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 trying out some new finance software and to be fucking honest, nothing beats a good spreadsheet.  
 gnucash for 10 years 
 We are made of 70 percent past water. 
 Pasta water, right? 
 Idk who needs to hear this but the section sign (§) is not the satoshi symbol 
 I always thought it was "sub-section" hence the 2 S's 🤣 
 Everyone has a model

Dismissing a model by saying “well it works until it doesn’t” is sill... 
 Nothing stops us (besides ourselves) from finding power and propelling earth out of danger before sol explodes 😎 
 Does anyone actually get notifications from amethyst? I don't and it makes it hard to interact. A... 
 On graphene w/ playstore apk, I only get zap notifications, but I'm pretty sure I do get all of them, they aren't sporadic.  (feel free to test it out!  I'll report back if I'm notified 🤙) 
 Kerry Gold is the best butter on this planet. /thread  
 There's a local cream sold near me that turns into excellent butter 
 Buttermilk 🤷‍♂️ 
 GM to everyone except flat earthers who cant experience a sunrise

 
 "If you have to explain it...you probably missed it" 😅

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 wake up. look around.
realize how blessed you are

a roof under your head, food in the fridge, ru... 
 Having a roof under your head gives an amazing perspective!

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 Wasabi software makes a thing configurable.  Coordinator changes the default config values.  Wasabi is therefore under attack.

A very "sophisticated attack" 🤣

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 I do wonder what the "sophisticated" part really was 
 If you've never been close enough to someone to exchange pheromones, don't take their words too seriously. 💪

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 This equation is false.  The correct equation:

Strong Body + String Mind + Strong Soul = One

When the 3 are full & complete, and they're in equilibrium, you have perfect balance in your life.

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 Ok not being mean but we need more btc education here in the USA. Im sorry but showing an America... 
 The US will indeed need info on how to operate as a 3rd world country soon enough. The government already figured it out; the populace is lagging. 
 Ironically though, wouldn't this be a rare case where KYC could make the "problem" of hackers printing duplicate barcodes to resell a moot point? 🤷‍♂️

I hate KYC as much as the next guy, but this argument re: ticketmaster seems like an own goal 😕 
 Wasabi software makes a thing configurable.  Coordinator changes the default config values.  Wasabi is therefore under attack.

A very "sophisticated attack" 🤣

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 any #Lost fans here? 
 Season 4 maxi here 🤣

For a show with no plan whatsoever in the back half and at times was at best a stumbling mess of inconcistency...I'm still glad it aired! 
 I’m at the part where he goes over high time preference vs. low time preference. Holy crap Bitc... 
 It's like having polarized sumglasses when everyone else thinks they're supposed to stare at the sun with naked eyes

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 I like olive oil, so mayo.  Guess I'm weird 🤣 
 Chicken 
 Not if you have braising liquid to use as a sauce 😎 
 Pulling out of my garage, I nicked the wall and broke my side view mirror.

I asked the mechanic ... 
 Ever knock your rearview off pulling out?  The shame is indescribable!


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 one of my favorite examples of: "correlation is not causation"

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 🎯 Energy is quite literally everything.  Of course it's causally linked to wealth (or any conceivable measure of prosperity)! 
 More precisely, it implies that it makes us (universally) no more prosperous.  Gaining efficiency over time itself costs time and energy. 
 An actual example of government efficiency. -_-‘ nostr:note17g9k5dsu9ts2ltddt2cazeutst5sfcxazth... 
 It probably only cost taxpayers 30 median annual incomes 😉 
 They're "spiritual, not religious," and yet they oppose the Great Reset

They don't even know tha... 
 The only difference between a traditional behavior and a religious behavior is spirituality 
 Pedophile is a misnomer cause you'd have to really hate kids to do the things they end up doing t... 
 -phile means more "attraction" than "care"

A hydrophilic substance for example is one that attracts/bonds to water; it has no inherent morality 
 Life Pro Tip: since doctors have a moral duty to help people, you can get free medical care by si... 
 Actually, I think their moral duty only extends to not hurting people. 
 Love this.


TBH the OG coiners tend to have some of the best methods. I highly doubt they ever w... 
 Armory wallet was cool, but after it went defunct, folks weren't about to just go back to core/electeum/multibit file backups, they used what they had available! 🤣 
 "Focus on yourself instead. What's going on in here is way more important than what's going on ou... 
 People believe those things because they don't or can't take on the responsibility of discerning truth from within.  A man born with a dick won't conclude he's a cat-dog in isolation.  

The cacophony is loud & exciting, it's not impossible to tune out, but some folks go through life without ever trying.  They never form their own core identity, so they very easily believe they may be a cat-dog, if the cacophony serves them such a message 
 Are you supposed to peel onions & garlic or not? 
 If you're cooking them with just heat...peel after you cook

If you're cooking with heat & other ingredients...peel before you cook 
 When i see someone posting a time and i look at the time most of the time im like bro no its not ... 
 If it's 02:27 somewhere in the world, where else is it simultaneously 5 o'clock? 🤔 
 Might as well do the exploit with all the other apps that store data on a mac, while you're poking around the file browser.  I'd be shocked if it'a only Signal that has this behavior. 
 I learned a deep personal lesson pondering this problem: 

Collaborative custody and all the security that comes with it requires highly trusted collaborators, but it isn't the only thing where such trusted people can come in handy amongst themselves and outwards.

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 The fact that the government essentially makes engaged couples plan for divorce with a prenup is ... 
 If you're getting married by the state, you're getting a prenup.

Question is:  do you as a couple want to talk about it & create your own, or ignore the topic and accept the states boilerplate contract? 
 💯

I keep hearing people wondering if Nostr is doomed or dead already because use growth isn't... 
 2 decades to go from the Internet to the Web.
2 decades to go from the web to smartphones.

#Bitcoin may not have a killer app before the end of this decade, and #nostr may not have a killer app until the 2040s!

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 You actually put a child in that chair??  I can build a way better one! 🤣

😉
 
(awning & table looks sweet tho) 
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 Flow state 
 When CSW win a libel case he gets 1 pound, but when he loses he pays millions? 

Am I missing som... 
 Rampant pathological fraud on his part tends to skew the results against him.  Who'd have thought?  🤣 
 Not really a question of impartiality.  If you perjure yourself (a bunch of times in a row) in a court proceeding that you yourself brought, the court can punish you for it. 
 Brining freedom fighters on nostr is danger ! They better off on signal or simplex ! 
 Freedom fighters cook better if you just season & sear them! 🤣 
 I like #SimpleX for a self hosted solution.  But it's like #electrum, I assume all out of the box relays are honeypots. 
 Strike wallet screwed me over bad....making me wait 1_2 weeks to settle funds to transfer my cryp... 
 If it works, it works excellently.  If you trigger their risk engine somehow, seems like you're screwed 
 Those unalienable rigjts came from Locke in the 17th century, but why did the US founders replace "property/estate" with "pursuit of happiness"?  🤔

(Happy Independence day)

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 I think using npubs for premium services auth is a mistake. Keys are disposable and should always... 
 But then you can't throw away the "master" 
 Being able to lose a key and needing to throw a key away are effectively the same thing.  Without having keys that are impossible to lose, the idea is that we should treat all keys as a throwaway entity in our designs. 
 Metabolic energy pumps air to displace water from a bucket.  The weight of the surrounding water increases relative to the bucket-weight, until all of the surrounding water falls beneath the bucket 
 Something simple like "hope & change" isn't enough for a kindergarten philosopher or whatever it is she tries to be 
 Lmao backing up a data drive. 666.6 gigs. I'm never downloading another thing to this hard drive.... 
 Someone else will if you aren't careful 
 Never read Mises or Rothbard and have zero interest in doing so. Unpopular opinion? 
 Sadly, choosing ignorance is always popular these days 😔

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 How often do you use NIP05 addresses as identifiers (e.g. to go to a profile page, to search, to ... 
 I know odells, nvks, a few node-runners... 🤷‍♂️

If you only use nostr as your internet, it's unnecessary.  But I don't think we're there yet. 
 Cereal is a scam 
Granola is a scam 
Oat milk is a scam 
Healthy coy soy sludge is a scam 
Vegani... 
 Hammurabi's code would have been fine with just livestock and no mention of grains.  But big ag got to him 😉 
 I dont trust bitcoin because what if they shut off the internet.  Is what i been getting lately.  
 Stop hanging out with goldbugs! 🤣 
 Guess they are extra important. I guess by taxes. The last is no doubt an issue. I suppose we hav... 
 They don't behave as if they're forced to reform when faced with competition.  Rather, they convince, compel or coerce folks to remain bound to their services (even intellectually it seems)

As far as where all the money comes from to do those AND prevent competitors, well, it's taxes but also, they alone have a monopoly on printing money, enforced with threats of imprisonment & lots of munitions. so... 🤷‍♂️

Better to ignore all of it.  Don't eat government sponsored food or act based on government funded facts. 
 My parents are vegan and I have a few carnivore friends. They're all equally unsufferable. I imag... 
 Is light a particle or a wave?  It's probably both, and we should seek to find a unifying perspective.  #physics

Is money a commodity or credit?  It's probably both, and we should seek to find a unifying perspective.  #economics

Should we eat cattle or should we eat grains & fruits?  Probably both, and we should seek to find a unifying perspective.  #nutrition

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