Gerald Pichler

Tech. Economics. Music. Powerlifting. Digital Transformation.
Freedom is cool, too.

[Pavel Durov @durov]

Once typical of banana republics, such tricks are now used by the EU to pass surveillance laws.

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

On Thursday, the European Parliament votes on Chat Control 1 (the voluntary scanning, not the mandatory scanning, called Chat Control 2). Again.

The Parliament has already voted against Chat Control 1. Two times. But the Council of Ministers and the Parliament President refuse to accept it.

Now, the Council has demanded an urgent procedure. This is a procedure that is meant to be used for new legislative proposals, not proposals that the Parliament has already rejected. An urgent procedure requires an absolute majority to be rejected (361 out of the Parliament's 720 members). This will be difficult to reach, since those who abstain from voting are counted as a yes-vote in an urgent procedure. By scheduling the vote during the summer, they are making it even harder to reach those 361 no-votes. This is downright dirty tactic by the Council and the President of the European Parliament.

The President of the European Parliament has sided with the Council against her own chamber. For context, this is the EP President, Roberta Metsola:
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[Gerald Pichler @alpharald]

@januarycomputer @opencode Both answers you got are correct, depending on context. If you want to meet a friend there you should walk. If you want to wash your car you should drive.

[Gerald Pichler @alpharald]

@mario_lochner Reiseticket nach NYC inklusive: https://t.co/hy7oBxiXtz

[Anthony Pompliano 🌪 @APompliano]

Let’s give the people what they want.

I will fly one person to NYC and record a long-form debate with them on tariffs.

I’ll argue why tariffs are good and the other person can argue why they are bad.

Who is the best tariff critic in the world?

[Gerald Pichler @alpharald]

@Free_Ross @realDonaldTrump Welcome home!

[Eric Balchunas @EricBalchunas]

JUGGERNAUT: $IBIT has hit the $40b asset mark (a mere two wks after hitting $30b) in a record 211 days, annihilating prev record of 1,253 days held by $IEMG. It's now in Top 1% of all ETFs by assets and at 10mo old it is bigger than all 2,800 ETFs launched in the past TEN years.

[Gerald Pichler @alpharald]

Imagine every student having the smartest tutors in the world by their side at all times. Einstein, Tesla, Newton, Gauss, Plato and every successor who built on and improved their work ...🤯

[Mckay Wrigley @mckaywrigley]

This demo is insane.

A student shares their iPad screen with the new ChatGPT + GPT-4o, and the AI speaks with them and helps them learn in *realtime*.

Imagine giving this to every student in the world.

The future is so, so bright.

[Gerald Pichler @alpharald]

Still one of my favorite quotes, by @CobraBitcoin:

https://t.co/NzAe4YubLm

[Cøbra @CobraBitcoin]

I don't think people understand how revolutionary the idea of converting electrical energy into monetary units that can be exchanged without a trusted third party through the internet actually is. This some next level science fiction kind of shit when you think about it.

[Gerald Pichler @alpharald]

@PeterSchiff @BTCVIX @CNBC @elerianm I would argue the proof that somebody has spent time and energy to acquire Bitcoin.

[Linus ✦ Ekenstam @LinusEkenstam]

When does the world decide fireworks to be outlawed, this will be the replacement.

1500 drones

[Gerald Pichler @alpharald]

Bitcoin mining is driving the adoption of renewable energy:

Miners, in their quest for cheap electricity, are driving the growth of under-utilized hydro💧, wind🌬️, and solar☀️ power.

[Gerald Pichler @alpharald]

@SECGov @GaryGensler @Algorand https://t.co/o2NNkZ2hd1

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

Four years after praising Algorand as a “great technology” SEC chair Gary Gensler declared its token, ALGO, was an unregistered security. https://t.co/Dx3FzGtBLG

[Gerald Pichler @alpharald]

@SECgov Chair @GaryGensler has been the biggest promoter of @Algorand himself, yet now the #SEC claims in a lawsuit that it is an unregistered security.

https://t.co/KoEXnBa6J9

[LilMoonLambo @LilMoonLambo]

Gary Gensler has been promoting Algorand for years

Now that the SEC ruled Algorand a security, is he going to get hit with the same $1.26 million dollar fine he gave Kim Kardashian?

[Gerald Pichler @alpharald]

@SECGov @GaryGensler @Algorand https://t.co/82wgBDRqKt

[LilMoonLambo @LilMoonLambo]

Now that the SEC says Algorand is a security, is the SEC going to sue Gary Gensler for promoting Algorand?

[Carl Nasman @CarlNasman]

“It’s just summer.” 🙄 https://t.co/f03z18cMTX

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

This is the first 3D printed multi-level house.

This is the future of construction.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Comparison of the height of the most known trees, from the apple to the tallest tree in the world

[full video, HD, Red Side: https://t.co/yXam8a0ujV]

[Gerald Pichler @alpharald]

@Dimi_h in other words what you're suggesting is selling my coin for $10 makes it worth $0.00001

[Gerald Pichler @alpharald]

@Dimi_h Seems like a good trade for me then if 1 coin is valued $0.00001 if I sell it for $10 😜

[Gerald Pichler @alpharald]

@Dimi_h Another example: I create a coin, make 1.000.000 units of it, sell 1 for $10. I now have a MC of 10mil but only an influx of $10.

[Gerald Pichler @alpharald]

@Dimi_h Imagine there are only 5 people buying. If they settle with the sellers for 100k/BTC, there might not be a big influx. But the MC changes dramatically because the "new price" also affects the "old" coins in the MC calculation although they were bought at a lower price before.