Anytime I heard someone worried about the government I get to remind them how cripplingly incompetent the government is when it comes to technology.

⚡️🇪🇺 NEW - The digital euro is ready... The ECB says it has completed all the technical work to launch the digital euro.

It now depends on political approval from European lawmakers.

"We have done our job."

"Our ambition is to ensure that in the digital age, there is a currency that is the anchor of financial system stability."

- Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB.

Data folks and math-inclined devs. I'm looking for an Open Source library for Optimization and Linear Algebra. Kotlin preferred, but can be in any other JVM language compatible with Kotlin (Java, Clojure, Scala, etc). It needs to support arbitrary-precision math (e.g., BigDecimal) and be able to scale horizontally to solve millions of problems in parallel for short bursts (not necessarily HPC scale). Ideally something I can AOT-compile with GraalVM and trigger tens of thousands of serverless functions in parallel, or quickly spin up a small k8s cluster, schedule a few million jobs, and then tear the cluster down. Throughput at scale beats raw performance for my use case.

So far I’ve come across Klan and Multik for linear algebra; Kotpim and Kotlin-MIP for optimization.

I have no practical experience with any of them and no idea about AOT compilation performance and throughput (this is a must, because after the MVP the plan is to distribute those computations across a gazillion personal devices, e.g., mobile phones, Raspberry Pis, and even embedded devices that may not easily run a JVM and some with less than 1 GB RAM).

Any pointers? I’m also fine with non-permissive licenses (e.g., AGPL).

#FOSS #Kotlin #devstr #asknostr

It was this moment the dementia began to show

We swapped 8 bags of cans, bottles, and cartons for cash

Then we swapped the cash for sats

Guess how many sats we got in exchange for the haul?

Closest guess wins a zap ⚡️

The Bitcoin Core people are a bunch of hardcore wokism.

I really don't understand bitcoiners who aren't interested in Nostr.

I get that not everyone is trying to build an audience, and that money is a more pressing thing to be an early adopter for, but the "Why would I need Nostr? I'm perfectly comfortable with X" narrative sounds like a no-coiner justifying their 0% bitcoin exposure.

It especially hits weird from bitcoin content creators, when it's clear that the hardcore, motivated bitcoiners are moving towards Nostr and not going back. Nostr is the clear and obvious future forum of bitcoin discussion, and you're just ignoring it?

Am I too deep in the weeds here? It seems so obvious to me. Do they really just not see it?

It feels like the internet is breaking much more frequently than it used to.

If it can prevent you from doing crime it can prevent you from doing anything.

I don’t get the Liberia 🇱🇷 and “Central America” connection

It has begun....

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Met two people working quantum.

I asked "is quantum real?"

One said yes. Very convinced.

One laughed and said no.

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I think Peter Schiff is right.

My new bathroom 😂

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Heroes

Pelayo (c. 685–737): inició la resistencia en Covadonga; origen del Reino de Asturias.

El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar) (c. 1048–1099): caudillo castellano; conquistó Valencia.

Jaume I “el Conqueridor” (1208–1276): rey de Aragón; conquistó Mallorca y Valencia.

Alfonso I de Aragón “el Batallador” (1073–1134): expandió Aragón y Navarra; tomó Zaragoza.

Sancho III el Mayor (c. 992–1035): impulsó la hegemonía navarra y reorganizó reinos cristianos.

Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba “el Gran Capitán” (1453–1515): genio militar en Italia; modernizó los tercios.

Doña Urraca de Zamora (c. 1033–1101): defensora de Zamora en la guerra fratricida leonesa.

Ramón Berenguer IV (1113–1162): unió Barcelona y Aragón; avance crucial en el Ebro.

Hernán Cortés (1485–1547): conquista del imperio mexica.

Francisco Pizarro (c. 1478–1541): conquista del Tawantinsuyo (Inca).

Blas de Lezo (1689–1741): defensa de Cartagena de Indias frente a una flota británica enorme.

Diego García de Paredes (1466–1534): “Hércules de España”, hazañas en Italia y el Mediterráneo.

Agustina de Aragón (1786–1857): heroína de los Sitios de Zaragoza (1808).

Daoíz y Velarde (1767–1808; 1779–1808): capitanes del 2 de mayo en Madrid.

El Empecinado (Juan Martín Díez) (1775–1825): guerrillero clave contra Napoleón.

María Pita (1565–1643): defendió A Coruña frente a la Armada inglesa (1589).

Juan Sebastián Elcano (c. 1486–1526): completó la primera vuelta al mundo.

Cabrera, Churruca, Gravina (s. XVIII–XIX): almirantes destacados; Churruca cayó en Trafalgar.

Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616): soldado en Lepanto y gigante de las letras (hazaña cultural).

We need a game called "Inflation".

A central game mechanic would be buying the same required things over and over again but it costs more and more every time.

Another game mechanic is your pay never increases

A third is you are forced to lose 30% of your paycheck to taxes.

A fourth is you are required to invest in a hedge fund of the companies that supply the required goods you buy in the first game mechanic.

It'd be super dope if it could be designed as a card game so it's fast but a board game version would be acceptable.

Ages 1+

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that app seems to be popular in 3rd world countries more then developed countries.

# Agorist Views on Property

Agorism is a libertarian social philosophy focused on creating a free society by engaging in voluntary, peaceful economic activities outside the state's control, often termed "counter-economics." Its views on property emphasize *property rights based strictly on occupancy and use*, opposing absentee ownership, landlordism, and property extracted through coercive or state-backed means.

**Agorist View on Property and Occupancy-Use Principle**

Agorists support private property as long as it is based on the principle of *occupancy and use*, meaning one legitimately owns property through actively occupying and using it. Property rights arise from direct interaction with the resource rather than from legal titles granted or enforced by the state or through absentee accumulation. This occupancy-and-use rule implies that idle or absentee property ownership—where someone claims property rights without actively using or occupying it—is illegitimate in an agorist framework.

This contrasts with the common capitalist model where property can be owned, rented, or leased without the owner’s occupancy, leading to landlordism. Agorists see landlordism—the practice of owning property solely to extract rent from others—as a form of coercion, since it involves claiming rights and receiving income from stolen access to land or housing without productive involvement. Absentee ownership is similarly opposed as it allows individuals to claim property rights without actual use or contribution, often backed by state enforcement.

**Opposition to Landlordism and Absentee Owners**

Agorism opposes landlordism and absentee property owners because these arrangements represent coercive and parasitic economic relations. Rent extraction by landlords relies on state-enforced property rights that prevent others from using the property unless they pay rent. Agorists argue this violates freedom of association and the non-aggression principle by coercing individuals to pay for access to something they could use themselves if the land was free or legitimately possessed. Landlordism perpetuates social and economic hierarchies and contradicts agorism’s goal of a stateless society grounded in voluntary exchanges.

**How Agorism Differs From Anarcho-Capitalism**

- Unlike *anarcho-capitalism*, which generally accepts absentee land ownership, landlordism, and profit through ownership rights enforced by private entities or contracts, agorism insists on property legitimacy only through actual use and occupation. While anarcho-capitalists prioritize absolute property rights often abstracted from use, agorists emphasize the social and ethical dimensions of property rooted in direct engagement.

In essence, agorism bridges the gap between the permissive property norms of anarcho-capitalists and the anti-property stance of some anarchist traditions by rooting property rights in actual use and voluntary association. This perspective aligns with agorism’s broader goal of dismantling coercion, replacing it with a society built on voluntary, decentralized market interactions in the "agora"—an open marketplace free from state control.

This analysis synthesizes key points from agorist theory and relevant critiques, highlighting why agorism opposes landlordism and absentee ownership, while supporting property grounded in occupancy and use, thereby distinguishing itself from anarcho-capitalism.

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