I think we should call op codes spells. “bitcoin has enough spells” or “bitcoin needs more spells” both hit harder no matter which side you take.

“Florence” may be the only word in English that actually sounds nicer than the Italian …

Bitcoin, Fiat, and Islamic Finance by Harris Irfan and me. very long in the works, finally arrived! hope you all enjoy.

Axiom

Bitcoin, Fiat, and Islamic Finance — Axiom

do ballerinas have good job security or nah?

“saving private buyin” is a genius tagline for a p2p bitcoin exchange, I’m amazed nobody has used it yet.

fiat sucks, lightning is magic

@Gigi is spamming my notification mempool. I need filters. plz help 🙏

imagine how advanced our civilisation would be if he had been using base 12 this whole time …

“lingua franca” is french in latin and it means english 🤔

thoughts on Charlie Kirk, debate, goodness, and hope View article →

please shill me your favourite essayists and, even better, collections of essays as books.

I have a new lingo with mrs allen: “OSA’d”. it’s when she sends me a tiktok and I can’t watch it without a tiktok account because of the Online Safety Act. I’ve been OSA’d. she sends me a lot of edgy shit so this happens pretty regularly.

very very very good video on probably my biggest academic pet peeve. well worth the 20 minutes:

looking more into Fermat’s Last Theorem and it’s kinda bullshit that Wiles “solved it”. Frey and Ribet did the part that is actually relevant to the classic Fermat formulation. Wiles gave a partial solution to a different problem after they proved what such a solution would imply. so I guess I’m just grumpy about that now. thoughts welcome.

very cool new math channel I found:

Vibe Coding, but, like, for everything ... a smallish essay on the economics of how this time isn’t different and p(doom)=0. with thanks to @calle, @Gigi, @PABLOF7z, and @jack: View article →

if I am only now introducing you to Sofiane Pamart, you’re welcome: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kj2SFIOHB71KzbwUcJEb2XwjEdCZgJkjY