GM

After sorting out my late Fathers estate, I recently found a letter my Uncle Bill wrote to my grandmother in 1942 after he got a medical discharge from WW2 due to TB.

He died a few months later.

The hospital, now the Botanic Gardens, is about 500 yards from my apartment in the town centre.

Thanks a lot Jake! I hope all is good in your world. Good luck with everything you have going on yourself! I see you're with the Bitcoin Mentor now! That's a great project!

I was a unique case of homeschooling because I was homeschooled through 8th grade then went made the decision to go try high school because I was worried I might be stupid compared to other kids who I knew through sports, clubs, community, etc… My parents made it clear that it was my decision to make, so I made it.

Turns out I was not, in fact, stupid relative to the other kids… I was able to skip through math classes in high school and graduated valedictorian while being a three-sport athlete all four years. I discovered that public school is absurdly easy, because everything caters to the lowest common denominator. The focus was on time spent (in your desk, doing homework, etc) vs deliverables. Put another way, it was an “hourly” mentality instead of a “salary” mentality.

That said, I had some really great science and math teachers in high school that I am still very grateful for. They were also the type of teachers who thought administrative mandates were bullshit and just wanted to focus on teaching.

Things I liked most about being homeschooled:

- I finished all my work in 2-3 hours in the morning and spent the rest of the day outside — I was outside constantly.

- I was done when I was done. There was no “homework” because it was all at home.

- I could do my work from anywhere, or work ahead a few days bitcoin if needed. There were no arbitrary constraints.

- It taught me to work on deliverables.

- I read a shitload.

- I was never uncomfortable around “adults.” They were just bigger people to me. I showed everyone respect, but I was perfectly comfortable and happy hanging out with adults even as the only kid (plus my sister).

- I got to do a bunch of random shit because I my schoolwork itself took very little time.

On the subject of random shit, one of my favorite memories is when my mom set me up with a legit blacksmith to apprentice for a day. He’s the first person who taught me about Fibonacci. Seriously brilliant and badass dude. Made a huge impression on me and I will never forget it.

I also just played in the woods constantly. Started fires, built forts, used knives and axes and guns from a young age.

In terms of things I disliked, the only real thing was the worry that I was not going to be as smart as my peers at public school. Benchmarking was hard. It’s the whole reason I decided to go to high school, only to find out that a lot of people are complete morons, with zero initiative, drive, or grit.

I also spend a day a week at a Montessori school for a year or two. That was neat. Zero “schoolwork” was done. We just built shit and cooked shit and played outside.

My parents also helped found a small charter school (about 10 kids). We would get together once a week and had a couple tutors who came in. I had an awesome Mennonite algebra tutor named Edith. We got on swell.

Anyway, highly recommend homeschooling, and will be doing it with our kid(s). There are infinitely more online resources available now than there were when my parents did it.

Who is watching this cringe net zero wef davos man Malthusian normie pilled climate scare commie bullshit??!?! Like are people really watching this?

Good morning Nostr!

I personally closed my #LinkedIn recently due to disagreeing with centralized #socialmedia business models.

This is a good demonstration as to why!

Does anyone know if there is anyone building a decentralized alternative to LinkedIn? #asknostr #freedomtech #privacy #FOSS

LOL my nostr stream has more concurrent viewers than my youtube at the moment.

Lots of debate about the Saylor / Saifedean conversation

I thought it was really interesting

No one really knows what credit will look like in a Bitcoin Standard

They both make good points

I tend to think that (young, less capitalized, etc) people will of course still borrow to buy a car or or a home, to Michael's point

But I also agree with some of Saifdean's points about the inevitable decline in value of government debt

People seemed to hyperlock onto a short clip of it on X and spit takes instead of listening to the whole thing which is unfortunate

There's way too much 100% agreement in this space so a 2-hour animated conversation with two people who do share a lot in common but really disagree strongly on some stuff and aren't afraid to push back is very refreshing

We are lucky (disciplined) enough to be home owners from about 15 years ago.

We pondered selling and buying elsewhere and couldn’t buy anything decent for under 1.2 million.

It’s super fucking bubbly down under and while it’s probably going up, it could pop in a big way too.

That’s not a problem for our principal place of residence but would I choose an investment property over stacking #bitcoin?

Nope.

And that’s where I land when comparing any other investment to satoshis.

Nothing else makes sense to me.

Danny Qhah's Valeriepieris Circle

.. and Ken Myers original

More people live INSIDE this circle than outside

This is where the majority of the world lives 🤯

Being creative in art: sketching, painting and graphic design. I'm getting back into it at the moment.

Also the ability to teach people.

GM Jake,

What's my Craft? 🤔

Mostly shitposting, but also a thirst for knowledge, especially in technology.

Also, congrats on the newborn 🍻