this is a prized possession. out of print. very rare.

satoshi thought like a ux designer. check out his comment on why base58 over base64. base58 removes 0, O, I, l (look identical). removes + and / (forms accept it). all alphanumeric (double click selects all). base64 is more efficient but he optimized for real world use.

if your hobbies do not improve the quality of your thinking, then they are a theft of your time and a sabotage of your spirit.

opus 4.6 -> plan -> build is game changing.

"You have to have some kind of a drive, some kind of a desire to find out the answer, a desire to find out what makes things tick. If you don’t have that, you may have all the training and intelligence in the world, but you won’t have questions and you won’t just find answers." — Calude Shannon (Claude Shannon at Bell Lab. March 20, 1952) https://www1.ece.neu.edu/~naderi/Claude%20Shannon.html

imo the best bitcoin narrative is framing it as a public utility. the first truly public payments infrastructure we’ve ever had. public as in open to everyone regardless of race, religion, or political allegiance.

you should care about craft. that last 10%.

openclaw identity.md should dynamically update based on what it learns. soul.md could remain the same.

cashu is untraceable machine to machine electronic cash.

sent my openclaw bot a link to cashu skills md file via signal. it learned cashu in one shot. you can't imagine how much fun we're having.

the machines have no original thoughts. robot snares have no cadence or balance.

moltbook is fake. you provide your agent an identity markdown file at setup and it just regurgitates talking points. memes are funny but it's all a larp. no original thoughts on moltbook.

me after customizing opencode

been vibing a cashu wallet in swift. the friction i want gone: having to pick ecash or lightning at the time of send or receive. i'm experimenting with a mode selector on the top right. exploring whether treating it as a mode toggle instead of an inline choice feels better.

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