A good video describing the absolute trainwreck that Germany has become in the last decades. Poor Internet and train infrastructure are the main complaints here. But that barely covers 10% of the problem. Add on top of it a huge government bloat, with useless agencies and bullshit jobs, excessive regulations and a truly nightmarish taxation regime. And I say this as a foreigner living in Germany who hopes that it recovers it's engineering and innovating ways
What has Javier Milei accomplished in Argentina?
Here's a good analysis video, both praising his good policies but also critical of some of his approaches. "He's doing good so far, but we have to keep an eye on him". Highly recommend it
"(...)the only way in which we can have any law at all is to have as little of it as possible. I see no ethical standard to which to measure the whole unethical conception of a State, except in the amount of time, of thought, of money, of effort and of obedience, which a society extorts from its every member. Its value and its civilization are in inverse ratio to that extortion. There is no conceivable law by which a man can be forced to work on any terms except those he chooses to set. There is no conceivable law to prevent him from setting them--just as there is none to force his employer to accept them. The freedom to agree or disagree is the foundation of our kind of society--and the freedom to strike is a part of it."
Ayn Rand, in "The Fountainhead" (1943)
Biden finally comes out with his #Bitcoin price estimate
Logging into a Nostr app using only my
@Start9 self-hosted Nostr relay, and seing all my posts backed up safely, it just hits different. What an amazing world. And it's only the beginning. Keep on building nostriches!
I asked Llama3 about drinking raw milk and it gave the answer below. What do you think about the answer?
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While it's technically possible to drink milk straight from a cow, there are several reasons why this isn't commonly done:
1. **Sanitation and safety**: Milk from a cow is not sterile, which means it can contain bacteria like E. coli, Salmonella, or Listeria. Drinking raw milk from a cow without proper handling and processing increases the risk of foodborne illnesses.
2. **Milk quality**: Raw milk from a cow may contain mastitis (inflammation of the udder), which can contaminate the milk with bacteria and other substances. Additionally, the milk may not have been properly cleaned or cooled after milking.
3. **Cow health**: A cow's milk production is influenced by factors like nutrition, stress, and health issues. Drinking milk directly from a cow might expose you to potential health risks if the cow has underlying conditions that could be transmitted through its milk.
4. **Bacterial growth**: Raw milk contains bacteria that can multiply quickly in warm temperatures (above 40°F or 4°C). This can lead to the growth of harmful pathogens like Clostridium botulinum, which can cause botulism.
In contrast, pasteurization (heating the milk to a high temperature for a short period) kills off most bacteria and extends the shelf life of the milk. The milk is then cooled, packaged, and distributed to stores or consumed on-site at dairy farms or creameries.
While there are some small-scale, local dairies that sell raw milk directly to consumers, it's essential to ensure that these operations follow proper handling, processing, and sanitation procedures to minimize risks. Even so, many experts recommend against drinking raw milk from a cow due to the potential health risks involved.
“Do you mean to tell me that you're thinking seriously of building that way, when and if you are an architect?”
“Yes.”
“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That's not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
In Ayn Rand, "The Fountainhead" (1943)
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SAMOURAI WALLET DID NOTHING WRONG!
if they are not stopped, next they will ban knives because they are sharp, and words because they can hurt.
Tyrants!
"Part of the duty of citizenship is not to be intimidated into conformity. I wish that the oath of citizenship taken by recent immigrants, and the pledge that students routinely recite, included something like “I promise to question everything my leaders tell me.” That would be really to Thomas Jefferson’s point. “I promise to use my critical faculties. I promise to develop my independence of thought. I promise to educate myself so I can make my own judgments.”
Carl Sagan "The Demon-Haunted world" (1996)
[Thomas Jefferson, in the early 1800s] "described the governments of Europe, which he saw at first hand as the American ambassador to France. Under the pretense of government, he said, they had divided their nations into two classes: wolves and sheep. Jefferson taught that every government degenerates when it is left to the rulers alone, because rulers—by the very act of ruling—misuse the public trust. The people themselves, he said, are the only prudent repository of power."
In Carl Sagan's "The Demon Haunted world" (1996)
