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Python/Go dev building Arkfile OSP | FOSS, Linux, Bitcoin, Monero, Markets, Regen Ag, Real Estate | xau.ag | +smilingzebra45
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bc1984adam 2 years ago
An older way of keeping time, most certainly... image
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bc1984adam 2 years ago
“A Canticle for Leibowitz”, by Walter M. Miller, Jr The book’s first novella, “Fiat Homo” (“Let there be Man”), is set at a monastery in the Utah desert some six hundred years after a nuclear holocaust known as the Flame Deluge. The war caused a backlash against learning and knowledge, called the Simplification, which wiped out almost all traces of civilization. Most of the people on earth are illiterate. Many are deformed by radiation. The monks who reside in the monastery are devoted to honoring the memory of Isaac Edward Leibowitz, a Jewish scientist at Los Alamos who was martyred for his efforts to safeguard scientific knowledge in the aftermath of the conflict. They collect and transcribe the “Leibowitz Memorabilia,” including shopping lists, technical documents, and circuit diagrams that they cannot even begin to understand. review: archive: https://archive.is/ReHZ7 #MustReadBooks #SciFi image
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bc1984adam 2 years ago
Bitcoin is a hydra. It is more resilient than BitTorrent. The reason? People have actual money on the line. There is incentive for individuals to run a full node. Especially if they are receiving high value transactions. image
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bc1984adam 2 years ago
Perhaps you were lucky enough to be born with an independent streak, anti-establishment tendencies, a rebellious spirit, an anti-authoritarian bent... and found bitcoin. Or perhaps through life's trials you stumbled upon it and grew to understand what it implied for the world. And grew into the 'bitcoiner' you are now. Whatever your journey, remember: You are here early. Those that follow might not be so lucky, but they can still make their own luck.
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bc1984adam 2 years ago
We're still so early. And so few. But I'm proud to be part of this crew.
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bc1984adam 2 years ago
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