How many challenges in your life would already be solved if you had adopted the mindset: forget your feelings, follow the plan?
How much further would you be in the areas that truly matter to you?
Of course, this mindset has a price: it can turn you into someone emotionally detached, blind to your own feelings and those of others, creating an entirely new set of problems in different parts of your life.
“The study found that a person's life satisfaction is very, very strongly connected to their personality traits.
When they removed all the usual problems from how things were measured, they could predict how happy someone was with their life almost perfectly (like 80% to 90% accurate) just by knowing their personality traits.
Even with just a few personality questions, they could predict life satisfaction very well.
They found that being emotionally stable (not getting upset easily), being extraverted (outgoing), and being conscientious (organized and hardworking) were the most connected to life satisfaction.
Being open to new things or agreeable (kind) had a smaller connection.
These strong connections were found in all three groups of people, even though they spoke different languages. They also found that life satisfaction stayed pretty much the same over 10 years, and its connection to personality traits also stayed strong over that time.”
Primary source: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-93961-003
Secondary source: https://x.com/bensenhsu/status/1963224466777055535?s=46
“The study found that a person's life satisfaction is very, very strongly connected to their personality traits.
When they removed all the usual problems from how things were measured, they could predict how happy someone was with their life almost perfectly (like 80% to 90% accurate) just by knowing their personality traits.
Even with just a few personality questions, they could predict life satisfaction very well.
They found that being emotionally stable (not getting upset easily), being extraverted (outgoing), and being conscientious (organized and hardworking) were the most connected to life satisfaction.
Being open to new things or agreeable (kind) had a smaller connection.
These strong connections were found in all three groups of people, even though they spoke different languages. They also found that life satisfaction stayed pretty much the same over 10 years, and its connection to personality traits also stayed strong over that time.”
Primary source: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-93961-003
Secondary source: https://x.com/bensenhsu/status/1963224466777055535?s=46
🎯That’s why so many dumb people are winning in life: because they are all about execution!
Addiction is a progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure.
Happiness is a progressive expansion of the things that bring you pleasure.
The former emerges passively.
The latter takes work.
Designed for resilience. ⚡️
Read it all. Thanks for sharing!
“Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.”
“Hackers claim to have compromised the computer of a North Korean government hacker and leaked its contents online, offering a rare window into a hacking operation by the notoriously secretive nation.“
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/12/hackers-breach-and-expose-a-major-north-korean-spying-operation
https://youtu.be/DFTSK6CnECk?si=wZ7ejy6piH2SUJiX
I'm Blinded By Your Grace (By Your Grace)
I'm Blinded By Your Grace, by your grace (By Your Grace)
I'm Blinded By Your Grace (By Your Grace)
I'm Blinded By Your (By Your)
Lord I've been broken
Although I'm not worthy
You fixed me
I'm Blinded By Your Grace
You came and saved me
Lord I've been broken
Although I'm not worthy
You fixed me
Now I'm Blinded By Your Grace
You came and saved me
One time for the Lord
And one time for the cause
And one round of applause
One time for Fraser T Smith on the chords
I think we got one, I stay prayed up then I get the job done
Yeah, I'm Abigail's yout, but I'm God's son
But I'm up now, look at what God's done
Now I real talk, look at what God did
On the main stage runnin' 'round topless
I phone Flipz then I tell him that we got this
This is God's plan, they can never stop this
Like, wait right there, could you stop my verse?
You saved this kid and I'm not your first
It's not by blood and it's not by birth
But oh my God, what a God I serve
Lord I've been broken
Although I'm not worthy
You fixed me
I'm Blinded By Your Grace
You came and saved me
Lord I've been broken
Although I'm not worthy
You fixed me
Now I'm Blinded By Your Grace
You came and saved me
I said a prayer this morning
I prayed I would find a way
To another day, I was so afraid
'Til you came and saved, you came and saved me
And the rain was pouring, 'cause the sun faded away
Now I'm in a better place, no longer afraid
Blinded By Your Grace, you came and saved me, yeah
I said a prayer this morning, I prayed I would find a way
To another day, I was so afraid
'Til you came and saved, you came and saved me
And the rain was pouring, 'cause the sun faded away
Now I'm in a better place, no longer afraid
Blinded By Your Grace, you came and saved me, yeah
Lord I've been broken
Although I'm not worthy
You fixed me
I'm Blinded By Your Grace
You came and saved me
Lord I've been broken
Although I'm not worthy
You fixed me
Now I'm Blinded By Your Grace
You came and saved me
A better way to live.
I can’t believe they took O3 away from us Plus users!!! 😡
💡 Economic disparity is a challenge, but it can also enable regular people with higher incomes in wealthier countries to support impactful projects in lower-income regions.
All roads lead to NVIDIA.
Finally got around to making a simple website that displays all of my latest visualizations. https://wickedsmartbitcoin.com
Amazing work. Thanks!
It seems like the Video Overview feature is going to be released tomorrow on NotebookLM
Every time I visit Brazil and ask about prices, I swing between two extremes:
“How can it be so expensive?!”
because I still remember prices from nearly a decade ago
and
“How can it be so cheap?!”
as soon as I convert the amount to euros
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Back in 2011, nostr:nprofile1qqsgydql3q4ka27d9wnlrmus4tvkrnc8ftc4h8h5fgyln54gl0a7dgspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wvh8xmmrd9skcqgkwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46qddtc35 shared some insights into his entrepreneurial journey, talking about what inspired him and the core philosophies that guide him.
His journey began in St. Louis, Missouri, where he developed an obsession with maps and visualizing cities. This passion led him to teach himself programming to draw maps on a computer screen and later track real-time data from police scanners and CB radios, visualizing ambulances, fire trucks, and police cars moving through the city. He learned this type of software was called dispatch. This early fascination with visualizing a “city living and breathing” became a foundational influence.
Dorsey initially considered political science but switched to computer science after realizing he could see the effects of policies instantly through simulations. He continued building his dispatch system and eventually found work at DMS, the largest dispatch firm in New York City, after identifying and fixing a security vulnerability on their website. This experience solidified his focus on visualizing real-time data.
The idea for Twitter emerged in 2000 from his desire to visualize people within the city, inspired by instant messenger away statuses and LiveJournal.
His first prototype, using email from his Blackberry, failed because “no one cared what I was doing” and “no one else had a Blackberry.” He shelved the idea until late 2005 or early 2006, when SMS technology had become widespread in the U.S.
He loved SMS for its constraints and simplicity. The concept was simple: use SMS to share what you’re doing in real time, broadcast it to interested people, and archive it on the web, device-agnostic.
This idea, developed within the podcasting company Odeo, quickly led to the creation of Twitter. Dorsey says Twitter is still driven by curiosity about what’s happening right now everywhere.
The inspiration for Square came during the 2008 market crash, which created an opening in the payments industry. Dorsey reconnected with his first boss, a glass artist named Jim McKelvey, who lost a $2,000 sale because he couldn’t accept credit cards. They decided to solve this problem by building a prototype of a credit card reader that plugs into an audio jack, along with server software.
Key philosophies behind Square’s development include:
- Payments as Communication: Dorsey sees payments as a form of communication and an exchange of value. He found the existing financial systems, especially receipts, poorly designed.
- Redesigning the Receipt: Square aimed to transform the paper receipt into a medium that could provide useful information like social media handles, menus, and business hours.
- Rich Data for Merchants: Square wanted to provide offline merchants with analytics similar to Google Analytics, helping them understand their sales beyond just revenue.
- Marketing through Product: Square relied on word-of-mouth and feedback, targeting influencers like taco trucks to distribute their free device. Dorsey believes a beautifully built product markets itself.
- Transparency and Simplicity: Square disrupted traditional merchant accounts with free hardware/software, no hidden fees, and clear pricing—without requiring a separate merchant account.
- Payment Device Agnostic: Although Square started with credit cards, the goal was to improve the entire payment experience, preparing for technologies like NFC.
- Building Utilities that Scale: Both Twitter and Square were designed to scale from individuals to enterprises, minimizing friction in using them and focusing on the value being delivered.
Dorsey sees himself as a storyteller, emphasizing the importance of writing or drawing ideas to get feedback. He compares product development to writing a play and looks to companies like Apple for inspiration, calling them a “theater company” with cohesive storytelling.
As CEO of Square, he sees his role as editorial: selecting the most important ideas to pursue.
His three main priorities are:
1. Building the best team and maintaining cohesion.
2. Ensuring strong communication both internally and externally.
3. Managing finances—keeping money in the bank.
He sums up his management philosophy as: “Make every single detail perfect and limit the number of details.” He finds inspiration in small moments, like discovering his father’s old pizza restaurant now uses Square.
One of his guiding quotes is: “Expect the unexpected and whenever possible be the unexpected.”
Bitcoin’s Role in Refugee Wealth Preservation
Every year, millions are forced to flee their homes—leaving behind not just possessions, but entire financial identities. In a world where displacement is rising and traditional banking fails the most vulnerable, a surprising lifeline has emerged: Bitcoin.
This groundbreaking report from the Digital Assets Research Institute (DARI) offers the first quantitative estimate of how refugees are using Bitcoin to preserve and transport wealth during crises. It finds that at least 329,000 displaced people have relied on Bitcoin for financial continuity, a figure projected to grow to up to 7.5 million by 2035.
Drawing on refugee population data, global bitcoin adoption rates, and real-world case studies from Ukraine, Gaza, the Congo, and beyond, the report shows that Bitcoin is not just a speculative asset—it’s a humanitarian tool.
Read the report here: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/656cd20247e4444dd911a978/6878661e609241f0a3962eb4_Bring%20Only%20What%20You%20Can%20Carry%20DARI%20Web.pdf
Quick updates on HashImpact:
Today, I implemented a dashboard that allows me to add, remove and edit projects. Now I have a much cleaner, more structured way of maintaining the list of projects featured on the webpage.
Currently, the listed projects are the ones that have a proper nostr:nprofile1qyt8wue69uhkummnw3ezuer9d3hhgett9e6xktcpremhxue69uhkgetk9ehx7um5wfcxcctevaex7atwvshxxmmd9uqzpdkumh0cve6jslg6f6rzpkf24yzuykxc2zlcejfr6wwlrm07uhh878n2y8 page:
- Bitcoin Famba: https://geyser.fund/project/bitcoinfamba
- Bitcoin Campus Zambia: https://geyser.fund/project/bitcoincampuszambia
When are you guys going to create Geyser project pages? Let me know when you are ready! :D
nostr:nprofile1qqs96le8tm50p0nv7mn8ydm8qde6efrrqrl3tjwpz83xz9gms8cwurg8qfj9f
I also added more information about how the Price Level Index indicator helps me select suitable countries for featuring.
Has anyone here already tried Kiro? The spec-driven development approach sounds pretty solid.
What can I use to create a feed with my favorite Nostr profiles?
Woke up. Grabbed some coffee. ☕
🧑💻 Started helping to review a research on the software needs of activists.
Life is good! 😄
Noticed yesterday that Perplexity can control my smartphone when we interact via Voice Mode.
I asked it to make a search about apps that could be used for a certain use case.
Perplexity recommended a specific app and asked me if I wanted to open its App Store page.
I said ‘yes’ and boom, it opened it for me. 🤯
A recent conversation with nostr:nprofile1qqsgkz3tatmwhmujt688378s4kjp77ychrd892yhrwye3zlhs47nd8ckdyr67 helped me decide how to address an issue with the HashImpacts project.
Although we're only talking about contributing a few sats and the projects have been vetted, it still feels strange to continuously send money to a random person's wallet in Africa.
To alleviate this feeling, I decided to focus on promoting organizations with nostr:nprofile1qyt8wue69uhkummnw3ezuer9d3hhgett9e6xktcpremhxue69uhkgetk9ehx7um5wfcxcctevaex7atwvshxxmmd9uqzpdkumh0cve6jslg6f6rzpkf24yzuykxc2zlcejfr6wwlrm07uhh878n2y8 projects, along with their Geyser project's Lightning address and a link to the project's page on the platform.
This way, contributors have the opportunity to learn more about the projects in a structured way and can also see their sats flowing in when they check the contributions tab on the projects page.
This increases transparency and gives healthy boundaries that will be helpful when larger miners start contributing.
Smart clients, dumb relays
https://cdn.satellite.earth/488011a658f5bf99ebd959f34fe1d10c6f606797288c4944f8a803af29bbe415.mp3
🤖🦾🦿🕺
Just imagine what it's like to use a smartphone that blocks certain words and keeps track of everything you do. 😕
Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKUbvM_NiI4/?igsh=YnFwbjg0dG56NTZk
https://blossom.primal.net/363ed7bc56080aef7f50e67605ca74e3d9d91385288e7d8f434b53159422991b.mp4
How can I change the configuration if I need to edit the API key or base URL?
I’m so pumped! And already have a pretty good idea of what I want to build in mind. 🔥
And you, what are you going to build?
nostr:nevent1qqsvwd8ars34up6jmxuuz735ydta84q5g27pjqh75c0m0r2j837nxnsppemhxue69uh5qmn0wvhxcmmv48a2tl
This is what you are looking for: https://ppq.ai/
Trying out the new climbing shoes for the first time. 🧗♂️
This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.
https://blossom.primal.net/9ab174c0d49cdd1cb82c6e7edab79247e73ee3bb3f70975f966447c7f08d4924.mp4
I love Gyoza! 🥟
Lovable is much better
Excellent reality check about the Bitcoin Beach in El Salbador by nostr:nprofile1qqs034ppyjnjakycjcj84kgj737aw6kxkmxazrlp0r67qjk0atgdfgspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszythwden5te0dehhxarj9emkjmn99usy20wr
Nostr fixes this.
Tor and Tails are joining forces!
