2026-04-09T01:13:37Z https://nostr.now Comte de Sats Germain https://nostr.now/npub12h6h8dj3ale4rk6hkpsp6gcz9kx9xtucyhd3pftn86lnn0j25gdsa9qpsf https://image.nostr.build/14559b4d842459b0fe56a22f89369a5418a741f58ad44514a30387a159e1fcb6.jpg https://image.nostr.build/14559b4d842459b0fe56a22f89369a5418a741f58ad44514a30387a159e1fcb6.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyetfl6nt362k0cxthysspt3wxxhrj2gs48j7u7qzrhsxpkvste7szyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkw650t6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9r3y7yc6htmth8qrqv9nm4xjxn7u4r0qtr9lj9vd4uk35p8v397cpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsedrf0l'>nevent1q…rf0l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nobody thinks that... It sometimes plays because the purpose of the Matrix is to cause suffering. I&#39;m 100% sure that whoever thinks they chose what to play is puzzled how it got there 2026-10-28T02:32:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvfd9xjkzmgp2c52xjsyz2g4hvya3yscx64v9m0pvduz4v00pphzqzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk8skavw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstxplykme8f8gh97lrjqc4dt2n2wee8jr4tycuv4z6e2t5jrndgvcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0zk0vf7'>nevent1q…0vf7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Islands. We gotta take islands one at a time. Greek islands are perfect - lots nearby each other, and an absolutely retarded government, so easy to persuade people to join 2026-10-28T02:29:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrr2edryg0k85g67emsed05h2gq2ky0eeadm002t0246eauerznaszyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkj484xx Does base 8, 12, or 16 make the most sense?<br/><br/>🤔☕<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsv09t00lua634eew79ns9rjsfhvs2tnjjmu5cmazedg7e84c3mseqpzamhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skctczyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkqcyqqqqqqgdwx59k" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…x59k</a></span> </div> I just learned that there's a "dozenal society" - it advocates transitioning to a base 12 number system. I love it.<br/><a href="https://dozenal.org/about-us">https://dozenal.org/about-us</a> </blockquote> 2026-10-26T08:51:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsykkxltnl7f0f9gmlakw2ah5z5y80x39lexr0lm6c69k2a9qyc48qzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkcpntth In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfgl8twaw2xxl64ku9j4rm8wcv477psdpstncnv9jwaw0xem2qf5gpzamhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skctcg7w774'>nevent1q…w774</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🤔 I detect a double meaning... I haven&#39;t analyzed this one before... Busy day today, but I do think I&#39;ll have to revisit this one 2026-10-26T08:41:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs06gzjscynsfy3qmpctjlsgk6ffp9tlkmxnta96hrkvsx3w3zfklqzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkt24pxf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqrz2tnay39qh5fuq0huvctnz8ke7trnp707j070q6k9d44d8cpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7ys0hqx'>nevent1q…0hqx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think the MAGA crowd imagines themselves to be libertarian. But idk, maybe some get confused. I&#39;m pretty sure I&#39;ve heard them saying along the lines of, &#34;libertarians are worse then communists!&#34; 2026-10-25T20:23:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq28xa7j2ftvd0wnt32gyusacfjlkwqqp9jxguw8h5jyd8jvjvdgqzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkjxfte2 My nerd take : 🤔 Cicero was such an awesome character in Skyrim<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqs2pg4u9yk20msgeya8zq9gcvraehlq2fxu9mkyy9c0hc9lunawzycppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsgw5vc09krxaa47z5wk4nhkm9fp8g0d00ch3arf4sgj55m3shj9lcrqsqqqqqp2kq7h5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…q7h5</a></span> </div> "Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do." —Cicero </blockquote> 2026-10-25T17:09:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyjcude5j4p4zr5a3le6srna99vgm9v6fsg47ksn0f6fu69zvmdmgzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkha8ht4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqq945k552dk4jq3k6mmqjhpuj4clehz3m4msqe3aq2y2gfujmwcpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hspyyh35'>nevent1q…yh35</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve also thought a bit about that. My mostly vague unformed undergrad thinking is that its probably a budgetary problem, though the most immediate feature is that telomerase only activates during meiosis. One of the Yamanaka factors probably turns it on. By &#39;budgetary,&#39; I mean that cells have to prioritize certain protein at different times, and survival after the age of reproduction or natural predation is at or near the bottom of the list. So if I had a lab to start trying stuff, I&#39;d try a combination of factors like the Yamanaka factors plus DNA integrity police genes (there&#39;s a name, but I can&#39;t remember) like TP53. That way you force a cell to reset while screening for cancer at the same time. What I like about the telomerase problem is that, if it can be solved, it should be applicable to somatic tissue with no other effect than to give cell division more runway. Its not germ line editing, so I see no ethical problem there. 2026-10-22T22:28:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdppy0jjcmvuw24ct9lypfc4rs80f0w6pxsnqsfevtjew5nnzh4cgzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk0mmlgw 🤔 I keep hearing pop scientists say that if we ever discover life elsewhere in the universe, it&#39;ll almost certainly be single celled microbial.<br/><br/>I disagree. It will almost certainly **_include_** prokaryote analogues, but will also include multicellular organisms. Why? Because the whole point of cells joining forces and becoming an animal is that the cells can specialize. Microbes are mostly locked in an eternal war with each other. For every new weapon or trick that evolves, a new defense also evolves. That&#39;s why we have white blood cells - to be specialized fighters. Every cell has a finite energy budget - if it prioritizes one thing (making a certain protein) it must sacrifice something else. Only specialization and cooperation scales up in the microbial war. 2026-10-21T23:44:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv09t00lua634eew79ns9rjsfhvs2tnjjmu5cmazedg7e84c3mseqzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkpfjjh2 I just learned that there&#39;s a &#34;dozenal society&#34; - it advocates transitioning to a base 12 number system. I love it.<br/><a href="https://dozenal.org/about-us">https://dozenal.org/about-us</a> 2026-10-21T20:18:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9wcjzkmk9hmu0cy3g6tfxzp33pvrq3jyj5d5x7l7u8lpt9wkr67gzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkzyxa08 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqppq8qe54fp2xr8nxy4x6dpn0untkef2srlxvpx3umhdjugfgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7cj4j3m'>nevent1q…4j3m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Graphene cured me of the urge to install apps. Fuck apps. Graphene tells me when they try accessing my microphone. They all do. 2026-10-21T20:08:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr2807sm0fzksm7r2efkmyryqr6mm8enf82pq0zstdxx3f5j68heczyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk549vma In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz44u5hztqsh5u4s04rh063s0lf0aeuzfzjhry93tyusvnn2yq63spr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp03zvw6v'>nevent1q…vw6v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>than 😂 2026-10-09T00:21:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrw5y4afpa239gg9mhskzk8pfzvu3wykut6jngd4tsc3u0wg9w47czyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk0weqt8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqxh4ffesqyn7467qm9vrst6uktqkj7ag5lv7untsxle2tcxegprdmhxue69uhhg6r9vehhyetnwshxummnw3erztnrdakj7dkrf5n'>nevent1q…rf5n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh yeah, he did say its a ponzi scheme 2026-10-09T00:13:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszmtnv03ey8cxxvtvv4dm5upamxxnfrl7eftadgajlj5y8pyh2r0czyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkep89fl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszlrlp38cwz3nf64tfp0g240vul9xd67q7xaecnyhqar68432w26gppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0njhy4m'>nevent1q…hy4m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is pure retardation. If clouds block heat from radiating off the earth, then fucking nothing changes. Net effect zero. A hot body radiates heat to cooler bodies and/or emits infrared em radiation - so if the clouds absorb heat, then they re-radiate it simultaneously and over time. Nothing changes. 2026-10-08T21:57:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfmzs7kzpavw8sds50jr32mjruexvd5jy3v04whvtxhm4rgf573qgzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkp7h2k8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfn85ur9mqfpwxm85987clqcnnnhv6p35relkmrxt595mvaujdayspzemhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnj7axu582'>nevent1q…u582</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;d do it. But I don&#39;t think that information is kept in DNA. There&#39;s some under-explored space in the interactions between DNA and morphology, and I think there&#39;s some unknown mechanism guiding morphology. Possibly bioelectric fields, like Dr. Levin thinks. 2026-09-29T13:30:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsttl2fra9vj7g0d9z0a78tda77mtlmqjfck4fx5rgshqf2dkretnszyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkg76j2a So they&#39;ve used AI to compute proteins, and it did several times more than humans have ever done.... Cool.<br/><br/>Prediction : in the next few years, we&#39;ll hear that it turns out that it made so many errors that there&#39;s an unacceptable risk of death if you use any medicine derived from it. 2026-09-29T04:15:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd30j803ndp6f452qqw6q8yshkj3xx3nxg6ssqwc6zdmvnxlja7yqzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkylhf5f I approve<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsvn26y3ayvt29kh72xn5y7mvh3tktsa5e8kg4kwynd2g5ax6na3lcpzamhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skctczyp2xpyzg9pxj59gu3hmztaqv8zw5y0ks2l7wlynahzy4d55wy2aqxqcyqqqqqqgpcsh50" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…sh50</a></span> </div> Listen up boys and girls, class is in session 😁<br/><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://blossom.primal.net/e3a1aad28e7ed75a536be305323c178c41e5ce1409aa7dcfda066de2adb85ac6.mp4"></video> </blockquote> 2026-09-25T23:18:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2l2nj2r6uvedrvrcadl389x6dqqdg6splf7edht0hsjwvn2at5vgzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkcjqesy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqrnxc63cljm7d5ha37c2dtzjz7pgs5ynmu82w975czlqxt0xlqdqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0grk9ma'>nevent1q…k9ma</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Need more info. Cotton is somehow a hot button issue for the Chinese? I wonder why... <br/><br/>Try this one - information about the opium trade between Bengal and southern China before the British ever arrived. There&#39;s some history that&#39;s inconvenient to the modern narrative. 2026-09-25T18:40:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxh8gnegch0hatfljhr6mz6ng3ypyypamvm43vlhfy6a26m9uh4zczyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkcsck97 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxrvp08v8wnk26k8rvf6geqtpnqc4d87wsfsg9peuzjpyzxwh6unqprdmhxue69uhhg6r9vehhyetnwshxummnw3erztnrdakj7kvq02y'>nevent1q…q02y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just go. Don&#39;t plan. You&#39;ll be fine. Best way to travel. 2026-09-23T01:24:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf674qe4ls5adyq9r3y2jll52eqxaz4dr7686qkhz9u4knur67kwqzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pku45k6u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9pnfpzenchhg3utssgk7mq34v3r5ucjsa645hy5886dz9r3valkcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0mswjnp'>nevent1q…wjnp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I didn&#39;t know Bulgarians were supposed to be barbarians... Do Europeans think that? 2026-09-20T05:46:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf00rr573upxa84nkpsgqsvqa02pupn53xnmx3kqcm4uql94prvwszyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkpvxdyq Apparently international law doesn&#39;t apply to the US. Here, I did the finger workout so you font have to... <br/> <img src="https://npub12h6h8dj3ale4rk6hkpsp6gcz9kx9xtucyhd3pftn86lnn0j25gdsa9qpsf.blossom.band/30bd924e3c7beb4b58376eb924e516762f9a4b59ff7a59321b99a2a23a702058.jpg"> <br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsgf6qky73d52jynd5ftz2rnxzdq8rw475xx27rs2nnytn28g9yzfspr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgsqg6vsvdpkxuuev8f6lf8uyfqadan94ngjfg3lcxy6cuzdwnjdpysrqsqqqqqpyjlunj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…lunj</a></span><br/> </div> —🇺🇸/🇩🇰/🇬🇱: President Trump announces the United States has reached a deal with Denmark to have exclusive control over Greenland’s security<br/><br/>The U.S. will immediately begin deploying a ‘large military presence’ in appropriate areas of Greenland.<br/><br/> <img src="Https://nostr.download/7a5e02dc12f2878fe3ae44beaf9ded970c93487ccd32444a22e303408ef2f1b9.jpg"> <br/><br/>—🇺🇸/🇩🇰/🇬🇱 The U.S. will now have permanent access, basing and overflight rights in Greenland, and the ability to establish additional military installations as needed, according to a senior U.S. official who outlined the deal exclusively to Fox News<br/><br/>The deal bars China, Russia and other non-NATO countries from establishing military bases or maintaining troops.<br/><br/>It also restricts adversaries from investing in sensitive sectors that could pose a threat to U.S. national security. <br/><br/>Only the United States and its allies will be allowed to make investments in sectors such as telecommunications infrastructure, undersea cables, ports and critical minerals.<br/> </blockquote><br/>If the treaty is &#34;no cost&#34; to the US, and all we&#39;re offering is &#34;security&#34; - meaning they&#39;re safe from us - then this is 100% illegal by international law. I bet the Danish leaders who are selling out their country visited Epstein Island. 2026-09-18T23:54:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstzt6upg5t5gn2yfa8r6wynmxfpjuppljyu4cqa5m6cg2ysmdappgzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkylplxy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdgdtk2he8qzy0tazkh7ngm4k3vdcwhkr68su5ksklnyue5sld9tspr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0s62xfs'>nevent1q…2xfs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do you really want retarded normies on nostr tho? 2026-09-18T00:29:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs29plhjj2avpwq729y9wmjsh0rn2fdxle8hvqnxwapap7akx4cqrszyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkf7htjz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs24zdfhh37kcwtk7stgnhhcjkpldaeejsxjtnm0v6uq026k23nz9sppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0nh2d56'>nevent1q…2d56</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Makes sense to me. Butttt... Statists ate statists precisely because they don&#39;t want to think too hard. A well reasoned argument rarely lands with them. 2026-09-16T21:04:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsptkrhg5lck95umefm2pyu28wd727msahak2cvfhpuna6j3h5d9tqzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkr9afpr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp6vucn9tx56yp42nru04te5fm7gfkyvrf3rcdwjsfq73epu7pnacprdmhxue69uhhg6r9vehhyetnwshxummnw3erztnrdakj7yc4xg7'>nevent1q…4xg7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There might be some place we can place bets on the predictable rage bait 🤔 2026-09-14T18:29:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstm26nrc98lqvqz9plg042h2w6ry9v3g4f2escl6dhzqqrkmvm56gzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkkep094 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs08fclpg2c3wltg8aldncu2hk96dw9wpptgfnja7p7d70xql9m99sppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp089jneg'>nevent1q…jneg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I notice that there&#39;s a growing collective freak out about clankers... Is it a giant psyop or is the machine uprising really about to happen? 2026-09-11T06:38:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspkhgqreupezlets3jqe44zpvsu9tfj5zmd8ztk6dlzsaaw69ju0gzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk4u2txy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsye5l7uss9884tnlcw3f59mxwwegdnvehy62x4rswt3mwlvvdqp5sppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0p40rtz'>nevent1q…0rtz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hang in there. Keep us updated 2026-09-11T04:44:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszj292laxg2v5aarfrh99dqgwln0gg30wwgp2jw5ahmxrx7sjud6gzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkwlgfmj My current biology class isn&#39;t molecular enough. I&#39;m getting bored. I honestly don&#39;t care about naming and classifications. I like knowing how shit works, and shit works regardless of the names assigned to them. 2026-09-07T04:58:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsflkwd2fxuxyry2f3j6yy9zucajas9a2g98vjvw9pznez43yd47cqzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pky7u5qt In economics, they actually teach that inflation causes economic actors to choose not to defer purchases, and that that is good for the economy because it increases spending. This is at least partially wrong, and I&#39;m amazed it wasn&#39;t obvious immediately.<br/><br/>First, it&#39;s questionable whether anyone actually chooses to buy now rather than later for fear if inflation. When you want or need something, do you rush to do it before inflation makes it more expensive? If you live during a hyper inflationary period, sure, but not normally. And that behavior actually makes inflation worse, and is often the trigger that pushes high inflation into hyperinflation. But maybe you&#39;re buying some production input in bulk and want to lock in the price by using futures contracts, like when a chemical company buys a shipload of oil, or a cereal company buys a shitload of oats. Is that motivated by a desire to beat inflation? No, its motivated by a desire to have predictable prices. And besides, any futures contract has a seller as well as a buyer - sellers are likewise motivated by a need for predictability, not a need to move production forward to beat inflation, and even if either side was motivated by inflation, the other side cancels it. Upward price pressure from demand is cancelled by downward price pressure from selling : if net more buyers enter the market, upward pressure pushes prices up, but that logic doesn&#39;t apply to inflation because inflation is a trend, a long term phenomenon, and is subject also to suppliers responding to the increased price by supplying more. Some goods certainly are more price inelastic than others, where there are greater hurdles to supply expansion, so if purchases of such goods are pulled forward, there will be inflation in that sector, but then you have to answer the question of whether those prices will sustain the upward trend or if they&#39;ll pause and wait for the rest of the economy to catch up, assuming there&#39;s some rational equilibrium (which is itself a shaky proposition sometimes). <br/><br/>Second, its questionable whether bringing purchases forward is actually &#34;good for the economy&#34; (in quotes because: what does that actually mean?) Supposing that inflation actually does bring purchases forward, how long can that be sustained? There is an assumption that the economic actors have some reservoir of savings, either their own savings or the borrowed savings of others, with which they can increase their spending. But that&#39;s probably mostly wrong too, since a company sitting on cash is forgoing opportunities. But that logic can&#39;t be applied only partially - it must also be applied to debt. If a company is able to borrow, its rational to do so, as long as expected returns from an expansion of operations exceed the cost of the debt. Since the first (and possinly only) axiom of economics is to assume that economic actors are rational, then it follows that all actors are tapped out and at their limit for borrowing. Then it follows that they can&#39;t respond to an expectation of inflation with earlier or more spending. If there are some that, for whatever reason, needed to see that inflation to start behaving rationally, then it must be outliers, unless you think you can invalidate the first principle and foundation of economics. <br/><br/>But let&#39;s suspend our disbelief and suppose that this phenomon of purchases moving forward actually occurs - is it &#34;good for the economy&#34;? Well, if debt is being used to make the purchases, then you are moving debt accumulation forward as well as purchases. What&#39;s the cause of recessions? Its debt. Businesses reach the rational limit that they can borrow, and stop borrowing. Since the purpose of taking on debt it to expand operations, it follows that a recession is when businesses stop expanding operations, and it follows that debt has reached its maximal growth for the current size of the economy. Now, if its rational to take debt as long as there&#39;s a return greater than that debt&#39;s interest, then the point where businesses stop taking new debt is when new operations have zero return. And the cost of debt increases the more you already have (yes, its nonlinear, I know you can get more credit as a consumer the more you have) - creditors are also rational economic actors, and avoid lending to someone likely to default, and the highly the chance if default, the higher return they&#39;ll need to be persuaded to take the risk. So, you have to assume that businesses are at or near their limit for borrowing - not that its impossible to borrow more, but that its not rational to to so, since its likely that the interest expense will exceed returns. Now, what happens when sales slow? Then they&#39;re losing money, since the debt they used to expand was based on an expectation of future returns. And now you want to add to that, the proposition that expectations of inflation cause actors to buy (meaning borrow) more now rather than later? Instant recession. This is not how I would define &#34;good for the economy.&#34;<br/><br/>Conclusion : its hogwash. Inflation does not accelerate purchases or the economy as a whole. Its a bold faced lie. Future note : deflation (also slows the economy). Other future note : it would be better to incentivize saving than spending, and having an I nation target instead of a savings target is utter idiocy. 2026-09-05T20:32:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxftlhjkmkgswxvfl9cp0jkz3gprss2fvyxp282ucjk64atumta6szyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk3u9uxv The future of computer science is biology.<br/>The future of nanotech is biology.<br/>The future of materials science is biology.<br/><br/>In the beginning and the end, its all biology. Full circle. 2026-09-04T22:00:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgh59d3sdxxfj4z283l6u9q9zc6mrsnwgaud23x4txl3zm2jra2tgzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkx3fd7d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqyrkgene8uy4f63y8hkzzjcfn5svxw4jhzzm8cnhe0q25sc2pqpzamhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skctcgrlydw'>nevent1q…lydw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Risk seeking when avoiding losses? Not sure I follow. Example? 2026-09-01T02:10:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxtf2e5u6pvf5hy99frvtqxy6vvfagxg0h0h2av9xn34m3wry7g2szyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk0lvyee In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2we8360mzuw037vezsvsa8tah4603sxqp2knd90g4pape6pjlj8cppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0xyqtr2'>nevent1q…qtr2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you can set up either, you can also just roll dice and use a strong passphrase 2026-08-25T22:33:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsys8sz72z0zqf73dx3xv2nddllmjwaq7ac057aw37jd3fyyr5e4dqzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkyuj833 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszfakr88lrddj8r3l0r5dms8na7rac258aje7y0vnmswkd4shdlkgppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0e2vgfk'>nevent1q…vgfk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You&#39;re not talking with me - you&#39;re talking with your assumptions. I have no interest in this. 2026-06-27T18:45:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvjkf2sadahcgykmmhjpvsjlhc968tghxpwfdnuna8ad87690ttgszyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk4vv4fs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv5un7t5zkr06pgeell4sff3m3059jypc60uxgrhaddlnkae9w0pcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7gvv65x'>nevent1q…v65x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Both, since inquisitiveness doesn&#39;t start with judgement 2026-05-17T10:53:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx4jdara3jxahf9lqeplluh54fw4yt3yfgydmjc4zwpd7dxwkqs8szyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk7qrjrr 🤔 an inquisitive mind glorifies God far more than conviction without facts. 2026-05-17T05:07:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq8mwwarwuvek8qfd29yl9jex775cdmr7ttxzm8ff0kq7r27vr49qzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk06fa30 Why does Nostrudel want to access other devices on my network? That&#39;s a little odd... 2026-03-08T04:10:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqrqljqjeus7fgvm5nwmvwqptfnnfe0trqnqgkftxpwrueer746qqzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk66hq9u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrsr2xy844vumgk3ta95pv5vkndfhuszwz5ud6vtayx95htdtvt0qnkgg6j'>nevent1q…gg6j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I love that idea. Bitcoin is basically the best representation of green and libertarian ideals... Imagine the shockwaves it would send in society, the two parties being taken over and unified... Mmm! At a minimum, it would radically alter the political discourse in this country. 2026-02-27T16:24:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszqse79uu3pjae0j3kzlx0tv898xulmunnz549mlhmkz2z9ekfe6czyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk34n6ps In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr8n0w5csqya5hmua5rpv5smxjst85tctf7ulc7hayv5a8gwul8rslyxqxw'>nevent1q…xqxw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They&#39;re really into astronomy for some reason. Kinda intriguing 2026-02-08T15:08:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszg402me3wc7m0snuc9ea6s3rw0u2jpnvhulcpuh4xhu0wnd9jggqzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkh0p9qc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyk8xpyc0spw5qns2x9wzr7sqtaxu2l8aw4q2e5flf0kes7fh3jvgg76yrh'>nevent1q…6yrh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Take the Jew baiting stuff elsewhere, please. Criticize Israel or Zionism, but not the whole religion. 2026-01-24T22:43:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy2vwaef50nke6aqd52re8gah5sntrh0v38rqu3288jt49ftgz9cgzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk32mj0s Do it, #Trump. Do an Insurrection Act. Stop bluffing and do it. Let&#39;s kick off this civil war. <br/><br/>You guys all understand that, no matter what your precious feelings feel, or whatever idiotic story your team has told you, you will have to fight? Trump sure doesn&#39;t get it. Do you? But I say, let&#39;s do it. ICE is a terrorist organization, and the Trump administration has committed treason by creating it. Let&#39;s go. Put up or shut up, Trump. Insurrection Act, now! 2026-01-24T02:25:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsydpj22hr3tflmhmytmsalv4q8x5ez2df23gkqyjpu5puhlg0xsjgzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk3pzlt0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2s48hstnyl6femwsjh576xx84vsdz7f26sepxy5dzjfxln2un68c7z3qw5'>nevent1q…3qw5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Last time I looked at a dating app (which was tinder), there was only fat chicks with kids on it. I don&#39;t mean to shame them for either characteristic, but I basically just instantly quit all dating apps. 2025-12-01T17:59:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspqmv79e42nwa7c9yrpwy0h3jkpcr8weq5zrlgl8k887c882jjxrczyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkjk04z8 I was just wondering where Beautyon has been. You need to follow this npub. <blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsdxd7fzn5zh7fmm3q0rehwc6a6wpjzzxwkfczju76ljhwg7xvn8ncpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsygxxyzd4jd4w55yjuem78qtmy5efu8a47grw4zuwjlze6j4nttrwpspsgqqqqqqsvyca9m" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…ca9m</a></span> </div> This is exactly like banning SSL for all applications where the owner of the user's app isn't identified.<br/><br/>The French tried to impose this in the 1990s, but once SSL was everywhere, it was impossible for France to implement it, despite building a regulatory and storage framework to register all SSL private keys.<br/><br/>SSL keys can be generated at will almost instantly by anyone without any technical skill. It happens every time you install a browser or set up a server.<br/><br/>Sound familiar?<br/><br/>That's what happens when you download and open a Bitcoin Wallet. It's exactly the same in nature.<br/><br/>Now an absurd ban is proposed for Bitcoin wallets, and it's pretty obvious this would happen in the, "Then they fight you" stage.<br/><br/>This is why I've been harping on about spreading bitcoin everywhere as quickly as possible, so that it becomes a global default that cannot be revoked without killing the internets.<br/><br/>This is also why I've been working to re-contextualize bitcoin away from what people mistake it for to something more like what it actually is.<br/><br/>No one thinks SSL is "encryption"; they think it is "security". Similarly if people think bitcoin is money, then they will think about it as if it is money, as if you "receive" bitcoin, and all other money analogies.<br/><br/>If this false categorization by Google of Bitcoin wallets doesn't go through, the next attempt surely will. Unfortunately, people with power can't seem to understand long term strategic thinking in this area, despite the history of Public Key Encryption tool adoption being widely known.<br/><br/>A necessary prerequisite to bitcoin being everywhere is the distribution of it to billions of people. That's what we're doing at Azteco. When we succeed in doing this, bitcoin will be a common as SSL Certs in your browser. <br/><br/>And no, it will not be enough to simply build tools that use bitcoin; you can't use bitcoin without getting it, and that is the task many people simply run away from rather than confront head on.<br/><br/>Things that seem to be very large, very bad problems can be completely eliminated. Faketoshi is the most recent example, but there have been many others, like the RSA Munitions Export case. Bitcoin can win and come out unscathed.<br/><br/>It will take dedication to make it happen and people who can think for themselves and make up their own minds about what sort of future they want to be a part of building for mankind.<br/><br/>The bitcoin distribution problem is being effectively solved by Azteco, with 700m people being given access to bitcoin in a way that no real bitcoiner could possibly oppose.<br/><br/>It didn't take many people to solve the big problems; technical ones like Public Key Cryptography, PGP (Zimmerman), Bitcoin (Satoshi), BitTorrent (Bram Cohen) and many others. Your only question for yourself is this, "Am I a part of the solution or the problem?".<br/><br/>And if you think you can build a paralell society on App Store Apps that will help billions of people, you are completely delusional.<br/><br/>If App stores can ban Bitcoin wallets, they can ban your sneaky chat app, which, because it doesn't mediate bitcoin, can't change the world, and even if it could mediate bitcoin transactions, cant do so unless people can get bitcoin to use on it, and if they can, that will surely cause an App store ban, because it will be an "Unlicensed Bitcoin Wallet", however they want to define that.<br/><br/>At some point, as has been in the past, a problem must be solved directly. With SSL, it was the rapid proliferation of browsers and the browser as the default interface to all eCommerce.<br/><br/>The same thing needs to happen with Bitcoin; bitcoin must be the default way billions of people spend online, and the way to do that is to seed the global population with small amounts of bitcoin.<br/><br/>When commercial interests merge with the interests of billions of people, you get a platform that completely resists arbitrary change that doesn't serve the people's or commercial interests.<br/><br/>This is what must happen with bitcoin, and it can happen, and happen very rapidly.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/fffe9d21519f9bc87ee9915d171fbe1d9413a30907aacd0ba88b601e01d7a2ca.jpg"> </blockquote> 2025-08-21T21:16:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgul8l5lzgxradqaa54p8g38v3vjgmg2xzn5z26lum86puh05nwcczyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pknqx6uk How do people make those AI voices in videos and whatnot? I refuse to participate in the vlogitude without proper opsec. Even then, I might still refuse. 2025-08-18T16:25:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz5j7ta5jlq7q5qazqeppk42q4pyhr4tggyjmxlkyaf0tlhe794lqzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk0wjlru In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsftzrrylwvmc67hymsgk3z5f7gxkh8wmklmgptqp6n894y76thf4gmn9a7z'>nevent1q…9a7z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It IS fucking pathetic. Its good to say it, too. 2025-06-22T23:00:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdp8xjt4j6v04mtdy4985smn9c8pg2uczkc4dn7j5cuyss7ruvg0qzyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pkl4lsgp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstepawdyqg0c4pqvuwvcpd45p8lzxrvfwdgwxlmyw45rg7qd9n3ggml4c9u'>nevent1q…4c9u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I get the impression you&#39;re on that path. One thing I think is interesting about Zosimos is that he developed basically the same principles as the European alchemists. I would love to do a comparison of Zosimos with the texts in the Ritman library. Unfortunately, a lot of his writing is still untranslated - iirc, its written in Syriac. 2025-05-03T16:34:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw4ncz6nehkyd5plsu49kkfw4dfth8hd7fm59crd5vsgk6u6h6l6szyp2l2uak28hlx5wm27cxq8frqgkcc5e0nqjaky99wvlt7wd7f23pk4gauhc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdgu22j7j63eq44e8n3j0cmlkthg4ayn7hhctgcaw843m3jp0y3jqhr9fkv'>nevent1q…9fkv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m curious what your thoughts are on Steiner schools, or Waldorf, as they&#39;ve rebranded themselves. 2024-12-20T18:37:20Z