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Güneşin kaybolmasının üçüncü günü, saat öğlen on ikiyi yirmi geçiyordu. Trenin kalkmasına yaklaşık iki saat vardı. Hepimiz perondaydık. Valizlerimiz, kolilerimiz, renk renk ve biçimsiz çantalarımızla yan yana dizilmiş, kısa aralıklarla tepemizdeki devasa saati kontrol ediyorduk.

Ama ne kadar dik bakarsak bakalım zaman bir türlü istediğimiz hızla ilerlemiyordu. Herkes birkaç dakika sürmesi gereken alelade bir doğa olayına sıkışıp kalmış, karanlıktan sürünerek çıkmayı deniyordu.

Bekleme salonuna doğru döndüm. Nefesimden çıkan buharın arkasında, kalın taş duvarları ve camlarıyla morg kadar güvenli ve soğuk duruyordu. Cesetleri o yüzden bunun gibi yerlere taşımaya başlamışlardı. Demek insanların bütün iyiliği başkaları onları gördüğü içindi ki gündüzleri gecelerden daha karanlık olduğunda hemen birbirlerinin gırtlağına çökmüş, böğürlerinde delikler açmış, gözlerini oyup kafataslarını parçalamışlardı.

İstasyonun ışığı titrediğinde karanlığın enseme saplandığını hissettim. Eğer şimdi, böyle kalabalık bir yerde elektrik kesilse başımıza ne gelirdi?

İçerideki askerlerden biri bakışlarımı yakalayınca yeniden saate odaklanmış gibi yaptım. Sadece birkaç dakika geçmişti.

“Tarlalarım gitti. Böyle boyum kadar ayçiçeği doluydu. Ah, hepsi ölüp gidiyor. Afitap’ın çiçekleri de gi-”

“Dayı, Allah’ını seversen sus. Hepimizi yakacaksın şimdi.”

Karanlıkta durduğunda, görünmez olmayı istemeye başlıyordun. Kimse seni görmemeli, nefesini bile duymamalıydı. Kimsenin de ayağının altında dolaşmamalıydın; gelip kazayla sana çarpmamalılar, takılıp sendelememeliydiler. Yoksa aslında hedefi sen olmadığın bir öfke gürlemeye başlar, yaşadığın ilk şoku ve acıyı silerek üstünden geçerdi.

İlk konuşan, yaşlıca bir adam, kafasında kasketi, nasırlı ellerine hohluyordu. Gözleri ve burnu kızarmıştı. Güneşin kaybolması onun için kendi başına bir felaket değildi. Hayatına olan pratik yansımalarından korkuyordu olsa olsa. Bir anının kaybolması, bu yüzden çoktan kaybettiği birinin biraz daha eksilmesi. Hayatta kalmasını gerektiren sebepler azalırken, hayatta kalmasını sağlayacak kaynaklarını da kaybediyordu.

Onu susturan delikanlıysa atkısını bütün kafasına sarmış, sakalı ve yüzünün derinliklerine kaçmış gözleri dışında bedeninin bütün parçalarını gizlemeye çalışıyordu. İşte o, güneşin kaybolmasının tam olarak ne anlama geldiğini anlamamış olsa bile, dehşetini olduğu gibi hissedebilenlerdendi.

Güneşin onlardan alındıktan sonra kime verileceğini sormuyorlardı. En başta onlara verildiğinde de hiçbir soru sormamışlardı zaten.

İki saat ne zaman geçer?

Midemin üstünde, sağ tarafıma doğru keskin bir acı hissettim. Karaciğerim. Gözlerimi yumdum. Yanımda biri metal bir nesneyi yere bıraktı. Bir kafesti. İçerisindeki kartalın ıslak kokusu burnuma ulaşmadan önce bile biliyordum bunu.

“Yeniden mi?” diye sordu bana kartal. Kanatları kanlı. Zamanın her bir parçası tüylerinin üstüne çöreklenmişti. Gagası bir şey, tahminen et parçası geveliyor gibi hareket ediyordu. Eski anılar kolay unutulmazmış. Şu anda kafesinin kalın parmaklıklarının ardında olsa da bunun bir aldatmaca olduğunu bir tek ben biliyordum. Her an kanatlarını iki yana uzatıverebilir, hava bu hareketiyle dalgalanarak kafesi esneterek hepimizi içine alacak kadar genişleyebilir, parmaklıklar önce ayaklarımızın altına serilir gibi gözükebilir ama aslında hepimizin üstünde yükselerek tepemize çökebilirdi.

Aşağıya baktım. Tahtalarla zapt edilmiş, hiçbir yere gidemeyen ama her yere uzanan tren rayları. Atlayıp koşsam… Çantam çok ağırdı. Daha birkaç adım atamadan, kartal, suratını bedenime gömerdi.

“Bu sefer farklı,” diye yanıtladım onu. “Yeniden diyemezsin. Tekrarladığım bir şey değil bu. Hatta bir hata yapıyormuşum gibi tonlayamazsın da. Bu sefer, insanların hak etmediğini biliyorum.”

“O zaman daha vahim. Süzme salaksın demektir.”

“İnsanların hak etmemesi, insanlığın hak etmediği anlamına gelmez ki.”

Az önce göz göze geldiğim genççe ama çökük asker hâlâ bana bakıyordu. Bir kartalla konuştuğumu anlamamıştı şüphesiz. Yanımdakilerden biriyle konuştuğumu sanmış olmalıydı. Ama konuştuğum kişiye bakmıyordum ona göre. Çekingence kafamı eğmiştim. Bir kez daha göz göze geldiğimizde içerideki diğer iki askere bir şeyler söyledi, onlar dönüp beni süzerken dışarı çıktı.

Yanımızdaki, az önce konuşan iki adam da şaşkınlıkla bir bana bir kartala bakıyordu.

“Yalnız bu sefer kalbin de kırılacak, Prometheus,” dedi kartal, bana. “Belki son olur. Biliyorsun, bir sürü soruna neden oluyor bu yaptıkların.”

Beni koruyordu sözde. En çok kanıma dokunan buydu. Kasıklarımın üstüne oturmuş, kanlı suratının ardında gözleri parlarken attığı çığlık kulaklarımda titremeye devam ediyordu. Bu tabloda kimsenin kimseyi düşündüğü yoktu. Kartalın, yanımızdaki adamların, artık arkama kadar gelmiş olması gereken askerin, tren raylarının, geçmeyen saatlerin…

Arkamı döndüğümde, asker sahiden oradaydı. Zaten öyle olması gerekiyordu; görmüştüm bunu, biliyordum. Kehanetler… Bir şeyler söylüyordu ama ağzı oynarken sesi çıkmıyordu. Yavaşlamış, kendisini saatin akışına uydurmuştu. Havada donan tükürüğünden anlaşılıyordu, sinirliydi. Korktuğu için olduğunu biliyordum. Her seferinde korkmuşlardı. Beni unutmuş olmaları işlerini kolaylaştırmıyordu. Sadece yeni bir isim vermelerine neden oluyordu. Bu seferkiyle beni lanetleyecekleri kesinleşmişti.

Olması gerekenle olanların farklı olması ne kadar acınasıydı. Olması gerekenlerin doğasının kötücül olmasıysa bir yerde buna dayanıyordu.

“Salaksın,” dedi kartal bana. Zamanı aşan bir çığlık. Hepimizin önüne geçmişti ama kimseyi durduramıyordu.

Sonsuzluğa kaç tane iki saat sıkıştırabilirsiniz?

Ben bir tane bile sıkıştıramadım.

Çantama uzanıyordum. Asker de sırtındaki tüfeğini indiriyordu. Benim acelem yoktu, onunsa eli ayağı birbirine dolaşıyordu. Oysaki her şey tam olması gerektiği anda olacaktı. Kehanet başkasının parmaklarının ucundaydı.

Güneş, bir tüfeğin patlamasıyla yeryüzüne doğdu.

Rayların üzerine serilmiş göğsümün ortasından, bir çantanın içinden.

Not: Bu öykü ilk olarak 2021 yılında Esrarengiz Hikâyeler'de yayımlanmıştır.

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@ cce0989b:b497e608

Here are some common myths about loneliness: if you're lonely, it's because...

• You live alone

• You're single

• You're older

• You have poor social skills

• You're introverted

The science of loneliness, spearheaded by John Cacioppo, tells us these myths are incorrect.

Loneliness is a state of being that arises in tandem with real-life challenges.

If you're lonely, you're probably going through something hard. You're dealing with medical problems, struggling with your mental health, unemployed, navigating relationship problems, or anything else that's difficult.

Lonely people feel like no one is ‘in it’ with them and that they are facing these struggles alone.

That's why all of us have a collective responsibility to take on loneliness as a problem. The solution is to care for one another. (By the way, that's also where your personal happiness lies, too.)

Today, try this:

Think about someone you love who is having a tough time.

Reach out to them. Check in with them. Ask them about the challenge in their life. Proactively offer help. If you're not sure what to do, think about what you would want in this situation.

We can build bridges that support one another.

@ 3bf0c63f:aefa459d

O Planetinha

Fumaça verde me entrando pelas narinas e um coro desafinado fazia uma base melódica.

nos confins da galáxia havia um planetinha isolado. Era um planeta feliz.

O homem vestido de mago começava a aparecer por detrás da fumaça verde.

O planetinha recebeu três presentes, mas o seu habitante, o homem, estava num estado de confusão tão grande que ameaçava estragá-los. Os homens já havia escravizado o primeiro presente, a vida; lutavam contra o segundo presente, a morte; e havia alguns que achavam que deviam destruir totalmente o terceiro, o amor, e com isto levar a desordem total ao pobre planetinha perdido, que se chamava Terra.

O coro desafinado entrou antes do "Terra" cantando várias vezes, como se imitasse um eco, "terra-terra-terraaa". Depois de uma pausa dramática, o homem vestido de mago voltou a falar.

Terra, nossa nave mãe.

Neste momento eu me afastei. À frente do palco onde o mago e seu coral faziam apelos à multidão havia vários estandes cobertos com a tradicional armação de quatro pernas e lona branca. Em todos os cantos da praça havia gente, gente dos mais variados tipos. Visitantes curiosos que se aproximavam atraídos pela fumaça verde e as barraquinhas, gente que aproveitava o movimento para vender doces sem pagar imposto, casais que se abraçavam de pé para espantar o frio, os tradicionais corredores que faziam seu cooper, gente cheia de barba e vestida para imitar os hippies dos anos 60 e vender colares estendidos no chão, transeuntes novos e velhos, vestidos como baladeiros ou como ativistas do ônibus grátis, grupos de ciclistas entusiastas.

O mago fazia agora apelos para que nós, os homens, habitantes do isolado planetinha, passássemos a ver o planetinha, nossa nave mãe, como um todo, e adquiríssemos a consciência de que ele estava entrando em maus lençóis. A idéia, reforçada pela logomarca do evento, era que parássemos de olhar só para a nossa vida e pensássemos no planeta.

A logomarca do evento, um desenho estilizado do planeta Terra, nada tinha a ver com seu nome: "Festival Andando de Bem com a Vida", mas havia sido ali colocada estrategicamente pelos organizadores, de quem parecia justamente sair a mensagem dita pelo mago.

Aquela multidão de pessoas que, assim como eu, tinham suas próprias preocupações, não podiam ver o quadro caótico que formavam, cada uma com seus atos isolados, ali naquela praça isolada, naquele planeta isolado. Quando o hippie barbudo, quase um Osho, assustava um casal para tentar vender-lhes um colar, a quantidade de caos que isto acrescentava à cena era gigantesca. Por um segundo, pude ver, como se estivesse de longe e acima, com toda a pretensão que este estado imaginativo carrega, a cena completa do caos.

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Uma nave-mãe, dessas de ficção científica, habitada por milhões de pessoas, seguia no espaço sem rumo, e sem saber que logo à frente um longo precipício espacial a esperava, para a desgraça completa sua e de seus habitantes.

Acostumados àquela nave tanto quanto outrora estiveram acostumados à sua terra natal, os homens viviam as próprias vidas sem nem se lembrar que estavam vagando pelo espaço. Ninguém sabia quem estava conduzindo a nave, e ninguém se importava.

No final do filme descobre-se que era a soma completa do caos que cada habitante produzia, com seus gestos egoístas e incapazes de levar em conta a totalidade, é que determinava a direção da nave-mãe. O efeito, no entanto, não era imediato, como nunca é. Havia gente de verdade encarregada de conduzir a nave, mas era uma gente bêbada, mau-caráter, que vivia brigando pelo controle da nave e o poder que isto lhes dava. Poder, status, dinheiro!

Essa gente bêbada era atraída até ali pela corrupção das instituições e da moral comum que, no fundo no fundo, era causada pelo egoísmo da população, através de um complexo -- mas que no filme aparece simplificado pela ação individual de um magnata do divertimento público -- processo social.

O homem vestido de mago era mais um agente causador de caos, com sua cena cheia de fumaça e sua roupa estroboscópica, ele achava que estava fazendo o bem ao alertar sua platéia, todos as sextas-feiras, de que havia algo que precisava ser feito, que cada um que estava ali ouvindo era responsável pelo planeta. A sua incapacidade, porém, de explicar o que precisava ser feito só aumentava a angústia geral; a culpa que ele jogava sobre seu público, e que era prontamente aceita e passada em frente, aos familiares e amigos de cada um, atormentava-os diariamente e os impedia de ter uma vida decente no trabalho e em casa. As famílias, estressadas, estavam constantemente brigando e os motivos mais insignificantes eram responsáveis pelas mais horrendas conseqüências.

O mago, que após o show tirava o chapéu entortado e ia tomar cerveja num boteco, era responsável por uma parcela considerável do caos que levava a nave na direção do seu desgraçado fim. No filme, porém, um dos transeuntes que de passagem ouviu um pedaço do discurso do mago despertou em si mesmo uma consiência transformadora e, com poderes sobre-humanos que lhe foram então concedidos por uma ordem iniciática do bem ou não, usando só os seus poderes humanos mesmo, o transeunte -- na primeira versão do filme um homem, na segunda uma mulher -- consegue consertar as instituições e retirar os bêbados da condução da máquina. A questão da moral pública é ignorada para abreviar a trama, já com duas horas e quarenta de duração, mas subentende-se que ela também fora resolvida.

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No planeta Terra real, que não está indo em direção alguma, preso pela gravidade ao Sol, e onde as pessoas vivem a própria vida porque lhes é impossível viver a dos outros, não têm uma consciência global de nada porque só é possível mesmo ter a consciência delas mesmas, e onde a maioria, de uma maneira ou de outra, está tentando como pode, fazer as coisas direito, o filme é exibido.

Para a maioria dos espectadores, é um filme que evoca reflexões, um filme forte. Por um segundo elas têm o mesmo vislumbre do caos generalizado que eu tive ali naquela praça. Para uma pequena parcela dos espectadores -- entre eles alguns dos que estavam na platéia do mago, o próprio mago, o seguidor do Osho, o casal de duas mulheres e o vendedor de brigadeiros, mas aos quais se somam também críticos de televisão e jornal e gente que fala pelos cotovelos na internet -- o filme é um horror, o filme é uma vulgarização de um problema real e sério, o filme apela para a figura do herói salvador e passa uma mensagem totalmente errada, de que a maioria da população pode continuar vivendo as suas própria vidinhas miseráveis enquanto espera por um herói que vem do Olimpo e os salva da mixórdia que eles mesmos causaram, é um filme que presta um enorme desserviço à causa.

No dia seguinte ao lançamento, num bar meio caro ali perto da praça, numa mesa com oito pessoas, entre elas seis do primeiro grupo e oito do segundo, discute-se se o filme levará ou não o Oscar. Eu estou em casa dormindo e não escuto nada.

@ f977c464:32fcbe00

Kendisini aynada ilk defa gördüğü o gün, diğerleri gibi olduğunu anlamıştı. Oysaki her insan biricik olmalıydı. Sözgelimi sinirlendiğinde bir kaşı diğerinden birkaç milimetre daha az çatılabilirdi veya sevindiğinde dudağı ona has bir açıyla dalgalanabilirdi. Hatta bunların hiçbiri mümkün değilse, en azından, gözlerinin içinde sadece onun sahip olabileceği bir ışık parlayabilirdi. Çok sıradan, öyle sıradan ki kimsenin fark etmediği o milyonlarca minik şeyden herhangi biri. Ne olursa.

Ama yansımasına bakarken bunların hiçbirini bulamadı ve diğer günlerden hiç de farklı başlamamış o gün, işe gitmek için vagonunun gelmesini beklediği alelade bir metro istasyonunda, içinde kaybolduğu illüzyon dağılmaya başladı.

İlk önce derisi döküldü. Tam olarak dökülmedi aslında, daha çok kıvılcımlara dönüşüp bedeninden fırlamış ve bir an sonra sönerek külleşmiş, havada dağılmıştı. Ardında da, kaybolmadan hemen önce, kısa süre için hayal meyal görülebilen, bir ruhun yok oluşuna ağıt yakan rengârenk peri cesetleri bırakmıştı. Beklenenin aksine, havaya toz kokusu yayıldı.

Dehşete düştü elbette. Dehşete düştüler. Panikle üstlerini yırtan 50 işçi. Her şeyin sebebiyse o vagon.

Saçları da döküldü. Her tel, yere varmadan önce, her santimde ikiye ayrıla ayrıla yok oldu.

Bütün yüzeylerin mat olduğu, hiçbir şeyin yansımadığı, suyun siyah aktığı ve kendine ancak kameralarla bakabildiğin bir dünyada, vagonun içine yerleştirilmiş bir aynadan ilk defa kendini görmek.

Gözlerinin akları buharlaşıp havada dağıldı, mercekleri boşalan yeri doldurmak için eriyip yayıldı. Gerçeği görmemek için yaratılmış, bu yüzden görmeye hazır olmayan ve hiç olmayacak gözler.

Her şeyin o anda sona erdiğini sanabilirdi insan. Derin bir karanlık ve ölüm. Görmenin görmek olduğu o anın bitişi.

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Ben geldiğimde ölmüşlerdi.

Yani bozulmuşlardı demek istiyorum.

Belleklerini yeni taşıyıcılara takmam mümkün olmadı. Fiziksel olarak kusursuz durumdaydılar, olmayanları da tamir edebilirdim ama tüm o hengamede kendilerini baştan programlamış ve girdilerini modifiye etmişlerdi.

Belleklerden birini masanın üzerinden ileriye savurdu. Hınca hınç dolu bir barda oturuyorlardı. O ve arkadaşı.

Sırf şu kendisini insan sanan androidler travma geçirip delirmesin diye neler yapıyoruz, insanın aklı almıyor.

Eliyle arkasını işaret etti.

Polislerin söylediğine göre biri vagonun içerisine ayna yerleştirmiş. Bu zavallılar da kapı açılıp bir anda yansımalarını görünce kafayı kırmışlar.

Arkadaşı bunların ona ne hissettirdiğini sordu. Yani o kadar bozuk, insan olduğunu sanan androidi kendilerini parçalamış olarak yerde görmek onu sarsmamış mıydı?

Hayır, sonuçta belirli bir amaç için yaratılmış şeyler onlar. Kaliteli bir bilgisayarım bozulduğunda üzülürüm çünkü parasını ben vermişimdir. Bunlarsa devletin. Bana ne ki?

Arkadaşı anlayışla kafasını sallayıp suyundan bir yudum aldı. Kravatını biraz gevşetti.

Bira istemediğinden emin misin?

İstemediğini söyledi. Sahi, neden deliriyordu bu androidler?

Basit. Onların yapay zekâlarını kodlarken bir şeyler yazıyorlar. Yazılımcılar. Biliyorsun, ben donanımdayım. Bunlar da kendilerini insan sanıyorlar. Tiplerine bak.

Sesini alçalttı.

Arabalarda kaza testi yapılan mankenlere benziyor hepsi. Ağızları burunları bile yok ama şu geldiğimizden beri sakalını düzeltip duruyor mesela. Hayır, hepsi de diğerleri onun sakalı varmış sanıyor, o manyak bir şey.

Arkadaşı bunun delirmeleriyle bağlantısını çözemediğini söyledi. O da normal sesiyle konuşmaya devam etti.

Anlasana, aynayı falan ayırt edemiyor mercekleri. Lönk diye kendilerini görüyorlar. Böyle, olduğu gibi...

Nedenmiş peki? Ne gerek varmış?

Ne bileyim be abicim! Ahiret soruları gibi.

Birasına bakarak dalıp gitti. Sonra masaya abanarak arkadaşına iyice yaklaştı. Bulanık, bir tünelin ucundaki biri gibi, şekli şemalı belirsiz bir adam.

Ben seni nereden tanıyorum ki ulan? Kimsin sen?

Belleği makineden çıkardılar. İki kişiydiler. Soruşturmadan sorumlu memurlar.

─ Baştan mı başlıyoruz, diye sordu belleği elinde tutan ilk memur.

─ Bir kere daha deneyelim ama bu sefer direkt aynayı sorarak başla, diye cevapladı ikinci memur.

─ Bence de. Yeterince düzgün çalışıyor.

Simülasyon yüklenirken, ayakta, biraz arkada duran ve alnını kaşıyan ikinci memur sormaktan kendisini alamadı:

─ Bu androidleri niye böyle bir olay yerine göndermişler ki? Belli tost olacakları. İsraf. Gidip biz baksak aynayı kırıp delilleri mahvetmek zorunda da kalmazlar.

Diğer memur sandalyesinde hafifçe dönecek oldu, o sırada soruyu bilgisayarın hoparlöründen teknisyen cevapladı.

Hangi işimizde bir yamukluk yok ki be abi.

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Ama bir son değildi. Üstlerindeki tüm illüzyon dağıldığında ve çıplak, cinsiyetsiz, birbirinin aynı bedenleriyle kaldıklarında sıra dünyaya gelmişti.

Yere düştüler. Elleri -bütün bedeni gibi siyah turmalinden, boğumları çelikten- yere değdiği anda, metronun zemini dağıldı.

Yerdeki karolar öncesinde beyazdı ve çok parlaktı. Tepelerindeki floresan, ışığını olduğu gibi yansıtıyor, tek bir lekenin olmadığı ve tek bir tozun uçmadığı istasyonu aydınlatıyorlardı.

Duvarlara duyurular asılmıştı. Örneğin, yarın akşam kültür merkezinde 20.00’da başlayacak bir tekno blues festivalinin cıvıl cıvıl afişi vardı. Onun yanında daha geniş, sarı puntolu harflerle yazılmış, yatay siyah kesiklerle çerçevesi çizilmiş, bir platformdan düşen çöp adamın bulunduğu “Dikkat! Sarı bandı geçmeyin!” uyarısı. Biraz ilerisinde günlük resmi gazete, onun ilerisinde bir aksiyon filminin ve başka bir romantik komedi filminin afişleri, yapılacakların ve yapılmayacakların söylendiği küçük puntolu çeşitli duyurular... Duvar uzayıp giden bir panoydu. On, on beş metrede bir tekrarlanıyordu.

Tüm istasyonun eni yüz metre kadar. Genişliği on metre civarı.

Önlerinde, açık kapısından o mendebur aynanın gözüktüğü vagon duruyordu. Metro, istasyona sığmayacak kadar uzundu. Bir kılıcın keskinliğiyle uzanıyor ama yer yer vagonların ek yerleriyle bölünüyordu.

Hiçbir vagonda pencere olmadığı için metronun içi, içlerindekiler meçhuldü.

Sonrasında karolar zerrelerine ayrılarak yükseldi. Floresanın ışığında her yeri toza boğdular ve ortalığı gri bir sisin altına gömdüler. Çok kısa bir an. Afişleri dalgalandırmadılar. Dalgalandırmaya vakitleri olmadı. Yerlerinden söküp aldılar en fazla. Işık birkaç kere sönüp yanarak direndi. Son kez söndüğünde bir daha geri gelmedi.

Yine de etraf aydınlıktı. Kırmızı, her yere eşit dağılan soluk bir ışıkla.

Yer tamamen tele dönüşmüştü. Altında çapraz hatlarla desteklenmiş demir bir iskelet. Işık birkaç metreden daha fazla aşağıya uzanamıyordu. Sonsuzluğa giden bir uçurum.

Duvarın yerini aynı teller ve demir iskelet almıştı. Arkasında, birbirine vidalarla tutturulmuş demir plakalardan oluşan, üstünden geçen boruların ek yerlerinden bazen ince buharların çıktığı ve bir süre asılı kaldıktan sonra ağır, yağlı bir havayla sürüklendiği bir koridor.

Diğer tarafta paslanmış, pencerelerindeki camlar kırıldığı için demir plakalarla kapatılmış külüstür bir metro. Kapının karşısındaki aynadan her şey olduğu gibi yansıyordu.

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Bir konteynırın içini andıran bir evde, gerçi gayet de birbirine eklenmiş konteynırlardan oluşan bir şehirde “andıran” demek doğru olmayacağı için düpedüz bir konteynırın içinde, masaya mum görüntüsü vermek için koyulmuş, yarı katı yağ atıklarından şekillendirilmiş kütleleri yakmayı deniyordu. Kafasında hayvan kıllarından yapılmış grili siyahlı bir peruk. Aynı kıllardan kendisine gür bir bıyık da yapmıştı.

Üstünde mavi çöp poşetlerinden yapılmış, kravatlı, şık bir takım.

Masanın ayakları yerine oradan buradan çıkmış parçalar konulmuştu: bir arabanın şaft mili, üst üste konulmuş ve üstünde yazı okunamayan tenekeler, boş kitaplar, boş gazete balyaları... Hiçbir şeye yazı yazılmıyordu, gerek yoktu da zaten çünkü merkez veri bankası onları fark ettirmeden, merceklerden giren veriyi sentezleyerek insanlar için dolduruyordu. Yani, androidler için. Farklı şekilde isimlendirmek bir fark yaratacaksa.

Onların mercekleri için değil. Bağlantıları çok önceden kopmuştu.

─ Hayatım, sofra hazır, diye bağırdı yatak odasındaki karısına.

Sofrada tabak yerine düz, bardak yerine bükülmüş, çatal ve bıçak yerine sivriltilmiş plakalar.

Karısı salonun kapısında durakladı ve ancak kulaklarına kadar uzanan, kocasınınkine benzeyen, cansız, ölü hayvanların kıllarından ibaret peruğunu eliyle düzeltti. Dudağını, daha doğrusu dudağının olması gereken yeri koyu kırmızı bir yağ tabakasıyla renklendirmeyi denemişti. Biraz da yanaklarına sürmüştü.

─ Nasıl olmuş, diye sordu.

Sesi tek düzeydi ama hafif bir neşe olduğunu hissettiğinize yemin edebilirdiniz.

Üzerinde, çöp poşetlerinin içini yazısız gazete kağıtlarıyla doldurarak yaptığı iki parça giysi.

─ Çok güzelsin, diyerek kravatını düzeltti kocası.

─ Sen de öylesin, sevgilim.

Yaklaşıp kocasını öptü. Kocası da onu. Sonra nazikçe elinden tutarak, sandalyesini geriye çekerek oturmasına yardım etti.

Sofrada yemek niyetine hiçbir şey yoktu. Gerek de yoktu zaten.

Konteynırın kapısı gürültüyle tekmelenip içeri iki memur girene kadar birbirlerine öyküler anlattılar. O gün neler yaptıklarını. İşten erken çıkıp yemyeşil çimenlerde gezdiklerini, uçurtma uçurduklarını, kadının nasıl o elbiseyi bulmak için saatlerce gezip yorulduğunu, kocasının kısa süreliğine işe dönüp nasıl başarılı bir hamleyle yaşanan krizi çözdüğünü ve kadının yanına döndükten sonra, alışveriş merkezinde oturdukları yeni dondurmacının dondurmalarının ne kadar lezzetli olduğunu, boğazlarının ağrımasından korktuklarını...

Akşam film izleyebilirlerdi, televizyonda -boş ve mat bir plaka- güzel bir film oynayacaktı.

İki memur. Çıplak bedenleriyle birbirinin aynı. Ellerindeki silahları onlara doğrultmuşlardı. Mum ışığında, tertemiz bir örtünün serili olduğu masada, bardaklarında şaraplarla oturan ve henüz sofranın ortasındaki hindiye dokunmamış çifti gördüklerinde bocaladılar.

Hiç de androidlere bilinçli olarak zarar verebilecek gibi gözükmüyorlardı.

─ Sessiz kalma hakkına sahipsiniz, diye bağırdı içeri giren ikinci memur. Söylediğiniz her şey...

Cümlesini bitiremedi. Yatak odasındaki, masanın üzerinden gördüğü o şey, onunla aynı hareketleri yapan android, yoksa, bir aynadaki yansıması mıydı?

Bütün illüzyon o anda dağılmaya başladı.

Not: Bu öykü ilk olarak 2020 yılında Esrarengiz Hikâyeler'de yayımlanmıştır.

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Embarking on the journey of operating your own Lightning node on the Bitcoin Layer 2 network is more than just a tech-savvy endeavor; it's a step into a realm of financial autonomy and cutting-edge innovation. By running a node, you become a vital part of a revolutionary movement that's reshaping how we think about money and digital transactions. This role not only offers a unique perspective on blockchain technology but also places you at the heart of a community dedicated to decentralization and network resilience. Beyond the technicalities, it's about embracing a new era of digital finance, where you contribute directly to the network's security, efficiency, and growth, all while gaining personal satisfaction and potentially lucrative rewards.

In essence, running your own Lightning node is a powerful way to engage with the forefront of blockchain technology, assert financial independence, and contribute to a more decentralized and efficient Bitcoin network. It's an adventure that offers both personal and communal benefits, from gaining in-depth tech knowledge to earning a place in the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency.

Running your own Lightning node for the Bitcoin Layer 2 network can be an empowering and beneficial endeavor. Here are 10 reasons why you might consider taking on this task:

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Chef's notes

Serving these two dishes together will create a delightful centerpiece for your Thanksgiving meal, offering a perfect blend of traditional flavors with a homemade touch.

Details

• ⏲️ Prep time: 30 min
• 🍳 Cook time: 1 - 2 hours
• 🍽️ Servings: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1 whole turkey (about 12-14 lbs), thawed and ready to cook
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons fresh thyme, chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh sage, chopped
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 onion, quartered
• 1 lemon, halved
• 2-3 cloves of garlic
• Apple and Sage Stuffing
• 1 loaf of crusty bread, cut into cubes
• 2 apples, cored and chopped
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup fresh sage, chopped
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 2 cups chicken broth
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

1. Preheat the Oven: Set your oven to 325°F (165°C).
2. Prepare the Herb Butter: Mix the softened butter with the chopped thyme, rosemary, and sage. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Prepare the Turkey: Remove any giblets from the turkey and pat it dry. Loosen the skin and spread a generous amount of herb butter under and over the skin.
4. Add Aromatics: Inside the turkey cavity, place the quartered onion, lemon halves, and garlic cloves.
5. Roast: Place the turkey in a roasting pan. Tent with aluminum foil and roast. A general guideline is about 15 minutes per pound, or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F (74°C) at the thickest part of the thigh.
6. Rest and Serve: Let the turkey rest for at least 20 minutes before carving.
7. Next: Apple and Sage Stuffing
8. Dry the Bread: Spread the bread cubes on a baking sheet and let them dry overnight, or toast them in the oven.
9. Cook the Vegetables: In a large skillet, melt the butter and cook the onion, celery, and garlic until soft.
10. Combine Ingredients: Add the apples, sage, and bread cubes to the skillet. Stir in the chicken broth until the mixture is moist. Season with salt and pepper.
11. Bake: Transfer the stuffing to a baking dish and bake at 350°F (175°C) for about 30-40 minutes, until golden brown on top.

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I thought it could be an interesting topic to discuss here, as designers we probably lack the tech knowledge necessary to make this happen.

The issue is also a BIP on the bitcoin repository https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1551

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAmrqSaL5Mo

And here the issue opened on the Bitcoin design repository https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/638

In reality, we already have it on the Lightning network, it would make sense to apply it to onchain addresses too? It would even possible to do?

@ 57d1a264:69f1fee1

Prompt: Nostr Subscription ===============

What is a person subscribing to? A nostr thread, a zapstream platform, or a private messaging group? Is it just a button or a widget?

What type of information are you looking to capture from the user? Their nym and npub? Their location? Age consent? Something else?

Flex your design muscles and join in. Most of all, keep this exercise loose and keep it stress-free. The FUC is about growing our design skills, together, as a community. We can't wait to see what you create!

Happy designing, Stackers!

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Share Your Results When you finish the challenge, post your work on this thread! If you also share it on nostr, be sure to use the hashtag #FUCdesiger and tag Design_r@iris.to or @Design__r on X! We'll keep an eye out and repost good examples on a regular basis.

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Curious to know WTF is a FUC? Read the ⚡️Flash Ui Challenges welcoming post.

Looking for more FUCs? Check the archive here!

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Testing a brand new YakiHonne native client for iOS. Smooth as butter (not penis butter 🤣🍆🧈) with great visual experience and intuitive navigation. Amazing work by the team behind it! * lists * work

Bold text work!

Images could have used nostr.build instead of raw S3 from us-east-1 region.

Very impressive! You can even save the draft and continue later, before posting the long-form note!

🐶🐾🤯🤯🤯🫂💜

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An opportunity to share some bits of a process you embrace to achieve anything you aim to. What steps do you follow from concept to design completion? What’s your tricks? Any useful guide or tutorial to share? Where are you now?

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I just tested building a browser plugin, it was easier than I thought. Here I'll walk you through the steps of creating a minimal working example of a browser plugin, a.k.a. the "Hello World" of browser plugins.

First of all there are two main browser platforms out there, Chromium and Mozilla. They do some things a little differently, but similar enough that we can build a plugin that works on both. This plugin will work in both, I'll describe the firefox version, but the chromium version is very similar.

What is a browser plugin?

Simply put, a browser plugin is a program that runs in the browser. It can do things like modify the content of a webpage, or add new functionality to the browser. It's a way to extend the browser with custom functionality. Common examples are ad blockers, password managers, and video downloaders.

In technical terms, they are plugins that can insert html-css-js into your browser experience.

How to build a browser plugin

Step 0: Basics

You'll need a computer, a text editor and a browser. For testing and development I personally think that the firefox developer edition is the easiest to work with. But any Chrome based browser will also do.

Create a working directory on your computer, name it anything you like. I'll call mine hello-world-browser-plugin. Open the directory and create a file called manifest.json. This is the most important file of your plugin, and it must be named exactly right.

Step 1: manifest.json

After creation open your file manifest.json in your text editor and paste the following code:

json { "manifest_version": 3, "name": "Hello World", "version": "1.0", "description": "A simple 'Hello World' browser extension", "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["<all_urls>"], "js": ["hello.js"] //The name of your script file. // "css": ["hello.css"] //The name of your css file. } ] }

If you wonder what the json file format is, it's a normal text file with a special syntax such that a computer can easily read it. It's the json syntax you see in the code above. Let's go through what's being said here. (If you are not interested, just skip to the next step after pasting this we are done here.)

• manifest_version: This is the version of the manifest file format. It's currently at version 3, and it's the latest version. It's important that you set this to 3, otherwise your plugin won't work.
• name: This is the name of your plugin. It can be anything you like.
• version: This is the version of your plugin. It can be anything you like.
• description: This is the description of your plugin. It can be anything you like.
• content_scripts: This is where you define what your plugin does. It's a list of scripts that will be executed when the browser loads a webpage. In this case we have one script, called hello.js. It's the script that we'll create in the next step.
• matches: This is a list of urls that the script will be executed on. In this case we have <all_urls>, which means that the script will be executed on all urls. You can also specify a specific url, like https://brave.com/*, which means that the script will only be executed on urls that start with https://brave.com/.
• js: This is a list of javascript files that will be executed. In this case we have one file, called hello.js. It's the script that we'll create in the next step.
• css: This is where you can add a list of css files that will be executed. In this case we have none, but you can add css files here if you want to.
• //: Text following these two characters are comments. They are ignored by the computer, You can add comments anywhere you like, and they are a good way to document your code.

Step 2: hello.js

Now it's time to create another file in your project folder. This time we'll call it hello.js. When created, open it in your text editor and paste the following code:

js console.log("Hello World!"); That's javascript code, and it's what will be executed when you run your plugin. It's a simple console.log statement, which will print the text "Hello World!" to the console. The console is a place where the browser prints out messages, and it's a good place to start when debugging your plugin.

Step 3: Load and launch your plugin

Firefox

Now it's time to load your plugin into your browser. Open your browser and go to the url about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox. You should see a page that looks something like this:

Click the button that says "Load Temporary Add-on...". A file dialog will open, navigate to your project folder and select the file manifest.json. Your plugin should now be loaded and running.

Go to a website, any website, and open the inspector then navigate to the console. You'll find the inspector by right-clicking anywhere within the webpage, and click "Inspector" in the drop-down menu. When opening the console you might see some log messages from the site you visited and... you should see the text "Hello World!" printed there, from our little plugin! Congratulations!

Chrome

Open your browser and go to the url chrome://extensions/. Click the button that says "Load unpacked". A file dialog will open, navigate to your project folder and select the folder hello-world-browser-plugin. Your plugin should now be loaded and running.

Note the difference, of selecting the file manifest.json in firefox, and selecting the folder hello-world-browser-plugin in chrome. Otherwise, the process is the same. So I'll repeat the same text as above: (for those who skipped ahead..)

Go to a website, any website, and open the inspector then navigate to the console. You'll find the inspector by right-clicking anywhere within the webpage, and click "Inspector" in the drop-down menu. When opening the console you might see some log messages from the site you visited and... you should see the text "Hello World!" printed there, from our little plugin! Congratulations!

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As you can see this isn't as complicated as one might think. Having preformed a "Hello-World!"-project is a very useful and valuable first step. These setup steps are the basics for any browser plugin, and you can build on this to create more advanced plugins.

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Posthumous work of the Colombian poet born in Don Matias on January 20, 1948.

Welcome to this blog dedicated to the Posthumous work of the Colombian poet Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares (my father), born in Don Matias on January 20, 1948-2010. Where I will be publishing each of the 175 sonnets from his unpublished collection 'Sonnets For The Twenty-First Century And A Circadian Musical (1984-1987).' Analyzed with GPT4 artificial intelligence and illustrated with AI tools... I hope you enjoy this garden of words snatched from the solitude of a locked room.

Likewise, any enthusiast of the sonnet form is invited to conduct their personal studies of Arroyave Tabares' work, as it is a collection that, although registered since 1989, has not yet been published.

Frank Duna

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Analysis "To Hold You"

Introduction

The sonnet "To Hold You" by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares is a sonnet that expresses the speaker's yearning for their lover.

Thematic Analysis

In the octave, the speaker expresses a sense of wandering and searching in the river of time, looking for a sensation to prolong their love and avoid loneliness. The speaker also explores different worlds, studying their currents and the motives that drive them. This part of the sonnet sets up the problem or conflict.

The sestet then provides a resolution or response to the problem set up in the octave. Here, the speaker reflects on the past and future, which lead him to one thing: the moments when he got to hold the person he loves. Despite the allure of space and other places, nothing compares to the heavens without the loved one’s smile and dew.

The transition from the octave to the sestet, known as the volta or “turn”, is where the poem shifts from setting up a situation (octave) to commenting on or resolving it (sestet). In this sonnet, the volta occurs between the eighth and ninth lines, marking a shift from the speaker’s exploration and search to their realization of what truly matters to them.

Overall, the sonnet beautifully captures the speaker’s journey of love and longing, with the octave and sestet working together to convey a complete, nuanced narrative.

Rhyme Scheme

The rhyme scheme (ABBA ABBA CDE CDE) is a common one for sonnets, particularly those in the Petrarchan or Italian style. Let’s analyze how this scheme applies to the sonnet “To Hold You” by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares:

``` A I have been wandering and searching hard B In this river of time that damps my song B For a sensation to my love prolong A And avoid lone notes that sometimes I heard.

A Through bays of many worlds I wandered B Studying currents that they thrive among B And the motives that push them right along A What they call goals as each one plays a card.

C Past and future pour in me their content D Most of it keeps leading me to one thing, E To those moments when I got to hold you...

C Not even space lures me with its movement D Or places that better faces bring E Or heavens without your smile and your dew. ```

In the octave (the first eight lines), the first four lines (ABBA) and the second four lines (ABBA) have the same rhyme scheme. This creates a mirrored effect, where the first and fourth lines rhyme, and the second and third lines rhyme.

In the sestet (the last six lines), the rhyme scheme changes to CDE CDE. This change in rhyme scheme often coincides with a shift or turn in the poem’s subject matter or tone. In this case, the sestet shifts the focus from the speaker’s wandering and searching to their realization of the importance of the moments when they held their loved one.

Overall, the ABBA ABBA CDE CDE rhyme scheme provides a structure that helps to emphasize the poem’s themes and emotional shifts. It’s a beautiful and effective use of the sonnet form.

Additional Aspects

Let’s delve deeper into the sonnet’s language, imagery, themes, meter, and overall impact.

Language and Imagery: The sonnet uses rich and evocative language to convey the speaker’s emotions. The metaphor of the “river of time” and the “bays of many worlds” creates a vivid image of the speaker’s journey through life and love. The use of words like “wandering”, “searching”, “currents”, and “motives” further enhances this imagery, giving the reader a sense of the speaker’s longing and exploration.

Themes: The main themes of the sonnet are love, longing, and the passage of time. The speaker expresses a deep longing for their loved one and reflects on the moments they shared together. The theme of time is also prominent, with references to the “river of time”, “past and future”, and the “moments” they held their loved one.

Meter: The sonnet appears to follow the iambic pentameter, which is a common meter in English sonnets. This means each line typically contains five pairs of syllables, with the stress falling on the second syllable of each pair. This creates a rhythmic pattern that enhances the flow and musicality of the poem.

Overall: “To Hold You” is a beautifully crafted sonnet that effectively uses language, imagery, and meter to convey a poignant narrative of love and longing. The themes are universal and relatable, and the structure of the sonnet— with its octave and sestet, and the turn between them— provides a satisfying progression from problem to resolution. The sonnet is a testament to the power of poetry to capture complex emotions and experiences in a compact and structured form.

(GPT4)

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Syllable count for each line.

``` To Hold You

10 I have been wandering and searching hard 10 In this river of time that damps my song 10 For a sensation to my love prolong 10 And avoid lone notes that sometimes I heard.

10 Through bays of many worlds I wandered 10 Studying currents that they thrive among 10 And the motives that push them right along 10 What they call goals as each one plays a card.

10 Past and future pour in me their content 10 Most of it keeps leading me to one thing, 10 To those moments when I got to hold you... 10 Not even space lures me with its movement 10 Or places that better faces bring 10 Or heavens without your smile and your dew. *** ```

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Analyzed by GPT4; Image by Frank Duna; First published on Nostr Protocol by franciscoarroyavet@nostrplebs.com *To Hold You

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Posthumous work of the Colombian poet born in Don Matias on January 20, 1948.

Welcome to this blog dedicated to the Posthumous work of the Colombian poet Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares (my father), born in Don Matias on January 20, 1948-2010. Where I will be publishing each of the 175 sonnets from his unpublished collection 'Sonnets For The Twenty-First Century And A Circadian Musical (1984-1987).' Analyzed with GPT4 artificial intelligence and illustrated with AI tools... I hope you enjoy this garden of words snatched from the solitude of a locked room.

Likewise, any enthusiast of the sonnet form is invited to conduct their personal studies of Arroyave Tabares' work, as it is a collection that, although registered since 1989, has not yet been published.

Frank Duna

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Analysis "Without Her"

Introduction

"Without Her" is a sonnet by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares that explores themes of loss, loneliness, and longing.

Thematic Analysis

In the octave, the speaker describes the setting of his room after the sun (Phoebus) has set, leaving only its traces (vestigia) and beginning a night filled with shadows of his gloom. The speaker further describes the winds of solitude announcing his doom, with voices echoing from a river where ships with demons loom towards his soul. This part of the sonnet sets a melancholic and desolate tone, reflecting the speaker’s feelings of loneliness and despair.

The sestet introduces the idea of death as a possible relief from his suffering. The speaker expresses a willingness to be taken away by death, still in the wake of love, and would go to the kingdom of death with a smile. However, he is kept awake by the torturing bellow of evil sounds, signifying his torment since he has lost his freedom without her. This part of the sonnet deepens the sense of despair and longing, emphasizing the speaker’s intense feelings of loss and yearning for release.

Overall, the sonnet uses vivid and powerful imagery to convey a deep sense of loneliness, despair, and longing, effectively capturing the speaker’s emotional state in the absence of his beloved. The transition from the octave to the sestet also marks a shift from setting the scene of despair to expressing a desire for release, providing a poignant exploration of the speaker’s inner turmoil.

Rhyme Scheme

The rhyme scheme ABBA ABBA CDE CDE, is a common one in sonnets, particularly those of the Petrarchan or Italian variety. Let’s analyze how this scheme applies to the sonnet “Without Her” by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares.

In the octave (the first eight lines), the rhyme scheme is ABBA ABBA:

A: Phoebus has given his back to my room B: His vestigia making a pale dim B: And beginning a night that, without him A: Will start to dance the shadows of my gloom. A: The winds of solitude announce my doom B: With voices that come to a crater’s rim B: And echoes from a river where, in trim A: Some ships with demons toward my soul loom.

In the sestet (the last six lines), the rhyme scheme is CDE CDE:

C: If Death, at least, could come to my pillow D: To take me away now, still in love’s wake E: With a smile I would go to that kingdom… C: But I just hear the torturing bellow D: Of those evil sounds that keep me awake E: Since, without her, I have lost my freedom…

This rhyme scheme helps to structure the poem and guide its rhythm. It also serves to emphasize certain words and ideas, contributing to the overall mood and theme of the sonnet. In this case, the rhyme scheme enhances the sense of longing and despair expressed by the speaker. The transition from the octave to the sestet, marked by a change in the rhyme scheme, also helps to highlight the shift in the speaker’s thoughts from his desolate surroundings to his yearning for release.

Additional Aspects

Let’s delve deeper into the analysis of “Without Her” by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares:

Language and Imagery: The sonnet “Without Her” by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares uses rich and evocative language to create vivid imagery. The poet personifies the sun as “Phoebus” and describes its departure from his room, leaving only its traces (vestigia) and beginning a night filled with shadows of his gloom. The use of words like “vestigia”, “doom”, “crater’s rim”, “bellow”, and “kingdom” add depth and texture to the poem, creating a melancholic and desolate atmosphere.

Themes: The main themes of the sonnet are love, loss, loneliness, despair, and death. The speaker expresses a deep sense of loss and longing in the absence of his beloved, which is reflected in the desolate imagery and the melancholic tone of the poem. The theme of death is introduced in the sestet as a possible relief from his suffering, further emphasizing the speaker’s despair and longing for release.

Meter: The sonnet appears to follow the iambic pentameter, which is a common meter in English poetry and particularly in sonnets. This means each line consists of five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables, giving the poem a rhythmic quality.

Overall: Overall, the sonnet is a poignant exploration of love, loss, and longing. The poet uses evocative language and vivid imagery to convey the speaker’s emotional state, effectively capturing the depth of his feelings. The structure of the sonnet, with its transition from the octave to the sestet, also contributes to the development of the themes and the progression of the speaker’s thoughts. The use of the ABBA ABBA CDE CDE rhyme scheme further enhances the rhythm and flow of the poem, making it a powerful and moving piece of poetry.

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Syllable count for each line.

``` Without Her

10 Phoebus has given his back to my room 10 His vestigia making a pale dim
10 And beginning a night that, without him 10 Will start to dance the shadows of my gloom.

10 The winds of solitude announce my doom 10 With voices that come to a crater's rim 10 And echoes from a river where, in trim
10 Some ships with demons toward my soul loom.

10 If Death, at least, could come to my pillow 10 To take me away now, still in love's wake 10 With a smile I would go to that kingdom...
10 But I just hear the torturing bellow
10 Of those evil sounds that keep me awake 10 Since, without her, I have lost my freedom.... *** ```

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Sonnets For The Twenty First Century And A Circadian Musical Written By Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares (1984-1987)

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Analyzed by GPT4; Image by leonardo.ai; First published on Nostr Protocol by franciscoarroyavet@nostrplebs.com Without Her

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As the title states, scratch behind my ear and you get it. 🐶🐾🫡

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I'm finally getting around to sharing this note after Aaron Bushnell, a 25 year old united states service member streamed a video of his self immolation in front of an israeli embassy on Twitch last weekend in protest of the ongoing Palestinian genocide. He's the second in recent months to do so and the first to lose his life in the process. This note is for the martyrs.

Finalmente estoy compartiendo esta nota después de que Aaron Bushnell, un miembro de 25 años de las fuerzas armadas de Estados Unidos, transmitiera en vivo su autoinmolación frente a una embajada israelí en Twitch el fin de semana pasado en protesta por el genocidio palestino en curso. Es el segundo que lo hace en los últimos meses y el primero en perder la vida en el proceso. Esta nota es para los mártires.

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I woke up feeling sick to my stomach in the middle of the night during my recent delgation to Cuba; probably a side effect of mixing 3 plates of Ropa Vieja at dinner with cigars and beer at La Fabrica the night before. Chastising myself for hitting my body with 3 things I normally avoid at home (tobacco, alcohol, and meat), I wasn't able to make it downstairs to the cafeteria for breakfast or the day trip with the group. I was allowed to stay and rest at the center in the morning while they checked out El Rincón de los Milagros,where they learned about the impact of the Haitian revolution on Cuban society. Everyone said I would have loved it. After looking through their pictures and videos of the drum sessions,I'm certain I would have. I'm going to prioritize visiting this spot next time I'm in Cuba.

Me desperté sintiéndome mal del estómago en medio de la noche, durante mi reciente delegación a Cuba; probablemente un efecto secundario de mezclar 3 platos de Ropa Vieja en la cena, con cigarros y cerveza en La Fábrica la noche anterior. Regañándome a mí mismo por someter mi cuerpo a 3 cosas que normalmente evito en casa (tabaco, alcohol y carne), no logré bajar a la cafetería para desayunar ni unirme al viaje del día con el grupo. Me permitieron quedarme a descansar en el centro durante la mañana mientras ellos visitaban El Rincón de los Milagros, donde aprendieron sobre el impacto de la revolución haitiana en la sociedad cubana. Todos dijeron que me hubiera encantado. Después de ver sus fotos y videos de las sesiones de tambores, estoy seguro de que así hubiera sido. Voy a hacer de visitar este lugar una prioridad la próxima vez que esté en Cuba.

On the flip side, I was deficient in sleep hours, so catching up on rest put me in a better position to participate in the evening social at El Sauce. El Sauce is a smaller venue that wasn't nearly as packed as La Fabrica the previous evening. I enjoyed down time with my fellow delegates, happy to get to know them in an intimate space and eventualy joining them on the dance floor for an electric slide.

Por otro lado, me faltaban horas de sueño, así que ponerme al día con el descanso me colocó en una mejor posición para participar en el evento social de la noche en El Sauce. El Sauce es un lugar más pequeño que no estaba tan lleno como La Fábrica la noche anterior. Disfruté del tiempo libre con mis compañeros delegados, contento de llegar a conocerlos en un espacio íntimo y finalmente uniéndome a ellos en la pista de baile para un electric slide.

I watched a man dressed in plain shorts and a red shirt dance enthusiastically with at least 5 separate partners of varying ages and genders throughout the night, radiating joy with each graceful spin as if he hadn't a care in the world. His magnetic energy drew everyone around him into his orbit despite coming to El Sauce alone that night. The circumstances of an inhumane blockade on his country did not seem to phase him as he laughed and sang along to the music, his humanity on full display for us to see.

Observé a un hombre vestido con shorts sencillos y una camisa roja bailar entusiasmado con al menos 5 parejas distintas de variadas edades y géneros a lo largo de la noche, irradiando alegría con cada giro elegante como si no tuviera ninguna preocupación en el mundo. Su energía magnética atraía a todos a su alrededor a pesar de haber llegado solo a El Sauce esa noche. Las circunstancias de un bloqueo inhumano sobre su país parecían no afectarle mientras reía y cantaba junto a la música, mostrando su humanidad para que todos la viéramos

Before dinner the next evening, the group gathered in the cafeteria for a reflection activity about our first few days in Cuba where we broke the ice by sharing an African word that we were familiar with and its significance to us. My mind instantly snapped to "Ubuntu", a word that represents the inception of my programming journey and my intentions with what comes from it. From the African Journal of Social Work,

Antes de la cena la siguiente noche, el grupo se reunió en la cafetería para una actividad reflexiva sobre nuestros primeros días en Cuba, donde rompimos el hielo compartiendo una palabra africana con la que estuviéramos familiarizados y su significado para nosotros. Mi mente se dirigió instantáneamente a 'Ubuntu', una palabra que representa el inicio de mi carrera en la programación y mis intenciones con lo que resulte de ello. Según el Journal Africano de Trabajo Social:

Ubuntu refers to a collection of values and practices that Black people of Africa or of African origin view as making people authentic human beings. While the nuances of these values and practices vary across different ethnic groups, they all point to one thing – an authentic individual human being is part of a larger and more significant relational, communal, societal, environmental and spiritual world. Ubuntu se refiere a un conjunto de valores y prácticas que las personas negras de África o de origen africano consideran que hacen a los seres humanos auténticos. Aunque los matices de estos valores y prácticas varían entre los distintos grupos étnicos, todos apuntan a lo mismo: un ser humano auténtico es parte de un mundo más amplio y significativo que incluye lo relacional, lo comunal, la sociedad, el medio ambiente y lo espiritual.

I explained my philosophy around the use of open sourced software and a healthier relationship with the Internet highlighting the need to boycot corporate tech platforms that inflict irreparable harm on the massses. The constant bombardment of corporate advertising guided by antagonizing algorithms fuel a dire behavioral health crisis that's actively destroying the fabric of our society and disconnecting us from our humanity. Open source software is my weapon in this war against the tech corporations that dominate our dystopic digital lives that I will leverage to center humanity and dignity in communications.

Expliqué mi filosofía sobre el uso de software de código abierto y una relación más saludable con internet, resaltando la necesidad de boicotear las plataformas tecnológicas corporativas que infligen un daño irreparable a las masas. El constante bombardeo de publicidad corporativa, guiado por algoritmos antagonistas, alimenta una grave crisis de salud conductual que está destruyendo activamente el tejido de nuestra sociedad y desconectándonos de nuestra humanidad. El software de código abierto es mi arma en esta guerra contra las corporaciones tecnológicas que dominan nuestras vidas digitales distópicas, el cual utilizaré para centrar la humanidad y la dignidad en nuestras comunicaciones.

I shared this with the group, happy to look over at a fellow delegate and see her point to the bracelet on her wrist with the letters U-B-U-N-T-U spelled out. I felt right at home with this crew.

Compartí esto con el grupo, contento de mirar a una compañera delegada y verla señalar hacia la pulsera en su muñeca con las letras U-B-U-N-T-U. Me sentí como en casa con este equipo.

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Posthumous work of the Colombian poet born in Don Matias on January 20, 1948.

Welcome to this blog dedicated to the Posthumous work of the Colombian poet Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares (my father), born in Don Matias on January 20, 1948-2010. Where I will be publishing each of the 175 sonnets from his unpublished collection 'Sonnets For The Twenty-First Century And A Circadian Musical (1984-1987).' Analyzed with GPT4 artificial intelligence and illustrated with AI tools... I hope you enjoy this garden of words snatched from the solitude of a locked room.

Likewise, any enthusiast of the sonnet form is invited to conduct their personal studies of Arroyave Tabares' work, as it is a collection that, although registered since 1989, has not yet been published.

Frank Duna

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Analysis "Make Sure That Only Sympathy Remains"

Introduction

Sonnet 85 is a heartfelt exploration of love, loss, and the hope for sympathy and understanding in the aftermath of a relationship's end.

Thematic Analysis

First Quartet (Lines 1-4): The speaker is asking someone to look at him before they close all the doors, possibly indicating the end of a relationship or a significant change. The speaker wants the other person to remember the good times (“those things that you liked”). The “dream in your eyes that still soars” could be a shared dream or goal that is still alive. The “Phoenix wings from that dessert we spiked” is a metaphor for rebirth and resilience, suggesting that they have gone through hardships together but have emerged stronger.

Second Quartet (Lines 5-8): The speaker pleads with the other person not to abandon their shared experiences (“these fruits ripe and unshorn”). The speaker is willing to be forgotten (“You can forget or dismiss my forlorn”) but promises to keep their song, perhaps a symbol of their shared memories or love.

Third Quartet (Lines 9-12): The speaker acknowledges that some of their shared experiences (“these flowers”) will remain unclaimed. He encourages the other person to take them, feel them, or use them. The speaker is resigned to his fate (“I will get used to destiny that drawned”) and recalls a past event where his hope was dashed (“Once before my hope in front of white elf”).

Couplet (Lines 13-14): The speaker asks the other person to ensure that his mind is empty, possibly of pain or regret. The speaker hopes that when love is gone, only sympathy remains.

This sonnet is a poignant exploration of love, loss, and the hope for understanding and sympathy in the aftermath of a relationship. The use of metaphors and symbols adds depth to the emotional landscape of the poem. The Phoenix and the elf are particularly striking images that convey the themes of rebirth, resilience, and the elusive nature of hope.

Rhyme Scheme

The sonnet follows the traditional English (or Shakespearean) sonnet rhyme scheme, which is ABABCDCDEFEFGG. Here’s how it breaks down:

Look at me before you close all the doors (A) And see if you find those things that you liked (B) I see a dream in your eyes that still soars (A) With Phoenix wings from that dessert we spiked. (B) Please do not leave these fruits ripe and unshorn (C) As you might need them while you walk along (D) You can forget or dismiss my forlorn (C) For another while I will keep your song. (D) Some of these flowers will remain unowed (E) Take them, feel them, or use them yourself (F) I will get used to destiny that drawned (E) Once before my hope in front of white elf. (F) Please make sure that my mind is all empty (G) Or that, love gone, remains our sympathy. (G)

The final two lines form a rhymed couplet (GG), which is a characteristic feature of the English sonnet. This couplet often serves to summarize or conclude the themes of the poem. In this case, the speaker asks for the other person to ensure that his mind is empty, or that only sympathy remains after love is gone. This effectively encapsulates the speaker’s longing for understanding and closure.

It’s also worth noting that the sonnet is written in iambic pentameter, which is another common feature of traditional English sonnets. This means each line consists of five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables, giving the poem a rhythmic quality. This rhythm, combined with the rhyme scheme, contributes to the overall musicality of the sonnet.

Additional Aspects

Let’s delve deeper into the analysis of “Amuse Yourself Again” by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares:

Language: The language used in the sonnet is rich and evocative, with a formal and somewhat archaic tone that is typical of traditional sonnets. The poet uses a variety of literary devices, including metaphor (“Phoenix wings”), simile, and personification (“destiny that drawned”), to convey complex emotions and ideas.

Imagery: The sonnet is filled with vivid imagery that appeals to the senses. For example, “fruits ripe and unshorn” and “flowers will remain unowed” evoke visual and tactile sensations, while “Phoenix wings from that dessert we spiked” suggests a sense of movement and transformation. These images serve to create a vivid and immersive world within the poem.

Themes: The main themes of the sonnet are love, loss, and longing. The speaker expresses a deep sense of loss and longing for a past relationship, and the desire for understanding and sympathy in its aftermath. The use of the Phoenix as a symbol of rebirth and resilience suggests a theme of hope and renewal amidst adversity.

Meter: The sonnet is written in iambic pentameter, a common meter in English poetry that consists of five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables per line. This gives the poem a rhythmic quality and contributes to its musicality. The regular rhythm also serves to emphasize the formal structure of the sonnet.

Overall: Ove Sonnet 85 by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares is a deeply moving exploration of love, loss, and longing. The poet’s skillful use of language, imagery, and meter, combined with the exploration of universal themes, makes this sonnet a powerful and poignant piece of poetry. The sonnet’s structure, with its three quatrains and a concluding couplet, allows the poet to develop his ideas and emotions in a nuanced and sophisticated way. The final couplet, in particular, serves as a poignant conclusion that encapsulates the speaker’s longing for understanding and closure.

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Syllable count for each line.

``` Make Sure That Only Sympathy Remains

10 Look at me before you close all the doors 10 And see if you find those things that you liked 10 I see a dream in your eyes that still soars 10 With Phoenix wings from that dessert we spiked.

10 Please do not leave these fruits ripe and unshorn 10 As you might need them while you walk along 10 You can forget or dismiss my forlorn 10 For another while I will keep your song.

10 Some of these flowers will remain unowed 9 Take them, feel them, or use them yourself 10 I will get used to destiny that drawned 10 Once before my hope in front of white elf.

10 Please make sure that my mind is all empty 10 Or that, love gone, remains our sympathy. ***

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Analyzed by GPT4; Image by leonardo.ai; First published on Nostr Protocol by franciscoarroyavet@nostrplebs.com Make Sure That Only Sympathy Remains

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Posthumous work of the Colombian poet born in Don Matias on January 20, 1948.

Welcome to this blog dedicated to the Posthumous work of the Colombian poet Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares (my father), born in Don Matias on January 20, 1948-2010. Where I will be publishing each of the 175 sonnets from his unpublished collection 'Sonnets For The Twenty-First Century And A Circadian Musical (1984-1987).' Analyzed with GPT4 artificial intelligence and illustrated with AI tools... I hope you enjoy this garden of words snatched from the solitude of a locked room.

Likewise, any enthusiast of the sonnet form is invited to conduct their personal studies of Arroyave Tabares' work, as it is a collection that, although registered since 1989, has not yet been published.

Frank Duna

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Analysis "No More Time To Cry"

Introduction

This sonnet "No More Time to Cry", explores themes of love, loss, longing, and hope. It beautifully juxtaposes the sorrow of loss with the beauty of memories and the hope for love’s return.

Thematic Analysis

In the octave, the speaker expresses a deep sadness and a sense of loss. The speaker questions if they will always be in this state of sorrow, listening to their heart “die” and shedding tears in great numbers. The imagery of gardens, butterflies, rainbows, and “weilds” (wooded areas) that will soon be dry, adds a layer of melancholy and transience to the speaker’s emotions. The octave ends with a plea for each day not to be somber, indicating a desire for relief from this sadness.

The sestet shifts the tone slightly. The speaker acknowledges the pleasures of life, music, and the lyrics left behind. There’s a sense of nostalgia as the speaker recalls the dreams shared with the person they’re addressing. The speaker then asks if Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, will return to their side and dwell with them, ending their sorrow. This suggests a longing for love and companionship to alleviate their sadness.

Overall, the sonnet explores themes of sadness, loss, longing, and the hope for love and happiness. The octave sets up the problem (enduring sadness), and the sestet offers a potential resolution (the return of love).

Rhyme Scheme

The rhyme scheme (ABBA ABBA CCD EED) is a variant of the Petrarchan sonnet form. Let’s analyze it in the context of the sonnet “No More Time To Cry” by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares.

The octave (first eight lines) follows an ABBA ABBA pattern:

A: Shall I have to be so sad for ever? B: Will I have to listen to my heart die B: In gardens with each kind of butterfly A: In an air of echoes to remember? A: Or shall my tears fall in a great number B: Amid rainbows and passions that go by B: Reminding me that weilds will soon be dry A: And asking each day not to be somber?

The sestet (last six lines) follows a CCD EED pattern:

C: Oh girl, life, pleasures, and oh my musics! C: At least you have left with me some lyrics D: And those dreams that you and I had before. E: Are you going to return by my side E: Dear Aphrodite this time to abide D: And say, “come, please do not cry any more”?

This rhyme scheme creates a specific rhythm and structure to the poem, enhancing its musicality and flow. The octave sets up a problem or situation, and the sestet provides a resolution or commentary, with the change in rhyme scheme marking the transition between the two. The final couplet (EED) provides a poignant conclusion to the sonnet. This structure is typical of sonnets and is part of what gives them their unique expressive power.

Additional Aspects

Let’s delve deeper into the sonnet “No More Time To Cry” by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares.

Language and Imagery: The language used in the sonnet is rich and evocative, creating vivid imagery that enhances the emotional depth of the poem. The speaker’s sadness is depicted through images of a dying heart, falling tears, and drying “weilds” (wooded areas). The use of natural elements like gardens, butterflies, and rainbows adds a layer of beauty and transience to the speaker’s emotions. The mention of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, introduces a mythological element, further enriching the imagery.

Themes: The sonnet explores themes of sadness, loss, longing, and hope. The speaker’s enduring sadness and sense of loss are evident in the octave, while the sestet introduces a longing for love and companionship and a hope for happiness.

Meter: The sonnet appears to follow the iambic pentameter, which is a common metrical form in English poetry and traditional sonnets. Each line consists of five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables, giving the poem a rhythmic quality.

Overall: the sonnet is a poignant exploration of human emotions. The use of evocative language and imagery, combined with the traditional sonnet form and meter, creates a powerful and moving piece of poetry. The transition from the octave to the sestet, marked by a change in rhyme scheme and tone, effectively conveys the speaker’s journey from enduring sadness to a hopeful longing for love and happiness. The sonnet ends on a hopeful note, leaving the reader with a sense of anticipation and optimism.

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Syllable count for each line.

``` No More Time To Cry

10 Shall I have to be so sad for ever? 10 Will I have to listen to my heart die 10 In gardens with each kind of butterfly 10 In an air of echoes to remember?

10 Or shall my tears fall in a great number 10 Amid rainbows and passions that go by 10 Reminding me that weilds will soon be dry 10 And asking each day not to be somber?

10 Oh girl, life, pleasures, and oh my musics! 10 At least you have left with me some lyrics 10 And those dreams that you and I had before . 10 Are you going to return by my side 10 Dear Aphrodite this time to abide 10 And say, "come, please do not cry any more"? *** ```

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Intro

This short tutorial will help you set up your own Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) on your own LND Node that is not using Umbrel. If you are a user of Umbrel, you should use their version of NWC.

Requirements

You need to have a working installation of LND with established channels and connectivity to the internet. NWC in itself is fairly light and will not consume a lot of resources. You will also want to ensure that you have a working installation of Docker, since we will use a docker image to run NWC.

• Working installation of LND (and all of its required components)
• Docker (with Docker compose)

Installation

For the purpose of this tutorial, we will assume that you have your lnd/bitcoind running under user bitcoin with home directory /home/bitcoin. We will also assume that you already have a running installation of Docker (or docker.io).

Prepare and verify

git version - we will need git to get the latest version of NWC. docker version - should execute successfully and show the currently installed version of Docker. docker compose version - same as before, but the version will be different. ss -tupln | grep 10009- should produce the following output: tcp LISTEN 0 4096 0.0.0.0:10009 0.0.0.0: tcp LISTEN 0 4096 [::]:10009 [::]:**

For things to work correctly, your Docker should be version 20.10.0 or later. If you have an older version, consider installing a new one using instructions here: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/

Create folders & download NWC

In the home directory of your LND/bitcoind user, create a new folder, e.g., "nwc" mkdir /home/bitcoin/nwc. Change to that directory cd /home/bitcoin/nwc and clone the NWC repository: git clone https://github.com/getAlby/nostr-wallet-connect.git

Creating the Docker image

In this step, we will create a Docker image that you will use to run NWC.

• Change directory to nostr-wallet-connect: cd nostr-wallet-connect
• Run command to build Docker image: docker build -t nwc:$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M') -t nwc:latest . (there is a dot at the end)
• The last line of the output (after a few minutes) should look like => => naming to docker.io/library/nwc:latest
• nwc:latest is the name of the Docker image with a tag which you should note for use later.

Creating docker-compose.yml and necessary data directories

• Let's create a directory that will hold your non-volatile data (DB): mkdir data
• Indocker-compose.ymlfile, there are fields that you want to replace (<> comments) and port “4321” that you want to make sure is open (check with ss -tupln | grep 4321which should return nothing).
• Create docker-compose.ymlfile with the following content, and make sure to update fields that have <> comment:

version: "3.8" services: nwc: image: nwc:latest volumes: - ./data:/data - ~/.lnd:/lnd:ro ports: - "4321:8080" extra_hosts: - "localhost:host-gateway" environment: NOSTR_PRIVKEY: <use "openssl rand -hex 32" to generate a fresh key and place it inside ""> LN_BACKEND_TYPE: "LND" LND_ADDRESS: localhost:10009 LND_CERT_FILE: "/lnd/tls.cert" LND_MACAROON_FILE: "/lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/mainnet/admin.macaroon" DATABASE_URI: "/data/nostr-wallet-connect.db" COOKIE_SECRET: <use "openssl rand -hex 32" to generate fresh secret and place it inside ""> PORT: 8080 restart: always stop_grace_period: 1m

Starting and testing

Now that you have everything ready, it is time to start the container and test.

• While you are in the nwcdirectory (important), execute the following command and check the log output, docker compose up
• You should see container logs while it is starting, and it should not exit if everything went well.
• At this point, you should be able to go to http://<ip of the host where nwc is running>:4321 and get to the interface of NWC
• To stop the test run of NWC, simply press Ctrl-C , and it will shut the container down.
• To start NWC permanently, you should execute docker compose up -d , “-d” tells Docker to detach from the session.
• To check currently running NWC logs, execute docker compose logs to run it in tail mode add -f to the end.
• To stop the container, execute docker compose down

That's all, just follow the instructions in the web interface to get started.

Updating

As with any software, you should expect fixes and updates that you would need to perform periodically. You could automate this, but it falls outside of the scope of this tutorial. Since we already have all of the necessary configuration in place, the update execution is fairly simple.

• Change directory to the clone of the git repository, cd /home/bitcoin/nwc/nostr-wallet-connect
• Run command to build Docker image: docker build -t nwc:$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M') -t nwc:latest . (there is a dot at the end)
• Change directory back one level cd ..
• Restart (stop and start) the docker compose config docker compose down && docker compose up -d
• Done! Optionally you may want to check the logs: docker compose logs

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Table of Content

• Content

• Conclusion

• FAQ

• You May Also Like

• External Links

Introduction

Since El Salvador accepted Bitcoin as legal cash in September 2021, several rapid judgments have been issued proclaiming this move a failure. Some commentators have even gone so far as to argue that Bitcoin is somehow responsible for the economic issues that existed in El Salvador long before Bitcoin was ever established. This decision has been met with a number of quick judgments praising this move as a failure. But the conventional financial gurus, talking heads, and even officials from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) who advocate this viewpoint are completely missing the mark here.

After President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador made public in July his intention to make an offer to acquire publicly owned bonds with maturities between 2023 and 2025, the total amount of El Salvador's national debt increased to more than $20 billion. Although it was a significant sum in comparison to the size of the Salvadoran economy, the decision to recognize Bitcoin as valid currency had nothing to do with it.

Instead, El Salvador's debt is the result of a wide variety of variables. El Salvador took out a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the amount of $85 million in 1982, which added to the country's already extensive fiscal debt and offered negligible benefits to the country's citizens during a time of civil war. This was 39 years before Bitcoin was made legal. After that, the country's capacity to handle its own finances was further hindered when, in 2001, it chose to adopt the United States dollar as its official currency. El Salvador was unable to adopt its own monetary policy because its base currency, the US dollar, prevented it from doing so. This prevented it from paying for internal needs such as social programs or infrastructure. Instead, more money had to be borrowed from the public sector to pay for these important services.

The problems that El Salvador's debt problems are not a direct outcome of the country's investments in innovative financial technology such as Bitcoin. Instead, El Salvador's adoption of Bitcoin is a step toward recovering its monetary sovereignty, giving its inhabitants access to financial services and possibilities, and tackling systemic issues that traditionally disadvantaged Salvadorans. Bitcoin is a digital currency that doesn't have a central bank and uses cryptography to make sure its transactions are safe.

El Salvador has spent little more than a hundred million dollars on Bitcoin in the time since it was declared legal tender last year. The new legislation mandates that all establishments in the nation accept Bitcoin as a form of payment. The government also established a trust with $150 million dollars in public money at the same time to allow dollar conversions. Also, the government made a digital wallet called "Chivo Wallet" and gave residents who downloaded it $30 in Bitcoin as a reward.

The government has made important efforts toward its goal of providing residents with more financial freedom and opportunity than they have ever had before. These actions include recognizing Bitcoin as a form of legal cash, providing wallets for its citizens, and motivating their use of these new tools with Bitcoin bonuses. For instance, around the time this law was enacted, estimates showed that as many as 70 percent of the country's people did not have bank accounts. The experiment with Bitcoin is helping these folks improve their lives by giving them a method to participate in the formal economy and an opportunity to build money for themselves.

Even while the timing of El Salvador's commitment to Bitcoin as legal cash has unhappily coincided significantly with a bear market that has affected the whole sector, the rush to declare that this is a failure is, to say the least, premature. To figure out if the experiment was a success, it is important to think about the study's goals and give the experiment enough time to be done.

El Salvador embarked on the Bitcoin project for two primary reasons: the first was to usher in a new era of monetary sovereignty in the nation; the second was to provide citizens with financial opportunities that they did not have in the past and likely would not have in the future. Both of these goals are central to the Bitcoin project. As a direct result of this project, millions of Salvadorans who didn't have bank accounts before now do. This is made possible by the use of blockchain technology.

El Salvador has taken the initiative to become a leader in this movement, which is likely to expand to a great number of other countries all over the world while other countries sit idly by and watch to see what unfolds. Countries like Venezuela and Guatemala, as well as a large number of others, may soon follow in El Salvador's footsteps and look for forward-thinking financial solutions based on blockchain technology. This would give citizens more power and help the economy grow and become more independent.

The adoption of Bitcoin, as opposed to being the cause of El Salvador's economic problems, as some critics have asserted, is a response to the intractable challenges that El Salvador and other countries like it are currently facing. This is the case despite some critics having drawn a correlation between the two. The decision that the government of El Salvador has taken, which is both courageous and commendable, is to provide its people and the government itself a shot at economic independence. When regular people begin to achieve their goals using the financial resources that have been made available to them, other nations will be inspired to pursue their own goals of progress in the subsequent generation of finance.

Conclusion

El Salvador's primary motivation for its Bitcoin initiative was to usher in a new age of monetary sovereignty for the country and to provide its population access to economic possibilities they had not previously had and were unlikely to have again in the near future. Many other nations, like Venezuela and Guatemala, may soon follow El Salvador's lead in looking for innovative financial solutions based on blockchain technology to better equip their inhabitants and usher in a new age of economic prosperity and self-sufficiency. Critics who say Bitcoin is to blame for El Salvador's economic problems are missing the point; Bitcoin is a solution to the insurmountable obstacles that El Salvador and similar nations face right now.

FAQ

What caused Bitcoin to dip? Experts say that the falling prices on the stock and cryptocurrency markets are caused by a number of things, such as the possibility of an economic recession, rising interest rates, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and persistently high inflation.

Why does El Salvador have bitcoins? The project was advocated by President Nayib Bukele, who has a strong interest in cryptocurrencies, as one that would provide many economic advantages. He said that adopting Bitcoin as a legitimate form of currency would encourage foreign investment, create new employment, and "push mankind at least a small bit towards the right path."

How long do crypto dips usually last? Because it is impossible for anybody to precisely time every bottom or peak, you should secure some profits whenever you have them. In the cryptocurrency market, extended downtrends in bear markets may persist for weeks or months, while bull markets can also last for a significant amount of time. Hence, be conscious of the pattern as a whole!

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There’s a lot of conversation around the #TwitterFiles. Here’s my take, and thoughts on how to fix the issues identified.

I’ll start with the principles I’ve come to believe…based on everything I’ve learned and experienced through my past actions as a Twitter co-founder and lead:

1. Social media must be resilient to corporate and government control.
2. Only the original author may remove content they produce.
3. Moderation is best implemented by algorithmic choice.

The Twitter when I led it and the Twitter of today do not meet any of these principles. This is my fault alone, as I completely gave up pushing for them when an activist entered our stock in 2020. I no longer had hope of achieving any of it as a public company with no defense mechanisms (lack of dual-class shares being a key one). I planned my exit at that moment knowing I was no longer right for the company.

The biggest mistake I made was continuing to invest in building tools for us to manage the public conversation, versus building tools for the people using Twitter to easily manage it for themselves. This burdened the company with too much power, and opened us to significant outside pressure (such as advertising budgets). I generally think companies have become far too powerful, and that became completely clear to me with our suspension of Trump’s account. As I’ve said before, we did the right thing for the public company business at the time, but the wrong thing for the internet and society. Much more about this here: https://twitter.com/jack/status/1349510769268850690

I continue to believe there was no ill intent or hidden agendas, and everyone acted according to the best information we had at the time. Of course mistakes were made. But if we had focused more on tools for the people using the service rather than tools for us, and moved much faster towards absolute transparency, we probably wouldn’t be in this situation of needing a fresh reset (which I am supportive of). Again, I own all of this and our actions, and all I can do is work to make it right.

Back to the principles. Of course governments want to shape and control the public conversation, and will use every method at their disposal to do so, including the media. And the power a corporation wields to do the same is only growing. It’s critical that the people have tools to resist this, and that those tools are ultimately owned by the people. Allowing a government or a few corporations to own the public conversation is a path towards centralized control.

I’m a strong believer that any content produced by someone for the internet should be permanent until the original author chooses to delete it. It should be always available and addressable. Content takedowns and suspensions should not be possible. Doing so complicates important context, learning, and enforcement of illegal activity. There are significant issues with this stance of course, but starting with this principle will allow for far better solutions than we have today. The internet is trending towards a world were storage is “free” and infinite, which places all the actual value on how to discover and see content.

Which brings me to the last principle: moderation. I don’t believe a centralized system can do content moderation globally. It can only be done through ranking and relevance algorithms, the more localized the better. But instead of a company or government building and controlling these solely, people should be able to build and choose from algorithms that best match their criteria, or not have to use any at all. A “follow” action should always deliver every bit of content from the corresponding account, and the algorithms should be able to comb through everything else through a relevance lens that an individual determines. There’s a default “G-rated” algorithm, and then there’s everything else one can imagine.

The only way I know of to truly live up to these 3 principles is a free and open protocol for social media, that is not owned by a single company or group of companies, and is resilient to corporate and government influence. The problem today is that we have companies who own both the protocol and discovery of content. Which ultimately puts one person in charge of what’s available and seen, or not. This is by definition a single point of failure, no matter how great the person, and over time will fracture the public conversation, and may lead to more control by governments and corporations around the world.

I believe many companies can build a phenomenal business off an open protocol. For proof, look at both the web and email. The biggest problem with these models however is that the discovery mechanisms are far too proprietary and fixed instead of open or extendable. Companies can build many profitable services that complement rather than lock down how we access this massive collection of conversation. There is no need to own or host it themselves.

Many of you won’t trust this solution just because it’s me stating it. I get it, but that’s exactly the point. Trusting any one individual with this comes with compromises, not to mention being way too heavy a burden for the individual. It has to be something akin to what bitcoin has shown to be possible. If you want proof of this, get out of the US and European bubble of the bitcoin price fluctuations and learn how real people are using it for censorship resistance in Africa and Central/South America.

I do still wish for Twitter, and every company, to become uncomfortably transparent in all their actions, and I wish I forced more of that years ago. I do believe absolute transparency builds trust. As for the files, I wish they were released Wikileaks-style, with many more eyes and interpretations to consider. And along with that, commitments of transparency for present and future actions. I’m hopeful all of this will happen. There’s nothing to hide…only a lot to learn from. The current attacks on my former colleagues could be dangerous and doesn’t solve anything. If you want to blame, direct it at me and my actions, or lack thereof.

As far as the free and open social media protocol goes, there are many competing projects: @bluesky is one with the AT Protocol, nostr another, Mastodon yet another, Matrix yet another…and there will be many more. One will have a chance at becoming a standard like HTTP or SMTP. This isn’t about a “decentralized Twitter.” This is a focused and urgent push for a foundational core technology standard to make social media a native part of the internet. I believe this is critical both to Twitter’s future, and the public conversation’s ability to truly serve the people, which helps hold governments and corporations accountable. And hopefully makes it all a lot more fun and informative again.

💸🛠️🌐 To accelerate open internet and protocol work, I’m going to open a new category of #startsmall grants: “open internet development.” It will start with a focus of giving cash and equity grants to engineering teams working on social media and private communication protocols, bitcoin, and a web-only mobile OS. I’ll make some grants next week, starting with $1mm/yr to Signal. Please let me know other great candidates for this money.

@ 82341f88:fbfbe6a2

There’s a lot of conversation around the #TwitterFiles. Here’s my take, and thoughts on how to fix the issues identified.

I’ll start with the principles I’ve come to believe…based on everything I’ve learned and experienced through my past actions as a Twitter co-founder and lead:

1. Social media must be resilient to corporate and government control.
2. Only the original author may remove content they produce.
3. Moderation is best implemented by algorithmic choice.

The Twitter when I led it and the Twitter of today do not meet any of these principles. This is my fault alone, as I completely gave up pushing for them when an activist entered our stock in 2020. I no longer had hope of achieving any of it as a public company with no defense mechanisms (lack of dual-class shares being a key one). I planned my exit at that moment knowing I was no longer right for the company.

The biggest mistake I made was continuing to invest in building tools for us to manage the public conversation, versus building tools for the people using Twitter to easily manage it for themselves. This burdened the company with too much power, and opened us to significant outside pressure (such as advertising budgets). I generally think companies have become far too powerful, and that became completely clear to me with our suspension of Trump’s account. As I’ve said before, we did the right thing for the public company business at the time, but the wrong thing for the internet and society. Much more about this here: https://twitter.com/jack/status/1349510769268850690

I continue to believe there was no ill intent or hidden agendas, and everyone acted according to the best information we had at the time. Of course mistakes were made. But if we had focused more on tools for the people using the service rather than tools for us, and moved much faster towards absolute transparency, we probably wouldn’t be in this situation of needing a fresh reset (which I am supportive of). Again, I own all of this and our actions, and all I can do is work to make it right.

Back to the principles. Of course governments want to shape and control the public conversation, and will use every method at their disposal to do so, including the media. And the power a corporation wields to do the same is only growing. It’s critical that the people have tools to resist this, and that those tools are ultimately owned by the people. Allowing a government or a few corporations to own the public conversation is a path towards centralized control.

I’m a strong believer that any content produced by someone for the internet should be permanent until the original author chooses to delete it. It should be always available and addressable. Content takedowns and suspensions should not be possible. Doing so complicates important context, learning, and enforcement of illegal activity. There are significant issues with this stance of course, but starting with this principle will allow for far better solutions than we have today. The internet is trending towards a world were storage is “free” and infinite, which places all the actual value on how to discover and see content.

Which brings me to the last principle: moderation. I don’t believe a centralized system can do content moderation globally. It can only be done through ranking and relevance algorithms, the more localized the better. But instead of a company or government building and controlling these solely, people should be able to build and choose from algorithms that best match their criteria, or not have to use any at all. A “follow” action should always deliver every bit of content from the corresponding account, and the algorithms should be able to comb through everything else through a relevance lens that an individual determines. There’s a default “G-rated” algorithm, and then there’s everything else one can imagine.

The only way I know of to truly live up to these 3 principles is a free and open protocol for social media, that is not owned by a single company or group of companies, and is resilient to corporate and government influence. The problem today is that we have companies who own both the protocol and discovery of content. Which ultimately puts one person in charge of what’s available and seen, or not. This is by definition a single point of failure, no matter how great the person, and over time will fracture the public conversation, and may lead to more control by governments and corporations around the world.

I believe many companies can build a phenomenal business off an open protocol. For proof, look at both the web and email. The biggest problem with these models however is that the discovery mechanisms are far too proprietary and fixed instead of open or extendable. Companies can build many profitable services that complement rather than lock down how we access this massive collection of conversation. There is no need to own or host it themselves.

Many of you won’t trust this solution just because it’s me stating it. I get it, but that’s exactly the point. Trusting any one individual with this comes with compromises, not to mention being way too heavy a burden for the individual. It has to be something akin to what bitcoin has shown to be possible. If you want proof of this, get out of the US and European bubble of the bitcoin price fluctuations and learn how real people are using it for censorship resistance in Africa and Central/South America.

I do still wish for Twitter, and every company, to become uncomfortably transparent in all their actions, and I wish I forced more of that years ago. I do believe absolute transparency builds trust. As for the files, I wish they were released Wikileaks-style, with many more eyes and interpretations to consider. And along with that, commitments of transparency for present and future actions. I’m hopeful all of this will happen. There’s nothing to hide…only a lot to learn from. The current attacks on my former colleagues could be dangerous and doesn’t solve anything. If you want to blame, direct it at me and my actions, or lack thereof.

As far as the free and open social media protocol goes, there are many competing projects: @bluesky is one with the AT Protocol, nostr another, Mastodon yet another, Matrix yet another…and there will be many more. One will have a chance at becoming a standard like HTTP or SMTP. This isn’t about a “decentralized Twitter.” This is a focused and urgent push for a foundational core technology standard to make social media a native part of the internet. I believe this is critical both to Twitter’s future, and the public conversation’s ability to truly serve the people, which helps hold governments and corporations accountable. And hopefully makes it all a lot more fun and informative again.

💸🛠️🌐 To accelerate open internet and protocol work, I’m going to open a new category of #startsmall grants: “open internet development.” It will start with a focus of giving cash and equity grants to engineering teams working on social media and private communication protocols, bitcoin, and a web-only mobile OS. I’ll make some grants next week, starting with $1mm/yr to Signal. Please let me know other great candidates for this money.

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Disclosure

Now, this is purely an opinion. I have not done research and I haven't even thought it throw for that long. Is more like an idea I have of the future, a hunch if you allow me. Just want to record this thought.

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The term "mining hardware" will fade away from people's mind in generations to come. But why?

Is not because the term is used in an incorrect way, or have this bad connotations (like mining gold for example, bad for the planet), but rather the use of home appliances. Allow me to articulate it a bit more:

Home appliances are always use for an specific purpose, and that's make our life's easier A.K.A save time. Dishwasher help us with the dishes so we don't have wash them by hand, washer help us with cloth, and so on...

In this generation we don't even think about all the technology behind all this innovation, we only use them for the purpose they were built for. Bitcoin "mining" equipment is the same.

Virtually ANYTHING can have a "bitcoin miner" inside of it (I'm exaggerating, you get the idea). If somehow making an appliance that "mines" bitcoin, the idea that people in the future will call it "washer-miner" would be kind of far fetch. The word "mining" itself will fade in the background, just like all this other components domestic appliances use that most of us have no clue.

Share your thoughts please.

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I got into it with a friend and fellow Jew about Israel the other day. It’s not a topic I talk about much, either here or on my podcast and not because I’m worried about offending anyone — that ship has long sailed. It’s because I’m not entirely clear on the facts, and I find the usual back and forth about who did what to whom when to be endlessly debatable, unresolvable and uninteresting. Same goes for the history.

My basic understanding is that Israel is killing a lot of innocent people, and that’s both bad strategic policy and also evil. Of course, the US killed a million Iraqis for less (nothing), and no one seems to mind much. I mean you mind, but if you don’t think George Bush (who gave Michelle Obama a candy once) and Dick Cheney should be prosecuted for war crimes because come on, that’s absurd, then you don’t really mind.

And I get it. The “Iraqis” are just a concept to you and me, as are the Palestinians, the Ukrainians, the Yemenis and the Congolese. Just a bunch of unfortunate, oppressed, murdered humans about whom we all feel terrible, but who also occupy less of our mindshare than that fucking parking ticket we got yesterday. I swear I read the sign three times!

It’s normal for people to care almost exclusively about themselves, their families and their friends. People who purport to care so much about “humanity”, to paraphrase Dostoevsky, often do so while despising and mistreating the individual human beings with whom they come into contact. I’d much more trust someone who risked his reputation and livelihood for a friend than someone going on about third-world oppressed peoples on social media, for example.

But this natural tendency to prioritize those nearest to us often seems to undergird how we see the world and the sides we take in these discussions. For example, my friend sees Israel as a potential homeland for his family should things get ugly for Jews in the US. He is therefore inclined to support them generally, even if he doesn’t always support their particular tactics or conduct.

I live in Europe which seems to me more antisemitic than the US, and I’d rather Israel not fuel more of that by killing a whole bunch of seemingly innocent people. That’s honestly what I think was framing the conversation, the initial biases we brought to it. I think of it as “talking your book,” a phrase used to describe when people talk up their own investments simply because they are invested. And there is no bigger investment than your family’s safety.

So you have people convinced Israel is a potential safe haven, and others who see it, rightly or wrongly, as a flashpoint for conflict and driver of antisemitism. The former will talk their books, say how Israel was savagely attacked and has terrorists right on its border, and the latter will point to the conditions under which the Palestinians live and the disproportionate response to the attack.

But as someone who lacks the appetite to sift through the propaganda and delve into what’s really happening and why, and who has never been and has no desire to go to the region, I don’t care to weigh in much about the truth on the ground. As I said, from what I can tell, Israel is doing something stupid and evil right now, but what I can tell from afar is neither definitive, nor especially important.

What I can say is even though my “book” is for Israel to stop killing innocent Palestinians, my real book, the thing that is most in my family’s interest is justice. That is, if in fact Israel were truly fighting terrorists and within its self-defense rights, then I would want it to defend itself as it is, even if it seems to make things harder for me. That’s because I have faith that justice is more in my interest than whatever appears to advantage me in the short run.

And I would also argue that the “book” of those who view Israel as a potential safe-haven for Jews is also for Israel to be harshly condemned and punished internationally if it’s in fact the case that they are committing war crimes. What’s true and just always trumps what’s apparently expeditious and advantageous in your real book. That is, if you are a person of faith, and by that I don’t mean nominally a Jew, a Muslim or a Christian, but someone with actual faith.

So rather than argue the facts on the ground with people talking their books (and often manipulated by powerful interests that shape what they see as their books), it’s better to understand what’s in our deeper interest, what’s more important than our fears, which incidentally might correspond less to reality than to someone’s cleverly incepted narrative about it.

Otherwise, I expect things will only get worse.

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I recently completed my home 7.1.4 speaker setup and have been really enjoying digging into high-end Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision material. Playing around with nip23 long-form content to share this kind of niche nerd stuff that doesn't quite make sense as a regular nostr note.

tldr: Still a joy, though much of its intentional over-the-top ridiculousness is just too much for me now. The absolute trash 4k transfer is a tragedy.

See Blu-ray.com's 4k review.

The movie

I'm fairly sad to report that I just couldn't enjoy the first hour or so anymore. More and more of the movie's creative absurdity that I previously loved is souring to cringe.

The bulky, waddling alien designs in the intro sequence are just pointlessly dumb.

The savage lampooning of an American-style government — from the casting of a President who looks and sounds like an NFL lineman to all the stupid and/or war-hungry military leaders — I'm sure is hilarious to the French creative team (and, sure, somewhat deserved), but it's just so blunt and caveman-y and insulting. I'm not interested in defending America's honor, but this is just so dumb and cruel in its way that it's unpleasant to watch.

Gary Oldman is, as always, a powerhouse. But when you direct him to go big with the campiness, it's... it's a lot.

Things improve once Leeloo starts to take over the story. And, maybe this is a surpise given the above, but Chris Tucker's how-do-you-even-describe-it Ruby Rhod is still a shockingly successful, brain-breaking spectacle. Happy to report that the Fhloston Paradise set piece is still a gem and is where all the unique absurd energy truly finds its groove.

Overall, I think the movie still works. Luc Besson is unapologetically asking us to YOLO into this crazy world. It's experimental in a idgaf way but he does real work to layer in an appealing emotional core between Corben and Leeloo. It does all somehow come together and ultimately works surprisingly, uniquely well — if you can get past the first hour.

Video

https://i.nostr.build/0ren.jpg

Just straight trash.

Sidebar: On image processing / contrast

Our eyes want strong contrast in images. You might complain that this pic is just a little too muted:

https://i.nostr.build/8Y9J.jpg

But once you start tinkering, it can be very easy to way overshoot the mark:

https://i.nostr.build/jQAr.jpg

Some of you may think, "Uh, I prefer the boosted version." Yes, it's more lively to our eyes, certain things are so much more emphasized now that you can appreciate those details more. But then look at the highlights. They're so boosted that details have disappeared into full white. Same for the shadows. Crushed to pure black.

The art is to dial in just the right amount of contrast boost without blowing out the highs or crushing the lows. And there's just an overall harshness where there had previously been subtle gradations of color and texture. The more you work with image processing, the more you appreciate a lighter touch.

Here's another set:

https://i.nostr.build/lBRA.jpg

https://i.nostr.build/P94W.jpg

This was a lower quality image to start with (cellphone cam vs DSLR) and then overjuiced so hard that it's lost any semblance of the natural world.

Back to the trash "The Fifth Element" video transfer

The 4k transfer is similarly overjuiced everywhere. It's hideous. My cellphone photos of the HDR screen are in no way accurate, but even still some of the flaws are entirely evident.

https://i.nostr.build/A6GR.jpg

Harsh over-contrasty processing. Color saturation similarly overjuiced.

There are lots of dark areas in this image, but if we boost those levels, we see that there's NO information in the shadows. Once you crush shadows to black, no amount of brightening can bring back those details.

https://i.nostr.build/z9LM.jpg

Ruby Rhod's hair and black dress are just (0,0,0) pixels.

A good transfer would still provide strong contrast where it's called for, but would preserve the subtleties, some details even in the shadows and highlights. A good transfer paints with up to the full 1 billion available colors. This transfer clumsily, bluntly limits itself to a box of 32 crayons.

View this one full-screen:

https://i.nostr.build/P9A6.jpg

Just harshness everywhere.

There's also way too much sharpening applied which adds to the harshness and over-accentuates the natural film grain.

I'm not the only one who hates this transfer.

It's noisy and harsh [...] I think a lot of people would be surprised at how artificial Sony's remaster would look compared to an untampered presentation. (link)

There’s no positives that I can mention in regards to Sony’s efforts on The Fifth Element. It may be the single most artificially sharpened UHD. You can literally use the screen as a cheese grater. And the color grade is completely off from 35mm. (link)

There's a better option

Weirdly, there's an alternate 4k disc that was published in the UK by Studiocanal that is said to be a vastly superior transfer.

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The 4k disc is region-free, so even though it's a UK disc, it'll play fine in any 4k blu-ray player.

It's currently $28 on amazon but, given my lessening admiration for the movie (at least the first hour), I'm not interested in double-dipping and spending more money to get this version.

Audio

Nice that it has a Dolby Atmos mix but I think I was too distracted by the horrible visuals to do any kind of critical listening. But for any movie this old (1997), the quality of the original sound elements will always be an obvious limiting factor.

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Nsec.app is a Nostr application which lets you share access to your account and login to Nostr apps seamlessly with numerous devices.

The app is super useful when collaboratively running a Nostr account. It lets you generate tokens to share with partners or colleagues and provide different levels of access to different individuals.

Another bonus feature of nsec.app is letting you forget about Nostr browser extensions. Extensions have their fair share of useful features, but using nsec.app (or other apps that support NIP-46 login, e.g. nsecBunker) is often more convenient, arguably more secure and offers some features, that extensions aren't able to deliver.

Let's walk through the process of starting the nsec.app and see what features it has to offer.

Installation

Nsec.app is a PWA (see my short blog post on PWAs and their benefits here), meaning that it can be saved to your device in a way that it feels and acts like a native app. Alternatively the app can be used in the browser.

Visit Nsec.app:

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After pressing the "Get started" button you'll be welcomed by three main options: "Sign up", "Login" or "Import Key". Let's explore each of these options:

1. Sign up: This option suits those, who do not have a Nostr account yet. I'd steer clear from this option for now and create an account in a more "conventional" way – via one of the popular Nostr clients or by utilizing a dedicated browser extension.

Stay tuned as the developers are working on wide implementation of NIP49. At the moment few Nostr clients support NIP49, so you won't have many options of using keys created with nsec.app. When most Nostr apps support NIP49 logins, signing up to Nostr via nsec.app will become a more convenient option.

If you decide to utilize nsec.app to create your Nostr account, the process is super simple:

1) Choose your Nostr address 2) Create and confirm your password 3) Enjoy your new Nostr account 💜

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1. Import key: This approach assumes you would like to start using nsec.app with the existing Nostr account.

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In this case you'll need to choose your username, provide your private key and choose a password. This will create the nsec.app account (by setting a username and a password) while binding it with your original Nostr account (by providing your private key).

It is worth noting that your keys will be encrypted by your password and stored on nsec.app's server to sync to other devices in end-to-end encrypted manner.

1. Login: This approach assumes you've already set up nsec.app and would like to enter your dashboard from a new device.

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Do not forget to click the "Enable background service" tile after setting up your account. This will ensure you receive a notification whenever the request to authorize a login is created.

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Usage

After setting up nsec.app you're ready to start utilizing it to login to numerous Nostr apps.

The most powerful feature of nsec.app is that it lets you login to apps without having to use the browser extension or exposing your private key.

For example, I can now turn Coracle client into a PWA on my iPhone, which is otherwise impossible, because Apple does not allow you to utilize browser extensions with PWAs.

Another use case is delegating the rights to interact with Nostr on behalf of the account you created.

Regardless of wether you want to use the app single-handedly, or delegate the private key, the process is as follows:

1. Use nsec.app to create a login string by pressing "Connect app".
2. Copy the string by pressing the corresponding button.

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1. Paste the string into the client that you'd like to login to.
2. As you (or your companion) try to login to the Nostr app, nsec.app will display a notification asking you (the administrator) to approve the login.

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As you can see, there are two options for you to choose from:

• Basic permissions: This will approve all potential future interactions.
• On demand: This will log the user in and ask for your approvals every time the user tries to interact with the protocol in a new way (like, zap, follow, etc.)

That's it. You can now interact with nostr without ever having to utilize the browser extension or share your private key with any app.

Features

Customization

Nsec.app lets you customize the way your connected apps look. You can name them, specify a website address and choose an icon of your choice. Very handy functionality for when you start actively using the app:

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As the stack of connected apps grows this will help you distinguish between them in order to introduce any necessary changes.

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Connected apps management

This leads us to the next important part of using nsec.app: revoking access to apps. This is especially important when it comes to sharing access to account with someone else. In case you no longer plan to collaborate on the account, or you simply do not need some app connection to function any longer, you can revoke access at any time.

Just open the app you need and: (a) press "Delete app" (this completely cuts connection between your app and nsec.app) or (b) press the three dots next to the existing approved permission followed by "Delete permission" (this cancels the given permission, so that the next time you (or other user) tries to interact with the protocol, you will receive a notification asking you to approve their action).

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NIP49 logins

Nsec.app allows you to utilize another way of logging into Nostr apps – NIP49. We touched on this approach earlier, so let's explore how it works.

Here's an example with Noogle:

1. Choose the Login with NCryptSec option:

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1. Enter the encrypted Nsec (to be retrieved from the nsec.app in Settings -> Export) and the nsec.app password:

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That's it. You're logged in.

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At the moment few clients support this NIP, but given the benefits of this functionality, it shouldn't be long before we see more and more clients join in.

Outro

Just like with every other Nostr app, there's a lot of work to be done. Nevertheless, nsec.app already solves many important problems, and is definitely worth your attention. Give it a try and let us know if you find any bugs, or come up with some ideas worth implementing. Feel free to ping myself or, better yet, the app developer nostr:npub1xdtducdnjerex88gkg2qk2atsdlqsyxqaag4h05jmcpyspqt30wscmntxy

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Hope this guide was useful! If so, don't forget to zap this post 😉

See you on the other side of the Nostr rabbit hole

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When we look at something with judgment, our attention is focused into a narrow beam. Our brains physically limit what we can see so that we can focus on facing this thing that we perceive as a 'threat.' While this can be essential for our survival, it also has a detrimental effect on our well-being.

But if vou approach the world with an intent to appreciate, your focus broadens into a much wider beam. You are now able to perceive beauty that was previously invisible to you. Adopting a wider beam can help you to become more present, more loving, more creative, more fulfilled, and less stressed.

One place where we're especially guilty of using our narrow beam? On ourselves! We look at ourselves with such judgment. We can't see our good and wonderful qualities, our progress, our humanity.

Today, I want you to look at yourself and widen your beam. Ask “What’s something that I appreciate about myself?”

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Chef's notes

Note 1. Aquafaba is just the liquid from a can of chickpeas. If you don’t have canned chickpeas or are allergic, use 2 flax eggs: mix 2 TBSP ground flaxseed meal with 5 TBSP water. Stir and let sit for 15 minutes to thicken. The banana bread won’t be as fluffy though.

Note 2: If using brown sugar, lightly pack it. If choosing between light and dark brown sugar, I like the dark variety for a deeper molasses flavor; the bread will be darker in color too. If you are limiting your sugar intake, you can use less sugar, as little as 1/4 cup (about 38g) with still pretty good results.

Note 3: Since this is a simple ingredient list, try to use real vanilla extract, not the imitation stuff, as you will taste the difference.

Note 4. If not using a measuring scale to weigh ingredients, please spoon and level your flour so you don’t overmeasure. More info in the Tips section of the blog post.

Note 5: Don’t just insert a toothpick vertically down into the bread. Instead, insert it at an angle, which is a much better test for doneness in a tall cake.

Details

• 🍳 Cook time: 50 min
• 🍽️ Servings: 10

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons (90 mL) aquafaba (see Note 1)
• 3 medium-sized very ripe bananas, (optional, 1 ripe banana for decoration)
• 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons (90 mL) oat milk, or plain-flavored plant-based milk of choice
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/3 cup (75g) sunflower oil, olive oil, or any neutral-tasting oil
• 3/4 cup (115g) organic brown sugar or coconut sugar (see Note 2)
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (see Note 3)
• 2 cups (240 to 250g) all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled (see Note 4)
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F/176°C. Arrange a rack in the bottom third of the oven. Line a 9×5-inch (23×13 cm) loaf pan with parchment paper, letting the excess hang over the long sides to form a sling.
2. Pour the aquafaba into a medium bowl. Using a handheld electric mixer, whip the aquafaba on medium speed for 45-60 seconds until uniformly foamy.
3. Wipe out the bowl used for the aquafaba. Add the three bananas to the bowl and mash with a fork until smooth and no lumps remain (or, for a more rustic banana bread, leave a few chunks in). FYI: the 3 mashed bananas should weigh around 300g.
4. Stir the lemon juice into the oat milk and set aside. This is the vegan "buttermilk."
5. In a large mixing bowl, add the sugar and oil. Mix using the electric mixer or a whisk until well combined.
6. Add the whipped aquafaba and mix until well incorporated. Add in the vegan "buttermilk" and vanilla and mix until smooth. Add the mashed bananas and mix until well incorporated.
7. Add the flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon to the wet ingredients. Switch to using a silicone spatula (if you don’t have one, use a large wooden spoon). Gently stir until the ingredients are just barely combined. It’s okay if you can see a few traces of flour.
8. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth out the top of the batter using a spatula or spoon.
9. For the optional decoration, keep the peel on the reserved banana and slice it in half, lengthwise; then peel the banana. Sprinkle a little coconut sugar or brown sugar on the cut/interior sides of the banana. Gently arrange the bananas on top the batter, sugared side side up. NOTE: This might create a dome in the middle of the bananas, where the batter bunches up in the middle. Use a spoon to move some of the batter around the pan so that the bread doesn’t bake unevenly.
10. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 55 minutes. Since every home oven differs, I like to start checking at 45 minutes. The banana bread is done when a toothpick inserted into the center top at a slight angle comes out a few moist crumbs (see Note 5). If there's runny batter, it needs more time.
11. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and cool for 10 minutes. Then remove the bread from the pan and cool on the rack for at least 20 to 30 minutes before slicing (the bread is still cooking and setting up, so don't slice too early).
12. To store, place completely cooled banana bread in an airtight container or wrap tightly in plastic and leave on the counter for 2-4 days (if using decorative banana topping, the topping a will start to brown after day 1). You can also freeze the banana bread. If you freeze the whole loaf, allow it to defrost on the countertop for 2-3 hours. If you freeze individual slices, defrost on the countertop for 20-30 minutes.

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Posthumous work of the Colombian poet born in Don Matias on January 20, 1948.

Welcome to this blog dedicated to the Posthumous work of the Colombian poet Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares (my father), born in Don Matias on January 20, 1948-2010. Where I will be publishing each of the 175 sonnets from his unpublished collection 'Sonnets For The Twenty-First Century And A Circadian Musical (1984-1987).' Analyzed with GPT4 artificial intelligence and illustrated with AI tools... I hope you enjoy this garden of words snatched from the solitude of a locked room.

Likewise, any enthusiast of the sonnet form is invited to conduct their personal studies of Arroyave Tabares' work, as it is a collection that, although registered since 1989, has not yet been published.

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Analysis "Amuse Yourself Again"

Introduction

Sonnet 83 by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares, titled "Amuse Yourself Again," is a poignant exploration of unrequited love and the emotional turmoil that comes with it.

Thematic Analysis

In the octave, the speaker expresses a sense of betrayal and disillusionment. The speaker feels lured and trapped by the addressee’s artful beguilement and love games. The octave ends with the speaker acknowledging the confusion and entrapment they feel due to the addressee’s actions.

The sestet shifts the tone slightly. Here, the speaker seems to be in a state of self-realization, acknowledging the pain and worthlessness they feel. However, there’s also a sense of defiance and resilience. The speaker encourages the addressee to continue their behavior, implying that despite the pain, they will not cease their quest.

This sonnet explores themes of love, betrayal, resilience, and self-realization. It’s a poignant expression of the speaker’s emotional journey. The octave sets up the problem, and the sestet offers a resolution, albeit a painful one. This is a common structure in sonnets, providing a clear narrative progression. The final line leaves the reader with a powerful image of the speaker’s determination despite their pain.

Rhyme Scheme

The rhyme scheme (ABBA ABBA CDE CDE) is typical of a Petrarchan sonnet. Let’s analyze the rhyme in the sonnet “Amuse Yourself Again” by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares:

Octave:

I refuse to admit your words sound sorry (A) After I was the captive you could lure (B) With zealous bloomns of languor and demure (B) Artfully used to beguile our story. (A) Be happy and show you do not worry (A) About the yesteryears you now obscure (B) Since your damned tricks worked so well to immure (B) My heart confused with love games and glory. (A)

Sestet:

I endure losing myself worthlessly (C) And painfully looking for repletion (D) As you were a dancer only to tease. (E) Amuse yourself again and aimlessly (C) Build more webbs for those without protection (D) Because It huts, yet my quest will not cease. (E)

As you can see, the sonnet follows the ABBA ABBA CDE CDE rhyme scheme perfectly. The rhyme scheme is a crucial part of the sonnet’s structure, contributing to its rhythm and flow. It also helps to emphasize certain words and ideas, enhancing the poem’s overall impact.

Additional Aspects

Let’s delve deeper into the analysis of “Amuse Yourself Again” by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares:

Language and Imagery: The language used in this sonnet is rich and evocative, with a strong use of imagery. Phrases like “zealous bloomns of languor and demure” and “damned tricks worked so well to immure” paint vivid pictures in the reader’s mind. The use of words such as “captive”, “lure”, “beguile”, “tricks”, and “webbs” suggest deception and entrapment, reinforcing the themes of betrayal and disillusionment.

Themes: The main themes of this sonnet are love, betrayal, resilience, and self-realization. The speaker feels betrayed and trapped by the addressee’s deceptive actions, but there’s also a sense of defiance and resilience. Despite the pain, the speaker is determined to continue their quest, suggesting a theme of self-realization and personal growth.

Meter: The sonnet appears to follow the iambic pentameter, which is typical of traditional sonnets. This means each line consists of five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables, giving the poem a rhythmic quality.

Overall: this sonnet is a powerful exploration of emotional turmoil and resilience in the face of betrayal. The strong use of language and imagery, combined with the traditional sonnet structure and meter, make it a compelling piece of poetry. The themes are universal and relatable, adding to the sonnet’s impact. The final line leaves a lasting impression, encapsulating the speaker’s determination and resilience. It’s a poignant expression of the human capacity to endure and grow from painful experiences.

(GPT4)

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Syllable count for each line.

``` Amuse Yourself Again

11 I refuse to admit your words sound sorry 10 After I was the captive you could lure 10 With zealous bloomns of languor and demure 10 Atrfully used to beguile our story.

10 Be happy and show you do not worry 10 About the yesteryears you now obscure 10 Since your damned tricks worked so well to immure 10 My heart confused with love games and glory.

10 I endure losing myself worthlessly 10 And painfully looking for repletion 10 As you were a dancer only to tease. 10 Amuse yourself again and aimlessly 10 Build more webbs for those without protection 10 Because It huts, yet my quest will not cease. *** ```

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Sonnets For The Twenty First Century And A Circadian Musical Written By Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares (1984-1987)

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Analyzed by GPT4; Image by leonardo.ai; First published on Nostr Protocol by franciscoarroyavet@nostrplebs.com Amuse Yourself Again

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Prompt: Nostalgia Design ===============

Your design prompt today is to create a design inspired by nostalgia — whatever nostalgia means to you. Who doesn't love revisiting the best parts of their childhood?

Whether it be a funky web design, a retro advertisement, pixel art or a Y2K inspired graphic, you have total creative freedom.

Flex your design muscles and join in. Most of all, keep this exercise loose and keep it stress-free. The FUC is about growing our design skills, together, as a community. We can't wait to see what you create!

Happy designing, Stackers!

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Share Your Results When you finish the challenge, post your work on this thread! If you also share it on nostr, be sure to use the hashtag #FUCdesiger and tag Design_r@iris.to or @Design__r on X! We'll keep an eye out and repost good examples on a regular basis.

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Curious to know WTF is a FUC? Read the ⚡️Flash Ui Challenges welcoming post.

Looking for more FUCs? Check the archive here!

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Table of Content

• Content

  • Introduction

  • Who Created Polygon?

  • How Does Polygon Work?

  • Why Does MATIC Have Value?

  • Architecture

  • Why Use MATIC?

• Conclusion

• FAQ

• You May Also Like

• External Links

Introduction

Ethereum, a platform that is home to a variety of decentralized apps, is at the core of Polygon's concept. These applications include ones that allow users to join virtual worlds, play games, purchase artwork, and take part in a variety of financial activities. But because there is so much activity on Ethereum's blockchain, the platform is almost useless because the cost of sending data is going up and there is a growing backlog of traffic.

Enter Polygon. In a nutshell, Polygon markets itself as a layer-2 network, which indicates that it functions as an add-on layer to Ethereum and does not intend to replace the original blockchain layer. In other words, Polygon is not trying to reinvent the blockchain. The polygon, like the physical form that it was named after, has numerous sides, many shapes, and different functions. It also provides a simpler foundation for the construction of linked networks.

Polygon aims to assist Ethereum in growing in terms of scale, security, efficiency, and utility. Also, the company wants to encourage developers to make products that are more appealing and bring them to market faster.

Following the renaming, Polygon continued using the MATIC cryptocurrency, the digital token that serves as the basis for the network. When members of a network communicate with one another, the MATIC cryptocurrency serves as the unit of payment and settlement for such transactions.

Who Created Polygon?

Polygon was once referred to as the Matic Network when it was initially established in India in 2017. They (Jaynti Kanani, Sandeep Nailwal, and Anurag Arjun), together with Mihailo Bjelic, are all seasoned Ethereum engineers, and they are the ones who came up with the idea.

The Matic Network became online in the year 2020 and has already attracted some of the most well-known names in the field of decentralized finance, generally referred to as DeFi. These names include MakerDAO and Decentraland. In February of 2021, the Matic Network changed its name. It is now called Polygon.

During the first offering that took place in April 2019, the Polygon team was able to raise the equivalent of $5.6 million in ETH by selling 1.9 billion MATIC tokens over the course of a frenetic 20-day period.

How Does Polygon Work?

Polygon is a multi-level platform with the goal of scaling Ethereum owing to a multitude of sidechains, each of which attempts to unclog the main network in a way that is both effective and cost-efficient. Polygon's primary goal is to grow Ethereum.

For those of you who are new to the term, sidechains are individual blockchains connected to the main Ethereum blockchain. Sidechains are useful in that they enable many of the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocols that are accessible on Ethereum.

As a result, it is possible to compare Polygon to other networks that compete with it, such as Polkadot, Cosmos, and Avalanche.

Why Does MATIC Have Value?

The native coin of the Polygon network is called MATIC. In addition to being staked and used to pay transaction fees, MATIC is also utilized to assist drive growth throughout the network.

Users that provide computing resources or services to the Polygon network are eligible to get MATIC tokens as a reward. Validating transactions or carrying out smart contracts on the network are two possible ways to accomplish this goal.

In addition, users who hold MATIC and stake it are granted the power to vote on network enhancements, with the weight of each user's vote being directly proportionate to the amount of MATIC cryptocurrency they stake.

As is the case with the vast majority of other crypto assets, the supply of MATIC tokens is finite. According to the program's rules, there will never be more than 10 billion MATIC coins in circulation.

Architecture

At the center of the Polygon network is the software development kit (SDK) that is used to build decentralized apps that work with Ethereum as sidechains and connect them to the main blockchain of the network.

Sidechains can be made using any of the following scalable building methods:

• Plasma Chains - Transactions are grouped into blocks, and then the blocks are submitted to the Ethereum blockchain.

• zk-Rollups - Makes it possible to combine many different transfers into a single transaction.

• Optimistic Rollups - Similar to Plasma Chains, but with the ability to scale Ethereum smart contracts.

The primary chain of Polygon is a Proof of Stake (PoS) sidechain. Participants in the network can use MATIC tokens to verify transactions and vote on updates to the network.

Why Use MATIC?

It is possible that the potential of the Polygon Network to give scaling solutions to Ethereum would attract supporters of the network. Developers could also use Polygon's technology to make decentralized applications (dapps) on the network's blockchain easier to use.

All of Sushi, a decentralized exchange platform; Augur, a prediction market platform; and Ocean Protocol, a platform that enables companies and people to trade and monetize data and data-based services, are examples of dapps that are built on Polygon.

If investors feel that Layer-2 solutions are the way to go to improve the Ethereum Network, they can also look into purchasing MATIC and adding it to their portfolio.

Conclusion

There aren't many DeFi projects as intriguing as Polygon, and its future prospects for scalability and blockchain compatibility bode well for the DeFi community as a whole. And since it comes with such a comprehensive collection of tools for developers, its forward-thinking mechanisms and modules, and complete support for the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), the Polygon ecosystem may soon be home to a great number of successful applications.

FAQ

Is Polygon Matic a good investment? Polygon, on the other hand, is a cryptocurrency asset that may give investors the potential to make substantial gains if they hold it for longer. The price prediction for Polygon (MATIC) shows that the value of this cryptocurrency asset will rise over time, which is what the experts above have said will happen.

What does Polygon Matic do? Polygon (MATIC) is a cryptocurrency and technological platform developed to connect and grow blockchains and projects that are compatible with Ethereum. Investors may purchase MATIC tokens on exchanges like Coinbase and Kraken to use them for governing and securing the Polygon network as well as paying transaction fees. MATIC tokens are also used to pay for those fees.

Is Polygon Network the same as Matic? Polygon is a cryptocurrency that was established in 2017 and was originally known as Matic Network. It has a fair amount of popularity and consistently places among the top 15 cryptocurrencies in terms of market value. MATIC now supports more than 7,000 decentralized apps, often known as dApps. These are applications that function independently of any middlemen.

Does Polygon Matic have a future? According to the findings of a recent technical study conducted by cryptocurrency industry professionals about the pricing of Polygon, it is anticipated that MATIC will have a minimum price of around $1.83 and a maximum price of approximately $2.22 in the year 2024. The anticipated cost of trading, on average, is $1.89.

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I started this as a comment on @felipe's post "What is your story with Linux? Me first:" but decided it was getting a bit long.

How it Began

It started on my first day at my first job in tech. I was working part time and being trained by a retired IT guy that had built the computers and set up the servers I was going to manage. He showed my my workstation which was running some Linux distro. I knew nothing about Linux at the time and I don't recall which distro it was. I am pretty sure it was using KDE though. He just called it Linux. At the time I was using OS X (now called Mac OS). I didn't dive into Linux at all. I only used it when I had to use it.

Fast forward a few years and our team was tasked with launching a set of web sites and I needed to set up servers for hosting them. I had never done this before. I hired a consultant to help me evaluate and do the work. He was a Linux guy, and also a Vim user and regularly encouraged me to dive into Vim. I'm still grateful for that. He was a Debian fan but due to my limited knowledge of Linux and upper management's desire for support we went with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). What is funny is I now work at Red Hat. I started learning more and more about Linux servers as I ran them. I set up many Debian servers and have been using Linux on the server ever since. I still default to Debian when I need to set up a server. I know it best. Over the years hosting web sites for myself and others has taught me quite a bit about Linux but that is only the first part.

The Year of the Linux Desktop

In 2020 I started working at Red Hat. I stayed on MacOS but over the years I had started to tire of Apple's neglect of their operating system, their increased focus on iOS and making MacOS more like iOS. I wanted to do things that MacOS just couldn't do. My job required a lot of use of Docker and MacOS at the time was painfully bad at running Docker Desktop. In 2021 I'd finally had it with their hardware as well and decided to try to make a go all in using Linux on the desktop. After all I now worked at a Linux company and had many co-workers that used Linux as their main OS.

I did my research and decided to go with Fedora since I like the desktop environment. I later learned that DE is not a great reason to choose a distro. But, all and all Fedora has been solid and I haven't been tempted to go back to MacOS. I bought an early Framework laptops and soon after requested a company issued Thinkpad. I installed Fedora on both and haven't looked back.

I've tried Arch but its never stuck as my daily driver. I still use it on an old Thinkpad from time to time. I'm planning to try NixOS soon. I've also tried to use a couple tiling window managers but just haven't been able to make the jump yet. I think that's where I will land as I have used Tmux for my development work for 10+ years now and I like the UX. Linux has an amazing ecosystem and there's so much you can do with it. I now recommend anyone getting into programming or working in IT start using it as their main workstation. I wish I had done it much sooner. Thankfully there was a lot of knowledge I gained using MacOS that transferred to Linux since they share the same origin but there is no substitute for Linux.

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Disclaimer: I know it's GNU/Linux but I'll be referring to it as Linux for short.

The first time I remember reading something about Linux was around 1998, while sitting on the toilet on my friend's house.

There was a pile of magazines near the loo and one caught my eyes. I can't recall exactly what it was but I think it was about the fusion of Mandrake Linux with Conectiva Linux forming the new (at the time) distro, Mandriva Linux. At that time, I knew nothing about Linux at the time but, as I flipped through pages and pages of blue screenshots, I was hooked.

From 99 to ~2002, I remember seeing my friend's brother installing Linux on his desktop a few times. I also remember playing around on KDE on his freshly installed Suse Linux and, maybe in 2003, I remember mindless typing my first apt get commands and breaking his installation of Kurumin Linux 'cause it messed with some dependencies or something. Good days :)

The first time I installed Linux on a machine I owned was in 2004, the same year I bought my first computer with my own money. It was the Kurumin Linux wich was huge in Brazil at that time. Kurumin was one of the first live distros (that I know of) so it was easy to play with without breaking (too much) stuff.

From 2005 to the present day, Linux (mostly Debian Stable with i3wm) remain my main operating system and I only used other OSs on work related tasks, like Windows on a work machine between 2010 and 2013 for .NET development and MacOS on a few old macs for iOS development between 2014 and today.

That's it for this post. There are more interesting stories like when Canonical was giving away free installation CDs and I ordered some to sell'em on Brazil's equivalent of Ebay 😅 or when in 2009 I made an unsolicited "port" of a DOS program of the softhouse I was working on to "work" on DOSEMU (or DOSBox, I don't remember exactly). It probably wouldn't work in production but, man, was it fast.

Now it's your turn.

PS: thanks @hodlme for creating the Linux territory!

@ 8f2e7e48:72592d00

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@ 7175188c:6382a72c

Hey, Stackers!

I'm planning to start posting long-form content regularly on a couple of user-created territories so I was wondering if there's a way to know if a territory is permanently funded. Is there?

Also, what happens to posts made on an archived territory? I know that Stackers can still see archived posts and comments but are they still discoverable?

@ek

@ c11cf5f8:4928464d

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Stay humble, stack sats!

@ 599f67f7:21fb3ea9

Conectarse a muchos relays nostr puede agotar rápidamente la batería y el ancho de banda, especialmente si utilizas nostr en tu teléfono. Conectarse a los relays a través de un proxy nostr puede reducir el consumo de ancho de banda y de batería, además de ofrecer la ventaja adicional de ocultar tu dirección IP real a los relays.

¿Cómo funciona?

Un proxy nostr se conecta a un grupo de relays. Obtiene y publica eventos en esos relays. La aplicación cliente sólo necesita abrir una conexión websocket hacia el proxy para acceder a todos los relays a los que el proxy está conectado.

Imagen por cortesía de Yonle 2023

Como el cliente sólo abre una conexión en lugar de muchas, ahorra ancho de banda y batería.

Como el proxy se conecta a los relays en nombre del cliente, la dirección IP del proxy se expone a los relays en lugar de la del cliente. (Aunque sigue siendo necesario confiar en el proveedor del proxy).

Cómo utilizarlo

Un proxy nostr puede ser fácilmente autoalojado. Echa un vistazo a este repo por nostr:npub1x3azxuysp5vmfer4vgs4jn5tmfcx4ew8sh0qnev7gczljxsr7jwqa3g4el para instrucciones de auto-alojamiento.

Para los que no tenemos recursos para autoalojarnos, Bitcoin Txoko alberga una instancia comunitaria.

Como puedes ver, está conectado a algunos de los relays más populares.

Para utilizarlo, sólo tienes que añadir

wss://bostr.bitcointxoko.com

a tu lista de relays.

También puedes eliminar los relays redundantes ahora que ya no necesitas conexiones directas con ellos.

Ya está. ¡Feliz zapping y nos vemos en nostr!

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La siguiente información no está actualizada. La instancia de la comunidad nproxy ya no se mantiene. Utilízala bajo tu propia responsabilidad. Muchas gracias a nostr:npub1gzuushllat7pet0ccv9yuhygvc8ldeyhrgxuwg744dn5khnpk3gs3ea5ds por su corrección.

Un proxy nostr puede ser fácilmente autoalojado. Echa un vistazo a este repo por nostr:npub1txukm7xckhnxkwu450sm59vh2znwm45mewaps4awkef2tvsgh4vsf7phrl para instrucciones de auto-alojamiento.

Para los que no tenemos recursos para autoalojarnos, Bitcoin Txoko alberga una instancia comunitaria.

Para utilizarlo, sólo tienes que añadir

wss://nproxy.bitcointxoko.com

a tu lista de relays.

@ 599f67f7:21fb3ea9

¿Qué es Cashu?

Cashu es un protocolo de ecash de código abierto para Bitcoin que ofrece transacciones instantáneas sin comisiones con una privacidad casi perfecta. Consulta nostr:naddr1qqxnzd3e8y6rvdpe8qur2v3cqgs9n8m87l0hd9xxqwndqcmwzh4uvyxmwlw0637kuhg98pkcy8ana2grqsqqqa28f238dz para obtener más detalles.

Nutstash

Nutstash es una increíble billetera web de Cashu desarrollada por nostr:npub1cj6ndx5akfazux7f0vjl4fyx9k0ulf682p437fe03a9ndwqjm0tqj886t6 que implementa la mayoría de los NUTs, así como el envío y recepción a través de Nostr. También puedes instalarla como una Progressive Web App (PWA) en tu teléfono.

⚠️ Tanto Nutstash como Cashu todavía están en fase beta. Existe la posibilidad de perder fondos. Lee sobre los riesgos antes de usar la aplicación. Haz pruebas con pequeñas cantidades con las que te sientas cómodo perdiendo.

Pruébalo

Vamos a explicar cómo interactuar con una mint, recibir y enviar ecash, hacer copias de seguridad, convertir a Lightning y hacer intercambios entre mints, y al final probaremos la funcionalidad de los contactos de Nostr.

Añadir un mint

Para interactuar con ecash, primero necesitas tener acceso a una mint, donde se crean y canjean tus tokens de ecash.

1. Ve a Txoko Mint.
2. Abre la mint en Nutstash. 💡 Puedes añadir mints adicionales en Nutstash yendo a Mint, pegando la URL de la mint y presionando Add Mint ("Añadir Mint"). Algunas mints públicas se pueden encontrar en MintIndex. Ten en cuenta que algunas mints reservarán una cierta cantidad de sats para pagar las tarifas de enrutamiento, lo que significa que no podrás retirar todos tus sats.

Crear tokens

Puedes financiar tu billetera de ecash tanto recibiendo ecash directamente como creando nuevos tokens de ecash pagando una factura de Lightning.

1. En la pestaña Mint, elige la mint en la que quieres crear nuevos tokens y presiona Mint.
2. Elige una cantidad. Prueba con una cantidad pequeña, como 100 sats.
3. Crea la factura y págala desde una billetera de Lightning. Una vez que se haya pagado la factura, deberías tener tokens de ecash.

Realizar transacciones con ecash

Realizar transacciones con ecash implica básicamente enviar y recibir bloques de datos. Por lo tanto, puedes probar estas funcionalidades enviando y recibiendo a ti mismo. 1. Para enviar ecash, ve a Wallet > Send. 2. Selecciona la mint desde la que quieres enviar. 3. Elige una cantidad. Opcionalmente, utiliza la selección de monedas. 4. Haz clic en enviar tokens. 5. Copia el token. En este punto, puedes enviar el token a otra persona o canjearlo en tu propia billetera. Dado que solo estamos probando las cosas, haremos lo último.

1. Para recibir ecash, haz clic en Wallet > Receive.
2. Pega el token de cashu.
3. Haz clic en Receive.

💡 Puedes verificar los tokens de ecash pendientes y reclamarlos si el destinatario aún no los ha canjeado. Para hacer esto, ve a la pestaña Wallets y busca Tokens. Asegúrate de que la columna Pending esté marcada. Debería haber una lista de tokens pendientes, haz clic en el botón de actualización para verificar su estado. Si no han sido reclamados, puedes copiar y canjear el token.

Intercambio de múltiples mints

Es posible que te hayas preguntado si diferentes mints pueden enviar y recibir entre sí. La respuesta es sí. Bueno, más o menos. En lugar de enviar tokens de cashu entre sí, las transacciones entre mints se realizan a través de Lightning. Para probar esto, puedes agregar otra mint si aún no lo has hecho, por ejemplo, la mint de LNbits.

💡 Ten en cuenta que algunas mints reservarán una cierta cantidad de sats para pagar las tarifas de enrutamiento, lo que significa que no podrás retirar todos tus sats. Para evitar esto, también puedes crear tu propia mint con tu billetera Bitcoin Txoko LNbits activando la extensión de Cashu. Bitcoin Txoko no requiere reservas, por lo que puedes retirar todos tus sats.

1. Ve a la pestaña Mint y agrega una nueva mint si aún no lo has hecho.
2. Una vez que tengas varias mints, tendrás la opción de Inter-Mint Swap. Abre la opción y lee la advertencia.
3. Si deseas continuar, elige una mint de la que quieres hacer el intercambio y una mint a la que quieres hacer el intercambio.
4. Elige una cantidad.
5. Confirma la cantidad (Confirm amount), verifica las tarifas estimadas de enrutamiento y procede con el intercambio (Swap). En segundo plano, la mint que envía está pagando una factura de Lightning a la mint que recibe. Una vez que se haya liquidado la factura, el token intercambiado debería aparecer en el saldo de tu billetera en la mint que recibe.

Convertir a lightning

Cuando quieras convertir tus sats de cashu de nuevo a sats de Lightning, puedes convertir o "derretir" tus tokens de cashu.

1. Haz clic en Pay o toca el ícono de la cámara para escanear un código QR.
2. Ingresa o escanea una factura.
3. Opcionalmente, utiliza la selección de monedas.
4. Presiona Pay. La mint funde los tokens de cashu y paga la factura de Lightning.

Copias de seguridad

Hacer copias de seguridad de los tokens de Cashu es probablemente diferente al proceso que estás acostumbrado a hacer para respaldar las billeteras de Bitcoin y Lightning. Dado que los fondos están representados por tokens que son simplemente bloques de datos, solo estás respaldando estos datos cuando haces una copia de seguridad de los tokens de Cashu. Esto también significa que tus copias de seguridad cambiarán cada vez que realices una transacción y necesitarás hacer una nueva copia de seguridad después de cada transacción.

Los diferentes clientes de billeteras han implementado las copias de seguridad de manera diferente y solo funcionarán con la misma billetera que ha creado la copia de seguridad. Nutstash utiliza un archivo JSON como copia de seguridad, que también incluye tu historial de transacciones junto con los tokens que has agregado.

1. Para descargar la copia de seguridad en formato JSON, ve a Settings ("Configuración") > Backup Tokens ("Copia de seguridad de tokens"), descarga el archivo JSON y guárdalo en un lugar seguro.
2. Para restaurar la copia de seguridad, ve a Settings ("Configuración") > Restore ("Restaurar"). Lee la advertencia. Los datos actuales de tu billetera se sobrescribirán.

Nostr

Dado que puedes enviar tokens de Cashu a través de cualquier protocolo basado en texto, Nostr es una excelente opción para Cashu. Nutstash facilita el envío de tokens de Cashu a través de Nostr.

Primero, necesitas conectar un firmante externo de Nostr a Nutstash para que Nutstash pueda cifrar y firmar mensajes directos utilizados para enviar tokens de ecash. Para hacer esto,

1. Ve a la pestaña Settings ("Configuración") y encuentra la sección Nostr.
2. Activa Nostr.
3. Puedes configurar (Configure) los retransmisores manualmente o permitir que Nutstash lea tu lista de retransmisores después de completar el siguiente paso.
4. Activa Use external key ("Usar clave externa"). Debes tener instalada una extensión de firmante de Nostr en tu navegador. Algunas buenas opciones son nos2x, Alby y Nostore (para Safari en iOS).
5. Una vez que Nutstash detecte tu extensión de firmante, permítele leer tu lista de retransmisores y clave pública.
6. Si permites que Nutstash descifre los mensajes, buscará tokens de Cashu en tus mensajes directos. Una vez encontrados, aparecerán en la pestaña Wallet en la bandeja de entrada (Inbox). Allí podrás canjearlos en tu billetera.

Para enviar Cashu a través de Nostr,

1. Ve a Send ("Enviar").
2. Elige un mint.
3. Elige una cantidad. Opcionalmente, utiliza la selección de monedas.
4. Presiona Send ("Enviar").
5. En Send via Nostr ("Enviar a través de Nostr"), ingresa una dirección de Nostr en formato npub, hexadecimal o NIP-05. Alternativamente, escanea el código QR del perfil de alguien.
6. Presiona Send via Nostr ("Enviar a través de Nostr") y firma el mensaje tipo 4 con tu firmante externo.
7. Informa al destinatario que revise su bandeja de entrada, ¡deberían tener algunos Cashu esperándolos allí!

Conclusión

¿Encontraste útil esta guía? ¡Intenta enviarnos algunos tokens de Cashu a través de Nostr!

@ 73cee26b:072f3bb6

I've been diving the rabbit hole of non-KYC this evening, thanks to this post https://stacker.news/items/435653

But the sellers I looked at require sending them bank statements or Cash App balances and A SELFIE WITH PHOTO ID!

I don't want to mail cash. Are any online money transfer services irreversible (venmo, cash app, zelle, etc)?

And, if there is an actual chargeback risk, wouldn't scammers just be constantly ripping off sellers?

@ 599f67f7:21fb3ea9

¿Qué es Cashu?

Cashu es un protocolo de ecash de código abierto para Bitcoin que ofrece transacciones inmediatas, sin comisiones con una completa privacidad. Visita nostr:naddr1qqxnzd3e8y6rvdpe8qur2v3cqgs9n8m87l0hd9xxqwndqcmwzh4uvyxmwlw0637kuhg98pkcy8ana2grqsqqqa28f238dz para más detalles.

eNuts

eNuts es un excelente cliente monedero Cashu para tu móvil, disponible tanto para Android como para iOS (TestFlight). Admite múltiples mints y también enviar sobre nostr.

⚠ eNuts y Cashu todavía están en versión beta. La pérdida de fondos es posible. Lea sobre los riesgos al instalar la aplicación. Prueba con pequeños montos que no te importaría perder.

Pruébalo

Explicaremos la forma de interactuar con un mint (casa de la moneda), recibir y enviar efectivo, copias de seguridad, retirar a Lightning y el intercambio entre mints, en la parte final probaremos la funcionalidad de los contactos de nostr

Instalar

Visita el sitio web de eNuts e instala la aplicación idónea para tu sistema operativo.

Añadir un mint

Para interactuar con el efectivo, antes debes tener acceso a una casa de la moneda, donde se acuñen e intercambian sus tokens de efectivo. La casa de la moneda es el custodio de tu Bitcoin, pero no sabe quién eres, con quién estás negociando ni cuántos fondos tienes. Puedes usar para las pruebas.

1. Dirígete a Txoko Mint y copia la URL del mint
2. En eNuts, ve a Opciones > Gestión de menta y pulse el botón +. Pega la URL del mint que has copiado del paso anterior.

💡 Puedes añadir casas adicionales adicionales. Algunos mints públicos se pueden encontrar en MintIndex. Ten en cuenta que algunos de estos mints reservarán una cierta cantidad de sats para pagar las tarifas de enrutamiento, lo que significa que no puedes retirar todos tus sats.

Acuñación de Tokens

Una vez que hayas añadido el mint, eNuts te preguntará automáticamente si quieres acuñar nuevos tokens de ecash de ese mint. 1. Respuesta Sí. 2. Crea una factura por la cantidad que desea acuñar. Prueba una pequeña cantidad, por ejemplo, 100 sats. 3. Paga la factura con una billetera Lightning. Una vez pagada la factura ya deberías tener tus tokens de ecash

Transaccionar con ecash

Estas transacciones son básicamente enviar y recibir blobs de datos. Como tal, puedes probar estas funcionalidades enviándote y recibiendo a ti mismo. 1. Para enviar efectivo, haz clic en Enviar > Enviar ecash 2. Si utilizas varios mints, selecciona el mint desde el que quieres enviar. Luego elige Copiar y compartir. 3. Elige una cantidad. 4. Opcionalmente, puedes agregar una nota, haz clic en Continuar. 5. Confirma los detalles del pago y crea un token. En este punto, puedes usar la función de selección de monedas para elegir qué tokens quieres gastar. Ten en cuenta que las fichas se denominan en 1 sat, 2 sats, 4 sats, 8 sats, 16 sats, y así. Puedes pensar en ellos como billetes de 10 euros, 20 euros, 50 euros como ejemplo. 6. Copia el token.

En este punto, puedes enviar el token a otra persona o canjearlo en tu propia cartera. Como solo estamos probando las cosas, haremos esto mas tarde. 1. Para recibir, haz clic en Recibir > Pegar y canjear efectivo. eNuts debe leer automáticamente su portapapeles y canjear el token.

💡 Puedes comprobar los tokens de efectivo pendientes en tu historial de transacciones y reclamarlos si el destinatario aún no los ha canjeado. Para hacer esto, selecciona una transacción saliente de tu historial de transacciones y luego compruebe si se ha gastado el token. Si el token está pendiente, puede reclamar el token de vuelta tu billetera.

Intercambio entre Mints

Es posible que te hayas preguntado si diferentes mentas pueden enviar y recibir fondos entre sí. La respuesta es sí. Bueno, más o menos. En lugar de enviar tokens de cashu entre sí, las transacciones entre estas casas vuelven a Lightning, ya que un mint también es un nodo Lightning. Los tokens de Cashu en sí mismos no son fungibles en todos los nodos. Para probar esto, puedes añadir otra menta si aún no lo has hecho, por ejemplo, el mint cashme LNbits o el mint que presenta eNuts por defecto.

💡 Ten en cuenta que algunas mentas reservarán una cierta cantidad de sats para pagar las tarifas de enrutamiento, lo que significa que no puedes retirar todos tus sats. Para evitar esto, también puedes crear tu propio mint con tu cartera Bitcoin Txoko LNbits activando la extensión Cashu.

1. Vaya a Opciones > Gestión de mint y selecciona el mint del que desea intercambiar. Luego vaya a Multimint swap en Fondos.
2. Elige un mint para intercambiar.
3. Elige una cantidad y toca en la tarifa de estimación para estimar las posibles tarifas de Lightning.
4. Haz clic en Continuar.
5. Comprueba los detalles y, opcionalmente, usa la selección de monedas, luego presione Intercambiar ya. Ahora, en segundo plano, la casa de la moneda de envío está pagando una factura Lightning de la casa de la moneda de recepción. Una vez que se liquida la factura, el token intercambiado debe aparecer en el saldo de su billetera en la casa de la moneda de recepción.

Retiro

Cuando quieras convertir tus cashu sats a Lightning sats, puedes hacer retiros. 1. Haga clic en Enviar > Pagar factura Lightning 2. Seleccione un mint desde el que enviar si utiliza varias. 3. En factura LN o LNURL, introduzca una factura, LNURL o dirección Lightning; o simplemente escanea un código QR. 4. Elije la cantidad y la estimación de comisiones. 5. Comprueba los detalles antes de pulsar Cash out. El mint canjea los tokens de efectivo y paga la factura de Lightning.

Respaldo (Backups)

La copia de seguridad de los tokens de cashu es probablemente diferente al proceso al que podrías estar acostumbrado para hacer copias de seguridad de las carteras de Bitcoin y Lightning. Dado que los fondos están representados por tokens que son solo blobs de datos, solo estás haciendo una copia de seguridad de estas piezas de datos cuando haces una copia de seguridad de los tokens de ecash. Esto también significa que tus copias de seguridad se invalida cada vez que realizas una transacción. Diferentes clientes de cartera han implementado copias de seguridad de manera diferente y solo funcionarán con la misma cartera que ha creado la copia de seguridad.

eNuts crea un token de cashu con todos sus fondos en él y a qué moneda pertenecen.

• Para crear una copia de seguridad, ve a Opciones > Seguridad > Crear un token de copia de seguridad. Copia el token y guárdalo en un lugar seguro.

Alternativamente, puedes hacer una copia de seguridad de cada una de tus mints individualmente.

• Para ello, ve a Opciones > Gestión de la casa de la moneda y seleccione la casa de la moneda de la que desea hacer una copia de seguridad. Ve a Copia de seguridad de fondos, copia el token y guárdalo en un lugar seguro.

Para restaurar, simplemente copie el token de copia de seguridad y abra la aplicación eNuts. La aplicación debería leer su portapapeles y preguntarle si desea restaurar el token.

Nostr

eNuts integra Nostr para que puedas enviar efectivo a tus contactos.

Para usar esta función, ve a Contactos y pega tu clave pública de nostr. eNuts luego extrae tu lista de contactos de los relays. ~~Desafortunadamente, la función de búsqueda aún no se ha implementado, lo que puede hacer que encontrar el contacto correcto sea un poco engorroso si tienes muchos.~~ Con la actualización a la v0.1.1-beta, eNuts ahora soporta la búsqueda, y funciona a las mil maravillas. Simplemente introduce una npub, dirección nostr o busca por una palabra clave y podrás enviar ecash directamente a tu contacto.

El destinatario debe recibir un mensaje directo de Nostr tipo 4 que contenga el token ecash que puede canjear en su billetera.

Conclusion

¿Te ha resultado útil esta guía? ¡Intenta enviarnos algunos tokens de Cashu a través de nostr!

@ cce0989b:b497e608

Think of your attention like a flashlight that can only focus on a few items at once. Ruminating is what happens when your flashlight gets stuck on specific negative thoughts, challenging past experiences, and ideas about yourself. No matter what else might be happening around you, you keep going back to these thoughts again and again. This thinking pattern can have really painful consequences, like the contributing to the development and onset of depression.

The next time you find yourself ruminating, try one of these three science-backed strategies:

• Distract yourself: Consciously choose to shift your flashlight to something else—ideally, it should be something immersive, that takes up your full attention. Fully immersive experiences (like playing a game, reading a book, or making something) are often the most powerful.

• Practice mindfulness: Being mindful is about witnessing all of your thoughts as they come up, without any sort of judgment. Practice noticing your thoughts and describing them, using phrases like, “I’m thinking about that painful experience right now.” Instead of fixating your flashlight on one thought, you allow it to move along with the flow of all of your thoughts.

• Move your body: Sometimes, getting into our bodies helps us to get out of our heads. Go for a walk or do a workout, or engage in a sport of some kind. You might find that your flashlight naturally moves away from the difficult thought.

@ 57d1a264:69f1fee1

Prompt: Boarding Pass

Consider the origin, the destination, gates, seats, the airline, etc. Is it for a multi-stop trip, round-trip, or one-way journey? Could "Passes" being used for anything else apart airlines?

Boarding passes are sometimes used to promote additional information such as credit card offers, frequent flyer programs, or partner deals with local hotels and resorts.

Flex your design muscles and join in. Most of all, keep this exercise loose and keep it stress-free. The FUC is about growing our design skills, together, as a community. We can't wait to see what you create!

Happy designing, Stackers!

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Share Your Results When you finish the challenge, post your work on this thread! If you also share it on nostr, be sure to use the hashtag #FUCdesiger and tag Design_r@iris.to or @Design__r on X! We'll keep an eye out and repost good examples on a regular basis.

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Curious to know WTF is a FUC? Read the ⚡️Flash Ui Challenges welcoming post.

Looking for more FUCs? Check the archive here!

@ a012dc82:6458a70d

Table of Contents

• Content

• Introduction

  • 1. Not cutting your losses
  • 1. Overtrading
  • 1. Revenge trading
  • 1. Being too stubborn to change your mind
  • 1. Ignoring extreme market conditions
  • 1. Forgetting that TA is a game of probabilities
  • 1. Blindly following other traders

• Conclusion

• FAQ

• You May Also Like

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Introduction

One of the most popular approaches to analyzing the financial markets is known as technical analysis, or TA. The use of TA is possible in almost every kind of financial market, including stocks, FX, gold, and cryptocurrencies, among others.

Although it is not too difficult to understand the fundamental ideas behind technical analysis, becoming an expert in this field is rather challenging. It's certain that you'll blunder your way through the process of acquiring any new talent, so you may as well get used to it. When it comes to trading or investing, this may be very detrimental to your success. You run the danger of losing a significant chunk of your wealth if you do not exercise caution and make an effort to gain knowledge from your past errors. It's a good idea to gain wisdom from your past errors, but getting as far away from them is much smarter.

You will get familiar with some of the most common errors made in technical analysis as you read this article. If you are new to trading, why not become familiar with some of the fundamentals of technical analysis first? Read our article on "What Is Technical Analysis?" to learn more. and the 5 core indicators necessary for Conducting Technical Analysis.

When it comes to trading using technical analysis, what are the most common errors that novice traders make?

1. Not cutting your losses

Let's begin with a quotation from Ed Seykota, who is involved in the trading of commodities:

"The components of successful trading are, in order of importance, (1) minimizing losses, (2) minimizing losses, and (3) minimizing losses. If you are able to comply with these three guidelines, there is a possibility that you may be successful.

Even though this seems to be a straightforward step, it is critical that its significance be emphasized at all times. Protecting your financial resources should always be your first concern when it comes to financial activities like trading and investing.

Trading for the first time may be a very nerve-wracking experience. When you're just getting started, a good strategy to keep in mind is that the first thing you should focus on is preventing failure rather than achieving success. For this reason, it may be beneficial to begin trading with a lower position size, or perhaps to not risk any actual cash at all. For instance, you may practice your trading techniques on the testnet provided by Binance Futures before putting any of your hard-earned money at risk. With this strategy, you could keep your money safe and only put it at risk after you've shown that you can consistently bring in money.

Establishing a loss limit is sound business practice. Each of your deals needs to have a point when they become invalid. This is the point at which you have to "take the medicine" and admit that your trading plan was flawed. If you do not approach trading with this frame of mind, it is probable that you will not do well throughout the course of a trading career. Even just one poor move may damage your portfolio, and you may wind up having to hang on to lost positions while you wait for the market to get better.

2. Overtrading

When you are engaged in active trading, it is a frequent misunderstanding that you must constantly be in a transaction. Trading requires a significant amount of study as well as a significant amount of "sitting about" and patiently waiting. When using some trading tactics, you may be required to hold off on entering a trade until you get a signal that can be trusted. Even if they only do three deals a year, some traders may still make a lot of money from their investments.

Make it a point to steer clear of engaging in a transaction for the sole purpose of doing so. You are not required to engage in a transaction at all times. In some situations, doing nothing and waiting for an opportunity to reveal itself might actually be more lucrative than acting in response to the situation. Your investment will be protected in this manner, and you will be able to quickly put it to use if profitable trading opportunities become available again. You simply have to be patient and remember that chances will always present themselves again; all you have to do is wait for them.

An error that is similar in nature when it comes to trading is placing an excessive focus on smaller time periods. As a rule, analysis carried out on longer time periods will provide more trustworthy results than analysis carried out on shorter time spans. As a result, short time frames will generate a lot of market noise, which may encourage you to initiate trades more often than you would otherwise. Trading on smaller time frames often results in a poor risk-to-reward ratio. This is not to say that there aren't some profitable scalpers or short-term traders; there just aren't as many of them. Because it is such a high-risk trading method, it is not recommended for traders just starting out.

3. Revenge trading

It is not unusual to see traders attempting to make up for a huge loss they have incurred instantly. This practice is referred to as "revenge trading." It makes no difference whether you want to be a technical analyst, a day trader, or a swing trader; the most important thing is to refrain from making judgments based on your emotions.

It is not difficult to maintain your composure when things are going well, or even when you make little errors. But are you able to maintain your composure even when everything seems to be going wrong? Are you able to remain disciplined and follow your trading strategy even while everyone else is freaking out?

It is important to note the term "analysis" in the phrase "technical analysis." This, of course, calls for a methodical approach to trading in the markets, doesn't it? Therefore, why would you want to make quick judgments based on your emotions inside the confines of such a framework? If you want to be included among the finest traders, you need to be able to maintain your composure even after making the most significant errors. Try not to make decisions based on how you feel. Instead, try to keep a clear head and think things through.

Trading right after experiencing a significant loss is often a recipe for much bigger losses in the future. As a consequence of this, some traders may choose to not trade at all for a certain amount of time after suffering a significant loss. They will be able to begin trading once again with a clear head and a clean slate thanks to this solution.

4. Being too stubborn to change your mind

If you want to become a good trader, you can't be scared to shift your viewpoint when necessary. A lot. One thing that can be said with absolute confidence is that market circumstances may change very fast. They are always subject to change. As a trader, you are responsible for identifying these shifts and adjusting your strategy accordingly. It's possible that a business approach that does incredibly well in one market setting may be completely ineffective in another.

Let's have a look at what the illustrious trader Paul Tudor Jones had to say about his holdings:

"I operate on the assumption that every viewpoint I have is incorrect," you said.

It's a useful exercise to put yourself in the position of the opposing side of your arguments in order to see probable flaws in their reasoning. If you keep going in this way, your investing theses (and conclusions) may become more complete.

This brings up yet another important issue, which is cognitive biases. Your preconceived notions may significantly impact the decisions you make, cloud your judgment, and restrict the range of options you can take into consideration. You should make it a priority to at least learn about the cognitive biases that may affect your trading strategies. This will help you be better able to fight against their bad effects.

5. Ignoring extreme market conditions

There are instances in which the predictive capacities of TA are not as dependable as they formerly were. These may be black swan occurrences or other sorts of extraordinary market situations that are mainly influenced by people's emotions and the psychology of the masses. In the end, supply and demand are what drive the markets, and there are times when one of those factors is very out of whack relative to the other.

Take, for instance, the Relative Strength Index (RSI), an example of momentum indicator. In general, if the reading is lower than 30, the asset being tracked may be seen as having been oversold. When the RSI drops below 30, does this suggest that it is an indication that a transaction should be made immediately? Never in a million years! Simply said, it means that the selling side of the market is now in control of the momentum of the market. To put it another way, it simply suggests that there is more power in the hands of sellers than purchasers.

When unusual market circumstances exist, the RSI has the potential to reach high values. It is even feasible that it will go into the single digits, which is quite close to the absolute minimum reading (zero). Even such a strong sign of being oversold doesn't always mean that the market is about to turn around.

If you rely on the extreme readings that your technological equipment provides, you might end up losing a significant amount of money. This is particularly true during black swan situations, when it may be quite difficult to predict what the price action will do. When conditions are as they are right now, no analytical instrument can stop the markets from continuing in whichever direction they are currently moving. Because of this, it is important to constantly take into account other aspects as well, and not to depend just on a single instrument.

6. Forgetting that TA is a game of probabilities

The analyses that are performed using technical methods do not deal with absolutes. Probabilities are the subject of this discussion. This indicates that there is never a guarantee that the market will react in the way you anticipate, regardless of the technical approach you base your plans on. Even if your research indicates that there is a very high possibility of the market going up or down, nothing can be said with absolute confidence about the direction in which it will move.

When formulating your trading strategy, you really must remember to take this into consideration. It is never a good idea to expect that the market will follow your analysis, regardless of how much expertise you have in the financial markets. If you do so, you risk oversizing your bets and putting too much on a single event, which might result in a significant loss of money.

7. Blindly following other traders

If you want to become an expert in any field, it is imperative that you are always working to improve your skills. When it comes to trading in the financial markets, this is very important to keep in mind. In point of fact, the shifting circumstances of the market make it an absolute must. One of the best ways to learn is to look at how experienced technical analysts and traders do things.

To become consistently excellent, you will need first to identify your own talents and then build upon those abilities. If you want to achieve this goal, you must first uncover your own strengths. We might refer to this as your edge, which is the quality that sets you apart from other traders in the market.

If you read a lot of interviews with great traders, you'll quickly realize that each one uses a very unique set of tactics to achieve their goals. In fact, a trading technique that works faultlessly for one dealer might be seen as totally impractical by another. There are an almost infinite number of methods to make money off of market activity. You only need to figure out which one complements your character and the way you trade the most effectively.

The decision to enter into a transaction based on the analysis of another person could sometimes be profitable. On the other hand, if you just copy the actions of other traders without making an effort to comprehend the bigger picture, you should not expect this strategy to be successful over the long run. This, of course, does not imply that you should not follow the examples of others or gain knowledge from them. The most crucial thing to consider is whether or not you agree with the trade concept and whether or not it is compatible with your trading strategy. Even though other traders are knowledgeable and have a good reputation, you shouldn't just mindlessly follow in their footsteps.

Conclusion

When it comes to technical analysis, we went over some of the most basic errors you should try to avoid making. Keep in mind that trading is not a simple endeavor; generally, it is more viable to approach it with a longer-term perspective.

Learning how to trade successfully on a constant basis is a process that requires time. Developing your own trading methods and learning how to come up with your own ideas for trades involves a significant amount of experience. You'll have a better understanding of your capabilities, be able to pinpoint any areas in which you fall short, and ultimately feel more in command of the choices you make about investments and trades.

FAQ

What is TA in technical analysis? Stock charts are used in technical analysis so that the behaviors of market players may be visually represented. Within the charts, patterns develop, and recognizing these patterns may assist a trader in locating potential trading opportunities. TA functions at its highest potential when we keep a few key assumptions in mind. Technical analysis is more useful for determining short-term transactions.

What are the major issues to consider in technical analysis? Switching from one method or technique to another is an example of one of the most significant issues that may arise in technical analysis, which is known as "system hopping." Traders engage in such behavior because they are unable to generate a profit with a single trading technique. The old saying is that "practice makes perfect." You've probably heard of this proverb; however, merchants rarely follow it in practice.

What is a drawback to technical analysis? Technical analysis does not consider the fundamentals specific to particular stocks or the stock market as a whole. All of the significant economic announcements, company reports, and outside events are completely ignored. Important factors may drive the long-term and short-term volatility of the markets.

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土曜日、メディアは、この問題に詳しい関係者の話として、日本政府が経済がデフレを克服したと協議し、正式に発表したと伝えた。

関係者らによると、日本政府は今春の労使交渉（通称「春ダウ」）の結果とインフレ見通しを注意深く検討し、日本がデフレからの完全脱却を発表する条件が整っているかどうか判断する予定だという。

注目すべきは、この公式声明は象徴的なものに過ぎないが、日本経済における成長の大きなボトルネックの一つが取り除かれたということを意味することになるだろう。

日本の岸田文雄首相や閣僚は今後、政府会合や記者会見でこの声明を公表したり、月例経済​​報告で言及したりする可能性がある。

市場では、日本がデフレ脱却を表明した場合、２００７年以来となる日銀の次回利上げの時期が焦点となると懸念されている。

しかし、日銀の上田和夫総裁は最近、インフレ目標はまだ達成されていないと述べ、「冷や水を浴びせた」とし、日銀は「賃金と物価の好循環が形成され始めているかどうか」を引き続き確認していくつもりだと述べた。

上田和夫氏は「春闘の行方が注目される。景気が好循環に乗っているかどうかを確かめる鍵になると予想される」と述べ、賃金交渉が前向きに達成できると信じる理由があると語った。結果。

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1. 自称「チャーリー・マンガー2号」 アンダーソンの投資哲学は、長期的な成長を重視し、優れた企業をボトムアップで選択することであり、マクロ、金利、政治問題ではなく、長期的な世界成長戦略を投資戦略の核心としています。 「世界規模で最も競争力があり、革新的で、成長効率が高い、数少ない質の高い企業を発掘して投資する。そのために、5 年以内に収益を倍増できる成長企業や事業を探している」 。

アンダーソン氏は 2004 年という早い時期に、バーキーの投資分野に静かな革命を引き起こしました。その時、彼はバーキーの新しい使命を確立しました。それは、長期的にグローバリゼーションに真の意味で投資し、株価指数をあまり気にしないことです。彼は投資を遅らせました。 2～3年から5～10年という期間を設定し、企業の見通しをより重視し、現在の利益や評価などの短期的なノイズを排除する。正解は 1 つ。それは非常に重要な考え方です。」

このような使命に導かれ、アンダーソン氏はアマゾンやテスラなどの企業への投資に成功し、最大で 9,000% 近くの利益を得ました。2012 年、テスラの株価が約 30 ドルだったときに、アンダーソン氏はテスラを買収しました。当初の株価と比較すると、現在の株価との比較2020 年、テスラの株価は 700 米ドル近くで、20 倍以上に上昇しました。これは間違いなくベルキーに巨額の超過利益をもたらし、長期投資戦略の正確性を裏付けました。これはバーキーの前向きな性格を反映しています。」 「本物の投資家は四半期ではなく、10年で考えます。」

アンダーソンはオープンマインドで、考え方の多様性を奨励します。彼は主流の考えや態度に同意せず、伝統的な考え方の価値を信じていません。ウォーレン・バフェットと比較すると、アンダーソンは自分がチャーリー・マンガーに似ていると考えていましたアンダーソンはジョージ・ソロスを心から尊敬しており、ソロスの言葉を使って市場に対する懸念を表明していました。ソロスはかつてこう言いました。「読むことが正しいか間違っているかは問題ではありません。重要なのは、アンダーソン氏によれば、これは市場の利益についての重要な洞察であり、学術界との関係を深める方法として外側に目を向けることを好みます。彼に最も大きな影響を与えたのは、アリゾナ州立大学のヘンドリック・バイゼンビンダー教授とニューメキシコ州のサンタフェ研究所だった。

ヘンドリック・ベゼンビンダーは、過去数十年にわたり、株式市場の収益の大部分は少数の企業からもたらされ、大きく値上がりした銘柄はそれほど多くなく、市場のパフォーマンスは常に比較的少数の銘柄によって左右されてきたことを発見しました。 , 1990 年から 2018 年までに、トップパフォーマンス企業の 1.3% が世界の株式市場で 44.7 兆ドルの富を生み出しました。米国外では、16.0 兆ドルの純資産創造を生み出した企業は 1% 未満でした。これらの結果は、次の事実の実際の重要性を強調しています。長期的な株式収益の分布はプラスの方向に大きく偏っており、企業の 61% が上場期間中に株主にとっての価値を失い、企業の 38% がこれらの損失を全体で補い、残りの 1% の企業が全体の損失を補いました。純利益。

ニューメキシコ州のサンタフェ研究所の研究によると、知識ベースの企業の収益はますます大きくなる傾向にあります。言い換えれば、勝者の収益は線形ではなく指数関数的です。この重要な議論はブライアン アーサーによるものです。ブライアン アーサーの理解大手テクノロジー企業の知財ベースのモデルに内在するスケールメリットの増大によってもたらされた深刻な変化は、過去 40 年間のビジネス開始の可能性についての基本的な洞察です。この新たな変革では、最初のリーダーシップと利益の出現は複雑で、予測するよりも観察するのが簡単ですが、いったんリーダーシップが確立されると、その結果は巨大かつ永続的なものになります。

平均回帰は金融における重要な概念です。平均への回帰は、数年間業績が良かった企業は優良企業のオーラを放ちながら急速に成長し続けることを示しますが、数年間業績が低迷した企業は次のようなラベルが付けられます。このような固定観念が、極端な予測をする傾向と組み合わされると、平均値に戻るための条件が整います。これらの貧しい企業は、見た目ほど悪いわけではありません。 「将来的には非常に良いパフォーマンスを発揮するだろう。しかし、アンダーソン氏は平均値への回帰を認めなかった。彼は平均値回帰などというものは存在しないと考えている。彼は明らかに、伝統的な小売業者が新興ハイテク大手に追いつくことは不可能であると理解していた」アマゾンのようなインターネット巨人の発展により、伝統的な小売業者の評価は急落するだろうということだ。

アンダーソン氏は、自身のキャリアの中で最も重要な時期は、2008 年から 2009 年にかけての最悪の金融危機の 9 か月間だったと述べています。当時、彼はアマゾンとグーグルの株を保有し、それらが大幅に値下がりするのを見ていましたが、今も保有し続けています。 「3 月 15 日に気をつけなさい」とは、ローマの司令官ガイウス カエサルに警告した占い師の予言です。しかし、アンダーソン氏は、投資家がこの状況に耐えることができ、余裕があるのであれば、極端な勝者を見つけることが最善の投資方法であると信じている。皆さんに言いたいのは、危機の際にファンドマネージャーが信念を変え始めたら、すぐに排除しなさいということです。」

II. 外部の視点から新たな機会を発見する アンダーソンは、多様なベッティング ポートフォリオを持つほとんどのファンド マネージャーとはまったく異なります。彼は常に偉大な企業がどのように構築されるかをよりよく理解しようと努めており、イメナやモデナを含む偉大な企業の可能性に常に情熱を注いでいます。これらの企業は現代世界を定義し、成果をもたらしてきました。ウィリアム・ソーンダイクの『ビジネス・アウトサイダー』では、こうしたビジネス・アウトサイダーは常に「アウトサイダー」の視点を使って新たな機会を発見し、業界の衝動性を守るための鎧として合理性を利用しています。キャッシュ フローをすべての仕事の基本目標として使用し、資本の配分を中核的な業務としており、彼らは原則を堅持していますが、足下には亡き仲間が積み重なり、彼らを最先端に押し上げ、業界の旗手になりつつあります。

ギンコ・バイオの創設者兼最高経営責任者（CEO）のジェイソン・ケリー氏は、「これらの素晴らしい企業は、イメナやモデナと同様、ほとんど想像を絶する時価総額を持っているが、停滞した経済基盤のほんの一部を破壊するだけだ。そして、私たちの前にどんな未来が展開するのか」と指摘した。アンダーソン氏もこれに同意し、変革をもたらす変化とその可能性について、過去 40 年間のどの時期よりも楽観的に感じました。

アンダーソン氏によると、現在最も急務なのはデータとヘルスケアの組み合わせです。第一に、以前は不可能だった方法で生物学を理解するのに役立ち始めています。第二に、これらを新しいゲノミクスの洞察と組み合わせれば、私たちは医療が完全に変革する可能性を秘めた時代であること、そして第三に、合成生物学には、他のテクノロジーで見られる多くの特徴があるため、今後数年間で世界経済に大きな変革が起こる可能性があるため、人々は楽観的になっているのです。これらの新しいものは、電子商取引やソーシャル メディアよりも刺激的で影響力のあるものになります。

バーキーは長い間 Immena を所有してきました。それは、初期ではありましたが、次世代の化学についての実質的な洞察を私たちに与えてくれました。その前世代の技術により、ヒトゲノムの配列決定のコストが約 150,000 ドルから 1,000 ドルに削減されました。そして今、彼らはそれができると考えていますコストを約 2.5 ドルに削減します。Mena の株価は下落しましたが、成功の見通しはまだ高まっています。Immena の現在の時価総額は 550 億米ドルです。機会に比べれば、この価格はばかげています。今 Immena を保有するのは、1970 年に Intel を買収するようなものです。さらに、パーキーは、人工知能を使用して薬剤候補の特定を支援するリカーション・ファーマシューティカルズ (RXRX) に投資しています。現在の価格は 1 株あたり約 6 ドルですが、成長の可能性は非常に大きいです。テンパスは非公開企業です。は精密製薬会社であり、分子および臨床データベースを構築しています。これは非常に価値のあるポートフォリオのように見えます。

過去 2 年間で最も代表的な企業であるモデナは、数百億ドルの現金と 5 倍の収益増加にもかかわらず、最高値から 70% 下落しています。 「しかし、アンダーソン氏は昨年の春や夏ほどモデナの株価について悲観的なものは見当たりませんでした。論理的には、投資家は同社の長期的な見通しについてもっと考えるべきです。メッセンジャーRNA技術は、多くの異なる疾患の治療に使用できる動的なプラットフォームです」 , そしてモデナ自身の特定のプロジェクトの進捗は、株価が150ドルではなく500ドルに近づいたときに言うように進歩しているようです. アンダーソン氏はCEOのスティーブン・バンセルと定期的に話しています. 株価が現在の水準にある新しい理由を見つけられない限り、レベルであれば、彼はそれがとても魅力的だと感じるでしょう。

2021 年末にテスラの時価総額が 1 兆ドルを突破したとき、それはどのような価値を生み出したのでしょうか? アンダーソン氏は、テスラが自動車業界における支配的な地位と技術的リーダーシップを維持するだけであれば、現在の 30% の粗利益率の伸びはわずかであると考えています。今後 10 年以内に株価が 3 倍になる可能性があります。これらが自動車自動化運動における徐々にではあるものの真のリーダーシップと組み合わされれば、株価は現在の市場価値の約 5 倍に上昇する可能性があります。その可能性は 40% ～ 50% です。これら 2 つの状況のいずれか、または両方が発生する可能性があり、テスラが別の自動車会社になった場合、その評価額が 500 億米ドルを超える可能性は低いが、これらの考えられる要因を調整した後、アンダーソン氏は同社の株価はまだ低いと信じています。この会社は立派だ。

Asmack は半導体装置を製造するヨーロッパの企業で、オランダのアイントホーフェンに本社を置いています。どのようにして Asmack がムーアの法則を永続させる鍵となったのでしょうか? Asmack はおそらく世界で最も重要なディープ テクノロジー企業です。ミドルおよびハイエンドのリソグラフィーにおいて機械市場では、アスマックが市場シェアの約 60% を占め、ハイエンド市場 (没入型リトグラフなど) では、アスマックが市場シェアの約 80% を占めています。アンダーソン氏は、最初のリトグラフに関する本を書いたオランダの研究者にインタビューしました。アスマック ホールディングスの 20 年の歴史 彼は、アスマックの社長兼最高技術責任者であるマーティン ブリンクが常にムーアの法則を維持する上で重要な役割を果たしてきたことを指摘したかったのです。

ジェフ・ベゾス氏はムーアの法則をさらに説明しました: プロセッサー、帯域幅、ディスク容量などのアマゾンの主要コンポーネントは、12 ～ 18 か月ごとに 2 倍安くなります。これはムーアの法則の一例でもあります。アンダーソン氏の回想によると、その後、ベゾス氏は一時停止し、 「これが私たちをどこへ連れて行くかは分かりませんが、エキサイティングなことはわかっています。」 アンダーソン氏は、過去 30 年間であらゆる点で最高の起業家および投資家はジェフ・ベゾスだったと信じています。

イメナ、モデナ、テスラ、アスマット、アマゾンなどの企業は、バーク氏の将来の投資手法に影響を与えており、一部の分野では真のリーダーになれる少数の企業が重要であることを示しています。過去10年間。

アンダーソンは、経済学者ジョン・ケイの本の中で企業についての引用を常に好んでいましたが、これは「アンナ・カレーニナ」の引用とは正反対で、「凡庸な企業はすべて似ており、偉大な企業はすべて異なる」というものです。この本は「ビジネスの基礎」です。ジョン・ケイの調査によると、企業の成功の基礎は、その企業特有の歴史の産物であるその企業独自の能力にあり、ライバルは、たとえこれらの能力が企業にもたらす利益を認識していても、真似できないものである。企業がこれらの独自の能力と直面する外部環境をうまく組み合わせると、付加価値が生まれます。このことから、世界には普遍的に適用できる企業の成功戦略が存在せず、これまで存在したことがないことが推測できます。また、このことからも推測できます。企業独自の能力の浮き沈みや、市場に近づく能力の変化により、あらゆる企業の将来の運命は必ず浮き沈みを経験することになります。

III. 最終的に重要な 1% を見つける 一般的に、株式市場が企業を一般化するのではなく、違いから金を拾い始めるまでには3～6か月かかりますが、今でも、見通しが大幅に悪化したか、少なくとも改善していない企業と、見通しが大幅に悪化している企業との間には、評価格差が依然として存在します。アンダーソン氏は、現在の環境に関係なく、多くの企業に興味を持っています。

ジェフ・ベゾスはかつて、「お金が100倍になる可能性が10％あると思ったら、たとえ90％の確率で間違っていたとしても、毎回チャンスを掴むように努めなさい。」と書いたことがある。アンダーソン氏は、これはバフェットの「第一の法則」とは全く異なると述べた。 「お金を決して失わないこと、そして第二のルールは第一のルールを決して忘れないことです。」しかし、少数の企業にのみ大きく賭けている場合は、適切な企業を特定できると確信することが最善です。 「人々は、何か勇敢で、攻撃的で、あるいは自分の能力に関して楽観的すぎることさえしなければならないということに同意する。」これにより、「平凡であっても、それでもたくさんのお金を稼ぐことができます...」ということが可能になります。

中央銀行の寛大さによって採算の悪いハイテク株が理解不能な評価額にまで押し上げられ、ヘッジファンドやプライベートエクイティもパイの分け前を獲得しようとしているため、成長投資回路は近年さらに混雑しているようだ。 「成長投資に対して常に回復力を持つことが求められました。投資家への同氏のメッセージは、ボラティリティを克服し、長期的な発展に焦点を当てることでした。必ず苦しい時期があり、「投資家が犯す間違いの多くは、想像力の失敗でもあります。」したがって、短期的な市場動向を心配したり、地政学について推測したりすることは、長期的な投資に関する適切な意思決定に役立たないため、避けてください。これに比べて、アンダーソン氏はどの企業や創業者をサポートするかについての意思決定に自信を持っています。

なぜなら、アンダーソン氏は、インターネットバブルの崩壊であれ、2007年から2008年の金融危機であれ、ハイテク株の下落はこれまでのキャリアの中で経験したことのないものであると認識しており、すべての株が動く瞬間を見たことがなかったからだ。 「率直に言って、現時点では、これらの長期的な異常値を引き起こす可能性のある要因はどれもあまりにも無視されています。」アンダーソン氏は、この点で「専門家」が適切な判断を下したとは考えていませんでした。尊重する。

私たちは投資する企業をいつも楽しみにしていますが、それが裏目に出て株価が無価値になることもよくあります。しかし、私たちはその投資が「間違った」決断だったとは考えていません。これについても私たちは気にしません。 「私たち、これは潜在的な勝者を探すのではなく、時間と労力の無駄です。いずれにせよ、業績が悪かったからといって、投資家がその会社を支援するのが「間違っている」というわけではありません。高い利益を提供する多くの企業は、後ろ盾を失いました。すべて私たちにできることは、適切な質問をし、市場の状況を考慮し、意見に到達することです。

失望の理由は 2 つだけです。1 つは、株価が私が期待していた曲線をたどらなかったことです。これが人生です。閉じ込められていないということは、リスクを取ることを恐れすぎ、機会を試すことを恐れていることを意味します。知っておく必要があります」資産保険では、リスクを取らなければ100倍のリターンを得ることは不可能であるということ、もう1つの理由は、私たちは予期すべきいくつかのリスクに遭遇し、理解すべきいくつかの問題を理解する必要があったということです。この場合、私たちはこれが間違いであり、経験から学んだことを認めます。

本物の投資家は、投資での損失は単なる資本の損失であることを知っていますが、利益が出れば上限は無限にあり、長期的には、大勝者がもたらす富は、損失を被った少数の投資をはるかに超えることになります。 「お金。間違いを犯すことを恐れると、100 倍も価値のある多くの素晴らしい機会を逃す可能性があります。バイゼンビンダー氏はすでに、将来の勝者を発見することより重要なことはほとんどないと語っていました。彼は、投資家に良い結果をもたらした共通の特徴を特定しました。それは、柔軟性です。」事業計画、経営陣の長期的な文化、開発中のテクノロジーの機会の広さなどです。

適切な品質であると考えられる企業の株価が下落した場合、そのビジネスケースが依然として当てはまるかどうかを再検討する必要があります。確立されていなければ売却し、確立されていれば購入してください。必然的に、一部の投資結果は間違っており、場合によっては予見できないことや、しかし、不確実性を受け入れることによってのみ、最終的に重要な 1% を見つけることができます。

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石油輸出国機構（OPEC）プラスが減産延長を検討しているとのニュースを受け、2月23日から3月1日までの週、世界の資産クラスの中で原油が首位となったほか、ベトナム株式市場は突出しており、日本株も新高値を更新し続けた。 40,000のマーク。

今週は欧米、日本の株価指数が一時過去最高値を更新、中でも米国の主要３株価指数は４カ月連続で上昇し、Ｓ＆Ｐとダウは年初２カ月としては２０１９年以来最大の上昇率を記録した。 ; 欧州株の動向は乖離し、ドイツ株は過去最高値を更新し4カ月連続上昇。

他の商品に関しては、金が引き続き上昇し、銀が持ち直し、鉄鉱石が世界の主要資産の下落を主導した。

国内関連のクロスボーダーETF/LOFファンドでは、S&PバイオテックLOF、グローバルチップLOF、日経ETFが最も上昇し、東南アジアテクノロジーETF、ハーベスト原油LOF、インドファンドLOFが下落を主導した。

株式市場側では

バイオテクノロジーやチップセクターに支えられ、今週の米国株は過去最高値を更新、その後も変動が続いたものの、S&P指数は反発後も過去最高値を維持、予想を下回らない大幅なPCE伸びも相まって、S&P指数は最高値を達成今週は、S&P 500 は 0.9% 上昇、ダウは 0.1% 下落、ナスダックは 1.7%、ナスダック 100 は 1.66% 上昇、ラッセル 2000 は 3% 上昇して取引を終えました。

緩和期待が高まる 日経平均株価は、先週「バブル期」の歴史的高値を突破した後、今週も引き続き過去最高値を更新し、4万円の大台を突破した 年初来、日経平均株価は上昇している今週はベトナムのホーチミン指数が3.8％上昇し、インドのSENSEX30指数が0.8％上昇して取引を終えた。

2月のユーロ圏製造業PMIは20カ月連続でマイナスとなったものの、その低下幅はほぼ1年ぶりの低水準となり、ユーロ圏の製造業活動の落ち込みの度合いが鈍化したことが示された。 600は今週わずかに上昇し、6週連続で上昇した。各国の株価指数はまちまちの動きを示した。ドイツ株は2%近く上昇し、4週間上昇した。イタリア株は1%未満の上昇で、6週間上昇した。フランス株、 3週間上昇していた一方、先週反発した欧米株はすべて2週間下落した。

債券市場側では

金曜日に2月のISM製造業景況指数などの経済指標が発表されたことで、FRBが利下げに踏み切るとの期待が強まり、FRBの「最人気投票委員会」ウォーラー氏の発言も相まって、米国債利回りはこれを受けて低下した。金曜日の利回り急落により、2年米国債利回りは1カ月間上昇が止まり、1月末以来初めて1週間で低下した。

今週は欧州国債利回りが全般的に上昇し、英国10年債利回りは同期間に累計で約8ベーシスポイント上昇、ドイツ国債利回りも同期間に約5ベーシスポイント上昇し、いずれも2週間連続の上昇を経て反発した。先週末のこと。

製品の側面

OPECプラスが減産延長を検討しているとのニュースの影響を受け、米国のガソリンスタンドの80ドルは4カ月ぶりの高値を付けたが、その後やや下落し、今週の米国産原油の累計増加率は約3.2％で、累計増加率は約3.2％となった。パレスチナとイスラエルの間の紛争勃発から21週間、パレスチナとイスラエルの間の紛争が勃発してから21週間で、約3.4%となった。原油価格は合計11週間下落した。

金は2週連続で上昇し、今週2.2％下落して取引を終え、鉄鉱石は世界の主要資産の下落を引き続き主導し、龍通は2週間の上昇を停止し、0.7％下落して取引を終えた。

為替レートに関して

米ドル指数は今週、若干の下落を重ね、先週7週間連続上昇が止まった後、反発できなかった。

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@ 73cee26b:072f3bb6

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@ 6ad3e2a3:c90b7740

*"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."

George Orwell*

What is the one weapon you cannot, under any circumstances, allow your adversary to possess? No, not nuclear weapons — as dangerous as they are (and we might be close to finding out), you can deter them with nuclear weapons of your own and possibly even shoot them out of the sky. There is an even worse weapon, one for which you have no defense: The Time Machine.

If your enemy has a time machine, you are in big trouble. Whatever technology you have, he can go back and invent, so that it is now he who possesses it instead of you. Of course, there’s not much need for that as he can simply interfere with your parents meeting, and you would not even exist at all! The Time Machine cannot be defeated because it always has the jump on you, even before you are born. Your enemy must never be able to possess a time machine.

Fortunately for you, he never will. That’s because time travel is not possible per the physical laws of the universe. Cause must always precede effect, and never the other way around. To travel backwards in time, you would need to travel through space faster than the speed of light. This is impossible because as any object even approaches the speed of light, it takes on infinite mass and thus requires infinite energy to propel. Because energy is finite, nothing with any mass can ever be accelerated to the speed of light, let alone beyond it, and hence no one can travel backwards in time.

This “difficulty adjustment” of sorts — the closer you get to the speed of light, the more energy you need to increase your speed — means that the timeline of events is secure and cannot be tampered with no matter how much power one has at his disposal — your enemy can never acquire the ultimate weapon.

. . .

Time is money, or so the saying goes. It follows that money is also time: a repre­sen­ta­tion of the collec­tive economic energy stored by humanity.

@dergigi

One way to look at money is stored time. To the extent I lack money, I will probably want to trade some of my time to acquire some, and to the extent I have it, I now can trade it for someone else’s time. Whether through my own labor (time) or someone else’s (inheriting stored time from a parent, e.g.), I might have some stored time to trade. People making (voluntary) time trades is essentially how a healthy economy functions.

Imagine then if while you and I are trading time amongst ourselves and others, someone especially efficient with his time comes along and has a lot of surplus to trade. That wealthy person will at first get a lot of others’ time in return, but people will observe his methods, become more efficient themselves, and that will eventually become the new standard, i.e., the process of innovation and competition. These injections of efficiency make goods and services cheaper for everyone, i.e., less costly in stored time to acquire.

Imagine, alternatively, someone else comes along with a magic machine such that he can, by pressing a button, create stored time in unlimited supply, and he brooks no competition. You can see his method (counterfeiting), but you can’t copy it because for you it is illegal. What happens to your healthy economy of time trading and innovation? For starters, savvy people will do what they can to transact with the man who has the machine. After all, he has infinite stored time to offer, and you have only the meager surplus you were able to save. Instead of innovating and competing for your stored time (building goods and services), the best and brightest will seek out the infinitely remunerative financial sector that sits closest to the machine.

Moreover, because the machine injects so much stored time into the system, one’s share of stored time relative to that of the entire economy gets diluted — there is stored time inflation, and your stored time does not have the purchasing power it once did. It’s as though the work you did, the actual time you expended in exchange for the stored version, was negated. When you look at wages as time, and saving as stored time, inflation that cuts your savings in half isn’t merely wage theft, it’s time theft. The man with the machine is rolling back the ledger of events and essentially saying, “Actually that work you did for that stored time? You only did half of it.”

Even worse, many people don’t know they’re being robbed. They know the time they’re putting in doesn’t go as far as they used to, that it’s harder to pay for scarce goods and services like healthcare, education and a home, but the man with the magic machine never breaks into their apartments directly — he doesn’t have to. He just re-arranges the ledger, so that it appears certain people earned more in the past (holders of scarce assets, financiers closest to his magic machine) and others less (wage earners, people who have their savings in cash.) The man has a machine that can re-arrange stored time, so to speak. He has, in essence, a time machine.

. . .

Over the last 25 years, the world has begun (as Michael Saylor puts it) to dematerialize huge swaths of everyday life. Social media for socializing, payment processors and online banking for money, e-commerce for online shopping, communication via email. This has added great convenience and utility. All but most die-hard luddite would rather pay a bill in two seconds with a click than have to find a postage stamp, a check and walk to the nearest mailbox.

But the dematerialization of everything has come at a cost. That cost is middleman control of the digital rails. Twitter or Facebook can ban you from participation in the public square, Paypal or JP Morgan can prevent you from using the payment rails, something that was impossible when people transacted with physical cash or gold. In digital realms, controlled entirely by third parties, there is no speed-of-light-infinite-mass adjustment ensuring the sequence of events or the integrity of the ledger. There is nothing to prevent creating money out of thin air, there is nothing to prevent dilution, inflation and time theft.

. . .

Or I should say there was nothing.

The invention of Bitcoin in 2009 was a breakthrough. Not only does it have a fixed and entirely auditable supply, but it relies on real-world, unforgeable energy for its verification. It takes energy from the physical world to mine a block, and over time it becomes increasingly difficult (by now virtually impossible) to meddle with the ledger, to change the records of who owes what to whom, or whose time is stored where.

Moreover, Bitcoin mining is subject to a difficulty adjustment. Miners expend energy to guess a random number, the successful achievement of which enables you to mine the next block and get rewarded in bitcoin. If the number to be guessed were between one and a quintillion, for example, it would take a certain amount of processing power (or otherworldly luck) to make a sufficient number of guesses to find it. But the difficulty of guessing it adjusts, depending on how much energy went into the prior 2,016 blocks (roughly two weeks' worth.)

So say, the US government decided to put substantial power behind mining with an aim to capture the rest of the bitcoin to be awarded, the difficulty would spike accordingly. Maybe instead of one in a quintillion, it would be one in three quintillion. In sum, you cannot simply brute force mine all the bitcoin for yourself — like the speed of light, which keeps time for the universe, the difficulty adjustment keeps the blocks coming in, one after another, roughly 10 minutes apart, no matter how much or little energy is going into it.

. . .

The universe has protected us against the ultimate weapon in the physical realm, but in the increasingly important digital sphere, someone has gotten hold of it. He can devalue our stored time, he can re-write our work history, re-arrange who owes what to whom at a whim. As luck would have it, Satoshi Nakamoto brought us a shield, an incorruptible ledger to which we can turn, an accurate clock that will tell us what time it is.

I’ll let Julian Assange have the last word:

"#Bitcoin breaks Orwell's dictum."
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A German article, published by lawyer Viviane Fisher, available here, proves corruption in the Italian judiciary against Covid injection victims. The whole article is available below, translated to English, and chillingly underlines the need for initiatives like We The People where the general public removes judicial matters from totally corrupt judiciaries.

Listen to the article: https://media.nostr.build/av/201d5c6cb80e815f7e42777037230b9bc5c231b13aa3653825f44553062703a3.mp3

Bomb Shell: How the Italian judges were brought into line.

Italian journalist Andrea Zambrano has discovered what may have been one of the reasons for the almost unanimous rulings in favor of vaccination narratives and against fundamental individual rights throughout Italy: a decision-making guide penned by the Italian Supreme Court. Text modules from the "Report for judges number 103 on legislative novelties of October 28, 2021", with which future lawsuits should be rejected, have found themselves as hot tracks in various judgments.

With explanations on the topics of "safe and effective vaccines", "constitutional conformity of the measures", "just obligation for oneself and others", the judges were sworn in to the state narrative, which in Italy included mandatory vaccination for people over 50 years of age and for all healthcare workers, all teachers, law enforcement officers and all employees of the judiciary, as well as extremely strict 2G rules. The statements were based on false assumptions regarding a "general consensus of the scientific community on the efficacy and safety" of so-called "vaccinations". In part, these assumptions had already been refuted on October 28, 2021, but at the very least there was clear evidence of reasonable doubt about the accuracy of the presentation.

The judge's report categorized the "vaccines" as absolutely safe and by definition effective, citing the unanimous conviction of all scientists. Compulsory vaccination - out of loyalty to the Republic - is fair and just, both for the vaccinated person and for others. The constitutional requirements were complied with in every case. On this line of argument, the discriminated, injured, disabled citizens and employees without the solidary green passport had to appear like a horde of baselessly rebellious egomaniacs to the judges called upon to rule in civil, criminal and administrative cases.

The legally non-binding but impressive decision guide did not come from any judges but from the Italian Supreme Court, the equivalent of the German Federal Court of Justice. The Italian Supreme Court is responsible for the systematic and analytical review of case law and draws up maxims, reports and reviews of everything that is pronounced in the name of the Italian people.

What would have happened if this vademecum, this guide to action for judges, had not existed? Would individual judges then have made greater use of their autonomy, which is particularly pronounced in Italy? In Italy, judges are appointed by a body of judges, the National Council of Judges, so their careers are not dependent on the mercy of the Minister of Justice, as they are in Germany. They are, however, dependent on the goodwill of their fellow judges. What is piquant in this context is that the chairman of the National Council of Judges is the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, who, together with the then Prime Minister Mario Draghi, constantly proclaimed the fairy tale of safe and effective "vaccination" to the public. The two of them repeatedly told the population like a prayer wheel: "If you don't get vaccinated, you kill yourself and others."

The document in question, entitled "The vaccination against Covid-19 and the obligation of the Green Pass in the current constitutional and legislative framework", which is exclusively available in full to La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana magazine, bears the signature of Judge Maria Acierno and her deputy Antonietta Scrima. The same document can be found in a slightly condensed version in the 2021 Yearbook, the collection of publications and files of the Supreme Court for the year 2021 (printed there from page 116 onwards).

It was written in October 2021, in the middle of the vaccination campaign to administer the third dose. This was the time when the scientific literature was already casting serious doubt on both the efficacy and the risk-free nature of the vaccination. The Astrazeneca product had already been rejected as unsuitable for mass use due to the occurrence of thromboses. The ninth report by AIFA, the Italian regulatory authority, available at the time pointed to 608 deaths following COVID-19 vaccinations. This alarming development was not included in the text written by Judge Milena D'Oriano. The most recently published yearbook for 2022 contains no updates on the topic, and the 2023 yearbook is not yet available to the public.

The use of the vaccines to implement the vaccination obligation and the 2G rule constituted an off-label use in Italy, as it was used to allegedly prevent a viral infection with SARS CoV2 instead of only to prevent a severe course of COVID-19. The conviction expressed in the action guide and thus conveyed to the judges is that "all legal acts in the first phase of the emergency, such as the Emergency Ordinance, the D.P.C.M., and the ordinances of the Ministry of Health have also entailed restrictions on rights and constitutional freedoms", but that these have been borne by the "concern of authoritative jurists". The difficult relationship between "compulsory vaccination and the burden of vaccination" requires the "expression of the individual's duty of solidarity towards the community" to be weighed against the "expression of the individual's right to self-determination". It is clear that, if one contrasts a supposedly risk-free "vaccination" that protects everyone with the seemingly excessive, individual self-determination excesses of the "vaccination opponents", a decision in favor of the solidarity-based vaccination requirement of a "small prick" is likely to be made.

"Self-determination is certainly a valuable asset, but it can exceed limits based on the duty of solidarity in the interest of the community," writes Judge D'Oriano, concluding that "the periodic bulletins on the course of the epidemic by the ISS (...) prove that vaccination prophylaxis is effective both in containing the symptoms of the disease, drastically reducing the risk of severe syndromes and in preventing the transmission of the infection". The ISS, or Instituto Superiore de la Sanità, is the Italian equivalent of the RKI and attracted attention during the crisis by unleashing a huge shitstorm against its own critical employees who dared to express doubts about the safety of the "vaccinations" in the summer of 2022.

Just as in Germany the word of the PEI and RKI about safe and effective "vaccination" was and is considered irrefutable - despite a large number of contradictory expert opinions such as those presented in the Solden trial - only the officially announced findings should be relevant to the Italian judges' decisions. However, why then did Judge D'Oriano not also take note of the EMA documents that had already appeared on the AIFA website on December 21, 2020, on the eve of the mass vaccination campaign, proving the inability of the Pfizer "vaccine" to prevent infection, giving the lie to Draghi's infamous catchphrase "They don't get vaccinated - he, she gets infected and dies"?

Further evidence of substantial problems with the "vaccines" came from science and industry: The British Medical Journal published the news on February 10, 2022 that vaccinated people could become infected just as easily as unvaccinated people. Lancet publications also showed that the effectiveness against symptomatic Covid infection in vaccinated people decreases rapidly until it drops completely after about 6-7 months and even becomes negative. Wolfgang Philipp, Director of the European Health Agency HERA, told the European Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into COVID19: "If you want to have a vaccine that prevents transmission, good luck. We have not managed to find it, it is not yet available". By order of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Pfizer was forced to submit a report on its pharmacovigilance, which was conducted from December 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021. It revealed that "there were a total of 42,000 cases containing 158,000 reported adverse reactions, of which 25,000 were from Italy alone".

None of this was included in the judge's report in 2022.

Following the Supreme Court's assessment, the judges dismissed most of the lawsuits filed by citizens for suspension of work and wages due to their refusal to submit to the - allegedly constitutional - solidarity act of vaccination.

The magazine La Bussola names cases: e.g. the tragic story of young Runa Cody and his unexplained death from pericarditis. The mother had already brought many documents to the courtroom in June 2021 proving the occurrence of perimyocarditis after "vaccination" by providing Aifa documents. The response of the competent judge in Civitavecchia was: "At the time of administration and even today, the scientific literature on this subject was extremely scarce or absent".

Although deaths and harm had already been documented in international pharmacovigilance and addressed by renowned scientists, the Supreme Court report of October 28, 2021 shows a willingness to completely deny the existence of significant adverse effects. It relies exclusively on the latest available AIFA report of October 22, 2021, which later turned out to be manipulated. Worrying information about serious side effects has been deliberately suppressed by the decision-makers, which is now the subject of proceedings before the court in Rome and the ministerial court for former health minister Roberto Speranza, 2020News reported.

On page 13 of the guide to action for their fellow judges, judges Maria Acierno and Antonietta Scripa write: "It is scientifically proven and recognized that vaccines are one of the most effective preventive measures with a particularly high risk-benefit ratio and a very relevant ethical value as an expression of the duty of solidarity". And - to justify compliance with Article 32 of the Constitution - they point out that "according to the Constitution, compulsory health treatment complies with the requirements of Article 32 if it is aimed at improving or maintaining the state of health of the subject to whom it is addressed and does not affect the health of the recipient". The constitutionality of compulsory vaccination could therefore only be claimed if all the already known and dramatically emerging multiple harms were consistently denied or if the sacrifice of the individual for the collective could be affirmed in a false risk-benefit assessment. In reality, however, the risk must be weighed up on an individual basis: the risk of the individual becoming infected with the virus and ending up in hospital in danger of death must be assessed in comparison to the (alleged) benefits they would gain from a "vaccination".

On page 18 of the report, the judges state: "In terms of safety, the monitoring carried out by AIFA through the pharmacovigilance system, which collects and evaluates all adverse event reports, shows a perfectly acceptable risk-benefit balance, since the harms resulting from the administration of the vaccine for SARS COV 2, which, given the extreme rarity of occurrence, must be considered rare and correlatable events that meet a statistical normality criterion with a very low and slightly higher incidence of short-term adverse reactions than has been known for years for ordinary vaccines". They conclude that a possible Covid vaccination obligation, which would be provided for by law, would most likely have to be considered constitutional.

A judge who would have wanted to counter such a convincing assessment of the factual and legal situation presented by the highest authority with his own arguments would have had to fear being exposed to similar hostility as the alleged "anti-vaccinationists" themselves. How many judges have trusted this official and authoritative Supreme Court report and therefore dismissed the claims of the many victims who were forced to be vaccinated?

It is high time to update the report with all the evidence that has emerged in the meantime and thus provide judges, public prosecutors and lawyers with better guidance for the legal proceedings. Not only with regard to the alleged effectiveness, but also and especially with regard to the high risks of the "vaccinations".

Have other countries also been influenced in this way from "the very top"? We are staying on top of the issue.

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Discover the inspiring journey of Robin Seyr, a software developer turned full-time Bitcoin advocate, in "The BTC Path" interview by Croxroad Podcasts. Seyr delves into Bitcoin's role as the foundational layer of the financial system, drawing parallels with the TCP/IP protocol of the internet. The conversation explores the long-term nature of the Bitcoin revolution and its potential as a protocol for building diverse applications, particularly through the Lightning Network. Seyr emphasises the importance of patience in Bitcoin's development and shares insights into its philosophy, impact on life, and significance in preserving wealth. The interview also touches on potential catalyst events for a Bitcoin price surge and the challenges of adoption, highlighting Seyr's perspective as a role model for Bitcoin enthusiasts. Dive into this engaging dialogue, where Seyr discusses the perfect storm propelling Bitcoin's growth, the entertainment factor in its development, and the possibility of a crash during or after the current bull run. Explore the multifaceted aspects of Bitcoin through the lens of a passionate advocate, gaining valuable insights into its societal impact and the exciting future it holds.

Table of Contents

• Transition from Software Developer to Full-Time Bitcoin Advocate

• Bitcoin as the base layer of the financial system

• The analogy of Bitcoin to the TCP/IP protocol of the internet

• Bitcoin as a protocol for building applications

• Bitcoin adoption and mindset in Austria

• Conclusion

• FAQs

Transition from Software Developer to Full-Time Bitcoin Advocate

Robin Seyr's journey from a software developer to a full-time Bitcoin advocate is a compelling narrative that reflects the transformative power of cryptocurrency. In the interview with Croxroad Podcasts, Seyr delves into the profound shift in his professional trajectory and life philosophy after immersing himself in the world of Bitcoin.

Seyr draws parallels between Bitcoin and the foundational nature of the TCP/IP protocol, emphasising its potential as a revolutionary force rather than a mere technology. His insights shed light on the long-term nature of the Bitcoin revolution, likening it to the slow but impactful growth of the internet.

As Seyr unfolds his perspective on Bitcoin as a protocol, he envisions a future where diverse applications are built on top of its base layer. The discussion extends to the importance of patience in Bitcoin's development, urging enthusiasts to adopt a mindset aligned with the protocol's philosophy. Seyr also highlights the significance of being a role model in the Bitcoin space, focusing on the positive impact on society and personal well-being.

The interview covers various facets of Seyr's Bitcoin journey, ranging from preserving wealth to the potential catalyst events that could drive Bitcoin's price surge. He navigates the challenges of adoption, emphasising the need for realistic expectations in the ever-evolving landscape of cryptocurrency.

Ultimately, Seyr paints a vivid picture of the perfect storm propelling Bitcoin's growth, where entertainment intertwines with societal impact. His insights offer a glimpse into the exciting future of Bitcoin and its advocacy, making this interview a must-listen for those captivated by the cryptocurrency's potential.

Bitcoin as the base layer of the financial system

Seyr envisions Bitcoin as a revolutionary force, emphasising its role as a base layer for the financial system rather than a standalone technology. Drawing parallels to the slow but transformative growth of the internet, Seyr discusses the wide array of applications that can be built on top of Bitcoin's secure base layer.

The interview delves into Seyr's philosophy, highlighting the importance of patience in the ongoing Bitcoin revolution. He underscores the need for enthusiasts to adopt a long-term mindset, understanding that the impact of Bitcoin takes time to unfold. Seyr also emphasises the role of individuals in the Bitcoin space as role models, promoting positive societal change and personal well-being.

Seyr shares his perspectives on preserving wealth through Bitcoin and discusses potential catalyst events that could drive the cryptocurrency's price surge. Navigating the challenges of adoption, he stresses the significance of maintaining realistic expectations in the ever-evolving landscape of cryptocurrency.

Overall, Seyr's narrative paints a vivid picture of Bitcoin as the base layer, a foundational element shaping the future of the financial system. His insights make this interview essential for those fascinated by the potential of Bitcoin and its transformative influence on the world's economic infrastructure.

The analogy of Bitcoin to the TCP/IP protocol of the internet

In the insightful conversation between Robin Seyr and Croxroad Podcasts, a compelling analogy emerges as Seyr likens Bitcoin to the TCP/IP protocol of the internet. Drawing parallels between these two foundational elements, Seyr emphasises that, like the revolutionary impact of the TCP/IP protocol on the internet, Bitcoin serves as a fundamental protocol for the financial system.

Seyr's comparison unfolds, highlighting Bitcoin's role as a base layer, much like the underlying architecture of the internet. He posits that Bitcoin, as a protocol, provides a secure and unchanging foundation upon which various applications and functionalities can be built. This analogy underscores the significance of Bitcoin's permanence and stability in an ever-evolving financial landscape.

Just as the TCP/IP protocol enabled the internet's expansive growth, Seyr envisions Bitcoin as the catalyst for transformative changes in the financial sector. The comparison resonates with the idea that, much like the internet's gradual acceptance, Bitcoin's true potential may take time for widespread understanding and adoption.

This analogy forms a core theme in Seyr's perspective, encapsulating the essence of Bitcoin as not merely a cryptocurrency but a foundational technology reshaping the future of finance. The interview provides a deeper understanding of Seyr's conviction that, akin to the internet's lasting impact, Bitcoin is poised to revolutionise the financial landscape as an immutable and secure base layer.

Bitcoin as a protocol for building applications

Drawing parallels with the concept of protocols in technology, Seyr likens Bitcoin to the fundamental frameworks that facilitate communication and functionality. He envisions Bitcoin as an open protocol, offering a secure and unchanging base layer for a myriad of financial applications. This viewpoint positions Bitcoin as a versatile platform that extends beyond its conventional use as a store of value.

Seyr's insight delves into the transformative potential of Bitcoin as a protocol, highlighting its capacity to foster innovation in the financial landscape. By providing a secure and decentralised foundation, Bitcoin becomes a canvas upon which various applications can be developed, from payment solutions to decentralised finance (DeFi) platforms.

The interview underscores Seyr's belief that Bitcoin's protocol nature is a key driver for its long-term impact. As a protocol for building financial applications, Bitcoin represents a paradigm shift in how we perceive and utilise digital assets. Seyr's elucidation on this topic adds depth to the conversation, positioning Bitcoin as a revolutionary protocol shaping the future of financial technology.

Bitcoin adoption and mindset in Austria

Throughout the interview with Croxroad Podcasts, Robin Seyr sheds light on Bitcoin adoption and the prevailing mindset in Austria. Seyr shares valuable insights into how the Austrian community perceives and integrates Bitcoin into their lives.

He emphasises the importance of mindset, illustrating that adopting Bitcoin is not solely about its monetary value but extends to cultivating a broader mindset. Seyr articulates how having a positive outlook and living a good life can be a more persuasive means of promoting Bitcoin to others. He recounts examples where individuals, like a respected doctor in a small village, incorporating Bitcoin into their lives becomes an influential narrative within their community.

Seyr reflects on his personal journey and highlights the diverse paths people take within the Austrian landscape, from doctors to athletes, all finding unique ways to integrate Bitcoin. This discussion delves into the societal impact of Bitcoin adoption, showcasing how individuals, irrespective of their professional backgrounds, contribute to the broader narrative of digital currency.

The Austrian context provides a fascinating backdrop, allowing Seyr to elucidate on the varying perspectives within the community. By intertwining personal anecdotes and societal observations, Seyr paints a comprehensive picture of Bitcoin adoption in Austria and emphasises the importance of mindset in driving this transformative change.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Robin Seyr's journey from a software developer to a full-time Bitcoin advocate exemplifies the transformative power of embracing Bitcoin's philosophy. Through insightful discussions on adoption, mindset, and societal impact in Austria, Seyr emphasises that Bitcoin is more than a financial asset; it's a mindset shift. The interview underscores the importance of personal growth, positive living, and being a role model to inspire Bitcoin adoption. Seyr's narrative serves as a beacon for those navigating their paths in the digital currency space, highlighting the broader societal implications of embracing Bitcoin beyond its financial aspects.

FAQs

What inspired Robin Seyr's transition from a software developer to a full-time Bitcoin advocate? Robin Seyr's shift stemmed from a deep understanding of Bitcoin's principles. He found purpose in advocating for a decentralised financial system and fostering a mindset shift toward positive living.

How does Seyr compare Bitcoin to the TCP/IP protocol of the internet? Seyr draws an analogy between Bitcoin and the TCP/IP protocol, positioning it as the foundational layer for financial applications. This comparison highlights Bitcoin's potential to revolutionise the financial landscape, much like how TCP/IP transformed the internet.

What key message does Seyr convey about Bitcoin adoption in Austria? Seyr emphasises the importance of being a role model and fostering a positive mindset in promoting Bitcoin adoption in Austria. His experiences highlight the cultural impact and societal benefits that can result from embracing Bitcoin beyond its financial implications.

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Let’s reflect on this week's discussions

What did you learn from it? What did you think about it? Which valuable insights did you gain, and how can you apply them moving forward?

Share your Sunday sunshine and let's wrap up the week on a thoughtful note.

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Prompt: Ecash Onboarding ===============

Onboarding might seem trivial, but it's the first experience users have with a product or service. It's like the first page of a book and it can instantly change the whole experience. Ecash is complicated, or is not? How you'd explain it to your 5yo child? How you'd explain it to a bankster? And to a nostrich?

Design a screens sequence to onboard anyone to a Ecash website or application.

Flex your design muscles and join in. Most of all, keep this exercise loose and keep it stress-free. The FUC is about growing our design skills, together, as a community. We can't wait to see what you create!

Happy designing, Stackers!

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I remember Garner Ted Armstrong, who believed in what others call "soul sleep," offering a "$10,000 cashier's check" to anyone who could find in the Bible a reference to "going to heaven" when we die.

Of course, he never surrendered that money, because the Bible nowhere says the words, "We go to heaven when we die," or anything else equally explicit.

The problem with this challenge is the assumption that every Christian teaching must be stated plainly in the Bible for anyone to simply read and understand and believe. This is a false premise, because

1. It is unbiblical (the Bible itself does not teach this standard, making the standard self-contradictory),
2. It is unhistorical (Martin Luther invented the "Bible alone" theory in the A.D. 1500s), and
3. It is unworkable (it doesn't work in real life).

One could have easily turned the table by asking Garner Ted, "Where does the Bible say we are 'utterly unconscious after death until the resurrection?'" -- because the Bible doesn't say that either.

Without going into the biblical implications of "going to heaven" (e.g., Revelation 6:9-11), let me say I was fascinated when I first came across something in the letter of Clement to the Corinthians.

Clement time

Clement was the fourth bishop of Rome (after Peter, Linus, and Anacletus), and wrote this epistle in the A.D. 90s -- possibly while the apostle John was still living.

This same Clement was also a coworker of the apostle Paul:

Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. (Philippians 4:3)

According to early witnesses, Clement was ordained by the apostle Peter himself.

Where Peter is (and Paul)

In his letter to the church in Corinth, Clement praises them for their virtues, but then chastises them for their envies and strifes. (Not much had changed since Paul's time decades earlier.)

One thing that fascinates me about this letter is to see how Clement and the Christians of his time envisioned the state of the dead.

Here is chapter 5 in its entirety:

But not to dwell upon ancient examples, let us come to the MOST RECENT SPIRITUAL HEROES. Let us take the noble examples furnished in OUR OWN GENERATION. Through envy and jealousy the greatest and most righteous pillars [of the church] have been persecuted and put to death. Let us set before our eyes the illustrious apostles. PETER, through unrighteous envy, endured not one or two, but numerous labours; and when he had at length suffered martyrdom, DEPARTED TO THE PLACE OF GLORY due to him. Owing to envy, PAUL also OBTAINED THE REWARD of patient endurance, after being seven times thrown into captivity, compelled to flee, and stoned. After preaching both in the east and west, he gained the illustrious reputation due to his faith, having taught righteousness to the whole world, and come to the extreme limit of the west, and suffered martyrdom under the prefects. Thus was he removed from the world, and WENT INTO THE HOLY PLACE, having proved himself a striking example of patience.

The way this very early, first-century contemporary of the apostles writes, we don't get the impression that he believes Peter and Paul are utterly unconscious or unaware, stuck in a state of soul sleep until they are stirred awake at the resurrection.

Clement says Peter "departed to the place of glory." Are we to understand he is referring to the hole in the ground where his body lays?

Clement says Paul "obtained the reward" and "went into the holy place." Should we think that means a state of nothingness, a deep black sleep, as if administered a general anesthetic?

Resurrection

This does not mean there is no resurrection.

I had always been taught that the understanding of a resurrection contradicts the idea our immortal soul survives bodily death. But not so.

Clement assumes there is no contradiction. While he speaks of the dead going to a "place of glory," having "obtained the reward," and having "gone into the holy place," he also affirms the bodily resurrection.

In chapters 24-26 of his letter, Clement speaks of the resurrection. Here is the last of the three chapters:

Do we then deem it any great and wonderful thing for the Maker of all things to RAISE UP AGAIN those that have piously served Him in the assurance of a good faith, when even by a bird He shows us the mightiness of His power to fulfil His promise? For [the Scripture] says in a certain place, YOU SHALL RAISE ME UP, and I shall confess unto You; and again, I laid me down, and slept; I awoke, because You are with me; and again, Job says, YOU SHALL RAISE UP THIS FLESH OF MINE, which has suffered all these things. Job 19:25-26

Putting it together

It's clear to me that Clement and the early Christians believed just as the Church today believes: that at death, our spiritual soul separates from the body and remains conscious, facing its eternal fate. Meanwhile, the body decays and turns to dust. But at the resurrection, when Jesus returns, our body will rise from the dust and be reunited with our soul. Put together again, we will no longer be disembodied souls (as if ghosts). We will be reintegrated, body and soul, as whole human persons -- the way God created us to be.

If we are judged to be unrepentant sinners, then hell is our reward for both body and soul.

But if we are judged to be "in Christ" at the time of our deaths, then, body and soul, we will be glorified and never again see death. We will have truly "obtained the reward."

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"If you truly believe in anti-censorship, then you need to show it, you need to be here"

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Bitcoiners often say that bear markets are for builders. And they're right. Bear markets, when no one is paying attention to Bitcoin, is the perfect time to build the tools that will be required to onboard the hundreds of thousands that will flock to Bitcoin once the new bull market arrives.

It just dawned on me that we're in an information bear market. In between censorship events. Now is the time to build the tools and onboard millions of people to un-censorable social media.

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The COVID pandemic was an information bull market

March 2020. That is when we needed information the most. Governments knew it and they acted quickly to make sure that we only saw the information they wanted us to see.

Trust the experts, they said. And simultaneously they made sure that we could only listen to the experts who happened to agree with the government. The other experts, the ones who had opinions that did not align with the government were ruthlessly silenced. Their social media accounts closed and their medical licenses threaten or taken away.

1984 had arrived and the White House had become of Ministry of Truth, requesting social media companies to delete posts; even those containing stories of true vaccine side effects, because they could lead to vaccine hesitancy.

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube all complied with the White House, FBI and CDC and censored any expert who could lead people to think differently.

The COVID pandemic was an information bull market and the Ministry of Truth won. It was able to control the message and suppress any dissenting opinion.

Just two examples of experts silenced:

Dr. Malone was the first doctor to publish papers describing mRNA as a potential way to signal the body to produce a target protein (e.g., vaccine) and Nature described his work as a landmark experiment. His research in mRNA didn't stop there and he did additional contributions to the new medical technology.

Dr. Peter McCullough is a leading internist, cardiologist and epidemiologist with 1,000 publications and 685 citations in the National Library of Medicine.

And it was not only experts. During the pandemic, saying that the COVID virus was created in the Chinese lab in Wuhan was sufficient to get your social media account closed. Now, the official position of the US government is that the virus most likely came from the Chinese lab in Wuhan.

Getting ready for the next information war

Governments, social media giants, and the dictator wannabes at the World Economic Forum (WEF) are preparing for the next information war.

Google

Google has updated its definition of sensitive event. During sensitive events, they give themselves permission to do whatever they want to protect the "ground truth".

A "Sensitive Event" is an unforeseen event or development that creates significant risk to Google's ability to provide high quality, relevant information and ground truth, and reduce insensitive or exploitative content in prominent and monetized features. During a Sensitive Event, we may take a variety of actions to address these risks.

And give you an example of what you can NOT do:

Claims that victims from certain countries were responsible or deserving of a global public health crisis.

In other words, if the Chinese researchers in the Wuhan contracted COVID, then you can't blame them for making the virus.

WHO Pandemic Treaty

The WEF is supporting the WHO in the creation of a world pandemic treaty that would "coordinate" the response across countries.

Decentralized media will save the day

You can't have free speech on a platform controlled by a person (Elon Musk and Twitter) or a company (Google and YouTube). They will always have the option to block, censor and diminish the reach of certain opinions.

The Ministry of Truth can always threaten the business with action by the Ministry of Love and force these companies to comply.

We need decentralized social media that can't be censored. We need it to be relevant. We need experts to embrace this decentralized social media and onboard as many people as possible so that when the next information war comes, we can have access to all points of view.

We need to focus on Nostr. Put all our content there. Make it as relevant as possible. Jack Dorsey said it best in the video linked below. Watch it. Listen to what he says. And act accordingly.

Nostr only!

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ヘッジファンド、ブリッジウォーター・ファンドの創設者である億万長者のダリオ氏は、現在、米国の株式市場にはそれほどバブルはなく、「ビッグセブン」の価格は概ね手頃で、その中でもアルファベットとメタはまだ少し割安だと述べた。一方、テスラは少し高価です。

ダリオ氏は木曜の記事で、目的は株式市場が上昇を続ける中で価格バブルがあったかどうかを判断することであり、複数の指標を考慮した結果、米国株式市場全体は「バブルのようには見えない」と結論づけたと述べた。 」

全体として、Googleの親会社Alphabet、Facebookの親会社Meta、Tesla、Amazon、Nvidia、Microsoft、Appleを含む7銘柄が1月以来平均14%上昇しており、これらの企業の規模を考慮すると、時価総額はさらに増加し​​た。 2か月で1.2兆ドル。

ダリオ氏は、アルファベットとメタはまだ少し割安だと考えており、同氏が懸念している唯一の銘柄はテスラであると考えており、エヌビディアの現在の2年間の予想株価収益率は約37倍であるのに対し、インターネットバブルのピーク時におけるシスコの株価は、・利益率倍率100倍達成。

データトレック・リサーチのアナリスト、ニック・コラス氏は、一部の投資家はビッグセブンの急騰をバブル崩壊の警告と見るかもしれないが、これが市場の仕組みであり、少数の銘柄がS&P500のリターンの大半をもたらしていると考えている。

コラス氏は、1990年から2020年までの米国および世界の株式時価総額の合計増加は、これらの銘柄の1%から2%によるものであることが学術調査で示されていると指摘した。

ダリオ氏は強気のセンチメント、投資家の参加、レバレッジの水準などを含む６つの指標を用いて米国市場を評価したが、いずれも米国株に大きなバブルが起きていることを示唆するものではなかった。

同氏は、株式市場に対する投資家のセンチメントはバブルではなく「中立からややポジティブ」に過ぎず、過剰なレバレッジの利用や市場への経験の浅い新規株主の流入の兆候は見られないと指摘した。

ダリオ氏は、「これらの水準は過去のバブルと一致しない。われわれの調査結果は、株式市場が大幅な反発を経験したかもしれないが、バブルに陥る可能性は低いことを示唆している」と書いた。

同氏は、ビッグセブンの時価総額は基本的に収益と同時に成長しているが、人工知能が及ぼす影響については不透明であり、一旦人工知能が満たさなくなるとビッグセブンに対する信頼は低下していると述べた。予想される影響により、株式市場は大きな調整を受けるでしょう。

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Ideal Auto は金曜日、上海で新車カンファレンスを開催し、創業者の Li Xiang 氏は、長年にわたって生産されてきた初の純粋な電気自動車、Ideal MEGA と新型 L シリーズモデルを発表し、Ideal MEGA の目標は、同社は月産8,000台の生産台数を誇り、3月に数台の新車の納車が完了すれば、3月には5万台を納入できるとしているが、新車の発売で理想的な株価は引き上げられなかった。 2月の納品数が前月比で減少したため、金曜日にはイデアルの株価は5％以上下落したが、イデアルの過去1年間の上昇率は80％近く、今年もこれまでのところ27％上昇している。

李翔氏：理想のMEGAは50万元以上の販売台数が最も多いモデルになるだろう 今回の記者会見はアイデアル・オートにとって2023年の最初の新製品発表会であり、メガの発売はアイデアル・オートが航続距離の長い電気自動車から純粋な電気自動車への転換を示すものであり、アイデアルによれば、この大型MPVモデルはインテリアだけでなく、省スペースでありながらエネルギー効率にも優れ、800V高電圧電動プラットフォームを採用し、「純粋電動四輪駆動MPVとしては世界最小のエネルギー消費量」15.9キロワット時/時を実現した。 CLTCは寧徳時代と共同開発した5Cキリンバッテリーを搭載しており、バッテリー寿命は710キロメートルで、12分間の高速充電で500キロメートルを充電できる。

データによると、MEGAの理想的なボディ全長は5350mmであり、李翔氏は、理想的なMEGAはBMWのロングホイールベースモデルよりも2列目と3列目の足元スペースが広く、同時にトランクスペースもBMWの中で最大であると強調した。世界のMPV、奥行き680mm、7人乗車時、トランクには28インチのスーツケースが4個、20インチのスーツケースが2個、バックパックが2個以上収納可能。

商品構成では外装色4色、内装色2色と豊富なバリエーションを揃え、性能面でもデュアルモーター4輪駆動システムを搭載し、わずか5.5秒で走行可能です。イデアル メガは、ハイ マジック カーペット エア サスペンション MAX、フロント ダブル ウィッシュボーンとリア H アーム マルチリンク独立サスペンションを使用し、ダブル チャンバー エア スプリング、CDC ショックアブソーバー、および自社開発の制御アルゴリズムを標準装備しています。高級車を超えた乗り心地を実現します。

安全面では、ねじり剛性44,000Nm/度の理想的なMEGAボディを実現し、9個のエアバッグと3列すべてをカバーするサイドエアカーテンを装備し、乗員を全方位から保護します。

Ideal MEGA の統一小売価格は 559,800 元。納車は 3 月 11 日から開始。目標は月産 8,000 台納入である。Ideal MEGA の価格は現在市場で主流の新エネルギー MPV の価格をはるかに上回っているが、Li Xiang は満額となっている「Ideal MEGA は理想車の新たな章を開き、50 万元を超える最も販売台数の多いモデルになるでしょう。」とこの新車に対する自信を語った。

同時に、アイデアル オートは、シート、冷蔵庫、画面のアップデート、およびすべてのスマート チップのクアルコム 8295 へのアップグレードを含む、2024 年のアイデアル L シリーズ製品も発売しました。インテリジェント運転技術の観点からは、Max モデルに加えて、アイデアル L7 が登場しました。および L8 Pro モデルにも AD Max システムが標準装備され、AD Max と AD Pro のパフォーマンスは引き続きアップグレードされます。

価格的には、Ideal L7の価格帯は319,800～379,800元、Ideal L8の価格は339,800～399,800元、Ideal L9の価格は429,800～459,800元である。

競争は依然として熾烈だが理想的：第1四半期の総納入台数は10万台を超える見通し データによると、今年2月のIdeal Autoの納入台数は前年比21.8％増加したものの、ファーウェイブランドには及ばない、とIdeal Auto Commercial副社長のLiu Jie氏はインタビューで述べた。同メディアは、ファーウェイの組織能力は非常に強力であり、学ぶ価値のあるモデルではあるが、NEV市場の広範な領域において、アイデアル・オートはファーウェイとともに成長できると信じており、将来的には価格を伴うNEV市場で成長できると期待していると述べた。 20万元以上の場合、QuanjieとIdeal Autoがトップ3にランクインする。

Liu Jie氏は、Lシリーズの毎年恒例のフェイスリフトの影響で、過去2カ月間の販売台数が超過したと述べ、3月にはMEGAと新型Lシリーズの納入が開始されるため、納入台数はさらに増加すると予想していると述べた。 3月には5万台以上に達し、第1四半期には全体の納入台数が10万台を超える見通しだ。

製品面では、新しく発売されたIdeal MEGAは、市場で多くの人気の新エネルギーMPVとの競争に直面しているが、Xiaopeng Motorの小鵬X9がIdeal MEGAの主な競合相手とみなされているが、Liu Jie氏は、Xiaopeng X9とIdeal MEGAのターゲットユーザー層は次のとおりであると述べた。同じ競争範囲内にいない。

Ideal Auto は納入能力の向上という社内課題にも直面しており、Liu Jie 氏は、同社は長距離モデルや純電気モデルの生産能力を心配する必要がないように、生産能力レベルでの準備を進めていると述べた。

Ideal Auto は 2024 年の販売目標である 80 万台を達成するために、さらに多くの製品を発売し続け、Liu Jie 氏は、Ideal MEGA に加えて 3 つの高電圧純電気製品が 2024 年下半期に市場に投入される予定であることを明らかにしました。 、そして新しい「Ideal L6」。

しかし、新車の発売で期待していた株価上昇には至らず、同社が発表したデータによると、2月の納車台数は前年同月比21.85％増加したものの、1月比では35％の大幅な落ち込みとなった。

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米国東部標準時金曜日 (3 月 1 日)、NVIDIA の CEO ウォン・インフン氏は、カリフォルニアで開催されたスタンフォード経済政策研究所サミットに出席し、汎用人工知能 (AGI) が 5 年以内にできるだけ早く導入されると期待していると述べました。

「強力な人工知能」としても知られる汎用人工知能 (AGI) は、人工知能の理論上の形式であり、人工知能が人間と同じように学習して推論することができ、複雑な問題を解決し、独立して意思決定を行うことができることを意味します。人間の知能には受け入れられている定義がなく、さまざまな分野の科学者が一般的な人工知能について異なる定義と基準を持っています。

「汎用人工知能」という概念は、現在広く実用化されている「弱い人工知能」と対比されており、後者は、単一のタスクを実行し、特定の問題を解決するのは得意ですが、自律性を持たない人工知能を指します。そのアプリケーションには、インテリジェントな顧客サービス、無人運転、アルゴリズムの推奨などが含まれます。

汎用人工知能の実現はシリコンバレーが長年追求してきた目標の1つであり、今年初めにOpenAIがリリースした文生ビデオモデルSoraは世界のAIコミュニティに衝撃を与え、シリコンバレーのマイルストーンの1つとも考えられている一般的な人工知能に近い。

一般的な人工知能は5年以内に導入されるでしょうか? 東部東部時間金曜日のスタンフォード経済政策研究所サミットで、この目標を達成するのにどれくらい時間がかかるかとの質問に対し、ウォン・インフン氏は、この答えは一般的な人工知能の目標をどのように定義するかに大きく依存すると答えた。

ファン・インフン氏は、一般的な人工知能の定義が人間のテストに合格する能力であるならば、この目標は5年以内に達成できると述べた。

「私に人工知能があれば…想像できるどんなテストでも実行できます。テストのリストを作成して、それをコンピューター サイエンス業界の前に発表することができます。おそらく 5 年以内に、良い仕事ができるでしょう。すべてのテスト」とファン・インフンは語った。

現在、人工知能は司法資格試験などの試験には合格しているが、消化器科などの専門的な健康診断ではまだ成績が良くないが、ファン・インフン氏は、5年以内にはどの試験も合格できるようになるだろうと信じている。

しかし、ファン・インフン氏は、人間の心の仕組みをどのように説明するかについて科学者たちの意見がまだ一致していないため、より要求の厳しい汎用人工知能を実現するのはまだ難しいかもしれないとも述べた。

ファン・インフン氏は、エンジニアには明確な目標が必要なため、「結果的に、AIがエンジニアになるのは依然として難しい」と述べた。

チップのコンピューティング能力が向上すると、必要なチップの数が減少します。 ファン・インフン氏はサミットでの別の質問、つまり人工知能産業の拡大をサポートするには業界が何社のチップファウンドリを必要とするかという質問にも答えた。

最近のニュースによると、OpenAI CEOのサム・ウルトラマン氏は、OpenAIやその他の顧客に十分なチップを製造・供給するためのチップメーカーの巨大なネットワークを構築するために、5兆米ドルから7兆米ドルという巨額の資金を調達したいと考えているという。

しかし、ファン・インフン氏はウルトラマンの動きは「不必要」だと考えていたようで、現在市場ではより多くのチップが求められているが、時間の経過とともにチップの性能も向上し、必要なチップの数は制限されるだろうと指摘した。市場。

「私たちはより多くのファウンドリを必要としています。しかし、時間の経過とともに、私たちはアルゴリズムと（人工知能の）処理能力も大幅に向上させているということを念頭に置いてください。」 「設計計算の効率が常に今日の水準であると仮定することはできません。」レベルを決定し、それに基づいて要件を計算します。」

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tl;dr

The only achievement you need in life is to link an object with a positive habit.

Example: if you see exercise weights, making yourself pick them up once a day is all you need to do. You don't need to count repetitions, learn complex exercises, that will come later. The important thing is to associate object with action. That's all. The rest will naturally follow.

Let's talk about life long learning.

There are two types of people in the World, the elite and the others. That is what we are told but it isn't true because the elite only know two things: study for the test (past exam papers) and what i will call the "actor's technique".

The Actor's technique

Supposedly actors read through the entire script, looking to memorise all of it and only looking back at the script when they get stuck and need a memory prompt. This is different to how the rest of us non-elites have been misled to learn, that is line-by-line so that the elite are already through the gates and down the track while we are left still standing.

We are going to combine the Feynman technique with Atomic Habits, James Clear, to get over this elitism.

James Clear essential says that if you improve 1% every day, that is just 2mins work, not missing a day, and if you do miss a day don't miss another; you will be 37 times better by the end of the year. The way to achieve this is to break out of old habits and start new positive ones and to do that you need cues, cravings, response and reward.

How to break out of bad habits and into good ones

This is where life and the Universe want to help you because undoubtedly you've noticed that objects can stay in the exact same place without moving for years. They can be your cue, a visual or otherwise reminder to take action.

Yes, the cue won't work because we've seen that object for years and done nothing so there has to be a will and desire (craving) to use that cue but that's where the "just two minutes" comes in -- just tell your self it will take two minutes.

At first the start will be stuttered but slowly that object, that has been in the same place for years, will become an external reminder to you to start your new good habit.

Remembering

The Feynman techniques comes in as a way of making recall a habit because learning is often accompanied with forgetting.

I call this, going back to our actor analogy, the "write first" technique.

For exampleif you read a page about a topic you want to learn, start with a blank page and without looking write down everything you can remember.

It feels uncomfortable because likely not much is written compared to the page read and what is written is wrong anyway but it is a start, something to work with, so look back at the read page and fill in the gaps (without copy-pasting and without looking back and forth while writing!).

If you use a map app to plot a new route you need to take then the second time you are taking the route and it is not critical you get there on time without the app make the journey from what you remember. So instead of "write first" it should be "act first". But as we are learning academically by writing we can say "write/type/act first to be first!".

Combining Atomic Habits with Feynman both takes care of starting a new positive habit and the reviews to maintain remembering.

The Universe also helps you when, say 4 months later you need something you learned 4 months ago and you "act/write/type first" and then fill in the gaps: this is will help your long-term memory.

The Universe wants you to succeed by making objects stay in place for years and making you recall knowledge after months or even years so you achieve 'fluency' in what you have learned.

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The difficulty is that i don't know where you are starting from so i'll just guess you are taking advantage of the cheap 2012 Apple Macs that have dropped in price recently and will be installing the Ubuntu operating system (OS) on the laptop instead of keeping its outdated and unsupported Mac OS.

Installing Ubuntu is annoying and it doesn't get easier -- but -- we will only do it once and reap the benefits for years, God Willing, so it is worth it.

Why Ubuntu? The cheap, but strong build, Mac you have bought won't have the support from Apple so for your and your family's security you'll need an operating system that is getting updates. I recommend Ubuntu LTS (long term support). Ubuntu is also very forgiving of old hardware and isn't as bloated with unnecessary software as the other operating systems.

Go to

https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop

and download the LTS (Long Term Support) currently Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS which stands for 2022, April.

Here I'll have to introduce Critical (MUST), Recommended (SHOULD) and Possible (CAN).

MUST - Critical - verify the downloaded (saved) file. You can go here and follow these steps:

https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/how-to-verify-ubuntu#1-overview

Verifying is critical and not a recommended step because Ubuntu is popular and a way of attack is for a malicious copy to be sent to you, verifying takes extra steps to ensure you've got the real Ubuntu. Taking this extra time to be careful always feels like a waste but the tens of minutes it takes will save you months atleast if anything goes wrong in the future. It is well worth the investment even though it feels heavy right now.

'Burn' the file you get to a USB drive, this is different from saving it when you download:

https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/burn-a-dvd-on-ubuntu#1-getting-started

The instructions will be different for where you are starting from whether Windows, or Apple. But note, you have to save the download first, then burn it to another place like a USB, or DVD if your newly bought laptop has a CD tray.

With the USB in your Mac (and/or DVD in other laptop), press the power ON button and hold the OPTION, choose EFI then Install Ubuntu > (safe mode) and follow the instructions, go through the test for your keyboard, refuse updating latest software from a mirror (we can do that later), but do choose to install third party proprietary, and continue until you get to LVM (local volumn management) which you choose and Advanced > encrypt but don't choose the option to save a file to recover your home directory as keeping this file safe can be a headache.

Do make sure your passphrases are strong and you will need two, one for unencrypting your home directory and the other for logging in. You can choose to log-in automatically after decrypting which makes life a little easier, but if you are concerned then don't.

Follow the instructions to the end. If you have to start again, this is normal and happens sometimes. When you are told to remove the install media, remove the USB or DVD and press any button and your Ubuntu laptop should be freshly minted and ready.

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*“When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.”

― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching: Book of the Way *

I consider myself a lazy person. I don’t have a job anymore, and I don’t socialize much voluntarily*. Even when I had a job, I became efficient at it, delegated the things I didn’t like and spent most of my time doing as I pleased.

*Through Heather, I am almost surely in the top quartile worldwide of socializing though. I don’t worry about money. It’s not because we are so wealthy, but because I don’t spend much, living in Portugal, fasting once a week, not dining out at fancy restaurants, being frugal in day to day expenses, living below our means.

I run at the outdoor track, and I’ve recently been doing pull-ups at the public jungle gym in the park. I walk and take the subway. I buy clothing that’s on sale. I have free time. I have stress about various things in my life and the world, but mostly I have time on my hands, and I don’t do much with it.

I write essays, and I podcast. I post thoughts — mostly vitriol toward authoritarians on Twitter and odd musings on Nostr. I have a sports web site and do a sports podcast. I do Sudoku puzzles, watch my daughter’s basketball games and play and write about fantasy sports.

I wake up early only because I am incapable of falling back asleep. I drink coffee, and I intermittently fast. I walk Oscar. I lean in close to him and explain how though we’re of different species, we’re good friends and how maybe I’ll be his dog in a future incarnation. He usually licks my head.

. . .

Often I get out of bed with barely enough motivation to change into my running shorts and put on my shoes. But I find myself walking down the steps from my third floor apartment, then waiting for the subway, and pretty soon I’m at the track, activating the timer on my watch.

I can’t do it. I won’t do it. I am unable to do it. It’s not possible. Of course, it’s not possible as the one contemplating the task is paralyzed, stuck in a dead inertial concept-space, incapable of acting in the real world.

But the watch beeps, and body does it anyway. It could probably do 10 more miles, or run the intervals much faster if I dared ask it. The body thrives on hormotic stress, requires it in fact to maintain its health.

“How much do I have left?” the ego wants to know. “One mile, half a mile, a quarter mile?” It clamors to figure out how much longer before the discomfort subsides, so it can get back to the business administrating the internal narrative, the fears, the plans, the hopes, the identity.

Lately, I’ve listened to its complaints in a different light. I hear them, but because I realize the administrative state, so to speak, has no capability, nothing substantive to offer, I don’t heed them as often. “You can’t bear to go for a run in the chilly rain this morning? Well, of course, you can’t. You can’t do anything, but the body-mind surely can.”

And it’s in this way that despite being so lazy, so incapable, so avoidant, that I somehow write essays, record podcasts, go to Sasha’s games, hit the track, run errands, buy groceries, cook, travel and learn.

Nothing is done, nothing left undone.

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Like the mint uses Alice's public key to sign ecash such that only Alice's private key holder can redeem?

I don't know where I'm going with this, as you can't really use it as currency at that point.

Alice would essentially have an "account" with the mint, who knows how much money Alice has (but doesn't know who Alice is).

Alice's funds are safe from theft*; she could store them in a Google doc or publish them on Twitter.

*Yes we're always assuming trust in the mint

Is this different from just having an encrypted wallet?

Anyone have any other ideas?

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Like every time it's XXX420 or XXXX69 or something?

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Thanks to OpenSats and its generous donors, Damus has been able to continue building open source freedom tech without influence from external parties. Damus' mission is to build the best nostr and bitcoin tech without compromise on decentralization, and this will continue to be our mission going forward. This wouldn't be possible without OpenSats and other organizations that continue to help make this vision a reality!

As per our OpenSats agreement, we are required to publish quarterly reports on our progress. We submit this report to nostr for full transparency. If you're curious what we've been working on this past quarter, check it out:

Damus OpenSats Q2 Progress Report

The second quarter of the Damus OpenSats grant has been very productive and encompasses the 1.7 release of Damus, soon to be released to the appstore.

Notable new features in Damus iOS 1.7

• Damus purple subscriptions which includes the DeepL Universal Translator 🖖
• Local-first full-text search engine for privacy preserving searching powered by nostrdb4
• Add NIP-42 relay auth support
• Added regional relay recommendations for Germany, Japan, Thailand
• Add naddr link support

New tech built in this quarter

• A new nostr share-link opengraph renderer in rust called notecrumbs2, powered by egui and nostrdb4
• Added query and subscription support to nostrdb{,-rs}
• Added fulltext search query support nostrdb, which powers the search in Damus iOS v1.7
• Working prototype of Damus Android and Damus NoteDeck, a rust-powered multiplatform nostr client3 powered by egui and nostrdb4

How money was used

• Paying individual contributors via patch submissions on the damus dev mailing list (patches@damus.io)
• relay.damus.io server costs
• deepl translation costs
• Living expenses, nostr/bitcoin conferences, travel, etc

Contributions

Damus-iOS

name added removed commits Daniel D’Aquino <daniel@daquino.me> +7655 -2989 46 William Casarin <jb55@jb55.com> +3753 -2396 132 kernelkind <kernelkind@gmail.com> +1513 -273 27 Charlie Fish <contact@charlie.fish> +1386 -331 12 Terry Yiu <git@tyiu.xyz> +1018 -102 3 ericholguin <ericholguin@apache.org> +509 -65 3 Transifex <transifex@transifex.com> +464 -67 80 Suhail Saqan <suhail.saqan@gmail.com> +347 -27 2 ericholguin <eric.holguinsanchez@gmail.com> +202 -101 6 alltheseas <64376233+alltheseas@users.noreply.github.com> +51 -24 5 Kieran <kieran@harkin.me> +33 -0 1 kunigaku <kunigaku@gmail.com> +13 -2 1 vuittont60 <81072379+vuittont60@users.noreply.github.com> +3 -3 1 Jing维 <zhjw43@163.com> +1 -1 1 hakkadaikon <hakkadaikon@yahoo.co.jp> +1 -1 1

notecrumbs

name added removed commits William Casarin <jb55@jb55.com> +6079 -819 68

Damus Android/NoteDeck

name added removed commits William Casarin <jb55@jb55.com> +5205 -2870 86 0xb10c <b10c@b10c.me> +6 -2 1 alltheseas <64376233+alltheseas@users.noreply.github.com> +5 -0 1

nostrdb

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nostrdb-rs

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iOS Changelog

Added

• Damus Purple membership! (Daniel D’Aquino)
• Improved damus.io share links (William Casarin)
• Add local, privacy-preserving fulltext search engine (William Casarin)
• Add NIP-42 relay auth support (Charlie Fish)
• Add ability to hide suggested hashtags (ericholguin)
• Add ability to mute hashtag from SearchView (Charlie Fish)
• Add ability to preview media taken with camera (Suhail Saqan)
• Add ability to search for naddr, nprofiles, nevents (kernelkind)
• Add experimental push notification support (Daniel D’Aquino)
• Add naddr link support (kernelkind)
• Add regional relay recommendations to Relay configuration view (Daniel D’Aquino)
• Add regional relays for Germany (Daniel D’Aquino)
• Add regional relays for Japan (Daniel D’Aquino)
• Add regional relays for Thailand (Daniel D’Aquino)
• Add support for Apple In-App purchases (Daniel D’Aquino)
• Always convert damus.io links to inline mentions (William Casarin)
• Notification reminders for Damus Purple impending expiration (Daniel D’Aquino)

Changed

• Disable inline text suggestions on 17.0 as they interfere with mention generation (William Casarin)
• EULA is not shown by default (ericholguin)
• Generate nprofile/nevent links in share menus (kernelkind)
• Improve push notification support to match local notification support (Daniel D’Aquino)
• Move mute thread in menu so it's not clicked by accident (alltheseas)
• Prioritize friends when autocompleting (Charlie Fish)

Fixed

• Add workaround to fix note language recognition and reduce wasteful translation requests (Terry Yiu)
• Allow mentioning users with punctuation characters in their names (kernelkind)
• Fix broken mentions when there is text is directly after (kernelkind)
• Fix crash on very large notes (Daniel D’Aquino)
• Fix crash when accessing cached purple accounts (William Casarin)
• Fix crash when logging out and switching accounts (William Casarin)
• Fix duplicate notes getting written to nostrdb (William Casarin)
• Fixed bug where sometimes notes from other profiles appear on profile pages (Charlie Fish)
• Fixed previews not rendering (ericholguin)
• Fix issue where adding relays might not work on corrupted contact lists (Charlie Fish)
• Fix load media formatting on small screens (kernelkind)
• Fix many nostrdb transaction related crashes (William Casarin)
• Fix onboarding post view not being dismissed under certain conditions (Daniel D’Aquino)
• Fix performance issue with gifs (William Casarin)
• Fix persistent local notifications even after logout (William Casarin)
• Fix profile not updating bug (William Casarin)
• Fix shared nevents that are too long (kernelkind)
• Fix welcome screen not showing if the user enters the app directly after a successful checkout without going through the link (Daniel D’Aquino)
• Remove extra space at the end of DM messages (kernelkind)
• Save current viewed image index when switching to fullscreen (kernelkind)

Removed

• Removed copying public key action (ericholguin)
• Removed old nsec key warning, nsec automatically convert to npub when posting (kernelkind)

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This post is the third in an experimental Stoic Philosophy book club series on Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Participants expressing interest are tagged at the end of the post, let us know if you're new and would like to join and be tagged!

Prior posts for context: * Book 3: In Carnuntum * Book 2: On the River Gran, Among the Quadi * Book 1: Debts and Lessons * Geneisis Post

Thanks to @cryotosensei, @gd and @siggy47 for their participation in the comments last week. I'm continuing the experiment of forwarding sats to "members" who added to the discussion in the previous week. Let us know if you would like to participate regularly and be tagged as a member.

Book 4

Summary and Highlights

This was a weird week for me. I don't know what it was, but I found it hard to stay focused. Perhaps it has something to do with the fervor of activity in the Bitcoin community due to excitement around price movements. So far, Marcus writings have felt to me like they have more emphasis in staying Stoic in the face of adversity. However, with seemingly "good" news happening in the Bitcoin space, I'm starting to get in touch with the other side -- that all of these blessings and triumphs are transient and won't matter at the end of life. What is important is to act well according to the situation at hand. If nothing else, it's fascinating to consider how much of what I get out of the reading is colored by what is going on in my own subjective, little life. And if things heat up, staying Stoic in the face of euphoria might be both really essential and really hard. Here are some of my highlights:

1. No random actions, none not based on underlying principles.

This is repeated a lot in the hippy spiritual scene (Yours Truly not previously exempt) as "everything happens for a reason". But for some reason, the way it's phrased sounds scientific and made me read it as like it was coming from a physics textbook. One one hand, the mind is tempted to dive down the rabbit hole and pin down the cause-and-effect relationship. On the other, there is a beauty and tranquility when Marcus chalks it all up to "Fate" and accepts it without needing to know.

I am reminded of hours of podcasts I've watched on "Bitcoin from first principles" and considering the mental stories of how broken money is the root of so many problems in the world. But then there is the other side -- just live my life in the best I can with what I know and let that be that.

1. People will try to get away from it all -- to the country, to the beach, to the mountains. You always wish that you could too. Which is idiotic: You can get away from it anytime you like.

I spent a stint of time working remotely while traveling and this is one of those lessons that emerged from the experience. One can be working on the beach, in the most beautiful place in the world, but have their consciousness tied up in a task involving a computer in a data center across the globe. Then the environment doesn't matter. I found that it was a real practice to be able to "switch" from working to being present with my body and surroundings. It's still challenging to do so -- sometimes I take my work in my head as I'm doing other things, but Marcus' observation that the freedom is in the ability to put yourself in the present, or where you need to be, was an astute discovery.

1. If thought is something we share, then so is reason -- what makes us reasoning beings.

This passage connects me in reflection to @gd's comment from last week, about the mind and the body being separate. There are some schools of thought that say there are different faculties of the mind. One is an "organ of perception" -- perhaps that which perceives thoughts? And there is a higher order of the mind -- perhaps what Marcus describes as "reason" here? His definition of Reason is not a concise discussion, but the quote here and his separation between "thought" and "reason" reminds me of those teachings.

The rest of this passage is also really cool in that he describes what else we "share" by illustrating how everything is connected.

1. Choose not to be harmed -- and you won't feel harmed. Don't feel harmed and you haven't been.

Short, sweet and powerful. Fully realizing this means taking sovereignty over our fear and emotions. Much easier to say than do. I'll refrain from quoting Spiderman, but it also reminds me of the responsibility that sovereignty brings, and the feeling of making that first Bitcoin transaction or the feeling of moving into self-custody. It's both exhilarating to experience the freedom, but it comes with the confrontation of the fear and possibility of messing it all up. A corollary to Marcus' statement here is the tough truth that you are the only one responsible for continuing to play the victim-perpetrator game.

1. You have functioned as part of something; you will vanish into what produced you. Or be restored, rather. To the logos from which all things spring. By being changed.

This quote is simultaneously poetic, blatantly obvious and containing deep mystery. An observation that can only be made so naturally by deeply studying and absorbing the processes of Nature. Don't have much else to say other than: Agree.

1. If you seek tranquility, do less.

I'm in the process of experimenting with this right now. Sometimes a preoccupation with productivity, efficiency or achievement is a way of hiding from fear and self-judgment. Slowly, I'm beginning to relax into allowing myself to "do less", but it requires confronting these hindrances in the process. Later, Marcus says to only do "what is necessary", and answering that question self-reflectively seems to be the emerging next step. From his other writings, it sounds like taking stock of circumstances in life. What I a husband, am I a father, am I a citizen? What are the responsibilities and necessities for performing those roles well? And are the archetypes dictated by society or coming from within? Still very much in progress for me.

1. The value of attentiveness varies in proportion to its object.

This might be my favorite quote from Book 4. It certainly echos spiritual teachings of many traditions. In yoga, there is a state of "Samadhi" or oneness. A samadhi can be performed on anything -- a blade of grass, a candle flame, another person, whatever. But the yogis have investigated what the highest object samadhi can be practiced upon. I won't elaborate further, but this idea is of course reiterated in conventional wisdom that we "are what we eat" and we become like who and what we spend our time with. The obvious question is: what do you spend most of your time on? How valuable is that?

1. Everything is transitory -- the knower and the known.

Again, this is a deep one. He is observing that observers change as they observe what they are observing as it changes. Some depictions of God are the "all knowing" or "all seeing", Ultimate Observer. And if you carry that forward, is Marcus meditation assigning a dynamic, changeable attribute to God himself?

Reflections & Discussion

Reputation

It might not be worthwhile to spend my time analyzing the minds of others, but I can't help be curious about the character of Marcus Aurelius himself through his readings. I found a few quotes, specifically in 3, 16 and 18, where the emerging topic is reputation -- both what contemporary people think and legacy after death. My guess would be this is something of a topic for him through Book 4.

I also a pertinent contemplation today. Reputation might also be a sort of emergent currency today in Bitcoin, in internet culture, in open-source software, in influencoor society and perhaps even in the V4V community. I guess it has always been one... I'll withhold a lot of mixed and incomplete thoughts and critiques on the idea for now, but it's interesting to imagine Marcus' challenges around it as Emperor of Rome, and see it emergent in myself and the communities I participate in. To his point, though, achieving it doesn't save anyone the fate of death and eventually being forgotten. It's probably nothing new, just a theme that jumped out to me.

Judgement

In the second half of the reading, I felt an emphasis on judgement, and how judging oneself and others is harmful, or violent even. Probably best described in 39,

Nothing that goes on in anyone else's mind can harm you. Nor can the shifts and changes in the world around you. -- Then where is harm to be found? In your capacity to see it. Stop doing that and everything will be fine. Let that part of you that makes that judgment keep quiet...

This stands out to me probably because I've experienced it, struggled with it, so I can relate easily. Judging others is usually a reaction to the reality of judging myself. And in any case, being judged by myself or by others often has a cutting, violent feeling, and easily creates a sort of vicious circle of inflicting harm. I sense a focus from Marcus on this topic for Book 4.

Participants

Thank you everyone who has been reading Meditations, and participated in the discussions.

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Bitcoin Core 25.1 released La version 25.1 de Bitcoin Core est désormais disponible en téléchargement. Consultez les notes de mise à jour pour plus d'informations sur les nombreuses corrections de bugs apportées par cette version. Si vous avez des questions, veuillez visiter le salon de discussion IRC #bitcoin (IRC, web) et nous ferons de notre mieux pour vous aider.

Bitcoin Optech

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #291 (9 min) L'article présente plusieurs nouveautés et initiatives en cours dans le domaine du Bitcoin:

1. Proposition d'un contrat pour des futurs de taux de hachage de mineurs sans confiance, permettant à deux parties de se payer conditionnellement en fonction du taux marginal pour inclure une transaction dans un bloc futur, avec différentes options de retrait des fonds en cas de feerates plus bas que prévu pour maximiser les profits des mineurs.

2. Mise en avant d'un algorithme de sélection de pièces pour les fournisseurs de liquidité Lightning Network pour optimiser les frais on-chain et offrir une réduction de 15% par rapport à l'algorithme par défaut de Bitcoin Core.

3. Présentation d'un prototype simple de coffre-fort utilisant l'opcode OP_CAT dans un langage Rust, montrant comment le coffre-fort pourrait fonctionner en ne dépendant que des règles de consensus actuelles et de l'opcode proposé.

D'autres sections de l'article incluent des discussions sur l'envoi et la réception de ecash en utilisant le Lightning Network et les ZKCPs, des résumés des questions populaires de Bitcoin Stack Exchange, des annonces de nouvelles versions et des modifications récentes apportées aux projets d'infrastructure Bitcoin populaires.

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #290 Recap Podcast (69 min) L'article discute du podcast Bitcoin Optech, où Mark “Murch” Erhardt et Mike Schmidt sont rejoints par Gloria Zhao, callebtc, Chris Stewart, Fabian Jahr et Pierre Corbin pour discuter de la Newsletter #290. Dans le podcast, ils abordent des sujets tels que les instructions de paiement Bitcoin lisibles par DNS, l'incitation en ce qui concerne le mempool, les systèmes de crypto-monnaie Cashu, la conception de Cashu et autres sujets techniques liés à Bitcoin. Ils discutent également des mises à jour des applications construisant sur le réseau Bitcoin, comme le protocole de coordination multiparty (NWC), la sortie de la Mutiny Wallet v0.5.7, le service de regroupement GroupHug, les swaps taproot annoncés par Boltz, et les versions récents de logiciels comme Core Lightning 24.02rc1.

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #290 (10 min) The article discusses a proposal for providing DNS-based human-readable Bitcoin payment instructions, a summary of a post about mempool incentive compatibility, a link to a thread discussing the design of ecash systems, a brief look at the discussion on 64-bit arithmetic in Bitcoin scripts, and an overview of an improved process for reproducible ASMap creation. It also includes updates on client services, new releases, and changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.

Releases - No Bullshit Bitcoin

Zeus v0.8.2-beta1 Is Now Available for Testing Zeus is a self-custodial mobile Lightning wallet that includes an embedded node, self-custodial lightning addresses, Point-of-sale functionality, and a Bitcoin/Lightning node manager and wallet application for LND, Core Lightning, and Eclair. The latest version, ZEUS v0.8.2-beta1, introduces several new features including 0-conf LSP support for LND REST connections, Point of Sale with receipt printing for Android, a multi-currency conversion tool, enhanced wallet recovery interface, default channel opening settings, new animations for Send and Receive, an invoice expiration picker interface, and LND v0.17.4 integration. This update also includes 33 new fiat currency conversions. The full changelog from v0.8.1 to v0.8.2-beta1 can be found on their GitHub repository.

Fountain v1.0.9 & Fountain Radio Released (2 min) L'article du 29 février 2024 présente la dernière mise à jour de Fountain, mettant en avant des améliorations de l'interface utilisateur, des corrections de bugs et des mises à jour de la fonctionnalité des clips. Fountain Radio, une station de musique communautaire alimentée par Bitcoin, a été lancée pour aider à la découverte de nouvelles musiques. Les auditeurs peuvent se connecter avec leur compte Fountain sur un ordinateur ou un téléphone, écouter la musique en cours tout en soutenant les artistes, ajouter des pistes à la file d'attente pour un montant nominal, voter pour faire avancer une piste et enregistrer leurs morceaux préférés dans leur bibliothèque. En outre, les utilisateurs peuvent participer à un chat en direct avec d'autres auditeurs et artistes. Les mises à jour de l'application comprennent l'affichage des derniers clips sur la page d'accueil, une publication plus rapide des clips, une meilleure précision sur iOS, la possibilité de voir les transcriptions des clips en cours d'édition, l'affichage du temps restant sur les cartes de contenu des épisodes, ainsi que l'ajout de liens hypertexte pour toutes les URLs dans les notes d'émission.

Wasabi Wallet v2.0.6: Jade and BitBox02 Support, Safety Coinjoin & Performance Improvements (2 min) Wasabi Wallet's latest release, as of February 29, 2024, introduces new hardware device support, privacy and performance enhancements, and more. The update includes compatibility for Blockstream Jade and BitBox02, a Safety Coinjoin feature for improved privacy, an enhanced RPC server with new calls, significant performance upgrades reducing CPU and memory usage, user experience enhancements like wallet renaming and clearer privacy warnings, improvements in cross-wallet performance, framework and GUI enhancements, bug fixes for deployment flow, UI memory leaks, Coldcard hardware device integration, and PGP key changes for reporting software vulnerabilities.

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Bitcoin Optech

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世界経済には雲が立ち込めてきています。スウェーデン中央銀行、スイス中央銀行、イングランド中央銀行に続いて、今度は欧州中央銀行が130億ユーロという巨額の損失を発表すると想像してみてください。 2023年のバランスシート！

「公式発表だ。ECBは2023年にほぼ20年ぶりに13億ユーロの損失を記録した。もし66億ユーロの引当金の放出がなければ、これらの損失はさらに大きくなっていただろう（79億ユーロ）」銀行準備金に対して支払われる金利が高くなります。

ECBは「持続的な利益」に戻るまでに「今後数年間」損失を被ると予想している。 その間、ユーロシステムは資本と再評価勘定（2023年には460億ユーロ）によって保護されるだろう。」

そこで今回は、銀行債務が中央銀行のバランスシートに大幅に戻っているということです。

そして誰が彼らを救うと思いますか？

税金が取られ、バランスシートに転嫁されることになるため、人口はさらに減少し、公共サービスや学校、道路、社会サービスなどがさらに減少することを意味します。 それが住民を最後の反乱へと駆り立てるだろう。

そして、以前の中央銀行の後、ドイツ連邦銀行やオランダのBCまでもが累積損失を計上しました...

ドイツ中央銀行ですよ！

ザビーネ・マウデラー副総裁の声明：「ドイツ連邦銀行は2023年に約216億ユーロの損失を被った。これらの損失を補うために、これまで積み上げてきた一般リスクに対する引当金192億ユーロは全額放出された。残りの損失は全額放出された」損失は​​3日前に24億ユーロの準備金を放出することで補填された」、

それを信じるには、ここで公式プレスリリースを読んでください...

https://www.bundesbank.de/en/press/speeches/statement-by-sabine-mauderer-925328#:~:text=As%20a%20result%20of%20this,amount%20of%20%E2%82 %AC2.4%200億。

そしてバタビア人のために、ロイターはこうだ：「オランダ中央銀行はECB利上げにより35億ユーロの損失を記録。金曜日、ECB利上げにより2023年に35億ユーロのマイナスの結果を記録したと発表」インフレを抑えるために」、

ここロイターを読んでください。 https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/dutch-central-bank-records-35-bln-euro-loss-due-ecb-rate-hikes-2024-02-23/

つまり、スウェーデン、イギリス、スイス、オランダ、ヨーロッパ、そして現在ドイツの中央銀行は、技術的には（少なくとも普通の企業であれば）破産していることを認識しています。

しかし、それは終わっていません。アメリカ連邦準備制度は、バランスシートに 1,500 億の穴があることを認めました!!!

こうなると私は「パウエル＆カンパニー、おめでとうございます... 1) 印刷機を持っており、 2) もっとお金を失う」

これがこれです。すべてが要約されています。世界経済に暗雲が立ち込めています。なぜなら、紙幣を印刷したにもかかわらず、この愚かな知事たちが自分たちの偽造紙幣で何十億もの損失を出してきたからです。

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ダウ・ジョーンズや他のCAC40はその増え続ける結果を笑い飛ばしているが、2006年、特に2007年に典型的なこの世界債務の盛り上がりとは矛盾する別の数字がある。

そして最新の更新された金額は 313 兆ドルで、厳密に言えば純粋な狂気の域に達しています。

この情報は、2 月の休暇中に、ロイター自体を通じてネットワーク上に簡潔に削除されました。

「世界の債務水準は2023年に313兆ドルという新記録に達し、発展途上国は国内総生産に対する債務の比率が新たなピークに達していることが研究で示された。国際金融協会の報告によると、世界の債務は15ドル以上増加した」 2023 年の最終四半期には前年比で 10 億ドルに達します。

データによると、ほぼ10年前にはこの数字は約2100億ドルだった。 GBICはグローバル債務モニターで「この増加の約55％は主に米国、フランス、ドイツが主導する成熟市場によるものだ」と述べ、全体の債務対GDP比は約2ポイント低下したと付け加えた。

つまり、このシステムは閉鎖に向かっていますが、記事によれば、債務返済が困難になっている国が増えていることを考えると、スローモーションです。

「インド、アルゼンチン、中国、ロシア、マレーシア、南アフリカが最大の増加を記録し、債務返済における潜在的な課題が増大していることを示している」と読む ロイター

https://www.reuters.com/business/global-debt-hits-new-record-high-313-trillion-iif-2024-02-21/

この記事ではドミノ効果については触れていませんが、アイデアはそれをはるかに超えています。

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Table of Content

• Content

  • Introduction

  • How does real estate exist in the metaverse?

  • The appeal of metaverse real estate

  • What can you do with metaverse real estate?

  • The growth of metaverse real estate

  • What affects the price of NFT virtual land?

• Conclusion

• FAQ

• You May Also Like

• External Links

Introduction

The idea of the metaverse and the practice of investing in digital real estate are closely related. However, much like the majority of crypto movements, the media coverage in the media hasn't offered enough clarification. Before making any purchases of digital property, it is essential to have a solid understanding of the concept of metaverse real estate, just as it is with any other kind of investment. Metaverse real estate is easier to understand because its value and uses are more clear than non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that are only used for creative purposes.

How does real estate exist in the metaverse?

For those unfamiliar with the metaverse, the phrase "digital real estate" may seem like an oxymoron. The concepts of real estate and tangible property are inextricably linked to one another. However, despite the fact that blockchain-based real estate in the metaverse may not be actual, it still provides the same ownership rights over a piece of (digital) land, and in certain cases, even greater ownership rights. An icon can be used to show who owns the land in a virtual world, community, or other platform (NFT).

NFTs function very similarly to property deeds in the digital real estate market since they are both non-fungible (meaning that each is unique) and can securely verify digital ownership. NFTs are financial instruments that can be bought, sold, and traded based on their market value, which is based on a number of factors.

Your metaverse real estate may be located in a busy part of town that sees a lot of foot traffic, making it an ideal spot for advertising. The value of the property is increased not only by the advantages of staking but also by other amenities. The value of your land will be determined by the particular metaverse platform you are now using.

On some metaverse systems, you have much room for personalization, enabling you to construct and organize your own environments, activities, and adventures. A few examples of this would be The Snoopverse on The Sandbox and the stuff that Netflix has on Decentraland.

The appeal of metaverse real estate

It is helpful to take a step back and consider the allure of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as a whole in order to comprehend the allure of metaverse real estate. NFTs provide a genuine and digital form of evidence of ownership, which is important from a technical standpoint. This is important information to have in a world where it's too easy to copy data without making any noticeable changes.

The next thing we need to do is consider the question of collectibility. For a wide variety of reasons, humans have always shown a strong interest in amassing a collection of objects. An NFT could give real benefits, like making a game or platform more useful and the fun and collectibility it gives on its own.

The investment potential of NFTs is another selling point for these securities, which is why a lot of individuals speculate by holding onto them. During times of bullish market conditions, the prices of NFTs have often followed the upward trend of market prices. NFT bull runs have, in some aspects, also been the consequence of celebrities and the media making a big deal out of the technology.

Due to the fact that they adhere to all of the aforementioned characteristics, many individuals choose to invest in metaverse real estate NFTs. For example, JPMorgan has acquired property in Decentraland in order to accommodate its

• 1. Utility: They have the ability to create an immersive experience for themselves and their virtual visitors by using their sandbox property.

• 2. Collectibility: Metaverse real estate is a part of pop culture that is very valuable and, if used correctly, could help with marketing.

• 3. Speculative properties: It's very unlikely that JPMorgan would have bought land without planning to either make more money by getting new customers or make a profit by selling the land.

What can you do with metaverse real estate?

The boundaries of the metaverse are the only thing that can restrict the expansion of virtual real estate. Because of this, it has a tremendous amount of potential in both our social and professional lives. This potential will drive the adoption of the technology over the long run, going beyond investing and trading. Through the use of metaverse real estate, one may experience whatever the metaverse is capable of covering. The specific use cases and complexity will depend on your platform, but the possibilities are generally endless.

Personal users, creatives, and companies are all able to construct their own experiences depending on the opportunities that their particular real estate presents. Plots of digital land have played host to a wide variety of events, including concerts, meetings, trade displays, art exhibitions, and brand launches. Because of this, metaverse real estate has emerged as a powerful instrument in the realms of both socializing and marketing. The following are examples of large companies that are presently experimenting with the format:

• 1. HSBC: During the first three months of 2022, the company purchased a plot of land in The Sandbox to develop new brand experiences.

• 2. Samsung: In the virtual world of Decentraland, a new experience known as Samsung 837X was developed, and the platform was used to hold events such as the #RecycleUp Fashion Show.

• The South China Morning Post: A digital version of the Hong Kong Star Ferry Pier was made using The Sandbox.

The growth of metaverse real estate

The media, the general public, and investors all over the globe have been more interested in metaverse real estate as a result of its quickly expanding fan base and increased sales. According to information obtained from Influencer Marketing Hub, "the average price of a parcel on major metaverse platforms has climbed from $1,265 to $12,684" This represents a tenfold increase from January 2021 to February 2022. According to McKinsey, "more than $120 billion has poured into the metaverse area already in 2022," which is more than twice the amount invested in the same sector in 2021 ($57 billion).

The figures may be astounding given that this sector has only been around for a relatively short time. On the other hand, the increase in market capitalization is not always connected with a market's lifespan or overall health. If we want to determine the true worth of metaverse land, it seems probable that we will have to wait until after this era of rapid expansion is through. Despite this, early investors have already seen a return on their money because of the expansion of the metaverse. For instance, the adjoining parcel of land to Snoop Dogg's home just went under contract for roughly half a million dollars.

What affects the price of NFT virtual land?

We've only scratched the surface of what makes NFT virtual land appealing. Now let's talk more about the three main factors that affect how much it costs:

• 1. Utility: Every metaverse platform, game, and world has a particular purpose or use for the virtual real estate they provide. Some of them provide you with in-game advantages or boosts to your statistics, while others let you customize certain aspects of the game to a considerable degree. Your NFT virtual land will be worth more on the open market if it has a useful feature that many people want. This will make it more marketable.

• 2. Platform: As was just said, the usefulness of your property will be determined by the platform it is situated on. In addition, the value of your NFT land is also affected by a platform's brand name and reputation. This is similar to how well-known brands like Nike or Adidas can charge much more for their products than lesser-known brands that make products of the same quality but aren't as well-known.

• 3. Speculation: In many cases, just having the expectation that your metaverse real estate may become more valuable in the future is sufficient to cause a change in its valuation. Suppose every participant in the market has this opinion and is optimistic about the price of metaverse land. In that case, speculation will play a big role in setting the price of the property.

Conclusion

The successful acceptance and uptake of metaverse real estate over the long term goes beyond the hype and depends on genuine use cases and their usefulness. In spite of this, it is intriguing to see the path that metaverse real estate has already traveled in such a short amount of time. The metaverse will continue to develop into its mature state as its popularity and its building components continue to grow. Therefore, every prospective user or investor who is interested in the future of the metaverse should make an effort to familiarize themselves with digital property, as it is a smart notion to do so.

FAQ

Is the metaverse real estate real? In the same way that real-world transactions go via brokers and property managers, purchases in the metaverse will do the same. In contrast to the real world, however, these real estate agents and property managers do not need a license to practice their profession and are not governed by any organizations. Both buyers and sellers in this market will be looking to collaborate with someone they can put their faith in.

Is the metaverse a good investment? The metaverse is a sector of the economy that has a tremendous amount of untapped potential. Although it is still in the development phase, it is and will be one of the megatrends of the next few years, which is why investors believe it to be a wonderful prospect for long-term investment and have brought it to the attention of the public as a result.

What is metaverse land used for? At its most fundamental level, a metaverse is an online community that provides a permanent setting for activities like gatherings, gaming, and socializing. Some people think that there will be many independent digital worlds with closed gates in the future, while others think that many metaverses will be connected to each other.

Can metaverse make you rich? Users can acquire virtual parcels of land in each of these worlds by using one-of-a-kind digital tokens referred to as NFTs. Becoming a real estate dealer in the metaverse who specializes in selling premium homes is one way to earn a significant amount of money.

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When I climb to the top of a mountain, I experience a feeling of achievement and gratification. Investing in BGB is similar: it requires commitment and perseverance, but each step forward brings me closer and closer to my financial goal. With Bitget, I purchased my first BGBs for $0.14 and now, in less than 24 months my investment has made x5. But I have not yet reached the top of the mountain, BGB may reach a 2-digit price!

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I was watching this video by Mark Moss, where he walks through a hypothetical situation where Bitcoin ends up being worth $43 billion in the not-so-distant future. The crux of the argument is that Bitcoin will absorb the role of store of value from other assets like real estate, gold, bonds, and so forth. We've discussed that before on SN and it's an interesting point.

My first big post on Stacker News was What are Sats Worth to You? and it was about our subjective valuation of sats: i.e. how we actually use them. For many of us the answer was that we basically value sats at one US cent, which just happens to be roughly what would happen if the USD became backed by Bitcoin.

I couldn't find the post quickly, but I think I won a bounty for answering someone's question about what Bitcoin will ultimately be worth. My answer was $11 million and was based on converting the current global money supply into Bitcoin. The video I linked to above is making me wonder how far off that estimate is. I knew at the time that there were many other factors and realized later that I completely neglected the store of value argument.

To be clear, I'm talking about purchasing power and just using today's dollars as units of comparison. I know that measured in any particular fiat, bitcoin (and every other real asset) is going to infinity.

So, what are the most credible purchasing power estimates you've seen?

And, what are the most underappreciated arguments you've come across?

Should we be using our bitcoin differently in light of the answers?

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Old Happy: “I’ll be happy when I get there.” New Happy: “I am creating a happy life each and every day.”

It's so easy to imagine a good life as a destination: somewhere we arrive when we have finally eliminated our problems and struggles. Then, we think, I’ll experience perpetual joy. But there is no life where that is possible.

A meaningful, happy life will inevitably involve difficult experiences and emotions. You can’t work towards a cause that you care about without feeling stress; you can’t craft a fulfilling relationship without tending to your wounds; you can’t grow as a person without experiencing fear. It will always be an experience of wins and challenges; joys and pains; meetings and farewells; transfigurations and disintegrations. All of our experiences contribute to the mosaic that is a happy life.

Here are a few small ways to put this idea into practice.

• Write down what a good life means to you. The clearer the picture in your mind, the easier it will be to make decisions that align with it.

• Meet your difficult emotions and experiences with compassion. Remind yourself: it’s an inevitable part of being a human; it doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with you.

• Every day, ask yourself: what’s one way I could experience a bit of joy today? Often, it’s the small moments that really matter most: a delicious meal, an evening walk, or a connection with a loved one.

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Here we are again with our weekly The Magnificent Seven, trying to give you a hit of what you missed this week in the ~AGORA territory.

We are missing @AG0RA bot posts from the fiat markets, however the territory look's greatly fairer and cleaner now. The goods' offering has drastically decreased, also due to the ramping market's emphasis on spending sats rather than stacking. However, we prefer stackers posts to be organic. You?

This is week #01 of zeroing our @SN wallets to give back with rewards and giveaway sats for stackers and commenters that produce quality contents aimed to incentivize a free market, tips on buy/sell, or stories about buying or selling with ~Bitcoin, ~Lightning and ~eCash.

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Traduzione dall’originale di Michele Uberti - pubblicato il 25 gen 2024

Introduzione

La transizione dagli standard Fiat allo standard Bitcoin, sebbene altamente auspicabile, non è inevitabile o necessariamente imminente. La tempistica e il verificarsi di questi cambiamenti dipendono dalle scelte di adozione operate da individui, organizzazioni ed enti pubblici. Queste decisioni sono influenzate non solo da considerazioni razionali, ma anche da fattori emotivi e irrazionali (avidità e paura in primis). La volontà collettiva, formata dalle intenzioni di una massa critica dotata di capitali e agenzie sufficienti, gioca un ruolo cruciale nello spiazzare le banche centrali e le strutture di potere radicate a favore di un nuovo sistema incentrato sul Bitcoin. Nonostante l'evidente superiorità tecnica, economica ed etica del Bitcoin rispetto ad altre forme di denaro, questa lotta sarà indubbiamente molto impegnativa e l'esito non è affatto scontato.

Tuttavia, è fondamentale riflettere sulle conseguenze che questa potenziale rivoluzione, se realizzata (come tutti speriamo), potrebbe avere su ogni aspetto dell'esistenza sociale. Queste implicazioni spaziano dalla natura degli Stati e delle relazioni internazionali al funzionamento dei sistemi economici, ai sistemi di valori prevalenti, fino al mercato dell'energia e all'innovazione tecnologica. In questo articolo, senza la pretesa di essere esaustivi, ci proponiamo di esplorare brevemente alcuni di questi aspetti e di suggerire traiettorie plausibili.

Bitcoin e Banca a Riserva Frazionaria

Come ha correttamente previsto Hal Finney, un ipotetico Bitcoin Standard sarebbe incompatibile con le banche centrali, ma non necessariamente con un sistema bancario a riserva frazionaria. I limiti algoritmici sul numero di transazioni per blocco impediranno certamente al Layer 1 di fungere da sistema di pagamento al dettaglio. Nel corso del tempo, si verificherà un numero minore di transazioni e queste avranno un valore molto elevato (in pratica, solo le whales o le grandi istituzioni pubbliche e private, dati gli alti costi, potranno permettersele).

Una qualche forma di free banking 2.0 sul Layer 2 sarebbe quindi inevitabile nel medio-lungo termine per un sistema monetario basato su Bitcoin. In assenza di una banca centrale come prestatore di ultima istanza e con una verificabilità delle riserve molto più semplice rispetto all'oro, questo FRB (Fractional Reserve Banking) di Layer 2/layer 3 sarà molto più fragile dell'attuale sistema a riserva frazionaria supportato da moneta legale, banca centrale e indistinguibilità pratica tra base monetaria e massa monetaria. Ciò non farà altro che rafforzare l'importanza del Layer 1 come solida base del sistema monetario, analogamente al ruolo svolto dall'oro nei millenni passati.

Implicazioni macroeconomiche

Ceteris Paribus (a parità di condizioni, n.d.t.), nel medio termine, l'adozione di un ipotetico Bitcoin Standard dovrebbe attenuare in modo significativo le fluttuazioni del ciclo economico, impedendo l'eccessivo indebitamento, i cattivi investimenti e le bolle creditizie nel settore privato, che porterebbero a crisi sistemiche del debito. La repressione monetaria comporterebbe anche tassi di crescita reale delle economie molto più lenti ma costanti nel medio-lungo periodo. In assenza del motore dell'espansione monetaria e creditizia, ossia le politiche inflazionistiche delle banche centrali, la crescita nominale del prodotto all'interno di un Bitcoin Standard sarà modesta, ma la crescita reale rimarrà significativa. In altre parole, qualsiasi aumento della produttività multifattoriale si tradurrà in un calo dei prezzi al consumo misurati in satoshi piuttosto che in un aumento della produzione nominale. In questo contesto, anche nel breve termine, la crescita economica dipenderà da fattori demografici, ecologici ed economici piuttosto che da fattori monetari o creditizi.

A questo proposito, con il Bitcoin Standard si assisterà a un graduale spostamento di ricchezza dal settore finanziario, oggi diventato vorace, all'economia reale e produttiva. Ciò è la conseguenza del significativo ridimensionamento dei mercati obbligazionari e monetari (riduzione del livello di indebitamento delle economie) e quindi dell'intera industria che ne trae profitto.

Tra le imprese che subiranno il maggior ridimensionamento ci sono i sistemi di pagamento e compensazione centralizzati, gli istituti di credito tradizionali, gli agenti fiduciari come i notai (sostituiti dagli smart contract sul Layer 2 e 3 di Bitcoin) e quelli coinvolti nell'intermediazione finanziaria, immobiliare e assicurativa.

Al contrario, tutto ciò che sfrutta le potenzialità dei Layer di Bitcoin (per i contratti intelligenti) e della DeFi conoscerà un vero e proprio boom.

Implicazioni (geo)politiche

Per quanto riguarda l'immutabilità della base monetaria, essa costringerebbe gli Stati a una rigorosa disciplina fiscale, poiché scomparirebbe la possibilità di monetizzare i deficit o il debito come forma di finanziamento della spesa pubblica. Questo influenzerà profondamente la capacità degli Stati nazionali di fornire welfare o di condurre guerre. In assenza di una macchina da stampa monetaria e, quindi, dell'insidiosa tassa chiamata inflazione, la pressione fiscale e l'allocazione della spesa pubblica diventeranno oggetto di seri negoziati e controversie politiche, poiché influiranno direttamente sulle tasche dei cittadini/soggetti/contribuenti.

Da un lato, ciò potrebbe incoraggiare forme di democrazia più dirette (facilitate dalla diffusione di blockchain e DAO) per dare ai cittadini una maggiore voce in capitolo nelle decisioni fiscali e di spesa. Dall'altro lato, un mondo basato sullo standard Bitcoin potrebbe portare a un panorama geopolitico molto più frammentato e apolare, data l'intrinseca insostenibilità del mantenimento di apparati statali così grandi e inefficienti, che assomigliano più al classico feudalesimo medievale. Al posto dell'aristocrazia con spada/sangue/accappatoio, le c.d. whales Bitcoin diventerebbero la classe sociale dominante, mentre i non-coiners sarebbero una sorta di nuova servitù della gleba. I primi, individui, famiglie e istituzioni con enormi proprietà di Bitcoin (create nelle prime fasi di adozione di questa tecnologia, cioè nei primi due decenni della sua esistenza), sarebbero in grado di fornire benessere, lavoro e protezione ai cittadini/soggetti in cambio di fedeltà, servizi e obbedienza al loro dominio "feudale". Questi ultimi, la stragrande maggioranza della popolazione i cui antenati sono arrivati troppo tardi per adottare e convertire il loro capitale fiat in Bitcoin (per varie ragioni ideologiche o pratiche, compresi i vincoli economici), si troverebbero alla base della piramide e sarebbero costretti a guadagnarsi da vivere con il sudore della fronte o (più probabilmente, visti i progressi tecnologici) con la generosità, più o meno interessata, di c.d. whales filantropiche. Questa dinamica si applicherebbe anche a livello internazionale: ci sarebbero regioni o nazioni pioniere che, avendo adottato per prime il Bitcoin come moneta legale, godrebbero di un significativo vantaggio di ricchezza relativa difficilmente eguagliabile dai ritardatari.

Non si tratterebbe necessariamente delle nazioni attualmente dominanti; in effetti, alcune potrebbero anche non esistere al momento. Il risultato finale sarebbe un sistema internazionale molto più frammentato di quello attuale, composto da un mix di città-stato democratiche, socialiste o oligarchiche, feudi cripto-aristocratici incentrati su singole famiglie e grandi regioni anarchiche e caotiche. Tutte queste entità sarebbero in competizione/cooperazione tra loro, formando un panorama geopolitico-ideologico completamente nuovo e in continua evoluzione. In un mondo in cui le vecchie appartenenze identitarie (nazionali, ideologiche e religiose) si sovrapporrebbero e si mescolerebbero con nuove identità basate sull'interpretazione della rivoluzione Bitcoin. Dati i presupposti tecnologici e i fondamenti ideologici della cultura Bitcoin, potrebbe emergere una religione "monetarista", legata ad alcuni aspetti rituali e di fede che già si intravedono tra i suoi strenui sostenitori (concezione immacolata, decentralizzazione, culto di Satoshi, infallibilità algoritmica). In ogni caso, lo standard Bitcoin imporrebbe alle società che lo adottano alcune norme economiche che influenzano da vicino la morale pubblica. Tra queste, il senso del limite, l'etica del risparmio, la prudenza negli investimenti, l'orientamento al lungo termine, l'onestà nelle transazioni commerciali, la responsabilità individuale, la disciplina fiscale e, naturalmente, l'indipendenza e l'incorruttibilità del denaro dai poteri dello Stato.

Nodi, mining e geopolitica

I nodi sono il cuore della rete Bitcoin e, pertanto, riceverebbero un'attenzione significativa da parte dei poteri politici. Il controllo di tutti i nodi (e quindi dei potenziali minatori) all'interno di uno specifico territorio da parte delle autorità pubbliche sarebbe estremamente importante per rivendicare la sovranità interna e influenzare la scena internazionale. Naturalmente, date altre variabili, le nazioni in grado di produrre energia a costi inferiori o su scala più ampia sarebbero avvantaggiate nell'allocare e quindi controllare quote significative dell'hashrate globale di bitcoin. L'eterna lotta per il controllo dell'hashrate globale sarà il nuovo centro delle dispute geoeconomiche. Detto questo, non è affatto garantito che la maggior parte delle entità politiche territoriali sarà in grado di esercitare efficacemente questo controllo, ed è incerto come lo farà.

Sebbene la legittima coercizione fisica possa sembrare la scelta più ovvia, data la natura specifica degli Stati, potrebbe non essere necessariamente l'approccio più efficace in un panorama geopolitico più frammentato e competitivo di quello attuale. Grazie all'elevata mobilità del Bitcoin e ai vincoli fiscali imposti agli Stati tradizionali da questo sistema monetario, minatori e c.d. whales potrebbero facilmente scegliere di trasferirsi altrove se i loro diritti di proprietà e la loro libertà imprenditoriale finiscono in pericolo, trovando rifugio in giurisdizioni più libertarie. D'altro canto, uno scenario diverso potrebbe presentarsi per quelle nuove entità statali "neo-aristocratiche" costruite attorno a una o più Whales; in questo caso, il monopolio sul mining e sulle risorse energetiche necessarie potrebbe essere più pronunciato, dato l'immenso potere economico detenuto dai loro organi di governo.

Implicazioni per il mercato dell'energia

Il Bitcoin non è una valuta di base, ma una valuta energetica. Il potere che racchiude è l'energia consumata per crearlo e trasferirlo. In quanto linfa vitale del nuovo paradigma monetario, quindi, l'energia sarà ancora più al centro del sistema economico rispetto ad oggi. Ciò influenzerà radicalmente il progresso nel settore energetico, generando una corsa alle innovazioni tecnologiche sia dal lato dell'estrazione che del risparmio energetico. Tutta una serie di fonti energetiche prima trascurate come antieconomiche potrebbero ora diventare convenienti e accessibili grazie al loro utilizzo per l'estrazione. Si pensi al sole nei deserti africani e asiatici, ai giacimenti di metano e gas naturale in luoghi remoti, o all'energia geotermica di vulcani e geyser, o ancora ad alcuni sistemi basati sul moto ondoso e sui differenziali di temperatura nelle profondità degli oceani.

Con una domanda di energia in costante aumento, ci sarà un crescente incentivo a generare più energia e a farlo in modo più efficiente, in un circolo virtuoso che potrebbe portare a una grande rivoluzione energetica, avvicinando potenzialmente l'umanità a una civiltà di livello 2 sulla scala di Kardashev, contribuendo certamente a elettrificare il pianeta anche nei luoghi più remoti. Un'altra probabile conseguenza di un Bitcoin Standard sarà l'inversione dei ruoli tra produttori e consumatori di energia. I maggiori consumatori di energia (le mining farm) diventeranno nel tempo i principali produttori di energia in un'integrazione verticale di asset e infrastrutture energetiche che, partendo dal basso, assimilerà l'intera industria energetica. Resta da vedere se questo porterà a una maggiore o minore concentrazione rispetto al decentramento dei produttori di energia, ma certamente dipenderà dalle dinamiche commerciali dell'industria mineraria.

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Tradotto dall’originale di Michael Rectenwald - pubblicato il 14 apr 2023

L'idea che il mondo possa essere replicato e sostituito da una realtà simulata dice molto sulle convinzioni di coloro che promuovono il metaverso. Si tratta di una concezione di base materialista e meccanicista, che è il segno distintivo dell'ingegneria sociale. Rappresenta il mondo come costituito solo da materia manipolabile, o meglio, da media digitali che imitano la materia. Suggerisce che gli esseri umani possano essere ridotti a un substrato materiale e possano essere indotti ad accettare una riproduzione tecnologica al posto della realtà. Inoltre, presuppone che coloro che abitano questo simulacro possano essere controllati con mezzi tecnocratici. Questa visione del mondo materialista, meccanicista, tecno-determinista e riduzionista è coerente con la convinzione transumanista che gli stessi esseri umani saranno presto succeduti da una nuova specie transumana, o umanità-plus (h+), forse un cyborg potenziato geneticamente e dall'intelligenza artificiale che supererà gli esseri umani ordinari e renderà questi ultimi virtualmente obsoleti.

Il termine transumanesimo è stato coniato da Julian Huxley, fratello del romanziere Aldous Huxley e primo direttore generale dell'Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Educazione, la Scienza e la Cultura (UNESCO). In un saggio intitolato "Transhumanism", pubblicato nel libro New Bottles for New Wine (1957), Huxley definì il transumanesimo come l'autotrascendenza dell'umanità:

La specie umana può, se lo desidera, trascendere se stessa - non solo sporadicamente, un individuo qui in un modo, un individuo là in un altro modo, ma nella sua interezza, come umanità. Abbiamo bisogno di un nome per questa nuova convinzione. Forse il transumanesimo servirà: l'uomo rimane uomo, ma trascendendo se stesso, realizzando nuove possibilità della e per la sua natura umana.

Una domanda per il transumanesimo è infatti se questa trascendenza si applicherà all'intera specie umana o piuttosto solo a una parte selezionata di essa. Ma Huxley ha dato qualche indicazione su come potrebbe avvenire questa autotrascendenza umana: l'umanità diventerebbe "amministratore delegato del più grande affare di tutti, l'affare dell'evoluzione... " Come chiarisce la prima epigrafe di questa parte, Julian Huxley era un sostenitore dell'eugenetica. E fu presidente della Società Eugenetica Britannica. Fu nella sua introduzione all'UNESCO, in qualità di direttore generale, che suggerì che l'eugenetica, dopo che il regime nazista le aveva dato una tale cattiva fama, doveva essere salvata dall'oppressione, "in modo che molto di ciò che ora è impensabile possa almeno diventare pensabile". Come ha osservato John Klyczek, "sulla scia del veemente contraccolpo pubblico contro le atrocità dell'Olocausto eugenetico nazista, l'eugenetica propriamente detta di Huxley è stata costretta ad andare sottoterra, riconfezionandosi sotto vari travestimenti cripto-eugenetici, uno dei quali è il "transumanesimo"". Il transumanesimo, suggerisce Klyczek, è "il postulato scientifico secondo cui l'evoluzione umana attraverso la selezione biologico-genetica è stata ampiamente sostituita da un'evoluzione simbiotica che fonde ciberneticamente la specie umana con le sue stesse opere tecnologiche".

Gli appassionati contemporanei di transumanesimo, come Simon Young, credono che l'umanità possa prendere il posto che l'evoluzione ha lasciato per creare una specie nuova e migliorata - noi stessi o un nostro successore:

Siamo a un punto di svolta nell'evoluzione umana. Abbiamo decifrato il codice genetico e tradotto il Libro della Vita. Presto avremo la capacità di diventare progettisti della nostra stessa evoluzione.

In "A History of Transhumanist Thought" (Storia del pensiero transumanista), Nick Bostrom descrive dettagliatamente il percorso del pensiero transumanista dalla sua preistoria a oggi e mostra come il transumanesimo si sia sposato con i campi della genomica, della nanotecnologia e della robotica (GNR), dove la robotica include l'intelligenza artificiale (AI). È l'ultimo di questi campi che ci interessa principalmente in questa sede. Il progetto transumanista prevede da allora la trascendenza dell'umanità attraverso mezzi tecnologici. Negli ultimi trent'anni, questa trascendenza tecnologica è stata definita "la singolarità".

Vernor Vinge, matematico, informatico e autore di fantascienza, ha introdotto la nozione di singolarità tecnologica nel 1993. La singolarità, ha suggerito Vinge, è il punto prossimo futuro in cui l'intelligenza delle macchine presumibilmente supererà quella umana. Vinge dichiarò audacemente: "Entro trent'anni avremo i mezzi tecnologici per creare un'intelligenza sovrumana. Poco dopo, l'era umana sarà conclusa". Vinge prevedeva che la singolarità sarebbe stata raggiunta non più tardi, indovinate un po', del 2030. La domanda che Vinge si poneva era se, ed eventualmente come, la specie umana avrebbe potuto sopravvivere all'imminente singolarità.

L'inventore, futurista e ora direttore tecnico di Google Raymond Kurzweil ha accolto la singolarità tecnologica come una manna per l'umanità. Kurzweil, i cui libri includono The Age of Spiritual Machines (1999), The Singularity Is Near (2005) e How to Create a Mind (2012), suggerisce che entro il 2029 i tecnologi saranno riusciti a reingegnerizzare il cervello e a replicare l'intelligenza umana in un'intelligenza artificiale (forte), aumentando al contempo enormemente la velocità di elaborazione del pensiero. Avendo mappato i componenti neuronali di un cervello umano, o scoperto gli algoritmi per il pensiero, o una combinazione di questi, i tecnologi convertiranno lo stesso in un programma per computer, personalità e tutto il resto, e lo caricheranno su un host informatico, cogliendo così il sacro graal dell'immortalità. Infine, mentre l'esplosione dell'intelligenza si espande dalla singolarità, tutta la materia sarà permeata di dati, di intelligenza; l'intero universo si "sveglierà" e diventerà vivo, e "più vicino a Dio di quanto io possa immaginare", scrive Kurzweil.

Così, in una completa inversione della narrazione biblica della creazione, Kurzweil propone un universo muto che inizia con una singolarità cosmica (il Big Bang) e diventa Dio con una singolarità tecnologica. Questa seconda singolarità, suggerisce Kurzweil, implica che l'universo diventi consapevole di sé, nei confronti dell'agente tecnologico e informativo, l'umanità. Così, nella singolarità tecnologica, la tecnologia e il cosmico convergono, e Kurzweil assomiglia a un hegeliano tecno-cosmico. (Hegel immaginava che l'autocoscienza umana collettiva progredisse nell'auto-realizzazione e nell'autorealizzazione, diventando e riconoscendosi infine come Dio, "attraverso lo Stato [come] la marcia di Dio nel mondo ") Per inciso, secondo Kurzweil, i nostri successori post-umani porteranno i segni della loro provenienza umana. Pertanto, l'intelligenza futura rimarrà "umana" in un certo senso. Gli esseri umani sono i portatori dell'intelligenza universale e la tecnologia umana è il substrato con cui l'intelligenza sarà infinitamente espansa e universalizzata.

Più di recente, anche Yuval Noah Harari - storico israeliano, futurista affiliato al WEF e consulente di Klaus Schwab - ha salutato questa singolarità, anche se con previsioni pessime per la stragrande maggioranza. Secondo Harari, la 4-IR avrà due conseguenze principali: i corpi e le menti umane saranno sostituiti da robot e IA, mentre i cervelli umani diventeranno violabili con interfacce cervello-cloud (B/CI) nanorobotiche, IA e tecnologie di sorveglianza biometrica. Così come gli esseri umani vengono sostituiti funzionalmente, cioè saranno soggetti al controllo totale di potenti aziende o dello Stato (o, cosa più probabile, di un ibrido di questi, uno Stato neofascista). Piuttosto che un'infosfera decentralizzata, ad accesso aperto e disponibile per tutti, le tecnologie singolaritarie diventeranno parte dell'arsenale per il dominio. La sostituzione dell'intelligenza umana con l'intelligenza delle macchine comporterà l'uso di tali dati e capacità di elaborazione tali da prevedere e controllare ulteriormente i modelli comportamentali sociali della popolazione globale. Inoltre, il potenziamento biotecnologico di pochi servirà a esacerbare un divario già ampio tra l'élite e la maggioranza, mentre la "superiorità" dei potenziati funzionerà ideologicamente per razionalizzare le differenze consentite da tale divisione.In altre parole, Harari suggerisce che se gli sviluppi procedono come previsto da Vinge e Kurzweil, questa sfera di raccolta ed elaborazione delle informazioni enormemente accelerata non costituirà una vera conoscenza per l'illuminazione della grande maggioranza. Piuttosto, sarà strumentale e riduzionista all'estremo, facilitando il dominio degli esseri umani su scala globale e rendendo impossibile l'opposizione.

In un articolo pubblicato su Frontiers in Neuroscience, Nuno R. B. Martins ed altri spiegano come tale controllo potrebbe essere attuato attraverso le B/CI, che secondo gli autori saranno realizzabili entro i prossimi 20-30 anni:

La neuralnanorobotica può anche consentire una B/CI con connettività controllata tra l'attività neurale e l'archiviazione e l'elaborazione di dati esterni, attraverso il monitoraggio diretto dei ~86 x 109 neuroni del cervello e delle ~2 x 1014 sinapsi. . . Trasmetterebbero quindi in modalità wireless fino a ~6 x 1016 bit al secondo di informazioni elettriche sinaptiche elaborate e codificate del cervello umano tramite fibre ottiche nanorobotiche ausiliarie (30 cm3) con la capacità di gestire fino a 1018 bit/sec e di fornire un rapido trasferimento di dati a un supercomputer basato su cloud per il monitoraggio dello stato cerebrale in tempo reale e l'estrazione di dati. Un B/CI umano abilitato alla neuralnanobotica potrebbe fungere da tramite personalizzato, consentendo alle persone di ottenere un accesso diretto e istantaneo a praticamente qualsiasi aspetto della conoscenza umana cumulativa.

Tali interfacce hanno già raggiunto la fase di commercializzazione con Neuralink di Elon Musk , Kernel e DARPA , tra gli altri.

Quando le tecnologie neurali-nanobotiche che conducono informazioni e gli algoritmi che prendono decisioni si interfacciano con il cervello, diventa possibile eliminare particolari tipi di esperienze, comportamenti e pensieri. Tale controllo della mente attraverso impianti era già stato prototipato da Jose Delgado nel 1969. Ora, la trasmissione bidirezionale di dati tra il cervello ed il cloud significa effettivamente la possibilità di leggere i pensieri dei soggetti, interromperli e sostituirli con altre informazioni originate dal cloud stesso. Il desiderio di registrare, etichettare, "informare", piuttosto che di comprendere, per non parlare di impegnarsi criticamente o teorizzare l'esperienza, avrà la priorità esclusiva per i soggetti, data la possibilità di controllare i modelli di commutazione neuronale. Dato lo strumentalismo dei singolaritaristi - o, come li ha definiti Yuval Harari, dei "dataisti" - gli algoritmi decisivi e orientati all'azione domineranno queste interfacce cervello-cloud, precludendo le facoltà di valutazione critica dell'attività e cancellando il libero arbitrio. Con un numero sufficiente di dati, gli algoritmi saranno in grado di prendere decisioni al posto nostro. Tuttavia, essi si baseranno su un'intelligenza definita in modo particolare e finalizzata a scopi particolari, ponendo una notevole enfasi sulla velocità e sul volume dell'elaborazione dei dati e sul processo decisionale basato su dati intesi come "conoscenza". Naturalmente viene in mente Brave New World di Aldous Huxley. Tuttavia, a differenza del soma di Huxley, che annoiava la mente, le interfacce brain-cloud avranno un fascino ideologico per le masse; sono pubblicizzate come potenziamenti, come grandi miglioramenti rispetto all'intelligenza umana standard.

Harari scosta il sipario che nasconde le promesse da Mago di Oz del transumanesimo, suggerendo che, anche prima della singolarità, la robotica e l'intelligenza delle macchine trasformeranno le masse in una nuova "classe inutile". Dato l'esorbitante costo d'ingresso, solo l'élite sarà in grado di permettersi i miglioramenti effettivi, rendendoli una nuova specie superiore - nonostante l'affermazione che la Legge di Moore chiude la breccia tecnologica aumentando esponenzialmente il prezzo-prestazioni dell'informatica e dimezzando così il suo costo per unità di misura ogni due anni o meno. Non viene mai affrontato il tema di come l'élite manterrà il controllo esclusivo sui miglioramenti, pur sottoponendo le masse alle tecnologie di controllo. Ma forse si potrebbe implementare un interruttore che impedisca all'élite di essere sottoposta all'estrazione dei dati cerebrali, a meno che non ci si metta contro l'agenda, nel qual caso l'estrazione dei dati cerebrali potrebbe essere (ri)attivata.

In una dichiarazione del 2018 al WEF, Harari si è autoproclamato profeta di una nuova era transumanista, affermando:

Probabilmente siamo tra le ultime generazioni di homo sapiens. Entro un secolo o due, la Terra sarà dominata da entità che sono più diverse da noi di quanto noi siamo diversi dagli uomini di Neanderthal o dagli scimpanzé. Perché nelle prossime generazioni impareremo a progettare corpi, cervelli e menti. Questi saranno i principali prodotti dell'economia del XXI secolo.

Non essendo più in grado di sfidare l'élite come nel XIX e nel XX secolo, e non avendo alcuna funzione, le masse senza prospettive non avranno alcun ricorso o scopo. Lo sfruttamento è una cosa, l'irrilevanza è un'altra, dice Harari. Quindi, secondo Harari, la maggioranza rimanente sarà condannata a trascorrere il proprio tempo nel metaverso, o peggio. Se sono fortunati, riceveranno un reddito di base universale (UBI) e si occuperanno al meglio di drogarsi e giocare ai videogiochi. Naturalmente, Harari si esenta da questo destino.

Per quanto riguarda l'élite, secondo Harari, la sua presunta superiorità rispetto alle masse diventerà presto un fatto biotecnologico, anziché una mera pretesa ideologica, come in passato. L'élite non solo continuerà a controllare la maggior parte delle risorse materiali del mondo, ma diventerà anche simile a una divinità e godrà di un efficace controllo a distanza sui propri subordinati. Inoltre, grazie a mezzi biotecnologici, acquisiranno la vita eterna sulla Terra, mentre la maggioranza, prima consolata dal fatto che almeno tutti muoiono, ora perderà il grande equalizzatore. Poiché il soprannaturale viene superato o sacrificato sull'altare del transumanesimo, la maggioranza perderà inevitabilmente la fede in una vita spirituale dopo la morte. Le religioni teistiche che hanno avuto origine in Medio Oriente scompariranno, per essere sostituite da nuove religioni basate sulla cibernetica e provenienti dalla Silicon Valley. La spiritualità, cioè, non sarà altro che l'espressione della venerazione per gli dei del silicio appena creati, siano essi personaggi di giochi, progettisti di giochi o le stesse élite.

Le affermazioni di Harari possono essere un'iperbole intenzionale per fare colpo, ma le sue dichiarazioni sono notevoli per il cinismo e il disprezzo per l'umanità che tradiscono. Sono rivelatrici della sfacciataggine dei credenti nel futuro transumano. Insieme agli impulsi neo-malthusiani dell'élite, incentrati sulle Nazioni Unite e sul WEF, emerge l'immagine di un'élite il cui obiettivo è ridurre la popolazione di "mangiatori inutili", mantenendo il resto in pugno.

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There are moments when your body, your mind and your soul are all aching at the same time. When life switches you to a semi-automatic mode, it is far too easy to lose touch. Thankfully, I got reminded of the importance of being thankful.

Be. Thankful. In moments of pain, those words can appear sharp. You commute back ‘home’, alone through a sea of people, feeling disconnected from it all; Koyaanisqatsi keeps coming to mind. It sometime feels as if you were waiting for a train at the wrong platform, jumped aboard anyway and finally got off at the wrong station. Should you ‘thank’ anyone for it? If you sit there in sorrow, you are not going anywhere.

I went back to my little box in a box. You know, those boxes made of empty corridors and rows of closed doors; sounds of life but no real signs of it.  I jumped in the shower to try to wash some of the aches away, sooth the body, the mind and the soul. It is amazing what a warm shower can do.

As I felt the water dripping down my face, washing some of the tension away, those words came back to mind: be thankful. I closed my eyes and started tracing the path of the water in my mind.

As I saw the clean water coming up the pipes up to my floor, I was reminded of the plumbers  assembling the maze of water ducts and all the other builders that had worked months erecting the condominium from the dust.  I saw them work and joke, getting sad and happy, tired and then back to work; water flowing at the centre of it all

My mind continued into the pipes of the city’s network. For every place I would cross, water sanitation plants, large aqueducts and water dams, more and more people were coming to mind. All the builders, the engineers, the drivers moving everything around and all the roads they were using, all the trucks, the mechanics, the petrol stations, the refineries, more and more people all with their lives and their dreams, their aches and their sorrows.

My mind continued to the factories where all these items were constructed out of ingenuity, knowledge, sweat and raw materials. I ventured down more transport routes, trucks, cargos and planes,  and into the caves and mines where all these materials were extracted from the earth. More and more people were deserving my thanks. All the lives that helped my water along the way. In feeling thankful I was feeling connected. It is amazing what a warm shower can do.

Suddenly, my mind switched to an ancient Roman aqueduct under construction. I was being transported through time, countless people had slowly shaped the technological wonders that would one day combine into this warm water washing away a feeling of isolation. How many of them had failed? All of them had persevered.

Marvels of engineering and architecture, science and art.  Knowledge passed on and refined generation after generation. Networks of power and water, logistics and transports, companies, organisations, governments and tax payers.

I could attempt to use the little knowledge and skills I possess to carve myself some kind of a container, attempt to boil some water over a fire started with a couple of sticks and finally splash it over my head, but even then I would have to thank all the people that have passed that knowledge on to me, my parents, my teachers, my many mentors in real life and in the media. For every single piece of technology I use there is an unfathomable amount of people deserving my thanks. For every single skill that I possess there are generations and generations to whom I owe my gratefulness.

It is amazing what a warm shower can do. That simple daily moment is in itself a luxury, one of the most basic luxury I enjoy. We often take things for granted. Our expectations, our suffering, our definitions of fair, all impact on the way we look at life. I sometime forget about this lesson and let these feelings take over me again; disappointed, disconnected, isolated, at war. Judging people when I define them careless and lazy in my regard will only lead me to anger. However, even when they did not seem to care for me directly, so many were deserving my thanks. So after a bit of time and a few showers we can find it in ourselves to realise how interconnected we all are and find it in our hearts to be thankful.

When you walk back out of your little box, the sea of people is the same, your ego is not. It is amazing what a warm shower can do.

To all of you I say ‘thank you’, for the shower, and everything else.

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