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 Using the phrase “that’s above my pay grade” when presented with a task marginally outside of one’s job description is such cope.

Take some initiative and do it! 
 Sweet jesus 
 It would be really cool if it there was expanded interoperability with other open source wallet software. The ability to reproduce the wallet on sparrow in the event of catastrophe/verify transactions with my own node would be amazing. 

I know the product is intentionally designed to obfuscate that complexity, but for more technical users that would be an excellent improvement. 

With that being said, congrats to you and the team on a great product! 
 Social recovery. You’re using the server key and an encrypted copy of your mobile key that is provided to a trusted contact. 
 That’s a great question. @miles are you familiar? 
 @BTCsessions any plans to cover the bitkey? I think people could really benefit from one of your walkthroughs of it. 
 How is it to be expected Nostr will draw users from other social networks that are purpose built to trigger dopamine releases in their users? 

Genuinely curious what the  argument is. 

Are we assuming migration out of necessity (I.e. censorship)?  Some killer feature? 
 Until election season is over, Twitter has reached rock-bottom to me.

I won’t say it’s unusa... 
 Deleted mine. Refuse to willingly expose myself to blatant manipulation anymore 
 Is this the tenderloin? 😂 
 When I lived in SF for a summer I decided I wanted to check out a vintage clothes store. Followed google maps directly into the tenderloin 😂

As I entered I vaguely remembered that someone had told me about this rough neighborhood off market and I audibly thought “well this will be a great story if this is the tenderloin”. 
 Check out Point Lobos while you’re there, gorgeous park 
 So 10% reduction in float available….this is a chart crime 
 LFG 
 You’re getting me fired up to throw down one as well. Need to find a Concept 2 I can use 
 Ever have one of those moments where you had some sort of a regular problem with a piece of softw... 
 What was the bug? 
 As someone who recently cut out nicotine after ~5 years of heavy use, I’ve observed the process of paring down traditional social media use is a startlingly similar process. Cravings, boredom, and anxiety are all present to a lesser degree. 

It’s both disturbing and empowering recognizing this and I plan to continue gradually closing traditional social media accounts. 

I firmly believe the “fake” dopamine spurred by the endless scrolling is a critical mechanism through which complacency develops and I’m intent on preventing that. 
 macOS 15 safari is super fast.

don't use chrome. 
 You have any thoughts on Brave? 
 Just deactivated my X account. #nostronly 
 2 months nicotine free today. While relatively benign compared to other addictions, I still absolutely hated being a slave to it.

Excited to maintain this and continue prioritizing long term well being. 
 Pretty spicy numbers there, would be curious what you could throw down on a straight shot 2k. I’d guess you could break 6:40 pretty easily 
 It’s one of the most painful physical efforts I can think of. Definitely requires some more specialized training around that threshold HR zone but it’s a fun challenge. Real darkness hits in the last 750 of a race pace 2k 
 Any good news-centric nostr accounts? 
 Things have really reached a be bottom on closed social media, folks are now arguing how Hitler w... 
 The Zoomers brains are so fried it’s not even funny 
 GM, what low time preference actions are you taking for your future self today? 

I'll go first: ... 
 Quit nicotine 2 months ago. Staying strong 
 Consistently surprised by the other people I see refusing the TSA face scans at airports. Little bit of hope seeing a middle aged mother and her daughter decline. 
 nostr:npub14slk4lshtylkrqg9z0dvng09gn58h88frvnax7uga3v0h25szj4qzjt5d6

For those who need to hear... 
 What alternatives do you recommend? 
 One day I will do a massive thread of just the worst digital privacy and security advice that peo... 
 I need this 
 @ODELL was listening to RHR earlier and wanted to ask whether you are aware of any infographics outlining the “privacy risk” stack of Bitcoin/lightning 
 Five sovereign nations have revealed they're mining Bitcoin: 
- El Salvador
- Bhutan
- Oman
- UAE... 
 Wait WHAT. UAE is mining? 
 This is factually incorrect fyi. The 66% references the percent of capital gains  one owes taxes on, not the actual rate. 
 Still trying to figure out why microstrategy is bothering with this stuff…… 
 I approach my understanding of their business primarily through the lens that Saylor is a fed 
 WSH looking gloomy 
 I’m not religious. But beer is a gift from the gods. 
 The drunk ape hypothesis is my favorite theory of evolution 
 Gonna try to spend more time here than you-know-where. 
 Deleted you know what from my phone today. Can’t take the endless scrolling of programmatically curated content anymore 
 Shill me your favorite running shoe brand for actually running. 
 ASICS Gel Cumulus 25 is elite 
 They were collecting photos pre-security at passport check when I traveled out of country recently as well. Not a practice I’d seen before. Claimed they’d be deleted after 1 week but clearly being used to train some model. 
 I was in standard security, not an expedited service 
 And also to note, not customs. Just domestic security checkpoint 
 Deliver me the god candle 
 Good morning 
 Playing around with nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg's new w... 
 what the deal with the name/email reauirement though? immediatelt off putting