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2481  Other / Off-topic / Re: What Do you do in your free time? on: February 19, 2023, 06:02:29 PM
What Do you do in your free time?


Sleep.



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2482  Other / Off-topic / Re: How will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hit the global economy? on: February 19, 2023, 05:55:20 PM
Russia was always involved. They had no choice with the US wanting to break them up into "states."

If the West doesn't win the war, the whole global economy will change. BRICS will add many more nations, and theirs will become the next global currency. They are designing it right now - https://infobrics.org/post/37495.

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2483  Other / Off-topic / Re: Enjoy your money you work hard for. on: February 19, 2023, 05:36:59 PM
A wise person knows the balance between enjoy life today and saving for the future. And to find this balance one should also take into account their current wealth. If you are a millionaire, you can easily treat yourself to some luxury item that costs thousands of dollars occasionally. Or spend dozens of dollars on some premium good every day. But if you aren't rich, but just have some savings, like $100,000 or so, it wouldn't be wise to chase such luxury just because you can. Because if you will be spending like a millionaire, you will become broke rather fast.

What this means for Bitcoiners is that they should take some profits during bull markets and enjoy life. You are not breaking your HODL if you sold 0.5% of your coins to make a gift for yourself if that gift will greatly improve your life, like a new phone or a new PC.

Good thoughts. One thing to remember about bitcoin is, it probably will never increase in number of coins. Yet, there are always wallets that are lost, coins that are being burned, and other reasons why the number of bitcoins is or will be diminishing. So, save some, because they might become rare, and very valuable. But spend some to get something before you are too old to spend them.

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2484  Other / Off-topic / Re: Nostr Social Media on: February 19, 2023, 05:14:44 PM

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They should also agree on how to avoid dangerous/harmful data without violating the censorship resistant principle... because some days ago I saw very filthy spam that should never have been allowed in the first place. The user/user continued spamming with thesame filthy posts for more than an hour

There shouldn't be any censorship.

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We do not allow yeast in our Kingdom else it swells and weakens the bread. Once the bread is weakened it's exposed to invaders.
If you understand what this ^ means you are actually part of us and should see nothing wrong in suppression of dangerous/harmful content by the keeper of the body.


By the way, what I was referring to in that post was a repeated post of a naked Asian "woman" in erotic position. It was likely repeated for more than two hours as nothing else but the post covered the entired homepage. Scrolling or blocking didn't help much as the poster/posters seem to be using multiple accounts to post thesame thing. It looked like an attack.


TWO HOURS!!!   What I meant when I said that there shouldn't be any censorship is that, the only censorship should be self-censorship... censorship done by the person watching.

I sympathize with you. You probably feel guilty all over the place. And I can understand your request for help, since you obviously don't seem to have enough control to censor this thing for yourself. But look at the other side of it.

The other side is fair elections and all kinds of good stuff. If we allow censors, who is going to judge how much or how little to censor? Right now it is coming out into the open that twitter censored so much stuff at election time, that they might have been the reason why Trump didn't win.

And part of what they might have censored is knowledge of the Internet back doors on the voting machines that allowed a few criminals to control what the voting machines said. If there had been no twitter censors, people would have recognized that the votes didn't match what people were saying on twitter, and there might have been a big investigation into the election process that would have overturned the whole election.

And if that had happened, we wouldn't be supporting Ukraine in the war, which likely wouldn't have happened at all, and the US economy would have been a lot better than it is.

And what about Covid? Tons of doctors and nurses and other experts were censored, who tried to show that Covid isn't the dangerous thing, but that the vaxx is far more dangerous... and hundreds of thousands of people wouldn't have died as has happened, and is happening right now from the vaxx.

And there are tons more formerly censored things coming out... like the Jeffrey Epstein thing, that he and his people were garnering information from the 'choke points' of international Internet, so that they could find stuff to blackmail big business and politicians with. Sure, letting this info out into the open would have caused some people to go underground to keep from being caught by Epstein. But others would have stopped their wickedness.

Proper use of Nostr will encrypt everything in the future, so that if you happen to get some Nostr info you don't want, you won't be able to see or understand it anyway. It will only be those people who actively try to see it that will be able. In other words, it will not really be censored. Rather, it will simply be hidden, like people are when they wear clothes.

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2485  Other / Politics & Society / East Palestine “Residents May Already Be Undergoing DNA Mutations" on: February 19, 2023, 12:47:49 PM
When you look into this railroad chemical spill, you will see the large amount of negligence on the part of both government and the railroad. Ohio people are being poisoned.


East Palestine “Residents May Already Be Undergoing DNA Mutations,” Class Action Lawsuit Alleges



https://www.infowars.com/posts/east-palestine-residents-may-already-be-undergoing-dna-mutations-class-action-lawsuit-alleges/
Norfolk Southern Railway CEO Alan Shaw published a letter Thursday that read, “We will not walk away, East Palestine.”

But already, officials from Norfolk Southern ditched a meeting last night with worried East Palestine, Ohio, residents who were only searching for answers after a freight train with 150 cars (20 of which were carrying hazardous materials) derailed in the small town, resulting in a chemical disaster.

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East Palestine Ohio mayor Trent Conaway is furious the community came out for a town hall and the railroad refused to show up Norfolk Southern didn't have the nerve to address the town.
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Norfolk Southern is not off to a great start. There are increasing reports that residents are experiencing short-term health impacts after the derailment and controlled burn of toxic chemical vinyl chloride. Residents as far away as Pittsburgh are wondering about potential health impacts, according to local media, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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2486  Other / Off-topic / Re: How will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hit the global economy? on: February 19, 2023, 12:35:11 PM
The KGB of the old Soviet Union were smart. They are the ones who took over Russia in 1991. Putin is ex-KGB.

The war is an economic one. Because the US is strong economically around the world, the war is a battle of Russia to throw off the US economic chain.

World economy is changing. It happens, and has happened throughout history. BRICS may not win world economy, but it is becoming stronger as the USD is becoming weaker.

If the US loses world economic control, there will be loads of changes that will be made all over the world... as the US pulls its military out of all kinds of countries.

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2487  Other / Off-topic / Re: Do you agree that an employer should hire employees who are smarter than him? on: February 19, 2023, 12:27:40 PM
In Appleton, Wisconsin, there is a grocery store (a big one) called Woodman's Market. And actually, there are several of them in Wisconsin, a chain, started back in 1919.

Several decades ago the employees bought out the company. It's an employee owned store. As such, everybody gets to share in the profits that the owner, Mr. Woodman, would be making. The employees are smart... at least the ones running it all.

The benefits are good. I'm tempted to get a job there.

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2488  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Would you marry your current spouse again? on: February 19, 2023, 12:20:10 PM
^^^ Right! It's why the divorce rate is so high.

But notice one thing. Just to get on Bitcointalk, people need to be thinkers a little. Divorced people often aren't thinkers. That's why they are not here, commenting on their ex... and why they are divorced.

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2489  Other / Politics & Society / Re: C.b.n government vs supreme Court on: February 19, 2023, 12:16:58 PM
Nostr is in its beginnings. Once it gets going stronger, governments of the world won't be able to control their citizens any longer. Even financial things will bypass the banks and governments.

Check into it now, while it is young, and teach your people how to use it. That way you'll be ready for the time after it 'grows up'.

https://bitcoinnews.com/what-is-nostr/

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I checked out the Nostr and it seems interesting. But I to read about the details about this platform. To have a social media network that borrowed it's features from the Bitcoin network is commendable. A social media that has its username as private keys like wallets is attractive.

The Nigerian government should obey the Supreme Court judgement because their is separation of power between the executive and the legislature. For the society to be free of anarchy, every institution should obey the law.

People could actually use Bitcoin as a social media platform. But they would have to pay the miners' fees every time they used it. Nostr is using the simple, basic principles of encryption, but without a blockchain to be protected in the same way that Bitcoin's is. Nostr is almost like a simplification of PGP with the addition of room for two things:
1. Ease of use;
2. The quality of being able to have any number of apps built on top of it... built by any home programmer who has the skill.


Lots of countries have patterned their government on that of the US. But they forget one thing, the thing that makes the US government strong. This is the strength of the 12-man jury.

In the US, a jury can overcome any law that the government makes... limited to the case at hand. It can act like the government in any case, again, limited to the case at hand. Most countries that have adopted the US jury, don't give it the power to more-or-less regulate laws like this. So, the government of those countries is not really by the people.

People don't like being slaves, even if it is limited slavery.

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2490  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: February 19, 2023, 12:01:59 PM
Let this war end for the sake of everyone involved.

I agree, Putin should end the invasion. He can pull out now, declare Russia victorious in their "special operation," and the people who want to believe him can cheer with him.
This is a war between the US and Russia. Ukraine is a pawn of the US, as is much of Nato. A Russian victory declaration would be a lie that would be detrimental to Russia, except if the US pulled out.



It's like you listen to a few minutes of talk radio every once in a while and then regurgitate what you can remember here when your weekly post count is low but don't actually have any idea what you're talking about.

I think it's good if he's doing it for post count purposes as at least that's a reason.

Imagine regurgitating rightwing and/or Russian propaganda without getting paid for it.

Either you copied what TwitchySeal is talking about, or you are simply against Russia. If the US and Nato hadn't been supporting Ukraine in many big ways, the war would have literally been over almost before it started.

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2491  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Do not waste your time on: February 19, 2023, 11:55:31 AM
^^^ People in many countries need to work just to eat... to say nothing about getting their social media devices.

People in the US are so wealthy, that they don't need to work. All they want to do is play on social media.

Without work, wealth will dissipate. Soon it will happen in the US... is happening right now.

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2492  Other / Politics & Society / Re: U.S. tells Ukraine it cannot provide strategic missiles because American forces on: February 19, 2023, 11:50:17 AM
The war might be getting closer to an end now that the US doesn't have enough missiles to supply them with. But Ukraine still might buy some missiles from some other countries... with cash from the US. War pays the missile makers.


U.S. tells Ukraine it cannot provide strategic missiles because American forces simply don’t have enough


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Maybe it was just an excuse for the US to refuse the request from Kyiv because they were aware that supplying long-range weapons that could hit Russian territory would cause a third world war. Although the US and Nato are helping Ukraine a lot, they also do not want a nuclear clash to break out because that is the beginning of World War 3. The US does not want the war to end, but neither does it want it to become a world war.
This is not the first time the US has refused a request from Ukraine when it asked for the supply of heavy, long-range weapons.

If you study Russian history, you will find that it was the US and the wealthy elite that put Russia into power through the Bolshevik Revolution. Few Americans understand this.

People aren't stupid; certainly not Russians. Once Russia got the idea of the strength of technology into their heads, they became powerful... by being given some by the US, then by stealing some of it from other countries, and by inventing some of it on their own.

The US doesn't want to give Ukrainians too much advanced armament. Why not? Because they saw how giving too much to the Russians backfired on them.

Russia and Ukraine are having a bit of a squabble right now. But they are essentially people from the same part of the world... often brothers and sisters. Some aspects of the Ukrainian war are similar to a civil war. Once the squabble is over, who will the Ukrainians side with? The US or Russia?

A further danger to the US is, if they don't do it right, much of Nato might switch sides, and turn against the US sometime after the Ukraine war. There are lots of things to think about. Remember, in times of early WW2 or before, Stalin and Hitler were buddies to some extent. Some of Nato aren't too happy with what the US is doing right now.

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2493  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian world order on: February 19, 2023, 11:24:15 AM
We are finding out that the Russian world order is far stronger than the Alik Bahshi word order.

Nonsense, words in any order and having meaning are always stronger than any order, especially Russian.

Two people are in a duel. They stand facing each other. One has a gun. The other has words. Who wins?

Words aren't powerful except in two circumstances:
1. They are the truth, and people believe them;
2. People believe they are the truth even when they are lies.

So, it isn't the words that are strong. It's the people that are strong. The idea that words are strong is a lie. If there seems to be strength in words, it's because the people wielding the words are strong.

You can see in the war how many people are dying... way more Ukrainians than Russians. This simply means that when Russians use words to give orders, their word order is stronger than Ukrainian word order. In the same way, Russian world order is stronger than Ukrainian world order.

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2494  Other / Off-topic / Re: Nostr Social Media on: February 19, 2023, 01:36:21 AM

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They should also agree on how to avoid dangerous/harmful data without violating the censorship resistant principle... because some days ago I saw very filthy spam that should never have been allowed in the first place. The user/user continued spamming with thesame filthy posts for more than an hour

There shouldn't be any censorship.

Imagine if there wasn't any censorship on Bitcointalk. Also, imagine that every last post was filthy, vulgar talk of the worst kind. What would happen? In short order, only members who liked that kind of stuff would be visiting Bitcointalk. At the very least, it would be the same as now where you can personally block the posts of anybody you don't like.

If Nostr wound up being full of only filthy, vulgar talk, anybody who didn't like it would stop using it. But since it is not censored at the core of it, it's up to the user to stop following any bad talker.

Parents need to monitor their children, and block bad talkers. Or, they need to take their devices away from them, and sent them to private schools that don't allow any devices on the premises. Once the kid is of adult age, he is responsible for his own life.

You can't babysit the world. You have to let them be free. It's even a principle that God puts up with. The thing that should be done with Nostr is that lewd or crude writing should be marked so that people can ovoid them until they block the maker of these kinds of articles or posts.

Nobody is forcing anybody to use Nostr. If it isn't a good thing, go somewhere else.

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2495  Other / Politics & Society / Re: What would you do if your family spent more time on social media on: February 18, 2023, 07:20:19 PM
What would you do if your family spent more time on social media


Ignore them in more detail.



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2496  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: February 18, 2023, 07:09:45 PM
^^^ They already got paid.

Debt is what the people and government owe to:
1. The Federal Reserve Bank;
1. Companies and Corporations;
3. Foreign governments.

In every case, the debt is secured by a promissory note of some kind... or maybe a bond.

Promissory notes and bonds are negotiable instruments, like checks and money orders. The debt was essentially prepaid by the promissory note before the money was loaned.

This shows that the prepayment was actually a creation of new money. More money in the system means more inflation. Inflation is absorbed by the people... a hardship on their lives.

There is no debt.

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2497  Other / Politics & Society / U.S. tells Ukraine it cannot provide strategic missiles because American forces on: February 18, 2023, 07:02:35 PM
The war might be getting closer to an end now that the US doesn't have enough missiles to supply them with. But Ukraine still might buy some missiles from some other countries... with cash from the US. War pays the missile makers.


U.S. tells Ukraine it cannot provide strategic missiles because American forces simply don’t have enough



https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-02-17-us-tells-ukraine-it-cannot-provide-strategic-missiles.html
For once, the Biden regime appears to be telling the Ukrainian government to pound sand over its latest weapons request.

The United States has notified Ukraine that it does not possess sufficient numbers of Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMs), which have a range of 190 miles, to provide assistance to Kyiv, as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues to escalate with a new Russian offensive. The news comes as Ukraine seeks greater military support from the Biden government in its ongoing conflict.

According to Politico, the U.S. has informed Ukraine that it lacks the necessary number of long-range missiles to provide military aid. While Biden has provided other forms of military assistance to Ukraine, including weapons and training, the lack of long-range missiles could be a significant setback for Ukraine’s efforts to defend itself against Russia’s new offensives, Politico reported, adding that the U.S. military has to retain what inventory it has in case its own forces need them.

“With any package, we always consider our readiness and our own stocks while providing Ukraine what it needs on the battlefield,” said a senior DoD official. “There are other ways of providing Ukraine with the capabilities it needs to strike the targets.”

The situation in Ukraine has been tense for years, with Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and ongoing conflict in the Donbass region. The recent escalation of violence has only added to the already volatile situation, as Ukraine has sought support from the U.S. and NATO.

However, with the news that the US does not possess enough long-range missiles to provide assistance, Ukraine may attempt to purchase ATACMs from other countries that have them such as Poland, Romania, Greece, Turkey, South Korea, Qatar and Bahrain. The longer-range missiles can be used with the HIMARS rocket systems that Ukraine already possesses.
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2498  Other / Politics & Society / Re: WHO whistleblower was censored ... for exposing presence of nanotec on: February 18, 2023, 06:50:41 PM
Damn, so they have planted nanobots into our bodies? Scary stuff, I can't take more of this information, I have had 4 vaccines already. Guys pray for me.😇

There have been a few people who boasted that the shots weren't hurting them, and then died shortly thereafter... like within a month.

Many people aren't hurt that they can tell. Also, the various shots are different from batch to batch. You might have gotten shots that aren't as dangerous.

The other side of it is that millions have already died from the shots. And multitudes more have been harmed one way or another. Open VAERS has much of the info. Two things to remember when you look at the Open VAERS info:
1. The numbers are less than 1% of what is really happening;
2. The CDC is trying to stifle the reports to keep people from finding out what is happening; But it is starting to come out in the main stream news here and there.

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2499  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Bitcoin a coin perfect for a society on: February 18, 2023, 06:32:06 PM
The biggest drawback to Bitcoin is (in my estimation) that it is not a literal, physical coin. Now, read the rest before you jump to the point that there are physical Bitcoins. This is different.

What we need is real coins, that are electronic devices themselves, that can do one thing... hold and store bitcoin value... bitcoins in satoshi form. These coin devices would have to be:

1. Simple and cheap to make, just like a dollar bill is cheap to print;

2. Reasonably damage proof; cell phones are quite strong, even if most of them aren't waterproof;

3. They need to be small enough that you can carry a bunch of them in your pocket easily, but large enough that they can't be lost easily;

4. Being electronic devices, they need to have EMP protection, and be internally hack proof;

5. It would be nice if they could transfer their value to a Btc wallet by plugging in to a more complex computer device;

6. Right along with #5, it would be nice if they could display their current value, which could be changed with the owner's Btc wallet;

7. Right along with the above, it would be nice if the coins were real coins that could be traded and accessed by each new owner, and tested right on the spot, to see if they were counterfeit or real.

Now, I'm not suggesting that there aren't any other or better ideas to make the Btc coins perfect. And there will always be those people who want to hack them. But...

The BTC coin would be simple. It would be like a little, finger-size, computer. It would be like a piece of an AXIC chip, designed for one thing... to hold Btc value. The only thing that could change the value would be if it were inserted into a special reader, that could take value off, or add value on. And, one could have a little 'checker device' on his keychain that would authenticate the Btc coin as being a valid Btc coin or not (besides looking at it to see if it looked right).

What does anybody think?

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2500  Other / Politics & Society / Re: World population is now 8 billion. on: February 18, 2023, 01:39:46 AM
Countries like China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and others, all have gigantic populations.

Why don't we be kind to them, and offer Canada, the US, and Siberia to them so that they have more room to spread out... and have more kids?

Think of how large the population of the world would have been if this stuff hadn't been done... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWG8a_jPwkE.

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