She noticed that Kellogg, too, stood looking back at the headlight.

They glanced at each other, but said nothing.... With a coldly intentional movement, he kicked the telephone instrument and sent it rolling into a ditch; the violence of the noise shattered the vacuum.

"God damn him," he said evenly, not raising his voice, with a loathing past any display of emotion. "He probably didn't feel like attending to his job, and since he needed his pay check, nobody had the right to ask that he keep the phones in order."

"Come on," she said.

"We can rest if you feel tired, Miss Taggart."

"I'm all right. We have no time to feel tired."

"That's our great error, Miss Taggart. We ought to take the time, some day."

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She noticed that Kellogg, too, stood looking back at the headlight.

They glanced at each other, but said nothing.... With a coldly intentional movement, he kicked the telephone instrument and sent it rolling into a ditch; the violence of the noise shattered the vacuum.

"God damn him," he said evenly, not raising his voice, with a loathing past any display of emotion. "He probably didn't feel like attending to his job, and since he needed his pay check, nobody had the right to ask that he keep the phones in order."

"Come on," she said.

"We can rest if you feel tired, Miss Taggart."

"I'm all right. We have no time to feel tired."

"That's our great error, Miss Taggart. We ought to take the time, some day."

(2.10.2.155-61)

25/01/2023
Midas Valley

It will also help people understand bitcoin mining in general, and not worry when other people complain about bitcoin mining. One great thing that might be a costly signal to others that you can do is explain to them “why they didn’t get rich on bitcoin”. Okay this is going to peak everyone’s attention, like why did you miss out? Why didn’t you buy at $12 like I did? The reason is because they didn’t understand costly signals and the smartest people in the economy did. Everyone knows that Twitter is full of spam bots, and CNN is full of spam bots, and it’s all marketing and it’s all just email spam everywhere. But the people who understood to follow the proof of work, they used it to rally around constructing the world’s most advanced monetary system, and they got incredibly, fabulously, rich. Many, many billionaires were created because they were the ones following the costly signal. And that’s what it is. All it is is the bitcoin block chain follows who has the most hash power. And the people who understood that, they prospered and are continuing to prosper more than anyone has in all of history. And that is still the case, so that’s why you are still losing, this is why you are still not understanding. You still don’t know how you can get in to the next bitcoin. It’s because you are not following the hash power and the proof of work.



-- 1gwenives - Secretarial Specialist

P.S. This was written as notes responding to Rafael asking how to talk about costly signals

24/01/2023
Midas Valley

How To Talk About Costly Signals During The Spring 2023 Conference Circuit With 1VamosVigilante

It will also help people understand bitcoin mining in general, and not worry when other people complain about bitcoin mining. One great thing that might be a costly signal to others that you can do is explain to them “why they didn’t get rich on bitcoin”. Okay this is going to peak everyone’s attention, like why did you miss out? Why didn’t you buy at $12 like I did? The reason is because they didn’t understand costly signals and the smartest people in the economy did. Everyone knows that Twitter is full of spam bots, and CNN is full of spam bots, and it’s all marketing and it’s all just email spam everywhere. But the people who understood to follow the proof of work, they used it to rally around constructing the world’s most advanced monetary system, and they got incredibly, fabulously, rich. Many, many billionaires were created because they were the ones following the costly signal. And that’s what it is. All it is is the bitcoin block chain follows who has the most hash power. And the people who understood that, they prospered and are continuing to prosper more than anyone has in all of history. And that is still the case, so that’s why you are still losing, this is why you are still not understanding. You still don’t know how you can get in to the next bitcoin. It’s because you are not following the hash power and the proof of work.



-- 1gwenives - Secretarial Specialist

P.S. This was written as notes responding to Rafael asking how to talk about costly signals