If you decide to pull your child from public school and homeschool your child You should get the full $13,000 for your child that would have been spent on your child in public school

build a home lab. not for aesthetics. not for content. for capability. → a table becomes a workstation → a room becomes a systems environment → your house becomes a prototype factory start minimal: → power supply → multimeter → soldering iron → breadboards + wires → a microcontroller (arduino / esp32) this is enough to: → read signals → control hardware → break things and understand why then layer complexity: → sensors (imu, gps, cameras) → motors (dc, servo, stepper) → embedded compute (raspberry pi) → fabrication (3d printer, cnc) now you are not learning. you are building systems. home lab changes the feedback loop: idea → build → fail → debug → rebuild no permission. no waiting. no abstraction. software alone lies to you. hardware forces truth. you will: → miswire circuits → burn components → chase noise in signals → debug at 3am good. this is where intuition forms. over time: → your lab becomes organized chaos → parts turn into modules → modules turn into systems → systems turn into products this is how engineers are made. not courses. not certificates. iterations in a room full of tools.

We just built our first nuclear reactor, at an impossible speed - 14 days: completed PDSA - 36 days: finished construction - 28 days: built the reactor - 10 days: assembled on site Core goes in after final DOE approval. Speed without sacrificing safety.

(Wheels + Elevator + Suction) > (Legs + Hips + Fingers)

We're now 3 years in to Bhutan's Bitcoin experiment That means we now have robust data on how it has impacted the economy For context: Bhutan's economy was in dire shape in 2022 due to loss of all tourism income (it's #2 export earner) during the COVID period. It got so bad that Bhutan was 3 months away from defaulting on import payments. IMF was poised to step in to structure a loan which would have led to heavy debt repayments, but also ceding of economic sovereignty to a lender whose loan conditions permit them to dictate how to (re)structure an economy. Instead, Bhutan formed a large Bitcoin Strategic Reserve by using their surplus renewable hydropower to mine Bitcoin. The IMF has warned on numerous occasions that nations embracing Bitcoin would destabilize their economy, be less effective at attracting foreign direct investment, and endanger their decarbonizing and environmental initiatives. What does the data say (as reported by Wall St Journal, Al Jazeera and Forbes) 1. Bhutan was able to "use Bitcoin reserves to avert a crisis as foreign currency reserves dwindled to $689 million" 2. The bitcoin reserves have directly addressed pressing fiscal needs. "In June 2023, Bhutan allocated $72 million from its holdings to finance a 50% salary increase for civil servants" 3. Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay in an interview said that bitcoin also "supports free healthcare and environmental projects" 4. Tobgay also said their Bitcoin reserves helped in "stabilizing [the nation’s] $3.5 billion economy" 5. Independent analysts have now said that "this model could attract foreign investment, particularly for nations with untapped renewable resources" Considering that what transpired in Bhutan has helped stabilize an economy that the IMF warned Bitcoin would destabilize, it begs the question: what data was the IMF's predictions based on? For Bhutan, Bitcoin didn't just boost the economy, it allowed Bhutan to maintain economic independence and provided an example to other small nations of a path forward that did not require the IMF.

The greatest period of creativity is just about to begin if you believe you can write the prompt for it

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Banks aren't becoming bitcoin companies. Bitcoin companies are becoming the new banks.