historic US mortgage rates
Byzantine
kite37@coinos.io
npub1t5wc...6dke
even the byzantine empire fell
UFOs are Chinese drones
The US airspace is owned and our radar systems can do nothing to track or respond.
Until recently they were not even detected unless encouraged during flight by accident
The War Zone
China's Massive WZ-9 Divine Eagle Drone Now Operating From South China Sea Base
Designed as a high-flying radar platform, the Divine Eagle could help keep watch over the strategic and hotly contested South China Sea.
the stronger the host, the longer communism can last in a country
the virtue of selfishness
hodling is hard because people in the "distraction era" are generally uncomfortable with boredom due to the richness of modern civilization
busy yourself excessively with physical pursuits and you will have no issues with saving for the future
lightning network connect (LNC) is really flaky with lots of failed connections where LND rest api is only reliable way i have found d to use an LND node via zeus on mobile
it may be that LNC rate limits vpn IPs because it always fails when I'm on a :rd party vpn
@jb55 enjoying note deck a lot.
would be great to be able to add specific users to a deck after initial creation of a deck that has a single user
Gene Ludwig, former Clinton Comptroller of the US Currency:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/democrats-tricked-strong-economy-00203464?cid=apn
After all, all devices have their dangers. The discovery of speech introduced communication – and lies.
- Isaac Asimov
alby hub is pretty wonderful
t minus 4 years to mandibles
t minus 5 years to mandibles
right now people rationalize the replacement of jobs by AI because AI will benefit from deflationary productivity.
overtime it is cheaper and cheaper to employ an AI.
The only way for humans to have similar deflationary economics of scale is with deflationary money.
Some day it will be cheaper and cheaper to pay for a human
pharmaceutical advertising is not about getting people to "ask their doctor" (no one ever does that). It is about buying favorable coverage of the "hand that feeds" the tv coverage
@preston is 
actually real? it looks scammy with links the go nowhere
TPR
The Peoples Reserve
The Peoples Reserve - built for the people. Discover TPR, an innovative Digital Currency with its own native blockchain.
it is very strange, but the only neighbors that actually stop and talk to each other are the ones with dogs.
kids' parents rarely talk
dog owners actually get to know each other via their dogs over and over every day
everyone loves #nostr, but the highest signal to noise ratio is @Stacker News and they have successfully build an incredible circular economy of value
hopefully proton removes its use of coinbase commerce for its services since it is impossible to pay using a bitcoin wallet with coinbase