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mark 1 year ago
if you're struggling to learn something and find it hard, remember that it's likely because it is hard and not because you're bad at it keep going. it's hard for everyone.
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mark 1 year ago
image "I met Ross’ mother, Lyn, late last year, when I was in Miami to perform my Ayn Rand EP at the Atlas Society gala. The World renowned “Pimp On A Blimp” Alex Stein very sweetly invited me to a party being hosted by Tim Pool, where I had a lovely time and met a number of fascinating people, and late in the night I was introduced to Lyn. She ended up giving me a lift back to my hotel, and on the journey we spoke about her fight for her son, and music, and I told her I’d like to make a song. The next day, Lyn’s friend Martha Bueno sent me Ross’ 2021 Miami Bitcoin Conference address, delivered by crackling telephone from maximum security prison, and I listened to it all the way through, wandering around Miami, and it made me weep, and I knew then that it would be the basis of the record, which would now be an album, rather than just the one song. Making the record had challenges, to be sure. Getting the tone right was crucial. This is a man’s life story, after all. A man locked in jail, presumably for ever. The telephone recording is certainly the trickiest vocal audio I’ve ever had to work with. And then there was the small matter of how it kept making me cry, which gets in the way of recording vocals. I completed the record as Bitcoin was surging to $108,000, and the bitcoin 100k Christmas Parties that Clif High was predicting all those years ago were happening. Ross, meanwhile, remained in prison. But there is hope. In an address to the Libertarian National Convention in May, Donald Trump declared, 'if you vote for me, on Day One, I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht.' Well, they voted for him, and Day One is fast approaching. Merry Christmas Ross. Merry Christmas Lyn. And Merry Christmas to you, beloved Meaningwave enjoyer. Enjoy this new album. LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY! AKIRA THE DON DSPDC, Mexico, December ‘24"
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mark 1 year ago
gm maybe go for a walk outside today ✨ image
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mark 1 year ago
you use a logarithmic scale when dealing with exponential growth or decay, as with biological populations or network adoption where each new node has its own branch of nodes and so on it helps you see and understand the rate of change more accurately than a linear scale image decibels, which is a measure of sound intensity, are also logarithmic because the human perception of loudness is logarithmic meaning a doubling of sound power is perceived as a constant increase in loudness, not a doubling it doesn't make sense to plot this on a linear scale image
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mark 1 year ago
"I'm too late to bitcoin, I missed it. Oh well." were you late to fire? is it too late to get into electricity? or computers? plug in, now. study. learn. it's still early innings
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mark 1 year ago
i need to migrate to Alby Hub in order to keep zapping on here (☹️) but to self host i need to set up my own lightning node again (😑) and to do that i need to set up another bitcoin node (😀) so it begins... image
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mark 1 year ago
posted by the wife of a friend of mine yesterday turns out it's a thing i can't believe people keep doing this to themselves in december 2024 with no sense of caution or curiosity or concern 😔
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mark 1 year ago
bought $100 worth of bitcoin last night at $103k just to feel something image
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mark 1 year ago
oh you voted? that's cute. image
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mark 1 year ago
i'm still on twitter but i must say i enjoy nostr way more just a matter of time...
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mark 1 year ago
"In our time and culture, the battlefield of life is money. Instead of horses and chariots, guns and fortresses, there are banks, checkbooks, credit cards, mortgages, salaries, the IRS. But the inner enemies remain the same now as they were in ancient India or feudal Japan: fear, self-deception, vanity, egoism, wishful thinking, tension, and violence." —Jacob Needleman, from 'Money and the Meaning of Life' (1991)
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mark 1 year ago
normie land is killing me y'all it's like an entirely different reality out there. one where people are sick all the time, lazy, obsessed with sports and tv, and full of anxiety or stress about something. financially illiterate. never read books. low energy. joking about being tired all the time. truly soul-sucking
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mark 1 year ago
i am on Team Life. whatever side is pro abundance and growth. my politics is courage, truth, rational optimism, and human flourishing ✨
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mark 1 year ago
pv fam great days are ahead i can feel it ✨
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mark 1 year ago
look, i just want Anchorwatch swag