Xap sounds like an algorithm friendly way of saying fap.

Too fighters live. Its 28deg C and 80% humidity. Let's see if the old Dave has 3 hours of this left in him.

That's a psyop. The government claims legitimacy over you anyway.

Now you have relinquished the small amount of power you are able to project.

I think we need to focus on communities with the ability to pull in wider circles rather than throwing them into the deep end of nostr

the answer is not to try and make a quick buck in the App Store; in fact, the surge in slop will make the market worse for everyone. Rather, it’s to make something for yourself and a small group of trusted friends and colleagues.

The AI investment can only repay itself if governments make powerful AI a privilege.

Regulate it like weapons. Ordinary people get cutlery. Be good enough and you might get a licence for a single shot firearm. Government agencies get automatic weapons. Favoured countries get nukes.

Then whoever controls access gets to charge rent on everyone else’s productivity. Every business, every worker, every useful thing you do becomes another opportunity to collect a fee.

That’s the trap: promising a future of abundance, then making abundance illegal without a subscription.

Everybody works for the bank https://fountain.fm/track/hIzvzhOo4e6wjK6D9NIR

It's astounding how much work Richard has to do to dispell myths that "educated" people that "understand" finance believe.