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nostr:nprofile1qyfhwumn8ghj7ctvvahjuat50phjummwv5q32amnwvaz7tm9v3jkutnwdaehgu3wd3skueqqyzu7we2xhgry2mknq8v7227yn7jguu9xhu3g90n6rtnjj3mpyq3ackdvvhl I enjoyed your take on Mike Brock's article. I went and read his 12/1 and 12/2 posts just to try to fully understand his perspective. It's strange to see someone who was involved in bitcoin take this position. The main take - and he raked nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqg7waehxw309anx2etywvhxummnw3ezucnpdejz7ur0wp6kcctjqqsd2s26xy7ns3sllyagc9c0jsdje49xdfw0mwcfxsrfvrmvkvtcf8c2pmm0w in particular for this - is that if folks like Thiel like bitcoin, then bitcoiners are aligned with fascists even if they profess different intentions. The part I don't understand: except for those people who somehow live without need for any currency, the alternative is fiat. If you're advocating for - or even using - fiat money, you are also aligned with some very questionable people who are wreaking havoc on poor people and society as a whole. He's smart enough to know this but it doesn't seem to enter into his arguments.

question for nostr:nprofile1qyjhwumn8ghj7en9v4j8xtnwdaehgu3wvfskuep0dakku62ltamx2mn5w4ex2ucpxpmhxue69uhkjarrdpuj6em0d3jx2mnjdajz6en4wf3k7mn5dphhq6rpva6hxtnnvdshyctz9e5k6tcqyp7u8zl8y8yfa87nstgj2405t2shal4rez0fzvxgrseq7k60gsrx6zeuh5t (or any of my Nostr friends who might know) I'm using Maple (I assume! I signed up through Trymaple.AI). It hasn't been great on current searches (today I got about 7 bad links for a fairly simple query) so I asked if I was using Maple AI 2.0, and this is what I got: Maple I’m not Maple AI 2.0 – I’m ChatGPT, the large‑language model created by OpenAI. The version you’re interacting with right now is based on the GPT‑4 architecture (the most recent publicly‑available model as of November 2025). so... I think I understand that Maple taps into other LLMs, right? But does it not know that I'm using it via Maple? What's happening here?

This morning's sunrise. Sometimes I think that the most important thing I can do is expand my capacity to appreciate beauty

GM, Nostr!

#asknostr Most of us have seen the video of the Biden's chair of economic advisors stumbling painfully over the question of why we need to borrow money if we can print money. If you haven't seen it, it's worth a look - absolutely hilarious. (Link below but I don't know how to clean it of trackers.) I think the answer is that the Treasury that needs to write the checks, and it's the Fed Reserve (and banks) - not branches of the federal govt - that actually print the money. Right? So there's this ridiculous dance of the Treasury trying to sell bonds, and if not enough people/country/funds are interested, the Fed prints money to buy them. Is that about right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fj0zRmEWYc