I'm a deterministic guy. For me, although we may think we have free will, the truth is that our brain will always react the same way to a specific set of instructions and/or sensorial input. Our brain receives information, analyses it and sends an output. That output will always be the same, for the same input. There are those who believe that, due to the quantic nature of the universe, there is a statistical probability for a change in the brain output, but I don't think that it applies to such a complex organ
Nice topic! :)

it seems like free will is exercised within the parameters of determinism.

In a materialist universe, what would "free will" even mean? That thoughts are somehow *not* produced mechanistically by a material brain according to specific (if unknowable) physical laws? That thoughts are independent of their cause, the physical brain? Because if thoughts *are* produced by the physical brain according to specific (if unknown or unknowable) physical laws, we might not be able to *predict* exactly how a brain will produce a thought or make a decision or whatever, but that inability is only a function of our cognitive limitations.

If thoughts, decisions, etc. are not rigourously determined by the physical brain then sure, we might have "free will" - but that sounds a lot like religion or mysticism to me. Have at it, be religious or be a mystic but don't expect me to join in with your mumbo jumbo.

And compatabilism, philosophically speaking, is if anything weaker even than free will - I've never encountered a compatabilist argument that isn't shot though with holes, wishful thinking and bad reasoning.

I had a friend who argued from quantum theory but, even if that has any bearing, you're only introducing *chance* which is as antithetical to free will as is strict determinism.

Total abundance from our machine producers.

if you take the perspective of the past haven't we already achieved this?

Why does it always have to fall under some strict labels that are always massive trigger words for certain people

can we just not label it anything and just fucking make logical decisions that are in the best interest of everyone instead of a few, fuck the strict criteria and labels

Carl saying "I don't know what a socialist is" at the start of the video is every conversation i've had about this with friends or other people, always try to immediately label me something and condense my views into a single word that they can then label me with

Feudalism is many times older than capitalism, and ordained by God. Still fell like a sack of shit.

It'll have a different name and iconography but communism still the only alternative. Just no leaders, no parties, no states, max automation.

Communism fails by the idea of implementation of communism - Don't you think that someone still needs to make sure that its enforced ... Thereby creating back parties, leaders, States and Hierarchies of governing ..... I am not sure but its just a thought.

Sorry did not mean to intervene.

i think this is the potential of decentralisation. it's not perfect but bitcoin has no enforcer but code.

The soviet in the tongue in cheek Soviet Union, means workers' councils. One person, one vote, with an elected delegate representing that be recalled anytime. One council for each workplace, and so on, all the way up. By function, it'd preclude states, parties or leaders.

capitalism is an economic system, and an excellent one at that. it is not, however, a political, philosophical or ethical system. adam smith himself pointed out that without temper from (for him, christian) ethics it would become monstrous. obviously, nobody believes any of that hypocritical, puerile (christian) shite anymore, but that is what needs replacing - the moral component. hard right ideologues that think the market knows best, and that money is some sort of god to be worshipped are stupid shits, and have been shown to be. they have fucked up everything they have touched and only crazy frightened old people don't see that. do not forget, though that socialists have not just fucked up everything they have touched, they have murdered, oppressed and starved people in ways that ghengis khan would have been ashamed of. capitalism will work fine once we all realise that being richer than everyone else is a mug's game and does not make you happy. we all just need to get by and look after each other, and i think we'll find that if that's what we want to use it for, capitalism's actually pretty good for purpose. this is all happening anyway, you don't need to do anything. how much shit gets fucked up in the meantime by greedy stupid dickheads who think enumerated economic success is any measure of anything other than what a selfish worthless shit you're prepared to be, or that it will ever make anyone actually happy, well, we'll see. in the meantime, live your life and stop trying to find something easy to blame for what's wrong with it. politicians will not save us, maybe if we stop asking them to they'll go back to doing their actual jobs (running the civil service, justice system and defence) and stop fucking everything up instead. maybe if we all stop glorifying the wealthy and powerful, they'll stop even being arsed to be wealthy and powerful (i mean, it looks like a fucking nightmare to me - why the fuck would you bother if you weren't being egged on the whole time and told that it's the only way anyone matters) and we can all just get on with looking out for each other and fostering the sorts of communities that actually do make people happy. it won't happen overnight, and it won't fix everything, but it won't happen at all if we keep expecting miracles and keep trying to tear down everything that lets us live better than people ever have. capitalism does not suck, it where all of our prosperity and freedom comes from, it is why we are not living in the squalor, violence and oppression of the middle ages any more - stop trying to tear it down, just live better, take moral responsibilty for your own life and we will all have the moral high ground to shame people who accumulate wealth and power beyond what is healthy. eventually. in about 4026. if we do not all burn or starve first. there isn't really an alternative, though... and, i mean you can order weed on the fucking internet these days!!! whaddya want out of life???

I read pretty much all of this in Bill Burrs voice

Start building guillotine napping stations for all billionaires to have a nice lil lay down, acquire and distribute the hoarded resources. Job done. EDIT: to highlight i am being deliberately OTT btw n not literally advocating mass execution. but it does feel like this whole system needs an overhaul, crazy how much the top 1% has hoarded compared to the rest of the world 🤷‍♂️ how is that just?

not much of the rich's wealth is in luxury items. it's mostly capital for production.

We need to try to start standing up for what is right and see through what the political elites are implementing all over Europe.

Between the Bilderberg group and the likes of George Soros who funds all the chaos and gets very rich from the volatility that is creates in the markets.

Every time there is a major problem all the government does is rush in new laws to clamp us down even more, they are not interested in harmony it does not fit there narrative they like to divide and conquer and keep us in small groups as we are easier to control.

The Catholic church is taking it up the Gary glitter also along with the Church of England who are just as bad all whilst the UN seems to be building an army in Europe.

This is a by proxy war we are in and it is only going to get worse from here the only way we can stop this is by all standing together as humans and taking on this tyranny.

There are people being found frozen to death in cars in the UK at the moment , big groups of people living in tents in the woods right now ffs!!.

There is an evil agenda at play that these sick inbreed elites are trying to hide from us all and unless we all stand together we are all going to get screwed even more.

We would rather watch sky sports and fuck about on FB and Insta than get off out backsides and do what is right.

The whole thing stinks and needs to be called out and stop calling people racist for pointing out the truth.

Could not agree more and this will probably get deleted.

To start, this place has helped me loads not just getting gear but making new stoner mates and having a laugh. I can’t fault LB for that and will always be thankful for that and continuing to provide that to talk and comment.

Thank you

That said……..

Admin as per are going to do fuck all.

They don’t give a fuck. I nearly went without because of the fees a Christmas 🤬

It’s a shame. Great venders and great bigga’s as I think the community make this site what it is.

If it was not for that I probably wouldn’t even log in 90% of the time.

As others have said this is not the only supermarket in town. Again don’t want a shadow ban again because all admin do is suppress what they want and fuck the wee man buying a halfer because he said the wrong thing.

Plus escrow is not all it’s cracked up to be. The all saving escrow. I’ve have other orders sorted by admin in other places in 10 min. Not two weeks and a might or might not if you jump though these hoops. I get that it works both ways but as a seller must be torture waiting for your funds and wondering if whey will increase by half or decrease by half.

Customer equivalent of ordering a Oz and wondering if you will get more or less than you ordered.

Every other place I know that I know or would use take a minimum of 3 types of crypto to pay. And in GBP what % of this site do you think is UK based?

2 are pennies in network fees.

The site has probably been patched that much and changing anything will crash it.

I love this site and community but admin need to get it sorted or people will just fuck off else where and they will be left with weedbook

Rant over

Sorry one last add on. No fucking seller verification. Anyone can do what they want and everyone knows what I’m talking about if they use the site for long enough

This topic will get kicked off the wall at some point anyway.

In the topic purgatory

I hope not lol

Me too.

Hopefully the votes ect keep it there

I've got about ten things in my cart, had some of this the grapefruit a decent one from spaceman.

For some reason my fees are even higher than standard. 900 dollars to send 500 this morning

We are all desperate for a decent smoke dopes

Yes I get that buddy and fully understand we are all being screwed one way or the other.

When does it stop ?

I am losing my will to vendor lol

it will only stop wen we have an alternative crypto payment option .. waiting for fees to settle is no longer acceptable ... I need to purchase this week ... which will mean my business goes to another platform that has several crypto options available ... but there is always an easy fix ... ALTERNATIVE CRYPTO OPTION NOW !!!

Other platforms like lb ? Teach me 👌🙏

sorry I can't recommend elsewhere to purchase as I don't wish to b banned from LB ... I don't want to purchase elsewhere either, I truly think this community is fantastic, I'm not even putting out a preference for a particular crypto ... I just want several crypto payment options to choose from ... it is common sense, no more

send £15 of BTC urgent for a bargain of £157.81 .... I dare someone 😁😁

Fucking joke.

It’s the people that can’t get elsewhere I feel shit for.

Fair enough bro. I only stumbled across this site last year. I love it !

But such a shame we are where we are

Yip but they don’t and won’t this has been an issue since I started using the site 2 or so years ago maybe 3 because I vape too much weed and lose track lol

What platform is that cos I need to order but ain't paying the fees bitcoin is charging

I'm sorry but if they really wanted to sort this out, like i've said numerous times before, a topic of this nature made by the admins that actively moderate this site should have been pinned to the top of the topic wall permanently till a solution is achieved, this benefits everyone!

we all know it's difficult to make and implement an entire new payment processor but it's far from impossible, what seems to be making it impossible is the admins approach to it

there's literally hundreds of thousands of bored teenage coders who could probably knock this together in a few days with a bit of coffee

100% Problem is this is all just guess work and they have to be vague or people will just shop else where.

I'm sure they asked if anyone had dev opps experience a while back

In the 3 years I've used this site it's been great at times but these fees and being restricted to brc only is insane. There's been constant talks about other payments methods.. but ofc they've yet to show up. Any talk of other sites with better payment methods gets you blacklisted, can't message privately about them either without it being flagged. The issues with fees and btc has been going on for years.. only gonna get worse too.

As someone who can only afford 3.5 to 7g every now and then the fees are absolutely absurd. Expected to pay double or triple my actual order value just in fees. Shits a joke. Better of going back to street dealers at this point.

Mate it's counter productive. People go elsewhere no business for sellers sellers fuck off.

Basic economics FFS LB

Ask on reddit bro

We should remember it's BTC we should be mad at more than LB because it wasn't meant to be like this the whole thing is a con (investors can do one before replying to me that it isn't). The fees are a complete and utter scam, the value is a lie and it's time to move on.

That said.... biggas have been asking for an alt payment method for FOUR YEARS now and nothing has been done, people keep saying they're working on it and it's really difficult etc same old, same old.

I was a very reg customer on here but I stopped buying from here months a go because of it and I implore everyone else to stop buying on here too. It's the only way they'll actually make a change. All your fav sellers are available elsewhere or direct if you have a trusted relationship with a seller you will be able to find them.

Nobody should be paying these fees, we should all refuse. Stop being exploited.

Summed up right there.

It's the yea we will look into that winds me up.

Easy for me to say from behind my keyboard and I get it.

From a customer point of view I think that it can only be one of 2 things and I wish they would just be upfront about it.

1. They can't add other currency
2. They won't add other currency

I'm not looking for the in's and out.

I might not agree with it but even if they came out and said it's BC only and that's it! Don't like it fuck off.

Is better than. I'll have a look and get back to you line for as you say. 4 years.

Agree with everything you've been saying mate and it's a shame though because like you I want this place to carry on and be a success and I definitely don't want biggas leaving (and wont be helping with that!) but what choice do any of us have at the moment? Not even just us buyers but the sellers and even the middle men of LB and transaxe everyone is being milked by the greed/fees and the whole thing will eventually crash again, and again, and again.

I think last time this came up it was kinda confirmed that transaxe will only work with BTC which is an issue for LB ok fair enough but 4 years is an insanely long time to keep saying its being worked on (with no offence to anyone who might be working on it).

Best of luck to all the biggas out there, sellers, borgs everyone involved don't be mugged off by those fees any longer <3

Bang on mate.

I have fairly inactive for the past few months because as I said I stopped buying from LB. When that happens it then stops you commenting in the community on gear.

Sounds like the same boat for the last while. It's not that we won't buy it's we cant because anything in our budget gets pushed out. So the quality drops.

I have no choice but to go elsewhere. I know I'm part of the problem but that's not by decision it's financially driven

Wanted to try this myself but can't afford to pay those crazy fees for sending BTC atm.

Hoping it stabilises soon, or LB give us the option to use Litecoin or something similar with low fees

🙏

Ha Ha Ha fuck BC fees lol

There seems to be a growing sentiment that administrative changes are necessary to address the challenges we're encountering. Starting a petition could be a constructive way to gather support and advocate for the changes we believe are needed. By voicing our concerns collectively, we can work towards improving the system for everyone involved.

I have seen it tried once since using LB but it's my understanding that this has been done multiple times

XMR looks like what is needed or LTC (Or both)... We have had 3 customers message us already waiting for the BTC fees to lower :(

Bit
Lite
XMR

Are 3 most used. XMR being the most secure but a pain to buy and can take an age to sync 🤦‍♂️

This website is a total mess. And this is just the beginning I'm afraid of.

Hope not but agreed

Anyone who's got alternative sites, do biggas a solid and go on littlebiggy reddit and share for godsake.

You can see my views on the subject and you might be abele to tell they are not positive.

I feel for all the bigga's that this issue is affecting but and this is important in my opinion.

On the whole LB has been a really good place for me and helped a lot.

Publicly saying where else to go is counter productive to the issue and feels a bit like sticking the knife in. We need to do what we can to make sure this place continues not dies on it's arse.

We would love it if they just addressed the issue so customers did not have to go elsewhere.

GIVE IT A REST U PELMIT

The oven shouldn't take much cleaning and you can always use a loading tool and/or dosing capsules. The pain is the cooling unit- try ditching it completely in favour of a glass XL Rocket stem with pearls. You will never look back- and you never have to take it apart. You just pour in a little ISO and shake it to clean every few weeks. Lovely for lazy bastards like me!

Thanks Polly, and all who contributed on this thread. I’ve been enjoying the rocket stem on my mighty for the last few days. It is indeed a game changer, flavour is better and is much easier to clean. Legends.

Cool!😎👍

Hehehe. I’m now trying to decide what to blast my head off with the Rocket stem next with.

Quality products that don’t disappoint.

I kinda think you’ll spend as much trying to get to the Mighty/TinyMight as you would not bothering with the shite and just finding a site with Klarna that sells them in the first place.

It has never been the case that Chinese made products have been better than craftsman-level products. You truly get what you pay for.

Hot damn, that’s going on the VAS list! No more crusty cooling unit cleaning for me! Thanks Polly.

Does this contraption still make it legal do you know? Might get one but I’m on it all day every day and usually out and about

Legal?
Well, yes if you have a prescription- you are only allowed to use scrip weed with a dry herb vape like this.

And you can legally vape herbs that aren’t weed!

Yeah I have a prescription, I was asking if this contraption on your vape still covers it as the only medically approved vape or if it changes the “law” so to speak

Nah, this is literally just a stem conversion- you can use any stem you want. You would need to be combusting for a scrip to lose its legal status. The heating on the device is working just the same.

Be aware though that these are very fragile glass stems and that would be risky when out and about…🫣

Looks interesting Polly, but I can't seem to find anywhere in UK to buy one (all sold out).

Here you go buddy-

https://vapefiend.co.uk/products/the-rattler-for-mighty-mighty

They have them for TM2, Venty, Arizer etc too👍

Thanks Polly
😍

thanks for the tip my bigga, very happy with your rec, its 10x easier to load and clean than the mighty

true this and they make a big league version too

These https://www.storz-bickel.com/en/dosing-capsule-set-40

Mighty is one of the best there is, and cleaning it is just something you gotta do, but those caps make it cleaner.

thank you jebus. i got the caps though and filling them is like a job.

The tiny-might could not be easier to clean such a simple device the only problem I find is the casing heats up very quickly > the tiny might packs a punch 🥊 with clouds and I find a good stir after a couple of puffs gets better results too > if you can purchase one you won’t regret it as pollypuff mentions good for a lazy day or 2 or just on the move > one more thing if you do decide to buy one stay away from the new glass Charlie stem @ £40 a stem they break easily if dropped iv had 2 so will defo avoid them in the future keep the original small stem or go XL rocket stem > that’s on the list next

I went through so many pocket sized vapes before I got mine.

Wish I’d just saved up and got it straight away.

I use

I did the same I was buying the cheap vapes but found a after a few uses they were ready for the bin 🚮 the ceramic bowl would get clogged up easily > would you say the tiny might is the best on the market ..the reason I went for that vape.. the other option the mighty I didn’t like the black plastic look / feel and bad reviews …the Dynavpe is it good for both hash & weed > what Dynavape would you recommend as there are other styles / priced vapes

I just got an M+. Works great. Induction heater.

I went for the Tinymight because I wanted something discreet. Not a giant air-conditioning unit looking thing that the Mighty is 😂

For out and about. Otherwise I just use DynaVap at home to be honest.

I have just started the journey towards a tinymight. I have always been a blazer, pipes mainly but the cough has got me shifting towards dhv. I couldn't justify £300 if I wasn't going to stick with it so I bought the xmax v3 pro for £85(easy to clean but nothing to compare it against) for the first 2 days everything tasted like cabbage. On day 3 I actually started to taste a little bit of something I recognised as weed but mostly cabbage. Now I am on day 5 and actually really enjoying it, still get a bit of a cabbage taste but my taste buds are getting used to it and I am picking up way more of the flavour profile.
If I am good😇 and only vape for the rest of the month I am treating myself to a tinymight after pay day. Would I be best off just buying the basic unit and rattler separately or does anyone know if there are any good package deals

The V3 Pro is a good shout.

Vaping just changes weed in my opinion. The flavour just shines.

Make sure you get the V2 TinyMight.

The cooling options are many. I personally use the titanium stem. The stock cooling unit and pack it full of terp balls.

The rocket stem is £20 well spent too if you want those bong-style rips.

It’s a very basic system. And infinitely customisable - you can use it with glass. You can just use the stock glass stem. Easy to dial
In. Very consistent.

In these situations I always recommend 2 things.

Dynavap. But ONLY with an induction heater. Titting about with flames just won’t do.

TinyMight 2. Because you can just load up a bowl and hit it. As much or as little as you want.

So for me it’s at home. Dynavap. Out and about. TinyMight 2

Both fit in your pocket with not much fuss. Both get you blasted.

Plz bring in Litecoin, its defo the way to go.

Amen 🙏

If only. LOL

Love the picture. GAW

Won’t happen unfortunately been so many initiatives and talk but never action T breaks and shit off the local plug for most unless you got deep pockets

It will happen bud, it's just no easy feat.

A crypto payment processor isn't something you build overnight, it takes months with numerous drafts.

Understood Budzinho my man I think most Biggas frustration is the lack of response or update on the subject

Its getting passed a joke something needs to be addressed. GAW

As much as I love LB, this shows that for all the talk of 'Federations', 'Borgs' and Algo's we are actually in a very primitive environment technically. I say that because it hasn't been months its been years, literally years. Once the fees quieten down again any sense of priority will once again be lost. It may eventually happen but thats not helping anyone now (or the last time, or the time before that...etc etc)...

The payment escrow / processor will be the hardest thing to do. I think providing we get a response regarding this from ADMIN we will be fine. I think everyone will be happy even if it takes a month or so to complete

Exactly TGFB.

Sure Biggaz have been asking for years but only recently has a team taken initiative and actually started building.

We have actually had many updates over the last few months.

If it were to be rushed then the coincidences would be dire...

We are all in the same boat, no-one wants to spend stupid amounts on fees.

Check my new topic I have linked for a partial solution though.

Be nice if admin can keep everyone updated and some type of time line as situation getting worse .GAW

Very true as customers finding it hard with thee fees again.GAW

Fees still crazy. GAW

Agree. I just made an order that i can’t pay for because of a £200 network fee. It’s not doable 😒

Just been chatting to blockchain customer services and they basically told me its a bug in the fees and they hope it will be resolved soon as they told me to try later today.
22/04/24 07:20 am

Unlikely to be fixed in a few hours, has been like this for some days now.
There is quite an interesting post on Reddit that seems to explain - https://shorturl.at/enGM6
See an extract:
"The algorithms in Bitcoin wallets that try to calculate an 'average' fee from the last x number of blocks were confused by that sudden 36x spike. They were written under the assumption that the only market force that would ever cause a fee spike like that is sudden congestion - so they responded as if the network had suddenly become more congested, and started raising the fees on their transactions.

Some of them raised their fees so high, that their fees were higher than the wallets using the strategy of trying to get into the next block by simply paying higher than the next person. This initiated a bidding war between wallets that use that strategy, pushing fees higher and higher."

yea they said the congestion in blockchain is being caused by this bug and they did tell me to try later today.

We need a new coin asap

It appears that many are feeling the need for administrative adjustments to tackle the current challenges. Launching a petition could serve as a productive means to rally support and push for the necessary changes. Through unified voices, we can strive to enhance the system, benefiting all stakeholders involved. GAW

Very true spike in Bitcoin transaction fees has shed light on the challenges faced by algorithms within Bitcoin wallets. These algorithms, designed to calculate average fees based on past blocks, were unprepared for the sudden surge in fees, likely caused by increased network activity. As a result, they responded by raising transaction fees, inadvertently initiating a bidding war among users. This bidding war led to fees being driven even higher as wallets competed to have their transactions confirmed promptly. This situation highlights the need for ongoing adaptation and refinement of algorithms to better anticipate and respond to dynamic changes in network conditions. GAW

Be helpful to use different coins with much lower fees like Xrp and xlm. Btc fees to expensive

The urgency of finding a solution to this issue cannot be overstated, as it threatens the viability of the site. We must act swiftly to address it before irreparable harm is done.

Well btc is not getting better i just checked again at 4pm 22/04/24 and this time it wanted over $1000 in fees for a $35 transaction smh.

Just done preview buy of £100 on coinbase wallet. Says network fee £55.37 and coinbase fee £6.20. Network fee showed £70 yesterday

Any ideas ?

i managed to buy yesterday, but now i can't send it out of coinbase to my wallet cause of fees... cant even preview send to see fees but ik they are crazy

Why on earth is mine saying 400 for 100 then ?

Is it a wallet with lots of small amounts in it? These cost significantly more to send, and that will be multiplied by the current enormous fees too. It cost me $33 to send $70 at a rate of 24sat/vB last week using a wallet with loads of small payments in it, and the gas fees are currently 5x that rate.

*Edit* 21/04/24 17:00

10x that now, so if my theory is correct your wallet is trying to send at even higher rates to get it through, so that fee is unfortunately correct currently in the circumstance I mentioned.

The network fee currently down to £12 ish

24th Apr mid day

i find it puts you off most times from actually making a purchase , not only the fees are high the process of obtaining for purchase is hard , and on your side as a vendor also i am sure there's some delay of some sort.

Xlm or Xrp so much cheaper

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