Welcome aboard!
Also, if you aren't hip to how bad the Sugar lobby has fucked America, there are several quality documentaries out there. The origin though stems from them purchasing Harvard researches back in the 60's for a whopping $50k.
Think about that. $50k basically kicked off the obesity epidemic. That is one hell of a ROI.
“As a teen is developing thoughts about who they are and their own standards for themselves, repeated consumption of content featuring idealised standards that starts to shape an unrealistic internal standard could lead some to form negative beliefs about themselves.”
You mean like content questioning their gender and sexuality? I'm sure those "rabbit holes" won't be patched up. Also, this feels like another successful effort by the Sugar lobby? Today's children literally do not stand a chance.
#health #fitness #technology #censorship #news
Yep, especially if said hub gets its power via USB and does not have its own dedicated power supply. Same goes with docking stations as they just have all sorts of routing/power issues.
I hope the legal fallout of this doesn't ruin Internet Archive archive as a whole. I probably use the Wayback Machine weekly.
It's a long running meme from the ole Twatter.
The 58K HODL Gang.
You only have like 5 options to solve it, no? Bonds, raising interest rates, cutting spending, raising taxes, or a bailout. Well six if you just add default as an option.
Nobody is going to campaign on raising taxes or cutting spending. We just went through several years of raised rates and the debt continued to grow. Bonds have become persona non grata so that isn't a realistic option. So what does that leave?
Lummis did prospect her BITCOIN Act but I don't even think she got any bipartisan sponsorship. I'm not optimistic.
Whenever I get asked the "Why did you get into #Bitcoin?" question by someone, this has always been my answer. I would like to retire someday, and this is the important part, on my own terms.
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[September 4, 2024] Vegas Bitcoiners Meetup - 6:30pm at Sierra Gold - 9465 South Eastern
Is it Uptober yet? Hot topics in the #Bitcoin space, making fun of shitcoiners, etc. We talk all things #BTC -- Come make some new friends!
RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/vegasbitcoiners/events/302880716
#lasvegas #vegas #nevada #vegaslocals
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So #Germany shut down their #nuclear plants which forced them to spend billions building new gas/coal plants, they sold off their #Bitcoin (allegedly) and now their export business is not doing well.
This is what an analog nation living in a digital world looks like.
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Thank you.
Welcome aboard!
In what feels like a rare #privacy win:
"A.B. 3080 would have required an age verification system, most likely a scanned uploaded government-issued ID, to be erected for any website that had more than 33% “sexually explicit” content. The proposal did not, and could not have, differentiated between sites that are largely graphic sexual content and a huge array of sites that have some content that is appropriate for minors, along with other content that is geared towards adults. Bills like this are similar to having state prosecutors insist on ID uploads in order to turn on Netflix, regardless of whether the movie you’re seeking is G-rated or R-rated."
First, erected was certainly a solid word choice. 🤣 Second, they always seem to start by going after porn so glad to see they didn't even clear the first hurdle. Last, that 33% quantifier no doubt would have been a sliding scale or they'd have just continued to modify what was considered "sexually explicit" no doubt.
I know 58k Gang lost Fort Nakamoto last night but that doesn't mean you have to resort to starting an OnlyFans selling feet pics.
I am excited to be here and to be part of such an amazing community. I am a couples therapist by day and a Bitcoin treasury reserve manager for my family by night. :)
My Bitcoin journey is similar to most.
A couple of differences:
I worked as a stockbroker for major wirehouses in the 90s in San Francisco.
So, I had already been at the center of many opportunities to get in on big life-changing opportunities early. Still, I took the consensus trade and talked myself out of opportunities right under my nose.
I thought San Francisco house prices were too expensive when I was in my early 20s. I was making a ridiculous amount of money for someone that young. I used to have a Debt is Slavery sticker on my fridge. Doh!
I was convinced that Google IPO was too expensive, so I didn't buy it even though they were my client while I was a corporate client group director at Citibank. Amazon didn't make any money, so of course, I didn't buy it.
The nice thing about getting it wrong over and over and becoming aware of it is that it primed me to be ready for the next time the opportunity arose where the herd couldn't get it, and those brave enough to buy and hold would inherit the earth!
I almost fucked up with bitcoin too. When I tried to buy some in 2012, I needed to get off the couch to get my ID and verify my identity. That was too big an ask, so I didn't buy any. Arrgh!
In 2017, I thought I was a genius trading Bitcoin. My wife asked me if I was sure I wanted to stay a therapist when I could make so much money every day. Yep, I know everyone is a genius in a bull market. I fell for that, too.
Another big difference from most people's journey is I studied economics at Trinity College Dublin. I didn't even know I had been brainwashed. I was a lefty European-San Francisco progressive through and through. I had no idea I had been ideologically captured. Shout outs to nostr:npub15vzuezfxscdamew8rwakl5u5hdxw5mh47huxgq4jf879e6cvugsqjck4um and nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a for helping me to get edumecated.
I was outraged by the 2008 financial crisis and the banks' bailouts, and I was an active participant in Occupy Wall Street. In 2009, I wish I had found the Bitcoin white paper rather than the Occupy Movement!
Needless to say, Bitcoin has changed my life and how I understand economics. Discovering Austrian economics and libertarian philosophy through my Bitcoin journey has profoundly changed me.
Today, I am blessed to live life inspired by a Bitcoin mindset:
I own my business, my house, and Bitcoin. That is all. Shout out to nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m and nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle for inspiring me.
I make sure I am a net producer and live within my means. Shout out to nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z for making me feel like I was going crazy by integrating the importance of continuing to give more value than I extract. Changed my whole mindset about what it means to retire, etc.,
These days, I dream of providing my wisdom and skills as a couples therapist and relationship expert to Bitcoiners. Bitcoiners are people, too, goddammit!
For the last 14 years, I have primarily served as a relationship expert to Silicon Valley's movers and shakers. I had to be good at something—couples therapy is my area of mastery/competence! And I love it. So, I am here for bitcoiners who could do with help figuring out how to make love and relationships work. Good luck trying to implement your right to divine individual sovereignty in your relationship!
I am also shifting my focus to giving my expertise and wisdom to my local community here in Hawaii. Spending the dollars I earn from the mainland here is not enough. I have to do more to help people here in Oahu. Shout out to nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx; what you do in Bedford is inspiring.
My big crazy dream is to educate local Hawaii residents who have been priced out of paradise about Bitcoin. Bitcoin is the equivalent of the 21st-century version of 18th-century Hawaii, Manhattan, and Miami Beach property. Hawaiians could buy Bitcoin right now from under the noses of the elites that took their sovereignty from them, hold the Bitcoin for a decade, and be in a position to get their land back or keep their Bitcoin forever.
If anyone here in Hawaii has ideas on how to spread this idea to the local community, please let me know.
A long introduction - but this is like my own coming out as a Bitcoiner - so I am primarily writing this for myself. If it is too long, I respect your right to keep scrolling. ;)
Mahalo!
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#introductions
Nice. Welcome aboard!
People often ask what potentially is an existential threat to #Bitcoin. This is likely it. What do think would happen if Coinbase was hit and Blackrock had their coins taken?
There is no doubt BR would call for a hard fork and then a very tough decision would have to be made. Stick with the original where you just saw one of the biggest investment firms get robbed and become Public Enemy #1 to #BTC or move with the new fork and alienate a subset of users while potentially damaging the ethos. Either way likely destroys confidence and has fallout and unintended consequences.
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I think many of the older versions are just PIN protected. I'd assume that means they can be cloned without PIN?
