2025-06-02T23:17:53Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz Weissmueller https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/npub1zywedmndxjrcm9d0hljsk8uqaqf9d4mxya4c5gzdudrps5jkyshqe2s58k https://i.ibb.co/vqd036z/ZACH-PROFILE.jpg https://i.ibb.co/vqd036z/ZACH-PROFILE.jpg https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqswrf728qu9qf3z88cgzkk7f929a7r6gpnd7hx5hjysd5efu68pt8gzyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzuc796dw Rainbows might be fleeting, but Nostr events are forever. <br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/d045431a6057f97e7098d3219e7e78f73a328c5231bde2c8807513726285b10b.jpg"> 2024-09-17T19:53:44Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxraa4wn87hje4hycw39tp23nhnzzjtfw76x5e38k055klupfn8ggzyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzuz73cl9 &#34;If bitcoin has the potential to serve as the foundation for a new global monetary system, Nostr could do the same for communication and identity in the digital sphere...&#34; - <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>gladstein</span> (<span class="italic">npub1trr…hdpu</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/lp-BlTbTmqA">https://youtu.be/lp-BlTbTmqA</a> 2024-09-17T16:39:19Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs9resjaafan8e4w4pva0fgv2q4u9zj78gnq386y4hd4m466xfydvczyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzulna3nq Gave a shoutout to Nostr near the end of this conversation with Glenn Greenwald about Brazil&#39;s ban of X, the Telegram arrest, and the looming global crackdown on online speech, encryption and privacy. <br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/dSjXRZ9g40Y">https://youtu.be/dSjXRZ9g40Y</a><br/> 2024-09-12T17:29:29Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs092v0gqfz5gtl7d9hwpenx77pjfjm2v7wrzkv0p8hw4yjp0axaqczyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzu2fus3r France really out there requiring cryptography licenses. What a joke country.<br/><br/><a href="http://at-ica.com">http://at-ica.com</a><br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/KOSn.jpg"> 2024-08-26T20:01:43Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsfcaj43573m2qv6y609wx4qkwtw0cgqr0w5c7as2uvcq55racn2xczyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzujgvzgt Soon<br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/KGHz.jpg"> 2024-08-21T01:04:15Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsv0z653k4tau2gec65jr2w0rk520gdczc63qd3dukycckhy8vyk2czyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzu0kdw69 Kamala Harris&#39; first concrete policy: Federal price controls on food.<br/><br/>Related: I own some chickens and will accept sats for eggs. <br/><br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/KAYK.png"> <a href="https://reason.com/2024/08/15/kamala-wants-price-controls/">https://reason.com/2024/08/15/kamala-wants-price-controls/</a> 2024-08-15T15:02:33Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsf50k7v4mf47c0gw3v8uvzej3d7e5vk73ffkg6sptj3ja90q3e4aczyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzugw6rjp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszlks2450reld0xt9h6f07ezhh49t9n0fhqmryddqhz7c6lhmxrngpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcwvkkp7'>nevent1q…kkp7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For sure. I think between UK madness, EU overreach, and whatever&#39;s going to unfold in the lead-up to the 2024 US election, there&#39;s a lot of potential for major shifts in the social media landscape soon. 2024-08-14T16:22:25Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsd8hvk67nc0gr7774utz0rgq5cekwpdfualwjfk9qelvj2kus8a8szyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzuhafvnq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszlks2450reld0xt9h6f07ezhh49t9n0fhqmryddqhz7c6lhmxrngpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcwvkkp7'>nevent1q…kkp7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For sure. I think between UK madness, EU overreach, and whatever&#39;s going to unfold in the lead-up to the 2024 US election, there&#39;s a lot of potential for major shifts in the social media landscape soon. 2024-08-14T16:21:24Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsvqg2kngluj54h2ddqhkruk4mfqlqt3d7fuxp5y6kxmga7eftw3qgzyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzug9dgl4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd55w37gxj8x3t2eyy8d2pjysq9f3gxnpmf9rx69mjweucqwxqsqcppamhxue69uhkztnwdaejumr0dsc28kvp'>nevent1q…8kvp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, that&#39;s a bummer. I remain convinced that one key to success for Nostr will be somehow cultivating a reputation as a place for dissident speech. Network effects are hard to overcome, though! 2024-08-14T15:04:56Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsy6n75c4fwzhdkanpucxkzxfzun27qf3969scql26l2v5u9m235dgzyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzujapv40 Is there a big European presence on Nostr yet? Curious if people are discovering it as a censorship-free alternative given the crackdowns and threats. <br/><br/>Would love to read some commentary from accounts on here if they exist. 2024-08-14T14:48:23Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxrnf88f4dyxu3vw929veu4qvpwtkfm5kjuwrnvu7xkp8u39f5uvczyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzulcxt6n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg3uy50zh2wxv8l6p0hymvhy45ca4cfxf598wa737ee4patcrfxwspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgr2tqu7'>nevent1q…tqu7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nice. Didn&#39;t know about Duck.ai. That is fantastic. 2024-08-13T20:43:07Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsrxq46vhm8kjg278en0ye8rxawpf4myffj7l0y5jkhxzxu79wjr8qzyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzumf38lg Anyone experimented with any open source LLMs? I know they are out there, but curious if any are even close to on-par with the big boys. 2024-08-13T20:36:19Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdm7vl4hsjrhjpw9utwg69anheh8rchudk7wy49rh0fcmphcyl4agzyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzuh5usqg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsguttnjq4yvq5lehzu9vs436s7k69uvtdecs29alsz8kehax5t35gpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqm5t22t'>nevent1q…t22t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Funny you mention that. We&#39;ll be having Bob Murphy on our podcast soon, and I&#39;ll bring this up! 2024-08-13T19:22:50Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqst2hxck59szdm8n7pfczdgelptwaa89hzmqjkvhc0c29a30t8zfpgzyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzuf0gff2 Gonna experiment with posting this here because the interface for inserting screenshots is better than on X, and I think this might be a more receptive audience anyway. <br/><br/>Now that Krugman has invoked the name of F.A. Hayek to defend Kamala Harris&#39; policies, I must effortpost. <br/><br/>Unfortunately, it seems to me that this is once again a case of a progressive quote-mining Hayek to make a point he almost certainly wouldn&#39;t have agreed with.<br/><br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/JygS.png"> <br/><br/>First, let&#39;s look at the paragraph that follows. Krugman says Harris is not a full-on communist (true). She just wants to expand welfare, not fundamentally change the role of govt. Harris did support single-payer health care but now doesn&#39;t. But even if she did, says Krugman, it&#39;s not that radical or dangerous (&#34;un-American&#34;)!<br/><br/>Hayek would disagree.<br/><br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/JygU.png"> <br/><br/>Hayek on &#34;social insurance&#34; from The Constitution of Liberty, more detailed than the The Road to Serfdom quote Krugman links: Progressives rarely mention the part in red, where he says that while the aim of govt providing a safety net is philosophically defensible, the actual methods are the problem, and as we&#39;ll see, a likely inescapable one in Hayek&#39;s telling.<br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/JygW.png"> <br/>He continues on to say that opposition to govt welfare is entirely defensible, just not purely on human freedom grounds. To understand this, you have to grok that Hayek defined freedom as the absence of coercion and placed a high value on prohibiting government monopolies.<br/><br/>He does not accept the &#34;taxation is theft&#34; maxim, which is why many libertarians dislike him. What he opposes is government action that prevents people from trying new experiments and competing with the state or state-connected actors to provide &#34;essential&#34; services.<br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/JygX.png"> Image<br/>What Hayek is saying about &#34;social insurance&#34; is that in theoretical terms a state-supported welfare program could achieve its ends without threatening freedom.<br/><br/>The more sound reason to oppose it, he argues, is that the state apparatus that administers welfare in the modern world inevitably becomes a coercive and monopolistic one. There are strings attached to that money, always: Strings that serve the plans of the bureaucrats, not the individuals receiving the money.<br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/Jyge.png"> <br/>It&#39;s fantasy (&#34;illusion&#34;) to imagine a government machine powerful enough to administer welfare at nation-state scale while being kept in check against liberty violations. &#34;Democratic control&#34; ain&#39;t gonna cut it.<br/><br/>History shows the administrative state certainly never checks itself. This is why the recent Chevron reversal was so crucial. It allows courts, rather than &#34;democracy,&#34; to exert more direct constitutional restraint on these agencies, likely to be more effective than Congress &#34;doing something&#34; (LOL).<br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/Jygg.png"> <br/>THE GREATEST DANGER TO LIBERTY TODAY, writes Hayek, comes from the expert class running the bureaucracy for the &#34;public good.&#34;<br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/Jygk.png"> <br/>It is INEVITABLE, he says, that such an apparatus will become self-willed, uncontrollable and hegemonic.<br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/Jygn.png"> <br/>Agree or disagree with Hayek&#39;s analysis, but does this sound like a guy who endorses anything close to resembling our modern welfare state? Or does it sound like a nuanced thinker conceding that the state could theoretically subsidize welfare in some non liberty-threatening way that he never quite specifies?<br/><br/>Hayek would almost certainly recognize massive problems with the way our current top-down welfare system distorts the market, coercively suppresses competition, and immiserates people. And to invoke him anywhere proximal to single-payer health care is a joke.<br/><br/>I get the criticism from libertarians that Hayek could&#39;ve been more clear to avoid mischaracterization, or should&#39;ve been more &#34;hardcore&#34; about opposing all taxation. I&#39;m not arguing that he&#39;s that kind of libertarian. And that&#39;s OK.<br/><br/>But it&#39;s hard for me to see the way Krugman is quoting him here as anything other than a disingenuous way to normalize Harris&#39; proposed expansion of social engineering and an intrusive welfare state. 2024-08-13T19:05:57Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxg6khxzsnn308p2nqt8x9jrmh347pdntpky0y2zt2g998js99vwqzyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzuhjmp3h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs26t6ncc9as0xtsxnas3ea752j73sjy72xvpye6euexecst2s5hhcr4xfwk'>nevent1q…xfwk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Also <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1vrrvevxq2w8k7td6tyycu3qxdd6lgmf7f93kaa0nr76hkcwg8ajsjqe70u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>jimepstein</span> (<span class="italic">npub1vrr…e70u</span>)</a></span>! 2024-08-13T18:34:14Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsp5764g3lethfce9t6ud0q0w4e79hf5xs8zew73pt34wdmxgepyyszyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzu4u8z5m What a great profile on the origins, growth, and awesome potential of Nostr for Reason by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>gladstein</span> (<span class="italic">npub1trr…hdpu</span>)</a></span>. <br/><br/>Let’s go 🔥🔥🔥<br/><a href="https://reason.com/2024/08/13/can-nostr-make-twitters-dreams-come-true/">https://reason.com/2024/08/13/can-nostr-make-twitters-dreams-come-true/</a> 2024-08-13T17:37:45Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs0scdhmt5j4rlv87j2tuvupeuylevwlnc4sqhn6zgqlu0t74gxskgzyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzu2sv9d7 I’m not claiming to have any special knowledge of what’s going on. But… it is a very fucking weird way for the president to drop out. <br/><br/>Lyn is completely right that we’ve rapidly entered a new era where cryptographic verification is the only guard against catastrophic fakery. <br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note10ff5kurf3a2h5d8umneuq5dcgznlhcfreyvk34c946z25mlzk38qxccydr" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note10ff…cydr</a></span> </div> Biden announced he is not running for president on Twitter, a centralized company, via an account for which it is understood he doesn’t control directly.<br/><br/>When thinking about the future, this feels like such archaic technology in the present. This is a world where the SEC account was compromised not that long ago and posted market-moving false information.<br/><br/>If a president has nuclear codes, he arguably should also have a signing key for any important communications. </blockquote> 2024-07-22T00:39:53Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsyqrzm8a069j2yz5jg0shwuauh5tmpcc8r64w96m6td0awqu0k8egzyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzuulfce9 Nostr has several value propositions. One is that it’s a viable check on corporate social media. If X leadership is ever tempted to abandon its current values and turn the network censorious, they’ll have to consider the existence of an uncensorable alternative as a competitor. 2024-07-21T00:15:04Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsvcu4jq7y35pts89htpsw98gmpvkw4cmen6s8cdjzj85np64xmf3czyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzuv9zg28 My reflections on the awful plea deal that Julian Assange was forced to take in exchange for his freedom and the threat it presents to freedom of the press. <br/><br/>And the good news: Assange definitively proved that information does, indeed, want to be free. <br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/N9wivGE6qUI?si=3iAveoEmgDQ8rPTZ">https://youtu.be/N9wivGE6qUI?si=3iAveoEmgDQ8rPTZ</a> 2024-06-29T12:54:53Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqspsguht99y5w8wc9vqgl6vgmhxkrrl54mrq3h09n2pkl9tarygxyqzyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzukf9plt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf78vyd5qg87wc4nk97qrcwkafdaqzhdtmvpdtr2d3xunrp74cn5cn5vfr6'>nevent1q…vfr6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Badass 2024-06-21T00:55:33Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsx9d5gjxve0lnsgrcuyzv5j3p299e4jeeqegzzsrarsu256ym773czyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzu5yt3m0 Latest episode of my weekly podcast JUST ASKING QUESTIONS examines the latest economic data out of Argentina six months into Javier Milei’s presidency.<br/><br/>In short, monthly inflation rate down, consecutive monthly budget surpluses, bond market recovering, major bill just passed Senate, approval ratings still positive despite extremely rough economy.<br/><br/>Looks like the wild Libertarian presidente might know a thing or two about governing after all… <a href="https://youtu.be/h1rD3CYyQO8">https://youtu.be/h1rD3CYyQO8</a> 2024-06-21T00:51:45Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsv92yu2zxh46n469evkyf9lng0heu9327qw7a2ahzrr4mgz8sw38qzyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzuqr7xyr Why has FDR’s dark side been hidden? Just asking questions.<br/><br/>Censoring opponents through regulatory pressure. Mass surveillance of private messages. Indefinite detainment of Americans. Abuse of emergency powers. Does this style of governance remind you of anything?<br/><br/>Check out my recent interview with historian David Beito about his revealing new book, “The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights.” <a href="https://youtu.be/sydnBoR84n4?si=iUgAqWgy-Oarpc8E">https://youtu.be/sydnBoR84n4?si=iUgAqWgy-Oarpc8E</a> 2024-04-26T00:22:41Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs0m2j73wuq6xjlawpwhhujzfqhtu48xt6c4ch3l8svj4qaammnftczyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzux2kf2c The founders of Samourai Wallet have been indicted for &#34;conspiracy to commit money laundering.&#34; We know why it&#39;s &#34;conspiracy to commit&#34; as opposed to just &#34;money laundering.&#34;<br/><br/>It&#39;s because what they did was provide a privacy tool that some people could use for money laundering. <br/><br/>It is part of the government&#39;s ongoing war on privacy, specifically financial privacy. Those in power yearn for every transaction to be tracked, taxed and, if need be, frozen. The action against the Canadian truckers was the template, and CBDCs (programmable, instantly manipulated money) are the tool of control that they ultimately want. <br/><br/>First, they must dismantle the privacy-centric alternatives so there&#39;s no viable exit ramp once CBDCs and the like are implemented. That&#39;s what we&#39;ve been witnessing with the attacks on coin tumblers like Tornado Cash and today&#39;s attack on Samourai. <br/><br/>They will point to bad people using these tools, just as they pointed out that Hamas raised some funds in various cryptocurrencies, without noting that a vast amount of money laundering happens with government-issued currency. <br/><br/>It&#39;s the same kind of bad-faith argument the FBI made in the &#39;90s when they tried to kill end-to-end encryption altogether. &#34;Sometimes terrorists might use it.&#34; Ok, and? They also use pressure cookers. The internet as we know it today would not exist if they had succeeded.<br/><br/>They are unlikely to succeed this time either, but unfortunately there will be casualties in the war on privacy, and those casualties will be those who openly thwart their ambitions of total surveillance. <br/><br/><br/>My 2022 video including an interview with a Samourai Wallet founder here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIYiXbLRy1c">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIYiXbLRy1c</a> 2024-04-24T20:38:08Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs84vnqe07ptyzwepfm54qvs7rfccvfkn8r9zp4c85synxkvp2ku9czyqg3m9hwd56g0rv447l72zclsr5py4khvcnkhz3qfh35vxzj2cjzuefjjhk Momentum is building to &#34;child-proof&#34; the internet by requiring social media age verification. It appears likely that a combination of legislative action and immense political pressure on tech companies over the next 2-3 years will lead to what amounts to a Digital ID for virtually any website where users interact with each other. Online anonymity will become vanishingly rare.<br/><br/>This is one way Nostr becomes a final refuge for those seeking surveillance-free, unmediated communication. 2024-04-09T13:34:00Z