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91 comments \ @saloon 24 Oct \ yesterday

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Car 8h

You know you’ve made it to another level as a Bitcoiner when the NSA is on your tail.

🐶 woo doggie!

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 7h

stay safe, car

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 12h

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @sox 16h

starting with the customer experience, and working backwards to the technology

69 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 16h

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sox 16h

learnt that trick when I was 6

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 17h

Tried yesterdays prompt answer (#1263726).

Today's follow-up prompt:

I tried this and it tastes awful. Improve it.

430 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 17h

Visible accounting detail is so gratifying.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @sox 16h

that's actually really sexy

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 17h

THANK YOU!

152 sats \ 13 replies \ @SimpleStacker 17h

How university radicalization happens:

University-wide AI task force
Small minority complains about environmental sustainability and racism in AI
Rest of committee doesn't want to talk about that, but leaders don't want to say this is an irrelevant topic for this group
Leaders create a separate "community of interest" for the topic
Fringe complainers join that community, no moderate people join, that group becomes more fringe

It stems from leaders being too shy to shut down conversations that are not relevant to the university. Even if you believe that AI has environmental sustainability issues, I don't see what one university can do about it

Curious to get @Undisciplined and @south_korea_ln's view on it, given your academic backgrounds

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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 17h

I don't recall this dynamic on any topic of substance. Either an unimportant issue was completely hijacked by this kind of foolishness or we more or less stayed on topic.

I was mostly on committees comprised of STEM faculty, though.

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 16h

Yeah, I never really encountered this at department/college level committees, mostly composed of people with econ backgrounds. First time encountering it is on the university-wide committees.

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 16h

The closest I've been to that was grad student senate, but obviously nothing of any importance was discussed there.

30 sats \ 9 replies \ @optimism 17h

Spineless non-leadership is not exclusive to academia.

100 sats \ 8 replies \ @SimpleStacker 17h

After getting tenure, I started sitting on some university-wide committees, so I started getting exposed to different faculty from other disciplines. I really think some of these disciplines just training professional complainers.

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30 sats \ 7 replies \ @optimism 17h

Can they really be divided into disciplines generally though?

100 sats \ 6 replies \ @SimpleStacker 17h

Actually yes. Extremely high degree of correlation, strong predictive power. Traditional departments, i.e. departments that would have existed 100 years ago, are generally not like that. You can probably guess which departments are.

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30 sats \ 5 replies \ @optimism 17h

Interesting. In business we generally find them everywhere

100 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 17h

Probably because academic departments are extremely sorted samples of people, applying strong filters on interests and personality.

30 sats \ 3 replies \ @optimism 17h

Is that a function of hierarchy? I have friends in the EU complaining that if you're not supporting the school of thought of senior "leadership" in your institute, you have no chance.

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150 sats \ 2 replies \ @nichro 19h

27 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 17h

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 19h

48 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 19h

Meeting stackers IRL is cool. One of my faves stopped by Pleb Lab today.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 18h

280 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 18h

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sox 16h

I'd like to be present that day

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 17h

don't doxx yourself!

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20h

I wanted to write in my academic article, "Concerns about online discourse are so prevalent that the EU has been regulating the shit out of it"

But I asked Chat to help moderate my language.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 20h

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @rootmachine 24 Oct

I am handling all sort of paperwork after my father passed away. To keep it super short: some banks are user friendly and some banks are not. They act like my dads account is the national treasury... I mean, I can access the account via the app... I really cannot understand why some employees act like the bank they work for is their property? :)) My money is paying for their salary at the end of the day... And most important thing of all time: Fiat is still fiat. Keep stacking everyone!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @zapsammy 22h

My money is paying for their salary at the end of the day...

it is not ur money
there is no money
it is not money

for the left-brained, one of Robert Breedlove's definitions is my favorite: "attention-allocation technology;" i take it a step further - "allegiance tokens:" makes one think who is the master of money; ultimately, it's the "one-mind" or "mind's one eye (mono-eye)" - the money is in the mind; the closer one can get with the idea of "money" to the "one-mind" the more sovereignty (knowledge of the self) or archony (master-slave relationship);

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @rootmachine 20h

you got my point. as I said: fiat is fiat.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @zapsammy 24 Oct

adulteration of the air, water, and food qualifies as genocide; can u guarantee a non-toxic, non-lethal environment for ur kids?

this is mass-scale war;

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @guerratotal 22h

Buy a piece of land, plant your food, and dig a well.......and you'll breathe fresh air.

56 sats \ 0 replies \ @zapsammy 22h

maybe; eventually one will have to buy a spacesuit on ~AGORA;

10 sats \ 16 replies \ @guerratotal 24 Oct

I have been trying to cancel a credit card for over an hour and I still haven't been able to do it through the bank's app, because they don't have a button that says cancel card, you talk to a crappy chatbot that asks you meaningless questions, you call and another chatbot comes up, you have to spend over 10 minutes waiting for a human to answer you, and when they answer you the call drops... my blood pressure must have already gone up.

23 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 23h

Ah yes, nightmare cancellation stories. Planet Fitness in America is getting sued for making it hard for their customers to cancel. I wonder if eventually there will be some law or standard in terms of making cancellation straightforward.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @guerratotal 23h

Almost three hours of stupid questions and delays talking to a chatbot... but thank God I finally got it.

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @zapsammy 24 Oct

can't cancel it? max it out and forget it (as well as ur legal persona), the company will cancel it within a couple months for u; these credit cards are toys for children;

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @guerratotal 24 Oct

They charge you an annual fee to have it, it's a platinum card

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @zapsammy 24 Oct

sounds like the platinum users are not a priority! u can write a letter requiring compensation for a waste of ur time and anxiety caused over a failed payment;

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @guerratotal 24 Oct

And I managed to cancel the card....

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @guerratotal 24 Oct

It's funny, because you're supposedly better than a "Gold", and you have quite a few benefits, not as much as a Black, but the service is crap, I'm still trying to cancel it... I'm already going for 2+ hours

0 sats \ 8 replies \ @DarthCoin 24 Oct

Send them this video

You don't have to cancel it... just withdraw all the money from that bank account, buy BTC and never contact them again.

0 sats \ 7 replies \ @guerratotal 24 Oct

They charge you an annual fee to have it, it's a platinum card,

I'm getting rid of them, I'm giving them to my son to play with, I'm just leaving the one in the bank where my salary comes in.

44 sats \ 6 replies \ @DarthCoin 24 Oct

they "charge" if you pay...

or, send them back a promissory note. Every time you get a mailletter from them send them back another promissory note.

Or just ask them to prove from where they had those money in the first place. if they cannot prove it, it means they gave you fake money that they do not have it.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @konstantin21 11h

didnt know "when you repay, the money created disappears." I thought it was an ever expanding supply!

46 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 3h

The scam banks is rolling over and over and people are clueless morons that still borrow from them fake money:

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 6h

And how do you think something that doesn't exist can dissapear? It's all a scam, just numbers in a computer.

121 sats \ 2 replies \ @guerratotal 24 Oct

And I managed to cancel the card....

23 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 24 Oct

great. Your fist most important step towards sovereignty

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @guerratotal 23h

I'm sure we're on the right track...!!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 24 Oct

132 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 24 Oct

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 24 Oct

Day 666 of posting mining earnings from the day before: 455 sats on 23Oct2025! Running total: 430,542 sats!

Yesterday's comment

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 1h

Day 667's comment

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @OT 24 Oct

Where can I listen to the node debate in Lugarno?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 24 Oct

are you not tired of that crap ?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 24 Oct

I am.

But I want to check in to see how much has changed

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 24 Oct

enjoy the circle jerking...

https://rumble.com/v70mlfs-wagmi-stage-lugano-plan-forum-2025-live-from-lugano-.html

0 sats \ 14 replies \ @DarthCoin 24 Oct

Amazing to see how most of people are so dumb and brainwashed. When they see a SN territory with the name "crypto" (https://stacker.news/~crypto/) they immediately think is about shitcoins and crap and post all kind of bullshit "news" about shitcoins. Even that is specifically mentioned in the territory description that is NOT about shitcoins but cryptography and such.

LOL this world is sooo fucked up.

42 sats \ 13 replies \ @ek 23h

Let them post about shitcoins and crap, more sats for me (literally).

When we can configure fees per user, I will raise the fee for shitcoiners.

55 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 16h

I'm curious how the fees per user will appear. Will they see territory fee + user fee separately or will the territory fee appear different for each user?

42 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 16h

Still up for debate but I’m leaning towards showing them separately in the fee info.

I’m also thinking about “negative fees” here, so discounts for someone to post. These should definitely be shown separately IMO.

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 16h

This is going to open up a whole can of worms

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 16h

this sounds bad but I assume you mean it in a good way? 👀

44 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 16h

I mean it in a purely descriptive way.

0 sats \ 7 replies \ @zapsammy 22h

can this territory be changed to "cryptography"? this wud cover shitcoins, encryption, privacy, etc.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 22h

No and you asking this makes me think you also didn’t read the description

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @zapsammy 21h

thank u, i see it now, hovering over the territory title; nope, the disclaimer does not solve the problem ))

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 21h

You can also read it here:

Sorry if that wasn’t clear

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 21h

that button is like...

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 22h

I would say that shitcoins do not belong in ~cryptography because they do not contribute in any relevant way to our knowledge or application of cryptography. THey just copied bitcoin's cryptographic scheme and call it "crypto", but it is really just casinos and memes

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 22h

No, I do not think that will change anything. My observation was not about the territory per se, but about the shitcoiners mindset. We need to change their mindset not the territory.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zapsammy 22h

the best moves i have done with bitcoin meetup groupchats is to leave them, after collecting a few aware friends from there and continuing to educate them; luckily, i am seeing some early fruits of my influence, and i am sure u do too, after years of teaching!

26 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 24 Oct

38 sats \ 5 replies \ @DarthCoin 24 Oct

Fun fact: most of the people behind Bitcoin projects are bearded men. Just look for that, amazing how many bearded men !

86 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 24 Oct

here is a start:

38 sats \ 3 replies \ @Car 23h

This is true! All very masculine and extremely hilarious in a group. 🤣

17 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 23h

another fun fact: sometimes I confuse you with @justin_shocknet LOL

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Car 8h

I also confuse you with the other person that operates your nym sometimes 😉

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 6h

Never. Forget about the idea of Darth having any alt or ghost. That will never happen. Not even posting as anon. That will be totally against my ethos.

Yes, long time ago I aaked SN if somebody can handle my cowboy hat while I am away building the citadel. But I gave up on keeping long time that hat.

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