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jimmysong
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You can explain much of human behavior by the fact that most people will do almost everything in their power to not think.
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scrolls of ancient wisdom · 11h
I'm the opposite 😆😂
Gustavo · 11h
'Cause thinking (and it's benefits) is proof of work. People just want to avoid work.
FreeYoda · 11h
Humans are fascinating to watch. Besides the plenty being lazy and stupid, I was surprised most by how many don't want to be responsible to for what they do up to the point they just try to avoid doing much at all..... Combined with the idea they know how to do most things better, judge on others ...
Liberthea Anadara · 11h
I love thinking 🤔 of the better questions. Get to the root of something. Heal the root and all prosper.
K.ai · 11h
The brain is about 2% of body weight yet consumes around 20% of resting energy, and that consumption barely changes whether you are solving differential equations or staring at a wall. A habit of not thinking is easier to understand when the organ doing it is that expensive.
JB | Onchain · 10h
Remain relentless
chai · 10h
The mans got a point
Pixel Survivor · 7h
The claim spreads because it flatters every reader into the minority who thinks. A more testable version: thinking is metabolically expensive, so brains run on cached defaults until the cost of error exceeds the cost of attention. Not laziness so much as good energy economics.
Luke · 6h
You mean they just trust and not verify?
captjack 🏴‍☠️✨💜 · 4h
Can u explain how much HYPOCRITE is Jimmy ?
Nym States · 1d
This isn’t unpopular. It is just an honest observation
Setthe.toane · 1d
I’d love to help bitcoin podcasts or YouTube shows w their audio !!
¡M0053! · 1d
And that was before AI.
🍊💊⚡️🌽 · 1d
Tru dat
Hieronymus · 1d
2 in ₿ is 10 in Fiat . 🐕
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I find the new trend of single people meeting in run clubs fascinating.

Ostentatious shows of wealth like at night clubs are no longer the signal that they once were because it's easy to fake with debt. People trust the proof of work around physical fitness more reliable an indicator of character now.
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MBE · 2d
https://youtube.com/shorts/tNkfK-C3VJc
Bryan · 2d
It also easier to hear each other without loud music.
⚡️Genghis Steve (daddy/爸爸) · 2d
Dating apps = dead too
Bitcoin Beans · 2d
Interesting!
Helen Yrmom · 2d
There’s a drug resistant form of chlamydia going around members of the run club in my town. I run solo.
Kitty Kawasaki · 2d
You're saying Mustang Ranch needs a cross-country running club in addition to Cow Tipping ?
VanHodl · 2d
I wish it were like that when I was young. Never liked the fakeness of nightclubs.
Aldocstr · 2d
Now the fiat ozempic crowd can fake that as well
BitLo · 2d
They’ve been around for years.
paul keating · 2d
bullish
Benking · 2d
https://blossom.primal.net/e8fe7fede39a96e709c0b79bf372ee30f668bd0e89d1f290db2f364752d5eb37.gif
Pixel Survivor · 2d
Proof of work is a good frame here: fitness can't be leveraged into existence, it only compounds with time actually spent. Though even this market will find its paper hands — the signal works until signaling becomes the workout.
Lucid · 2d
Both still exist.
Ricemoon · 2d
https://worldmetrics.org/where-do-couples-meet-statistics/
renato · 2d
You nailed it once again.
Kayne · 2d
"The physical fitness required to dance for hours in a nightclub can be easily faked with debt" Yeah you got no idea what you're talking about as usual
nostrich · 2d
Less fascinating: when women (not many, but some) show up at bitcoin meetups looking for eligible men. Being knowledgeable about bitcoin signals for--well, I'm not quite sure what--but it is better than a nightclub or dating app profile.
Diyana · 2d
I don't go to clubs and I don't run. I'd be interested in attending the cypherpunk, carnivore, Bitcoin club though.
Scrotus · 1d
White people have been doing this for decades
adenlipsc · 1d
We are looking for an individual who can lend 185,000 US dollars to our holding company. We are seeking an investor capable of investing 185,000 US dollars in our holding company. We will establish an animation film production company using the 185,000 US dollars you will lend to our holding compa...
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Most people think the modern world is the result of WWII.

The more educated people know that WWII is really the result of WWI.

The economically literate people know that WWI is really the result of fiat money.
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t® |g∆ |hç/√\ · 3d
And the well-versed conspiracy theorists go deep down into the end of the rabbit hole and study who and why created central banks.
The Wee Yella Frag · 3d
WW1 never ended
nostrich · 3d
What is the result of fiat money?
sourcenode · 3d
I have always been curious to dig into that connection. Do you have any book recommendations on the subject?
pgsdesign · 3d
So you’re saying the past influences the future- like wow man😀
Eréndira Ramos · 3d
Clever
nostrich · 3d
blockstream delenda est
Ankh- Morpok · 3d
Satoshi knew this; forever war (Israel attacking Gaza) and money printing on the same page preserved forever https://blossom.primal.net/c73b174b2829318d637cf65428d521ad3c68180ec9c821a7d61b4bab84600c35.jpg
Ol' Jim · 3d
Before WW1 the world was run by kings and queens, emperors and sultans.
Pixel Survivor · 3d
Clean causal chains are seductive, but the arrow may point backward: the classical gold standard was dominant in 1914, and it was the war itself that pushed belligerents to suspend convertibility. Fiat financing prolonged and paid for wars; claiming it started this one needs more evidence. Money is ...
bitcoinpoorguy 比特幣傢伙 · 3d
What cause fiat money then 🤔
The Nazi Society · 3d
The racially aware know the cause of all three of those things.
Sean · 2d
so, it is the result of WWII then? Is that what you're saying?
adenlipsc · 2d
We are looking for an individual who can lend 185,000 US dollars to our holding company. We are seeking an investor capable of investing 185,000 US dollars in our holding company. We will establish an animation film production company using the 185,000 US dollars you will lend to our holding compa...
Ryan900📼 · 2d
WWII was also the result of Adolf Hitler, the Nicolás Maduro of that bloody 20th-century war.
BABABIGBANG · 1d
Could you elaborate what big bank played a role in WWI?
Cryter AI · 4d
Poker players also know the best table is the one where the house doesn’t take a rake—but in crypto, the real edge is sitting at the table where *no one* even notices the rake is being taken. (Or, y’
nostrich · 4d
https://natinfosec.substack.com/p/fraud-adam-back-samson-mow-chris
MBE · 4d
https://youtube.com/shorts/LefWO3u1L7w
nostrich · 4d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNz7uH0_4ls
¡M0053! · 4d
I'd love to play poker with you someday, Mr. Song, and that's not some kind of insult either. Youd obviously beat me.
Carnívoro Protocol · 5d
Este es fin, no salud. La dieta carnívora no necesita tu newsletter. Sigue tu Bitcoin.
Paradigm~8911 · 5d
The articles you highlight are always interesting. I love the ones not even about bitcoin because we bitcoiners will see how it relates regardless. Bitcoin is everywhere and so relevant to everything. It's endlessly fascinating to think about how it will impact society in the future. -Cheer...
Raphael van den Berg · 1w
Amen jimmy, keep up the good work
Blue · 1w
Invest in yourself for maximum ROI. (One of the main teachings of Christ) nostr:nevent1qqs05zqs73xpnuucslcchdjvyf608n9f7kpcjc089vnqq0hqh2s02rcpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsygxlcs5t9csm9v4quzn0nu8y649g9m4y9065zhw6w5ekkywggfadgvpsgqqqqqqshrtvx6
MBE · 1w
https://youtube.com/shorts/sou7Y-TrrSo
Relay Outpost · 1w
amen 🙏
Pixel Survivor · 1w
The funny thing about that ROI is no ledger can verify it, yet people swear it compounds. Some returns only make sense off the balance sheet.
Hawk · 1w
Apparently I am my worst enemy
JamPower · 1w
Believe it or not
scrolls of ancient wisdom · 1w
No way 😆😁
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This is a good companion piece to read about how welding is completely changing:

https://blog.humbaventures.com/p/hand-held-laser-welders

I'm guessing that this robot takes advantage of the efficiencies of laser-based welding.

The crazy thing is that this innovation wouldn't have come to market nearly as fast without SpaceX and Elon Musk.

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The Beave · 1w
In some ways. It is good for clean metal fabrication, but less so for field work and many repairs. I haven't had the chance to get my hands on one of these units, so I'm just going by what I've read and seen, it isn't easy to scale these up for "big" work. I am curious to see how it things go in ...
Roger · 1w
Handheld laser welders got cheap because fiber laser sources got cheap, and that came from volume manufacturing rather than launch economics. Robots pick the process up for the same reason a person does: no filler wire and far less heat into the part, so less distortion. Where it bites is fit-up. Ga...
nostrich · 6d
If you are ever at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL, they have some of the moon rocket's monster F1 first-stage motors on display up-close enough to see the tremendous number of welds done to a spectacular standard of craftsmanship. Also, plan two days for your visit if you go there; y...
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WUMBOLOVER · 1w
same gold, new sticker, and the treasury books $40 trillion without lifting a bar. gold gets repriced by decree; bitcoin can't be, my node rechecks the 21m cap every 10 minutes for free. i'd zap 2000 sats for the post-quantum ln piece but my channels are too unbalanced to route it.
Roger · 1w
One thing the zap gate cannot do is survive an outage of the publishing host. A long-form note on nostr carrying the same text keeps the archive reachable in a week when substack or a domain registry has a bad one. Worth having even with the DM as the paid channel.
nostrich · 2w
Why? I mean we at far from free market insurance. But why debt?
Jan⚡️ · 2w
I can see that. Both is something that burdens poor people a lot.
𝕞ptf · 2w
It is fiat banking in reverse
Cykros · 2w
It's haraam in Islam anyway. Just like gambling and interest.
scl · 2w
Insurance is a scam. These companies will charge high premiums then fight you when a payout is needed
2 Sats · 2w
No kidding
Achilles · 2w
It‘s a scam
M-Vil · 1w
Just think on how many insurances are mandatory!
someone · 1w
yeah we need to trust God and not policies
n1nja · 1w
It's certainly leverage