ECB Chief says: "We miscalculated on inflation" 😂

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Do you also have that one friend who talks your ear off for half an hour straight on the phone without pausing - while you just occasionally confirm with "hmm," "yeah," "true" - but as soon as you try to say something for 30 seconds afterward, he quickly and audibly expresses his boredom?

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Haha, a handyman's hourly rates. I'm going to adopt that for my clients too.

The YouTube quasi-monopoly problem can't be solved. Not at this time. It's not a technical problem, it's a head-start problem. Similar to the Bitcoin network, YouTube's lead is simply too great. The investment they've already put in, the attraction for advertisers, the audience that automatically comes with every Android phone. This kind of advantage can't be overcome anymore. And because of this, you won't convince content creators to switch to any new technical solution, no matter how sophisticated. That ship has sailed long ago. It's the biggest social media platform of all. Google Search could go down, Google Adsense could go down, but YouTube won't go down so easily. And people who prefer to have content explained to them via video rather than reading instructions aren't decreasing in number. Forget it, this battle is lost. All content creators will primarily use YouTube, subject themselves to its arbitrary rules, and potentially risk their life's work in the process. They have no other choice.

I have to say, I really like PPQ AI. Thanks for the recommendation! It has integrated a bunch of AI models, including Perplexity, Grok, DeepSeek, and the newer ChatGPT 4.5. There are also several well-known image and video generators, like Google's Veo3. The nice thing about PPQ is that it's relatively anonymous. You only need an email address (a disposable email works fine) and you can fund your account with Bitcoin (on-chain or Lightning) or with shitcoins. You can freely choose your top-up amount starting from $2; it always shows you approximately how many prompts your selected amount will cover. Then you just use what you need from your balance for each prompt. No fixed monthly fees, no annoying Cloudflare checks when using a VPN. When your balance is empty, you simply top it up again. Yesterday, for example, I used 3 AI models intensively and only spent 3 cents. Some models, like ChatGPT 4.5 or Veo3, consume significantly more, but that's always clearly indicated beforehand. Overall, I think this pricing model is pretty fair.

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Awesome. I love such low-tech Bitcoin wallet solutions.

This is starting to get ridiculous. That’s how centralized monopolies behave. View quoted note →

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What’s really weird about modern language use: people attribute action and intention to non-living things. "The universe rewards generosity" "Life appreciates hard work" Or: "I’m so grateful for my family" Grateful to _whom_, exactly? People don’t realize how strange it sounds when they’re desperately trying to avoid using the word "God".

And history shall remember us. As the pioneers who opened the gates to this new realm. As the forerunners who carved a path where none existed. They will follow in our footsteps, turning trails into roads, and roads into highways. And they will name them after us. They will sing songs of our struggles and our triumphs, and gaze upon our Npubs and notes in museums with awe. And if they don't? To hell with them, those ungrateful bastards. View quoted note →