Readit Newscypherpunks01 commented on The realities of being a pop star itscharlibb.substack.com/... · Posted by u/lovestory
> "A couple of weeks ago Yung Lean came for dinner at my house .. He is probably one of the wisest people I know."
Two sentences I would've not predicted in close proximity to one another! Hah, love it. Guess he's been through a lot over the years.
cypherpunks01 commented on Pozsar's Bretton Woods III: The Framework philippdubach.com/2025/10... · Posted by u/7777777phil
IMHO the fundamental problem is that the world wanted dollars so they gave the US gold or stuff for those dollars. If that flow ever reverses then there's problems. Bretton woods solved the gold issue. The plaza accords solved it when Japan was the problem.
Today the solution is that foreign countries but government debt. That will last as long as everyone is willing to roll it over. It's not clear how or why that stops. But if/when it does it's not going to involve the US sending out trillions worth of stuff
The flow has definitely started reversing, and yep you're right there will be problems. Worldwide central bank holdings of gold just recently surpassed holdings of US Treasuries for the first time in 30 years. And I believe that's using only reported amounts of gold, when all experts agree that China has acquired far more gold in recent years than what's reported.
cypherpunks01 commented on Tether is now the 17th largest holder of US debt twitter.com/paoloardoino/... · Posted by u/wslh
Cantor Fitzgerald
Correct, this is the answer. Wasn't really known until this year.
https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/11/25/commerce-nominee-howar...
cypherpunks01 commented on Rivian's TM-B electric bike theverge.com/news/804157/... · Posted by u/hasheddan
Most visibly interesting part to me is the frame design without a rear triangle (no seatstay) like a motorcycle or dirtbike.
Materials must be real strong to withstand all the torque forces without a rear triangle, right? Any other e-bikes like this?
From my old and hazy memory (someone correct if wrong):
There are few psychoactive compounds that work in the same microgram range as LSD. So if you're getting blotter then the size of the tab is important. The other compounds such as the NBOMe series use bigger blotters that are easy to spot.
I think generally yes, phenethylamines are the primary compounds known to work in the same dose range as LSD. Unfortunately they are much cheaper to produce, and the majority of the 25C- and 25I-NBOMe fatalities occur after people believed they were taking LSD. I have read similarly, that tab size of a dose might be an indicator, but I don't think it's a fully reliable method. Check out the old 2013 Erowid "Spotlight on NBOMes" article [1]-
> Silk Road prices for pure 25I-, 25C-, and 25B-NBOMe powder currently range from $90 to $200 per gram. The most problematic listings are vendors selling blotter that begs to be resold as acid: 1/4-inch perforated squares in 100-hit sheets bearing designs such as Albert Hofmann's bike ride and The Beatles Yellow Submarine, among other acid-blotter designs from the past. One vendor states "each tab is acid size, no big blotters here". Another offers hits supposedly containing 1 mg of 25I- and 25B-NBOMe each! Dosages range from 500 micrograms to 2 mg per 1/4-inch hit, with advertised doses averaging around 1 mg. On Silk Road, LSD blotter is 5-10 times more expensive than NBOMe blotter.
I think unfortunately toxic and potentially fatal doses can fit on a 1/4 inch hit or in a single liquid drop. There needs to be a lot more active chemical though, whereas you get a slight metallic taste with LSD, the article says NBOME is extremely bitter due to the higher concentration, which is sometimes covered up with mint or other flavor (never heard of this with LSD).
There's an interesting 2019 article "Multimodal imaging of hallucinogens 25C- and 25I-NBOMe on blotter papers" [2] that analyzed a random seized NBOME sample from Germany. It has lower concentration per cm² than what Erowid cited, but I don't think it's a technical limit unfortunately that prevents scary doses from fitting on a standard blotter.
[1] https://erowid.org/chemicals/nbome/nbome_article1.shtml
[2] https://analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do...
Anyone got a few international favorites? Alright, I'll start
Oroko Radio / Accra, Ghana / https://radio.garden/listen/oro-radio/pmCVm8Ts
FIP Radio / Paris, France / https://radio.garden/listen/fip/YNeGA5ua
The fixed supply describes the total sum of units that have been issued, and that are intended to be issued in the future - it doesn't relate to the divisibility of those units.