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 For anyone out there thinking I'm exercising tribal thinking when I criticize bluesky, stay tuned... 
 Oh, interesting. Looking forward to that one. 
 Has anyone ever tried hosting a blue sky instance yet? It would be kind of interesting to see what would happen if we spun up a Bitcoin/ nostr instance.

My guess is it would probably go a lot like the Fediverse where we would be siloed to our own instance pretty quickly because people would block us like crazy. But it could be a fun experiment nonetheless.

#asknostr 
 According to nostr:nprofile1qqsd7zhdjt0lqr20lmdz7nxc3kt8m3tkk42fgq9e9tae3fqe4grwdagppemhxue69uhkzerjv5h8xaf0qythwumn8ghj7cnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qythwumn8ghj7cn5vvhxkmr9dejxz7n49e3k7mf0gxfavm Everyone is completely unhinged over there that Bitcoin is pumping and Trump won the presidency and they think we're all going to destroy America and the world. And they're all wishing we would die. 
 Bless him for venturing into that muck. 
 Bruv, it hasn't even been Thanksgiving yet . 
 We gotta start making copies of repos for software we use. I have a copy of bitcoin core but sadl... 
 I mirror a few projects to my gitea instance, but im gonna have to up my mirroring it seems. Im a bit miffed at myself that I did not clone this one.  
 Also, I should make the mirrored projects public. I realized that pretty much all of them are set to private. 😂 
 So why is one open source dev suing another open source dev? #asknostr

i am nosy. give me the tea.  
 Tldr bullshit IP claims.

NVK and Coinkite always has been scared of competition. They intentionally badmouth other projects to try to spread fud. They close source their hardware wallets and sue people who try to copy their code. 
 Rip btclock 

and as always fuck nvk and coinkite 
 Supposedly, coinkite got their github removed for copyright infringement. 
 Clients are starting to ask me about crossposting the blue sky. 😑 
 It could be threads. 🤣 so yeah  
 Luckily, I'm only going to have to interact with the platform programmatically to do cross-posting, but man......I really don't want to. 
 Daily top 10 zappers is rigged kek

Zap washers everywhere 
 Always has been dot meme 
 LOL  nostr:npub18070el77yxvv42lg7hmm86470jxm9mu6xsuuhf52nsnh5guppkjs9c0jzc  nostr:npub10mtatsat7p... 
 Fuck it. Added the relay again. 
 Man you guys should see the shithshow that is bluesky right now. Check out #Bitcoin. Those people... 
 I think I nuked my account over there. Really that bad eh?  
 We're just chillin' and listening to music right now. Feel free to come watch Blade Runner in about a half an hour.  We can wait if people need to wait. But 30 minutes roughly is when we would like to start. 


nostr:naddr1qq9rzd3c8ymrxvfjxsmqygzymswzmwwrl0tma6f90m8t22lre7xypwhhkcl5detttzsnr360pvpsgqqqwensjnvqfm 
 Every now and then you get a loaf that turns out exceptionally well. Today is one of those days. Today was a good sourdough day. #foodstr #breadstr 

https://files.sovbit.host/media/44dc1c2db9c3fbd7bee9257eceb52be3cf8c40baf7b63f46e56b58a131c74f0b/d40d991b554e86f34a536621c6dcaf79f94801589a56a32777d259f94bdabfba.webp 
 So what browser is everyone using this month? 

I'm currently using Vivaldi because I think it has the best tab grouping functions of any browser out there. I've been kind of debating switching over to Floorp again for a little while because it's Firefox based and has work station like tab groupings. And I kind of refuse to use Brave. Are there any new browsers out there? Also kind of debating setting up on Googled Chromium again, but again that's  kind of a setup process to get things just right. 
 I've actually not heard of Arc. I will take a look at that. 
 Oh snap. Good to know.  
 Such Gorgeous work.  🤌🤌
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 what was that notification app everyone was using?  im tryin to find a dev thats using "REQ subsc... 
 Pokey  
 Ok this is getting really odd 👀👀👀👀

Everyone gather round.

nostr:nevent1qqsxgazd0c0h... 
 Is this you? You said you needed to create your own fun.  
 You know you live in the Pacific Northwest when Gore-Tex and hydrophobic material is part of your normal, daily wear. It really pays off when you get multiple weeks of rain. 😂 
 Yeah, really, I guess I probably should have added a caveat about anywhere where rain is a prominent part of your year. 
 When you realize Bitcoin could also be called a hash coin. 😂 
 I don't actually believe any of you are so ascendant as to not care about an increase in your pur... 
 It's interesting, but I'm not really excited about it when there's still no real demand for block space going on right now. There really hasn't been an increase in people using Bitcoin, at least on chain.  We where at what 11 sats/vB? 

This feels like a mostly hype-driven and speculative pump. I don't hate it, but it doesn't feel backed by anything real. 
 The bull market for bitcoin is the bear market for nostr...

Is that fair to say? 🤔

Can nostr... 
 Price-hyped and politics bullshit is definitely making me stay off of nostr more. Which is probably a good thing because I can focus on other shit. 😂 
 #Pokey users: I assume the application is also been broken for you since 0.0.7 launched 5 days ag... 
 Yup. Can confirm. Ever since it came out though, it seems to have a problem where at some point you have to stop and restart it if you realize you're missing notifications. 
 Proper winter food a smokey sweet lamb stew. Lamb, ancho chillies, butternut squash, roasted red bell peppers. 

#foodstr   https://files.sovbit.host/media/44dc1c2db9c3fbd7bee9257eceb52be3cf8c40baf7b63f46e56b58a131c74f0b/9d1b78e81de7d34c0cc70d5d253c5b310e96131834fce1f2bb18bff1a50a3c9c.webp 
 I love Bop so much. Old set but still so good. 

https://youtu.be/I0rDwu4sz9Y 
 I love it when the cops try to fucking gaslight you. It's real fun. It's even funner when you have to keep your temper and not utterly lose your shit on the cop. 
 Yeah, unfortunately, there wasn't a specific city code or law that I could quote them. They were questioning my senses. 
 Usenet addiction back in full swing. lmao.  
 so far just media. But later today im gonna install a reader on my daily driver and see if there is more than just priracy and porn out there. Super curious to see if people still use it for discussion.  
 I kind of hate to say it, but Reddit is a good place to start. Give me a moment and I can bring up a post that has pretty much all the providers.

It's interesting. You need a provider. Sometimes an indexer can help. I don't think indexers are totally necessary, but they help find content. and then you need a client to grab whatever topics are subscribed to. 
 So far, with a couple days I've been using it again, the primary advantage I can see is ripping fast downloads. And I'm actually having an easier time finding content that I was having a harder time finding on most public trackers. 

I'm mostly just experimenting right now. I paid for six months of access. And if I don't like it by the end of six months, then I won't continue to pay. But it was cheap to get started.  
 network map:  
https://mediavoid.io/map.svg

Right now, I'm using eweka for my provider. According to the internet, it has better renteion, and you can find older content easier there.  
 I use nzbgeek as an indexer, thats hooked into prowlarr for search then I use sanzbd for my binary downloader.  
 Reading more about Usenet, apparently SSL is sufficient, but being the paranoid bastard that I am, I still run shit through VPN. 
 there should be a nostr speed dating event 
 Id watch that on payperview. I guess thats zap per view on nostr. lamo.  
 just need a Chat roulette like client with nostr intagrated and boom remote video speed dating. In person is better though.  
 That would also work for the remote Karioke 
 Bitcoin conferences during bull market is gonna be... Yeah... No thanks 
 Maybe it's just my opinion, but large Bitcoin conferences have been trash since  inception. Political simping, VC shilling. That's a big no for me. 
 I don’t go to Starbucks because I refuse to do KYC. I am honest to a fault and won’t give a f... 
 Not sure what this says about me, but I give out fake information all the time. 

At least to corporations and random people I'll never meet again. it's never maliciously fake info.  
 I wanna give him a big ol squeeze.  
 all my cats in the past have been big black fluffy grumps.  
 WElp, it looks like satellite.earth is not a good choice for a default for amethyst CDN. If anyon... 
 There is files.sovbit.host you can even make an account now so you can see your uploads.  
 Oh...well i should update the tos. I only nuke CP.  
 Ill check my logs. See whats going on.  
 alright so sorry for they delay. did you hit the registration page before tyring to login? You wont be able to login without doing that first. 
 
 Do any of you actually use AI often?

I see all kinds of stuff saying people are using it a lot b... 
 That's pretty much my exact use case. If I'm having trouble figuring out a programming problem that I'm not that great on, I can usually plop my shitty code in there and it gets me something that at least works.

Also use it for website copy and business related shit that I don't really want to write myself because I'm terrible at using a business tone. 
 One of our regulars is trying to get me to go to his birthday party on Monday. Thanks, but no thanks. 😂 
 Siick. Which one are you using? 
 Yall ever take one of those naps where you wake up in another century and your body doesn't seem to work properly for a few hours? 

 
 Outside of Bitcoin, Monero is the only crypto coin I have a real soft spot for. I don't want it t... 
 Not really, at least in my mind, e-cash privacy is great, but it doesn't really solve any form of custodial problem. So if someone is using custodial lightning on top of custodial e-cash, then it's just one big custodial potential rug clusterfuck. And Monero, as much as people hate on it, is easy to use, and doesn't rely on so many layers of Potential rugs.  
 Remember when they come for your Bitcoin that you voted for this. 
nostr:nevent1qqs9q4hcy4hyh0ynlagxfpjeeh9mknye5phf9zcf6fnzn4eadqa308spzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43z7q3qmznweuxrjm423au6gjtlaxmhmjthvv69ru72t335ugyxtygkv3asxpqqqqqqzxwg0ts 
 You're definitely not wrong there. Really doesn't matter who's in power. 

I'm just going to be an incredibly smug cunt, though, anytime someone who voted for Trump is like, oh my gosh, I didn't see this happening. Like, really? Really? Are you that stupid? 
 I'll totally be happy to be proven wrong too, especially if he does shit like free Ross. I will be eating lots of crow if that happens. 
 Yeah.......

One thing that genuinely confuses me, and this isn't just from Bitcoiners, this is all across the political spectrum, leftist, Republican, whatever, everyone seems to recognize that we have a legitimate problem in the US when it comes to our voting system and who represents us. But everyone keeps feeding the machine because they think that this year they're never going to make a change. Or they unfortunately believe that even if it's with the best intentions that a politician is going to save them. 
 Remember when they come for your Bitcoin that you voted for this. 
nostr:nevent1qqs9q4hcy4hyh0ynlagxfpjeeh9mknye5phf9zcf6fnzn4eadqa308spzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43z7q3qmznweuxrjm423au6gjtlaxmhmjthvv69ru72t335ugyxtygkv3asxpqqqqqqzxwg0ts 
 did anyone else have a rock tumbler when they were a kid? they kind that made smooth polished sto... 
 My dad is a goldsmith....so yeah. Lol.