GM, you can just have a bone in ribeye from your local rancher for breakfast

GM! No spoilers: Last of Us season two is lame af and in six episodes they’ve barely moved the actual plot forward at all. They focus on boring af stuff and completely neglect the stuff that is actually interesting. Good reminder that you need to focus on what your customers want, not what you find cool as the creator.

People who change history are always by definition “weird”. If they were conformists they wouldn’t change anything.

Guys those many years of countless jokes that Bitcoiners are a bunch of socially retarded autists weren’t just jokes, it’s funny because it’s true. Many of the smartest engineers and scientists are socially inept and poor communicators who believe wild shit outside of their core competency. That’s not just Bitcoin, but consistent throughout history. Isaac Newton is one of the greatest scientists ever and his family suppressed his many writings on alchemy and the occult because of how insane it sounded and they didn’t want him to be discredited. In the modern age with social media nothing about people has changed, you’re just now more aware of reality.

GM! I’m happy to pay in BTC and support BTC only companies. But static pricing in sats is not workable at this stage of adoption. For now we need dynamic pricing based on USD converted into sats. Almost everyone is still earning in USD and even when everyone gets paid in BTC, the amount of sats will likely decline over time. Expecting me to pay 40%+ more than a few months back when the good or service is essentially unchanged is a poor value proposition.

Dad hack: if anyone in your household sets the thermostats to 72 F or 22 C or higher then you can just turn off the heat altogether, disconnect the thermostat, and set it on the kitchen table. They either learn out how to reconnect it or be cold and you save on your utility bill. Win Win.

Strike loans are not available in my area of the USA, and even if they were higher rates and lack of proof of reserves are deal breakers. As an alternate I have taken out a small 6 month loan via Lava.xyz (minimum loan size as low as a $1k) at 8% plus a 2% origination fee. Will report back on overall experience, but the origination took < 5 minutes and was super easy. So far so good.

GM! A few months into Strike Bill Pay + Privacy.com to pay all bills and online purchases. Conclusion: pretty great and will keep using. I would love for BTC direct payment to become more widespread, but until then I think this is the best sovereignty minded personal finance combo out there.