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they don’t do images yet

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open ai cooked today, the images look much more balanced and if i can say so, except me everyone else do look handsomer

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man they did us dirty

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grammar police of farcaster 🚨

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hahahaha i look way more chad in the ai ones

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here are the white onea lmfao

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here is the Original!

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Grok just killed Adobe and photoshop. I asked Grok to make all of us look Handsome, and it made us all look white -_- Bruh, am i imaging this?

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Day 1 of building an AI SaaS app to clone yourself! 🖼️ Goal: Upload images, train AI model, generate images in scenarios. Tech: Next.js, Clerk, Supabase, Replicate, Vercel. Approach: Used Grok for docs (PRD, App Flow, Backend/Frontend Guidelines) + Claude for project scrutiny. - Created 5 docs for MVP structure. - Grok gave up-to-date tech insights (e.g., Supabase updates). - Claude caught doc inconsistencies (e.g., backend vs. frontend fields). - Frontend looks rough—buttons barely work. Mild success, learned a lot. Day 2: Fix UI! 🛠️

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the irony isn’t lost on me

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dm me, i’ve give u my company creds but keep that on the dl

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would u take the over or under on it?

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Yeah, I largely agree—this does feel like a convenient grift designed to make money for Trump’s family and his inner circle, more than anything else. It undeniably legitimizes crypto and blockchain-based projects in ways we haven’t seen in recent years. Also, comparing the U.S. government’s strategic crypto reserve—explicitly naming five specific blockchains—to a country like El Salvador buying crypto feels fundamentally different. By officially endorsing just these select cryptocurrencies, the U.S. government is effectively picking winners, implying everything else is irrelevant or inferior, which raises deeper issues around fairness and decentralization. There is potential short-term benefits for the broader crypto ecosystem, but I’m deeply skeptical about the strategic motives behind it. It also worries me that this could become a problematic distraction, especially when presidency inevitably changes, potentially leading to instability, misuse, or regulatory confusion down the line.

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I agree with your analysis on how this move legitimizes crypto from a cypherpunk perspective—it’s significant. But where I remain conflicted is whether it truly helps us move away from dependence on centralized currencies like the US dollar. By treating cryptocurrencies primarily as tradable reserve assets rather than promoting their intended use for p2p transactions and genuine economic utility, aren’t we ironically reinforcing our reliance on USD-based valuation? Without substantial progress in crypto’s application and product layers (like Farcaster and other decentralized platforms), I’m concerned this reserve may deepen crypto dependence rather than diminish it in the long run

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point me to some good resources or should i ask our soon to be AI overlords?

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Hmm that’s likely true in any era, but it’s surprising that this isn’t seen as a scandal or insider trading corruption incident by the larger/elder crypto community.

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I get your point—but governments participating equally with individuals in asset markets isn’t exactly new—it’s how they’ve always engaged with gold or other traditional reserves. What’s genuinely unprecedented here is the U.S. government using taxpayer dollars to speculate on digital assets that don’t yet have a clear, scaled economic function. Given that we’re still actively building out crypto’s practical utility, is it truly wise or justifiable for the U.S. government to intervene by essentially picking winners among thousands of cryptocurrencies? Doesn’t that inadvertently give them outsized influence, undermining the very decentralization we’re striving to preserve?

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If I’m understanding correctly, you’re saying that government ownership of Bitcoin through a reserve doesn’t fundamentally threaten its decentralization because Bitcoin’s security hinges primarily on distributed mining power rather than token ownership. For Ethereum and Solana, you’re suggesting that while the government’s direct stake does pose some centralization risk, the built-in slashing mechanisms and consensus requirements would help mitigate improper behavior, keeping the decentralized integrity largely intact. That makes sense practically. But philosophically, how do we justify the U.S. government using taxpayer dollars to become potentially the largest holder of decentralized assets? Doesn’t that fundamentally conflict with the original ethos of cryptocurrency, and how can we reconcile decentralization ideals with direct government investment?

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While establishing a U.S. Crypto Strategic Reserve might legitimize crypto assets, doesn’t government ownership fundamentally undermine the decentralized ethos that drew us to crypto in the first place? Curious to hear how the community sees this potential paradox.

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where do i find what people are talking about topics like the new crypto reserve on farcaster?

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