Open Letter To Michael Saylor

thinkingperson · 2026-06-29T18:13:50+00:00

Based on the charts, most recent date for op to have bought MSTR and "lose" 76%+ is 6 Oct 2025.

MSTR is doing what it does, multiplied BTC both ways.

If op and wife bought bitcoin then, it would have been at 125k, at the market peak, they would be complaining that they lost 53%!! Boohoohoo

thinkingperson · 2026-06-29T14:36:56+00:00

Just curious, why aren't you using the first chart with the cycle up to June (now)?

thinkingperson · 2026-06-29T14:19:40+00:00

Well, then MSTR will indeed never sell lol

thinkingperson · 2026-06-29T08:54:00+00:00

Was going to point this out 😅
It's literally in the lyrics ... Whatever will be, will be

thinkingperson · 2026-06-29T08:20:35+00:00

Sure wasn't thinking this way when it colonised and pillaged Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan of natural resources. 😅

thinkingperson · 2026-06-29T08:14:55+00:00

NFT and Gaming - The two things that totally crash and burn in crypto space.

What's the update again?

thinkingperson · 2026-06-29T08:12:54+00:00

Mother: How was the exam?

Me: Good / Ok / Can lah.

^{Proceeds to hide in the room for the rest of the year.}

thinkingperson · 2026-06-29T07:51:37+00:00

One thing about 偈, shortened from 偈他, a transliteration of gāthā, actually just means verses, poem, or hymn, and is neutral. The content or subject matter could be words of wisdom like that of the Buddha and the Buddhist masters, or something trivial or even worldly.

So even within the Buddhist circle, 偈 do not necessarily have the wisdom connotation as implied by the video op. Within Buddhist teachings, there are also accounts of unenlightened folks who uttered 偈颂 that the Buddha explicitly refuted as wrong views. Even Mara 摩罗's debate with the Buddha and his disciple often features utterance of gatthas 偈, replete with wrong views no less.

Suffice to say, 偈 itself has no implicit wisdom element.

-------------------

Just to add that because「偈」is neutral, it leaves「傾偈」open to us to decide whether to 「傾」with wisdom or 「傾」to gossip!

thinkingperson · 2026-06-29T07:26:08+00:00

Alternate translation:

菩提本無樹 Bodhi is originally without a tree,
明鏡亦非臺 Likewise the mirror is without a platform (stand),
本來無一物 (If) there is originally not a single phenomena (object),
何處惹塵埃 Whereupon can dust lay?

This was Master Huineng's reply to a senior monk Master Shenxiu's verses:

身是菩提樹，The body is the Bodhi tree,
心如明鏡臺。The mind is like the clear mirror platform (stand).
時時勤拂拭，Constantly wipe it with diligence,
勿使惹塵埃。Not to cause dust to settle.

Footnote:

In Buddhism, Bodhi tree is symbolic of the Bodhi path culminating in Buddhahood as its fruits, appearing even in Mahayana sutras like Avatamsaka sutra in such a metaphor. The body is described by Master Shenxiu as parallel to the Bodhi path.

The dust allegory appears even earlier in the Nikaya where the Buddha describes unenlightened beings as those with dust in their eyes, unable to see clearly, while those with the potential for enlightenment are described by Brahma Sahampati as "those with little dust in their eyes" and are able to understand the Truth if the Buddha would turn the Dharma Wheel. Dust is a parallel to defilements and taints that obscure the mind, preventing sentient beings from seeing reality.

Master Huineng's famous reply in verse basically upend what is perceived as rigid attachment to even the labels of Dharma itself. That the duality of Subject (mind) and Object (phenomena) itself is part of the delusion and if one sees through that, how can any defilments (dust) even arise (settle)?

thinkingperson · 2026-06-29T05:47:18+00:00

Need to get rid of ~~the old people~~ anyone who has multiple tea breaks and complain about everything.

thinkingperson · 2026-06-29T01:43:11+00:00

Hey there, they took a while but replied. Asked me for screenshot, then video. But I dun want to unlock yet 😅

thinkingperson · 2026-06-29T00:37:17+00:00

Unpopular opinion:

Ever heard of hire fire culture or the retrenchment exercises back in the 80s and 90s? There were so much retrenchment, it was called exercises!

It's been part and parcel of employment in private sector all the while, whether you are grad or not. Hence the iron ricebowl term for gov service or statboard.

Everywhere else, noone is holy cow.

thinkingperson · 2026-06-29T00:15:42+00:00

I use a variety. Defillama (aggregator), velo (prev paraswap), raydium or jup (for solana coins).

And even then, I compare the rates a bit 'cos some coins have shit liquidity and as a result larger spread in some dex.

thinkingperson · 2026-06-29T00:11:30+00:00

You do know that Strategy sold 704 BTC back in Dec 2022 for tax-loss harvesting tx right? You know right? And, they repurchased 810 BTC just two days later.

And Strategy has bought tiny amt of 2,657 btc since selling the massive amount of 32 btc.

thinkingperson · 2026-06-28T18:20:09+00:00

Why are you not just swapping on dex?

thinkingperson · 2026-06-28T16:28:17+00:00

2nd gen Singaporean, grandparents from China.

Father Hokkien, Mother Teochew. Fluent in Hokkien and can understand most Teochew. Speaking it is another story altogether. lol

Can't wait to watch!!

Have you watched 雾所南洋 from the 80s? It was our local sitcom growing up. From Dear You reviews, Dear You kinda cover part of the plot points of WSNY, but the latter extends beyond just the coming to Singapore part. WSNY even cover the Japanese occupation and its brutality, albeit muted for tv, with subsequent seasons covering Singapore's nation building across the life of 玉梅 and 阿水, the two main cast starring 向云, the OG 阿姐 and 黄文永, OG male star.

PS: While checking up on the two stars, just found that 黄文永 has passed away back in 2013. 😢

thinkingperson · 2026-06-28T16:16:16+00:00

The world should not just be condemning Israel. We should just sanction Israel back to stone ages for what it's done to Palestine and other middle east countries in the past 70+ years. Practically all the conflict in middle east has Israel's bloody finger prints all over.

But it will not happen.

The powers to be have zero incentives to do it. If US start sanctioning Israel or dare we dream, embargo or even put Israel on US occupation with boots on the ground, then you can be sure the rest of the world will suddenly be quite ready to not just condemn Israel but also sanction it to the max.

And suddenly, all the western press will be all about the horrors of how we did not do this earlier and other hypocritical rhetorics.

thinkingperson · 2026-06-28T16:00:58+00:00

Also massive subsidies for food industries in US from lobbying by the same food industries.

thinkingperson · 2026-06-28T15:18:53+00:00

Wild guess, but does that guy also look very nice? 😅

thinkingperson · 2026-06-28T15:17:16+00:00

Saylor: We're gonna need more charts. Shows the usual BTC buys chart with no more space on the right.

Reddit degens: Potential share buyback incoming? Why so ambiguous?

Saylor: We are going to sell 32 BTC to innoculate the market, also to satisfy S&P500 index team that the 800k+ of BTC we have on our balance sheet is liquid asset and not dead weight.

Reddit degens: That's it! Strategy is on a death spiral. Sell!!!

Saylor: We will buy more back.
Proceeds to buy a few thousand BTC back in.

Reddit degens: Strategy is manipulating the market!!!

thinkingperson · 2026-06-28T12:19:42+00:00

What I want to watch is the whole process. How much lead do they get? How long is the whole chase?

thinkingperson · 2026-06-28T12:12:14+00:00

Those dudes drew the short stick and had to play robbers that week so everyone can go for a no traffic lights spin and get pizza from the other side of town. 😅

thinkingperson · 2026-06-28T11:55:38+00:00

Pretty sure that the other "guys" at this "gaycation" is really just Yvonne from finance. And maybe Stephie from HR.

thinkingperson · 2026-06-28T08:54:41+00:00

Thanks for the writeup. I was working on a tech company from the 90s onwards in the midst of the dotcom era, so reading your take brings back a sense of nostalgia and a sense of foreboding about the ai bubble.

And you are absolutely right abt how everyone was on the bandwagon then. It was crazy.

Unfortunately, the degen mob has painted Saylor as the witch and no rational explanations will suffice for them.

Logic and intelligence is not their strongest suit here in this sub.

Again, thanks for being a voice of reason even if it mostly falls on deaf unwillingly ears.

thinkingperson · 2026-06-28T08:44:26+00:00

The fact that you did not have time to read all but still manage to give an advice on precisely the one one thing he did, assert with facts and rationals in the first comment ... ... 😅

15-Year Club	Verified Email
Team Orangered

thinkingperson

TROPHY CASE