She said yes!

Just watched Disclosure (1994) with Michael Douglas. If you’re looking for some solid entertainment with a decent story, Disclosure is a good pick. However, I felt the film ran about half an hour too long and the final act seemed oddly rushed—as if the creators were experimenting to see if they could elevate it even further. Unfortunately, those choices didn’t land for me and ended up costing the film about three points in my overall rating, bringing it to a 7/10.

“The ‘real’ mathematics of the ‘real’ mathematicians — Fermat, Euler, Gauss, Abel, and Riemann — is almost wholly useless.” (G. H. Hardy, 1940) Ironically, RSA, one of the most groundbreaking applications of math in the modern world, was born from that very “useless” field: number theory. In my latest chat with Sohail, a mathematician and old friend, we explore the history of RSA, the math behind it, and how it works through simple, accessible examples:

Before elliptic curves and Bitcoin, there was RSA — the cryptographic breakthrough that changed everything. Join me and Sohail (a mathematician & my long-time flatmate) as we unpack the math and the magic behind RSA. 🎥

What does the "Incorrect or banned Payment Methods included" flag in Peach Wallet mean? I tried to request a buy option, the rate was good, the rating of the account was also good, but I got this error after requesting to trade. @peachbitcoin

Been reading Silas Marner lately. As a teenager, I encountered its simplified version, crafted for English learners and was deeply moved Silas Marner’s solitude. Though it was on our BA curriculum, I never read the original then. Now that I’m reading it, I find it even more beautiful –tender, melancholic, and profoundly human.

Cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease. Just don't look at it to assess your heart disease risk. Toss out the nuances: "Oxidized cholesterol is bad," "Small LDL particles are bad," or "High LDL/HDL ratio is bad". Forget it all. To determine your real heart risk, look at your fasting blood sugar, HbA1c, and triglycerides.

Cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease. Just don't look at it to assess your heart disease risk. Toss out the nuances: "Oxidized cholesterol is bad," "Small LDL particles are bad," or "High LDL/HDL ratio is bad". Forget it all. To determine your real heart risk, look at your fasting blood sugar, HbA1c, and triglycerides.

Cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease. Just don't look at it to assess your heart disease risk. Toss out the nuances: "Oxidized cholesterol is bad," "Small LDL particles are bad," or "High LDL/HDL ratio is bad". Forget it all. To determine your real heart risk, look at your fasting blood sugar, HbA1c, and triglycerides.

Just finished a second watch of Breaking Bad. Wild how many powerful, unforgettable scenes I’d completely forgotten. Turns out my memory of the whole show was basically: Walter White gets cancer, cooks meth, and dies.

When I first came across keto, it felt counterintuitive. But it immediately clicked for me. I had already tried a no-meat diet (I was a vegetarian for over a year) and knew how constantly hungry it made me. When I reintroduced meat, I noticed I could go much longer without needing food. That experience opened my mind to the idea that a low-carb (and therefore lower-plant) approach might actually improve health. And so it did.

The mute button is there to be used.

It’s quite plausible that multiple powerful parties are conspiring to keep you fat and unhealthy. It’s equally plausible that the goals of Big Food support the goals of Big Pharma, which is keeping people dependent on on-going treatment. You’re free to choose which view you take. The former is considered “conspiratorial,” while the latter sees it as the result of a “random convergence of interests.” But even if you don’t believe in a conscious conspiracy (or if you cannot bear the label of being a “conspiracy theorist”), it’s hard to ignore how certain interests align with each other while working against your well-being.

Some people, when they hear descriptions of psychedelic trips, say they’ve reached similar states through meditation or spiritual practice. But unless you’ve experienced both, you can’t know for sure that the same states are truly accessible through either means. And even then, it remains only a personal proof. You can’t tell me with certainty that they are the same, because your definitions and your experience of those states may differ from mine. We can never be completely sure we share the same frame of reference.

One thing I'm glad this OP_RETURN controversy has made clear to us Bitcoiners is that, unlike centralized companies that can quietly change their Terms of Service or User Agreements without our consent, every change in Bitcoin —big or small— is open for debate. We aren’t forced to accept anything sneaked into the code. Our consent cannot be assumed. We can choose to adopt a change or reject it. It doesn’t matter which side you’re on—Core or Knots—and I respect your choice. What this has reinforced for me is that Terms of Service cannot be imposed on us Bitcoiners. We can literally vote and make our agreement or disagreement heard.

Not only am I gonna replace some arrogant docs with a Google search, I’m gonna replace them with advice from gym bros and conspiracy theorists and I’m gonna end up outliving them, even if they’re younger than me.

A beautiful warm, sunny day. The Bitcoin walk ahead is gonna be a blast!

I find anger to be a great driving force.

I’ve been using X in the Following mode, and honestly, it’s not that bad. You get to see what the people you’ve chosen to follow have to say, and you even start to grow an appetite for longer texts. For example, I read some long tweets from Geoffrey Miller today. I wish I’d known about this small but impactful tweak sooner.

GM Say no to KYC.