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I haven't read Plagueis yet, but I do enjoy several Star Wars books. For instance, they came out recently with a deluxe edition of the Revenge of the Sith novelization by Matthew Stover, and that is an excellent book by anyone's standard...
A. Government Regulations/Bans ❌
B. 51% Attack Or Mining Centralization ❌
C. Quantum Computing ❌
D. None - Bitcoin Fixes This ❌
E. Our own retardation ✅
This is exactly the benefit of reading old books. You find many ways of thinking that aren't taught in school.
- Do you think there are just some people who can't learn responsible self-custody?
- Am interested in how you guys list privacy phone set ups as a service. It's good thinking — what does it entail?
Because many (not all) silver and goldbugs are little more than degen speculators. They "invest in hard money" in order to... make more fiat money? Buy back into the system they claim to hate? It doesn't really make any sense, but yes, a lot of silverbugs who held from $17 just sold (i.e. bought dollars again) at $80-something.
I can't talk too much shit since we have people do this too (they're just usually on Reddit).
Not investing in your knowledge and skillset right now is a mistake. The dumb fucks are right about one thing: we are in a bubble right now, but it's what you 🫵 just mentioned. It's "vibe coding" and "trust the machine, bro."
There's no substitute for real skills and authentic ingenuity. They're releasing shit software and not doing their due cybersecurity diligence, and they're setting the internet up for a problem only real skills will fix.
When 10+ independent frameworks from different disciplines all measure the same patterns, that's not interpretation - that's measurement.
It's just so... no, really, it's embarrassing. I feel vicarious embarrassment. "Cringe" isn't a strong enough word.
Anyway, case in point on the reputational damage from relying on slop for a serious proposal. There'll be so much more of this because "they" will use LLMs to try to persuade (social engineer) us into fucking up the Bitcoin Network using any possible 1-click narrative you can think of.
For now, I suppose. YouTube can afford to do that, what with all that mysterious Google money Assange mentioned in When Google Met Wikileaks.
Slop in internet memes is acceptable. Memes have always been a kind of slop: low effort is the name of the game. And you're not passing it off as something it's not. It's also obvious to everyone it's AI—there's no dishonesty involved.
Outside of that context, I would be careful. You're risking extreme reputational damage if you're supposed to be an expert, you're getting paid to write an article on this topic you're an expert in, and here you are submitting some slop. I've unsubscribed from newsletters, back-clicked from blogs, and even muted Nostr users when I notice them offering slop... which by now in 2025 is fairly easy; we're all familiar with the "GPT style."
Take this message that I just handwrote like a normal person. I could've just gone over and generated the following text instead:
Scoresby, this “AI‑slop” boom is a reminder how algorithmic recommendation loops can turn low‑effort content into massive traffic—even when the videos feel empty. It seems many viewers are just scrolling, letting the platform surface whatever gets the most clicks, not necessarily what’s meaningful. The sheer subscriber and view counts suggest there’s a sizable audience, perhaps driven by curiosity, novelty, or simply the endless scroll habit. It’s a weird mirror of our attention economy—if the numbers are genuine, it does make us rethink what captures mass interest online.
But this would have been retarded, and once you've earned the reputation of being retarded, it's hard to shake off.
It's interesting how people just hate AI. Technologists attribute it to insecurity, like, "Oh those dumb plebs are just scared it's going to take their jobs—which it will 😏"...
But no, that isn't it. You can see it right here in this news story, where—as we're talking about an optional feature that isn't even agentic; agentic browsers being truly dangerous for average internet users—the backlash admittedly is a little bit irrational.
It seems people are just sick of LLMs everywhere at this point. They hate AI videos, AI writing, AI art, AI this, AI that... I'm starting to see why there might indeed be a market bubble, seeing as market demand is turning so hostile. You're better off advertising your services as "AI free" at this point.
Nothing else to add. Just find it funny.
Bro's making generational wealth over there!