Teacher, investor and world traveller. Legal background. Interested in leveraging technology to improve myself and those I care about.
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Last Notes npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing @npub1sg6…f63m npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing ot of what you're saying doesn't really make sense. Firstly, the amount of seniorage, which is money debasement, relative to the income tax collected in developed countries is really low. Like, maybe money printing accounts for 10% of tax generated through direct taxes. This can be higher, like maybe 20% in developing countries, or 50% in hyperinflation countries. But in developed countries, it's a really small amount. So you can't really say that governments need to print money to get the country going and cover expenses. And that if the government just raised taxes a little bit more, that would mitigate the need to print money at all. Like, you have to have one or the other. Secondly, no, the government couldn't raise tax effectively if Bitcoin was the standard. Because the transactions would have to be traced, and privacy measures would mean that it would be very difficult to trace Bitcoin to collect tax on it. npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing American exceptionalism is only npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Thanks. I definitely think Robosats is one of the best options, but the thing that keeps me from it is that you’re sending funds from your bank to someone else’s bank right? So then that person has kyc’d you since it is coming from your bank with your real name. And they’re possibly a government agent (not that there’s anything illegal about buying bitcoin in this way in Australia at the moment, but it kind of defeats the purpose of it being non- kyc). npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Hex by Rhiannon Lassiter is the greatest book ever written npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Any single women in Canberra wanna meet up and hang out? Dm me npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing There is only one person that can solve the Israel-Palestine dispute npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Nah we’re all on Truth Social now npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing The special….? npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Thank you chatgpt. You are a friend, seas stormy or calm! npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing I think he’s more saying can you really define it. And I think this back and forward on here about free will vs determinism and fate is resolved like this: npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Yes I agree. My point is that bitcoin is much more substantive than a religion. npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing And yet the USD has strengthened considerably against both those currencies during that time period npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing When did it become unpopular to make fun of poor people. I think that was a big loss npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing It’s like Christianity but if Jesus were alive and healing people but just not on the scale you demand of him. npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Anyone who orgasms for that length of time would likely face significant mental and physical stress. The human orgasm, even in females, can be extended for several minutes, but if it were to last several months there would be risk of severe physical and mental harm. Please consult a healthcare provider if you are experiencing this for further information to address the underlying cause. npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing It’s like saying everyone has heard of atheism, so why isn’t everyone an atheist, or everyone has heard of a type 3 civilisation, so why aren’t we one yet? These things are a combination of letting go of old beliefs (which some people refuse to do, so generations literally have to die before things change), technological progress and changes in existing power structures and incentives for those in power who the new system would displace, who are going to fight to keep their power despite what is best for humanity overall (if they even have the perception to see that). npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Not everyone heard about bitcoin the day Satoshi released the whitepaper npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Imagine a country where you could go and buy or sell bitcoin, ether or monero in almost any fiat currency… in cash, legally, and unidentifiably. npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Username does not check out npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Low skills and low motivation🙋♂️ npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing 😂 npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing You npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing https://m.primal.net/KLPE.jpg npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Who says I need a thesis? npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing It gets to a point where people in institutions have to actually display the credibility and character expected of them for those institutions to be as worthwhile as their advocates and employees claim them to be. You can’t ride on reputation alone forever npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing I’ll hear you out. Go for it npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing https://m.primal.net/KLLG.jpg npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing I’d be up to watch anything you were willing to cam npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Or just having any friends would make me happy npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing https://m.primal.net/KKAk.png npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing At least if you start a war the people you fight can fight back. This dog probably still loves his owner npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing If there’s one thing I can’t stand it’s animal cruelty npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing I just think it’s kind of funny that a pacifist technology is the hope of the angry young men. Could governments have scripted it better themselves? npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing The thing I don’t get about diversity is that it only seems to apply in one direction. npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Beat dating advice ever npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing The person I really want to see on nostr is J Powell and Clarence Thomas npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing I get specialisation of labour but not seeing how bitcoin makes it better. If Boeing decided to only accept bitcoin they would get zero government contracts for helicopters and go bankrupt npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing I’m 64kgs, how much lighter do you want? npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing So how about if single men just accept cash or bitcoin only npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing https://m.primal.net/KJOL.jpg npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Oh dear. Please spare your liver npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing https://m.primal.net/KJNa.jpg npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing https://m.primal.net/KJNN.jpg npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Launches. And what good are spy satellites when we’re all inside on our phones npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing $AAPL rises on sales to chimps data npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing https://m.primal.net/KJMZ.jpg npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing https://m.primal.net/KJMP.jpg npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing None of this happened npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing What kind of person sends you a text ‘hi’ without any further indication who they are. Like how about at least give me your star sign or something so I can make a wild guess? npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing History didn’t have this guy npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing https://m.primal.net/KJLT.jpg npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Dude everyone is talking about bitcoin as an alternative to fiat debasement npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Maybe. When all else fails you can always just go to bed and try again tomorrow npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Haha, yeah I was going to do a meme or something about that recently: npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing It’s the philosophy created by Ayn Rand npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Also the fact of having to fly thousands of miles just to get some kind of intimacy is kind of pathetic npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing 🤷♂️ mostly just from public transport ig npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Almost every time I go to Asia I end up getting sick npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing The problem is your health, family and friends - you can’t really do that much to change them. Sure you can be nice to them and take care of your health but mostly you just got what you got. npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing In Canberra npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Ok, umm, I’m in ACT npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Are you saying women in different Australian states have different reply rates? npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Dating these days: npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing I’m trying but she won’t reply npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Nope, still not a clue what you’re talking about npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing You’ll have to explain this one to me npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing If I got really famous I wonder if I’d reply to everyone regardless of if that was unrealistic or try to become less famous to the point where it was manageable again or just ruthlessly forge on and reply to no one unless it suited me npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing People sometimes say they’re ‘trolling’ you when in fact they’re just lying to you, but they prefer to use vocabulary as a way to make their intentions less obviously immoral. npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing I feel like I can’t talk to women anymore. Every interaction just ends up with me getting pissed off at them npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing https://m.primal.net/KHFi.png npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing And here I was thinking you couldn’t think for yourself npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Unfortunately given the state of the Family Court, having no ego or self-interest coming in to parenting is probably a basic requirement at this point npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Actually I’ll be 36 in a few short months. npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing https://m.primal.net/KCfj.jpg npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Or congress just cuts entiitlements npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing 🙄 npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing I’d like to remind all the collectivists that they’re individuals too npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Sounds like communism to me. Without strong property rights we’d still be living in caves npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing What a stupid comment npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing https://m.primal.net/KCHC.jpg npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing https://m.primal.net/KBsK.jpg npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Saw an ENT doctor during the week about some ongoing back-of-throat pain. He basically said it was probably nothing and I just have a low pain tolerance. npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Hippies are the worst npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing I like you npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing https://m.primal.net/KBoY.jpg npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing I guess life is a lot easier when you just assume what most people are telling you isn’t true npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Yeah that might be a priority for a bitcoin app npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Will Kamala outlast a head of lettuce? npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing You must be a pretty boring person if all you ever talk about is what group you belong to npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing What payment method did you use npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Well governments can ban it, and lots already have. But they can’t literally stop people holding or using it. The question is whether there is a difference. If there’s jail time for someone saying they’re using it then things have to get pretty dystopian before people will take that risk npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing I think the appropriate photo is more npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Just trust me. That’s all you gotta do npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing https://budgetlab.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2024-05/The%20Budget%20Lab%20Safe%20Harbor%20Analysis%202024_0.pdf npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing 🤔 npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Yes npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Actually maybe ETFs are sufficient npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Veto overrides are relatively rare in U.S. history. Since the founding of the country, Presidents have issued over 2,500 vetoes, and Congress has overridden fewer than ten percent of them. Here are a few key points: npub1wgpe59adq3wqutl6pvham8qggelcry8qfa85vuhlk5t2vx5pt7rq0sd2ek Benewing Because most people don’t know what that means
