is there actually a point to learning new things right now? taking a gap year because i have no idea what to learn, or if it will even matter by the time i am done. feels like studying for a world that is already gone. dad was a programmer and did startups. i liked coding in school and thought that…

The Monero economy has grown a lot over time, but what do you still wish you could buy with your Monero that you can't yet? I'm curious to see what other people have to say.

Testosterone levels in men have been declining for decades. That's not my opinion, that's the meta-analyses. Sperm counts on the same slope. Something in the environment is moving the baseline and nobody in charge is asking why loudly enough. The science points at endocrine disruptors. Phthalates,…

Lets say you know there will be another global covid like event with similar global response and tactics as the first one (social distancing, masks, travel restrictions, experimental vaccines to be able to work/travel/buy food, etc) and it would take place in exactly one year from today. What, if…

So I'm a pretty clean eater, I have my treats for sure but I do notice lots of similarties in how the food industry treats people the same as the financial sector. Lies, Lies and more lies then a little bit more lies. Now I am a nutritionist so I go down these rabbit holes a lot. Three is Dr.…

X Corp sent C\&Ds on Aug 24 & Sep 8 demanding permanent takedown of all Nitter instances + the repo. The Sep 7 update claiming legal representation was based on false assurances: no counsel in place rn. zedeus on HN: "I was misled by an individual who claimed to be helping the Nitter project pro…

I think many of us use LLMs for work. But I cannot help the instinctive distrust when I see a vibe-coded project. Especially if it is new and not by someone I already know and trust. Before, a non-professional project was obvious. Now the more polished it looks the less I trust it. The practical…

When I load up Stasher News, I get put on the Lit page first, and if I do Lit or New, the bottom bar contains the S logo, the search logo, the post button, and the notifications logo, but it does not contain my account picture. Therefore, I am unable to get to my settings or profile to check my…

Noticed a few posts recently with ... machine like writing. Each account has made a post and a comment, with AI like writing style. It can be obfuscation of writing style, thought it seems strange to have several accounts all join and start posting at the same time. What do you think? Posts below.…

It's truly a miracle of this age that anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can access and study hundreds of years of humanity's intellectual legacy, thanks to free culture projects such as Project Gutenberg. But I realised there's not enough information on this area of the Internet.…

Software, protocol, hardware, browser extension, service model, anything. The bar is that it doesn’t really exist yet, or only exists in a form that fails the threat model. What problem are you still solving with duct tape? Useful answers look like: the concrete leak or friction, why current…

On October 6, OpenAI makes an announcement about an unreleased internal model resolving long-standing open problems in mathematics. https://openai.com/index/sharing-ai-progress-in-mathematics/ Then Justrin Drake tweets this And calls upon the blockchain industry to "calmly begin planning for…

I've built: hyperliquid trading bot (don't recommend) Portfolio manager hardened agentic email tools Agentic tools for Monero transactions https://github.com/tibbar-etihw/agenta-monero and I'm currently working on an Arena FPS game in Godot in which players can make Monero wagers on matches (anyone…

\TIL the old sad Killdozer story… hence the question.*

I've been moving around, and one of the issues I always found, whatever place I land, is ordering stuff and getting it delivered without disclosing personal information. I've seen this https://stasher.news/items/339626/r/artemis posted today, and it made me want to ask stashers if they have any…

Following the short list in How to earn Monero (without buying it) - a short list , vote / share in comments your favorite / best / most effective experience earning Monero without buying it.

just listened to The Sovereign Individual (audiobook, because i am NOT a book person and adhd makes sitting still with pages feel impossible). still hit me harder than almost anything. the whole idea of actually finding sovereignty and freedom while this world keeps turning into a totalitarian…

Bitcoin people on StackerNews are discussing why Monero use is exploding. Someone replied with this (screenshot src).

Mostly curious to know and learn more about stashers' strategies for having a growing stash. Wanna share?