I had a very similar experience in my neck of the tech woods. What started with great intentions I fully supported evolved into a holier than thou contest par excellence in a matter of two years.

Toward the end as a white male, you were reduced to being either a conforming ally practicing self-flagellation, or a "display of abhorrent white male privilege."

Awesome trip report, thanks for sharing! We're thinking of adding a stop in Singapore for a few days next year, so will keep a note on this place to check it out.

So far, our favorite Japanese food stop in SG was Menya Kokoro. Love their soba. Obviously a very different setup and experience. Keep in mind we're Westerners. And as much as we love foreign foods, please do take any recommendation from us with a healthy amount of salt.

First, I ask if I can pay with bitcoin. And usually, that only nets me a confused look.

Then, I ask if I can pay with Scan to Pay or Zapper. If yes, then I tell them that it means I can pay with bitcoin and show them how if they're interested. Somewhere between half to a third of the people show interest.

Even though I know that most won't know that paying Scan to Pay or Zapper QR codes can be done with bitcoin, I still ask to pay with bitcoin first. That way, they start associating it with being able to use bitcoin for payments. Both for themselves and future customers who may ask the same question.

Business as usual:

• Fueled up our car at an Engen gas station, and
• groceries at our local supermarket chain, PicknPay

And two firsts:

• Bought a microSDXC card at a computer store, Incredible Connection, and
• paid our council rates & taxes at PicknPay.

I wasn't aware that paying via Lightning was possible at Incredible Connection, glad I asked. As for the council rates, we found out that instead of paying via bank transfer or online portal you can take that bill to PicknPay and pay it there (with Lightning obv).

More often than not, it's the exact people not using or doing things that declare it failed or impossible.

Once I realized what a circus GDP projections is, I stopped caring for it.

I mean, including government spending in GDP in itself already is quite regarded. Then we measure it in nominal terms, so they get a second swipe at producing a number that would look favorable, as long as they manage to inflate their way to some positive percentage.

Add to that how bad we humans generally are at predicting what a final number is (and until recently no one caring about revisions either), and we're looking at mostly made-up numbers measured with a mostly made-up yard stick.

Nation states.

Not because they're so great, but in the same sense that some people today feel nostalgic about the Eastern communist bloc because... reasons.

We desperately need a Zhou Tonged Revival Band.

There are also some good people on over-80s nudist beaches.

But every once in a while I check out 'Bitcoin Twitter' and...

Why would anyone do that to themselves?

I, for one, never feel the urge to poke myself in the eye with a rusty nail when I am enjoying some fries.

October numbers are missing due to the federal government shutdown, noted in the chart title.

Ah, I failed the chart title reading comprehension test. Thanks for clearing that up.

No October numbers? Also, how likely is it that the newer numbers will be revised significantly?

I don't think we're stuck with a specific desktop UX at all. It's more that people have been (still are) stuck with a single provider, Microsoft. And to enable them to switch they need something similar enough.

I discovered window managers only a few years ago, then tested two or three of them and never went back.

So there are alternatives. But you need to be willing and have the time / brain capacity to experiment.

Tax laws aren't the same everywhere.

Furthermore, it's not as hard to keep track of cap gains as people, many of whom are fiat-fanboi non-spenders, convince themselves it must be.

I've been keeping track for a few years now. And I spend on the regular. It takes me a few minutes per week. I'm more than happy to embrace that friction to help btc evolve as money.

Username checks out?

This past week, we had a few outings to cafes and restaurants.

• Breakfast at Mugg and Bean
• Steak dinner at Turn 'n Tender
• Brunch at Tashas

Tashas was at a mall where we were able to pay the parking ticket via Lightning too. It doesn't get old yet... Ignore any pay stations, simply scan the code on the ticket and pay as you walk to the car.

Sounds eerily familiar from the microservices hype days, when many forgot to adhere to the "loosely coupled" bit.

Everyone likes the "two chicks" part of this scene, and so do I. But the second part always resonated with me, so I love that part even more.

I generally use a very low effort approach. I stopped believing the productivity hype a few years ago and returned to methods that preserve my sanity.

As of today, I use 4 tools:

• The reminders app for recurring things, or things with a deadline that I cannot do before/after a certain point. Think recurring payments, keeping various accounts topped up or active.
• A piece of paper with an Eisenhower matrix and short-term notes and scribbles. I recycle that roughly every month.
• Vimwiki in markdown format for long-term notes that I need to refer to.
• A journal to keep track of habits and each day's most memorable moment plus other thoughts as I work through them. Although not so much a tool for workflow, some notes from my monthly piece of paper will end up in there in a more polished form once I took the time to refine the thoughts.

archive: https://archive.is/0dNiR

It's obviously a function of how well their memory holds up.

The impatient have less time left to waste on waiting for people or stuff to get sorted. And the patient have forgotten that they were waiting for something to begin with.