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Sourcenode 1 month ago
New year new me. I've officially stopped giving a fuck image
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Sourcenode 1 month ago
I had a wonky 20 hour layover in Helsinki over new years. I reached out to someone in my Bitcoin network and they got me in touch with someone, who got me in touch with someone else, who offered to pick me up, show me around, and let me crash at their place. We had an absolutely fantastic time last night and I got to experience a more local experience of new years in Helsinki. Bitcoin is more than just a monetary network, it's a new economy founded on webs of trust that are strengthened by sound money.
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Sourcenode 1 month ago
GM from Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ image The sun rises at 9am and sets at about 4pm here at the moment.
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Sourcenode 1 month ago
Happy new year from Helsinki. There's a great group of bitcoiners here image
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Sourcenode 1 month ago
Look at this wild flight path Finnair took to avoid Belarusian airspace ๐Ÿ˜‚ image I didn't leave a space between the emoji and the image URL on the first attempt to post
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Sourcenode 1 month ago
Look at this wild flight path Finnair took to avoid Belarusian airspace ๐Ÿ˜‚image
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Sourcenode 1 month ago
If you are beginning to believe that the AI you are communicating with is actually intelligent or that it's your friend, please ask it pointed questions about where it's assumptions are based. See what it says. image An AI that is programmed by "ethicists at Google" or by you on a self hosted PC is still simply that, programmed. It will respond based on how you ask it to respond, even if those responses are specifically calibrated to fool humans into thinking the computer is sentient.
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Sourcenode 1 month ago
Honestly a little surprised to see Mexico falling into line with the US running BRICS tarrifs in 2026. It's going to be a wild year.
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Sourcenode 1 month ago
I've been in an airport for about three hours and I've heard two vicious arguments between parents and children about phones or other devices not being charged. Phone addiction is real.
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Sourcenode 1 month ago
Going down the bitcoin rabbit hole lead me into a mindset of not trusting anyone. It was a tough mindset to hold on to while I was still in it. I've learned to lean into trust much more since I realized the following. The trust required to get into a car and drive down the street already extends to thousands, or even tens of thousands of people that I will never meet. Everyone involved in the design, manufature, and inspection of the vehicles we drive and the infrastructure we drive on. Everyone driving their vehicles and all the same for each of those vehicles, plus the supply chain that ensures the quality of the fuel that goes into these vehicles. Have you ever verified for yourself that the gasoline in the pump meets quality standards? Unfortunately much of it is full of corn syrup these days, but all of this stuff functions and is affected by money. When we can trust that money is sound we don't need to verify all the rest because it's directly linked to proof of work. Counter intuitively when money requires trust, trust breaks down.
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