I've come to realize that the duty of the father is to instill discipline. Children don't have much willpower. It's your job to lend them yours when they don't have enough and to grow whatever willpower they have. The lack of fatherly discipline is a fiat phenomenon and it shows in the kinds of adults that has been produced.

AI coding agents are like Viagra for coding.

It's 2026 with 18 different kinds of communication between devices and it's still annoying to get a file from one computer to another *without a central server*.

Deus, Familia, Patria, Bitcoin

Staying focused on the long term is a lot harder than you'd think. But those are the people who win and that's why it's hard.

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I'm diving into GrapheneOS and NixOS as my daily drivers. Wish me luck.

Social media these days isn't that social anymore. I suspect it's not just the fact that there's a bigger influencer culture. People just have fewer meaningful friends. Sadly, one of the results of COVID.

Goodbye fair-weather Bitcoin fans!

The state is a gigantic blob that penetrates every facet of life. The work of self sovereignty is neverending.

Politics is people trying to scam each other in the name of helping.

My telegram handle (jimmysong) is compromised. If it's asking you to take a meeting, it's not me!

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Bitcoin Tech Talk #492

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There has never been a better time to build your own thing if you don't like the alternatives.

Programming and development are changing very rapidly. And yes, that will (if it doesn't already) include Bitcoin programming and development.

I can't decide whether the world is run by malicious or incompetent fools.

Lent is always a great season for increasing discipline.

I think my telegram got deleted. Maybe it's all the bots I made, but it's sad, nonetheless.

Building Bitcoin stuff with Agentic AI may be one of the healthier addictions I've had.

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Interesting Stuff