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Perplexity has been emailing me regularly, trying to get me to install their new AI-agentic browser (Comet).
I have thus far refused, because of similar concerns. It seems like AI browsers will become huge security threats combined with huge privacy collection machine.
Not entitled to spousal benefits and privileges in their state of residence?
I was thinking about something like "buying insurance", etc.
I think "Drivers Licenses" offers a template.
State A and State B may have very different requirements for getting a drivers license. However the states have entered into a "drivers license compact" with each other that basically states: Each state will recognize the validity of each others drivers license for purpose of enabling travel through the state.
That is, while you are in transit State A completely accepts a State B license for that purpose. However you can't necessarily use an out-of-state license for purposes other than temporary travel.
Well its a good question to ask, but remember that new laws governing stablecoins (ie. GENIUS act) mandates a 1:1 backing with US Treasuries.
So the USDT that are coming into creation are ultimately flowing into treasury purchases. In theory this isn't representing a new creation of money, but instead its just swapping hands something like: Existing USD -> Tether -> US Gov.
The interest portion of the US Treasuries created "in theory" has a deflationary effect.
Really this entire question revolves around Full-Reserve vs Fractional Reserve banking.....we have been under a regime of Frac Reserve for the past 100 or so years. Clearly Frac Reserve is inflationary (ie. money multiplier effect from relatively low reserve ratios). In "theory" Full Reserve banking should not be inflationary.
Ridgebacks are awesome family pets, maybe the best dog I've ever had. Great with kids, very patient and permissive (lets kids climb all over them)....also very quiet animals, if you ever hear them growl or bark you can rest assured that there is someone approaching the house. Otherwise completely silent.
Very strong dog....often people are surprised when they pet one for first time. You expect nice soft dog feeling (like a lab or something), but they are kinda rock hard / solid muscle.
This is one of the reasons why I've never trusted browser extensions that interact with your password manager....it always seemed like the obvious weak point of security.
I much prefer to just manually copy/paste so that your actions are explicit.
Microsofts ION is just that (identity using Bitcoin as blockchain).
I would probably never use it, but this is a relatively old idea.
Bitcoin will force you to become fairly austere. When every expenditure you make, is mentally calculated to be "10x" over the coming years (in BTC terms), then it forces you to live far below your means.
Buying that nice $75K BMW sounds good, but if you instead bought a decent $10K used car and put (or kept) the rest in BTC. You would gain approx $650K in future value....maybe more.
When that sort of thinking gets integrated into all aspects of your thinking, you wind up cutting expenses massively as mindless consumption starts to look insanely expensive.
It is a paradox and its hard to know if its going to get better.
In theory, once a significant portion of the population owns bitcoin and adoption slows, then there will be better things to do with Bitcoin than just hodl it.
The community itself is torn.....there are those who are passionate that we must spend bitcoin in order for it to fulfill its vision....simultaneously there are those who don't like the idea of buying a $3.50 coffee that winds up costing $35.00 in 5 years.
Due to very clear deflationary pressures on bitcoin (ie. constant lost coins exceeding mining issuance, etc), its not clear that it will ever improve. Certainly growth will slow, but it may always compete against the best investments within a few percentage points, making it uneconomical to dispose of.
Given its inherent deflationary nature, will it ever be possible to make investments and receive income in bitcoin? I don't know.
Would you agree to a job that pays you in bitcoin with the following terms: "1 BTC per year, 20% less each year"? That requires you to believe that Bitcoin will not have any extended bear markets....likewise your employer would probably never agree to just "1 BTC per year" so its hard to see how a successful negotiation would ever happen.
I disagree with a fair amount of Saylors "philosophy" as well, but I think thats the great thing about Bitcoin. Ultimately the shared incentive system is what binds us.
Whether or not he intentionally wants to hasten the destruction of the fiat system, that is the long-term net result.
To that end, the most pressing danger of fiat money games is that paper bitcoin winds up being rehypothecated. However, this is a case where Saylor has huge vested interest to not permit that. If all his fiat purchases are not resulting in higher bitcoin prices then he fails.
This is a fact I learned early in life. I know I have discussed it on SN before. Stackers generally loathe the idea of debt, but if you're forced to play their game, you might as well play it to win
It is in this same sense that I conceive of Bitcoin Treasury Companies. They in fact hasten the end of the fiat system. It "exploits the flaw" of the fiat system that money is created via debt.
And if that money is being used to buy Bitcoin it creates a feedback loop that is positive to Bitcoin and detrimental to fiat.
Note: I know that the specific "debt" that Treasury Companies use is not the same kind of debt that directly creates money as in the banking sector....however it does so indirectly. In fact, its interesting that the large institutions that are closest to the money spigot are in fact the same ones who are most interested in the slew of financial products Saylor is offering.
You might like this. Dude worked for Fish and Wildlife service in Alaska and a pack of wolves moved into his camp and spent the summer with him.
Gives good insight into how the first domestication probably went down.
I understand the struggles, but dont try to make all your interest her interest. Great marriage partners are not "shared interest friends". Personally I think the best marriage partners are where there are complimentary differences. You should bolster her weaknesses and vice-versa. Its great, but completely unnecessary that you have lots of shared interest.
Furthermore, your kids are 1000x more important than this.
It sounds like the root of this issue is that (a) She is not working which you feel resentful over, plus (b) You are actively trying to better your families situation and she is telling you that you're wasting money.
Frankly if she isn't earning and your kids are being taken care of, I don't think she gets a say in the matter. She can voice her opinion and you should consider it, but you are under no requirement to follow her wishes. Just like you probably don't get a say in certain aspects of the house situation / kids rearing that is her primary responsibility.
Thinking of marriage as a "Joint Venture" (ie. Raising Kids, Inc) is less romantic, but more practical way of looking at marriage. You are in charge of certain aspects of this joint venture and she is in charge of certain aspects...you both need to respect each other and support where you can. This is what the marriage contract is all about....
Even the use of the word "intelligence" is suspect....and part of the marking psyop he constantly engages in (my creation is so dangerous!!!!)
Whatever "intelligence" that AI has, it was all generated by humans. Autocorrect++ is a pattern matching rube-goldberg contraption. It is very useful, but its more of an "automated library retrieval system" then it is free-standing intelligence.
The situation is more nuanced than you present. All you say is true regarding the legislation, but it only applies to stablecoins within the federal banking system.
You, or any private business, are free to transact with stablecoins with zero oversite and none of those requirements apply to you.
Furthermore, although there is certainly an element of "surveillance state" at work, that is far far from the driving factor.
First of all, public blockchains are already surveilled. But so is the traditional banking system...so that whole point is rather weak. The truth about CBDC's is the existing digital dollar is already a "CBDC" that has feature parity with anything from ETH / SOL blockchains. Its just as surveilled and "programmable / controlled". There is simply no need for CBDCs, as they don't bring anything to the table.
The fundamental reason why they are pushing stablecoin bill is because of the 1:1 backing. The current fractional reserve system only buys somewhere between 1-2% treasuries for every dollar the system issues.
Whereas stablecoin companies are buying 100% reserves. So each $1 in USDT represents 100x the bond purchasing than a Federal Reserve Note USD does. This is why they are pushing it....as it represents a 100x multiplier on bond purchases (allows them to lower interest rates, extend and rollover existing debt, etc).
I think your analysis is pretty much correct. From what I understand about RGB is the magic is that its "just bitcoin". So if you don't have a RGB-enabled wallet the transactions are still completely valid, you would only not be able to decipher the RGB-specific metadata attached to transaction.
So, in theory this means that an RGB enabled transaction should operate over LN.
The only thing I don't fully understand, suppose you have a TXN that is 10 sats, but has $10,000 USDT attached. I assume you can (a) Send 1 sat to someone else without touching the USDT (you would just get a change address with 9 sats + 10,000 USDT). (b) Also the reverse, I assume you can send the 10,000 USDT and still retain the 10 sats.....(I'm ignoring mining fees, but you get the idea)
For some time I have tried to not preach and rant and rave about politics. I do talk about it but I limit it.
Agreed.
I tend to see that kids are far more influenced by the values you live rather than what you say. Kids are basically sponges and simultaneously rebels.
They will often rebel against things you say, but absorb and agree with values you live.
tldr: Don't tell, show.