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85 sats \ 2 replies \ @jimmysong 9h \ on: AskSN Parents: How have your travelling habits changed? alter_native
It's harder up until they're out of diapers and car seats. Thankfully, it's a lot easier than it used to be, especially with food delivery and uber-like services everywhere. Use AI if you want ideas, and google translate to read menus and signs, airalo (and some bitcoin version, too but I forget) to get e-sim data for whatever country you're going to cheap.
There are definitely downsides to traveling with kids, like cost and having to accommodate their tastes, but there are upsides, too. You get a lot of discounts, for example, especially at museums and such in countries with few kids (like Japan!) It's also fun being with them and giving them memories. A picture in front of some iconic place is a lifetime memory. It's also really good for them to get exposed to different cultures.
Anyway, it's going to be harder, no doubt, but it's also more meaningful because you're doing the activity as a family. And don't underestimate how you'll look back on it. A trip like that is something that you'll be referencing for the rest of your life.
He's probably most famous for his short story Paper Menagerie, which won the Hugo, Nebula and World Science Fiction awards. He's written the 4-book epic Dandelion Dynasty series, has a few short story collections including one in the Star Wars universe, and a few other books, almost all very unique in their approach. He also translated the first and third books of the Three Body Problem trilogy and has a bunch of short films and TV series based on his stories. He's one of the few sci-fi authors that treats Bitcoin properly.
Because they've grown up trusting the dollar. You have to understand that for most people in the world, dollars are the best store of value they've known because their own currency debases faster. But sadly, most don't have access to dollar bank accounts, and if they save at all it's with cash. That doesn't work very well because it's easily stolen or lost, so for them, USDT is an upgrade over cash. They don't know much about Tether the company or the trust they're placing in the many custodians, they just know its value stays the same in dollar terms.
In other words, the gap between what they already trust (dollars) and what they're asked to trust (USDT) is smaller than the gap between what they don't trust (BTC) and what they're asked to trust (BTC again). But the gap between USDT and BTC isn't nearly as big, which is the point of my comment.
If you want to see how stablecoins and BItcoin are perceived on the ground, go to a country like Turkey or Indonesia and talk to the people actually using it. Many of them get into Bitcoin after some good experiences with stablecoins.
I agree with everything you said, but for the billions of people that can't get dollar bank accounts and don't trust Bitcoin yet, something like USDT is not a bad first step.