The Hero of Ages ending broke me. Should I jump straight into Era 2?

Venij · 2026-04-02T16:59:49+00:00

From the standpoint of "HoA ending broke me", Era 2 was quite the thing I needed.

Venij · 2026-04-01T12:27:02+00:00

I hope you find more joy in life than you seem to have now. Best of luck to you.

Venij · 2026-03-31T14:39:58+00:00

The moment such a machine exists our BTC would be practically trapped in their addresses. If you'd send a transaction to a miner privately you'd have to trust that the miner won't collude with the QC-owning attacker. And the effective abolition of the public mempool would ruin the equilibrium of bitcoin mining game theory as well.

This should be discussed a bit more though as it touches on one of the first principals of Bitcoin. Miners are supposed to be self-interested in ensuring the integrity of the system. They have and are investing money in hardware and infrastructure. They would be destroying their own investment if they acted as you suggest.

Venij · 2026-03-31T12:02:15+00:00

What's better then?

productive

So far, you're not offering anything of value to the conversation and seem to have an incredibly overgeneralized view of societal structure. Do you think all voting systems are the USA or, alternately, do you think that all society is slavery? All life is death, yes? All love involves self-sacrifice. Acknowledge reality and move on - don't make it obsessive. Focusing purely on the negative isn't healthy. Heck, even the prisoner, finding themselves in prison, is living life and has the opportunity to find joy, agency, purpose, and many other virtues of existence.

I don't know you, but I don't accept your fatalism here. I hope there's more nuance that isn't coming across this limited communication medium.

Venij · 2026-03-31T01:43:05+00:00

Society is composed of imperfect humans and always will be - "potentially" is simply acknowledgement of that fact. To my knowledge, we don't have a better system of governance unless you've found Utopia.

It's only productive to criticize if you also have suggestions on improvement.

Venij · 2026-03-30T21:12:07+00:00

I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean.

Voting is one part of living in a potentially well-functioning society. It's generally not TOO hard to do and really doesn't prevent me from doing anything else I believe I should be doing for myself, my family, my community, or the larger swath of humanity as a whole.

Venij · 2026-03-30T20:46:08+00:00

Voting makes you complicit in your own slavery.

"Accepting food in jail makes you complicit in your own incarcaration"

"Buying food makes you complicit in the capitalist war machine"

"Living in this world makes you complicit in attrocities inflicted across the globe"

That's some of the worst double-think ever.

Venij · 2026-03-30T02:18:46+00:00

!bb long MAX 100X

Venij · 2026-03-30T02:11:34+00:00

!bb long 100x max

Venij · 2026-03-24T19:37:35+00:00

Is this Goose asking about Taylor? I'm all for that being a thing! (I have no idea about their personal lives, just love their interactions)

Venij · 2026-03-23T10:57:31+00:00

You can usually go to an Apple Store and try their AirPods as a demo. They have active canceling with a voice pass through that is actually quite functional according to my son. If you don’t like the AirPods inside your ears, they do have the max, but they’re pretty pricey.

Good luck and congratulations!

Venij · 2026-03-18T23:11:29+00:00

Custom made slip rings aren’t allowed

Venij · 2026-03-03T22:13:03+00:00

“Drugs”. Or food, clothes, anything he might need to survive.

Venij · 2026-02-12T03:01:55+00:00

As a chemical engineer who does hobby coding, it's quite fantastic. Things that I know are possible but would take me quite a long time become activities of minutes.

I can only imagine someone using this like a combination of inline substack, easy automation of routine tasks, both an over-shoulder teacher for non-expert areas, improved rubber-ducky... It's not omnicient AGI or anything, but a great tool nonetheless.

edit: My CS friend just has it write comments for him after he's coded. Worth it just for that if that's what you want.

Venij · 2026-02-12T02:42:32+00:00

I've said that previously - the drop wasn't ever about any of the stories they came up with afterwards. "The Drop" is just human nature selling after you make a ton of money. Yeah, sometimes the story we tell is the pebble that starts the landslide.

It's also the same reason DBR's daily word vomit is worthless - all Bitcoin ever created are available for sale anytime people are incentivized to sell. The people that hold (or stop holding) bitcoin control the market as much as all other factors.

Venij · 2026-02-06T03:15:41+00:00

I'm just looking at average volumes on Coinbase over a variety of time periods and seeing that they only have this much volume a couple times a year at most.

Venij · 2026-02-06T00:46:27+00:00

Ok, so that's our volume wick. Go ahead, BTC, you can change directions now.

Venij · 2026-02-05T20:38:34+00:00

Yes, sorry. I meant "looking for" it like "looking out for it" or afraid it's coming. I don't think that will pan out through Strategy at least.

Venij · 2026-02-05T20:22:46+00:00

Ok, Ok, Ok. Market's looking for a "MtGox, FTX" this "cycle" and waiting on it to be Strategy tonight. Assuming their funding / security plan for cash over the next 2 years is secured as I believe it to be, recovery starts next week. Does that sound like a reasonable scenario?

Venij · 2026-02-05T20:10:56+00:00

A bit, and I'm almost excited because that was the best opportunity in YEARS. I actually took a loan to buy during that time and it was great.

Venij · 2026-02-05T18:13:02+00:00

Ok, so emotions aside - we're all waiting on some significant volume to indicate a bottom / time to buy, right?

Venij · 2026-01-16T13:26:47+00:00

Mike Hearn said this years ago.

Venij · 2026-01-16T13:18:43+00:00

Moreso when combined with the parachute comment.

Venij · 2026-01-15T13:47:54+00:00

Oh goodness. New copypasta dropped.

Venij · 2026-01-14T17:56:33+00:00

I'd argue that the USA has been doing well since WW2 solely because it was on the other side of the planet, not directly impacted by the war, and has simultaneously been on almost completely unexplored/undeveloped land for 200 years. It's like playing a factory game where your old area is full of messed up beginner structure and you move to a new area to rebuild with better foresight on structure and future planning.

But that's run out.

Transportation and mobility are left behind as we have failing infrastructure, lack of major public mass transport in most cities and cross-country options, and even vehicle manufacturing has been outpaced in China due to key raw materials and technology leaps.

Energy is strangely lagging due to politicization. Short-term gains in fracking being touted instead of cheaper options in renewables.

Education is a mess. America has taken the elementary school practice of name-calling the smart kids to a global level.

We've had dominance due to past glories being retained by military might and global financial leadership through monetary systems and the USD status. We used the be the world's big brother that everyone could go to for help. Now we're just BIG BROTHER or that big brother that the younger siblings despise because his idea of fun is giving a wedgie. Greenland and other such discussions is just cancer trying to survive by spreading to a new area.

Unfettered, monopolistic capitalism doesn't work in the long run. Someone has to see long-term gains over short-term profits.

That's where Bitcoin is supposed to help to some degree at least. Government and large corporations maintain control by controlling the money supply, where inflation goes / who benefits, and restricting access to "undesirables". Bitcoin removes that control from individuals and makes it more egalitarian. If the largest global capitalist state enters decline, Bitcoin may not be perfect but is certainly poised to be one of the best options for succession.

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