I miss the games from that era

https://image.nostr.build/622c1bba52f01822db3fb6c21238982ec4ee6f6635d09f17af861e9814b754e6.jpg
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:kekwgif:


:gigachad:


Glad to hear it wasn't as bad as you feared 🫂


Recently I deleted all of the posts I ever made publicly about Bitcoin that were associated with my meatspace identity.

I sold at the bottom of the last bear. It's too volatile for me. I'll stick with my approved govt coupons like a good citizen.

I've turned 1-2 people into hodlers but that's it. No more evangelism for me, the risk/reward doesn't add up.


They're from Age of Sigmar, which is basically what old Warhammer turned into.

I also did not have much luck (or skill) when it came to 40k 😂


Entropy

Bitcoin & MSTR
Writing
Self-sovereignty
Firearms
Food
Family
Cats
Painting


:catheadbang:


Work in progress. Forgot how much time was involved in the building part before even getting to the painting.

1/2 of my old P3 paint pots survived storage but I should have enough to start this weekend.

https://m.primal.net/LDwN.jpg


Oh yeah. I fully remember. Probably won't play except small casual games with friends. I'm more interested in the building and painting at this point.


That's awesome! Yeah I'm looking at Skaven pretty hard rn. It would scratch that nostalgia itch and the new models are leagues better than they used to be.

GW has really outdone itself on model design for the last few years.


40k 3rd and 5th Ed way back when. I painted and played other games too but I haven't touched the hobby in like 7 or 8 years.


I think I'm going to get back into painting minis. Maybe do AoS or 40k at first as a warmup and see how far I can push my skill level. Maybe branch into display painting.

It's been a long time since I had a hobby that wasn't sats or firearms related 😂


for those who enjoy thinking about things in weird ways, to observe whether they are true or not, the internet is an accelerated version of the world.
it iterates through the good and bad decisions of mankind at an accelerated rate. it fast forwards through replays of lessons we should have already learned. Or perhaps did, and forgot.

we are currently watching season 2, episode 2, “The emergence of the Oligarchy, and the Resistance”


RIP lol https://image.nostr.build/0d425df78d523e2dd921024a195f08a4c45d3feddd21358b2e1c5089d94b951b.jpg


Wow. I can definitely see that seeing play. Creatures have come a loooooong way.


GM #coffeechain

Decaf is taking some getting used to, but I had to cheat and sneak in a teaspoon of the real stuff in this morning.

After weeks without, a little is going a long way 😂


What do you play in Legacy? Before I stopped playing competitively in 2014 that was my favorite format - Dredge will always be close to my heart even if it didn't feel like I was playing Magic 😂


It's gone downhill a lot the last few years IMO.

It feels like it's turned into a total cash grab from endless reprinting of desirable cards, alternate art, special cards, etc. Power creep is pretty crazy.

I just play commander and cube draft on occasion now. The new stuff just isn't appealing to me.


Thanks for the tag - always happy to follow another writer!


The ones who will hate us the most are going to be the ones we tried to convince for years.

Human psychology is nothing if not predictable.

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Here you go Nostr, this is a much more full version of the Star Wars Style theme with hundreds of plebs. Each name I typed by hand.
Please Repost and Zap to Support. ⚡
https://v.nostr.build/wLXkS7d972e6IdXP.mp4
#Plebchain #Nostr #Bitcoin


Yeah, I can't stomach any more of this gibberish.

Gonna go enjoy what's left of the day 🌞

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it's fucking hilarious.

'History in the making' lmao


He is one of the worst speakers of all time. 😂


GM

I finally made the move to black coffee today in order to do intermittent fasting.

It tastes a lot better now that I've weened off of sugar the last few months.

#coffeechain


I could. I may. It doesn't really matter. I live in a state that's going to pick blue no matter what.


 I'm done being gaslit. Vote your conscious but for me that means leaving the Dems behind. Whether that means RFK, a voided ballot, or the orange man, I'll figure that out when I get there.

I do wish you a pleasant evening though.


I feel like maybe there's a disconnect. Trump lies and exaggerates a lot. I'm not endorsing the man, I'm only saying that I am no longer hating him like the media pushes people to do. I am no longer looking at him and automatically dismissing everything he says, or his policy proposals.

Both left and right are wrong about most everything as far as I'm concerned, because what they disagree on is how to spend other people's money, and how best to force compliance from people who disagree with them.


My political views ossified into far left liberalism because of Iraq.

Disillusionment with lib politics started started probably in the Obama years, but I kept consuming mass media and it kept me more of less compliant.

I still don't like Trump, but the media coverage of the assassination attempt was eye opening and what I needed to really see how brainwashed I had been.


back atcha 🫂


That's where I'm torn. Participation legitimizes the system that's been constructed to keep us as docile tax slaves. But I hate a lot of the ideas and policy that come out of the left wing of the uniparty.


GM

I used to have TDS. I no longer blindly hate him or the people who like him as I was directed to for years.

Growth is a funny thing to watch in hindsight. I went from far-left to Ayn Rand within the space of just a few years because of exposure to the ideas and principles that are discussed in many Bitcoin circles.

This'll be the first election in 20+ years where I don't vote blue. Still undecided on whether I want to participate at all.


I like carrying as little bulk as possible, so for me a micro-9 offers good set of tradeoffs for what I need out of a carry gun.

I love to see other people's takes on EDC as well. it's always interesting to hear different approaches.


Nostr serves as the credible backup plan for when governments seize or ban X.


:gigachad:


Still relevant.

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Poor Germany got the right message to 'separate money from state,' unfortunately something was lost in translation.

No better teacher than pain though.


"And Atanamir lived to a great age, clinging to his life beyond the end of all joy; and he was the first of the Númenóreans to do this, refusing to depart until he was witless and unmanned, and denying to his son the kingship at the height of his days."

~ Silmarillion, Akallabêth

#fiction #literature


It shouldn't be a political issue to want to be good stewards of the land. I hate how climate activism has tainted environmentalism as a whole.


Be a dad, or be a stepdad, or be an uncle, but have a positive impact on a kid's life. It's the most meaningful thing you will do as a man.


We are in a special club it seems 👀

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Basically. I don't understand the collective obsession. I get that it's a train wreck, but still... why waste your attention on it?


I feel this note deeply. I overthink social interactions to the nth degree because I don't want to be misunderstood, and my word is painfully important to me.


Statist: but without government, who will stop criminals from raping, killing, and stealing?

Me: and who stops the government from raping, killing, and stealing?

Statist: the people! They must hold the government accountable

Me: why can’t people just hold themselves accountable without any government?

Statist: https://image.nostr.build/aa540920ed17bd8dfd2c7150cfdb90522bbf708cb04e19cc84cae768801551a5.jpg


2 but reversed


:kekwgif:


sound familiar?

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/i-m-a-former-green-beret-here-s-how-i-would-bring-down-bitcoin-1456165726


I almost responded similarly, I had to reread it to make sure I hadn't misunderstood


I think some people hit the 'your bullshit conservative ideas' and jump the tracks.

The note wasn't particularly controversial. TLDR decentralized services are for everyone 😂


This song is so damned good. More people need to listen to it 💜


Managed to come on the way home. Fitting for my work day. Today was rough but overall life is good. Hope y'all had a blessed day

#music #grownostr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMBMgxUw6YQ&pp=ygUTYXRtb3NwaGVyZSBiZXN0IGRheQ%3D%3D


People who are dedicated to study from my writings are gonna make it.

https://armantheparman.com


Fools pointing and laughing at Ver as the Reaper walks up behind them.


I have no love for Ver, but I'm not going to celebrate anyone getting caught in the gears of the injustice system.

This trend is going to accelerate going into the real bull market. Examples are going to be made.


This must be the low hanging fruit phase of 'they fight you.'


🧐

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/early-bitcoin-investor-charged-tax-fraud


Boating accidents will not protect you if the state thinks you might still control property it wants.

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It already feels super weird to me, like we've been in liminal space for the last 10 years.


You can disagree with someone on many topics and still respect that person and have them in high regard. Disagree != dislike

Surround yourself by people you respectfully disagree.


Little over a year. On this nym though I'm at like 300ish days


His (and other's) warning about yield farming through Celsius, blockfi, etc saved me from getting rekt, so I do have a bias, but I believe he is a good faith actor and I appreciate his contributions.

I don't trust him any more than I trust anyone else on the internet. I learned the hard way years ago not to trust product recommendations in this space from ANYONE. At the end of the day you have to DYOR and take responsibility for your own decisions.

I don't think he's leading anyone to slaughter. I think there are too many lemmings following him and others blindly as a mental shortcut, and that's inherently dangerous.


Ikr? Overheard at the bar someone complaining that fast food was so expensive it was 'killing' them.

I split a top sirloin with my wife tonight, with asparagus and garlic bread. It was maybe around 25ish total. People are literally paying more for the privilege of being poisoned in a convenient way. It's insanity.


Nice! https://image.nostr.build/7df45209d9ee1ed1910df54bcdccc480d8a752e9df1c8c16e2e45179ad9f1e11.jpg


All these years I've been pecking at the screen to get the cursor in the right place for edits 🤣😭


I skew pretty heavily towards the risk-averse and if I were in a similar situation I would probably opt for getting a job (Bitcoin or elsewhere) and plan to be there long enough for the other endeavor to start bearing fruit.

This way protects your stack for potentially another cycle, gives you a step back from what you are doing so that when you return you'll have a fresh set of eyes and renewed energy.

Just my two sats, it's hard to give advice for these things because there are so many variables that are unknown.


Sand in the gears


Reconnected with an old friend briefly today. One of the downsides of eschewing social media is that you aren't in the loop.

Am now processing the deaths of two friends from my old crowd circa 2000-2008 that I had lost contact with.

It's a weird feeling when this happens, it's almost like the universe contracts a tiny bit. They weren't close friends (obv), but still.

I know there's a lot of negativity floating around right now, and I don't intend for this to be as such. Just thinking out loud as I reminisce over a drink.


It took me a few years of panic stacking until I realized this. Life is better when you are intentional about where you spend your money, it's not always about saving.


2a rights are literally infringed by every US jurisdiction in some form or another. It's not any more magical or politician proof than any of the other 'rights' that we cede to them daily.

The gov can and will conjure exceptions to amendments at will and enforce them to make examples even knowing that the law will *eventually, maybe* be stricken down.

Lowery is an influencer farming engagement. He may say something novel, useful, or interesting eventually, but this was not it.


:gigachad:


Beautiful land and dream. I'm cheering for you!

I have similar goals but haven't found the right spot... yet 💜


Whoa what? Wtfh


One of my favorite poems:

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.


Every zap you make is an offence to the US government.


They will use CBDCs or similar tool for us poor downtrodden peasants 'for our protection.'

They are going to run off-books accounting to do laundering. Maybe even utilize things like Bitcoin + privacy tools which would be painfully ironic.

In other words, it's just another layer of 'rules for thee' and they will continue to use traditional laundering tools like war or foreign aid, shell organizations and other tricks.

They don't even need to hide their activity very deep. Media is in their pocket, and most are asleep. As long as it isn't blatant they can continue their grift.


Wait, sorry nostr:npub1yx6pjypd4r7qh2gysjhvjd9l2km6hnm4amdnjyjw3467fy05rf0qfp7kza I think I understand now.

You're saying the best place to start is to find an existing project I find interesting, find the rep and copy it to tinker with and test small changes.

Learn by doing essentially. Appreciate the suggestion, I'll poke around and see what I can find.


This is great, but just to be clear some of these things I don't understand.

Clone a repo - that's a GitHub thing right? I'll add that to tools I have to become familiar with

What is an ide?

Some code is relatively easy to understand, but much that I've seen is very opaque and requires a baseline understanding of programming concepts that I'm not incredibly fluent with.


I am not a developer. I believe that I am capable of learning code and building software if push comes to shove. I have spent time in years past trying to learn JS and python but ultimately lost interest from lack of motivation.

Well, motivation hath come knocking, so to speak.

But I don't know where to start. I'm interesting in contributing to privacy and sovereignty focused projects or maybe building something myself eventually, but I don't know what I need to educate myself on to get started. Could be specific languages or tech stacks, tools to understand, or even methodologies that devs commonly use. I want to learn but need help with the steps to take to get started.

Thoughts, suggestions, ideas, or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you #plebchain #asknostr


This is the vibe we need.

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Glad she's recovering. Having aging parents is a sobering experience, and it makes me happy to see you being there for her. A lot of people aren't there for the people that raised them and it's terrible to see.


They didn't get to be elites without drinking state Kool Aid. Most are supportive of authoritarianism if I had to guess.


I don't think you understand what the first amendment means.


The ETFs are the carrot.

Selective enforcement and subjegation is the stick.

 https://image.nostr.build/7a3f78b37bf19ab614e455249d7f01e2c220746ba9ace834ccf936ad77db19f7.jpg


holy shit. samourai wallet devs arrested? https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-and-ceo-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-arrested-and-charged-money-laundering


Nicotine is insidious. I wish you luck kicking it to the curb.

I still have pangs as an nonsmoker even though I haven't had any in over a year 😮💨


Amazing answer

 https://video.nostr.build/da849f64cb9f07c41fbfb1eb1172cb064ed584c6b53aaa93fafadad79cab660f.mp4


No issue, just the rationale I give my better half when she asks why I'm buying yet another case of 5.56 😂


If you always have a healthy surplus of ammo, you'll never have a valid excuse not to go to the range 😜


I'm still in training wheels mode, carrying without one chambered.

Still experimenting with holsters and positions.


Classic Bitstein. If you've never read this, you should. As relevant today as it was in 2014.

https://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/everyones-a-scammer?ref=bitstein.org


:gigachad:


I don't think it changes us so much as it reveals how far insane our economic calculations are because of fiat. Bitcoin is a return to baseline reality where rational self interest means low time preference.


Here's hoping. The corporate schtick has been nice for stacking but is not what I would choose to do otherwise 😅


People these days think it’s cringe to care.

What I’m trying to tell you is that it’s cringe to not. https://image.nostr.build/1651ea8e34b2a3ebe34a149de57aa4bdb64c37374bddf36554a099597d7a1e23.jpg


Happy halving 💜


I’m very grateful for you all

It gives me a lot of hope that there are people out there who value freedom, truth, peace, and prosperity as much as I do

The hardest thing for me to come to terms with is the fact that life is an individual experience and most people will never see things from your perspective

We are trapped in many destructive cycles which have got to end, and people here make me believe that we will be capable of ending them

PV 🤙


My parent's age. It keeps going higher, I'm pretty sure I'll never be old at this rate.


Oh nah, I was an atheist for years but theological elements in a story don't bother me at all. When incorporated well, it can add a lot of depth and nuance to a story. I just didn't like how they approached it, it didn't feel like an organic part of what had been built over the first few seasons. It felt like they didn't know how to wrap it up, and hit the audience with a deus ex machina for lack of time and money to flesh out those ideas more fully.

But to be fair, those are old impressions. It has been a lifetime since I watched the finale.


This is a very valid point. The psychological aspects is very real.


I didn't care for the last season, mostly because the theological element felt shoehorned in and I didn't like the end of Starbuck's arc but I don't think it was as bad as what people made it out to be.

Small quibbles about a remarkable show. The tension in s1 is what gives it high marks for me - top shelf storytelling.


They make a ton of sense though. The gov wants you to survive and continue paying taxes.


:leolaugh:


The first season is some of the best television I've ever seen. I need to rewatch it soon. It's been 20 years?! 💀


Okay. Lemme do an official intro so I can fulfill my contractual obligations. #introductions #plebchain

This is the official #Nostr profile of The Space. The Space is a #Bitcoin centered co-working, hangout, and event space (see where we got the name?)

It will be an event venue for educational presentations, Bitcoin meetups, workshops, or just hanging out.

We will also be building it out for content creators too for podcasting, live presentation recording, etc. Unleash the Bitcoin creativity at The Space.

There will also be a test bench work area with resources for everything from miners, to nodes, hell, even your microwave if it's broken.

Any zaps received to this account will go to our donations store on our btc pay server and will help fund education, entertainment, and hopefully some fresh orange pills to dish out.

We hope that you follow along, whether you're in Denver or not. And if you are ever in Denver, come say hey!

Shoot us a DM if you have any questions, or check out our site: https://denver.space


I'm in account management, so I spend most of my time researching and understanding business needs and how to apply my company's software for the best outcome. Some clients, like this one, are not especially technical and they think that software is a magic wand. So I have to temper their expectations and foster a constructive dialogue.


People die a thousand times to get to who they are.


I love market participants that don't understand the game.
 https://image.nostr.build/c13c1321bb18e7ce95d18d0ba34ad4a4a11c45a10be9602f5cab72d532800c7c.jpg


Unacceptable. Time to start hoarding.


Glad to hear your mom is getting better Shashue.

I'm trying to untangle what a client needs right now. Maybe some writing or a walk when I cut free of work. It's looking to be a really nice day.


Hello, nostr!
https://m.primal.net/HwFG.jpg


I never caught the context for this. Any link to the original story?


Perhaps the most important thing about risk is its inescapability. Particular individuals, groups, or institutions may be sheltered from risk - but only at the cost of having someone else bear that risk. For a society as a whole, there is no someone else. Obvious as this may seem, it is easy to forget, especially by those who are sheltered from risk, as many are, to varying degrees. At one time, when most people were engaged in farming, risk was as widely perceived as it was pervasive: droughts, floods, insects, and plant diseases were just some of the risks of nature, while economic risks hung over each farmer in the form of the uncertainties about the price that the crop would bring at harvest time. Risks are no less pervasive today but the perception of them, and an understanding of their inescapability, are not, because fewer people are forced to face those risks themselves.

~ Thomas Sowell


Expected even.

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Wat


This will mark my first halving-to-halving cycle. It feels like a lifetime has passed in the last 210,000 blocks.

Lots to reflect on in terms of my journey as a bitcoiner, as a husband, and as a professional.

Glad to be here on nostr and nowhere else for the next epoch.


Very nice!


The sound of degens weeping over getting margin called will probably always be in the background.

I find it soothing.
 https://image.nostr.build/3547cda46f2b5eff8d0d66f38dbde556197ab4a34935fa581eace7949cdec3dd.jpg


Alphonse Mucha

There's something about how he balances a grounded femininity with the ephemeral that I find incredibly striking.
 https://image.nostr.build/66e4ba514cabf750179622dc7db12a681a1e5841c0e39c2b70a5ae9b5c4b4ccb.jpg


The good old days😂
 https://image.nostr.build/9c139e02975d342743f3e4d0d3ec167da9f80d5794316ad3c875d89a73a77a39.jpg


Holy shit I actually did it.

26/25/25/24

Tomorrows gonna hurt, but it feels like winning.


The status quo


Real enough for Sats to hold a grudge 😂


Batman must have gotten tired of his shit and took him down 🤷


Very pretty ❤

Any cat lover is a friend of mine. Welcome to nostr 🫂


:catheadbang:


Meta suspended all of my accounts… This is my interview with Simplified Privacy about what happened. If you have a Facebook or Instagram account you’ll want to read this !

https://simplifiedprivacy.com/facebook-ban/


I'm so sorry 🫂

Thank you for sharing the interview, I will send it to the people I know who are still using legacy social media.

I wish you the best.


Mass civil disobedience is effective, but the problem is that it first has to get to a point where people don't care if they are made an example of. The media is not going to show that kind of unrest, so there's an even higher bar to clear for this to work.

Higher taxes on middle-to-high earners and corps is basically a strategy to limit protestors demographically to the ones with the most to lose if they refuse to comply. If you can stop the first wave, it'll never gather momentum.


Back in my gaming days I spent an unholy amount of time in the Fallout universe... anybody seen the series yet? What's the verdict?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12637874/


I've probably spent a thousand hours between the first three Fallout games, not counting Tactics, which was fucking terrible.

I stopped following the franchise after New Vegas but am also interested in hearing what people think about the show.


This is just like how they smeared Assange with sex crime allegations only to quietly drop charges later after 'review of the evidence.'


Thank you!!


I followed the trial back in the day. It seemed pretty obvious to me that he was guilty 🤷


Looks like an east coast chain, across the country from me 😕

Sounds a little bit like Aldi's or Trader Joes. I've basically split my grocery runs into 3 pieces to minimize costs at the expense of my time, and I do use Trader Joe's as such. Appreciate the suggestion though, maybe they'll branch out west eventually 🤙


My grocery costs (including non-food staples like toilet paper) were mostly steady at about $350-400 a month prior to 2020.

Now it's in the $800 range. Some of that rise is insistence on quality eggs and meat, but still... it is shocking when I stop to look at the receipt.


It's gorgeous, super unique piece. It's even better that it's LotR inspired 💜


That mug in the background with the female warrior battling a giant snake is the coolest shit I've seen in a minute.

My collection of mugs are just from destinations I've flown to 😂


It's the 11th anniversary of when I posted to FB that Bitcoin is clearly a scam.

It's a good reminder to stay humble. You get it at the price you deserve 😜 https://image.nostr.build/c5c9da17d065841f8053fd336f420e84c6ee55c856a6892e7d6ef954651a302e.jpg


Patient zero? I have no idea.


Today, we are all masters of Go.

#danstr


Major financial institutions influencing the social layer of #bitcoin  should not be underestimated

Ark pulling out of supporting core devs based on an alleged conversation with saylor is a minor symptom of a much larger problem that will grow exponentially

Their social influence is just starting

Don’t buy the ETFs

Run a node


I don't know what's going on but I approve.

 https://image.nostr.build/5460266fef2e75cecd2f0876b55bb1b8b68f2ea6f1686ef0282d04ff8894594a.jpg


this is exactly the attitude I would love to see more of.


Brian Jacques - Redwall series. If she digs it there are a ton of them.
 https://image.nostr.build/c20f3b6ebc321c1b6e2b4da7c119fb886a518a1337c1d33ff629ab066a39f0f2.jpg


I don't think it'll ever die. The hero worship just changes year to year, cycle to cycle. Some people learn from it and eventually grow out of it, most won't.


IF YOU HAVE HEROS IN BITCOIN YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.


The obsession with egos gets grosser and grosser each cycle. It’s F you $ not A$$ kissing money.

Stop making this a nerd version of The Kardashians. The yachts are basic. The parties are lame.

Evolve beyond fiat pedestals. Free thyself.


I met my wife on myspace 🤷

That alone was worth all of the bullshit and toxicity that came with social media in the years after.


:catheadbang:


The prevalence of AI generated content will eventually influence the language patterns of people too young to know what a pure human generated media environment is.

That's when it's going to get really weird.


It's absurd that anyone would use this. You are asking to be rugged.

If you outsource the creation of your private key, you have no assurance that your security isn't compromised.


:gigachad:


This is a fantastic quote regardless of the source.

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I hope you enjoy it, I loved the world building. For my tastes it's an exquisite balance of great characters, politics, magic, and romance.


If you are ever curious, it is some of her best work, and I was once a huge fan of Rawn.

Exiles: the ruins of Ambrai
The Mageborn Traitor

She suffered from very severe long term depression during that time and she's been direct about how she's tried to finish the book but just isn't able to me tally revisit that story because of the associations.

It's worth reading if you go into it knowing it'll never complete. If you aren't into masochism but are curious about her as an author, the Dragon Prince trilogy is also very good and fully published.


I'm still (forever) waiting for The Captal's Tower by Melanie Rawn. It'll never come to pass though. I sympathize deeply.


I want to read it so bad, but after being burned by Martin, I won't touch a series unless there's high confidence the series will be completed within a year.

I changed it with Stormlight Archives because Sanderson is a machine when it comes to writing but Rothfuss is nothing but red flags. I look forward to diving in when it's eventually published.


I want to be careful with my wording here. I enjoy the books enough to purchase them and read, but his writing style, particularly the dialogue, falls very flat for me and a lot of that has to do with how he shoehorns 'witty' exchanges in.

His world building has great breadth but little depth. Taken as a whole, it feels artificial and 'color-by-numbers' if that makes sense. LotR and WoT feel extremely organic as it unfolds to the reader by comparison.

I have similar critiques about Mistborn, and his wrap up of WoT so I think it's a style thing that just doesn't jive with me.

I am appreciative of his work though. I wept when Jordan died. Partly from losing such an amazing voice and storyteller, and partly from thinking we would never have a completed story. Sanderson helped give us that, however flawed.


I can't provide a full answer because I've never read Potter, NotW, or Earthsea.

That said my -personal preference- for the whole package overall ( style, world building, structure, characters, plot, etc) would be:

WoT
LotR
Narnia*
Stormlight*

* It's been over 20 years since I read Narnia, I'm drawing from very old impressions.

*Currently reading Stormlight, book 3. Enjoyable but I have criticisms about it that drop it below what I would consider a 'classic'


All I was able to find from a quick search was a write-up from a think tank on the topic from 2018. Lots of good argumentation provided.

https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/inflation-adjusting-capital-gains/


LOL 🍿


Loooool 😂😂😂 https://video.nostr.build/c1ad7931f1719cc689665931e69476bfc740a4d590be91dca32d35efd4afc61c.mp4


Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification. I'm not at all knowledgeable on how this protocol works in technical terms.


Would it be possible to build a limiter like what twitter has where people you dont follow can't reply or otherwise engage with you?

If people who are harassed are given control to consent to social interactions as a starting point, that might be worth considering.


Listening to 10,000 hours of podcasts of people talking about how they got into Bitcoin and their price predictions is not research.

Research here ...

http://armantheparman.com


In 100 years… https://video.nostr.build/6dc099c126d98924afa600762308d9813b579684ba0d88adc5ed4e0ccbb6423b.mp4


The realization that my max possible bitcoin stack keeps getting smaller as time goes on has really hit me. I’m stacking but a fraction of what I was stacking before, despite channeling more funds towards stacking.

This means that I’m asymptotically approaching a ceiling to my bitcoin stack.


The outside of the grocery store and not much else


Why should you have a self-hosted email?
Because without it, you don’t own anything.

Most websites force you to link an email, and the email can reset the password. And because email forces you to trust the provider, the provider really owns your accounts.

Don’t use Protonmail. The emails come in as plain text, and then they supposedly encrypt it.  But this is a conflict of interest, as they are protecting you from themselves.

Instead, here at Simplified Privacy, each customer gets the login credentials and SSH keys to their own tiny cloud (VPS).  So you fully control your own data, and lock us out.  With Protonmail, you can’t verify their cloud.  But with your own VPS, you are the cloud.

Our combo package is designed to keep your VPS lightweight and save you money, while being jammed packed with functionality!

We’ll setup 3 services, (using open source software, all on the same VPS):
1) Email
2) Chat (Your choice of XMPP or SimpleX)
3) Team cloud docs w/ CryptPad (like Google docs but encrypted)
4) With a full YEAR of tech support after.
5) Includes domain name registration AND the first month of VPS costs.
All for just a one-time $99 setup fee, and then after the first month you take over paying the VPS directly (like $8 a month).

See screenshots and learn more:
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/email-cloud-combo/


Yep. I am  unbothered by it. Other people's shitty choices are not my concern, even when they try 😂


Oooof. Good decisions, but still painful 😢


I will replace a mattress, shoes, and tires during the depths of the worst bear market when sats are the cheapest they'll ever be.

Never fuck around and find out when it comes to the things that separate you from the ground 🫡


We don't spend much time on it, it's really the only reason we haven't thrown the thing out.

I value her health (and our marriage) more than sats 💯


n-acetyl-cystine (NAC) - a powerful anti inflammatory and antioxidant amino acid. If you have chronic inflammation issues this is a very useful tool. It chelates heavy metals so it's important to supplement zinc/copper if you take this long term.

Black seed oil (satella nigella) - anti inflammatory, antioxidant, antiviral (contains thymoquinone), immune system booster, shortens duration of colds and flus, and has a list of other benefits that goes on and on. I take this during illness and also before and during travel as a prophylactic.


My wife and I have this couch we've owned and used for 15 years. It's broken in multiple places, sags, and is hell on our backs.

She's been asking for years for a replacement. I finally told her that we will later this bull run 😂


Your Name is one of the better animated movies I've seen in the last 10 years. Love seeing it here 💜


A Soviet front line soldier reflecting on how the Soviet system bred the future generations it wanted

“During the war, the meanness of the Bolshevik system was especially clearly manifested. Just as in peacetime the arrests and executions of the most hard-working, honest, intelligent, active and reasonable people were carried out, so the same thing happened at the front, but in an even more open, disgusting form. I will give an example. An order comes from the highest levels: "take the heights." The regiment storms it week after week, losing many people every day. Reinforcements are continuous, there is no shortage of people. But among them are swollen dystrophies from Leningrad, to whom doctors have just prescribed bed rest and increased nutrition for three weeks. Among them are babies born in 1926, that is, fourteen-year-olds who are not subject to conscription into the army... Finally, some soldier or lieutenant, platoon commander, or captain, company commander (which is less common), seeing this blatant outrage, exclaims: "You can't kill people! There, on the high ground was a concrete bunker! And all we have is a 76-millimeter gun! It won't penetrate it!" Immediately, the political commissar, SMERSH counter-intelligence, and the tribunal get involved. One of the soldiers is an informer, they are plentiful in every unit. He then testifies: "Yes, in the presence of soldiers, he doubted our victory." They quickly fill out a prepared form, where only the surname needs to be written, and it's done: "To be shot in front of the formation!" or "To be sent to a penal battalion!", which is the same thing. This is how the most honest people, who felt responsible to society, perished. And the rest, "Forward, to attack! There were no fortresses that the Bolsheviks couldn't take!" Meanwhile, the Germans dug into the ground, creating a whole labyrinth of trenches and shelters. Good lucky trying to get them out! It was a stupid, senseless killing of our soldiers. One must think, this selection of the Russian people is a time bomb: it will explode in a few generations, in the 21st or 22nd century when the mass of scoundrels selected and nurtured by the Bolsheviks will give rise to new generations like themselves."

Nikulin, N. N., (2008). "Memories of the War."

Nothing changed


Ar15discounts is a great place. I sourced most of the parts for my rifle from them, although I've never tried paying in bitcoin.


I sleep better at night knowing that psychotic plebs living in shitty under-furnished  apartments are forcing suits to make room at the table for us.

And we are laughing and meming about it.

GN 🫂


Isn't that straight from the Max Keiser playbook? 🤣


Paying Elon to KYC yourself is the most cucked thing imaginable.

Nostr only.


Take care yegor, hope to find you in my feed later, even if I don't know it.

Cheers.


The first time I earned money for myself, I was ten.

There was a family with several acres of blackberry and raspberry bushes laid out in neat rows. I got paid 50 cents per green carton of blackberries, and 75 cents per carton of raspberries that I picked.

Unlimited breaks, a stand with water and soda, and all of the berries I could eat.

I quickly found that the more efficiently I worked, the greater I was rewarded. I took fewer breaks and spent more time picking than eating.

I didn't realize at the time, but it was one of my first lessons in economics and human incentives.


Freedom from the future and the past. To be present and unattached to expectations, outcomes, and emotional baggage.

To simply be.

Not a state that I am overly familiar with, but I catch glimpses when I'm out in nature.


If you missed it, this is a banger note. It's not easy to conceptualize the numbers involved but this gives you a glimpse.

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Different circumstances, but I had a similar path. I understand a little bit of that challenge. Keep at it, I hope to hear more about your journey as you go along.


Sobriety is underrated. That's a huge change of mindset, and a giant wall to climb over after 15 years of heavy use. You should be proud of yourself 🔥


Love to hear it. You are an inspiration, and I hope to live that life someday. 🔥


People who are that negative prob sold in the bear market 🫠


We are the iron hand inside a velvet glove. We are nice on the surface but are 100% willing to stand our ground and be assholes if pushed.


It's a trap 😂


I don't think most people are willing to relocate to friendlier jurisdictions. Relationships act as anchors - friends and family can't just be replaced.

Most people are going to stomach increasing surveillance and state overreach forever and be boiled in the pot slowly even if they see what is happening.


I'm in the same age bracket, and I remember a lot of these 'conversations' over the years. And you are right, the machine just keeps rolling on.


Sorry to hear about this Shashue. I hope it's not as serious as it looks right now, and your family comes together for each other.


Oh I wholeheartedly agree. It's a really big worldwide problem for two-legged parasites of all kinds.

GFY


Yeah, I've been guilty of this. No more. At best it's dilution of signal, at worst it tarnishes the protocol 'brand.'


That's a great way of putting it


Having control over the people you voluntarily associate with is, in my opinion, one of the very best perks of being an adult.


I had a conversation with a friend that made me realize that he was in truth a nihilistic degenerate, and he just used humor to mask it.

I'm unsettled by the realization, and will not be putting any more time and energy into that relationship.

The tree of friendship must sometimes be pruned of dead branches.


GM.

The ignorance of market participants is on display with every sell order.

Enjoy it while it lasts. https://image.nostr.build/8dec55af5db8f49c7355e438747530b0743fbba99700007d8b7327b8cfbaad4a.jpg


GN
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🚨 LEDGER ALERT 🚨

If you have a Ledger, you should know:

1. Ledger is closed-source
2. The company has said it's possible for their software to extract your seed
3. This means your funds are not safe!

Get a new wallet: https://bitcoin.rocks/wallets


The time we have never feels like enough😢🫂


Did you ever stop and *really* think about what it means to "do a Satoshi Nakamoto"?

Context for my weird question: I have met many, many bitcoiners over the years. Many of them take a stab at keeping privacy by doing some combo of: not revealing name, not revealing location, not revealing face. Etc. So often, if I happen to meet them in person, they end up revealing the things that they were hiding online. Quite literally a mask came off (pre covid!) once we started drinking - a simple, funny anecdotal example of what I mean. Many complain about photos being taken, many focus on always using a pseudonym. I'm sure most people reading recognize these patterns of behaviour.

I can see the purpose, up to a point, so this is not criticism. It's a little like me doing coinjoin "here and there" - you don't expect to defend yourself against a hyper powerful aggressor, only against a casual criminal looking for an easy score.

But if you do want *real* defence against *strong* attackers, you have a huge problem. These half-measures will be useless, perhaps worse than that, if you get overconfident, because the determined investigator only needs *one* strand to pull on, and the measures I describe above, which are almost always rules only half-stuck to anyway, don't cut it, at all.

Which brings me to my point: is it even possible to "go all the way"? Clearly it is; Satoshi Nakamoto is not the only person who's ever done it, but it's pretty damn rare at the very least.

Imagine what it would mean. If you are engaged in a serious project, that takes let's say at least a year's worth of full time work, then you are going to do that for no reward. Not just, no money, people do that quite often when it comes to things they genuinely enjoy, but no recognition, no social context, not even "oh I won't bother you because I know you're busy with that project". Nobody will say that because nobody will know. Imagine doing a full, intense 8 hour day of work (more likely, split over many days) and knowing that there will *never* be a direct reward of any form, for that. And then doing it again, and again.

What's more, you don't just "not get a reward". You have to do almost double the work, to ensure that at every step, every pushed commit or technical discussion, does not expose anything at the network trace level, or the language, vocabulary etc. Managing tricky pseudonym accounts, handling the headaches of Tor etc. I'm not trying to say it needs super-genius level tech skills, I'm trying to say it's a massive amount of effort.

Could you do that? I daren't even ask the question of myself, because I'm almost sure it's a no. But to *imagine* where that kind of motivation would come from, that's what fascinates me.


I'm not going to eat the snakes either. GFY Klaus. https://image.nostr.build/567f23d5c366d002a0bc7310fbdac971c51e283845d2327c74fb0110e8d5157d.jpg


Still true.

Nostr only, fren around and find out.

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This has been going on for years. Dude should have accepted the L and spent his energy hustling to rebuild his stack.


Establish comms with the tribe, stack bullets, bitcoin, food. Help who I can. Try to wait it out.


I'd love to be in this years!


#100adayuntil100k

Day 1 : 22, 22, 15, 12, 6 - 77 total
Today: 0, rekt 😂

I bit off more than I could chew.

I'm still in it though. New goal is to get to 100 per day. Then every day, with decreasing numbers of sets.

Progress, not perfection.
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#introductions
#plebchain

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Welcome to the party!


I want one of the 10mm variants as well. Some of the sp9s have lowers that accept Glock mags but I don't know which ones.


I own a stribog sp9a3 and I absolutely love it. Soft shooting, accurate, fun as hell.


👀🍿

https://image.nostr.build/56a67ee2d62fefcc9053ef108e3fdde96305c07b1134c28b982ff4a2be5f51b3.jpg


I'll be honest, I do not update firmware. If it works, has a solid track record of being bug free, and I do not have a need for updated features, it's one less security risk.


Fuck it. I'm late to the party but I'm jumping on the #100adayuntil100k bandwagon.

nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 has unintentionally shamed me into it with his proof of work 😂

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First 100 people who repost this will get total of 10,000 No-KYC sats.

#Bitcoin and #Nostr are winning.

Early reposts will get more.


Followed, and welcome! What do you write?


RIP your wallet 😂🫡


We can be a pretty passionate bunch.. (definitely guilty)

In many cases I think people do not understand why many of us care about the values and technical properties we care about.

If I can boil it down, I think at its core it is because there is a clear recognition that if it happens to someone else, it can happen to us.

The common trap that gets most is that they do not care enough when it does not touch them. It’s not real from a point of their experience. I say this with absolutely zero judgement.

But the reality is, when you have people being jailed for telling the truth (Jullian Assange), it means none of us are safe. It highlights that the system has been leveraged in a way that is not within the spirit of why it was erected in the first place.

Many won’t care about the censorship resistance of #nostr or have a clear line of sight as to why it is important. But this for many of us is a fundamental to our shared success. Not just relating to nostr, but more broadly in the world.

We must be able to speak. And thankfully at least in digital space, #nostr fixes this.

#introductions


This is one of my favorite threads of all time. I found a lot of plebs to follow here.

Always worth a repost (and thank you nostr:npub1jk9h2jsa8hjmtm9qlcca942473gnyhuynz5rmgve0dlu6hpeazxqc3lqz7 for the original note)

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👀🍿

This has been such a long time coming.


Old Nostriches know this, but it's time to teach the new hatchlings all about being your own algorithm. This means that you need to put in the work to make your content seen. That means you have to engage with people. You have to comment on their notes and make yourself known, so that you can be found and followed. Lastly, if you have a banger of a note, there's nothing wrong with boosting your own note to allow it to be seen by other Nostriches in other timezones.


Love to see that fraud notch yet another loss in the courts. Waking up to this made my week.

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Hi. I'm getting active on Nostr.

If you are wondering, I am here for Bitcoin,  Bitcoin Memes, Bitcoin memeing, and based people.

I am a newb mechanical engineer and wannabe Whole Coiner.

#introductions #gmi


Pragmatism is underrated.


I'm surprised the number is so low tbh.

My plan is for Bitcoin to do what it does, and eventually absolve me of my younger self's exceptionally poor choices.


Everyone's going to handle financial comms differently.

If I were dating my finances would not be revealed beyond the fact that I'm gainfully employed and live comfortably. Becoming engaged/married is when I would consider revealing details about finances.


Black seed oil is a cheat code to bounce back faster. Hope you feel better soon 🤙


Same.


I was just now skimming through a list of books he has published, I had no idea he was so prolific 😮


I have only read Stranger in a Strange Land but loved it. I'll add the book to my list and will read it as something entirely separate from and unrelated to the movie, which I've heard before.


Thank you for the recommendation! When I wrap up the Stormlight Archives I'll check them out.


Love these. For Starship troopers, do you mean the book or the movie? I'll admit to never having read the book, but loved the satire of the movie.


I very much enjoyed the Mars series, although it's been many years.

I've never read Simmons though, he's eluded me despite being on my 'authors I should get around to reading' list 😂


One of the things that everyone has in common, that cuts across all demographic lines, is a love of stories.

Everyone loves a good story, and has carried with them the ones that struck a chord with them. It could be a book or movie, song, poem, or even a tale heard from a family member, friend, or stranger.

The Wheel of Time is probably my favorite. I've reread it several times throughout the years, and each time I'm in a different place in my life. Each time I'm drawn to and resonate with different characters and plot arcs.

What's one of your favorite stories anon?

#asknostr
#plebchain


No one is. I laugh when I hear the podcast circuit giving 250k price points. The ones that understand demur for fear of sounding like lunatics.

Humans aren't wired to properly understand large order math or exponential functions.


𝗖ircuit𝗕reaker
https://video.nostr.build/e4a68daea521f7cb4c2165c5be9cd289d1317e556487e381f051c60fbe97343d.mp4


Eventually. Things are speeding up but we are dealing with suits, they will need to touch the stove a few times. They are still a ways from realizing that there are consequences for which their contracts, lawyers, and insurance policies cannot shield them from.


Melee will probably always be my favorite but I spent a shit ton of time and quarters at the arcade playing MK2.


Is this real? 🤣🤣🤣

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https://image.nostr.build/c64f1d8cffea092c0570f15a2af2cd55c8d78eb31828b34137f80e2987c4babd.jpg

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#Value4Value means no one would have zapped Metallica’s St. Anger when it was released 💫 #v4v

And nature would have healed…


Truuuuuth.


I'm enjoying my feed 🍿

Everyone has to come to terms with the cognitive dissonance of wanting Schroedinger's price action.


Ah yeah, good call-out.

The ROI on that Core 2 Duo processor for mining magic Internet money is something to behold 🫣🤣


Distribution is an inevitability.

Either you spend, or you die with your keys and that value is donated to the network.

Looks like OG is tired of waiting and is gonna go buy that private island they've been saving for 😂


Love seeing this!

#value4value

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Welcome to the party!


In a normal cycle, hearing Scott Stapp declare 'Higher' the official song of the Bitcoin bull market would be cause for concern. Top signal much? 🚩🚩🚩

Thankfully, this is not a normal cycle by any stretch of the imagination.


Land and a house is my dream too. I'm not sure how that's going to work without selling to Blackrock and taking a cap gains haircut though.

Bitcoin collateralized loans only work for something big like that if you have appetite for risk and large cash flows to pay the loan back 🤔


When did you last zero your iron sights? #gunstr


I like having offset irons. I check them when I check the zero for my red dot whenever I go out to shoot. Monthly or every other month depending on how busy life is.

Great reminder 💜


It's a revolution against midwit suits who extract everyone's wealth.


Watching tradfi bros slowly realize that the market for Bitcoin is global, 24/7/365 with no weekends, holidays, or pauses.

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#plebchain
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🍿
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HODL's post of the old Thomas Sowell quote about people not forgiving you for being right comes immediately to mind.


Friends and family have started to reach out to me about this Bitcoin thing.

A part of me wants to continue the effort to bring them into the fold.

Another part of me wants to say 'bitcoin? Nah, I sold it all last year. Why do you ask?'


The suits got a rally killing win by colluding with top exchanges to shut off an epic run up yesterday. A little regathering and month end crap today, but they aren’t going to be able to pull that maneuver off into perpetuity. People will move exchanges, it’s a global market, and the suits’ hubris knows no bounds. Make no mistake, in the coming 18 months, we are going to absolutely destroy the dollar. LFG. #Bitcoin


Market humbled us. Thank god or nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx was about to change his profile pic. https://m.primal.net/HfxL.jpg


keep it simple 🧶

your #bitcoin is important, you got this far and now you don’t want to fuck it up

so keep it simple and run FOSS

never in the history of bitcoin has there been better or more accessible off the shelf tools

1) get your hands on some dirty cash and go buy an unlocked pixel 6 or above

2) use cash to buy a refurbished Lenovo Thinkpad from a computer repair shop and flash it with Linux Debian, just ask and they might do it for you

3) install Tor

4) install Sparrow Wallet & verify

www.sparrowwallet.com

5) use your Thinkpad to flash Graphene OS onto your Pixel Phone

https://blog.ronindojo.io/grapheneos/

6) buy a plug n play RoninDojo Tanto full node

www.ronindojo.io

7) install Samourai Wallet on phone

https://samouraiwallet.com/download

8) open Samourai Wallet, connect to Tor, pair to your own node, create a new wallet with a passphrase and wallet pin

9) write down your seed words in order, write down your passphrase and pin

10) confirm your seed words and passphrase in the wallet

11) write down your paynym

12) secure erase wallet and then restore from backups you just made to confirm

13) confirm paynym is the same

14) punch seed words and passphrase onto separate steel plates and store in separate safe hidden places

15) save an encrypted copy of your wallet onto a sd card via your wallet and store in a separate safe hidden place

16) exit wallet completely and reopen to double check your pin, that Samourai Wallet is connected to Tor and your node

17) open tor browser on laptop and pair Sparrow Wallet to full node

18) open Sparrow Wallet and add the Samourai Wallet seed and passhrase to confirm paynym is the same

19) write down the fingerprint of the wallet as another means of confirming the wallet has the correct passphrase

20) close and reopen Sparrow Wallet to confirm you can access wallet with correct passphrase, that the fingerprint and paynym match, that your node is connected and tor is running

21) Now write a very simple plan for your family to find and restore your seeds and passphrase in the event of your death

You now have:
an anonymous phone
an anonymous laptop
an anonymous mobile wallet
an anonymous bitcoin full node
an anonymous desktop wallet
an anonymous set of backups

Don’t over complicate it or use too many programs

Don’t create multi sigs or cold storage until you understand the trade offs

Most bitcoin is lost because YOU lose your seeds, not because of scams or hacks

Keep it simple #nostr


IRAs and other retirement account will get absolutely devastated by the collectivists in the next 30 years. not much one can do with money already trapped on the titanic but consider a diversity of plans for retirement outside the fiat ponzi.. i aint talking about btc or gold. im talking about community and strong family ties. you will be very well served to strengthen community and family over the decades before you are elderly as those are harder to rug you on than your already captured leveraged fiat savings. obviousky there are many benefits to strong relationships with family and community outside of retirement, but considering this one aspect for this thought.

🤙


Freedom tech doesn't build itself. Zap the builders 🫡
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NO I WILL NOT GO BACK TO XITTER™ FOR THE BULL MARKET

I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO XITTER™


Gn 🫂 Keep spreading your 💜💡
https://video.nostr.build/f7c73156e461738d9857893e9f53b4f8ea07bef2ba360ccaddea8f7e47de8192.mp4
#Nostriches #Afterdark 🔮🎶🫡


It's going to teleport from 57 to 59 just to spite Deniz 😂
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We are 3-4 daily candles like this until the current ATH. Halving is in 54ish days.

Be a cheerleader to the new plebs who feel despair that they started too late.

If you feel that, take heart - your brain is just being a jerk. 2028, 3032, 3036, etc. Just keep stacking.


Looks like a sats/dollar view. Dollar maxis in disbelief 😂


This is really cool. If you've been watching the cashu / ecash stuff from a distance but afraid that it's going to be hard to understand or difficult to use (like me), try this app.

Something something deez nuts. Time to travel down another 🐇🕳

Ty nostr:npub1pp355axf69z8ndrz8zdnqa54s90e5xy737mwqk9e9cvt606nwszsdx8nu7

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Ty for the resource, I'll check it out!


Appreciate the link, ty!


copied from my reply in this thread:

I don't understand enough about this topic to really elaborate.

I've used good practices - not consolidating, not using the doxic change, sent the post-mix tx straight into cold storage.

that site was recommended to verify that the deterministic links have been broken.

I'm just going to have to take the time one of these weekends to review all of the information about whirlpool and make sure I'm not missing something. I just hate to spend sats on enhanced privacy only to be unsure it's actually effective.


I don't understand enough about this topic to really elaborate.

I've used good practices - not consolidating, not using the doxic change, sent the post-mix tx straight into cold storage.

that site was recommended to verify that the deterministic links have been broken.

I'm just going to have to take the time one of these weekends to review all of the information about whirlpool and make sure I'm not missing something. I just hate to spend sats on enhanced privacy only to be unsure it's actually effective.


I've done it. I've made the leap. I've deleted all social media apps on my phone and am going exclusively Nostr only. #bitcoin


That's a follow.

Welcome!


I don't have anything fit for consumption... yet anyway. What do you write?


You did! Thanks for sharing. I know the view from outside is incomplete... That's true of anywhere. I just find it interesting to hear about choices like yours because it's so far afield from what I would be comfortable with.

Cheers 💜


What do you find so compelling about China that you would stay there for so long? Genuinely curious, relocating to a different country isn't something I would ever consider, so it would be interesting to hear more.


Publication would mean finishing a story 😂

I've been working on two on and off for 20 years. Probably won't be able to finish them until I am able to escape the fiat job.

I'm not in any workshops but I'm not opposed to them. Last time I participated in that kind of thing was in college.


I'm Entropy, been hanging out here since last August. Decided to start fresh and ditch the name/pfp I used when I was on BT.

I write fiction as a hobby. Bitcoin saved my marriage by rewiring my brain into longer time horizons and showing up for myself and my relationships.

I'm left of the bell curve about technology, and am generally into prepping and gun culture although you would not at all assume that if you met me on the street.

I think there's enough people fighting for a better world that I no longer despair about the future.


Whirlpool enthusiasts please enlighten me.

I have tried to coinjoin on several occasions and it never works.

The last time I remixed a tx 6 times, and was very careful, and when I checked it through kycp.org it showed 0 bits of entropy and a single interpretation.

Am I doing something wrong or what? I'm just about done with fucking around with this stuff.

#asknostr


Idaho is an often overlooked choice with lots of natural beauty and is more sane than most IMO.


Privacy Isn't Dead. Far from It

Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39481020 )

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/privacy-isnt-dead-far-it


This is the way.


just processing out loud... my family and I have been meaningfully stacking for close to five years now. We live below our means, we have a smaller house than we can afford, we have older cars than we can afford... and it has been worth it.

At this point there are very few things we are willing to trade a signficant portion of our stack for ... (note we are comfotable spending), I mean giving up our saved sats...

- family/health
- a dream home or property that gives us the opportunity for more self sovereignty
- a business that we can pour our hearts into that can build something for the fam or generate more btc
- our kids
- a btc venture that supports the network
- any mission God calls us to


I think you are spot on. I don't like the knee jerk 'never selling/spending' meme. Sats will open doors over long time horizons. Everyone is free to make their own decisions but to gain back time or increase long term quality of life or sovereignty, I will be divesting from portions of my stack here and there.

I also love that you are making room in your mental model for anything you and your family feel called to do.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts about this.


I dunno, I don't think there's really a debate. Everyone's risk profile is going to be different, so the appropriate security framework is going to depend on the individual.

There's no solution, only tradeoffs 🤙


I think 250k is probably accurate...

For the next bear market bottom.


GM ☕


That's awesome to see, I always wished I had taken that up when I was younger 🔥


No, not much space. We are who we are. I'm just saying that a little space, compounded over generations will eventually reshape us for the better.


I honestly think that we've discovered technology that shifts our incentives. I don't know what that means for the future - maybe eventually statelessness will make the most sense. Maybe not and it evolves into a different equilibrium with more power resting with I dividuals and smaller collaborative groups. But the way that we interact with and depend on each other will shift along with those incentives over time, and I think it will be overwhelmingly for the better.


Welcome to nostr!


I know ink has been spilled on this topic ad nauseum, by writers more knowledgeable and eloquent. But something really clicked into place for me this week, and I wanted to share.

Humanity was trapped in an endless cycle of states rising and falling. The 'good times creates weak men' meme.

States are incentivised to grow their power in order to justify their existence, because each state is nothing if not a collection of people who are self-interested. But that power must be granted by the populace.

Governments are literally incentivised to  break societal bonds, to sap our strength and will, -to make us weak- so that we are inclined to grant them ever more power. If the average person took maximum responsibility for their own life, family, and community, what space is there left for a government to step in and LARP like they're solving problems?

We've been driven to this abhorrent softness over the course of generations, because this is what happens every cycle, in every land, with every people. Because we're flawed, and fearful, and imperfect.

But now we have Bitcoin, and Nostr... And I think these two things will give us enough space to break that cycle and realize our potential long term.

If you have young kids - take a look at them. When we are all gone and they are spending time with their grandchildren, the world will be a blindingly bright place.


People who haven't yet discovered basil 😜


In my kitchen, basil, sage, and thyme are the only ones that don't make it to their use-by date.


Everyone feels late. It's one of the biggest psychological hurdles.

No one is too late to own and benefit from sound money 🔥

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THIS. MORE PEOPLE NEED THIS MINDSET.

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Deranged.

He acts like a petulant child. Learn your lesson, take the L, do better next time.


This is definitely a central pillar... Eschewing debt is necessary if you want greater control over your life and how your time is spent.


I think the first step is recognizing that you are not taking as much responsibility for your life as you could be.

Then, realizing that taking additional responsibility for your life is a good thing and should be pursued.

I think most people will rationalize away all of the ways they cede responsibility instead of considering how forfeiting their stake degrades quality of life and human dignity over time.


Not wading into the comments on Bitcoin related posts is a challenge. The takes are so bad it's painful. 🤣


Fucking grats man, years of proof of work on display. Well deserved 🔥🙌


100,000 SUBSCRIBERS AFTER 8 YEARS OF GRINDING, HOLY SHIT.

https://m.primal.net/HcuS.mp4


I'm so tired of doing the corporate thing.

Just... ugh.

First world problems for sure. I'll try to wake up feeling more gratitude and less exhaustion.

GN all.


Naps are a waste of precious daylight 💯


The goals in your life are not important because of the outcome you desire. They are important because of what they will make of you to achieve them.


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Different things, but are complementary.


Ah you beat me to it 😂


I have not, but if you want effective ways to help your liver, look into supplementing N-acetyl cysteine (NAC).

It has benefits beyond liver/kidney detox too. Just keep in mind that it chelates heavy metals, so it might be good to also supplement zinc/copper at the same time so your levels don't get depleted.


Updating my heuristic to GGGGGR 😂


GN nostr

I found while scrolling my images folder from the logo wars. Good times.

https://image.nostr.build/e0d104ab1ea9cb15597f4620d710830482907a18cb8a63d83a04922c5db1c1ed.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=801x717&blurhash=%3B39P%2C01%3B00%5D%3FEKWV-pR%25IUxJxcRhD%7ExI%253WTRjjv00-E%5E-EcnlkCE1spxu%24*EJoN%3D%7EI-ImsqxuWUj%3AS0M%7EsXx%5BobWUj%5DRjRis%3BW.NGxHoJWUWBa%7BIUWBtQofWBjIxuWnR%25RiWCs%3Bk8R%25n-ogNFWB&x=092c560a341ecc284600e3d8d14558120b40fe4bc6eb31400d4ef25f93dac730


My favorite thing about bitcoin is that it's the first time in history where humans can viably escape debasement and evade taxes. Be a real shame if people responded to these incentives in a rational way to dismantle governments and liberate themselves.


Gotcha. Makes sense some of the stats are wonky


Suggested by others, nostr.band is a pretty cool source of stats.

Apparently I've been slackin on my zappin 😂


Amethyst


That would be it, thank you!

I can't seem to scroll back further than December. Nice to know when I started.


How do you know when your profile's nostrversary is?


This is the signal we need

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I don't know if I can single one out that rises above all others, but here are a few I consider to be near-perfect for their genre or what the film was attempting to do.

No Country for Old Men
Paddington 2
The Matrix
The Godfather
Spirited Away


Love this song.


Sometimes the pre check line is longer than the usual line. I never saw a point in getting it tbh.


vividly 😂


This is the way.


My public speaking teacher in highschool would have given her an F 🤣

This is their best and brightest. They have no idea how outclassed they are.


Nah. I double check what I'm doing and make sure I'm distraction free.

It gave me cold sweats the first couple of years though 😂


No rAIgrets 😬


Singapore Ambience is a mood.

https://youtu.be/o_hajq-4iVo?si=0SaacmP-eDyqLKiG


Oh my God the comments 🤣🤣🤣
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I love group pics like this 🔥💜


You know what to do ? 🔮✨📸
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New #Nostr #Afterdark ✨💜🫂


It’s not about the pushups or the #Bitcoin  price.

It’s not even about exercise.

It’s about having the discipline to work on improving yourself EVERY DAY.

Your success, in anything, is all but GUARANTEED if you work at it EVERY DAY.

#ProofOfWork


Next bear market will be rough, absolutely 😉


I see a macaque monkey face in front of a large 'X'

Which would be appropriate branding for Elon's cesspit.


Appreciate the quality and breadth of content you put out.


#100aDayTill100k

For those participating, I'd like to caution that you listen to your body and take recovery time seriously.

You don't know what your body's threshold is until you pass it, and speaking from experience you do not want to give yourself a chronic health issue because of over zealousness.

Go as far as you can, crush it, get in shape. But also prioritize nutrition, sleep, and give yourself time to recover when you start feeling the signs. You will see greater gains and will be healthier for it.


Ask your bride if she would prefer a starter home for a quick dopamine hit, or a plan that will secure their financial freedom within a decade.

Marriage is about sacrifice, patience, and long time horizons to build something greater than the sum of its parts. Bitcoin is a natural fit for any marriage.


I carry 5-o'clock but I'm still experimenting with positions and holsters. That just seems to be the best non-appendix option for me.

I've accepted the fact that carrying is just going to be uncomfortable no matter what, my concern is the risk of shooting myself - adrenaline is not great for fine motor control.


"OMG Bro , just forget Covid , it's over , move on "

No. I won't forget it.

I won't forget this :
https://v.nostr.build/y09A.mp4

or this : https://v.nostr.build/3LAm.mp4

or this : https://v.nostr.build/xnKk.mp4

and neither should you .


Gotta be honest. Ever since Swan announced their mining arm, there’s been a lot of quiet people over here…

A lot of crickets from otherwise loud people. Haven’t heard a peep.

I guess it makes sense now? We’re not worried about the money anymore? 😂


This is true. Depends on your definition of the terms.


Alternate view: there was no attempt to overthrow and abolish the federal government, only to separate from it. I wouldn't consider it a revolution but there's a degree to which this is an argument over semantics.


I think that kind of talk is rhetorical and attention grabbing, and not realistic.

A civil war would be two sides with competing views. What we have is one side, the uniparty state apparatus, which has captured 95% of the populace with the psyop of 'red vs blue'.

I see a revolution as a more likely outcome long term.


Don't fall for it. It's all barbed wore psyops.

https://jrjr.meme/barbed-wire-psyops/


💯

Still good to check ingredients label though, I noticed that they are starting to slip in 'natural flavors' into butter now.


Best advice I've seen is browse around until you find a user that is very high signal. Follow who they are following and then curate your follows afterwards. Rinse and repeat


GM!


Bring it down, sats will flow in greater quantities to the people who deserve them.

They will be back begging for scraps this cycle or the next. I care not what some hand-wringing suit does.


Damn. Never heard that cover. Thanks for sharing friend, straight fire 🔥


Still gives me chills.

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I'll check it out later, always happy to have music recommendations 🤙


I'm not familiar with that one, I discovered a taste for rap waaaay late in the game.

I'm talking about Black Label Society's 2002 album called 1919 Eternal


Every couple of years I listen to 1919 Eternal and am surprised at how good it is.

I don't know why I keep forgetting about it.


Same reason people give advice and fail to follow it themselves. It's easier to talk big than to have a plan and work relentlessly toward it.


I like it. Choosing what works over what tacti-bros might think is never a bad idea 😜


if you’re shocked your ip address is visible to nostr relays, wait until you learn about browser fingerprinting, trackers, data brokers, facebook, google, cloudflare, microsoft, chrome, ios, macos, telcos, isp’s, data lakes/warehouses/oceans, m&a, and how the internet works in general.


If anyone here doesn't recognize Vito Corleone then have I got a great movie recommendation for you.


Those are good looking chickens! Love to see it.


Even if the outrage factory, the algorithms, and the censorship inside of X went away, I still wouldn't go back.

There's just too much noise and posturing and parroting of narratives.

I'd rather spend time with people who choose the embrace this protocol and all of the promise it shows. Most of y'all are high signal and I appreciate you for it.

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Appreciate you posting this. Digital panhandling is not something I want nostr to be associated with.


I don't disagree with the point you are making, but it's important to note that the actual market value for the care provided is probably nowhere near what they are claiming.

Hospitals are layers of administrative grift on top of the actual service being provided. I would bet their plan is to be 'made whole' by taxpayers.


Started reading the Stormlight Archives after putting it off for several years.

I go back and forth about how much I care for Sanderson's writing style but it has been interesting enough to pull me in.

I just hate the 'witty' exchanges between certain characters. Please make it stop. I'd almost rather he just puts in [insert clever response] than try as hard as he is to shoehorn the dialogue.

Any Sanderson fans around? Does it get better a long the way? Most epic fantasy series don't have the strongest start.

#readstr


Agreed. It's been what, a year or so since AI really burst onto the stage and the amount of AI generated content seems to be drowning the Internet.


You literally just described ETFs 😂


This came to mind, found on BT during sub-20k prices 😂
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I have two problems with this.

The more complicated the tool, the more prone to failure. I would never trust my life to weapon this sophisticated. Too much could go wrong. If I draw a gun, my life is in imminent danger, and chances are I may die regardless. A weapon like this adds to the chance I die, by introducing another point of failure.

What problem does this actually solve that is not solved by a safe? If you are responsible enough to keep your guns in a locked safe to keep them out of the hands of children or other people, what additional protection does this offer?

This is a hat trick that will eventually be used to force gun owners to use less reliable means of defending themselves.


Truth.


Things I had to learn by doing my own research:

•Paying taxes is immoral.

•Decrees from authority are foundationally corrupt and create negative externalities.

•Plant-based diets are detrimental to human health.

•Sugar isn’t okay to consume.

•Seed oils are toxic (and in 80% of grocery store and prepared foods).

•Butter is healthy.

•Cholesterol is protective.

•Meat is the most nutritious human food.

•The news only (intentionally) broadcasts deceitful narratives.

•Inflation is covert and intentional theft.

•Voting legitimizes and entrenches further the criminal Uniparty system.

•Doctors, police and military personnel are (often unwitting) authoritarian enforcers.

•The fiat monetary system is a Ponzi scam.

•Unnecessary consumption isn’t virtuous or helpful.

•Banks don’t have depositors money nor is the money legally theirs once deposited.

•All politicians lie.

•All regulators become captured.

If it wasn’t for the internet and #Bitcoin I never would have been able to figure these things out.

There is hope for a great awakening and I believe we’re all part of the first big wave of this movement. Gives me a lot of hope for the future. Stay frosty frens.


Out of curiosity I found the thread with the mention of 'rogue money' on shxitter and read most of it.

This is one of the dumber pieces of obviously paid propaganda I've seen over the last few years.

This is so low-effort that it makes me wonder if they are just flailing about and hoping something will stick. Maybe that's always been their best plan?

🍿


Seeking


You can't telegraph it more clearly than this.

They're literally saying they're going to censor what runs counter to official propaganda.

This should be a banger year 🍿


i love the fact that so far, the majority of nostr culture just refuses to automatically believe what people say, does their own research, and if youre wrong, will pretty much immediately tell you.
it’s kinda awesome.


Agree with olives.

Pineapple is an interesting topping. It needs something else to riff off of or it doesn't work IMO.

Jalapenos are a good combo, the spicy and sweet balance out.


We are in the midst of one, albeit the early days.


6 months after we though we solved this problem, the basement had flooded again after just a typical rain.

So much of my stuff is ruined. Boxes of electronics and Dover stuff I had to put up in the studio when it was done.

An entire box of bitcoin books, including my signed Fiat Standard from nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak, same with my Bullish Case signed from Vijay, 7th Property from Yakes

The motherboard I fought with for months to get repaired, soaked completely through.

This is a fucking shit show. My whole show setup is down here. Don’t even know what to do honestly.


I didn't buy bitcoin, I toook it out of circulation.


Wish I could claim it as my own work, it just came out of an ai art generation process as a weird anomaly that was way outside of the parameters I gave it 🤣


I'm thankful for the experience. It forced me to learn how to cook. I feel mentally and physically much healthier with meat in my diet though. No judgement to those who make different choices.


Oh wow!


Some people's greatest contribution to the world is being a cautionary tale. 🤷


I was a vegetarian for a really long time based on this thinking.

The ethical basis for these kinds of altered consumption patterns are extremely hollow for the reason you point out - there is no such thing as a diet that has zero impact on other creatures. We can minimize that impact but it will always be there. If you are alive, it's because other beings died for your benefit.


I've already stacked 3 times today, go on without me 😭


Loooooooooooool


Cumrocket ETF incoming LFG!!!


The suits have already bought the corn to seed their ETFs. Now they are selling shares of what they own. No effect on the actual market. At least, that's my understanding.

If that's accurate then the demand is going to be data for them to project from, telling them when and how much more to buy in the future. I expect it's be in waves.


I do think this one is my favorite. It's unique, has character, but is also very clean looking.


Logo idea for those who would like to run with it: A constellation without the lines, with purple stars. Could be a real constellation, or the letter N or something else.

It represents decentralization, without the lines it's not blatantly obvious (requires 'work' to puzzle it out), and it contains a nod to existing nostr 'branding.'

Spitballin. I do love a lot of the logos that have been suggested today though.


This is what happens when I make assumptions 🫠🤣


It's the old Netscape Navigator logo from the 90s. Not a serious suggestion 😜


How about a logo for Nostr? Everyone can contribute to the Nostr ecosystem and create the visuals they like. And I love that!

However, I believe having a recognizable logo could be beneficial for the Nostr community as a whole!

I asked designer Andrea Nicolini (aka Bembureda, https://bembureda.dribbble.com), to create a logo and an icon for Nostr. I think he did an amazing job! Don’t you think so?

Download it now! Available in multiple sizes and colors here:
https://github.com/mbarulli/nostr-logo/

The CC0 license allows you to use it for any purposes without restriction.

https://nostr.build/i/0013214867939154ec657baf71673eba08e6ab655993f5848553651f5c57543b.jpg

/cc Thanks for sharing!
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Ooooof.


I know a lot of people are tired about you-know-what.

But cheer up! Now we are going to have non-stop halving chatter for the next 3 months, followed by 2 years of bull run memes.

I bet the builders are already looking forward to the next bear market 😂


I assume it's because the suits have already purchased the Bitcoin to seed their funds. ETF volume doesn't do anything directly for the actual market price of the asset.


It's going to be funny AF to watch the suits copy the hopium charts from BT for broader distribution.

Wen stock-to-fomo? 🤣
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He can get rekt. No way I'll ever go back.


My dad reached out and asked my opinion on what ETF to buy into. 😕🫠😂

Boomers gonna boom I suppose. Wish he had listened to me about stacking and self custody all these years.


Looks like they're straight outta Mass Effect 😂


How is it?


Oh man, that takes me back 😂


Ocean Jasper is one of my favorites.


Followed, thank you. I'm a non-technical sort. I want to learn more about covenants and being a fly on the wall while conversations are had is a great starting point 🤝


Of course it's possible. But what are the tradeoffs of taking action versus simply waiting for the market to solve the problem?

We have an action bias and I think we should be more cautious with tinkering.


Noise about ordinals/inscriptions:
-checks node: tick tok next block
-checks onramps: can still buy w/fiat

Noise about ETF:
-checks node: tick tok next block-
-checks onramps: can still buy w/fiat

Price goes up and down, fees go up and down. As a non-technical Bitcoin user, very little has changed over the last couple of years with how I interact with the network, and how frequently I purchase sats.


I love this idea, and agreed it's a great diversion from the noise.

I was desperate, paycheck to paycheck, tired of sitting on the sidelines while it seemed like everyone was making incredible gains on this Bitcoin thing. I had no capital to deploy. I was basically the McDonalds worker meme.

So I started buying shitcoins, because newer tech and better opportunity right? 2 years of hard lessons and curiosity later I was a Bitcoin maxi and exploring radical personal responsibility.

I didn't have exposure to a  community or peers until late 2020 when I joined BT, so it was a solo journey up until then.


If I didn't have to be fiat mining, I'd host a nest or a space for something BESIDES the constant ETF vomit.

I'd do something like Bitcoin Origin Stories; where you share how (not necessarily when, for the OPSEC/INFOSEC minded) you came into Bitcoin, and/or maximalism.


If, long term, there is a 6102 type event, and the ETF has enjoyed broad success then holders of paper Bitcoin and the institutions that hold the keys become the low hanging fruit.

At the very least it may buy plebs time to assess and consider their options.


Murphy. I'd put money on a US army guy that served during WW2 over a medieval theologian.

Unless you're talking about the sayings for which they're famous - Occam's Razor pulls a lot more weight.


I'll be honest - it doesn't taste as good as that hyper processed fiat trash I've been drinking forever, but that's by design.

If you do make the change, I would give it a few weeks to reacclimate your taste buds. 9 days in and it's starting to taste a lot better.


I've tried to do black many times over the years and I just can't do it.

I am now using half and half with a tiny bit of cane sugar syrup for sweetness.


GM #coffeechain

I think I've finally kicked my decades long addiction to Coffee Mate creamer.

Seed oil free all year so far 🤙


What a shit take. Being right doesn't matter except to your ego. BT has really gone downhill if this is any indication.


I think smartphones and tablets rewire our brains for dopamine hits... I would be exceedingly cautious about introducing something like that to a child.

That said, it is a really cool gift, in sure he will be thrilled.


If you need names these come to mind immediately, please feel free to grow this list

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Jokes on them, they're about 20 years too late for cocaine and hookers to be an effective strategy 😂


'News' is not to inform but to manipulate. ETF will increase demand but market participation is an unknown.

Not even the halving immediately triggers a price spike, it takes time. No one knows anything for sure except the long-term direction.


I'm envious, I wish I had a facility like that in my area. What are you running today?


I agree with you. I'm similar in that I'm limited in what I can directly verify myself. So I listen to the people I respect and make a judgment call. It's the closest to verification that's possible in most situations.

I'm just trying to say that lionizing anyone, no matter how well deserved, can backfire.


I don't think he wants the weight of people's trust. He just wants us to think for ourselves and verify our information.

I respect him and listen when he speaks, but I don't trust him any more than anyone else who I follow on social media.


A track suit with the jazz design

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This is my dream, don't take it from me 🥹

ETF is denied, deep pockets are enraged. Litigation starts flying. Suits stand by, helpless in disbelief as humble stackers continue to front run them, while the halving triggers this cycle's bull run.

Suits weep tears of blood, and buy in with their newly approved ETF a year from now when spot price is $420,690.21


I think it's going to be more like a halving - it is going to take time for the market to react and seek a new equilibrium.


Isn't Lyn Alden a board member? Is she aware of what's going on?


That's fair.


I agree that 'free' is a trap and bots are a problem. So maybe there's a way to add cost without forcing people to part with money if they don't agree.

Maybe a client side filter that allows you to hide responses that are not accompanied by a zap from the same user.

Pair that with the ability to voluntarily configure a minimum zap amount for reaction emojis.

People can then choose to have broader engagement to their responses, or not. Consumption of content is not penalized. Action is voluntary, and bots now have a real world cost to even be visible.


I disagree. A reaction is for a note worth reacting to.

A zap is for a note so good or impactful that you want to impart upon the author monetary value as thanks.


It's interesting to see that it only dropped what, like 9 percent? Volatility is not what it used to be 😂


Yep. They fucked around and found out.


Proud of my wife.

She was ultra skeptical of Bitcoin at first but trusted me to guide us financially.

Over time she's reached an acceptance that it's a very good investment, but she isn't a maxi and isn't interested in going down the rabbit hole.

This morning we were discussing a potential career opportunity for me that has appeared. Her initial reaction to the pay range was: "We could stack [x amount] into Bitcoin every month with the difference in pay."

🥹😍🔥


I like that!


Paying it off a million dollars per day, we'll clear that debt off in... uh, 93,000 years.

Seems legit.


Maybe Bitcoin will get a god (birthday) candle this year 🎂


Estimated 2.5% compliance for the pistol brace rule. 🤣

That number will be substantially lower for Bitcoin related weaponized legislation.


Apparently all I'm doing is asking for features that you can get with shipyard.pub 🤣


Shit really? Someone linked me that just yesterday. I should fuck around and find out more 😅


Another idea for Nostr clients - delayed reposts.

When someone creates an awesome note, dozens of people repost it flooding everyone's timeline more or less simultaneously, limiting value.

Having an option to repost in 1 day, week, month later without having to bookmark it and then remember would be awesome to have.


Bullish on explosion-propelled freedom technology.

I aim to push myself hard and train like there's no 2025.

What are your plans for the New Year #gunstr ?


Read this, then read it again if this will be your first bull run.

Hint: 2023 does not count. It was just a light warmup.

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I wonder why the architect hated people with OCD so much?


"I know it's an affinity scam with a marketing team."


Inverse Cramer jokes aside, it's nice to see him begrudgingly admit that it's here to stay. He seems to have genuinely shifted his perception of it and I think it's indicative of the suits in general.

They can have fun fighting over what's left on exchanges 😂


This is super cool, I didn't realize this existed. Thanks!


Since we have to 'be our own algorithm,' it would be cool if we could have a setting that would repost a note after a set interval.

So maybe I would have it set to repost one time 12 hours after the original. Or one repost at 6 hours and another repost at 12 hours.

Maybe have some kind of limitation to prevent spam. No more than 2 reposts per note, etc.


DCA and chill 💤


Good design appeals to everyone. Simplicity and ease of use will follow naturally in time.

Don't purposefully angle it toward the lowest common denominator, they will come along with the group when ease of use reaches a certain threshold.


that's a great point


If anybody in your life gives you shit about trying to improve yourself, do not hesitate to cut them off. Go it alone or find new friends. Don't let negative people hold you back.


Low quality people don't want to see others elevate themselves. One of the absolutely best benefits to being an adult is being able to choose who you associate with.

Make full use of it 💯👊


I've been experimenting with piracetam  in my supplement stack. Could be at least in part a place in effect, but I've been impressed enough to continue using it.

I've felt consistently mild cognitive enhancement that is subtle but noticeable. My ability to focus, process information, and general alertness are within what I would call my normal parameters, but I don't experience having them elevated like this very often. It's like everything is operating at maybe 10% above my usual day to day experience.

In other words, a really good day where I feel like my brain is running on all cylinders happens maybe once or twice a month. I'm getting that everyday now. At least so far.

It's also keeping my mood elevated. Not quite manic, but close enough that I have to keep an eye on myself to make sure I don't overstimulate and tilt to far into dangerous territory. I'm bipolar so this presumably isn't something to be concerned about for the average user.

I'm curious to see if the overall effects will taper off and will require cycling to maintain the benefits.

#supplements
#nootropics
#grownostr


GM

Everyday is day one. Chase after it.


Sounds like we started around the same time. It was depressing to buy at the top and watch it ride down.

Grateful my curiosity eventually made me a maxi and let me meet you and other plebs 🫂


For anyone doing a #31days challenge (hat tip nostr:nprofile1qqs0fkyh0y2genfytjx4py229p8avtvhev8mdzme0fc0yjsh9dfzmwgpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3exjcmg9en8y6t9dej8x6rfwqh8gacpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q2zlsf3 ) - or a #30days challenge later this year - I create a printable tracker if you want to mark up some paper for each day’s accomplishment. Two sizes: long and thin for your planner or wall and credit card sized if you want to carry it around with you in your wallet.

https://nostrichnovember.com/31daysTRACKER.jpg

Good luck, fellow nostriches!!!!!!!

#tracker #goals #newyear #resolution #justdoit #grownostr #plebchain #2024  https://cdn.zbd.gg/ugc-uploads/203067ab-1704059746707.jpeg


My only resolution is to double down on what I've already been working on:

Being better at my job
Being a better husband
Fitness
Marksmanship
General preparedness
Writing


This ☝