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Val Klump

@valdean

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Wisconsin, USA Katılım Ağustos 2007
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▵ Elliott Tran
▵ Elliott Tran@elliotttran·
Been designing with ai tools for months now and had to design something the old fashioned way today. i can't believe i lived like this.
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MacroScope
MacroScope@MacroScope17·
In the decade I’ve been posting here, I’ve never done a product review. But here’s one that may interest readers. I tried out Coinbase’s “borrow” product. This lets customers borrow cash using their BTC as collateral. I didn’t have a need for this, but since it’s becoming a popular retail-facing product for Coinbase and other companies, I wanted to see how easy they’ve made it. I was amazed. The entire process was simple and took just a few minutes. You deposit BTC as collateral and get USDC, which is immediately convertible to USD, then a quick transfer to your linked bank account. It’s seamless and you never leave the platform. The variable APR 30-day average is currently 4.82%. Of course DeFi borrowing has been around a long time. But my sense is that many people in this space don’t realize how easy the process has become for the casual, non-tech user (or how competitive the APRs are). It certainly makes BTC an even more useful and attractive asset to own. My main takeaway was “disruption.” Once you get in the trenches and see how quickly products are evolving in this space, you understand the growth potential -- and how much the legacy Wall Street firms will lose if they don’t adapt and dive in.
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Val Klump@valdean·
@mrdoob Oh man, so cool. I loved Descent as a kid.
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mrdoob@mrdoob·
Hey Claude, can you help me port Descent to Three.js?
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Val Klump@valdean·
I took this screenshot on Coinbase last night. $BTC bottomed at $60,000.00. To the penny.
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Laura Shin
Laura Shin@laurashin·
When I read this NYT article on the SEC's approach to crypto yesterday, I was outraged and submitted a comment on the article that has not been approved. I suspect it may not ever be approved. I happened to save the text since I was on my phone and paranoid about losing the comment. Here is it: This article is seriously lacking in context. Biden’s SEC did not stop any of the many frauds in crypto. They were buddy-buddy with Sam Bankman-Fried, one of the biggest fraudsters in HISTORY, and missed FTX, Terra/Luna, Three Arrows Capital, Celsius, Voyager, etc. Instead, they went after upstanding companies for registration infractions, which aren't anywhere near as important for its goal of investor protection. It makes perfect sense that the Atkins SEC should now drop a number of these frivolous, wasteful lawsuits. The Gensler SEC’s refusal to create guidance as to how existing laws from the 1930s/1940s applied to crypto is partly responsible for the fact that FTX was offshore, giving investors less protection. If the Gensler SEC had been clear about how the rules applied, then companies (and consumers) could know ahead of time what was/wasn’t kosher. Instead the SEC kept secret exactly how the laws from the 1930s and 1940s applied to crypto and would surprise crypto companies with lawsuits. This is not a fair or normal way to run a government agency. It was also supremely stupid since the companies they went after were largely good actors. Lastly, more than half of crypto people are/were Dems who voted for Trump because of Gensler’s antics. They don’t love Trump’s business conflicts with crypto either. I advise you to never learn a lot about a subject, because once you see how much the NYT gets wrong, it will make you question EVERYTHING they report on.
Alex Thorn@intangiblecoins

i really want to believe that NYT is trustworthy but that has become nearly impossible the whole framing of this new crypto story (yet again) relies on the (false) premise that the prior admin’s attack on crypto totally normal it wasn’t the attack was widely rebuked for years — by bipartisan members of congress, by federal courts, by basically anyone that wasn’t part of a small cabal of elizabeth warren-aligned officials. mainstream democrats never took up her cause. one time the dem senate voted overwhelmingly to overturn an insane SEC policy and biden was forced to VETO it these partisans, who often owed their jobs to a deal struck between biden and warren during the 2020 campaign (widely reported) included consequential appointees in the biden admin who previously worked directly for her, or those who she personally approved. these partisans included staffers for regulators who immediately went to warren-aligned non-profits like better markets and the consumer federation of america. these included entrenched officials inside banking regulators, who have now been exposed for inappropriately targeting legal industries so the idea that the regulatory pivot on crypto over the last year is somehow because of the president’s personal interest, and not because the prior regulatory posture was absolutely INSANE, is dishonest framing that ignores 4 years of direct attacks by the actual partisans this type of reporting relies on the readership being uninformed, which unfortunately too many are. this relies on Gell-Mann Amnesia and the “paper of record” is actively promoting crypto dementia

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The ₿itcoin Therapist
The ₿itcoin Therapist@TheBTCTherapist·
NEW: CEO of $4.5 trillion dollar NVIDIA, Jensen Huang, says that “bitcoin is taking excess energy and storing it as a new currency. You can take it wherever you’d like, transporting it everywhere.”
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Val Klump@valdean·
My son is at an age now where he tells me things I already know, like “the key to a good BLT is the tomato.” But I don't tell him I know. Instead I nod and allow him his wisdom.
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Val Klump@valdean·
What would be the ultimate Silicon Valley career, starting in 2000? Something like this...? 2000-2004 Google 2004-2008 Netflix 2008-2012 Facebook 2012-2016 Tesla 2016-2020 Stripe 2020-2024 OpenAI 2024-2028 ???
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Val Klump@valdean·
Taxes in some countries are so high that in order to double your money, you have to triple it.
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Val Klump@valdean·
@gagliarf Haha. It's all getting worse! Don't even get me started on passkey sign in, which every site is pushing as well.
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Val Klump@valdean·
What's up with every website eschewing passwords for emailed codes lately. Just let me enter a password, I really don't want to open my email.
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Val Klump@valdean·
Today it was "Academy Awards" theme day at my kids' camp and all the kids voted on Best Picture. "KPop Demon Hunters" won in a landslide.
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Val Klump@valdean·
Just updated my popular web app, How's My Hair, to use the latest WebRTC API. It's the web’s #1 utility for checking your hair.😛 Compatible with all laptops / browsers / webcams. valdean.github.io/howsmyhair/
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bryce 💀@sadbryce·
we agree that it's online and onchain... but what about onramp / on-ramp?
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Val Klump@valdean·
@lyleklyne Very cool. What is that controller UI in the upper right, is that dat.GUI or something else?
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Lyle Klyne
Lyle Klyne@lyleklyne·
finally jumping into some TSL learning
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Jason Karsh
Jason Karsh@jasonkarsh·
Incredibly excited to join the @StellarOrg team as Chief Marketing officer, joining @DenelleDixon to accelerate the adoption of the Stellar network for everyday financial services and increase access to the global financial system. LFG!
Stellar@StellarOrg

SDF is welcoming @jasonkarsh as Chief Marketing Officer. From Coinbase to Blockchain.com to the Block, he’s built category-defining brands. Now, he's here to do what he does best: break the mold and scale what matters. stellar.org/blog/foundatio…

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