Stacker News Live #58: Dystopian Chip Implants

<p>Join Car and Keyan to discuss Stacker News top posts, Car & Keyan's favorite posts of the week, and top stackers.</p> <p>We discuss:</p> <ol> <li>With a few core devs stepping down, it's worth celebrating new Bitcoin Core contributions however small. <a href="https://stacker.news/ekzyis">@ekzyis</a> made their first Bitcoin Core PR, changing a line to interpolate a value rather than hard coding it. It's since been merged!<ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27232">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27232</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/149854">My first bitcoin PR</a></li></ul></li> <li>@DarthCoin Translation Guide<ul> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/147162">SN Discussion</a></li></ul></li> <li>Homes are treated like unconditional risk free investments likely because governments promote and support them as such. But might prioritizing the investment nature of housing conflict with their use as, well, housing? <a href="https://goodreason.substack.com/p/maybe-treating-housing-as-an-investment">Maybe Treating Housing as an Investment was a Colossal, Society-Shattering Mistake</a> makes this case.<ul> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/148398">SN Discussion</a></li></ul></li> <li>Roulette is a ubiquitous game many of us have never bothered to learn. <a href="https://stacker.news/BubeniCZECH">@BubeniCZECH</a> schools SN on the basics of roulette and the Martigale system in <a href="https://stacker.news/items/147697">#1 The Magic of Roulette - Martigale</a>. They've subsequently followed on with 4 other installments.<ul> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/148729">#2 The Magic of Roullete - Bonds Bet</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/149812">#3 The Magic of Roulette - Superior</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/149821">#4 The magic of Roulette - Sylvia's Choice</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/150309">#5 The Magic of Roulette - ATM</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/147697">SN Discussion</a></li></ul></li> <li>Most of use now know Silicon Valley Bank has been <a href="https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23016.html">taken over by the FDIC</a> following a bank run. <a href="https://stacker.news/felix">@felix</a> provides a short explainer in <a href="https://stacker.news/items/150421">ELI5 – What's happened to Silicon Valley Bank? ☠️</a>.<ul> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/150421">SN Discussion</a></li></ul></li> </ol> <p><strong>Car's pick:</strong> </p> <ul> <li>Bitcoin at SXSW<br /> <a href="https://stacker.news/items/148047">SN Discussion</a> </li> <li>Apple will popularize chip implants. Here is how.<br /> <a href="https://stacker.news/items/150298">SN Discussion</a></li> </ul> <p>and why it's chaos right now in Austin for SXSW. For the week of March 12th, 2023.</p> <p>Stacker News Live <a href="http://stackernews.live/">Website</a></p> <p>Thriller Bitcoin <a href="https://www.thrillerbitcoin.com/tag/stacker-news/">SN Newsletter</a></p> <p>Please find us on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbpAtpGwoRxD8GOpRL-_4g">YouTube</a> & <a href="https://bitcointv.com/c/stackernews/videos">BitcoinTV</a></p> <p>We love Foundation app for Lightning 2.0 podcasting<br /> <a href="https://fountain.fm/show/Mg1AWuvkeZSFhsJZ3BW2">Send us a Boost</a>, and we will read it on the next SNL</p> <p>We also send 26% of our sats streamed to us over to <a href="http://opensats.com/">opensats.com</a><br /> Support contributors to Bitcoin and other free and open-source projects</p> <p>Follow Car on <a href="https://twitter.com/ThrillerX_">Twitter</a><br /> Zap Car on <a href="https://snort.social/p/npub1f4www6qjx43mckpkjld4apyyr76j3aahprvkduh9gc5xec78ypmsmakqh9">Nostr</a><br /> Follow Car on <a href="https://stacker.news/ThrillerX_">SN</a></p> <p>Learn more about <a href="https://thriller.transistor.fm/">Thriller Bitcoin</a></p> <p>Follow Keyan on <a href="https://twitter.com/k00bideh">Twitter</a><br /> Zap Keyan on</p>