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 I just got a call from my bank. Asking me, if I wanted to sit down with them to discuss my financ... 
 lol yea financial options for what? I only need you because I have a mortgage 😆 
 I’m with a credit union and as far as banks go it’s been pretty good. From a customer standpoint I have no problems. They’ve given me anything I’ve ever asked for and have great interest rates. Still don’t really keep any money there outside month to month operating expenses. Decades ago I used to bank with Bank of America and Wells Fargo before them and they were 100% the worst predatory places.

But yea I look forward to a bankless future. It’s coming slowly but surely. 
 Propaganda and misinformation are everywhere online, even Nostr. Don’t believe everything you read on the internet and cross verify claims through multiple sources.

Be safe out there. 
 Russian propaganda. Any one piece is easy to root out but there’s just so much of it which is what makes it hard, by design of course. 
 Ooo nice. Sway or i3? 
 Custom style or is the style base too? 
 NATO would annihilate Russia and his failure in Ukraine has made that very clear. 
 He won’t use nuclear force against the US. That would be the end of Russia and he knows it. 
 Putin is just saber rattling. He’s not going to attack America. Nuclear or conventional. 
 NATO hasn’t invaded anyone. What are you talking about? 
 Russia invaded Ukraine. NATO didn’t have anything to do with that. Ukraine has asked to join NATO and we didn’t let them in.

I’m asking legitimately, what invasion or bombing the shit out of people who opt out are you talking about? We provided weapons to the Ukrainians so they can fight for their sovereignty. But we aren’t there. So I genuinely don’t understand what you’re talking about. 
 I’m trying to engage but if you’re not even going to meet me halfway whatever man ✌️ 
 I’m here asking questions and apparently no one wants to tell me what the hell any of you are on about. If no one’s going to even help me understand then you can all kindly go fuck yourselves. 
 I’ve never heard this before. Thanks I appreciate you giving me a starting point. 
 No thank you for being the only helpful person in this thread. Everyone else wanted to play monkey in the middle with me and not give me anything to go on. 

“Go read for yourself” doesn’t help me get informed and looking for anything on the Internet is hard. Especially when you don’t even know what to look for.

… the rest of y’all? Do better. 
 Oh misread that. Sorry to lump you in with that lot.

I can’t understand someone wanting to learn more and getting smacked down like that. If I’m uninformed I want to know it. I got a starting point from @Marakesh 𓅦 though so I’m reading. 
 I’m not a bot you condescending prick. 
 Got through this. So a lot of this is pro-Kremlin propaganda. It’s thankfully well linked so easier to fact check the claims. Eric Zuesse has ties to Russia Insider so watch out for that. 

Misinformation is everywhere so verify everything. But I appreciate you letting me in on what these guys were on about. 
 I did and it says here that John Mearscheimer thinks that Ukraine and Russia should share a snickers because “you’re not you when you’re hungry.”

Context is everything and I could go read possibly 100 links and not know what “go google John Mearscheimer Russia Ukraine” means.

I got an answer from someone who didn’t want to play this stupid “you go guess and hopefully figure out what we mean” nonsense game. 
 Projection projection projection and bullshit. It’s all you Putin dick suckers are capable of. 
 Abortion is legal in all trimesters in Maryland. Kamala said after birth abortions (infanticide) are not being performed in any state and that is absolutely true. Infanticide is illegal in every state.

Kamala did not lie about abortion. 
 I broadcast my #bitcoin transactions by carrier pigeon 
 I broadcast mine by shining a laser on the moon. 
 If you’re an American Bitcoiner who doesn’t own any guns you need to fix that. 
 If you’re an American who doesn’t own any guns you need to fix that. 
 The most disappointing thing in this picture to me is that ice in the glass 😜 
 I’m just messin with ya. Enjoy that however you like 😄 
 Dude Kamala literally just got Trump to go on a tangent about eating dogs… 

“The people on t... 
 And giggled at him lmao 
 Already reported as impersonation. @jb55 could we get some web of trust metrics in Damus to help identify impersonators? 
 Thank you 🙏 
 Trump lets himself get triggered quite easily. 
 Kamala is sharp and he’s out of his depth debating her. She was a prosecutor and knows how to grill people. 
 I really wish @jackmallers response was in here. I imagine it went something like this:

“Peter, come on, as a gold guy you really should understand divisibility. I mean really if you take a gold bar and cut it in half you know you don’t have two bars of gold. If Peter runs his business like that someone needs to do some investigation for fraud. You can’t do the same thing with a satisfied as a whole bitcoin any more than you can do the same thing with a gram of gold as a bar. Come on Peter.” 
 My wife is studying to get her Technician #hamradio license and I am once again as proud as I could be. 
 My YouTube algorithm is so shitty right now, not recommending anything I like 
 Same here. It started happening in the last week or so.

I was starting to think I’d just watched everything of value on YouTube. 
 I know why it’s necessary but I hate CORS so much lol

It’s such an easy fix but as a backend engineer it’s the thing I always the thing I totally forget about and bites me unexpectedly.  
 Bitcoin isn't crashing,  it's completing a pattern. ☕️ 
 Finally going back for that CME gap at $9.6k 😂 
 I would sell my right kidney and left nut. 
 Just a heads up for anyone who posts media and especially for those who want to be nice to nostr:... 
 In Linux you could set up a watcher for a folder that will automatically convert any videos placed there with ffmpeg to make this really easy. 
 Gondor calls for aid and Nostr will answer. 
 It most certainly is.

“ArmaLite, or Armalite, is an American small arms engineering company, formed in the early 1950s, in Hollywood, California.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArmaLite 
 Try not to make any sudden movements so I don’t get my nuts smashed 😂 
 Not going to lie, this makes me question his understanding of Bitcoin. If he can’t get that a protocol keeps Nostr free how well can he really understand Bitcoin? nostr:note1faymrczpf475gr96fxwazspk9h0us9dkfjejvn554ytrwl43lp4q5qg07m 
 numbers are funny  
 lol 162637





… 69 
 Every single American just spent $193 today…

What you spend your on? Pretty sure mine went to Israel. nostr:note1jwdyu8j5eu2hwe0pumdh5sfdcafe8rufrguq9zsgxqlmgfpxt8aszl950l 
 Every single American just spent $193 today…

What you spend your on? Pretty sure mine went to Israel. 
 so I've been using Nostr as an escape from a problem I can't figure out at work.

Today I'm flipp... 
 Do they happen concurrently? Sounds like no. If that’s the case instead of having something checking that all subtasks are complete maybe there should just be a final subtask that handles marking the task complete (and other cleanup/finalization). Simplify the conditions for your expected behavior. 
 Just a wild guess but could a race condition between a subtask marking itself complete and your “supervisor” process that checks if no subtasks are incomplete.

So when subtask 3 for example marks itself complete if your “supervisor” checks before your subtask 4 is added it would see all subtasks complete. A bandaid could be only marking a subtask complete after the next subtask is inserted.

Sounds like you’re using a DB to track the jobs. Is that because your workers are distributed? 
 Fair enough. I'm an engineer, I see a problem and I have to try to solve it :D 
 I filed this comment on the proposal:

I am a licensed Extra Class Amateur Radio Operator with extensive experience using Meshtastic, a system that operates within the 900 MHz band.

I am writing to express my strong opposition to NextNav’s proposed restructuring of the 900 MHz band. This proposal threatens to encroach upon a critical spectrum that has long been established for free and open communication technologies. Preserving this portion of the spectrum as a public resource is of paramount importance. It plays a vital role in fostering innovation in robust and decentralized communication systems that benefit society as a whole.

Therefore, I urge you to reject NextNav’s proposal and protect this spectrum, ensuring it remains accessible and open for the greater good.



You can make comments here: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express?proceeding%5Bname%5D=24-240

#meshtastic nostr:note17vv9h0rxxaxs4z7vjfk4nel8678cr8syqvd4kwt4x0jmrtn36ztqvrsplx 
 Explain? 
 I shaved my beard. 

I feel naked. 
 It’s been a mistake every time I’ve done it. 
 UMA is trying to overthrow lnurl and no KYC wallets by making compliance a required part of the p... 
 Fuck that. Where’s the PR? I’ll throw my hat in the ring. 
 “Don’t worry! I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” 
 I can’t wait for this fucking election to be over with. The amount of stupid junk mail flyers I get from both of them is just pissing me off. 
 Indeed 🫂 
 I don’t check the bitcoin price too often, but when I see a flurry of posts that say things lik... 
 It’s barely even a dump. People need to relax. When the fed drops rates this month it’ll soar. 
 My favorite thing from the internet today is the “Chase infinite money glitch”.

Idiots found out about wire fraud and thought it was a “glitch” and they would just get to keep the money.

So sweet. Just chefs kiss. 
 I saw people talking about putting their Bitcoin keys in yubikeys not even 2 weeks ago… nostr:note1704j6qaly6kxssg59trza396yzluaym5alkxv2kppk5px63grwuqx4a77f 
 Oh didn’t realize that was Casa. You guys rock so know you’re on top of it. 
 I’m not panicked at all. My keys are well distributed and safe. 
 Do you mean Yubikeys that Casa distributed? 

I just checked my 5Ci and it’s fw 5.4.3. 
 TIL. Braiins OS firmware has a graphQL endpoint.  
 Very sick, thank you! 
 Prove it. I’ve already said they don’t work that way and the screenshot I posted debunks that.

I’m not going to argue with anecdote. 
 They must have added web search just since we’ve been talking about this. They answer the question about Trump correctly now. https://image.nostr.build/cc47db40dbe61f912e5f57da2004ee5e5bf702cc5e46bb1978c0c82d4e6620df.jpg  
 Passed my general and extra exams in one go today! Excited to get on the HF bands. Ordered an IC-705 as my reward for passing. It should be here right around when I get my new 2x2 call sign. 

#hamradio #hfradio 
 I’ve got a MMDVM hotspot. I’ve played around with Dstar a bit but hasn’t really caught my attention yet. Something about it going over the internet feels a little like cheating to me 😅

Bands are fantastic today! Caught some contacts in Europe on 15m and 10m at 5w! 
 In Amethyst, the Block button is right next to the Broadcast button. Did I just accidentally send... 
 Broadcast just sends the note to your relays. In a way yea you sent it but it’s not like a “boost” as in your followers wouldn’t see that you “rebroadcasted” it.

Clear as mud right? 😉