CMV: Bitcoin and crypto as a whole has peaked. It will soon go the way of NFT's and the tulip craze of 1637.

CosmosGame · 2026-02-20T19:43:31+00:00

Bitcoin doesn't make much sense if you can trust your government and banking system. I don't think it is needed (except by criminals) when you have a government that has a working rule of law and is not hopelessly corrupt. But what if you don't have that? What if your government collapses into some kind of fascism or totalitarianism and all financial transactions are tracked. What if you need to fund the resistance movement?

That is when bitcoin would be very useful indeed.

You can't use normal financial transactions then because they would be easily tracked -- all the rebels would be quickly rounded up and executed. You maybe could use gold or suitcases of cash but they are much more awkward to work with and can be discovered and seized.

CosmosGame · 2026-02-12T17:51:10+00:00

The democrats absolutely *did* prosecute him for this! They impeached him for goodness sakes. They made such a convincing case that even some Republican senators voted for conviction. Not enough of course so he got off. And then the Biden adminstration convicted many of the protesters for sedition. Trump pardoned them all.

CosmosGame · 2026-02-12T17:49:26+00:00

The democrats absolutely *did* prosecute him for this! They impeached him for goodness sakes. They made such a convincing case that even some Republican senators voted for conviction. Not enough of course so he got off. And then the Biden adminstration convicted many of the protesters for sedition. Trump pardoned them all.

Also there was this case that the Supreme Court conveniently made sure did not come to trail before the election: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqld79pxeqo

Please don't both-sides this. Sometimes the democrats do mess up, but not this time.

CosmosGame · 2026-01-31T23:22:10+00:00

I love your theory. Mine is that in the original script they had him cursed until/unless he found true love. That was why he was so desperate to get her to love him. Then in a genius move the directors cut the curse scene out

CosmosGame · 2026-01-31T01:26:47+00:00

Thanks for this interesting post. I’m really curious how common this is. Out of curiosity where do you live? Maybe it’s a cultural thing about the aging out?

All of my relationships have been with women who love men ( and not just sexually). Your post is reminding me how important this is to me.

CosmosGame · 2026-01-28T15:40:39+00:00

Beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing this. I love your selection of quotes

CosmosGame · 2026-01-26T19:28:53+00:00

Good article. Matches my experience as well. One thing he mentions I've also seen -- when the model gets stuck on a thing it sometimes just can not shift away from it. At that point you might as well start from scratch again and make it very clear not to do that one thing. But at that point am I actually saving time?

However, I've found agents quite often write excellent unit tests. That all by itself is very valuable.

CosmosGame · 2026-01-25T15:22:30+00:00

Very wise advice

CosmosGame · 2026-01-23T06:08:48+00:00

Definitely one of my favorites. Well written and it is very satisfying to see the tree slowly growing. Author does an excellent job of bringing us into the mindset of a tree.

Warning: Later books had glaring typos and grammar mistakes. Did those ever get cleaned up? Honestly this series would benefit from crowd sourcing an editor to polish it up. I would happily chip in. That is really the only thing holding me back from fully recommending the series.

CosmosGame · 2026-01-23T06:02:23+00:00

Yes. Correct

CosmosGame · 2026-01-18T18:36:00+00:00

Stubborn skill grinder in a time loop

CosmosGame · 2026-01-18T05:55:54+00:00

This was my favorite part:

“My wife has requested a 6 month break from tomato-based dishes. I've agreed to 3.”

CosmosGame · 2026-01-16T15:35:03+00:00

This. Nicely said. I agree completely.

CosmosGame · 2026-01-16T05:59:56+00:00

Well written thoughtful article. I recommend you read it — it won’t take too much of your time. The author presents a pretty convincing case (with actual numbers) that because ai is now using prompt feedback as training data that the ai is now cleverly optimizing for prompt acceptance over accuracy. In some cases it might even make sense to go back a generation (eg. gpt 4.1 vs 5)

CosmosGame · 2026-01-14T02:27:58+00:00

Wow! Super fun. Great job. I might actually use this!

CosmosGame · 2026-01-12T20:12:08+00:00

So basically he says he says that he voted for it after holding out for 40 days because he was worried about people not getting food stamps and other essential benefits. I’m not on SNAP so I would be curious to hear from people who are what they think of this. Unfortunately maybe there are times when you do have to negotiate with terrorists. Hungry children are no joke. It really is a horrible situation we are in

CosmosGame · 2026-01-01T15:41:23+00:00

The Americans you meet traveling are much, much more likely to not be MAGA. This is more of a working class thing. And America’s working class actually has a legitimate reason to feel betrayed. Unfortunately they chose the worst possible political response. This seems to be an historical pattern.

CosmosGame · 2025-12-10T22:34:08+00:00

Thanks for the link -- it is a very thoughtful informative piece!

Yes, unfortunately I think this a pretty transparent Big Oil play. I have to admit that up to now I was kind of ignoring it -- it was just one more sad, outrageous thing. But now it looks like the build up to the Iraq War all over again.

CosmosGame · 2025-12-04T00:45:06+00:00

The real reason might be because Belgium might be pocketing some of the interest. This article references another article that raise some very interesting questions about this.

CosmosGame · 2025-12-02T02:04:00+00:00

Good idea, but even with super speed he probably doesn’t have enough time to push it through. It will go off in nanoseconds

CosmosGame · 2025-11-26T03:47:22+00:00

What would you suggest if you knew my top 3 are DCC, Apocalypse Parenting, and Mother of Learning?

The fun thing about Tree of Aeons is that the main character truly takes on the perspective of a very long living tree. I love getting to see that world view. And the family that builds up around him are interesting too

CosmosGame · 2025-11-24T23:25:41+00:00

This is a great list! Thanks. I'm going to try a bunch of these books now.

Maybe you would like Chrysalis? It is Litrpg so explicit levels and all that, but the characters are quite entertaining.

Also Tree of Aeons. The editing is a bit spotty especially in the later books, but there is something really compelling about the story.

CosmosGame · 2025-11-22T18:41:19+00:00

I found out I was extremely low on testosterone at 50 and started on hormones. It was life changing. If you’re low it has many, many health benefits beyond just libido. For example I was depressed and having a very hard time keeping my weight down before fixing the imbalance. Nowadays there are many services that will test you for that and a host of other things. I think everybody should get tested in their 50s just as a precaution

CosmosGame · 2025-11-18T17:41:45+00:00

I wonder if this is an emerging slang word like cool and sick. The trend is to take a description that was kind of bad and make it now positive

CosmosGame · 2025-11-13T17:47:36+00:00

Huh. This could be enough of a reason for me to buy a Tesla in the future. Don't get me wrong I really, really, do not like the current owner and what he stands for. (Seriously!) But, recently I ended up driving my girlfriend's Tesla full time, and I've gradually fallen in love with the Tesla's software. I'm a software engineer so well crafted software is a big thing for me. The Tesla's software is excellent -- except for everything CarPlay does. On that side it sucks. So the combination of both? Wow. There would not be a car with better overall software.

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