Fixing thoughts and evanescences like butterflies beneath glass
24 Oct 2021 2 minute read 6 comments TabbyTabby
It seems that many people are trying to figure out how to make the best of writing opportunities on PublishOx. Here's what works for me: 1-2 articles a week that hit six characteristics. I don't make oodles of dosh on them, but I've been satisfied wi...
19 Oct 2021 3 minute read 1 comment TabbyTabby
The BITO Bitcoin ETF went live today. What does that mean? First, let's take hold of a very old idea -- separating the proximate good and the long-term good. The two are not the same and the first does not always lead to the last. (That was certainly...
15 Oct 2021 1 minute read 2 comments TabbyTabby
One of the things that SF usually doesn't do well is make the future look like a place people actually want to live in. From Promethus to the Matrix to insert the blank, the future generally sucks. However, the unbridled optimism of the hypebois and...
9 Oct 2021 1 minute read 4 comments TabbyTabby
Recently, Circle was issued a subpoena by the SEC. The fable of the scorpion and the toad applies here. No matter how much you cozy up to the feds, they'll stab you in the back in the end. Why? Because that's who they are. Silly Circle. Don't they kn...
8 Oct 2021 2 minute read 2 comments TabbyTabby
I've heard and read the idea that human beings are made of "star stuff". Usually, this is a phrase said by devout scientists with atheistic and materialist leanings. I've never understood the value of being made of star stuff. If a star is nothing bu...
5 Oct 2021 3 minute read 0 comments TabbyTabby
When the crypto market saw a dip and the trends for cryptocurrencies were heading downward, there was one bright spot: ATOM. Why is this? ATOM is the native token of COSMOS, a blockchain of blockchains, a project that allows people to use the token o...
4 Oct 2021 2 minute read 0 comments TabbyTabby
Centralization of power poses a threat to all free expression; the fewer the people who hold power, the fewer have to be threatened, bought off, controlled, or influenced to control expression. In other words, places where a few can determine the fre...
26 Sep 2021 4 minute read 12 comments TabbyTabby
So Bitcoin tipping on Twitter is now live. This brings a wider audience to cryptocurrency, which is good, but is it completely good? To answer that question we have to pull back and look at the larger picture. On Twitter, 80% of the tweets come from...
24 Sep 2021 1 minute read 9 comments TabbyTabby
Audius? Ugh. At the risk of being a black sheep, let me say that I appreciate the concept and how it's structured, but the end product is unimpressive. First, the music just isn't there. They don't have a lot of different styles of music to listen to...
18 Sep 2021 2 minute read 3 comments TabbyTabby
The entry point to this topic is a seemingly-innocent one: "How do pre-sales and ICOs work?". First, you're given a special opportunity as an early adopter. Second, it's time-limited and quantity-limited; there are only so many coins available at thi...
