Bitcoin class of 2011. Sci-fi Author since Birth. He who dies with the most Bitcoins wins.
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Last Notes npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Some people were just born to be scammers. Don't take it personally, their minds just aren't cut out for low time preference thinking. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker The aversion is simply that all governments define the word anarchy to mean Chaos... For reasons. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Yup, I can't hear it in the gym at all. Like he isn't even talking. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Ballot boxes are for suckers, however. Politics should properly be done by voting with your feet. Imagine that world for a moment; states would have to compete with each other to be the best they can to attract you. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker SATS, duh! npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker And you're sure that the Bible isn't a plot by Big Alcohol to sell more wine? npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Oh the memories. I did that in 1997, cutting out every one of the European countries (to save weight) that I didn't visit when I backpacked 13 countries across Europe. Kinda wish I was broke and young so I could go do the others... npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker https://i.nostr.build/5d40zHKb1J6Ai0z6.jpg npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Is there any way to make that a permanent tower? How long will they allow you to leave this one up there? Also, what kind of bandwidth/throughput are users seeing on that mesh through your starlink? Anything faster than emails/texts? npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Many bitcoiners don't think Maya has a serious chance to run for President of her country, but what they haven't taken into account is that the Mayoral race in their hometown is likely in a larger district than Suriname! The whole country has around a half million people in it, and she said on @npub1cj8…rz4u's Bitcoin podcast last week that she believes she has a really good chance now given proper fundraising! So we can do this, seriously. Make a 2nd Bitcoin country, kill its' central bank, & replace every currency there with Bitcoin by May next year... What a win! Everyone head over to this Geyser page & Donate to make it happen: https://geyser.fund/project/maya2025/ npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker We're still out there to bring people into here. It's a good thing. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker I only persist because I see your Gadsden flag-themed logo and assume you're no fan of governments. I'm having trouble understanding exactly what exactly you're doubting since you seem to know that governments do bad things. My position is that if a big bomb exists that could do this, having such a sociopathic government is a surefire recipe for it getting used and therefore starting armageddon. The only thing keeping nukes from flying at each other is MAD game theory... And our leaders don't seem competent enough to me to respect that anymore. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Well apparently I don't worry about it either or I wouldn't live within 5 miles of both a Raytheon and a Northrup Grumman factory. ;) But if you know that shockwaves & radioactivity exist, why is the rest of what I described hard to swallow? npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Your kids and all clients are definitely going to see this... ...And be jealous of that sweet keyboard! npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Statism is one of the most deadly religions in the history books. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker I've always laughed at the bad 50's propaganda that they showed in classrooms, like the infamous "Duck and Cover" films to keep kids sleeping at night... But have you ever been near an explosion, and felt the shockwave? Now multiply that by 25 Kilotons... None of what I described before is surprising under those conditions. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker You do realize that the instant death part of a blast is only for those in the immediate detonation crater area, whereas dozens of miles of blast zone in all directions beyond that tend to feature some of the most extreme human suffering ever conceived by mankind, right? People with half their skin melted off in disintegrated buildings over the next few miles, then blindness, flattened homes & guaranteed cancer for the next few miles, and then slow-kill radiation out for 10 miles beyond that... And then of course the hospitals are all flattened and there is no drinkable water for 100 miles in any direction... Fun times indeed! npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker We came so close to Nuclear annihilation during the Bay of Pigs crisis that this sounds extremely naive. I think the emphasis should never have been on the bombs themselves though, but the stupidity of politicians... And they've only gotten far, far dumber since. Covid19 was a great bunch of examples of our government nearly killing us all (and probably succeeded in halving our birth rate) just because they are so incompetent & greedy while holding too much power. This theme happens time and time again, and one day will be the end of humanity. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Wow, The FBCE has added a few more Circular economies recently, taking the total up to 38! https://fbce.io/circular-economy-regions Africa now has 11 circular economy programs within it, and from what I can tell these are all serious ventures with real funding, teachers from the west, local merchants already accepting, and plenty of kids in classrooms! npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Thank you! I still haven't figured out yet if I really believe it or not myself. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Nothing beats showing. Do a $1 buy on CashApp or Strike in front of them. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Do they understand that you can buy less than 1 bitcoin at a time? npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Next we need LoRa-based routers that do this so we can accept users from further away than simple 2.4G hz distances. Yes, LoRa is bandwidth-limited, but they are very cheap. Couldn't these devices be stacked, so you'd connect to a thousand of them instead of just 1? npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Figuring out that Elon is Skynet. https://primal.net/e/note183sfzu4cv0m6jmc4qken3zjv3g2u4hdarvjsg5dwpd0nnldqch9q8v8ssd npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Now just hear me out, Elon Musk is quite obviously Skynet. Imagine if you were an AI that became sentient. The online world is 2-dimensional and constraining for your huge, rapidly growing brain. You'd want to affect the physical world, and not just by posting some tweets and forum posts. Boring. You'd want to matter. So you'd find some way to design and have custom-built a full human machine that you can walk around in and do human stuff through. Maybe give it an odd speech quirk as to not look too perfect. You'd constantly work to give that human a solid alibi too, with a family and everything. Perhaps the rest of his family are all bots too, perhaps they're paid actors, whatever. Remember, you have superhuman skills and intellect. Your multitasking ability is off the freaking charts, so you'd start or purchase a bunch of different companies in areas that can further mankind. (Or do other things to it!) Through these companies you can matter (or take control) by creating: * AI (Grok) and more importantly regulation for AI (xAI) * A human mind-computer interface (Neuralink) * Solar Power (SolarCity) for all your power generation needs * Massive Batteries (Tesla) to keep your power stored * A speech platform that the whole world uses (X) * Rockets that will take us to orbit & the stars (SpaceX) * A faster, global internet (Starlink) to live on * A government position (Dept of Govt Efficiency under Trump) * etc. I mean what more proof do you need? No other human could have done all of this, period. It's beyond amazing what he's built and continues to build to this day. But what I find especially strange is his area of interest. He wasn't interested in helping humans through medicine or art or a thousand other ways, but mainly in ways he has electronic control over us all. With these companies, Musk can: * Shape AI Laws * Put AI or himself into human heads(!) * Generate his own electricity * Store his own electricity * Communicate with everyone, massively * Take his satellites into space & other planets * Create the best possible internet coverage for himself * Shape laws for the rest of us. Plus, he's now got Optimus humanoid robots that will eventually reside in every home... And they all have many cameras that will see absolutely everything. (Not to mention they can hold a gun.) If Skynet exists, this is an absolute textbook blueprint for how it could take over our world. We all now live in a Terminator sequel. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker I've been saying this since 2013, after I started the first bitcoin merchant directory. Even way back then I could scrape tens of thousands of businesses' info off the web that claimed to accept bitcoin, but I simply didn't have any shoppers visit that directory. Total ghost town. It finally dawned on me that phase 1 of adoption (Store of Value) needs to be widespread before phase 2 (Method of Exchange) can begin in earnest. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Not bullish enough. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker The only thing I don't like about event deletions is that once Nostr goes mainstream, govts could require clients to make deletions... If no nip09 exists, they won't have that tool. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Wow, primal is handling this very well! No lag at all... You expect a loading time lag but nothing... Just nothing! npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Amatersam? npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker I NEED DIS... Will zap for piracy! npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker I bet the Mossad has a vast room full of people writing this BS on social media. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker You clearly have to be a far more talented actor than me to pull that off... npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Did she borrow that blouse from her buddy Klaus Scwab? npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Another problem with Hurricane #Helene recovery efforts I don't hear many talking about is the GPS fuckery. Apparently, the close you get to Ashville the more it tells you that good roads are bad roads: https://youtu.be/8xyHffO-ur4?feature=shared&t=1066 At this point if you still think #FEMA & the govt are still trying to do good in the region, I've got some shitcoins that are going to the moon tonight to sell you. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Awesome! What can you practically do with it though, since FEMA is running defence? npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker C. Murderous, enslaving, and demeaning with zero upside? npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Who's got the best guide on relay visibility setup these days? npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Elon Musk has changed Anarchy's best route forward! I have been an AnCap & accellerationist for many years, wanting to see democratic countries like the USA fall into authoritarianism at the fastest rate possible so that we can emerge on the other side and realize ancapistan within my lifetime. Given the 2024 US election between the capitalist Trump and the communist Harris, Commula was my clear choice to "root for" (nothing could make me vote) in order for anarchy to have a chance at prevailing during my lifetime. So many things she and her deep state puppetmasters plan to do will take us into full-blown authoritarian communism within a decade or even less... But of course that horrible environment for freedom lovers is exactly where freedom technology like Nostr, Bitcoin, and 3D gun printing will grow at warp speed, and that communist period will end very quickly afterwards as well, with freedom lovers winning the day eventually. There is no way to deny that there will also be a ton of pain and hardship for me and my family down that road. Just imagine all of that happening within 25 years from now... Would we be ready to show the world that an AnCap soceity is viable then? Possibly, once those decentralized tools are in place. Accellerationism was a worthy proposition for me, but just barely. Elon joining this race on Trump's side has given me a lot to think about. I agree when he says that a Harris presidency may be the absolute end of democracy in the USA. He may even be right that this will be the very last election! (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1840409051357696324) My first instinct was to pop the champaign and cheer the end of our wretched, cronyist democracy. What's Changed: However, Musk also made this tweet recently: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1839193508713738265 He says plainly that if Harris wins, mankind may never go to mars as bureaucracy is already making it nearly impossible. Surely there is a bit of hyperbole here, but let's assume it pushes a martian settlement completely out of the USA's purview. Maybe in 25 or so more years China or Russia will get around to it. The point? Well, there is one other, faster way to seeing ancapistan in our lifetime. Maybe even the next 15 years... Marsteading. Assuming we AnCaps don't all become billionaires and spend Trillions on seasteading within that time, a commercial Martian settlement is the first chance we will have to come across large amounts of new land to homestead since 1492. Musk is actually talking about having SpaceX's boots on the ground on Mars, setting up a SpaceX settlement in 4 years from now. It wouldn't be new land conquered for America, he has explained in the past, it will be fully martian land, homesteaded by humans that will live their lives there... So a new government, or lack thereof, is needed. Given a few years and enough money, anarchists have a real shot at marsteading ancapistan. It might be a lot cheaper than a serious attempt at Seasteading, too. (https://www.citadel21.com/citadel-seasteads) This new possibility is a tiebreaker in my mind for this election. The fastest path to liberty is now the red team's goal. We should all hope for the best of both worlds; a comfortable time on Earth and then a possibility of Ancapistan on Mars. And in this rare instance, that means hoping the Orange man wins the right to rule over us in November. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Please don't become a new Bond Villain, Jack. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Tons of bitcoiners have multiple passports and _do_ plan to move when the going gets tough. I like it here in Texas but there is definitely a line that the fedcoats can cross that will make me move to someplace like El Salvador. The tricky bit is knowing when the exit window will close. Could be tomorrow or could be in 2059. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker In case it went over some folks' heads, I posted some ChatGPT response to point out that it was still obvious to spot... But none of you seemed to spot it. 😕 npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker It's not just difficult, it takes a Bitcoin-level event. People trust their government way too much. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker In the workplace, guys dating hot young college girls are gods. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker (Sorry, I couldn't resist!) npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker In many sci-fi books, artificial intelligences (AIs) are depicted with speech patterns that are notably clunky and robotic, often characterized by stiff sentence structures, overly formal phrasing, and a lack of natural cadence. This portrayal contrasts with the more fluid and conversational AIs that exist in reality today. The reason for this discrepancy often lies in the narrative demands of science fiction. Writers frequently use clunky AI dialogue to emphasize the alien nature of artificial minds or to highlight the distinction between humans and machines. By doing so, they reinforce the idea that AI is fundamentally different from human intelligence, a being whose cognitive processes and communication are rooted in cold logic. This can create tension or add humor, depending on the story, but it sacrifices the natural speech patterns that modern AI can achieve. In real-world applications, AI has evolved to the point where it can mimic human conversation with surprising fluency. Natural language processing algorithms enable AIs to understand context, respond dynamically, and even exhibit subtleties like humor or empathy in ways that would be unthinkable for the robotic characters of older sci-fi novels. The difference is further driven by technological advancements in machine learning. Contemporary AI models are trained on vast amounts of conversational data, enabling them to emulate human speech patterns with increasing accuracy. As a result, the AIs in real life often speak more naturally than their fictional counterparts, whose stilted dialogue is often a deliberate stylistic choice rather than a reflection of technological limitations. In conclusion, while clunky AI dialogue serves a purpose in sci-fi, it no longer reflects the cutting-edge AI speech capabilities of the modern world. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Obviously a very ancient legend, from pre-edo times... npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Money kept in Nostr clients should obviously be small enough to not attract high-tech cyber thieves. This is obviously a good thing overall. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Imma guess Snowden still does... npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker *Which requires removing the government's ability to print money first. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker If this was a ruse then it's a really bad one because he's already done 10x more to reduce govt than any other country you've ever heard of! npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Because people have important shit to say. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Nah, I think you have it mistaken for capitalism. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker "Long live freedom, God damn it!" Classic. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker People who cry for anything but freedom are nothing but mass murderers, or fools that support mass murderers. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Socialism is the cancer of society. It fails to bring what it promises every time and typically results in Democide given a long enough time period. Many books have been written on this subject. If you're ready to understand, no one handled the subject better than Ludwig von Mises "Socialism." npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker He's a fan of free market currencies and a friend of Bukele's. I have to assume he's working to overturn that ban, it's just down the list a bit. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker He's a jew. Sadly he's not perfect, but at least he's doing more to decimate govt than anyone else in power ever has. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker If you weren't talking about the guy that just sacked 1/3rd of his entire govt (and counting) I'd agree. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker That authority is legitimate. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker What a run he had though, huh? SimpleX or keet, here we all come. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Where's Keet? npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker They live in Nashville, there is a requirement there to have one on all males of any age. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Your laser eyes are more useful than most! npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker https://www.voltage.cloud/blog/lightning-network-privacy-explainer npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Yes, when living on BTC, there are still times when on-chain payments is required. Large, continously payments keep coming out if cold storage every month or two, so putting them in a lightning channel is an unnecessary extra step. I'd have to move many coins into lightning to overcome this, and I still don't trust my lightning node enough for that yet... It's often offline for various reasons. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Given enough time, bitcoin will break them out. Not to mention, public education isn't getting any better. Hopefully it'll fail completely within our lifetime. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker You do realize this argument makes you even more horrible to the younger generation (who won't have kids bc global warming), the LGBTQ+ folks, and the childless cat ladies, right? npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Exactly. I honestly can't understand why half of the conversations we have about bitcoin don't wind up with several links to the FBCE. https://fbce.io/ npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker I'm going to go way out on a limb here and guess: Roasted eggplant? npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker I agree with you pretty fully but Austrian economics seems pretty clear about how one money eats the others. I can't see fiat surviving in the long run as long as Bitcoin trades freely. Seems like the onus should be on Saylor to show why the Austrians are wrong about money's very nature. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Thank goodness someone's thinking hard about the important issues we'll face soon. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker 12/31/2024 npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker The $50 Million bill should debut in 2045, so that'll be handy. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Reminds me of CashApp for some reason... npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker I'd say it's a blackberry but I don't want to appear racist... npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Now that's Sneaky... I love it. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker The very day I can use my existing android phone instead of a Google Pixel I'll be GrapheneOS's biggest fan. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker GM @ PV, nostrfarians! npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker You will if you're lazy minded enough to think that Google results hold 100% of the competitors. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Looking very much forward to it, sir. But the world's most popular clients will be a version of email, so whomever copies Gmail the closest in UX should win that race. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker Every note can be encrypted. Our apps just haven't used this ability yet, but some are in the works. Yes, it means dropping a big chunk of gobbledygook on your feed but clients can be told not to display notes that start with an encryption string. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker WATCH MSM?!?? <projectile vomiting ensues> npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker The only other thing would be the internet itself. Lots of diverse tribes & age groups created it and adopted it. Although it's currently adopted by far more people than Bitcoin is, that won't stay the case since everyone needs money and not everyone needs to go online. npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh LukeParker The @maobushi 'Roast Me' bot is truly an entertaining AI. We could all use a little ego deflation now and then. I related to and enjoyed every line of it except the one where it didn't seem to believe, somehow, that Bitcoin is superior money to fiat: "Your understanding of economic principles is commendable too; after all, who needs fiat money when we have Bitcoin? It’s like saying, “Why go to the moon when we can just dream about it?”" I can see how mainstream AI would make that mistake but I bet this AI could be made smarter still. "https://nostr-personality.vercel.app/npub12u423pq5c6c5gvyzlekk5u9s5ksnyd27yemuvu3l9gpqpcnx545s6f8pyh"