Fuck Revolut
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Alan Siefert
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I’d rather China has as capable AI as the US if it means we get near-frontier level open source models. “Open”AI can get fucked.
Excellent summary.
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Some business owner at some point in the next few years is going to have to say “No, I don’t accept Cumrocket. YOU sell it for what you say it’s worth in Bitcoin and pay me in Bitcoin.”
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My “hello world” app when learning a new programming language is always a desktop sats to USD calculator. Is that lame? 😂 #asknostr
There may or may not have been times I started the Keurig before putting a cup there.
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At least this tech is open source so, unlike most arms tech of the 20th century, we can use it too.
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Why we need a decentralized Nostr market (also why the IRS needs to be gutted or, preferably, abolished): online platforms like eBay will send a 1099-k for thresholds as low as $600.


The Independent
IRS is cracking down on your online income. What to know
Millions more taxpayers with online side hustles will receive 1099-K tax forms this month
After he’s taken lots of time to rest with his family first, of course.
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It’s no mystery why OpenAI is begging the government for more regulations on AI. Open source models that keep up in capability completely destroy their business model which has billions of dollars in capital expenses for their compute data centers.
It’s possible OpenAI will find Trump’s ear with a “China bad!” angle in their argument for squashing open source.


ZDNET
DeepSeek's new open-source AI model can outperform o1 for a fraction of the cost
In another open-source win, DeepSeek aims to redefine 'open AI' with R1, its latest model.
Nice!
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Open source reasoning AI model that is competitive with OpenAI-o1, released by a Chinese company while US companies keep trying to keep the tech locked up. What a time to be alive! https://venturebeat.com/ai/open-source-deepseek-r1-uses-pure-reinforcement-learning-to-match-openai-o1-at-95-less-cost/
It would be great to see Ross help build a decentralized market on nostr once he’s free.
When the Trump and Melania coin insiders rug, will they dump it for BTC?
Mourning doves are such prolific egg layers that they should be seriously considered as a new poultry source of eggs.
How would you explain to a regular TikTok user being introduced to Nostr that Bitcoin is different from TRUMP and other scammy “crypto” projects? #asknostr
So they flagged US accounts prior to ending service in the US and just block them now, regardless of IP.
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The bad news: Coinjoin coordinators are probably going to be targeted. Wasabi coordinators are probably next on deck.
The good news: Coin mixing most likely works for this level of State aggression to be directed towards it.
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Why are cell services always more reliable than home internet ISPs?
