I just put this on Stacker News. Tell me I'm wrong. #bitcoin I just don't know how "progressives" can reconcile proof of work. No matter how it's sliced or rebranded, the basic premise of "progressives" is socialism, which is taking from one group (the producers) and giving to another group (the non-producing receivers). All that verbiage like a more "just and equitable" world is just framing and marketing of this basic premise. And, this premise is fundamentally the opposite of how bitcoin works. <paste this on the "change my mind" meme>

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Bitcoin: A Guide for Progressives \ stacker news ~bitcoin

Succinct guide for any audience really (except anarchists … they don’t require bitcoin complement governance) - I almost feel like creating a c...

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Doing an arts and crafts project at the public library. The splatters look better than the project. It's basically a Kandinsky. #art

I've always found it easy to juggle back and forth reading a couple of books, like watching different TV shows as a series. This summer though, I chose "Master and Commander" by Patrick O'Brian and "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson. Swapping the high seas in a tall ship written in the Queen's 18th century English and the futuristic cocky attitude of a twenty-something in the Metaverse is proving to be a bit challenging. #books

Views on the future with AI seem to be either a) AI takes over the world (Matrix style) and humans are in danger of extinction or b) AI will perfect efficiency for humans and we will no longer have to work and will enjoy prosperity like never seen on Earth (Worldcoin's view). I'm thinking c) AI will be like every other tool man has ever invented, such as the wheel, hammer, and automatic coffee maker. (So, you'll still have to work)

Is launching a Big Gulp at federal agents aggrevated assault or just regular assault? Not sure how the law books delineate that.

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