"Don't you find it interesting that we're there in Afghanistan for all these years, and don't ask anyone what the objective was after year 2 or 3 because you won't find an answer, other than spend money and line the pockets of defense contractors.
When we look at when it stopped, and they're pulling out, and there's people falling off planes—the abomination of how they got out of there—wasn't it interesting that the Ukraine War kicks off within months after this is over.
And now the firehose of fiat printing is just pointed at a different location in the world, but it's still pouring into the pockets of all these elected officials of these regions that develop these weapons systems. Isn't that kind of interesting?
Isn't that interesting that the Speaker of the House just left because the funding in Ukraine was being hotly debated and we were going to go into a government shutdown. The House Speaker is removed from the Republicans because he went against what they were trying to promote, which was to not allow more funding to go into the Ukraine. And within a couple days, now all of a sudden there's another hotbed location that's popping off that now we're going to point the fiat defense spigot at to make more weapons.
Isn't that interesting?"
— nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z in convo with nostr:npub10vlhsqm4qar0g42p8g3plqyktmktd8hnprew45w638xzezgja95qapsp42
https://open.spotify.com/episode/40H5faO4kAI95JBODZ8Tad?si=db83f6dd32e44402
Yeah I see it, and so do many Americans. But not enough Americans are aware and organized to make a change.
So glad you're reading the Kingkiller Chronicles. Rothfuss is a woefully slow writer, but these books are some of my favs. The Audible versions are well narrated. You might also read the Red Rising series by Brown, which is also underway.
What makes a gentle man angry? We all have our lines in the sand. It may be he can endure so much pressure but no more at a point. Or he may have certain moral issues on which he will not bend.
Very cool. I reckon you've been there before, but does it meet your expectations when you see those objects in person?
The alternative is giving someone else custody of your assets. If you feel comfortable w/that, then you'll choose to leave it w/your exchange.
But if you want to custody assets yourself, you'll need to sign transactions w/some kind of device. There are tradeoffs.
You can take your seed phrase from an old device and recreate the wallet in a new device when technology advances to the point your old device is difficult to use.
I think most hardware wallet owners would disagree. But if you have a small allocation, they are probably a bit "extra".
Yeah I like that Jade has a camera. Seems like an obvious thing to include
Had a Ledger Nano X for 2 yrs. Really liked it, especially the interface; however the recent scares about a back door led me to swap to Coldcard + Sparrow + Umbrel. Coldcard has lots of interesting features.
Question for the pros: is multisig all it's cracked up to be in regard to safety? It seems like you are creating more vulnerabilities in terms of long-term loss of keys. Where do you store all these keys? In a bank vault? With friends? With a pirate's map? Seems like it's adding ways to make an error. If I die, ensuring my kids get my keys is increasingly hard when using multi-sig. With one key, it seems simpler. Obviously it's a personal choice. Just curious to hear everyone's thoughts. Maybe I've overlooked something.
nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z said, "How can any system grow when it has no excess energy to store?"
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Lyn, you're enticing us to visit Egypt 😁 That geographical divide reminds me of Turkey. East Turkey can be very conservative, whereas Istanbul and the west is modern and liberal. Then again, I suppose the US is much the same in its coastal vs interior divisions.
Man what I would give for some pirzola! (That's Turkish lamb chops.) Egypt must have some great local foods too.
"Lightbringer", by Pierce Brown. This is book 6 in the Red Rising series, but not the final book yet.
Yep, I've heard about it. Warnings about COVID coming back this fall. As the saying goes, "Fool me twice..."
Oh, more to come :) I have big respect for series that tie everything together in a nice conclusion vs those that lose their way or simply terminate. "Lost" will forever live in infamy. Boy did I sink a lot of time into that show :( But Mandalorian was great. Oh the perils of spending your time in unfinished series! On that note, Patrick Rothfuss, if you're listening, hurry it up.
Yep, 100%. Your statements about foundational layers of systems being necessarily simple are spot-on, IMHO. I wonder if we are at the beginning of Block Wars v2. While I'm very excited about BTC, I occasionally fret that we will eventually kill this golden goose.
If you want fancy L1 function, buy ETH.
Yeah I think I caught 2 seasons. Does the series come to a conclusion or just stop abruptly?
In a similar vein, that's where one feels acutely aware that he is not in control of his money. I sent a wire recently, and it felt like I was getting the 3rd degree for sending my own money from one US institution to another. "Why are you sending it? Why now and not before? What is the purpose? etc etc." Sheesh.