I often think that humans, thanks to their intellect, managed to escape the grip of natural selection. But attitudes like this remind me that we didn’t really escape at all we just changed the battlefield. Natural selection no longer weeds out only the slow, the weak, or the physically unfit. Instead, it now works on a psychological level. Today, it punishes those who give up too easily, those who delude themselves, and those who are too selfish to think beyond their own comfort.

That “3rd out of 193” figure is about total firearm deaths, which by itself doesn’t mean much since it’s not a per capita number. Per capita is the real deal: With those cities included (full U.S. data, 2022), the firearm homicide rate is ≈ 5.0 per 100,000 people. Without Detroit, LA, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Chicago, it drops just a bit to ≈ 4.5 per 100,000. Still nothing to write home about when you know that in Singapore it’s approximately 0.01 per 100,000, 0.02 in South Korea, 0.04 in the UK, or 0.1 in Switzerland — which has a TON of firearms! That’s 4.5 vs 0.1. And just to be clear: guns themselves aren’t the problem. I’m not a gun enthusiast, nor am I strongly against them. I’m happy I live in a country where you can’t just walk around buying and carrying one (you can buy and carry, but you have to pass a lot of exams and tests). The fact is, there are countries with a shitload of guns that don’t even come close to the death rate the U.S. has — so it’s more than clear that guns themselves are not the problem.

Taxes are something big advanced society can not work without. You simply have to pay the bill for stuff you would not otherwise want to pay for, so society can do things larger than what individuals are capable or want to do. And yes, you can cut tax to 0% and get that money in some other way, like tariffs, money printing or value dilution (like old Romans did with remelting of coins) but when you boil it down, it's still a form of tax on citizens. What we all should push really hard for is accountability in spending of tax money from perspective of majority of society we live in, not from our own perspective. And we have very good examples all over the world. Not many i'm afraid, but we do. Countries with high tax rates with citizens who are happy to pay their taxes as they know they are getting good value for their money. Every money you pay to individual or organization and do not get good value in return is "gay" and/or "retarded", taxes included.

Nostr can still turn bad — it’s just much harder than with centralized companies. The good thing is, if someone doesn’t like the direction it’s heading, they can fork it, create their own rules, and let users decide which version they prefer by simply using the one that suits them best. No single entity can force its will on everyone.

USB miners? No they were not. I mined nice ammount with what i bought. I think i still have one somewhere in a drawer. Lovely memorabilia.

Looks like you lost a boat too! 😄

What is power consumption on that kind of thing anyway? Last time i mined was time when we used mining USB sticks :D

Let me give you a fresh example from my country. It happened yesterday (or the day before—I’m not sure, depending on your time zone): https://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/pozar-na-ciovu-izazvao-argentinac-s-gumenjaka-bacio-je-opusak/2698252.aspx Feel free to use ChatGPT or Google Translate to read it in your language. Long story short: people do stupid things all the time, and it causes real damage. In the case I linked, the damage was relatively small—still over 28k—but that’s nothing compared to other incidents. This sort of thing happens hundreds of times every summer along our coast. Often, the damage is massive: huge fires, entire areas burned, and costs through the roof. So, can I justify a 28,000 fine? Absolutely. I could justify much more. Make an example out of him. Put him on every TV channel and news portal, and explain exactly why he was fined so no one else gets the same idea. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. It's all about responsibility. When i see someone calling for freedoms and not a word about responsibility i know it has nothing to do with freedom but with ego.

BTC ATH 123k

Why "? Do you have single reason to believe it won't be temporary? They did it before and yes it was temporary just like this time.

ETH is no where near to ATH. Why? Because we should not compare it to fiat, but to BTC ATH my ass

U sure? There were crazy ass shit that started in darkest corners of an internet as a meme and turned into mass hysteria. For example, pizzagate....started as stupid ass joke, turned into....well...whatever it turned into. You are free to do as you wish, of course.

Yes, New Brunswick has implemented a temporary ban on recreational activities on Crown land (not blanket ban) due to extreme wildfire risk and unprecedented dry conditions. You can go hike, fish or walk in the woods outside of those areas, so no, it is not a crime to hike, fish or walk in the woods in New Brunswick. Only in certain areas and only while conditions are like they are. It's very important detail.

But, why did turtle cross the road?

No they did not.

Government is mirror of a collectve it represents. Of those that vote for them, those that did not vote at all (which is basically agreeing with whatever majority votes for) and those that ignore problems. To be extreme, Hitler could not do a shit if he had no active and passive support of majority. Same goes for representative of every government. US, EU, China, Russia, even North Korea. It is not government that is a problem, its people. People who are ok with corruption just to gain something small and irelevant in the big picture, people who are one issue voters, people who are supporting bad political systems etc. Just like guns are not killing people governments are not taking our rights away, our compatriots are.

He was warned that he is entering into area that he should not be entering, and he still did it. There are areas like that all over the world, from US to China for longer than 100 years, somewhere even longer. You simply can not go wherever you want, whenever you want, never coul, never will. Society does not work like that. When everyone has same rights, no one has maximum rights. What did he expect that it would happen? Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.