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Deepfakes are so good, people are going to have to setup one-time password apps for conversations in order to know they're speaking to a human.

I propose an alternative to "Bitcoin is the hurdle rate". The flaw with that phrase is that there should be a premium on top of the Bitcoin rate when considering an investment alternative. What I propose instead is a risk adjust premium on the Bitcoin power law, which is forward looking. see attached for the model. Where: ​T: The holding period of your investment in years (use 99 for indefinite). ​t_{start}: Days since Bitcoin Genesis (Jan 3, 2009) to today. ​t_{end}: Days since Bitcoin Genesis to the end of your investment (t_{start} + T \times 365). ​5.8: The Power Law Slope constant (Santostasi / Burger coeff). ​Risk Premium: The extra return you demand for execution risk (non-monetary risk).

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Technology that has shifted human civilization typically has been in the realm of advancements in communication. Or in other words, reducing friction between people coming together. Tech we consider standard or even obsolete spurred an immense amount of innovation which typically did not build upon them the way we would consider layer 1 technology, but influenced societies all together. Airplanes, automobiles, telegraphs, phones (in all their forms), were time machines that catapulted the user forward faster and farther than they would have ever reached otherwise. They reduced latency between people interacting. Even more recently, going from 2g to 3g to 4g and now 5g, we saw humanity propelled forward because the reduced friction, measured in latency and bandwidth, allowed for us to communicate and collaborate faster. AI is a lever that will undoubtedly help more men and women move the world, but it's not yet in the same category as the technology that reduces friction between human interaction. It's a productivity gain that magnifies what one person can accomplish. I am not yet sure if it will be a net positive on humanity, though. Depends on how we address property rights in a brave new world and whether income becomes conditional on foregoing civil liberties. Getting incentives right to spur innovation and stabilize society will be tough. I think technologies like Neuralink may actually be more positively impactful on societies, because it resembles other innovations in the past that have done the same, in that it can reduce latency and increase bandwidth in communication. It will have its dangers at first, undoubtedly, but within a few generations, I have faith those will be worked out through an anti-fragile system, because we share incentives, regardless of class, for it to be, and it can become ubiquitous.

Anyone ever setup a private Matrix server with bridges to other communications apps (WhatsApp, SMS, Telegram, etc.) on an Umbrel? #asknostr

The Book Obedience to Authority, by and about Milgram's experiments, should be redone, but instead of believing they were administering pain, participants should believe they are followed by creeps. First, the creep should be in the room with them, watching their every move and asking inappropriate questions but never answering any from the participant. Then a creep should be in a separate room watching but should be visible to the participant. Then the creep should no longer be visible but the participants told the creep is watching from the cameras, and shown a picture of the creep. Then the creep should be back in the room with the participants and explained that they are now watching their loved ones. And repeat the experiment from there, with the creep changing proximity to the participant but always reminded that they are watching either the participant, the participant's spouse or children, or someone else for whom they care. Bottom line, people who want to watch strangers, especially with the intent to exploit them (and why else would someone want to watch strangers, really) is creepy. People forget that it's real life humans on the other side of these apps, watching them, gathering information. It's anti-social behavior that society has normalized, because the creeps just happen to not be standing in the room with the participants while they watch them. View quoted note →

I woke up this morning and promised myself I wouldn't think about Bitcoin today. After all, Bitcoin is presently boring and today is a day for higher priorities such as family. But I awoke at 3:00 am still adjusting back to my own time zone. Family was still asleep. And Bitcoin runs 24/7. What. Was. I. To. Do.

@jb55 Nostr could also be the social base layer of a game launching browser that inverts the current experience of having to login to a game to find whether friends are playing. Instead, someone could see what games their friends are playing (ex: bobby is currently in a Minecraft world, Susie is in Roblox, Johnny is in a Fortnite game), and click a button to join them not just in the game, but exactly where they're playing. Think Zap Stream but for playing games rather than watching videos. Nostr could be invisible in the background, and all the user sees is a game launcher/browser that starts with their friends.

The Calvary has come. An actual engineer is working on the problem. View quoted note →

Still cool. View quoted note →

I used to think Bitcoin was the mind virus and we're the freaks. But then I came to realize as I spend more time with more Bitcoiners, we're the only sane people in this world. View quoted note →