet.

https://github.com/hacksider/Deep-Live-Cam?tab=readme-ov-file

Next on the list of companies pushing me into the surveillance dystopia is my gym.

Today they told me that they will be moving away from the keytag barcode we use to get in and they will be requiring all members to take a photo of their face to identify themselves linked to the gyms app that we will have to have on our phones to get in to the gym.

The barcode has been working for years. Why do they now need my biometrics? Why do I suddenly need an app?

Everywhere I turn we are being pushed into a constant digital identification state of surveillance.

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When you are helping Saylor set up his Coldcard and move his bitcoin off the exchange and see 17,732 Bitcoin sitting on his Coinbase account.

No you still do not get it. We only freeze other peoples coins. That is how we get rich. Its simple.

You do not understand. If we do not freeze bitcoins then people might sell them and cause the price to drop.

Really we should be trying to freeze as many coins as possible.

If 21 million is rare think about how rare 20 million is….or 19…or even 18!!!

If you ever need someone to take the burden off your hands I am here for you. Or anyone else for that matter.

No one should have to struggle under the weight of their wealth.

Feel free to share the load.

I know you asked for reading but this videoeo lays out the case for why “Lightning Network Has Failed”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cq0C0SpbkY