I'm at Adopting Bitcoin conf in Cape Town, South Africa. Some things learned today: - The travel rule is coming to SA at around March - Eskom is being lobbied intensely to incorporate Bitcoin mining to facilitate grid management and renewables adoption. - Lots of circular economy initiatives are springing up all around South Africa. - 3% of Pick 'n Pay's sales is in Crypto (2nd largest retailer in SA). That's one million Rand per month and a sextupling since 2022.

I need a version of GNU "find" which lets you specify "-name" before specifying the directory to look in.

I really like this song. Gets me in the mood to party. Reminds me of 90s pop-techno/europop. The 90s aesthetic is coming back in fashion.

Spotify

Wild Eyes

Ashbury Heights, Madil Hardis · Wild Eyes · Song · 2020

Congrats to the French for beating the All Blacks in the opening match. Definitely contenders for the title. #rugby

I have a half baked idea in my head, but I think there's something to it. Writing code and working as a programmer for almost 20 years, has rewired my brain. I have certain habits of mind that can irritate and annoy my wife. I can't help but point out logical inconsistencies if I find them in something I see or hear. I tend to consider multiple possible scenarios and outcomes, or all the different iterations of something. I can get bogged down in the details of a story. I like puns and wordgames and seeing words used in novel ways. These are all traits that programming selects for, and strengthens. I guess everyone's brain gets rewired by what they do. It's just kinda strange to realize the extent of it sometimes when I reflect on my behavior.

"Be your own boss" on the billboards here. But only for the women. #slay #girlboss

Chefs are so last century. The future is now old man. We have food influencers. Get with the times.

I had to go to Düsseldorf today. Some really nice Art Deco (I think) buildings here. I love architectural styles from the turn of the previous century (e.g. also Art Nouveau).

A while back I read an interview with the mathematician Conway where he said something that I regularly think of. To be a great mathematician, you have to be comfortable with something not being finished, not knowing when it'll be finished or whether it'll ever be finished (by you). You might work on a proof for years, not knowing whether you'll actually solve it. Whenever I have anxiety around some unfinished project at work, I think of this quote. I'm not a mathematician, but we can all learn to accept ambiguity and incompleteness. I'm fact, the mathematician Gödel, showed that every conceivable mathematical framework is incomplete, because it contains unprovable statements.