Ha, look how many reviews there are for these 😂

Coinbase is so retarded. Played poker last night and tried to pay the winner with Bitcoin. He only had the Coinbase app, but they supposedly have lightning. He went through the steps to "receive" via lightning and clicked "generate invoice", but the app gave him an error saying he couldn't "send" 🙃 (I think his account had been limited because they needed more KYC info) Didn't have time to get him a self custody wallet (or even just WoS), sadly.

Fiat: You can win, or you can play fair. Bitcoin: You can win, and you can play fair.

On one hand, it's interesting and bullish for Bitcoin (by analogy) that there is such a thing as illegal gold mining. On the other hand, it's even more bullish at how easy it is for the state to find and shut down an illegal gold mine. Possible, but much harder with Bitcoin. (Not a perfect metaphor since gold mining isn't important for gold transactions)

South Africa police force 540 illegal miners from abandoned shaft

The miners were left starving and dehydrated after security forces cut off their access to food and water.

Bitcoiners on TV trying to explain latest BTCUSD exchange rate with reasons like Trump, regulation, macro something something.. Guys, it's all noise. It's going up (forever) because it's absolutely scarce, digital gold that governments can't fuck with.

Evening walk in Buckinghamshire

Scrolling through nostr during the bull market is pure celebration vs. my memory of Twitter in 2021 was utter anxiety about who liked or disliked the corn - the devastation of losing Taleb 😅

Industrial levels of FUD should be expected this cycle as institutions try to increase supply

When fake government money leads to so many problems, it should not surprise you that real money fixes so much. #Bitcoin

Latest from The Mandibles author Lionel Shriver. This is the article to share with your family and normie friends to help open their eyes to the problem of government's reckless spending.

The Spectator

The real test for the republic

It’s always intimidating to write for a readership more clued up than you are. I file this on the very Tuesday the international commentariat hav...

Hide the deadly black tarantula (Daylight come and we want go home)

L.A.B.O.U.R. - Lies About Budgeting and Overcharging Unwary Residents Here we go ... "No tax rises for working people" = 1. Extend tax threshold freeze 2. National Insurance increase 3. Capital gains tax increase 4. Reduce pension rebates 5. More spending and more inflation

Disappointed to get a negative result on a COVID test. Means this flu is likely bacterial and I really don't want to take antibiotics 😥

Tragic story. But inevitable the way unmarked police cars drive in London. You never see a police officer just doing ordinary patrolling, but you're guaranteed to be pushed off the road by them almost every time you drive.

The Irish News

Heavily pregnant woman dies in collision with unmarked police car

The incident happened on the A20 at around 6.15pm on Thursday.

Lots of lessons here about privacy hygiene

 

Wild to me that this fact about WW1 bond sales is relatively well known and reported on by mainstream news, but AFAICT almost no historians have updated their views on the main causes of WW1. Even Niall Ferguson on @Saifedean Ammous's podcast seemed not to know about it, despite him being one of the most critical of the conventional narrative historians.

Bank of England covered up failed WW1 loan deal

There were fears that revealing lack of investment would have damaged the morale of the British people.

If you're a parent then you'll recognize the paternalistic instinct to control that we all share. Your child won't put on their socks, eventually you're so invested in making them put them on that when they agree but now want a different colour, you refuse. It becomes about doing what you say, not getting socks on their feet. This is what statists have an imbalance of. Some of us recognize it, and fight it within ourselves because we know it's better to allow people to make their own choices. Feeding the need to control is tempting but harmful to relationships, and inhibits the value that comes from people having freedom.

Blows my mind how almost everyone thinks government money is normal and "real". Not just normies, but serious historians, radical politicians and most supposed libertarians too. This is the result of the most effective (and ongoing) propaganda campaign in history.

Taxes are stolen money, Funding inefficient and ineffective public services, That enable corruption, And feed a growing bureaucracy. You can argue against growing bureaucracy, condemn corruption, and attempt to make public services better, but the core problem is the state's ability to take your money by force. Minimise the state's ability to steal from you. #Bitcoin

The quality of my life changed when I switched to reading novels more than non-fiction. Much more interesting, and more rewarding than the endless drivel of management and self-help books I thought I had to read to stay ahead. Even now as a product manager my peers are always trying to stay ahead by reading the latest business book. I just ignore all that shit and keep reading novels. Most of the "key takeaways" from non-fiction filter through to me eventually. Not saying it makes me better at my job, but not measurably worse either. That said, there are some non-fiction books that were worth reading. Ones that stand out, that I still use and think about: - High output management by Andy Grove - Inspired by Marty Cagan - Working backwards by Colin Bryer & Bill Carr The exception here are biographies which I find often have the same complex tapestry as a novel. Some favourites: - Churchill: Walking with destiny by Andrew Roberts - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson - Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela But generally, highly recommend sticking with fiction most of the time.