0 sats \ 0 replies \ @UCantDoThatDotRugged 7 Mar \ on: You should be on Nostr with Lightning enabled wallet nostr
Interesting. Dense. Necessary avenues of study would include history of Christianity, meanings of ancient words, greek history, the difference between Lucifer and Satan, ancient Persia, Freemasonry... wow
Also, definitions that have changed over time. IOW, what was the intent of the people who worshipped Mithra - not what do modern Luciferians say it means.
Similarly, we can look at the Statue of Liberty and ascribe any meaning we want to it - to hell with crazed lunacy.
Very cool... is there a place where you house all of this and explain how each was made? Good for posterity at minimum. Like DeviantArt, or better yet Nostr, or your own website?
Ottmar Liebert - Barcelona Nights
Spanish guitar. There are so many great guitarists out there it's ridiculous. A LOT of them do not include lyrics and do not aim for 'hits.' I gather this is a subculture of humble stackers over there.
Worth being skeptical of such situations, worth posting your opinion, worth allowing people to put their sats where they want.
The typical lean should be toward scamwatching, skepticism always on.
20 sats \ 0 replies \ @UCantDoThatDotRugged 7 Mar \ parent \ on: SN Territory Rent in a bull market meta
Easy to say. Sats are valued at the distance of time between now and when I have to spend them, taking into account probability of price change (which in the near term can only be seen as unpredictable, and in the long term can be seen as better than any other place to park it).
20 sats \ 0 replies \ @UCantDoThatDotRugged 7 Mar \ parent \ on: SN Territory Rent in a bull market meta
That will be the general direction of the incentive, but unlikely to be either linear nor the only force at play. For instance, the more it costs, the less poor people will have a say. But another variable, poor people with a profitable territory are fine. Also, law of large numbers - it takes a lot of time and people and territories for general incentive probabilities to play out in reality.
Interesting. I would add that in all size groups, perfectly reasonable people with good ideas, even the best ones sometimes, get marginalized. No doubt you've thought of this, but it seemed to be a blind spot of the article.
Another, the 'master manipulators' bit. I think only at the margins. I just think many of the lessons of deception are lost on modern man, and so there is free reign for a larger percentage of the triads than there would typically be in a working society. For the most part, there are a lot of wannabe manipulators who use low skill techniques. It's not lost on me that, the larger the group, the easier it is for them to find low skill victims. But I think the real dark triads are also easily identified under a bright light too, and too often given more power than they are due - villainy is glorified and ascribed intelligence. The reality is that it takes a broken personality and a broken mindset to be capable of such deception. Broken people leave the signs of... brokenness.
Also, it is the very lessons of game theory that show why dark triad is an achilles heel for them. They don't get to play just one game. They have to uphold reputation. In larger groups they get cover - they can travel with the circus. But technology is catching up to the mean, where it will be much easier to spot.
I think dark triad has an advantage, but a larger disadvantage. It requires a faith in humanity to agree - a belief that good works better than evil, that it is a choice we all make, and that it is nature over nurture. It is only in these weird times where triad has an advantage that bears fruit. But they pile up that fruit, and it rots in time.
I agree entirely that a proper economic system minimizes suffering of victims and maximizes regulation of dark triads. That system is laissez faire maximization of individual liberty + educated / high information populace + technologies that empower the weakest among us to participate on a level field.
Clearly throwing out any principle or belief in democracy. They just believe if the public votes on the wrong President, they can throw them out by force / deceptive lawfare / corruption without consulting peaceful civilized avenues.
A mega-yacht seized by U.S. authorities from a Russian oligarch is costing the government nearly $1 million a month to maintain, according to new court filings.
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking permission to sell a 348-foot yacht called Amadea, which it seized in 2022, alleging that it was owned by sanctioned Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov. The government said it wants to sell the $230 million yacht due to the “excessive costs” of maintenance and crew, which it said could total $922,000 a month.
“It is excessive for taxpayers to pay nearly a million dollars per month to maintain the Amadea when these expenses could be reduced to zero through [a] sale,” according to a court filing by U.S. prosecutors on Friday.
The monthly charges for Amadea, which is now docked in San Diego, California, include $600,000 per month in running costs: $360,000 for the crew; $75,000 for fuel; and $165,000 for maintenance, waste removal, food and other expenses. They also include $144,000 in monthly pro-rata insurance costs and special charges including dry-docking fees, at $178,000, bringing the total to $922,000, according to the filings.
Not sure his speaking mannerisms are natural and not learned/practice, training. Lots of hand movements, and 'everyman' character looks like construct. As for message, the China/USA part seems really oversimplified.
He says that some competition between the two is a cycle of waffling "which makes you even less secure" and says that's "a scary place to be." Emotional narrative. Could just be the way he thinks. But reality is much more granular. No need to be concerned about some nebulous conceptualization of the sizes of superpowers inside this guys hands, better to focus on the specifics of what policies are wrongheaded and where force is being used unjustly.
"It's gonna be a question of China vs. the west." Yea maybe. To me it's first a question of China vs itself, and US vs itself. Will they continue unsustainable policies? Citizens/elite families/dynasties /business leaders still have a lot of say in both countries. A significant cleanup by either could change the landscape dramatically. They are both out of control abroad, U.S. more overtly, ostensibly, China more covertly. (But wikileaks shows CIA is everywhere too).
Message he had for people to take action, step forward, that's good stuff.
His talk about the difference between public perception and individual perception is a bit of projection I'd say. There's truth to that but it is a particular blind spot among narcissists, who obsess over perception and perspective but constantly find their gauges off from neurotic thinking distorted by traumatic complexes. It's more valuable to hold the simple common sense knowledge that communication's purpose is to share perspective and improve each participant's map of the other. He seems to be more on the 'communication is about presenting the narrative perception you want the listener to use as their map." Which would be classic CIA, and the personality type they look for (if my amateur policy reverse engineering skills are not failing me.)
'CIA' = 'In-Q-Tel' = 'Microstrategy' = Michael Saylor Bad because of this unsourced slide
I mean, not the worst of assumptions as far as these leaps go, given histories. But nothing to hang a hat on here. Anyone do any more research?
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