€0.01 As I spent time on the dock staring at Andrey Melnichenko's beautiful sailing yacht, I tried explaining to my friends how interrelated these two two things were, as I had been in country for 2 weeks and not once had I seen the coin that was supposed to represent the value of a cent in Europe. To be fair, I have only now been to one country in Europe but that should not change the fact that either the Euro is becoming so meaningless that the cent is not commonly used or that European countries vary so significantly in economy that some countries will discount the cent and round to the nearest 5 and others not. My friend was kind enough to gift me a €0.01 cent coin later on in the day (after returning to their place and having to look for it), which told me they do in fact exist - I was jokingly complaining that it was a ruse. I'd be happy to learn if other countries in Europe utilize the cent more. In the meantime, here's the boat so you can think about it a while to.

Getting away from things is great for recharging before getting back at it to publish something you've been working on instead of doing it after. If you publish and leave, you may feel accomplished but you get back to all the problems. If you leave and publish when back, you can prepare yourself to tackle the next big thing without needing to react to a list of things that may have already been found. Everyone gets to deal with life as they wish but I think I prefer the break prior to, when most of the work is done, so when you come back you get a fresh glance before publication, in case I may have missed something big in the initial push to get it done.

Commas are important: 'Unit test, my ass' 'Unit test my ass'

Does anyone know if there are any bots/clients/relays specifically posting the timechain blockheight as they validate new blocks?

GM I have just come across Scott Aaronson - fascinating individual with many decent and insightful takes, and some naïve, on a plethora of subjects. However, he has no understanding of why bitcoin is important except in a theoretic 'money' sense. We are still so early. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Certainty of death Small chance of success What are we waiting for?

I’m thinking we’re low-key(?) getting to a point where we either have to further centralize or truly decentralize computing enterprises. Like keep with the monoliths of old (hardware, OSes, DB, server farms, etc) or recreate everything a bit more dispersed. There is much that is decentralized already but there is far too much that is centralized or has strong centralizing forces (Email, DNS, Browsers, Apple, M$, AWS, Cloudflare, etc) The former provides convenience of interaction, simplicity of thought and structure, and imprisonment by ones own technological devices. The latter is the way to awkwardity of interaction and connectivity, complexity that requires learning and understanding, and freedom from tyrannical abuse.

As record companies are no required for production and distribution, internet DJs may become the recentralization point for curation/advertising instead because the sheer volume of music that will be created and released going forward. Especially with the use of LLMs, the curators (likely human) will become the trusted entities.

Home is behind The world ahead And there are many paths to tread Through shadow To the edge of night Until the stars are all alight Mist and shadow Cloud and shade All shall fade All shall...fade

All your life you've been asleep. Make straight the way for the KING! HE is here to awaken the earth, but some will not want to waken. They’re in love with the dark. I wonder which one you'll be.