Maybe. In my experience its just people that have extreme self-esteem issues grouping up. Given them a few years, most will quickly tire of the complexity of it. Hell, most will tire of monogamous relationships in a few years.

I'm trying to figure out how the protocol for internet remote start works on my car. I need to get inside the vehicle somehow, so I am researching dongles that can talk the CAN-FD protocol, hoping that the internet connected bits of the car are in there.

Bitcoin has strengthened my ability to recognize emerging technologies with long-term potential. I first started working with Bitcoin 14 years ago, back in college, when most of my peers were skeptical or dismissive of it. Many of them still are. However, the experience has reinforced my commitment to pursuing projects that align with my values, regardless of public opinion. Today, while many of my former classmates are building ad-based platforms or building bureaucracy software, I have the privilege of focusing on what I believe is shaping the future.

Meanwhile, the U.S. national debt is currently rising at an extraordinary rate, with daily increases of around 35 billion as of October 2024. Given this, it would take less than a day for the national debt to grow by an additional $3 billion—approximately 2 hours and 4 minutes.

So all the work of this case, all the lawyers, and all the productivity, is turned into debt in 2 hours, and 4 minutes.

The national debt, now over $35.7 trillion, is driven by ongoing government spending exceeding revenue, combined with high interest rates on the debt itself​.

Keep stackin'

Internet: depends on the speed and such of course. Pizza: 35,000 sats Quality Men's Haircut: 53,000 sats Coffee: 11,000 sats Gasoline: No idea, I never buy this anymore.

The threat here is they steal you phone number. There is strong evidence that someone can steal your phone number and is willing to sell that as a service for as little as $1,000 (if its t-mobile, other carriers cost more).

Hackers have also offered t-mobile employees as little as $300 to perform sim swaps, and I'd be willing to bet there were some takers near that price point.

Please, whatever you do end up doing, do not rely on SMS for auth. Sim swappers will be all over it if you do.

While I agree with the spirit of your statement, I think its important to remember something. In the same way we expect everyone to be in ultimately in charge of their own health, we simultaneously don't expect everyone to have the same knowledge that a doctor has. It should be clear and obvious to me that something like smoking will damage my health even without education, hence the warning label.

Software engineers and security experts have a duty to make it as easy as possible to do the right thing, and the reality of the situation we have now is that its actually kind of hard for a normal person to practice decent security online.

For example, telling everyone to use a unique password everywhere and simultaneously remember all of them. Its hard to even explain why that is important. Its all far too complex for most people. Especially the elderly. Password managers are a good step but the facts are websites are breaking compatibility with them all the time and it is still hard to use them without paying for a subscription. Passkeys are a good further step. Hopefully we get to a place where no one is expected to have a photographic memory for random strings or pass phrases.

Adblocker is a big one, and pretty easy to use. The biggest problem is that it will break some websites for some people, but as long as you explain how to turn it off and when you might need to, they always seem to love it and it tangibly reduces the chances of being a victim to a scam or drive-by malware.

Next time just say you use a private qualified custodian; a person from a major tech company that runs a side business providing custody of children and bitcoin.