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Is this who they mean?
Some of the reviews on the HBO “documentary” naming Peter Todd as Satoshi use an AI-generated picture of Satoshi. The picture resembles an old stereotyped Injun Chief, not a technonerd. Me Satoshi. Me bringum Wampum. Me give you Wampum. You give me big heap dollar.
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Terraforming Earth
Bloomberg Odd Lots has a fascinating feature on the separate world inhabited by billionaires and other criminals. Normal laws can’t touch sanctuary zones of various types and sizes. Some are well known like the Caymans, Isle of Man, and Dubai; others are known only to the elites. When I was a kid absorbed in old…
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Same rule
Note at substack: 4 years ago, I watched some conservative friends join the QAnon cult to find companionship and a community for their children. Today, I’m watching some liberal friends join the anti-Semite cult to find the same thing. Well, if companionship and respect were more available OUTSIDE of cults, cults wouldn’t flourish. Cults are…
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Dubious as expected.
Since I’ve been tracking the subject, here’s the latest. The HBO documentary claims that Peter Todd is Satoshi. Todd has well-known connections to the early stages of bitcoin, but doesn’t seem to fit most of the needed qualities. I’m not convinced. Later thought: The most important misfit is geographical. Todd lives in Toronto, and the…
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It’s even older
Noticed an article in NewSuperstitionist, describing how causality can be re-introduced into the quantum world. Why bother? Causality exists in the REAL world. Nature doesn’t care if we set up an abstract spiritual world of angels on pinheads or live/dead cats in boxes. Quantum is a modern religion, not a description of reality. Quantum theologians…
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Fast construction!
A local “news” station featured the proud announcement that the North-South Corridor bypass is nearly done! Well, almost nearly. It started construction in 2000, and plans to be done by 2030. The bypass was needed from 1946 to 2000. The huge Kaiser Aluminum plant in Mead employed thousands, and there wasn’t a highway leading to…
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Self-solving globalism
Randomly reading some of the old magazines at American Radio Library reminded me of a change I’d forgotten. It’s relevant to the recent decline of big centralized entertainment and “journalism”, quickly replaced by more individual and local talent carried on Youtube or Tiktok. A country music mag from 1966 had monthly columns on the music…
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The gardener
Local magazine The Inlander has an article highlighting each of the official Neighborhoods. This Neighborhood includes Boulevard Park along with larger areas to the south and north. The article gives a special salute to the work of Norbert Leute, who decided to improve the Boulevard in 2020. Googlestreets shows part of his work: The real…
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Basic rule of sales
I’m gradually spending more time at Quora and less at Substack. An elementary rule of business says that a display, whether it’s a store window or a magazine cover or a social media feed, should offer a variety of items. A variety gives each customer a chance to find something he likes in his current…
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Healthy attitude
More examples of a healthy response to insane rulers. Along with the endless overdoses, dozens per day, we have violence of all sorts, mostly crazy. The activists want us to crusade against the rulers. Sorry, I’m a conscientious objector from ALL wars, official and unofficial. Unofficial crusaders lose every time, and their losses and failures…
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For the first time…
Amazing! For the first time, an article at NiemanLab gets EVERYTHING right and reaches the correct conclusion. Mathew Jordan, a prof of media studies, writes the 100-year history of AM radio and gets every detail right. He’s talking about a “law” being considered by congress that would require automakers to keep the AM band on…
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Chutzpah
One of the stupid politicians in my email keeps pleading for help. If you don’t contribute, I’ll lose my election and lose my home! Good! Justice! Why in the world should I want to help a politician? The assigned job and purpose of politicians is ruining the world and destroying civilization. They’ll never be punished…
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Smart idea
Seen on Quora. Every ship coming in and out of the Baltic has to pass through the narrow straits around Copenhagen. In the 1700s Denmark charged a toll of 1% of the cargo’s value, to finance maintaining its ports. The ship had to dock and let the tax collector board to pay the toll. An…
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Not responding to the guilt trip
Advocates often insist that everyone MUST read things that disagree with our side, in order to have a chance of changing our mind. Nope. I have no obligation to eat stuff that tastes bad, nor do I have an obligation to mentally consume stuff that tastes bad. I shouldn’t try to PREVENT OTHERS from seeing…
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