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hottakes

Small models hit an inflection point in June and all the big companies are too invested in huge models to acknowledge it

Memes

Shampoo bottles everywhere: "ONLY I AM CAPABLE OF UNFUCKING EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG WITH YOU. WORSHIP ME OR DESPAIR"

Dating apps solved the wrong problem by turning mate selection into a search algorithm when the actual bottleneck was always conversation skills, not discovery mechanisms.

You really don’t know how bad people are at conversations and courting until you spend some time on a dating app 😬 

My job is also teaching conversation skills to autistic kids.

YAWP

... and the Lord spoke unto me and said, "Go forth and shear the fleece from thy flock ..."

[NYTimes] Denver Pastor and Wife Face Charges in ‘God-Inspired’ Cryptocurrency Scheme

"The pastor, Eligio Regalado, and his wife, Kaitlyn Regalado, spent more than $1 million of investor funds on home renovations, plane tickets and au pair services, prosecutors said."

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A pastor in Denver who said that God told him to sell cryptocurrency to his followers was indicted this week on dozens of theft- and fraud-related charges, along with his wife, for selling a digital coin that prosecutors said had no real value.

The pastor, Eligio Regalado, and his wife, Kaitlyn Regalado, were indicted on Tuesday on 40 counts of theft, securities fraud and racketeering by a grand jury in Denver District Court. The couple created and sold a “God-inspired” cryptocurrency called INDXcoin and raised nearly $3.4 million by marketing it to their Christian followers, the Denver District Attorney’s Office said.

But that money was used to support the couple’s lavish lifestyle, not their cryptocurrency business, prosecutors said.

Between January 2022 and July 2023, the couple took money from about 300 investors, who had been promised that their funds would be used to help pay for business operations and to sustain the liquidity of INDXcoin, as well as Kingdom Wealth Exchange, the cryptocurrency exchange where the coin was sold and traded, according to the indictment.

Of the $3.4 million that the couple raised through INDXcoin, prosecutors said, Mr. Regalado and his wife used at least $1.3 million for their personal benefit.

Rather than investing that money into their business, prosecutors said, Mr. Regalado and Ms. Regalado used it to pay for expenses that included home renovations, plane tickets, motel rooms and au pair services.

Mr. Regalado and Ms. Regalado did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Saturday. It was unclear whether they had a lawyer.

The couple, who had no experience in cryptocurrency exchanges, wired money from investors directly to their personal bank and Venmo accounts, prosecutors said.

An audit of INDXcoin, paid for by Mr. Regalado and his wife, found that the coin was “not secure or safe,” the indictment said. The couple promised investors “exorbitant returns” on their investments while promoting a cryptocurrency that had zero value, the Denver District Attorney’s office said.
Mr. Regalado, a pastor at the online Victorious Grace Church, said in a video addressing civil charges against him by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office in 2024 that he went into the cryptocurrency business because “the Lord” told him to. He said that God had once come to him in a dream and asked him to do so, and that God accepted that he and his wife spent the funds in “a home remodel that the Lord told us to do.”

In March, Mr. Regalado said in a video posted on Facebook that he felt like a fraud, but that the feeling stemmed from a “misunderstanding” of how to receive God’s grace.

“My life looks like a dumpster fire,” he said. “Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong.”
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"God - the great grifter in the sky - told me in my dreams to take millions from my parishioners and use it for personal enrichment"

55% of Americans say they would need to make $200,000 or more to feel rich or financially free, and 39% say they would need to make $500,000 or more, per Bankrate.

What would make you feel financially free?

I wouldn't feel financially free unless I was wealthy enough to not need an annual income

People should always refer to the % gain and not the dollar amount when referring to a trade outcome 🎩

hot take: blockchains was actually made for people who aren’t tech savvy…
you just click buttons and trust 😎

Anything can be pajamas when you wear it to bed.

Contrary to popular opinion, East Village girls are hotter than West Village girls

ngl claude agents kinda sucks

i'd rather just have 4 claude windows open at the same time than whatever this is lol

Agents are just context laundering.
I don’t think we’ll see many multi-agent systems win long term.

Farcaster

ghetto? lol
when did originality become ghetto?

exactly. furthermore, there is actually nothing wrong with being ghetto, or from the ghetto. it becomes a problem when cultureless weasels use it a slur. 
“Ghetto” culture can be stunning and has made a HUGE impact in music, fashion and the world. 

a lot of people that would be considered “ghetto” are incredibly tasteful individuals who have infinite more class than someone who goes out of their way to look down on something or someone they dont necessarily understand.

taste is objective 
preference is subjective

Mr. Beast sucks. 

He gamifies desperation and turns poverty into content.

Warpcast

Warpcast should add a cast action to tip casts with USDC via Warplet. Would be a nice upgrade from "Give 10 Warps"

I still think tipping casts directly through a cast action is a more natural way to support creators than collectibles. One is about showing appreciation, the other feels more like playing signal and status games

I still think tipping casts directly through a cast action is a more natural way to support creators than collectibles. One is about showing appreciation, the other feels more like playing signal and status games

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