Good morning,

I'm obsessing over my use of words.

Examples:

Makes me think of > reminds me of

Not unlike > like

Not uncommon > common

Not good > bad

Needless to say... (then why say it?)

Academic writing is the worst offender. Verbosity seems to be the standard. I now consider it a failure if I meet or exceed the minimum word count on an academic assignment.

It's rare that words can't be tossed out.

Have a good day!


Entropia from SeedSigner is cool. I wish they offered one sided words though.


Disagreeing is cool, but it's a lot cooler if you just can't do it at all...
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I think "stop doing X and just stack Bitcoin" is bad advice. Yes, some of us will get very wealthy if the thesis plays out (and it is). But you'll probably just end up being another lottery winner tragedy story if you have no plan beyond just getting rich.

I've been happier using skills to build extra wealth and then store my extra in #Bitcoin. I'm early and will also benefit massively from being early. Cool. But having meaning and purpose is ultimately what I live for.

Yes, doing some things today will be very expensive in terms of sats. But what's the point of sats if you're not living the best possible life while you can (working a job you like, reserving time for family and friends, etc)?

Some people seem to be substituting identity and purpose with sats and I don't think that's going to work out well. I get meaning from how I earn sats, not the sats themselves.

Something to think about.


Make it better to use. Simple, but not necessarily easy.


My Equifax account suddenly fails login (and gives me a number to call during specific hours) when I want to freeze my credit, but the Account tab still takes me to a page where I can change my password, email, and phone number.

Clearly the login happened. There's only an issue when I want to freeze the money maker. Convenient.

#Fiat


Energy being expended to accomplish a task ("very difficult task at hand") is... Work. It even releases a lot of actual heat from all the work being done by the machine. You're reaching and not really providing any more clarity than the form you take issue with.


It's a good idea to freeze your credit accounts at the three bureaus if you're subject to the American credit system.

Others should do whatever the equivalent is if possible.


Global authoritarianism is the only way to prevent it and that is a really hard task that has failed every time it's been tried.

Humans will naturally do this. I'd bet on it.


I don't really get the issue. People could just not donate sats if they disagree with how OpenSats is operated. Or start up something different.

OpenSats isn't perfect, but it isn't easy to be. Especially when it comes to conflicts or bias. Bitcoin and Nostr are still relatively small circles as far as development goes. There's bound to be overlap until more people come into the space.

There are also relatively few people willing/able to stand up and do better. This leads to the same small group of people taking on many roles.


There's hardly a difference between the two in outcomes, but your point should be understood by more people. Far too many people are unaware that they have no power over government because of fiat currency. They don't have to care what we think in such a system.


What would make it evenly distributed?


And then I'd try logging out of the app and back in.


My first shot in the dark suggestion would be to make sure you don't have a VPN on. Tor, etc. Or something similar for whatever network you're on.


Nostr app error messages are something that need a lot of work. A learn more link would be helpful.


The horror of being able to actually buy what you need... Makes me cringe.
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Wild thought, exact coordinates and your name, etc written to the Bitcoin time chain. You're welcome. Fuck headstones.


You won't have a headstone. Sats will be stacked instead in your honor.


Kratter is ice cold. I appreciate it though.
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It's meant to be insulting. I mean exactly what I said. To be more clear, only an uncivilized, filthy cretin would participate in something like that. I'm not a cultural relativist and don't apologize for it.


Fuck em. Do it anyway.


I can't imagine the type of people who would want to participate in something like that. Animals.


I never said they were?


The response from Ryan is what I'm referring to. That's all I'm going on though. I have no reason to doubt Jack here.

To say someone left Nostr isn't entirely accurate given how npubs work, but it's the only way I could think to describe not using it for a period due to a problem.


I'm still amazed that governments are using proprietary software like Windows. Custom GNU/Linux operating systems and other tools seem so obvious to me at the nation state level. It seems reasonable to want to control your stack as much as possible. I'm not sure how one does that using an OS that could have backdoors included by any number of other states where the software is sold and used.


I think someone like Snowden should be the standard for whether Nostr is ready or not. At least if the decentralized, censorship resistant marketing is going to stick around.

A simple client that works well with mainstream privacy/security tools is a must.

I love Nostr. It's cool and it's getting better. But it's a playground right now. I don't think it's ready for people who face death as a consequence for using social media.

I don't even think it's ready for the average user of traditional social media. We can circle jerk and pretend, or we can admit that it's super new and we are early.

It's okay that it isn't ready and pretending otherwise isn't helpful. It may be ready for your needs and expectations, but that isn't necessarily true for others.

Snowden leaving is a pretty big sign that it isn't ready in my opinion. He is THE case study and it doesn't seem to matter to a lot of people.


It seems to me that listing shitcoins has been having the opposite effect over time. It's only going to accelerate as shitcoiners reform and go #Bitcoin only.

I was a shitcoiner for about 3 months before figuring out that Bitcoin was the way (although, I didn't fully grasp it and still don't years later).

People will slowly figure it out as they get rekt and Bitcoiners keep winning.
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Dude, #Bitcoin is dying (again).


I love living life everyday knowing that some (other 😂) dickhead doesn't have control of my wealth.

#Bitcoin is beautiful.


How many people continue using TikTok though?

People's actions are what matter, and freedom technology has relatively few users.

His point stands in my opinion.

You care. I care. He may even care. But that doesn't mean the vast majority of people do. Not even close.
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The waiting for marriage bit usually gets push back, but all the people I know who married and had kids young are divorced and broke.

What used to work isn't necessarily going to anymore. Culture and economics have massively changed. Take your time to mature, build wealth, and find a good quality partner who has done the same.

Thank me later when you're not divorced and broke in your 30s.


What worked in the past isn't necessarily well suited for today. With that in mind:

-Don't get married until you're about 30 and never stop dating your wife.
-Choose your major carefully IF you go to college.
-Continue developing friendships, hobbies, and goals even after marriage.
-Protect your knees/back/etc. They don't last as long as you think they will.
-Live now but plan for a long future


Cat life


Decentralization doesn't cover the cost of running a relay.


Whatever it is, it'll have to be super compelling or everything will need to go straight to shit. Otherwise, I see slow adoption ahead. And that's okay with me.
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Oh, look. #Bitcoin is dying again.


It can be used in lots of contexts.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy


I've seen others fall prey to this scumbag tactic.

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And that's just for a chance to respond/setup a different time to discuss it. Of course, this my answers are from my own perspective and what I would consider ethical in that position. Not everyone shares my ethics in that field. Most are scumbags now, in my opinion.


At least 24 hours in my opinion. Certainly not 3 hours on a Friday.


Probably, but given the vastness of the ocean, it's probably a lot less resource intensive to just continuously clean the beaches. Of course, I'm also a proponent of addressing the root issue.


Mission failed. Lol I'll be canceling my Premium and using it less if that's the shit I have to deal with.


I don't see this when logged into my Premium account, but do in a private window.

The new UI is indeed horrendous.
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My understanding of #Bitcoin begins and ends with my individual needs. Other people understand it in different ways according to their needs and how they use it.

It's just software ultimately. One can understand that by reading the code.

Philosophy and real world use is where the really interesting things happen, in my opinion. That is hard to understand as a single person.

I agree that this is good. It indicates to me that it changes the world in a rare and meaningful way.


I wouldn't be. The whole point of #Bitcoin, in my opinion, is to protect your property and allow you to live life the way you want to.

There's no rule against spending it (which is essentially what you're doing by not buying more) to improve your life. I would be proud of building a better life.

Of course, this is my opinion and your feelings are yours. Just offering a different perspective.


I'm all for a heavily limited state, but property rights can't exist in a state of anarchy.

Military and police for property protection are legitimate in my opinion.

I'm not convinced that there will be less murder, rape, theft, etc with no government at all.


Close enough.


I'm a bit concerned about the proprietary LoRa aspect, but I haven't found anything better yet.


It would be cool. Although, I'm more interested in the remote-ish life.


I think the more relevant question is how was it ever so high? 2006, I'd guess it was part of the big bubble. I could be wrong. It's also 40 years old and probably costing a lot to maintain (building, land, taxes, etc). Someone probably just wanted to write it off while they still can.

All speculation. I know fuck all about commercial real estate.


Every emergency department bathroom should have this, unfortunately.
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I'm not sure that is true for me, but it certainly is for some conditions. We have already been seeing wild advancements even with fiat. I also think it'll get much wilder with sound money and economics.


No shit. What's the point if your extra income will just be eaten by cost of living and probably even higher taxes?

I'd rather make 100k in the Midwest (US).
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I wonder what the #Bitcoin experience is like for people who are blind.

Everything is more challenging. Bitcoin isn't unique in that respect. It's a challenge. But I recently started thinking about UX for people who have conditions like blindness (including color), hearing impairment, etc.

It's also worth thinking about ways to make UX more standardized so that even language isn't a barrier for payments and other uses.

I don't think the Bitcoin space is doing worse than any other, but I'm admittedly a bit clueless since it isn't something I have to deal with.

I'm partially blind in one eye, so I'm a bit more aware than most (since losing my good eye would massively impact my life, and I think about it), but not nearly as aware as I should be.


Bitcoiners will eventually be buying stuff like that to live in lol


Phone killer? Probably not.

But these things are cool. I plan to build some for local family/friend emergency communication. Will test and report experience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40llxjrIG3w


Legend.
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I was referring to your analogy. I dont see any evidence that Israel is murdering people. You just seem to not like their response to being attacked. That doesn't make it murder. That's the whole point of having a state.


It's not legal in any country I know of to sell weapons to someone who you know plans to use them to go off and murder people. It certainly isn't in the US. I don't see why you'd expect a country to standby why another sells to known terrorists who then go off and deploy terror. That's a legitimate reason to be attacked.

You can say there's no evidence, fine. I just take issue with the poor analogy.


MORNING, CAP'N.

FUCK 'EM.


Firefox supports some. But the devs have to build out the support


Do web clients not have mobile styles for small screens? I'd actually be okay using something like that. That's how I used X before going Nostr only.

Although, your extensions would need to work in a mobile browser. Many don't unfortunately.


Treasure map with location of buried #Bitcoin private key. Lol

Mostly Lightning, OpenSats, and increasingly #zaps if I find them on Nostr.

I also try to buy things I need or want from them when that makes sense. Like parts for SeedSigner, for example.
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Heyyyyy thanks!


#Bitcoin somehow led me down this particular rabbit hole years ago. I've been using specialized filters ever since.
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Cashu gang to follow:

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-  nostr:npub1kvaln6tm0re4d99q9e4ma788wpvnw0jzkz595cljtfgwhldd75xsj9tkzv Android wallet
-  nostr:npub1dx5q2el8nd4eh3eg9t2e25fd7zuqg7zxz6ldkc3uzgh66ss2yc6st288sj iOS and Android wallet
-  nostr:npub1pp355axf69z8ndrz8zdnqa54s90e5xy737mwqk9e9cvt606nwszsdx8nu7 eNuts dev
-  nostr:npub1qjgcmlpkeyl8mdkvp4s0xls4ytcux6my606tgfx9xttut907h0zs76lgjw CDK dev
-  nostr:npub185u4z6rjk0qawhqjexqz4vkhd86d29csz7nt3myhv3ahtcq2xxzqvnkvuy Moksha dev
-  nostr:npub1arcweuxy0zkdcg08sljh058qp02ytrgnpzh4csa3ar42szyfgrpsw6ggtw Cashu factory
-  nostr:npub1mhcr4j594hsrnen594d7700n2t03n8gdx83zhxzculk6sh9nhwlq7uc226 npub-cash dev
-  nostr:npub1current7ntwqmh2twlrtl2llequeks0zfh36v69x4d3wmckg427safsh3w USD ecash pioneers
-  nostr:npub1zqsu3ys4fragn2a5e3lgv69r4rwwhts2fserll402uzr3qeddxfsffcqrs ecash UX pioneer
-  nostr:npub1f742zec57c6qk9ajfr8wyjn0s4vrfzh4hesyj2yqplvj5wrfydxsjprpa3 Macadamia dev
-  nostr:npub1dgesr3zcgyjv2z0050h7auzdlf88gycry7tlk7wsypmgngy97yxqv4mccn secp wizard
-  nostr:npub1thunderat5g552cuy7umk624ct5xe4tpgwr2jcjjq2gc0567wgrqnya79l cashu-kotlin dev
-  nostr:npub1a8jh7az9z4etn6s9cms0zm7kpvualkpf8tfx50qrjng3zrl8tl4syde2jz testing and QA
-  nostr:npub1q6mcr8tlr3l4gus3sfnw6772s7zae6hqncmw5wj27ejud5wcxf7q0nx7d5 OG service dev
-  nostr:npub1mznweuxrjm423au6gjtlaxmhmjthvv69ru72t335ugyxtygkv3as8q6mak design
-  nostr:npub13pn45hvfxqy5vpyr03krapqvsjpj34n74u36qz9aynw4svg5ypqszxgctw community
-  nostr:npub1rach342hnt3wa0qfqk0pey0exs2drcxfc0azs8eurwnee9vu64vs834atg Cashu web magician


Ight, I'm launching #Dancoin. Fuck #Bitcoin


I'm in danial.


I've noticed a trend where people conflate criticism of art, software, etc with criticism of the creator(s).

These two things are not the same.


It's worth watching regardless of Bitcoin.


oh shit.

this guy just right click saved a bottle of wine!

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Even if it has been around, I predict a rektoning at some point. The way private keys work with Nostr right now is begging for disaster in my opinion. Especially if broad adoption occurs. Many keys will be stolen if we don't change the current model.


There are 2.1 quadrillion sats and only 8 billion people.

#Bitcoin


I think we'd all be happier if we just didn't use/do what we don't like and moved on.

It's okay that someone else has different values.

I'm game for whatever you want to do that doesn't violate someone else's rights.

Life is better this way for me.


I'd care a lot more about the #Bitcoin halving if there wasn't a known supply cap.

I get it, sUpPlY sQuEeZe, but we all already know the total supply. Most people will trade for goods and services they need now and in the future, so it isn't like people will have no access to it when new supply stops or slows.

It's a cool historical thing but I don't get some of the hype. Many people seem to have a timer set like it's a pivotal point where everything changes and I just don't think it'll be that interesting.

Fiat will continue to decline, miners will continue to mine.

We already have increasing demand and low supply, yet the fiat price is super low (IMO). This game will be longer than any single halving. I think adoption and trust are bigger factors.

Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know everything.


Do these claims account for peer-to-peer exchanges?
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#Bitcoin lol https://image.nostr.build/7b24463636b8830842f472ea36335b48721e926f844a2736f775062f14885ba7.gif


Not all roads are public and not all of cyberspace should be either. But yes, #Nostr is good. Although, not all of Nostr necessarily must be public either. One could run a private or invite only relay as far as I know.


Me using #Obtainium for as many of my apps as I can.

https://image.nostr.build/7f7b54ee6487b02a106180fdee06497278e6ba1bc1b58de42cb2c58d77e6abcb.gif


I've moved most of my apps to it and quite like it.


I would like to see more common products be offered with miners though. Space heaters, water heaters, etc. Of course, having the option to mine in apps probably wouldn't hurt anything. At least people could choose


Not every user wants their device and network to be used for mining just because they use a 'Bitcoin app'. Whatever that even means.


Lol
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It's called fiat for a reason.


Making #Bitcoin payments in decimal form is annoying for me. Sats in a lot simpler and makes more sense. More than one or two zeroes deep makes it difficult to know the relative value of what I'm sending. It's also arbitrary. Sats isn't.


Odell is a guy I respect and plan to meet someday. Mike Alfred is someone I vaguely remember seeing on a centralized app that valued a dictator over people. I think he knows who Odell is and is trying to promote himself in this scummy way. Oh well, moving on to the next thing where the creators and innovators are.


Absolutely. And carry a gun. Don't go to places that respect you so little that doing so is forbidden. Leave such places ASAP. Fight to keep this right if you already have it.
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Someone who clearly doesn't matter.


The total lack of self-awareness is astounding.

Odell lost nothing and gained everything.
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I really wish I could buy stuff from this company.
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I'll say shit, nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx. Saylor is not here for freedom maximalism, has attacked the idea of Bitcoin as a MoE, and, based on what you're saying, doesn't support Bitcoin development.

End the hero worship. It's never a good look.

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That's the one!


I find wet surfaces particularly intriguing for some reason. I was captivated by one of your paintings with a wet ground and reflections of street lamps. I have no idea why.


Also, what are you using to autozap? I didn't know this was a thing.


It looks like some may have been on one of my posts. I can send it back if you want.


For the record, I happen to agree that improving cloud computing is a good idea. It can serve some people very well who might not otherwise have access to it.

But I also think we should improve self-hosting and sovereign computing for those who, like me, benefit more from computing we can fully control where possible.

It's crazy to imagine, but maybe more than one thing can be true. It could be that many will benefit from cloud computing AND many will go back to local for different benefits (they already are). My goal was to highlight my experience and thoughts on what some people may do in the future.

I'd like to make ownership of computing easier. You seem to make cloud computing easier in the current landscape. Awesome. It really isn't one or the other and that wasn't what I was trying to say.


I often agree with objections to the way I say things and it is something I am trying to get better at. But alienating people based on their demographics is a losing strategy if equality is really the goal.


I thought I made it pretty clear that I was talking about my own individual perspective and concerns about average people doing this today.

It turns out that not every human on the planet values the same things. Some of us are and will be willing to make certain tradeoffs. Hardware also gets cheaper over time, so what is too expensive today won't be in the future. What is technically hard today won't necessarily be in the future (which is why I commented on this becoming easier for average people in the future).


I said in the post that I was writing this from my individual perspective.

I said there will always be an application for cloud computing.

I don't see it as a multiplier for myself in every aspect, which is why I stated that this is my perspective. You don't get to decide this for everyone.

I never said that self hosting solves everything. In fact, I said the opposite.

Who are you to decide what is and isn't forward for everyone? I've found that going back to local solutions in some aspects has been better for me.

You really injected a lot into this that simply wasn't there. Just because I think many will return to local software/hardware in the future (especially since hardware gets cheaper), doesn't mean I'm saying cloud computing will go away.

You seem to think you're the defacto source for what is best for everyone. It's entirely possible that some people will value different things than you. It's already happening. And I clearly stated my concerns regarding the difficulty for average people to do this currently.


Mansplaining is a sexist term.

This can be easily demonstrated by the fact that the exact same response made by a woman would not be considered mansplaining, even if the same objections to the response remain. This negates the very concept of sexual equality.

It's a way of dismissing someone's response by highlighting their sex. That's sexist.

You could just state your (potentially valid) objection to their response without bringing attention to their sex. That wouldn't be sexist.

I'm certainly not perfect and often struggle with communication, but it's pretty hard to keep up with the arbitrary standards for men these days. I don't know what using terms like this is supposed to achieve, but it sure seems counterproductive to me, especially when used against men who defend equality for women.

Good luck with this tactic.


Yes, the first part was directed at you because you're the one who made me think of this topic and it's your post. The end became far more general and may not apply to you so I stated that. I have no reason to cover my ass. I don't care if you or anyone else take anything from my thoughts or not. It doesn't change my reality. I'm good financially and just wanted to share what's worked for me in case someone can benefit. Try it or don't. I don't care.

And calling out my sex in place of my actual thoughts is weak as fuck. Funny enough, I actually learned a lot about good financial health from my wife who was far better with money when we met. Nice try though. Peace.


I know the "cloud" is the big thing, but I predict a return to local software/hardware at some point.

The cloud is just someone else's computer. Whatever I thought the benefits were at one point (I can't even remember) no longer outweigh the cost and loss of control.

There will always be a need for offsite backups and internal clouds, but I just don't see the appeal as an individual anymore. I'm even looking into ways to have 'offsite' backups that I still control.

One idea I've had is syncing to devices in my vehicle, home, and any other space I control. This has downsides, but one location going down wouldn't cause total data loss. It's proven to be quite an engineering task.

Factors to consider include device power needs (like in a car), the effect of weather on devices (hot/cold car), security, sync technology (Syncthing is promising), how often I can be in each place for a sync, etc. Cell connected devices may be a solution here.

I think it's possible and could become easier for average people with enough time and work.


I think you're running in circles and over thinking this. I used to be broke, and now I'm not. I followed a pretty simple strategy.

-Stop using credit (digging a deeper hole)
-Create a budget monthly and follow it
-Gain skills and increase income
-Store excess wealth in Bitcoin.

That's all I did, and I'm now pretty well off. I grew up with parents who were "poor" and broke the cycle by essentially doing the opposite of what they did.

I instead read a lot of books written by people who were wealthy and did some of what they told me to do.

Like magic, I'm now a lot wealthier than I was.

I started buying Bitcoin at the ATH and continued on the way down and still do now. My strategy is to not even look at the fiat price. I just put the extra fiat in on schedule every month, and after averaging out, I'm pretty much always winning these days.

The absolute top thing I did was stop taking money advice from people who have none. Like clockwork, I usually get responses on comments like this from people who are broke telling me how wrong I am. I've been so broke I slept in beat down car. I lived on Ramen to the point that I got sick.

All of that changed when I simply stopped thinking and started doing. Obviously, situations are relative. Someone who lives in North Korea lives under a gun. You can't do much in that situation. But if you're broke in a western country then it's pretty likely that you're not listening to the right people.

I know all of the excuses because I grew up hearing them and using them. It's easier than  it has ever been to improve your financial state for most of us.

People starting out (they're starting at a lower price than I did inflation adjusted) should stop buying into the poor mindset. That's why they think the price is high. Looking at it from a growth mindset immediately makes it clear that 70k in fiat is still laughably cheap. Instead, most will look back at 1M+ and complain about not buying at 70k. Rinse and repeat, never getting the real problem.

Little psychological strategies will never compensate for a broken mentality. One must face head on reality and do as much as possible to change it for the better. I'm not Bill Gates, but I'm a hell of a lot better off than I was before I started living this way.

Do whatever you want with this. It's not directed at anyone in particular and it's working for me, so I don't really care if anyone disagrees. It isn't a debate either. You do you.


This is a fantastic book by Ayn Rand.

#AynRand #Capitalism

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Ayn Rand was certainly a unique human. You may like some of Yaron Brook's content.

I recommended the following books if you haven't read them already:

Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
The Virtue of Selfishness


What you call individualism is the result of collectivism. Collectivist-altruist philosophy and tribalism is what leads to people who can't think or properly defend their positions. A lack of individualism is the problem.

An individual necessarily must think and use reason in this world. A collectivist follows a tribe and uses violence or fallacies because he has nothing else to offer.


Wealth is created. Creation doesn't happen through violence. Many people conflate wealth and theft. They aren't the same thing. Wealth and violence are only tied so far as property rights are only possible with a legitimate government that prevents violence (theft) among men, and uses violence only in that context and for that end (to retaliate on the victim's behalf, in accordance with law).


We will never see #Bitcoin below $46,923.82 again.


I love seeing my friends succeed. It's a wonderful feeling.


Why don't you feel that way now then? There's no evidence one way or other anyway. Would you just say fuck humans if there was more intelligent life? It seems like intelligence level is your value and not humanity for its own sake. That's depressing to me.


What a retarded system. Why the fuck would a judge be allowed to ban an entire social media company? Lol Ridiculous


It hasn't even hit ATH in USD inflation adjusted.


No, because I try to live the best life I can for myself already. To do that, I must pursue my own rational self-interest. It just happens that pursuing my own rational self-interest also benefits others. I think that's true in most cases. Otherwise, what you're doing is self-sacrifice and I think that's evil.

My purpose is not to make sure that future humans survive. My purpose is to live my one life to the fullest to the extent I can. There is no moral duty beyond that (of course, having children would impose a moral duty, but that is a separate issue and a reason people should choose only after deep reflection).

It happens that I value humans greatly and already want them to thrive, regardless of whether or not something more intelligent exists. So to answer, I already am. Humanity itself is already enough for me. I wouldn't forsake it just because something else exists.

Read The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand. She makes a lot of good points on this topic.


It depends on what you mean by collective survival and what it is you think I should be responsible for. I'm responsible for my own survival. I may contribute things that help others survive (like my work in emergency medicine, for example), but I don't owe anyone my time in this position. It isn't my responsibility to keep doing it. It is my responsibility to not violate the rights of others to survive, but I'm not ultimately responsible for them.

Again, this depends on what you mean. It's a broad question.


#Bitcoin could help with this.
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MKULTRA, lots of fucked up shit. And they probably just got better at hiding it.


They'll be happier if they buy expensive filters lol I saw some encouraging work on systems that can pull that shit out at the water processing level though. Hopefully it ends up working.


There's no way they can actually compensate for how widespread this issue is. It's pretty much in all water on the planet at this point.


I can't figure out what a hell thread is. Maybe that's a good sign lol (Using #Amethyst)


#Nostr only. Let's onboard Brazil.
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*unless a dictator asks us to suppress political opposition.
**Free speech available at our sole discretion
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No, you're not missing anything. It's retarded.


No, it works around the problem. There is clearly a problem somewhere else, as I didn't have the problem back when I used X or any other app I use.


It has crashed for me for several versions, but I do use GrapheneOS with default keyboard.


I'd rather see more fine tuning, bug fixes, UI improvement, etc rather than anything new. For example, tagging people still causes the app to crash for me (latest version). Typing has a bug that causes spaces between words to delete. New features are great, but existing ones should work perfectly first in my opinion.

I also hate auto draft and would like to disable it. A Save Draft button would be better for me. Nothing I type should be saved, sent or read until I deliberately decide so. Currently, it feels invasive. I shouldn't have to request deletion for something I didn't even want saved.


Fuck. Yes.
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Nostr Pre-crime Division lol


How do I turn off drafts in Amethyst? I don't want the relays to know what I almost posted but needed up not posting.


It's quite strange living in a country that is pretty much first in line at the fiat spigot (USA) and seeing what's going on in the countries farther away. The people here have no clue.

Most Americans don't even know what central banks do. They've been able to be clueless for the past century.

I'm glad other countries are waking up. In the end, I think Americans will benefit from the pressure created by other countries figuring #Bitcoin out first.

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Karnage the Wise


Interesting. I tend to identify more with Ayn Rand's Galt's Gulch, but those are basically the vibes I'm feeling.

Maybe creating and letting people come as they wish is the way. Chasing people just doesn't work.


Convincing westerners that they need Bitcoin (even if they don't know it yet) is so exhausting. I'm at the end of this era in my journey.

I've given out free books, time, signing devices, and even sats. I've offered to condense what I spent literally thousands of hours learning. Philosophy, economics, computer science, mathematics, cybersecurity, etc.

And I've convinced like 2 people in real life (and even they haven't fully committed). It's a total waste of MY time. I used to feel like I needed every pleb I could get (I think we are leaving this phase), but it's becoming increasingly clear that I should be targeting the people who already know they need Bitcoin and WANT my help.

I should be putting all these hours into building for #Bitcoin / #Nostr / #FreedomTech.

It just gets old trying to help people who don't want to acknowledge reality.

There are more than enough humans out there who want and need our help. Fuck the rest.

Hopefully this note is useful to someone else sharing my experience.

Stay proud, stack sats, and probably learn Spanish.


Nice.


www.chainalysis.com/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbrett/2024/03/28/amid-bitcoin-fog-operator-conviction-are-crypto-mixers-now-illegal/?sh=7905fbca4605

Basically, financial privacy and security now carries with it a concern for being imprisoned.

I think the people building the tools used by government are pieces of shit. I also think the software is shit and could potentially land any of us in prison if our Bitcoin has ever been mixed.


Mine too. Nostr has gotten better in my experience.


Maybe the Satslink from CoinKite will eventually become a phone.


The people building #Bitcoin spy software for governments are pieces of shit.


Counting each human and then grouping sats by the 100M makes no sense. It's arbitrary and makes assumptions that aren't true.


Lol Yeah, let's stop elevating the people most likely to benefit humanity. Much better to focus on the lowest common denominator instead.

Ayn Rand was right.
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Government, particularly California, is so fucking incompetent.

And people want them to control healthcare and money.
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Work in healthcare: stitch that shit yourself

Lol


No shit. The entire OS is garbage.
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You have to be careful even buying cables these days. I've stopped buying most electronics from places like Amazon.


Time in is better than timing. That's the biggest lesson I've learned since coming in as class of 2021. Stacked from ATH down and now I can stay good even with a 50% drop.


Share this with the Phoenix team if you're a user. They should know how much we value #zaps. I'm sure this has other applications anyway.
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Will do.


I'm actually working on figuring out what I need to know to get involved. It would be cool if the top Bitcoin and Nostr devs got together and published some sort of git repo or something that points people like me in the right direction. It's been a challenge figuring out exactly what I should spend the bulk of my time learning.


ODELL actually mentioned it in a conversation with someone from the team recently. I'll definitely send them feedback. Thanks!


Thanks for the clarification. I suppose that's the beauty of a free market. You're doing one hell of a good job, for what it's worth.


Oof. I love #zaps and #Amethyst splitting, but this is cumbersome when using an external wallet like Phoenix. It's also fee heavy.

I have no idea how to do this better or if it even can be. Just sharing thoughts as I come across friction. Of course, I'm somewhat experiencing the consequences of tradeoffs here, which is my own choice.
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I'd greatly appreciate specifics on what you're referring to here.


The number has to go up for it to succeed. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a safe haven against inflationary theft. It also wouldn't be a scarce asset, since that's exactly what scarce assets do. People have to want it. The incentives are designed to bring in everyone. That's the only way to finally end the corruption.

Also, the whole point of #Bitcoin is that everyone can participate without gatekeepers. Keeping banks out would require us to essentially destroy the primary benefit of Bitcoin.

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I know people in real life who will spend fiat at casinos and on lottery tickets but won't buy #Bitcoin.

They'll buy something that is provably stacked against them but won't own an asset that has outperformed all others.

What a clown world.


I hope we can all agree on this. Awful.
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A custom Gnu/Linux system is the only way for governments in my opinion. It's such a huge security risk to use closed software made by a company in a foreign country.
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This is really cool.

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Lol yeah... I try to channel it into productive feedback at least. And things have been getting better. I've seen improvement and I'm only class of 21. It's exciting.


Fuck it, I ordered some anyway because you guys are doing cool stuff.

I built a couple SeedSigners though and I highly recommend it. Was fun and they are quite useful. I may try building a COLDCARD next.


I completed my order for a reserved #COLDCARD Q and thought this Mk4 was so hilarious that I added it to the order.

Beautiful. Maybe some day it'll end up in a #Bitcoin museum.

P.S. I kind of wish it was real gold. Maybe it will be once we demonetize gold. https://image.nostr.build/48394faca637e696e2fdcb5882ef0cc2656a8840c2ef1a80ab2583a8111f714d.jpg


Your counter argument to mine is semantics and to call it nonsense. Government regulatory control to the degree finance and healthcare are controlled in the US effectively removes the benefits of private systems. To call it technically private does not negate that fact. Your points are weak and no one cares about your mooc from University of Nicosia. Markets and reality trump your appeal to authority.


Owning something that is controlled by someone else is hardly ownership at all.


Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
The Virtue of Selfishness

She also has many interviews worth watching.


Where is this idea even coming from? Nostr is still very young and has made massive progress in a short time.

I'm bullish as fuck on #Nostr.
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Ayn Rand's work.


They demand you let them in only to demand that you let them out. Lol


I can see it with Amethyst.


Nostr wouldn't even exist without the idealists. It stands to reason that departing from those ideals is what would actually destroy Nostr. I wouldn't use it if it were the same as the other things I left.


Currently happening before our eyes.

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This is good advice and is something I've noticed in my own life. I've stopped reaching out to people who are going nowhere. I've stopped trying to save those who don't put any effort into saving themselves. I no longer waste time worrying about the criticisms of people who aren't even where I want to be.

My life has significantly improved.

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Then blame the regulators. I'm sure they'd gladly do more business if they could.


What a beauty.


Not really. It's great because it's an open protocol (not a platform at all). The protocol can be used to build a fiat platform, whatever that means, if you wish.


They overpaid for a vehicle that no one wants and are then shocked when the price collapse happens. That isn't depreciation. That's market forces telling the company to fuck off.

It was never worth 69k. Never buy a vehicle based on features that don't exist yet, unless you are okay with getting stuck with an unfinished vehicle.
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The chat based trade in Bisq 2 is annoying as hell. I really hope they don't plan to make this the default.

The trade channel is a support forum more than anything else. Letting people fire off chats in the open and in the middle of the trade interface makes no sense to me (reading the chats, it appears I'm not alone).

It's feeling more like Slack than an exchange. Really bizarre UX.

I can also imagine a lot of people getting scammed using this. The first thing I would do (as a scammer) is complete some sales between several Bisq profiles I control (to increase reputation) and then rug someone good later on. Rinse and repeat.

No good in my opinion. Especially as a default for new users.


In the case of #Bitcoin, it can be argued that you're gaining security AND liberty.
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Well, I don't see any hatred in this. His opinion may not be strictly accurate in all cases, but that doesn't make it bigotry. That term in general is often abused. If this is the worst of the alleged bigotry, I'd say the term is being abused.


How is he a bigot?


War is awful.


HandBreak is a nice open source video compressor. Wish I could zap them ;)
https://handbrake.fr/


There's no reason to use a 100M sat word when a 100k sat word will do.


I try to give back 😂


😂 The next zapathon will be quite brutal for me since I'm using Phoenix to zap right now 💀


#zapathon test me


Even Trezor is better than that. By a lot.


You do you.


#Bitcoin wouldn't have made it without these types of people. Now look at it. I don't see how #Nostr is any different.

The people who aren't Bitcoiners probably haven't fought for much and don't care as much about the principles that make Nostr great (yet). They'd likely just end up with another version of what they all already flock to.

I think they will come to Nostr as things get worse, but the seed of liberty is required first. Most people follow and flock to what people like us create. They don't create themselves.

Basically, I don't think Nostr would have happened without Bitcoiners and frankly, it didn't. It didn't exist before.

I think people will adopt it and bring their crowds over once it's ready to receive them. Why? Because those other platforms aren't going to become more free over time. I just don't see it happening. People, whether they know it or not, do prefer freedom. It just takes people like us to build it and make it easy for them.

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I'm so stoked for the COLDCARD Q1 that I *almost* want to go to Canada and do whatever I can to help get it shipped. 🍁

Ready to ditch this fucking Trezor.

#coldcard


I wouldn't fund Elon Musk at this point. You do you though.


Shit, I guess this would actually be before Follow.


4) Not a shitcoin degen? Lol


JS and Java. I'm now focusing on Python and C++. Having these four under your belt handles any situation I can think of. It's nice that knowing these gives you some knowledge of others as well.


That's what made me consider this option. Because cutting people off after they text me is a lot harder than them choosing to just never contact me by not using Signal. It's also harder to convince someone who is already talking to you through SMS, at least in my theory here. It sounds like you've tested that theory.


Why would Israel guarantee the safety of people aiding their enemies? The people in Gaza should revolt against Hamas if they truly don't support them.

Hamas is getting supplies from somewhere, and I'd bet that at least some of it comes from these alleged humanitarian deliveries.

Disincentives for Gazans to revolt is only prolonging this issue. It's going to require an absolute intolerance for Hamas for this shit to ever end.
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1. How do they know what Satoshi would do?
2. Why does it matter anyway?

Satoshi is/was human(s). Not everything they think or do is necessarily correct.

We all have to think for ourselves and make choices based upon our own thinking and principles. Otherwise, you're probably looking for a cult rather than the truth.

Stay proud and stack sats.


Collective Intelligence makes even less sense to me.


I can say SeedSigner, but that isn't really the best for people who want a device that stores their key, for example.


There is no best. It depends on what you want.


That's not really the point here. I'm not worried about giving my number, I'm worried about people sending me SMS because that's what people naturally do with a phone number.


Why would I give my phone number knowing I likely won't respond? That's the whole point of this note.


It's kind of rare, but I sometimes give my phone number to people I meet and want to connect with more. Usually, I'm well into the relationship development before doing this.

I'm considering giving people my #Signal username instead of my phone number. If they don't contact me, fine. If they do, they're doing it through Signal.

I'm interested in opinions on this approach. I'm thinking it through, but I have blind spots.

For context, I hate SMS and simply do not want to use it. I don't want to increase my usage. I'm also not using WhatsApp, Facebook, SnapChat, or any of the other popular apps people use.

I'm starting to question if relationships are even worth building with people who are so misaligned with my values. Maybe I've answered my own question, but I'd still like input.


It doesn't matter in a free market. The issue with centralization is when others aren't allowed to compete. I don't think there's a magic number of providers that separates good from bad (or 'centralized'). I think we need to reframe the term to reflect the actual problem.

You're providing a service that people want. Anyone who can do it better is free to.


Plenty already. Hell, I've been one myself at times.
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Healthcare is controlled by government at practically every point in the US. Government controls licensing too. It's impossible to have truly private healthcare in the US. Mostly because the bulk of the income comes from government spending (theft) and the inability of innovators to meaningfully compete.


Lol The US hardly has private healthcare. It's the most regulated industry second only to the financial industry. And the government uses it's control of currency and healthcare spending to dictate a lot of things we do in healthcare (I work in healthcare). We have to do all sorts of goofy shit because of government. On top of that, competition is stifled by things like Certificate of Need laws that prevent competitors from coming into a given region. This leads to very few providers being able to essentially do whatever they want. And insurance (financial industry, the most regulated) is pretty well controlled by government to the point that we can't really innovate there either.


Yeah, I'm sure they had no involvement in economics such that investors didn't want to be there. Lol Companies don't typically leave environments where they are left free to transact. And basic things in a society dont tend to not happen when government leaves markets alone to address them. I don't buy it. Which country?


Government shouldn't be involved in healthcare at all. Markets will handle it.


Thanks, Calle.


I was shocked when I saw the fee. I almost thought my wallet was punking me. Thankfully, I can always increase the fee now so I have no problem sending it and seeing what happens.


It just doesnt make sense to me for them to require KYC and then allow such platforms to offer private ecash. It seems that the whole point is to track the movement of value. Unless you're saying they can still do the tracking bit.


Then how is it private?


It's bizarre when people complain about politicians getting nothing done.

My life is almost always made worse when they do get something done.

The best case for most of us is a government so split that it doesn't do much of anything.

Funny enough, that's closer to what a legitimate government looks like. They should provide a military, courts, property protection and not much else.

We don't really need a lot of little dictators getting their way for that to exist.

My voting strategy lately is to vote with the intent of creating the largest roadblock for any politician to "get stuff done."


I don't see governments allowing KYC platforms to essentially negate KYC on the platform.

Maybe I'm missing something.


Nothing is stopping you from posting whatever it is you think would be better. Nostr is very young and has been worked on by almost exclusively Bitcoiners, who are not crypto bros. Those terms mean completely different things.

Human society can not function in a healthy manner without healthy money. You dont have to be interested in human flourishing, but some of us are.

You're free to watch Netflix or whatever other garbage is on TikTok, etc. Or you could start contributing whatever it is you value on Nostr. You're here very early. Expecting to see much else is absurd. Nostr is a protocol. You can post whatever you like using it.


Good men cherish and protect women because of the value they bring to life on earth.

If you go around trying to hurt women and place them beneath you, you're what is called a loser.

I don't care if you disagree so don't bother telling me.


I don't see how this will result in fewer Nostr users, so what are you going on about?

There are many people who only use Twitter because certain people post there. More people could finally ditch X without giving up that aspect of using it.


None of the men I associate with support treating women this way.

Men should shame the losers back into the shadows where they belong.

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It literally isn't though. You're wrong lol


#Bitcoin is dying again.

Someone grab the crash cart!


Lol Most companies already did this on their own due to market forces. I haven't seen a minimum wage job in years. It's almost like markets are better at figuring this stuff out than governments and academia.
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Why the fuck does Apple have a regulator?
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Maybe they'll buy the ETF.


#Bitcoin
https://odysee.com/@TraderUniversity:a/bitcoin-is-nonviolent-money:c


It works.


I wanted hyperlinks that work, I just didn't want the previews scattered throughout the note. I just wanted a note with links only.

I guess we can try it. Click this and see if the link works for you: duckduckgo.com


I don't think it will. Modern browsers understand that most people mean to use the web when they post a link without the protocol and www.


I never would have guessed that, especially since not all of the links do have a preview. They also don't show up when editing the note. I'm used to having an X button or something that removes it from the post. Thanks for letting me know!


I'll give it.


In the process of learning now. We are coming. Please standby. 🫡


Another year closer to the point at which nothing they do will prevent collapse.


Does anyone know how to prevent link previews in #Amethyst? It's cluttered and inconsistent. I'd rather just remove them.
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For the normies/impatient (like me):
https://fedoraproject.org/
https://linuxmint.com/ (the most Windows-like layout listed here)

For the old and crusties who don't like change:
https://almalinux.org/
https://www.debian.org/

For the paranoid:
https://www.qubes-os.org/
https://www.whonix.org/
https://tails.net/

For the masochists/neck beards:
https://archlinux.org/

Just find a Gnu/Linux distro that works for you and get rid of the other nonsense.

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There may not be a single solution. I think we'll see many solutions that people can adopt. I can't eradicate all losers from the internet. We have to work with the tools we have for the best possible experience at the individual level.

Paid relays will likely be a must for any level of peace going forward.


Lol California can go fuck itself. Side thought, it's bad enough that social media companies are so centralized as it is, but having so many tech companies in one state (California at that) is 💀

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Life would only get as good as the cap you put on producers. I'm not going to innovate when you tell me it won't matter; that I'll get nothing more for it.

What the hell constitutes extreme anyway?


Depends on what your goal is. If it's business, then you won't get very far not caring how many people engage your notes.


#Nostr only. All the rest is shit anyway.
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They should have already been thoroughly destroyed. It's disgusting that Israel has been so soft.


Hamas terrorists are animals, and should be out down as such.

“So Hamas built this grand strategy to destroy Israel, and to kill all Jews,” he states, noting that “it’s unique that we have a terror group that nobody is willing to actually listen to, even when they say, ‘this is [exactly] what I was trying to do; this is my plan.’”

“They’ve [explicitly] said since the war began, ‘I will repeat October 7,’ ‘That was just a warm- up,’ and ‘I want to do it over and over again to achieve my grand strategy,’” he added.

#israel #nostr

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Lol #Nostr only. Fuck WeChat of the west.
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LinkedIn is so lame. I forgot I even had an account until some person in my feed was deplatformed from it. Deleted it and went back to forgetting it exists. Lol Fuck em.
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Who deals with the ecash end of things? You're pretty much back to where we are with custodial Lightning solutions for zaps as far as I know.

To be clear, my knowledge of ecash development right now is slightly above zero. There's too much to keep up with everything lately, which is a great problem to have.


I'm interested in the Satslink device from Coinkite. I can imagine a lot of cool stuff.

A #Nostr client would be pretty neat. GameBoy style games, obviously.

There could be some cool uses for offline encrypted communication between people in close proximity. That's possible on smartphones already, but the lower power needs could be useful in rough times.

Or someone could just turn it into a BitBerry, which would basically be a BlackBerry-like device with all the cool #Bitcoin / #Lightning / #Nostr / etc functionality.

Really cool.


Me too, although I'm curious how it would be secured and what compatibility issues might arise with other email providers.


Fair enough. I absolutely hate it.


Someone asked me recently how I am receiving #zaps since I'm using Phoenix to send them (after Alby sending broke).

The answer is still Alby, since receiving still works.

However, Phoenixd is looking like a possibility in the near future.

Just wanted to share that for anyone who cares. I've put zero work into figuring out how this will work or how practical it is at this point.

I will definitely share my thoughts once I work on implementing it.

Sovereign #zaps sounds really cool.


Thanks. This looks like something I can use.


Of course. I deeply value the women in my life. We've evolved together and I think the good of being together certainly extends to the digital world. Unfortunately, there are a lot of weak men in the world today, and they come to places like this as an outlet.

I don't know anything about this particular issue, but I've noticed it in plenty of other situations.


I quite enjoy seeing women come into #Bitcoin and #Nostr. There are too many losers in the world masquerading as men.


What is a wine filter?


My first piece of advice would have been to avoid Ledger.


Sneaky snakes are in the FOSS garden.

I'm glad to see them getting exposed.


There are certainly benefits to being anon and I think people should make that choice for themselves.

I chose not to be because I think hiding gives power and legitimacy to those I would hide from . I think it's more powerful to stand openly and say what I think (in my given context and opinion).

I think one can do both too. There are so many different situations that being anon can be useful and have absolutely nothing to do with my reason above.

I want my political and philosophical ideals to be in the open for the reason outlined above (someone living in North Korea would benefit from the opposite), but sharing something like security advice anon makes a lot of sense.

For example, I've posted about leaving a #Bitcoin hardware device and/or seed phrase (containing Bitcoin) in the open as a decoy. Cool, but now the world knows I do that.

I'm glad that tools are being built that allow people to choose based upon context and needs. It's going to be super important going forward.


Lol


SimpleLogin is pretty cool.

simplelogin.io


You could make this same argument for the early internet/Web, yet here we are. Lol

UX has improved massively and pulling the plug on the entire internet would kill most humans at this point.

Good luck to HIM.


What a loser.


Molly is just a client, which I use, but it still uses Signal servers. The normies in my life are all using proprietary OS and software anyway, so I just stick with recommending Signal for brand consistency.

It's hardly any different unless you're using Molly-FOSS (I am) but many of the people I recommend Signal to can't because it doesn't work on their devices.

I love Molly, but getting new users on it is a lot more work than just having them download Signal. Which is already a lot of work.


Do you mean someone posing as you or just commenting on your notes?


*De-evolution
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Who?


My first pull request for a FOSS project was accepted.

I literally just added a missing i in #Obtainium, but it was honest work. 😂

Can't wait to do more meaningful work.

P.S. Obtainium is great. Check it out.


Everyone who texts me and gets a response will now see a signature on all of my texts that says signal.org

I try not to be too pushy, but sometimes I can't help myself.


It's the lack of doing work ourselves that got us here. And here we are, blaming their design instead of ourselves. They had to bleed for it. The design is better than any other in human history and works exactly as the People have demanded that it work (inefficiently involved in every part of our lives).


They were also willing to fight and die for it. No government will be good when the People are as dumb and lazy as many Americans are today. We got complacent and fell asleep at the wheel. The design has little to do with it. In fact, we'd probably be much worse off if the US government design wasn't so good. It's quite resilient even with a population that largely doesn't resist anymore.


My guess is that they have $1000 net worth, of which $50 is stuck on Coinbase in 'Bitcoin'. Fuck em.


What are they even trying to say here? They are allocating 95% to the fiat system they seem to be complaining about lol


Nostr on a GameBoy would be sweet.


Follow up: Wow. Funny how history and culture value people who do evil more than the people who do this level of good.

Everyone knows Hitler, yet I had no idea who these men were.


Lol I spent a good bit on the System76 Launch and love it. Life is too fucking short to not have a good keyboard.


Lol Bullshit. Work can be an extremely meaningful part of life. Besides, people used to work a hell of a lot more to survive that what's described here. That isn't slavery.


No.


Absolutely. I just want the ability to see only those I follow in a post order I choose (newest to oldest, oldest to newest, etc). I like the idea of letting people switch between them depending upon mood. Similar to how #Amethyst has Global, etc, except applied to open algos.


All of this is super relative and dependent. I'd take 21 sats over one million bot likes or likes that lead to no other value generation. Value here isn't even possible to totally measure, which is why I said it's tough. Word of mouth, etc are all really hard to measure. I've had people see posts, tell me about it in person, and I then went and bought something from the company that made the post. But I've also generated more income from posts with very few likes in the past compared to those with more. It also depends on the goal. You could just want to share information to as many people as possible. Views and likes matter more there.

There isn't a single best option here. It's all relative.


Cool, but I use the zap button as a like button now. The algorithm is failing if it isn't accounting for people like me. It seems to me that the most valuable posts are the ones that generate actual value. Otherwise, you're just focusing on what a particular algorithm considers valuable. A like costs nothing. A zap costs something real.

You could get a million likes and it means less than a single 21 sat zap unless the post is leading to increased income in some other way. Zaps kind of complicate things here because it's possible for very few zappers to theoretically add more value than a lot more likers. And some people could do both. It's tough.


Happy Easter! In our family we do Easter egg hunts a little differently. Easter eggs filled with tannerite. Kids get prizes for hitting the eggs. #easter #grownostr #2A https://image.nostr.build/f8b5728fd47fb142f829bee4f373febd39950b23a96df15049bdb954531279ab.jpg


So you just copy pasta other people's notes? Lol


There are examples of modern "lottery miners" (meaning the probability is so low that you're basically just buying a lottery ticket) finding blocks. One example is a guy who found that his R Pi solved a block. It's really the same for all miners, it's just that more power increases probability.


What was the widely distrusted piece of software?


The existence of a poor counter argument does not mean you are right.


Bjarne Stroustrup has already spoken about bringing safety to C++. He also made a compelling argument that just jumping to Rust or whatever new technology still leaves us with many of the same problems.

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They put CO2 out every time they breathe. Maybe they should tie plastic bags over their heads to catch all of it.
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If he earns a living doing it then he is a professional. Not all professionals necessarily do the same things.


At least they give it back at some point.


April Fools is so annoying. If you have a six year old, great, have fun with them. But grown men doing it to each other is really quite cringe.


You'll find that there are a lot of disciplines in this space; economics, mathematics, politics,  philosophy, computer science, engineering, cyber security, financial services, etc. It is a lot because #Bitcoin is affecting pretty much every industry and area of human life (by design). Bitcoin itself is actually quite simple. It's all the other human stuff that can be complex. Follow the paths that interest you most.


Not all of the Bitcoin price in USD is due to a loss in purchasing power of USD. Supply and demand is also a factor. USD is absolutely not buying 3x less than it did 1 year ago on average.


It's probably quite difficult. Cool to see though.


I wonder if a terminal based one exists. That would be interesting and bizarre.


Nice wood.


Just reserved a #COLDCARD Q. Can't wait to see what shenanigans I can get into with it.


Going #Nostr only felt great. Burning the X to the ground felt even better.

Fuck 'em.
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I was leaving mine active and unused to make a point, but fuck it. #NostrOnly https://image.nostr.build/e89ec93bbe25e3923a1b55abd448f601f6e16eb898d73a7ec89bc7e2b56ddee1.jpg


This is pretty cool.

I'm reminded of Syncthing. Check it out for local file syncing between devices. https://github.com/syncthing

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I prefer a physical calculator for advanced math work. It's faster and more efficient for me.


Sure, but I think he's speaking in terms of current reality. The reality is that they are taxed. I do agree on principle though that there really is no moral way to handle taxation.


https://brianryder.org/gallery/large/cows-cley.jpg
- Brian Ryder #art


I'm curious as to who the actual victim is here. Is their position that painting over a rainbow constitutes a crime against every gay person within the jurisdiction?

What if some gay people didn't want the rainbow painted? Are they victims of a crime?

These types of laws are so obviously ridiculous. Maybe you could argue vandalism, even if the state shouldn't be paying for it, but intent doesn't change what was actually done.

Would a gay person be charged with a hate crime if they painted over it? If not, why? Law is no place for contradictions and ambiguity.


Sometimes different phases of life bring new friends. The ones worth keeping will find their way back in. My life is like a river. It has a flow, and some people just flow along a different current. There are many currents and the river is always changing.

Take care.


It takes time if you're new. It most certainly is not quiet. However, you will find that it currently has mostly people who are interested in technology. Bring what you like and others will likely start showing up.


Because thinking is the means by which I survive and thrive. Many delegate thinking to religions, politicians, celebrities, and philosopher kings. I think for myself because my mind is all I ultimately have.


Mathematician Who Made Sense of the Universe's Randomness Wins Math's Top Prize

Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39879496 )

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mathematician-who-made-sense-of-the-universes-randomness-wins-maths-top-prize-180984020/


I like it. Works very well.


I don't primarily use it for privacy. I'm not sure one can even have privacy without holes using fiat rails digitally, which seems to be your expectation.

I'm using it to make my attack surface smaller for fraud, theft, and abuse by merchants.

I used to have to change my billing info for every service I use when a card was compromised or I encountered a merchant that wanted to bill me even when they shouldn't have.

I can now set limits on each merchant card to prevent essentially giving free reign of my bank account to anyone with my card info.

All of that is worth whatever privacy I'm not getting that I probably wouldn't get anyway. I don't think my privacy was any better when I had everything flowing through a single card.

My bank transaction IDs all show the same code now, and all the merchant cards are unique to the merchant. Privacy can see that info, of course, but I don't see how you can use current fiat rails (with a bank account) and hide that info from everyone.


Clearing the cache changed nothing. Thanks anyway.


Tagging people crashes #Amethyst on my device. I currently have to search the person, copy their npub, and then paste it wherever I want to tag them.

Using @ followed by the display name brings up a list as expected, but selecting a user causes the app to close.

Is there an easier way to avoid the crash for now? I keep losing my place by switching to profile pages to copy npubs.


Unfortunately, I haven't had time to figure out how to receive them without a custodian. I figure I'll have to have an always connected node or something.

Receiving never stopped working on Alby as far as I can tell, so it's still listed as my receive address for now.


Privacy.com is pretty neat if you still use fiat rails.

It's nice when a company or service screws around by making cancelling obnoxious. I can just close the card and move on.


Also, thinking of 12 words is a massive oversimplification. There is a lot more involved in getting those 12 words and transferring value into them than just wishing something into existence.

People in North Korea, for example, would need to jump through many more hoops and risk a lot more than I have to in the US. Pretending that everyone has the same experience is dishonest, and that is my whole point. It isn't as peaceful for some people. It may require violence.


I'm not saying it isn't the answer, only that is isn't necessarily peaceful.

I'm not saying people are actually doing anything wrong, only that they are killed for some things under certain regimes. There is a difference between legality and morality. They aren't always aligned. It may be totally moral and still a crime in certain political systems.

Bitcoin is not going to be a peaceful little flower for everyone. It may indeed involve a lot of violence and we should all be prepared for it to the best of our ability.

Hippies and flowers is great until someone starts shooting at them.


Sure, if you happen to live in a country that doesn't kill people for political crimes. Otherwise, it might not be peaceful.


I love #cats .

But it's absolutely fair to say that they can be some of the biggest assholes on the planet.


Of course, privacy issues need to be balanced too. But that's already possible.


Actually, I don't think a wallet should be auto signing anything. But I do agree that it should automatically propose it and let people choose.


It's fine to do that IF they leave it on Strike and only send to cold storage once they hit whatever amount they think is best. For me, that's 1-5M sats. I'm guessing most people are sending out far less than that. Maybe my 1M absolute minimum is way higher than it needs to be and I'm over worrying. I truly don't know.


For sending anyway.


Stopped working.


I'm guessing that there are cases where some operators are charging lower fees than they should be. That's great for you right now, but I question the sustainability long term.

I'm not convinced that the fees I'm paying using Phoenix right now are ridiculous necessarily. I do think I'm using it in a ridiculous manner though. At least for zapping such small amounts to Nostr notes. I'm essentially using a decentralized monetary network as a 'like' button lol


I've been thinking about the eventual problem of people getting dusted by #Bitcoin fees.

It's hard enough to convince people to buy any. I also have to worry about the people I convince ending up with a ton of tiny UTXOs they can't spend.

It's a problem. I understand why the problem exists. What I don't understand is how to solve it without expecting everyone to understand intricate details about how Bitcoin works.

People could theoretically be priced out of their life savings simply because they bought such small amounts over time without understanding UTXO consolidation. I was doing this early on, even when I already understood cold storage. I would send any amount to it without another thought (I came in during the era of super low fees).

I don't think this is practical for the average person, and fees are going so much higher. Are we blinded by our experience here?

We could be hurting people by preaching self-custody without explaining UTXO management.


You can go all in and run some OSs nonpersistently from a USB drive if you want. So you can still run something like Fedora if you dont want to commit 100% of the time.


Qubes is a hardened OS built on Fedora (last I checked). It essentially containerizes apps and even OS functions to increase system security. It essentially creates VMs to create a sort of separation of duties at the OS level.


Yeah... KYC definitely has many problems and I'd argue that you should do it sparingly. Unlike me, the guy who gave multiple exchanges my social, copy of my ID, and photos of my face.

I increased my odds of identity theft for no good reason.

But I assume, like me, you currently live in a country that is relatively free. That freedom seems to be decreasing over time, so we may live to regret it. We have the luxury of not caring as much now.

Personally, I'm doing the best I can to clean up and learn so I can train people to do the same.

I think the UX will eventually improve to the point that this will become moot. Non-KYC will probably become easy enough that people have fewer reasons to choose KYC.


Alby screwing up may have been good for me. I've been zapping using my external Phoenix app and it doesn't bother me as much as it used to.

Obviously, I prefer the UX to get better, but I kind of like the extra freedom, even if it is less convenient.

No invites, no other restrictions. Just #zaps.

Caveats:

Be okay with paying the network to zap if you decide to do this. I pay 2-4 sats every time I do a 21 sat zap, which is economically ridiculous for most people. Although, current fiat rails couldn't do this in a decentralized manner, so the fee is actually fair in my opinion. And 21 sats is very little value right now anyway. No one would send it in a normal transaction. I consider this a donation to the network, but that isn't going to suit everyone.

Basically, don't feel less than if this doesn't work for you. There's nothing wrong with using Alby if it's the best thing for you right now. And they did suggest a fix, so I'm not complaining about Alby. I just chose to use it as an opportunity to push myself rather than fix the issue. It worked out.


I want every human to have this. I see no better cause to dedicate my life to.


I'll probably look back at 40 and call myself a dipshit. Circle of life.


Unfortunately, I had to make it through my 20's to figure it out, but whatever. That's just how growing works.


I can't believe I missed the obvious opportunity to call it Collaborative Competition, but it's the best model I've been able to come up with. You wouldn't apply this to football or something like that, but it seems to work well for software, music, etc.


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For the record, going hardcore privacy and security maxi has only worked on ONE of my highly technical friends. My newer, easier approach is having more success. My plan is to slowly ramp up the education over time as people graduate the typical checkpoints most of us go through.

Reflection has helped a lot with this. I didn't start out like I am now. It took me literally half of my 30 years of life to learn all I know about technology.

Dunking people in fire just doesn't work.

The teacher's job (in my opinion) is to figure out the proper pace for the student and to guide them in the best direction at that pace.

I'm more interesting in improving life for humanity than spinning my Puritanical tires and getting nowhere.

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I learned something today after finally convincing a friend to buy #Bitcoin.

He must have done a search on how to buy it because he told me he downloaded Gemini. My instinct was to tell him he could get it non-kyc, but he said he was going to get a "couple hundred of something."

After some thinking, I decided that he's buying a small amount to get comfortable. That's exactly what I did. I didn't just start out dumping everything in.

I also didn't care to figure out Bisq because I didn't even understand what I was buying.

My compromise was to suggest Strike so he isn't steered to shitcoins. His plan to buy 'something' (rather that 'Bitcoin') really scared me, because people can be misled easily by these crypto platforms.

I also didn't advise him to ape in, because that isn't where he is yet. I met him where he is and encouraged his plan, with a slight modification to the exchange he uses (one I know to be simple and Bitcoin only).

I think I pushed self-custody a bit early, but I'm learning more about teaching than I'm teaching about Bitcoin. Teaching is hard to get right.

I'm getting better though.

I hope this helps new Bitcoin teachers out there.


For the record, I sent this to some people I thought it would suit and some have said they're watching it, and one is already working on getting a small amount of Bitcoin. That's better than where I was.

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I think this #Bitcoin documentary is great for people who have no idea how the financial world works.

I wish it had went just a bit more in depth for self-custody, but I think it strikes a good balance overall. It's unlikely to overwhelm people and will likely encourage them to ask more questions.

A success in my opinion.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4CvjZ1p7uy8&feature=youtu.be


You're assuming they aren't doing both. Competition is healthy. Too much "collaboration" without competition can turn into a circle jerk that leads to everyone doing things the same way, which prevents innovation.

I prefer what I'll call open competition. They're open and share, but all with the goal of making the best possible thing, whatever that thing is. The best implies competition.

More people have a better chance of finding the best for themselves in such an environment.


I don't think I've encountered a single American in real life who gives a shit what 50 Cent is doing. Most of us are just trying to survive at this point. But there are certainly issues in cultures all over the planet. They're mostly the same issues.


I've had this happen to applications I use over the years. Whenever possible, I switch to a resulting fork and abandon the original project. This isn't always simple, but it's something people should consider doing when this happens and a suitable fork exists.

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It's already scarcer than gold because it already has a known cap. Gold doesn't.


They don't understand and don't know because they aren't thinking and searching. That's my whole point. A magical fairy didn't just fly into my room and drop knowledge into my head.

I had to use reason and philosophy to figure it out. We will keep headed down an ever darker political path until people take responsibility instead of evading it by blaming politicians and central banks they enable by not putting work into understanding the world they live in.

Ignorance isn't a valid excuse for not using one's mind to discover the truth. Otherwise, we would still be living in caves.


I'm okay with people who want to talk about things other than #Bitcoin. I welcome them.


They're so fucking done.


Fuck em


RIP lol


There is no weight as heavy as having a human life in your hands. It really puts things into perspective.


The best cake is obviously cherry pie.


Yes, but most of what you point out here comes from a cultural expectation that government take an ever increasing parental role over the lives of citizens. Voting isn't the only solution.

Take Bitcoin, for example. It's been around 15 years. It takes power away from central banks and pretty much renders the politicians we allegedly hate so much impotent.

But people aren't tripping over themselves to adopt it because most aren't even looking for a way out.

You ever seen what happens when a politician from any party in the US starts talking about axing medicare/medicaid/social security? People demanded a nanny state and they got it.

Yes, most of that happened before we were born, but people today enable it. We enable politicians by going along with it. Political structures only matter if enough people support it either outright or by inaction.

These aren't simple issues, but my point is that blaming politicians without addressing the root disease is intellectually dishonest. We don't get to go vote and choose to go along with the status quo while blaming the consequences on other people.

My position is that politics can never fix these issues because it's exactly what broke things. And that was by choices the American people made when voting.

I also reject the notion that good and bad should be separated from politics, but I will agree that those terms should be more specific to define what one means by them, since they indeed are elementary.


But ultimately, we can't fix politics or money until we convince enough people that they've bought into bad philosophy and have bad culture as a result.

#Bitcoin has always been about philosophy and culture for me. It just also happens to fix money, but people have to actually accept it as a fix and they need to know why it's a fix first. All of that is reduced to culture and philosophy, not politics.

You can't know why your politicians are bad without understanding the culture that is producing them and giving them power.

Government is a mirror of the People.


I was listening to a Dr. Phil podcast that was talking about psychopathy being more prevalent in certain areas like politics. I agree that there are higher numbers of them in politics, but the narrative that all politicians are bad is just not true.

 I think the truth is closer to being that the good ones are just ground up in the meat grinder because WE (culturally, in general) value emotionalism (that charisma you mentioned) more than rationalism and freedom. Hence Trump, Biden, AOC, etc. They aren't really the best we can come up with. It's just that enough of American culture is altruist-collectivist, anti-reason, pro-emotionalism that we end up with shitty options. We are easily controlled as a result.

I'm American, but I'm sure this is the case to some degree in most other countries too.

I blame us (Americans) and our culture . At least we (you and I) are doing SOMETHING to address the problems though. #Bitcoin, #Nostr, etc.


I think this is spot on.

I just came across an npub in my feed that is posting AI generated child porn. I was able to block the npub in my client, but that won't be enough for broad adoption. Frankly, it isn't enough for me either. I'm not going to scroll through my feed and just accept that I have to block a bunch of npubs posting child porn, even if it's AI generated. It's rare right now, but that won't be the case for long, unfortunately.

I would stop using Nostr if relays had no ability to block such content at scale on my behalf. I'm currently #Nostr only, so there's little chance that average people would stick around.

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You can't change money without changing culture. This is why Ron Paul has largely made no progress. He spent his life avoiding the real issue, which is collectivist-altruist culture. That's why we have broken money. You can't fix only symptoms and expect the disease to be cured.


Yes, but Bitcoin is the result of a cultural movement. That's exactly my point. Culture led to central banks. People embraced them by not thinking and accepting them. I chose to think and reject them, which is why I am all in on Bitcoin. I am rejecting the narrative that politicians are to blame. WE hold the power. You just have to think. I recommend reading Capitalism: An Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand. I think you'll get a lot from it.


Most people (I'm speaking from a US perspective, but this is true in most places) expect politicians to do things government should not be doing. You can't expect them to get involved in other people's lives and then get mad when they come for yours, which is exactly what many people do.

Governments are corrupt because we first demanded that they become corrupted. We demanded that politicians become central planners and so they became so.

We demanded 'safety' over freedom and got it.

The problem starts with us and so does the solution. Politicians are simply holding a mirror up for us to see ourselves.


Because we have culturally accepted political involvement in the every part of life. Ayn Rand wrote a lot on this topic. Read her work on collectivism and how it leads to what we have now. Culture, in general, supports most of the stuff people are complaining about. You can't change politics without changing the culture first. The problem starts with us.


Every politician is a psychopath?


This isn't my point at all. I'm referring to dumb answers they give when asked questions about things politicians should have no involvement in anyway.

You're making a broad statement that isn't really true. Not every politician is compromised, whatever that even means.

But pretty much all of them are expected to hold positions on things that politics shouldn't be involved in, such as healthcare.


That's mostly our own fault.


Politicians seem so stupid about so many things because they are. This isn't a criticism. There are many things I know little to nothing about.

The problem is that politicians have inserted themselves into virtually every area of our lives. That's why they need to have an opinion on everything and end up looking stupid as a result.

We need politicians who just say they have no opinion on a given topic and no interest in inserting government there.

Government should protect property rights and nothing else. It doesn't take an insanely smart person to do such a task.


Balance in my wallet increasing


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#Nostr #stfupstr #Plebchain #Grownostr


I'd like this too.


The joys of Android.


I'd rather not. Lol


Xit WeChat of the West. #Nostr


Lol we shouldn't peer pressure nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy on zapping. Peer pressure isn't cool...

Hey, Marty, you should Xit Elon's WeChat of the West and go Nostr only. Don't be a wuss. Just do it.


Two normies I told about Signal actually installed it since my last note saying I was moving on from trying to sell it to people.

Maybe there is hope after all. Just took a year to get two wins.

This actually taught me a lesson.

Building a reputation and trust takes time. Most people aren't just going to do what you say they should do, even if you're right.

People need time to build trust and respect. I think it's a net good when people are this way. We shouldn't give our trust and respect out for free.

A sub lesson is that I should probably scale my education on security and technology. Talking to people in real life is great, but I've been an early adopter of these tools for about 15 years and have learned a ton in that time. I could serve more people by leveraging technology.

Anyway, keep working at whatever you're struggling with and want to give up on. You're probably giving up right when you're about to see some success.

Stay proud and stack sats.

#Bitcoin #Security #Nostr #Cybersecurity #Privacy


Conspiring to traffic forged documents and crack computer systems is a bit more than just building a website, but I would agree he has served more than enough time for those. The rest was bullshit.


It would be cool if #Amethyst had an option to open the gallery app on Android instead of the file explorer for media. Currently, uploading media is extremely tedious.


Most people can't afford not to. Unfortunately, they don't know it yet. Sad.


Yes, in the US he would be around the age where some people were starting jobs that still had pensions (and thus encouraged people to stay at one job longer).

Although, he'd be the tail end of it. People my age in the US have no concept of pensions or jobs that encourage long term employment.

Of course, Germany isn't the US so these generalizations don't necessarily hold true for your family. Here though, you'd be statistically penalized for staying at a job too long, sadly.


Dude was living on the edge with that cigarette lol At least I think that's what he was holding.


What a weak position. Government has no business being involved in either one.


I love TPB. Probably at least a decade. Just an educated guess though. Tech is hard as hell to predict. I think nano medicine will be standard in 50 years and that's probably a lot more difficult than this.


I'm not sure what we mean by it being American. We have both types of people in the US, but the ones like your husband tend to be older. Mostly what we would call the pension generations.

People my age (millennials and younger) generally switch jobs about every 2-3 years, and most of us are paid better as a result, which seems counterintuitive because it is. That's the main way to get significant raises here. Otherwise, you're lucky to match inflation. It's really dumb and inefficient for businesses, yet they do it for some reason.

Fiat is usually the culprit for economic issues regardless of where you are.


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Why would you want to be fired instead of quitting?


The Great Debaters
Hard Lessons (The George McKenna Story)
Flight


GOOD MORNING, CAP'N.

STAY PROUD AND STACK SATS.


I have no idea what these are, but it sounds like I'm not missing anything good.
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Are you being sarcastic or is there something I don't understand about SMS?


Denzel Washington is one of the greatest actors of his time. I'm currently watching some of his older (probably less popular) films and the man is a master of his craft.

AI is cool and all, but I don't see it ever giving me the feeling I get when watching Washington on screen. Humanity is a critical component of film and art, in my opinion.

#Film #Art


Replacing YouTube will be technically difficult and financially brutal.

I think it needs to happen though.