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 I had a cousin commit suicide this week.

Please remember that suicide is a permanent solution to... 
 I'm so sorry for your loss. 
It's so tragic; I've been around it too many times and it's just awful. 
 These classes are ridiculous!
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#memes #funny 
 Coffee and tea is just contaminated water and I won't apologize for this take. 
 Who hurt you 
 Reply guy/girl making Nostr UX atrocious ATM  
 User experience
At the moment 
 You mean censorship? 
Lol 
 I love the experience of Telegram, but the Slack emojis are just so much more expressive.

Where is the LFG reaction when you need it? It's key to our productivity. 
 This is the best breakfast egg dish of any culture
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 Well said. I'd be nowhere close to making a global impact without Bitcoin; I'd be a victim to obscurity. 

Bitcoin gives you the best shot at making not only an impact, but an extremely positive one for the world. 
 Had Trouble Fitting This On My Cat
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#memes #funny 
 Fell asleep at 8pm, woke up at midnight. 
 Good morning 
 This is a pretty good point. Bitcoin is built to be accountable, which is at odds with privacy goals. Lightning is a good addition of complexity, but without guarantees. 

I feel like Bitcoin is appropriately built for use by governments and institutions, which allows the people to sousveil activity. This is an extremely important feature as Bitcoin grows in adoption. 

For more privacy-oriented money, scalability and trading liquidity are essential along with mathematical privacy guarantees.
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 Ticker symbol for Monero 
 This is a pretty good point. Bitcoin is built to be accountable, which is at odds with privacy goals. Lightning is a good addition of complexity, but without guarantees. 

I feel like Bitcoin is appropriately built for use by governments and institutions, which allows the people to sousveil activity. This is an extremely important feature as Bitcoin grows in adoption. 

For more privacy-oriented money, scalability and trading liquidity are essential along with mathematical privacy guarantees.
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 There nothing like climbing into a sleeping bag that already nice and warm
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#memes #funny 
 Nodes sold: 2
Nodes available: 12 https://i.nostr.build/7qzqb3RRjBgUgb7M.jpg
#meshtastic #mesh
 
 Nodes sold: 3
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 It broadcasts messages over a P2P network where messages can hop from node to node. 
 Meshtastic nodes that I put together for ready to use devices.

These are capable of P2P encrypted messages without cell towers across up to 3 miles in urban environments. 
 Yes except messages hop 
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 This is the ultra basic setup. No soldering required. The micro screwdriver is only needed to do a bit of prying open the included case. 
 Yes 
 No license required. Everything is a bit hobbyist oriented so things can be a bit clunky, but it just works.

For certain power levels, a license is needed, but that's not necessary for general usage. 
 No, no Internet. It's just messaging.

Reticulum or Athena would be what you'd likely want to research if you're into P2P radio data. 
 Tough lessons here: 
These devices work quite well, but can't overpower topology issues. It's just not going to bounce off the ionosphere :/
Line of sight is really challenging to achieve in a flat area. 
With an enthusiastic community, we can continue to work on making a denser #mesh but will need some relationships built to get some rooftop installations.
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 ARE THERE ANY SOCIAL NOSTR CLIENTS WITH AN INTEGRATED CASHU WALLET YET? 
 Don't you want self custody? 
 I'm working on a new pay plugin called xpay (working title). It's designed to use the new (very W... 
 Hey Rusty, let's chat! We've been working on improved pathfinding at Amboss with an objective to reduce probes and reliance on probes to predict better routes.
Pathfinding at the node level is a good thing to optimize, but it will be inferior to more collaborative/centralized pathfinding simply because it has more data to play with.

We're ready with an endpoint for pathfinding and are benchmarking it against LND in different parts of the network to evaluate our predictions. 
 It sounds like you're thinking that end devices will do the route calculations. There might be an opportunity here since we can predict all channel states (poorly) using our ML, which is better than the probabilistic pathfinding method from Rene Pickhardt (only since the ML is based off more data). Certainly we can offer the simple graph without predictions as a low cost (or potentially free) option.

We'll start with a generic pathfinding as a service which will accept inputs source, destination, amount.
These can be populated with an invoice directly or can be fuzzed with different amounts for privacy.

We'll be sending out invitations to benchmark test our service against LND's a priori pathfinding in exchange for free use of the advanced service that incorporates our predictions.

If you (or anyone) are keen to help test the PaaS, anyone can sign up at rpo.dev/pathfinding.
 https://rpo.dev/pathfinding 
 
 There's something unique about the format inspired by notes/tweets where it inspires individual thought instead of a hive mind ala Reddit/Stacker News. 

Aligned posts don't shine compared to the contrain posts. 

Consequently, the piling on of bullies is less prone to succeed in causing distress compared with the semi-controlled environments of Facebook or the hive mind of Reddit or the algorithms of X.

I am prone to disagree. 
#Nostr 
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 Tbh I don't know enough about Snapchat to comment, but I do know it played a big role in online bullying. 

Whatsapp...I would say no, not what I mean by social media.

If I understood you correctly, it sounds like the intervention you're talking about is intervention as a parent/individual, not as a platform. Supervising, reading, speaking up when necessary, calling other parents, removing privileges etc 
 Bullying is a complex phenomenon that is reinforced by social media. Most people find it difficul... 
 There's something unique about the format inspired by notes/tweets where it inspires individual thought instead of a hive mind ala Reddit/Stacker News. 

Aligned posts don't shine compared to the contrain posts. 

Consequently, the piling on of bullies is less prone to succeed in causing distress compared with the semi-controlled environments of Facebook or the hive mind of Reddit or the algorithms of X.

I am prone to disagree. 
#Nostr 
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 Tough talk:
How will NOSTR fix online bullying?

I just heard a harrowing tale about teens making attempts on their own lives because of social media bullying. 
 Increasingly social media platforms are expected to moderate and control/limit abusive behavior.

Will the same expectations be levied at Nostr clients? 
 I just ran a 3-hour workshop on business model design for a startup accelerator here in Nashville... 
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 Missed opportunity!
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#memes #funny 
 Looking for a backend developer job
I'm feeling a bit stuck in my current position. Plus a higher... 
 I'd love to see a resume for an opening we have at jobs@amboss.tech.
Looking for someone motivated to build a decentralized future with lightning!  
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 What if they seized the relay data 👀 
 Should have added a sarcasm switch 😜 
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 A lady told me to ‘not stop the shining’

She either meant that she thought I was shining, wa... 
 Red rum  
 Let's play find the Gen X
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 I'd love to be able to grab a photo from my Gallery and share it directly to Nostr via Amethyst.

Right now, the process is to add an image to a post, which is forced to use a different app with inferior search.
#amethyst #featurerequest 
 Yes! 
 I mean my phone's gallery app, not anything in Amethyst itself. I want to seamlessly post an image to Amethyst. 
 Not what I'm talking about 
 One of my favorite things about NOSTR is that our FINRA rep will not be reviewing my posts for co... 
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*= possibly 
 No you must choose. 
Abandon the self and independent thought. 
Commit yourself to a cult. 
 The min block fee is possibly the most relevant bit of blockchain information for lightning node operators. 
 RUNNING EVENTS IS EXHAUSTING, EXPENSIVE, AND OFTEN THANKLESS.

BIG PROPS TO THE RIGA CREW FOR PUT... 
 I mean to say thank you for putting on your events! 
 # Get Started with Meshtastic 

1. Purchase compatible materials to construct your Meshtastic device from a retailer (Rokland, Amazon)
Device + battery + case + antenna
meshtastic.org/docs/hardware/devices/
store.rokland.com/

2. Assemble your device, ensuring that the antenna is connected before powering on the device.
(May require micro screwdrivers (or soldering, depending on hardware purchased))

3. Flash your device with the latest stable firmware using the Flasher in a compatible browser (like Chrome)
flasher.meshtastic.org/

4. Install Meshtastic app on iPhone or Android.
apps.apple.com/in/app/meshtastic/id1586432531
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.geeksville.mesh

5. Pair your Meshtastic app with your device via Bluetooth, or follow app instructions.

6. From the app: Set Region to US (if applicable), Select a device name, modify other settings as desired (power save off, for example) or per recommendations.

7. Send a test message to LongFast channel (public chat) and await confirmation/responses.

8. Have fun and learn lots!

#mesh #meshtastic #decentralization #communications #opensource 
 Those are the only two that I've tried, so I can't speak to other devices. I'm very new but I'm having fun!