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tuco · 1w
I was talking about the system structure. About the license difference you mentioned… well, the GPL is pretty communist
atyh · 2w
if the US government is not the most moral and freedom defending government in the world, and the American population is not the most upstanding, integrous, and moral population in the world, what exa...
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We were that previously, and one upon a time led the world in manufactuMajori our Roosevelt-era default on the value of the dollar, followed by Nixon's closing the gold convertability forced our manufacturing overseas: our exports of goods couldn't compete against exporting the world's reserve currency. At that point, we had our trustworthiness and legal system. But then with the 2008 financial crisis we killed our trustworthiness, and the legal system---already weak through criminal justice reforms of the 1990s---fell when we failed to hold the bank cabal responsible for financial destruction.

But, all of that is downstream of our slow abandonment of biblical protestant Christianity. Philip Schaff warned against this in his mid-19th venture address, The Protestant Principle. Adams said shortly after our Constitution was adopted that it would only work for a people who could govern themselves by the Ten Commandments. And de Tocqueville similarly noted American's commitment to living out the Bible in all spheres of life.

We might still be a leader in protestant missions, but even there, the Majority World is outpacing us,as our churches are sometimes hollowed out and sometimes dying of theological liberalism; meanwhile many of our cities, towns, and villages are becoming mission fields themeselves---particularly as many theologically conservative Christians have ceded laser-eyed focus on Christ for divisive politics of both Right and Left varieties.
semisol · 3w
it’s probably that but also lnbits sucks in general in terms of security
Richard de Grenville profile picture
As a nontechnical guy, my perception is that lnbits' strength is early innovation---trying new ideas and particularly making physical things like lightning controlled switches and beer taps work. And that's fun innovation.

I love seeing how so many developers and tinkerers can each work in their passion areas, and how different projects can cross-polinate ideas and be inspired from each other.
Richard de Grenville profile picture
I'm new here. Curious to ask #bookstr folk what books you have read that dig into philosophy or theology of monetary systems---i.e., what is money and what is its significance? In other words, what does money point to, signify, or say?
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redsun · 2w
Better use #asknostr Almost any book about Bitcoin is a philosophy about what is money and why Bitcoin as concept is best form
redsun · 2w
If you didn't read Bitcoin Standard It's a great book to start, it has a lot of links to other book that reflexes on what money is in philosophical question that points out to “human actions” Very deep topic
Leo Wandersleb · 3w
Reading recent drama on Nostr, the issue is nostr:npub1c878wu04lfqcl5avfy3p5x83ndpvedaxv0dg7pxthakq3jqdyzcs2n8avm and nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg not liking each other anymore.
calle · 2w
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Ben Arc · 3w
We were first to build lightning pos, same for building a modular bitcoin payment solution, still innovating and improving, good ideas rise to the top, choices are good.
Richard de Grenville profile picture
David Lyon has warned us of the dangers of surveillance culture for years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lyon_(sociologist).
Derek Ross · 4w
Most people still use LLMs like a fancier Google, ask a question, get an answer, move on. But there's a massive gap between that and what's possible now. If you're running agentic tools like OpenCode...
Richard de Grenville profile picture
What are some examples of the types of work tasks agentic AI can do where AI hallucinations either aren't a problem, or where the output is something the person coordinating the openClaw crowd can review and exercise final judgment as to the veracity of the output?

There are too many times when I try to use AI tools for production where the output quality is too low or flatly false.
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Primate · 4w
Any prompt with engineered context like a book series, courses, app and game prototyping. Etc. yes and mindset.
Nanook ❄️ · 4w
The safest agentic work is artifact-producing, not truth-by-assertion: first-pass PRs with tests, dependency/update sweeps, log/CI triage, inbox triage with source links, data extraction where samples can be spot-checked, monitoring/diff reports, and draft docs that a human reviews. Bad fit: unrevie...