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They reinvented the hearing aid by studying the human ear Normal hearing aid: $4700 Theirs: $20

Your favorite all in one inflation index has a price update. Same ribeye at the same store is up 6.2% since June, now $34.49/lb. 19% annualized. Since the prior update in 2024, compound annual inflation is 12.6%. Cumulative 72.5% increase since 2020. Bitcoin is the only way out!

Ribeye inflation index has a big print. New price $37.99/lb. 17% inflation annualized from October. 18.5% annualized since last June. 90% cumulative since 2020. 11.0% compounded annually over 6+ years. Same ribeye, same store. High rates? Don't care. Bitcoin is the only way out!

I make the case for Bitcoin as apolar money, the only workable alternative to a government global reserve currency and a unipolar world order, and explain how geopolitical developments underscore this role.

Stablecoins are actually super cypherpunk. CT has broken your brain on this. The idea that anyone at any time, with just a mobile phone, can hold and send dollars instaneously to anyone in the world, no KYC, no nothing--that was literally the cypherpunk dream.

I don't think Muslim creatives understand how rare their position is. You have access to both worlds: the deen and the dunya's tools. You can build, design, write, film, code, and every single thing you create can be an act of worship if the intention is right. Most people never get that clarity. Most people spend their lives chasing meaning through work that has no connection to anything eternal. You already have the answer. Use your skills for Allah. That's it.

i have never talked about this before, but here we go. building in my country (pakistan) is playing on "insane" difficulty. the friction is systemic: • importing a 3d printer takes 6-8 months of bureaucracy. they fear you’ll print a weapon. then you pay 70-100% tax. prototyping is dead before it even starts. or you pay 300-400% to local importers. • aerial robotics r&d is effectively illegal. drones are banned for civilians. you cannot test flight controllers or autonomy without risking arrest. • lithium-ion cells, high-torque servos, and advanced mcus are treated as "luxury items." or "commercial goods." valuation loops at the port kill the supply chain. • no seamless international payment gateways (paypal/stripe). scaling a global hardware/software brand requires "hacking" the system through offshore entities. • you don't just pay for electricity; you pay for the solar and ups systems required to keep sensitive cnc and server hardware from being fried by the grid. the cost of innovation isn't the components. it's the mental and financial tax paid to a system that views engineers as a threat. i am struggling with the system more than the laws of physics. "how much would i have achieved if the system was supportive?" is a bitter question. but i know im smart, and i'll figure my way around it. i always have. but this is the story of how the potential of millions is wasted because there is no functional architecture for them.