This is the unitree go1 robot dog which sells for $2700. Wasnt sure whether these were shipping/in the wild but obviously they have been for at least a few months!
Compared to say the 70s, the 90s was pretty bleak. A bit of good grunge, a bit of good hiphop, and then it all sort of fizzled out. At least in europe/uk you had the explosion of electronic music and mdma and everyone having an amazing time. American kids growing up in the late 90s were robbed.
As an American, that was a lot more going on that you didn't really hear about, but I also agree with you about electronic music. I randomly grabbed a Future Sound of London CD in the mid to late 90s, and couldn't believe what I had been missing. I have been exposed to bands like Kraftwerk, but nothing like what was going on in the UK and Europe. From there I discovered Trance music, then progressive House, and started to experiment with sequencing software like FruityLoops (now FL Studio) in the later 90s. Trip-hop then started to become popular, and it became easier to get my friends into electronic, who prior only were into 90s hip-hop (arguably some of the best ever produced).
As a 90s American teen this is completely absurd. It is literally the peak of the music industry as a whole.
The American 90s rave scene was also absolutely amazing. Big enough to have parties every Friday and Saturday but not too big to attract much undesirable people and law enforcement.
Trance originated in the 90s though it only matured after. But it was a great time for me. I'm in Europe, yes, but I heard about trance events in the US too
Our 2.5 yo daughter was IVF- we were told there was “totaltubal blockage” and “next logical step [was] IVF”
after frozen transfer, genetic testing, injections, implementation etc, we were certainly close to that $50k (US.SoCal). roll in $3k to cover for a sad outcome we’d barely have noticed—
I think Id do it just to amortize the cost for other couples.
My son is due (“unexpectedly”) in March… which has me checking my copious notes and reassessing understanding of “total”
The problem is that if btc is a once in a 200 year “creation of a global reserve currency” event, those with bitcoin exposure (even 1% of portfolio or whatever) will be minted and those without will be fighting over the scraps.
You can buy insurance to ensure you’re not left behind this very cheaply, for just 1% of your portfolio. Yes, it is coordination dilemma with ponzi characteristics. Yes, sticking to your principles may feel like the intellectually correct thing to do. But its a big coordination dilemma which so far is only going in one direction, and the risk that anyone not getting involved ends up having fun staying poor increases as btc ascends.
I don’t really see how/why/etc Bitcoin would achieve that use case. If governments and financial institutions aren’t bag holders then they are extremely financially motivated to stop that from occurring, and afaik those groups aren’t holding huge Bitcoin reserves (maybe fidelity is, or at least was).
Meanwhile, Huawei Harmony just embedded the digital yuan at the system level.
All the ETFs mean is that it will be so much easier to get out of the position and cause even bigger cascades of selling than before when the next shock happens.
You can't have a reserve currency with an asset that has so much volatility it can't even function as a currency.
This seems like a comment from 10 years ago. In 2025, Larry Fink just announced he's a "big believer" at Davos, and the President of the United States ordered his team to evaluate creating a huge reserve.
> those with bitcoin exposure (even 1% of portfolio or whatever) will be minted and those without will be fighting over the scraps.
Why? There’s no way to derive value from that use.
There actually would be if it were, say, Ethereum (which is proof of stake, with fees accruing to holders). However, let’s say Ethereum were to become a global reserve currency. This would be essentially a tax on all financial activity, and governments and companies would be _strongly_ incentivised to create an alternative which they controlled and which did not have that tax.
Something a _bit_ like this, incidentally, has already happened. Prior to the creation of SWIFT, international bank transfers generally went through what is now Citibank. Governments, and banks other than Citibank, generally saw this as unsatisfactory (even though AIUI Citibank was doing it extremely cheaply and not deriving all that much value from it; the mere threat that they _might_ was enough) and thus SWIFT was born.
Use an aggregator like nano-gpt.com. You get access to all the top models (including o1 pro which usually requires a $200/month subscription) on a pay per use rate. Short on cash ? Use deepseek models for .1cents.
It comes as lyophilized powder. You reconstitute the drug yourself and follow WHO sterility guidelines (reconstitute with bacteriostatic water, alcohol wipe ampoule top before accessing, keep it in the fridge, and throw it out if you havent finished it within 30 days). I know a dozen people doing this for the last year and none of them have had any sign of even superficial infection.
Those are wise safety procedures, not that's not sterile compounding. EVERYTHING needs to be sterile. The needles used for mixing, the air in the room, the hood you're mixing it in, everything. The room or hood has to be in positive pressure, and the ampule needs to be at a partial vacuum.
What you're describing is a adequate for immediate use. Not use and storage.
Wiping the bottle before use is just standard practice to prevent contamination after compounding.
Everything I said is equivalent to the WHO vaccination programme reconstitution and administration procedures. Vaccine clinics use multidose ampoules for up to a month. These aren’t sterile compounding pharmacies.
I think the way it works when you get bacteria into your blood is either you have no noticeable symptoms, or you get a high fever and almost die from sepsis.
People with minimal training drew up billions of doses of covid vaccines from multi-use vials and administered them intramuscularly (deeper and therefore potentially more risky than subcutaneous ozempic/mounjaro) and I never heard of anyone getting an infection from this
Buy your own tirzepatide from china. QSC batches all have purity tests, and cost about $200 for 400mg which will last a good year at a reasonable dose regimen
1. The reputation and business license of my local compounding pharmacy is on the line, so they cannot afford to sell anything fake.
2. Buying from China is likely fake crap, with fake purity tests.
Why would I gamble with my life to save 20% when I have a trustworthy source given to me from my doctor (who is not receiving any sort of kickback but is familiar with this specific opportunistic workaround)?
