Over the course of my travels I've experienced a handful of aborted plane landings due to weather, which were slightly scary.

But now I can attest that aborted takeoffs are ten times scarier!

Kevin is added as a maintainer in joinstr repository 🎉

Today we say goodbye to a dear friend, this disintegrating pair of sneakers I bought in 2005. I had these for so long the white dad sneaker look actually came back in style.

They almost made it to 20 years. RIP and thank you for the sats I was able to stack along the way.

I have no idea which relays to add in #amethyst anymore @.@ a little overwhelmed with the ultra long settings now. eek o-o

travel the world under the guise of spreading “freedom tech” while actually not doing anything but going out to expensive dinners.

sad.

Fed President Neel Kashkari: “The American people really hate high inflation. I mean, really, viscerally hate high inflation."

I used to be able to pay this online retailer in Bitcoin. If I remember correctly they used Coingate to process crypto transactions. Last week I went to make a purchase and found they had removed crypto as an option so I contacted them and told them I was disappointed I couldn't pay with Bitcoin anymore. This is the response I got:

> Hello Crizzo

> Thank you for reaching out to us, and I apologize for any inconvenience caused by the removal of the Bitcoin payment option. We understand your disappointment, and I'd like to provide some context.

> Back in 2014, we were excited about the possibilities of cyptocurrencies, including Bitcoin. At that time, we became one of the first major payments companies to support Bitcoin payments Our hope was that Bitcoin could serve as a decentralized substrate for online transactions, especially in regions with limited credit card penetration or high credit card fees.

> However, over the years, Bitcoin has evolved. Transaction confirmation times have increased, leading to higher failure rates for fiat-denominated transactions. Additionally, fees have risen significantly, making regular Bitcoin transactions as expensive as bank wires. As a result, the desire from our customers to accept Bitcoin has decreased, and revenues from Bitcoin transactions have declined.

> Given these challenges, we made the difficult decision to wind down support for Bitcoin payments. Despite this, we remain optimistic about cryptocurrencies overall. We continue to explore the crypto space

>If you have any further questions or need assistance with alternative payment methods, please don't hesitate to reach out. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to serving you in other ways.

> Kind regards

> Mike

This is from affect3D.com which is a store that sells 3D animated porn. I think he may be referring to the content creators that sell stuff in the store as the "customers" that don't want to accept Bitcoin, not the people who buy the content.

Anyway it's disappointing. #Bitcoin still has a long way to go before it can be used transactionally it seems. It's still the best SoV to ever exist at least.

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The amount of lost time and productivity due to dealing with income taxes nationwide is insanely high.

The number of accountants, lawyers, and auditors that work full time on it, plus the percent of time that small business owners and individual taxpayers have to dedicate to it each year, costs an uncountable total number of lost hours per year. And just as bad, it requires a ubiquitous massive surveillance apparatus on all sorts of income to enforce itself.

No taxes are enjoyable, but income taxes are really the most counter-productive and onerous ones. Taxes on properties, imports, and retail sales have so much of a lighter touch to track and collect than income taxes.