Is it bitcoin or bitcoiners that fix everything?
10 sats \ 9 comments \ @DiracDelta 24 Sep 2023 bitcoin outlawed
My answer is it is bitcoin. Bitcoiners are idiots, by and large (just look at Stacker News comments), and it is the dynamic process of free markets that actually fixes things. Give me the world after 100 million bitcoin of cumulative GDP post-hyperbitcoinization, that's when things will really ramp up.
Anyway, this is my roundabout way of also saying it will take too long, so I can't wait for bitcoin to fix things: just have to charge forward through the fiat mud and fix things myself.
One thing I want to fix is the composition of lipids in the world, which no one else is addressing seriously in a globally scalable way, which requires considering cost -- sincere bitcoiners understand that cost is a key part of value and scale. Anyway, take a look at this twitter poll if you want to improve the odds your children live in a world with less poison.
https://twitter.com/DiracDel/status/1705980613516505404
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61 sats \ 0 replies \ @0232cf2253 24 Sep 2023
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30 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 24 Sep 2023
What do you think of Zero Acre Oil?
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329 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiracDelta OP 24 Sep 2023
It's good stuff, very low linoleic, which is the main thing that makes seed oils bad. The question is how cheap can they get it and at what scale. High oleic seed oils have the advantage that they are a drop in solution to an existing industrial process, so they instantly have access to economies of scale.
The other issue Zero Acre will run into is that with such low linoleic, the taste of fried food becomes worse, and I suspect this can be recuperated with a high saturated fat source, for which palm kernel or coconut are the two standout choices. ZeroAcre + 30% coconut or palm kernel is analogous to approach I want to take and I think that could work.
All of these seem like they should be able to supplant avocado and olive oil for home cooking in applications with heat. I will still use lots of butter, ghee, tallow, but all those things will always cost more.
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @0232cf2253 24 Sep 2023
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 24 Sep 2023
This stuff is super new. It's some novel organism + a bioreactor and they're pretty hush hush about it afaict.
Shake Shack fries are amazing though and they use this oil too it seems like so.
I think they've only just begun running a pilot at some Shake Shacks, so your Shake Shack fries are still most likely fried in some kind of seed oil blend.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiracDelta OP 24 Sep 2023
At the moment they are selling DTC 16 oz bottles for $20-25, which is very expensive.
5 gallon restaurant supply bottles of oil go for $40-45 for the cheap sludge, and $60-65 for the regular high oleic.
The Shake Shack is only a couple locations. I think the low saturated fat AND low linoleic will lead to inferior food taste, and that Shake Shack customers are not their for health. Overall, I am skeptical on them being able to make that leap if they don't boost saturated fat somehow, and even then, market is very price sensitive.
Idk what the economics of bioreactor are like, but my guess is they are just trying to match beef tallow on price.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @purpurato 24 Sep 2023
The world doesn't need to be fixed, only fools focus their energy on that endeavor. The fact that you think most people around you are idiots only proves the point.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiracDelta OP 24 Sep 2023
Have fun staying mediocre and pastoral. It's funny that you even engage with modern technology rather than returning naked to the forest. Or if you love the fiat world so much, why do you care about bitcoin if you think everything is perfect. 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
The fact that you are an idiot commenting here proves MY point.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @NeuroNinja 24 Sep 2023
We need to define what to be fixed, there's a lot of things out of place like (poverty, hunger, environment, education, climate & sustainability, responsible production & consumption). Bitcoin might be just a new form of money giving us more power over banks/govts. How will it fix stuff ? As Buddha said, in his first noble truth, “life is suffering"
imo, we need to be empathetic to fix everything.
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