Indeed. And I'm disturbed by my own emotions over this. Philosophically, I'm opposed to an overly strong government and a police state. But emotionally I find myself siding with the force of law against the protesters. And if I feel this way, imagine how many more must feel similarly, or even more strongly. It seems this is how brutal dictators can get into power on a popular mandate. Scary to think about.

I guess I find myself aligned with Matthew Hennessey. If it's worth saving, surely some money can come out of its own endowment fund for doing so?

what's the issue?

Are you running a bitcoin node from a raspberry pi?

For me, it's about more than a states' rights issue. This issue hits close to home because I'm still scarred from the 2020 riots, from which local businesses never recovered. I'm angry at California public officials for refusing to enforce basic law & order, and always pandering to criminals and drug abusers. In the last 5 years my home has been broken into, my daughter has been spit on by a homeless person, and I've been in a restaurant when a brick was thrown through the window. My neighborhood has hired a private patrol car because there's been a string of break-ins and the police don't do anything. And we don't even live in a bad part of town.

I don't know if what Trump is doing is right, but from a purely emotional point of view, there's no way I'm ever going to feel sympathy for these lawless protesters. In fact, part of me wants to see them get beat down harshly. It's really shameful that I feel this way, but there's no point lying about my feelings. This is what decades of cowardice and mismanagement by public officials has come to.

@delete in 24 hours

I'm a Christian so I certainly believe that there's a soul that can't be replicated by a computer. I think it's also safe to say that the soul isn't entirely contained in the brain, because the soul continues to exist even if the body is burned to ashes. As to whether or not a computer can fully replicate the functionality of a brain, I can't say.

I'll buy cowboy credits from you at a 2:1 rate. i.e. You zap me 2,000 cowboy credits, I'll send you 1,000 sats via lightning.

When we gonna get the Shaolin Basketball movie

No no no no no.

When will these leftists learn that consumption is not the only source of human satisfaction?

A rich guy and a poor guy could consume the same amount of goods, and the poor guy would still feel inferior to the rich guy, and the rich guy would still feel superior to the poor guy, and resentment would still fester

Until silly progressives learn that human happiness isn't u(c), we're never going to move forward.

I love a good detective mystery

Man earned his poutine today

I don't think 4o is the right model for attempting this. 4o is their fast text generation model which I think is more prone to hallucination.

For some reason I read this as "RIP Sly Stallone"

The problem is that California leaders have already demonstrated an unwillingness to use police against rioters.

I'm no fan of the Trump administration, but during the George Floyd riots, Santa Monica got wrecked by rioters, and public officials sat by and did nothing. The promenade still hasn't recovered and there are still boarded up shops everywhere.

Very few people would come out and say it, but I don't think too many locals are gonna take the side of the rioters.

When statistics fit the narrative, the journalists do zero checking.

Next up: Loan products that let parents "borrow against" their children's savings accounts.

Maybe your friend is the one who is flagged and not any particular bitcoin address?

But do you think we still need a better way to fight spam on the network?

I believe it. The EVs are not only heavier, they are undoubtedly more polluting to produce and dispose of. I drive both a hybrid and an EV, and if i had to pick one only i'd pick the hybrid. It can use a small battery for short trips on fully electric, but use gas for longer trips.