Jeremy Slade

Imagine if money obeyed the laws of physics instead of politics. That’s Bitcoin.

No interest in reading the Book of Mormon, but curious if it actually does talk about Jesus? 10 verses you can read in less than a minute: #bookofmormon Art: Leon Devenice

Money was literally invented to not have to know your customer. It was created to eliminate the layer of trust needed between the exchange of goods. KYC is antithetical to money.

There's no secret, but also no shortcuts

@googledevs shouldn't have to scan the string again - assuming freq map is a dict[str,int], just iterate over the items in the dict and return first one with count=1 -- dict item iteration is in order of insertion (3.7+ at least), so first one with count 1 is earliest in the string

The short Python version works by scanning left to right and returning the first character whose total count is one. It is concise but not O(n) because the count runs each time. A more efficient approach would build a frequency map in one pass, then scan again to find the first character with frequency one.

String manipulation developer challenge: find the first non-repeating character. Return the character, or null if they all repeat. Use any language of your choice. The shortest solution wins!

@frgtr46052602 @MattTestifies Depending on your time scale, God went without calling prophets "for a very long time" multiple times -- each dispensation had apostasy, then calling of new prophet(s) and restoration.

@MattTestifies For a very long time, God did not call prophets

If God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, then why wouldn’t He… …still call prophets to speak truth and warn with love …still reveal scripture to teach clearly and consistently …still organize His Church with authority and covenants …still ask His children to make sacred promises with Him …still use temples as holy places to bind families eternally …still speak personally through the Spirit, not just historically …still invite ordinary people to participate in His work A God who does not change would not suddenly stop caring, guiding, revealing, or covenanting. That consistency is one of the reasons my faith makes sense to me.

Bitcoin is the most real money humanity has ever created. x.com/theswansjr/sta…

Anybody working on a specific fitness goal? I've got a goal / plan to reach a certain weight over the next six months. Not anything drastic (about 25lbs total lost). But looking for some help with accountability, happy to return the favor

This is excellent advice. Whether ministering to people within the church, or just interacting with friends. Look for how God is already working in their life.

The on-going restoration, a marvelous work and a wonder!

@realKellyKnight Me and my siblings covered the WW2 axis powers: * Germany (me) * Italy (brother) * Japan (sister)

I would like to run this thread to see how many countries LDS X has served in as missionaries. Even if you see a duplicate, throw your hat in the ring. I'll start: Japan Nagoya, 1978-80

@juliano59480476 @JasonPLowery if bitcoin miners have to "retreat" because they can't pay the cost, that's a good thing -- they'll be forced to look elsewhere for under-utilized / under-developed energy sources. Or they stop mining -- that's also a good thing, only the most efficient miners stay in the game

Saying Bitcoin doesn’t compete for the same electrons is a thermodynamic fantasy. Unless a miner is 100% off-grid—which most aren’t—they are bidding on the same finite infrastructure as everyone else. When you say miners will 'be the first to turn off', you are literally proving my point: AI’s demand is so aggressive and its margins so high that it is making Bitcoin mining prohibitive. Bitcoin isn't 'incentivizing' a grid that takes a decade to upgrade; it’s being priced out of it. You’re describing a retreat, not a solution.

Bitcoin mining generally does not compete for the "same electrons". Bitcoin goes after the lowest cost of energy and/or underutilized sources. If that cost/demand rises, miners will be the first to turn off and go elsewhere, vs continuing to drive up costs. Bitcoin incentivizes new / alternate energy sources in a very different way from loads like datacenters.

The Physical Reality. The "Power Grid Raid" The plan to digitize everything ignores one simple fact. The power grid has a physical limit. Recent data from November shows that US data center power demand rose by a record 1.6 GW in a single month. There is simply not enough power supply to feed all these racks. AI and Data Centers are "Stealing" the Grid.They are no longer marginal loads. A single facility can demand as much power as a small city. Estimates now put data centers at ~4% of total U.S. electricity use, and it’s rising faster than the grid can handle. You Are Subsidizing the Giants. When the grid needs massive upgrades to support these "hyperscale" facilities, those costs are spread across all ratepayers. This means your electric bill is increasing to pay for the infrastructure that feeds the AI giants. They are effectively "raiding" the available energy and driving up costs for everyone else. Bitcoin Caught in the Crossfire. While Bitcoin’s total consumption is smaller compared to this new AI wave, it competes for the same electrons. The explosive demand from AI is driving up power prices so high that Bitcoin mining—which depends on cheap energy—could become prohibitive or elitist. The "most valuable real estate in cyberspace" is being cannibalized by the energy costs driven by AI. The digital world is hitting the wall of thermodynamic reality.

Bitcoin is an emerging technology, you'll completely miss what it portends if you judge based only on what happened in its first few years of existence.

thank god programming is solved, I hated writing code... anyway, off to issue statements to a computer in a way it can interpret

Good morning! 1820 AD. In a grove in Manchester, New York. The 14-year old Joseph Smith saw God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, in a pillar of light. He was told to join none of the existing religions, and was later led to restore the Lord’s Church. This happened.

@NerdyNighthawk I once got a fortune cookie wrapper (intact) with no cookie, just a bubble of air. Disappointing.

I got a fortune cookie with no fortune inside of it. :( What am I supposed to do now?

Probably the best #BITCOIN explanation you've ever heard, by Dominic Frisby 👀

One of the guys I play pickleball with has organized a "God and Pickleball" event where we play for ~1hr 40mins then have devotional and fellowship for 20mins. It's a great start to the day (6-8am). I admire people who take initiative to do positive things like that, who are unashamed to share their faith in public.

What is something you admire about a religion outside of your own? This is an ecumenical post. Any religion bashing will be hidden.

Young men need to be challenged. Scouting used to be a big part of that, at least within the LDS Church. Scouting is done, but the need is very much still there. "A rite of passage is a singular act that, when the time is right, exposes a childish mind to the rigorous expectations of adulthood. If it’s done too early, it’ll traumatize them. If it’s too late, they will be too comfortable to confront the monster. I believe the latter, at this point, is a much bigger problem—especially amongst men."