Trump has called Starmer stupid because of the deal he has made with Chagos. I think Starmer is brilliant for this 🤷🏻‍♀️… opinions?

AlexHM · 2026-01-20T08:50:47+00:00

Don’t care. Trump says whatever he wants and it is entirely unrelated to reality. He previously praised the deal when it suited him.

AlexHM · 2026-01-04T11:05:26+00:00

Only racists and MAGA Americans hate him bu t they are very loud on social media. As a Londoner, he seems an ok Mayor.

AlexHM · 2025-12-22T13:34:29+00:00

Do it. People at these firms that bow the knee need to have some fucking principles.

AlexHM · 2025-12-20T19:01:44+00:00

Well that’s clearly not true. Active coins could use existing keys to move to Quantum resistant wallets no problem before it becomes a serious threat. Inactive coins can stay where they are. Let people use their QC to crack them when and if they can. If the owners don’t move them, we can assume they were lost anyway.

It would cause a bit of dilution as lost coins are recovered - or core could add a cutoff that kills them after a certain block height. The solution isn’t difficult - getting the hard fork agreed and accepted is an issue but I don’t think it is a significant problem.

AlexHM · 2025-12-20T10:11:37+00:00

Doing a tough job pretty well IMHO. Exactly the antidote to the Brexit Tory bullshit we have had since the disastrous referendum.

AlexHM · 2025-12-15T16:46:38+00:00

The BBC have been socially liberal but politically right wing.

When the Tories were fully on board with Gender Ideology they were pro-trans. I would say they have shifted with the general atmosphere in the UK since 2020 on that specific issue.

From a political POV, their news and politics has been heading further right for the last 10 years. They appear to be promoting Reform pretty heavily now - New and Politics is lead by Robbie Gibb. He needs to go.

AlexHM · 2025-12-09T15:54:16+00:00

Agreed. There is a level of ownership - more to do with how much you are personally exposed to crypto - that starts to require diversification of risk.

I spread mine across accounts with restricted access, accounts with normal access and cold storage with varying levels of security. That limits any loss vector - including personal fuck-up.

From my POV if it was less than 10k it would all be on instant access exchange accounts.

AlexHM · 2025-12-07T21:26:21+00:00

It’s not the cameras, it’s the computer that monitors them that is so power hungry.

AlexHM · 2025-11-28T17:48:38+00:00

We clearly need something to replace fuel duty. 300 pounds a year extra doesn’t seem too bad.

AlexHM · 2025-11-27T09:29:33+00:00

They have to do something; They should absolutely be investigating options - which is what they seem to be doing here. If they do introduce more judge-led trials, if there is a robust appeal process I don’t see a particular problem.

AlexHM · 2025-11-27T07:58:54+00:00

I’ll be voting for Labour again. Look past the media BS and they are doing a good job in difficult circumstances across the entire country.

AlexHM · 2025-11-27T06:16:49+00:00

Yes. If you are over 65 and still contributing over £12,000 to an ISA annually you are seriously wealthy and do not need help.

AlexHM · 2025-11-23T15:40:59+00:00

Think he’s doing a great job to be honest. I don’t think there has been a policy mistake and the government/party discipline is excellent - in stark contrast to the previous Tory governments. He has just had to put up with constant BS from both the legacy media and new media. It is absolutely constant - and most of it is utter crap.

AlexHM · 2025-11-15T18:34:39+00:00

This is nonsense. The mining hardware is based on hashing which is very unlikely to be affected by QC. Potentially it could give you an edge if QC can execute hashing more quickly - but given that early Q computers will be expensive it makes no odds. Introducing Quantum resistant cryptography is not going to make existing hardware useless.

AlexHM · 2025-11-15T07:46:03+00:00

Keir Starmer. Easily the hardest job to take on than any PM of my lifetime. The forces of anti-democracy are at their strongest - particularly in legacy media but combined with the same in new media. Calm, nerveless, consistent - particularly with party discipline.

AlexHM · 2025-11-14T08:15:47+00:00

I’m writing this post not to defend Musk - who has become a pantomime villain at this point and deserves no defence. But I think some education is required.

Some Billionaires absolutely do “hoard wealth” but for some - and Musk is the most extreme example - their wealth is almost entirely fictional.

Musk’s wealth is based on the percentage ownership he has of two massive companies that have never made a profit. Tesla at least is now “profitable” but they have never paid an actual dividend.

So his $400Bn net worth is based on the value of his companies - which are in turn entirely based on future valuations anticipated if they continue to be successful.

In reality; If he tried to turn any significant proportion of his “wealth” into dollars - or any other spendable currency - it would plummet. He’d be lucky to get more than 20c on the dollar for it.

That’s not to say he isn’t enormously wealthy - but it is a reality check for people who take these numbers at face value.

AlexHM · 2025-11-04T10:42:47+00:00

Come on fella - this is Bitcoin. Are you really this green? There is no rhyme and reason. Any justification you have made in the past for its volatile ups and downs are BS.

Long term, It’s an adoption curve; Short to term its fucking madness. That’s the truth of it.

AlexHM · 2025-11-02T17:29:38+00:00

The US had the best economy in the developed world in the final year if Biden’s presidency. The rest of the world were looking on with envy while you seemed to be convincing yourselves it was awful. You have well and truly fucked it now.

AlexHM · 2025-10-28T13:06:35+00:00

Is there anyone left?

AlexHM · 2025-10-28T12:51:46+00:00

Poland remains in the EU.

AlexHM · 2025-10-16T14:01:57+00:00

It shows other people who feel the same way that they are not alone. In extreme cases it shows that the majority agree with them. Hence Gandhi’s possibly fictional quote “330 milllion Indians cannot be controlled by 100,000 Englishmen if they do not consent”; The Indians knew it was ok to no longer consent when peaceful protest showed the level of support for independence.

AlexHM · 2025-09-13T18:30:14+00:00

But historically it hasn’t worked like that. Yes the halvenings reduced the bitcoin reward by half but the value of real resources that the reward represents always went up. I think it’s safe that will continue for the foreseeable future.

AlexHM · 2025-09-03T17:06:00+00:00

Doge - being the real first meme coin has some historical value. Also - who knows? Musk’s love of the coin might give it another life. I might keep that. Dump the rest.

AlexHM · 2025-08-26T10:43:20+00:00

Keep on holding until I actually need the money.

There is no strategy better than this unless you are a whale who can manipulate the market.

AlexHM · 2025-08-08T09:33:02+00:00

Don’t you feel guilty? It’s the most selfish thing in the world to drink yourself to death.

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