In den Onlineshops von Handelshäusern wie pro aurum oder Degussa sind allerdings aktuell viele Produkte mit dem Hinweis „derzeit nicht lieferbar“, oder „auf Anfrage“ versehen, andere sind lediglich mit deutlicher Verzögerung bis weit in den Januar hinein lieferbar.
Privatanleger können Silberbarren und -münzen auch physisch bei Edelmetallhändlern erwerben. Dort gilt: Je kleiner die Stückelung, desto teurer wird das Silber relativ. Zur reinen Wertaufbewahrung eignen sich deshalb Stückelungen ab einem Kilo aufwärts. In den Onlineshops von Handelshäusern wie pro aurum oder Degussa sind allerdings aktuell viele Produkte mit dem Hinweis „derzeit nicht lieferbar“, oder „auf Anfrage“ versehen, andere sind lediglich mit deutlicher Verzögerung bis weit in den Januar hinein lieferbar.
Unnecessary
Unnecessary. The word sat in her chest like a stone. She got up, went through her morning routine under the bathroom camera’s discreet observation (mandatory in all new construction, for safety and freedom purposes, the housing authority had explained), and dressed in one of her three work-appropriate outfits. The mirror’s AI complimented her choice and noted that her posture suggested tension. Perhaps she should book a session with her assigned wellness counselor?
Unnecessary
Unnecessary. The word sat in her chest like a stone. She got up, went through her morning routine under the bathroom camera’s discreet observation (mandatory in all new construction, for safety and freedom purposes, the housing authority had explained), and dressed in one of her three work-appropriate outfits. The mirror’s AI complimented her choice and noted that her posture suggested tension. Perhaps she should book a session with her assigned wellness counselor?
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Maya’s stomach tightened. The coffee yesterday. The real coffee from the small shop on Prosperity Avenue, not the approved beverage from the campus cafeteria. She’d paid with her digital currency wallet, of course, cash transactions triggered immediate inquiries now, and somewhere in the Eleutherian Ministry of Social Harmony’s data centers, an algorithm had noted the deviation.
Die Speerspitze der Entwicklung bilden die jungen Männer. Deutlich häufiger als ihre Geschlechtsgenossinnen und andere Alterskohorten scheinen sie angezogen von einem neuen Traditionalismus
Jüngere Menschen driften im Westen spürbar nach rechts, wie immer mehr Umfragen zeigen. Sie begrüssen Ideen und vertreten Haltungen, die der Mainstream gemeinhin als rechts taxiert – oder gar als kuriose Überbleibsel einer erledigten Vergangenheit abtut...
Die Speerspitze der Entwicklung bilden die jungen Männer. Deutlich häufiger als ihre Geschlechtsgenossinnen und andere Alterskohorten scheinen sie angezogen von einem neuen Traditionalismus... Besonders eindrücklich schlägt sich der Rechtsrutsch in einem Comeback der Religiosität nieder... Was wir derzeit beobachten, lässt sich mit Oswald Spengler als die Anfänge einer «zweiten Religiosität» verstehen... Sie markiert eine Art Nostalgie, den Wunsch zu einer Rückkehr zur Blütezeit der eigenen Kultur.
But it is not enough. Not nearly enough. We have built communication rails and money rails. We have not built the society that runs on them. The gap between what exists and what a parallel economy requires remains vast. Closing that gap demands something the movement has always been short on: builders.
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If that happens, that is basically the end of paper exchanges.
The final week of the year begins with silver adding to a stunning month of gains, topping $83 for the first time...
Silver is probably going to bounce around a lot in the next week or so... All the silver is being sucked away, and when they run out, they say we will just pay you cash for these futures contracts. If that happens, that is basically the end of paper exchanges.
We will just totally stop trusting them. Why would anybody want a long futures contract on an exchange that just defaults
Somali-linked fraud in the left-wing-controlled state may involve front companies potentially diverting taxpayer funds to at least one overseas terrorist network
A viral video that has topped 76 million views on X within 48 hours has significantly heightened public scrutiny of multiple Minneapolis daycare centers linked to Somali operators that received millions in state and federal funding despite showing minimal operational activity. The apparent mismatch between allocated taxpayer funds and observable services strengthens a recent report by Christopher F. Rufo, which alleges that Somali-linked fraud in the left-wing-controlled state may involve front companies potentially diverting taxpayer funds to at least one overseas terrorist network.
"To date, the FBI dismantled a $250 million fraud scheme that stole federal food aid meant for vulnerable children during COVID. The investigation exposed sham vendors, shell companies, and large-scale money laundering tied to the Feeding Our Future network," Patel said on Sunday.
The hard part of enabling offline commerce is preventing double-spending… classic
The hard part of enabling offline commerce is preventing double-spending… classic. By trading off short-term redeemability and keeping a shared community ledger of tokens that have been spent that day, we can confidently prevent fraud.
After the reduction of U.S. funding for programmes such as USAID, the Commission has announced it will double down to maintain this structure in Europe. Should we be worried?
The Commission does not know any other way of governing. When something fails, it does not rethink the model—it intensifies intervention. If its policies do not work, the conclusion is never “maybe we are wrong,” but “we haven’t changed people enough.”
That is why I do not expect a short-term shift. This approach—the idea that social problems are explained by individual behaviour and that the state must correct it—has been deeply entrenched in the political class for decades.
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Then we asked: what kind of genes do Anthrobots express? (A related question concerns the thanatotranscriptome, discussed here) We know the transcriptome of tracheal cells from the human patient, what new genes might Anthrobots turn on? As it turns out, their transcriptome is fascinating: despite being made of genetically-normal cells, they drive thousands of differentially-expressed genes (almost half the genome) compared to their tissue of origin!
Along the way, we hope to dissolve the imaginary sharp line between a bot and a living organism, to show how every system offers aspects of both, and how not even “robots” are the mechanical machines envisioned by our limited (and limiting) formal models of algorithms and materials.
The first case was an 82-year-old woman who had been struggling with schizophrenia since age 17. Her symptom picture included audio and visual hallucinations, paranoia and disorganised speech. Over the course of her life, she had tried almost a dozen different medications with little benefit. Her history included numerous hospitalizations for psychotic episodes and attempted suicide. At age 70, she decided to use a ketogenic diet to lose weight as she weighed over 325 pounds.
After a couple weeks on the ketogenic diet, her schizophrenia symptoms dramatically improved. Over the next couple months, as she continued on the diet, she decided to stop all her medications. Her mood continued to improve to the point where she was no longer suicidal. Her hallucinations and paranoia resolved completely. In total, she lost 150 pounds, and continues on a ketogenic diet to this day. She has remained symptom free even without any medication. Her improvement was so profound that she was able to start living independently without the need for a guardian. Upon questioning, she reports that she is happy to be alive.
We report on 10 cases of IBD responsive to ketogenic, mostly carnivore, diets. Clinical presentations were diverse, including six cases of UC and four of Crohn’s disease. Clinical improvements were universal, with clinical improvement scores ranging between 72 and 165 points on the IBDQ. Patients’ diets comprised mostly meat, eggs, and animal fats. Patients report their diets are pleasurable, sustainable, and unequivocally enhance their quality of life.
Hegel often seems to invoke imagery consistent
with the types of neo-Platonic conceptions of the universe that had
been common within Christian mysticism, especially in the German
states, in the early modern period
philosophy “has no
other object but God and so is essentially rational theology”
Testing highlights using Lantern.
Decentralization isn't just a technical architecture but it's the recognition that concentrating authority in credentialed gatekeepers creates incentives for corruption and failure. It's the understanding that distributed verification is more robust than hierarchical trust. It's the claim that individuals equipped with the right tools and mindset can evaluate complex questions without deferring to experts who have demonstrated neither wisdom nor accountability, and who are, more often than not, simply mercenaries selling their credentials to the highest bidder.
Decentralization isn't just a technical architecture but it's the recognition that concentrating authority in credentialed gatekeepers creates incentives for corruption and failure. It's the understanding that distributed verification is more robust than hierarchical trust. It's the claim that individuals equipped with the right tools and mindset can evaluate complex questions without deferring to experts who have demonstrated neither wisdom nor accountability, and who are, more often than not, simply mercenaries selling their credentials to the highest bidder.
Decentralization isn't just a technical architecture but it's the recognition that concentrating authority in credentialed gatekeepers creates incentives for corruption and failure. It's the understanding that distributed verification is more robust than hierarchical trust. It's the claim that individuals equipped with the right tools and mindset can evaluate complex questions without deferring to experts who have demonstrated neither wisdom nor accountability, and who are, more often than not, simply mercenaries selling their credentials to the highest bidder.
Decentralization isn't just a technical architecture but it's the recognition that concentrating authority in credentialed gatekeepers creates incentives for corruption and failure. It's the understanding that distributed verification is more robust than hierarchical trust. It's the claim that individuals equipped with the right tools and mindset can evaluate complex questions without deferring to experts who have demonstrated neither wisdom nor accountability, and who are, more often than not, simply mercenaries selling their credentials to the highest bidder.
Decentralization isn't just a technical architecture but it's the recognition that concentrating authority in credentialed gatekeepers creates incentives for corruption and failure. It's the understanding that distributed verification is more robust than hierarchical trust. It's the claim that individuals equipped with the right tools and mindset can evaluate complex questions without deferring to experts who have demonstrated neither wisdom nor accountability, and who are, more often than not, simply mercenaries selling their credentials to the highest bidder.
Decentralization isn't just a technical architecture but it's the recognition that concentrating authority in credentialed gatekeepers creates incentives for corruption and failure. It's the understanding that distributed verification is more robust than hierarchical trust. It's the claim that individuals equipped with the right tools and mindset can evaluate complex questions without deferring to experts who have demonstrated neither wisdom nor accountability, and who are, more often than not, simply mercenaries selling their credentials to the highest bidder.
At the root of this crisis is the replacement of meritocracy with political obedience. This arrangement persists not merely because of corrupt institutions, but because of a profound weakness in the public itself. A dumbed-down populace has been trained to outsource thinking entirely, to weigh arguments not by their internal coherence or empirical strength, but by the résumé of the person delivering them. Credentials have replaced reasoning. Titles have replaced truth.
At the root of this crisis is the replacement of meritocracy with political obedience. This arrangement persists not merely because of corrupt institutions, but because of a profound weakness in the public itself. A dumbed-down populace has been trained to outsource thinking entirely, to weigh arguments not by their internal coherence or empirical strength, but by the résumé of the person delivering them. Credentials have replaced reasoning. Titles have replaced truth.
At the root of this crisis is the replacement of meritocracy with political obedience. This arrangement persists not merely because of corrupt institutions, but because of a profound weakness in the public itself. A dumbed-down populace has been trained to outsource thinking entirely, to weigh arguments not by their internal coherence or empirical strength, but by the résumé of the person delivering them. Credentials have replaced reasoning. Titles have replaced truth.
At the root of this crisis is the replacement of meritocracy with political obedience. This arrangement persists not merely because of corrupt institutions, but because of a profound weakness in the public itself. A dumbed-down populace has been trained to outsource thinking entirely, to weigh arguments not by their internal coherence or empirical strength, but by the résumé of the person delivering them. Credentials have replaced reasoning. Titles have replaced truth.
Free men built thirty thousand miles of roads in England. Free men built thousands of turnpikes across America. Free men will build the roads again, if only they remember that they can.
Free men built thirty thousand miles of roads in England. Free men built thousands of turnpikes across America. Free men will build the roads again, if only they remember that they can.
Every child who passes through government schools emerges with the unexamined assumption that government is necessary for civilization to function. This assumption is false, but its falsity cannot be perceived by those trained from age five to believe otherwise.
Every child who passes through government schools emerges with the unexamined assumption that government is necessary for civilization to function. This assumption is false, but its falsity cannot be perceived by those trained from age five to believe otherwise.
The modern government school traces its lineage to early nineteenth-century Prussia. After Napoleon humiliated the Prussian army, the state’s intellectuals diagnosed the problem not as military incompetence but as excessive independent thinking among the citizenry. Johann Gottlieb Fichte, the philosopher who designed Prussia’s “new education,” stated his aim explicitly: the destruction of free will. Schools would be factories producing obedient soldiers and workers who would not question authority.
The modern government school traces its lineage to early nineteenth-century Prussia. After Napoleon humiliated the Prussian army, the state’s intellectuals diagnosed the problem not as military incompetence but as excessive independent thinking among the citizenry. Johann Gottlieb Fichte, the philosopher who designed Prussia’s “new education,” stated his aim explicitly: the destruction of free will. Schools would be factories producing obedient soldiers and workers who would not question authority.
When people ask “who will build the roads?” they are asking a question that history has already answered. Those who benefit from roads, businesses, property owners, travelers, have consistently demonstrated willingness to fund their construction without coercion.
When people ask “who will build the roads?” they are asking a question that history has already answered. Those who benefit from roads, businesses, property owners, travelers, have consistently demonstrated willingness to fund their construction without coercion.
Why does “who will build the roads?” seem reasonable while “who will bake the bread?” sounds ridiculous? The difference has nothing to do with the inherent nature of roads versus bread. Both are goods that humans value and will pay to obtain. Both require coordination of labor and capital. Both involve complex logistics. The difference is entirely a product of who currently provides each good.
Why does “who will build the roads?” seem reasonable while “who will bake the bread?” sounds ridiculous? The difference has nothing to do with the inherent nature of roads versus bread. Both are goods that humans value and will pay to obtain. Both require coordination of labor and capital. Both involve complex logistics. The difference is entirely a product of who currently provides each good.
We're not producing experts. We're manufacturing political operatives with PhDs, credentialed mercenaries who have learned that survival depends on compliance, that advancement requires ideological obedience, that the path to influence runs through institutional approval. Thousands upon thousands churned out annually, most producing research that will never be read, never be replicated, never contribute anything
The result? We're not producing experts. We're manufacturing political operatives with PhDs, credentialed mercenaries who have learned that survival depends on compliance, that advancement requires ideological obedience, that the path to influence runs through institutional approval. Thousands upon thousands churned out annually, most producing research that will never be read, never be replicated, never contribute anything of lasting value to human understanding.
We're not producing experts. We're manufacturing political operatives with PhDs, credentialed mercenaries who have learned that survival depends on compliance, that advancement requires ideological obedience, that the path to influence runs through institutional approval. Thousands upon thousands churned out annually, most producing research that will never be read, never be replicated, never contribute anything of lasting value to human understanding
The result? We're not producing experts. We're manufacturing political operatives with PhDs, credentialed mercenaries who have learned that survival depends on compliance, that advancement requires ideological obedience, that the path to influence runs through institutional approval. Thousands upon thousands churned out annually, most producing research that will never be read, never be replicated, never contribute anything of lasting value to human understanding.
Decentralization isn't just a technical architecture but it's the recognition that concentrating authority in credentialed gatekeepers creates incentives for corruption and failure. It's the understanding that distributed verification is more robust than hierarchical trust. It's the claim that individuals equipped with the right tools and mindset can evaluate complex questions without deferring to experts who have demonstrated neither wisdom nor accountability, and who are, more often than not, simply mercenaries selling their credentials to the highest bidder.
Decentralization isn't just a technical architecture but it's the recognition that concentrating authority in credentialed gatekeepers creates incentives for corruption and failure. It's the understanding that distributed verification is more robust than hierarchical trust. It's the claim that individuals equipped with the right tools and mindset can evaluate complex questions without deferring to experts who have demonstrated neither wisdom nor accountability, and who are, more often than not, simply mercenaries selling their credentials to the highest bidder.
The danger is not merely that people are being persuaded, but that persuasion is being outsourced to actors with no skin in the game. These mercenaries, whether credentialed or influential, suffer no consequences for being wrong. Fauci's retirement wasn't affected by his catastrophic failures. The modelers whose predictions justified lockdowns faced no accountability when reality diverged from their forecasts.
The influencers who pushed dubious COVID interventions simply moved on to the next trend. The academics whose research justified disastrous climate policies got tenure. No skin in the game means no incentive for accuracy, no cost for failure, no reason to prioritize truth over what pays.
The danger is not merely that people are being persuaded, but that persuasion is being outsourced to actors with no skin in the game. These mercenaries, whether credentialed or influential, suffer no consequences for being wrong. Fauci's retirement wasn't affected by his catastrophic failures. The modelers whose predictions justified lockdowns faced no accountability when reality diverged from their forecasts.
The influencers who pushed dubious COVID interventions simply moved on to the next trend. The academics whose research justified disastrous climate policies got tenure. No skin in the game means no incentive for accuracy, no cost for failure, no reason to prioritize truth over what pays.
Schools will say consent is optional. In theory, it is, in practice, parents who withhold consent find that their children are excluded from documentation in ways that are isolating and stigmatising.
Schools will say consent is optional. In theory, it is, in practice, parents who withhold consent find that their children are excluded from documentation in ways that are isolating and stigmatising.
When parents enrol their child, particularly in Reception, they receive a pack of documents: medical forms, emergency contacts, uniform polices, behaviour policies, school trips, collection arrangements, and somewhere in the middle, a media consent form. It’s often a single checkbox in a long list: “I consent my child’s photograph being used for school purposes.” Sometimes it specifies “including social media”. Sometimes it doesn’t, sometimes it’s not there at all.
When parents enrol their child, particularly in Reception, they receive a pack of documents: medical forms, emergency contacts, uniform polices, behaviour policies, school trips, collection arrangements, and somewhere in the middle, a media consent form. It’s often a single checkbox in a long list: “I consent my child’s photograph being used for school purposes.” Sometimes it specifies “including social media”. Sometimes it doesn’t, sometimes it’s not there at all.
We're not producing experts. We're manufacturing political operatives with PhDs, credentialed mercenaries who have learned that survival depends on compliance, that advancement requires ideological obedience, that the path to influence runs through institutional approval. Thousands upon thousands churned out annually, most producing research that will never be read, never be replicated, never contribute anything of lasting value to human understanding.
The result? We're not producing experts. We're manufacturing political operatives with PhDs, credentialed mercenaries who have learned that survival depends on compliance, that advancement requires ideological obedience, that the path to influence runs through institutional approval. Thousands upon thousands churned out annually, most producing research that will never be read, never be replicated, never contribute anything of lasting value to human understanding.
We're not producing experts. We're manufacturing political operatives with PhDs, credentialed mercenaries who have learned that survival depends on compliance, that advancement requires ideological obedience, that the path to influence runs through institutional approval. Thousands upon thousands churned out annually, most producing research that will never be read, never be replicated, never contribute anything of lasting value to human understanding.
The result? We're not producing experts. We're manufacturing political operatives with PhDs, credentialed mercenaries who have learned that survival depends on compliance, that advancement requires ideological obedience, that the path to influence runs through institutional approval. Thousands upon thousands churned out annually, most producing research that will never be read, never be replicated, never contribute anything of lasting value to human understanding.
What’s even more peculiar is that, despite the explosion in the number of certified experts populating our universities, think tanks, media panels, and digital platforms, we seem to be experiencing a corresponding decline in genuine breakthroughs, paradigm-shifting discoveries, and innovations that meaningfully advance human flourishing.
The expert class has exponentially grown while expertise itself has atrophied. We have more experts than ever before, yet our optimism about the future has cratered,
What’s even more peculiar is that, despite the explosion in the number of certified experts populating our universities, think tanks, media panels, and digital platforms, we seem to be experiencing a corresponding decline in genuine breakthroughs, paradigm-shifting discoveries, and innovations that meaningfully advance human flourishing.
The expert class has exponentially grown while expertise itself has atrophied. We have more experts than ever before, yet our optimism about the future has cratered, our institutions have lost credibility, and our collective ability to solve pressing problems seems to be deteriorating rather than improving.
Perhaps the most subtle tragedy of KYC is its psychological effect. People adjust their behavior when they know they are being watched. They become more cautious, more compliant, more silent.
Perhaps the most subtle tragedy of KYC is its psychological effect. People adjust their behavior when they know they are being watched. They become more cautious, more compliant, more silent.
The task is to see clearly, to say plainly, and to build alternatives. The tyrant’s power rests on the pedestal of consent. That pedestal can be pulled away.
The task is to see clearly, to say plainly, and to build alternatives. The tyrant’s power rests on the pedestal of consent. That pedestal can be pulled away.
The task is to see clearly, to say plainly, and to build alternatives. The tyrant’s power rests on the pedestal of consent. That pedestal can be pulled away.
The task is to see clearly, to say plainly, and to build alternatives. The tyrant’s power rests on the pedestal of consent. That pedestal can be pulled away.
The task is to see clearly, to say plainly, and to build alternatives. The tyrant’s power rests on the pedestal of consent. That pedestal can be pulled away.
The task is to see clearly, to say plainly, and to build alternatives. The tyrant’s power rests on the pedestal of consent. That pedestal can be pulled away.
The task is to see clearly, to say plainly, and to build alternatives. The tyrant’s power rests on the pedestal of consent. That pedestal can be pulled away.
The task is to see clearly, to say plainly, and to build alternatives. The tyrant’s power rests on the pedestal of consent. That pedestal can be pulled away.
Its survival depends on mystification. If the average citizen saw taxation as theft, conscription as slavery, and war as mass murder for the benefit of the ruling class, the ideological legitimacy would collapse.
Its survival depends on mystification. If the average citizen saw taxation as theft, conscription as slavery, and war as mass murder for the benefit of the ruling class, the ideological legitimacy would collapse.
The task is to see clearly, to say plainly, and to build alternatives. The tyrant’s power rests on the pedestal of consent. That pedestal can be pulled away.
The task is to see clearly, to say plainly, and to build alternatives. The tyrant’s power rests on the pedestal of consent. That pedestal can be pulled away.
The task is to see clearly, to say plainly, and to build alternatives. The tyrant’s power rests on the pedestal of consent. That pedestal can be pulled away.
The task is to see clearly, to say plainly, and to build alternatives. The tyrant’s power rests on the pedestal of consent. That pedestal can be pulled away.
The state is not a voluntary association. Every other organization in society must persuade people to join, to pay, to participate. The state alone claims the right to compel. It alone obtains revenue not through willing customers but through threat of violence. This is not a minor distinction. It is the defining characteristic.
The state is not a voluntary association. Every other organization in society must persuade people to join, to pay, to participate. The state alone claims the right to compel. It alone obtains revenue not through willing customers but through threat of violence. This is not a minor distinction. It is the defining characteristic.
Vielleicht die subtilste Tragödie von KYC ist seine psychologische Wirkung. Menschen passen ihr Verhalten an, wenn sie wissen, dass sie beobachtet werden. Sie werden vorsichtiger, angepasster, leiser.
Vielleicht die subtilste Tragödie von KYC ist seine psychologische Wirkung. Menschen passen ihr Verhalten an, wenn sie wissen, dass sie beobachtet werden. Sie werden vorsichtiger, angepasster, leiser.
Was KYC tatsächlich bewirkt, ist etwas anderes:Es schafft riesige Datenbestände über unbescholtene Bürger. Daten, die gespeichert, verknüpft, ausgewertet und missbraucht werden können.
Was KYC tatsächlich bewirkt, ist etwas anderes:Es schafft riesige Datenbestände über unbescholtene Bürger. Daten, die gespeichert, verknüpft, ausgewertet und missbraucht werden können.
Every open relay has a cold start dilemma.
Every open relay has a cold start dilemma.
There's no manual approval process or gatekeeper—just the emergent result of participation.
What makes this approach interesting is how it rewards organic participation. When a newcomer starts publishing and interacting with others, they begin to form connections in the social graph. As those connections grow and the pubkey becomes part of more relationships, the rank naturally rises through network effects. There's no manual approval process or gatekeeper—just the emergent result of participation.
In Nostr, there is no global reputation scoreboard that everyone agrees on. Any meaningful ranking has to be contextual: computed from some perspective, using some signals, with some trade-offs.
In Nostr, there is no global reputation scoreboard that everyone agrees on. Any meaningful ranking has to be contextual: computed from some perspective, using some signals, with some trade-offs.
In einer freien Gesellschaft gehört dir dein Eigentum. Du darfst es halten, tauschen, verschenken, sparen oder ausgeben, ohne dich dafür rechtfertigen zu müssen. KYC kehrt dieses Prinzip um. Es sagt:Dein Geld gehört dir nur, solange du identifizierbar, überprüfbar und konform bist.
Dein Geld gehört dir nur, solange du identifizierbar, überprüfbar und konform bist.