The podcast announced the creation of WLFT, a non transferable governance token.
How do you actually make a token "non transferable?"
Ultimately, the cryptographic key decides who owns the token. So even if the token isn't directly transferable, you can still package the key within a vault, and transfer the vault. Sadly this is an area I haven't really kept up on in detail over the past 5 years. Can someone explain if there is a way to make something that can't be encapsulated into a different instrument?
What exactly are your purchasing when buying this governance token?
Influence? voting rights? OK. But if you can't transfer the token, and you become disillusioned with the direction your peers are taking the organization, is there no exit strategy at all? How exactly does this work? You and your progeny are stuck with this forever?
Why does the team need 20% for incentive?
If it's a non transferable token for governance only, how exactly does withholding 20% of these for team compensation help? In order for this to make sense, the tokens must have a financial value. What is the financial value for these things? It seems this is just to make sure that insiders have significant control of the board of this organization. This is probably the most disappointing aspect of the announcement. Similarly, what is the 17% for "incentives"? How does a non transferable governance token incentivize people? I don't think I want people "incentivized" to control me or platforms that I use. The customers should be the ones ultimately dictating direction.
The general talk around this platform is they are going to be lending "stable coins" to the public. Sadly, there is exactly zero information so far about how they intend to administer or audit these stable coins, or even what the products are going to be.
Trump really failed spectacularly on this one. If he was hoping to energize the crypto community in his favor, this was a massive bust. And it doesn't give me any confidence he's going to do a good job reshaping the US economy as we move forward through this crisis if this is the best he can do at sharing his vision. I understand this is his company and not the government (yet), but people have patterns. And this pattern is disturbing to say the least.
An thought provoking video on the self interests that push those with "old money" to the political left.
TL;DR: They got their money during a period of low tax/low regulation. By now increasing taxes and regulations, they create a barrier to competition that they themselves didn't have to cross. By creating a minimal social safety net for the very poor, they prevent radical uprisings against their comfortable positions. European socialism entrenches the current moneyed class at the top, and makes mobility essentially impossible.
As we reach a point in this narrative where the psyop ends, the fighting stops and healing has to begin, I think it is important we all start to understand what drives the liberal mentality, and how to dissuade people from the dangerous belief system that liberalism is a virtue intended to help humanity.
TL;DR - direct evidence of municipal governments in Texas ignoring real property values and making up false valuations/comps in order to meet a predetermined budget objective. Reports of this same thing happening in 47 other states. Real home prices may be only a fraction of the official figures. Possibility this will be headed to SCOTUS. Due to these local governments having no money, they are pushing for an end to property taxes as reparations for years of fraud.
I had a very interesting conversation with my exceedingly left thinking, brainwashed brother in law today. I have learned to hold my thoughts with him in the interest of family harmony, but it was instructive to hear how he thinks.
He told me, "Did you hear that SCOTUS actually passed a law that said politicians are now going to be able to make the rules, rather than scientists who know better?"
Don't get me started on wny he thinks SCOTUS can pass laws, but it just goes to show how indoctrinated these people are to "trust the science." They truly believe we should all surrender our sovereignty to any unaccountable bureaucrat that has gone through an indoctrinating academy to get a couple of letters after their name.
I'm honestly not sure how you break the spell these people are under, but it is clear the current tactics being used by the Whitehats aren't working. We may not see it from our perspective, but the cult members definitely are not waking up.
An interesting perspective on the true meaning of the prophecies of Daniel from someone who provides actual, historical monuments in stone that strongly support his interpretation. An interesting video. If true, it explains Q's posts about April Showers, a war with Iran, and the Pope having a terrible May. It's a video worth an hour of your time, as there's real evidence presented, just fanciful interpretation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGFmz4lj-0s
(Apologies if someone already posted this video. I couldn't find it in the search, and it was new to me.)
Ron Watkins asks the following in a Tweet:
https://twitter.com/CodeMonkeyZ/status/1707895222456270940
If Trump wins the Republican nomination, and is disqualified later, who would the RNC choose to replace him?
I started out by thinking that is nonsense, but then it struck me that RFK just announced an independent run. An interesting dynamic could occur if this really is the plan by the RNC. They dump Trump due to some corrupt judges decision, and then Trump and RFK join up on a ticket to run as an independent team.
I still don't think it will happen, but I don't completely rule anything out these days either. We know this is a psyop with actors. Who knows what plot twists the script writers might have in store.
OK. I'll admit I'm procrastinating at my desk, posting this instead of doing work. But I justify it by saying I'm adding to human enjoyment throughout the universe, and that is much more important than my job.
When most of us went to school, we were taught simple divisibility rules. For example, if a number is even, we can divide it by 2. If the sum of the digits is divisible by 3, the number is divisible by 3. If it ends in 0 or 5, it is divisible by 5, etc. But the divisibility rule for 7 is rarely taught. And unless you take a university level number theory course, you may never learn it. (hang with me and you'll see how this applies to 17) The rule for 7 goes like this:
Take any number. Cut off the last digit. Multiply that cut digit by 2 and subtract it from the remaining number. If the result is divisible by 7, the number is divisible by 7. As an example, take the number 861. To test for 7, we first cut the last digit [1], leaving us with the number 86. We then subtract twice the digit we cut [1], yielding 86 - 2 x 1 = 84. And since we all still remember our 12 times tables, we immediately know 84 = 12x7. If not, we could just do it again. (Cut 4, leaving 8, subtract 2x4 = 8 from 8, leaving 0, and zero is divisible by 7)
So that's 7, but what about 17? Well, it turns out that this trick comes directly from a whole family of tricks involving the Diophantine equation (10x + N + 1) mod(N) = 0. You can check it for 7, with x = 2, N = 7
(10 x 2 + 7 + 1) = (20 + 7 + 1) = 28 mod(7) = 0.
- (mod(N) is just a fancy way of saying "remainder". So 13 mod(5) = 3. (5x2+3 = 13) 19 mod(3) = 1. (6x3+1 = 19) *
Now I can explain why I like 17.
The multiplier (x) to make this trick work for 7, turns out to be 2, the easiest possible multiplier. Most people can easily double a single digit number in their heads. But the second simplest value that most people can easily do is 5. And guess what the multiplier is for 17? Yep. 5. (10x5+17+1 = 68 = 17x4)!
So knowing this little trick and just a few multiples of 17, you can easily look for congruences of 17 in all the numbers you encounter throughout the day. Does your bill come out to $8.84? Well, you see 884, cut off the 4 leaving 88, then subtract 4x5. Leaving 68. But 68 is 4x17. The universe just showed you a 17 and you probably didn't even realize it. Driving and notice the license plate in front of you is 391? You guessed it. That's also a 17. (39-5x1 = 34 = 17x2) Start doing this everyday and you will be amazed how often the number 17 actually comes up in your life. For me, it seems to appear far more often than random chance would suggest.
And if nothing else, at least it's a fun trick to impress your friends with at parties.
Hi everyone. Any legal pedes out there? Have a question.
Scenario:
An American expat lives overseas with a foreign spouse who is not an American citizen or resident.
Said expat wishes to visit his/her family in the USA, but has been unable to for several years due to the vax mandate required for his/her spouse. The children require the presence of both parents during the trip to provide appropriate supervision and support. The foreign spouse has a 10 year tourist visa issued prior to the pandemic.
With the ending of the Covid emergency, can the CDC and/or Department of State legally continue this discriminatory policy against foreign visitors? Does the expat have any standing to sue in this case?
Would love to know how or if this can be done. Yes, there is a real inspiration for this inquiry.