very good point by @kmacb.eth
though I would also urge parents to do whatever they can to help their young adults build credit.
my hairdresser was telling me that she got her apartment because the landlord chose whoever had the highest score. she has an 850 (max is 900). let that sink in: to rent a basic 1br apartment, the tenant needed an 850 (!!!).
nevermind the minimum 20% down payment + <39% GSD/<44% TDS ratios required if you dare think about buying...
many people involved with or adjacent to the industry make it their full-time job to self-deprecate and whine about crypto… probably in part because it’s a great engagement hack.
really there’s not much to it. there’s a handful of crypto products or protocols that actually make money and are sustainable. hyperliquid, aave, a few others. think everything else is stupid? okay, build something better then. no? then why stick around as a permanent member of the peanut gallery?
the cultural commentary is just beyond stale. oh there’s lots of scams? you must work in auditing, forensics, security, etc. then. no? so you’re just here to observe that everything is horrible? sounds pretty bleak.
personally I’m mostly interested in commentary from those with skin in the game, otherwise it’s just throwing popcorn from the cheap seats.
here is the thing... pretty much anything in your everyday life can be a "hobby" if you sufficiently hyperfixate.
you do not need to accept slop in any dimension. doesn't matter if it's socks, coffee, paint, baseboards, light bulbs, olive oil, whatever.
the amount of effort required to properly research niches has never been lower. you ostensibly have god in your pocket, the excuses are fewer and fewer by the day.
just one example: we need new desks.
if I google "standing desk" I get all of these desperate canadian companies trying to PPC ad me into buying their knockoff workplace furniture with horrific laminate wood grains.
instead, I can feed chat corporate workplace furniture catalogues and fully spec out a desk to whatever specifications I want. fully custom, made by Knoll. normally B2B procurement like this is a pain but from my first email I knew exactly what I wanted, all of the product codes, etc.
previously you had to be neurotic to live like this, today you can be a weird combo of tasteful, picky, and lazy.
what you have to understand about canadian politics is that while serious geopolitical moves are being made, like this recent trade deal with china, the country is almost comically divided in three completed disconnected tranches:
- canadians 60y/o or older are retired and writing facebook posts about how carney is a master negotiator 9D chess wizard time lord
- canadians 18-30y/o are in student debt and either a) making memes about hanging landlords by the neck in the public square or b) located on a spectrum from jordan peterson incel to moderate fiscal conservative
- canadians 30-60y/o are working, paying the tax bill for everyone else, and just want to buy a house that doesn’t cost $1M. will vote for pretty much anyone (even mr. potato) if they’ll fix this shit.
I am not 100% aligned with network states ideology though I do think detractors do not sufficiently consider the extent to which productive people want to be left alone for the most part
you can put beautiful full-spectrum bulbs in your house at various cct temps between 2700-4000k depending on the room
you do not need to settle for ugly bulbs with mediocre colour fidelity at outrageously cold, unflattering temps
"trading product direction killed farcaster, dead internet theory"
not really sure invoking dead internet theory is as clever as you think, since FC rewards were mercilessly gamed for months by "users" making multiple accts and posting gen ai slop well before this new direction
many either didn't notice or didn't care, but memecoin slop is where you draw the line? same shit, different pile
can't really justify a proper turntable setup ($15-30k) but damn it would be nice to collect limited release LPs that come out here and there
marty supreme ost by OPN slaps by the way, go buy the physical or digi
privacy isn't about hiding, it's about being able to choose when and how you reveal information. the enemy here is coercion, not transparency.
mandatory kyc and other forms of forced disclosure create massive honeypots that inevitably put users in danger once compromised. we need better solutions to these problems rather than blanket reporting requirements that don't serve the best interests of users.
