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 September unemployment rate: 4.1% vs 4.2% (expected) and 4.2% (prior)

September US nonfarm payro... 
 same thoughts with many of the Bitcoin macro guys discussions. Using govt's provably cooked metrics to say anything just seems pointless. Don't even mention CPI.  how do you reconcile these ideas?

genuinely asking   @Dr. Jeff 
 they won though...wages going from $39 to $63/hr.  
 they were dead either way. At least they get a bigger payday on the way.
No one thought about em before and now people hate em but they get paid. Probably worth it in their eyes. 
 If you're a provider of a service utilising the value 4 value model, know that you can't easily l... 
 a very important insight for creators and service providers dipping their toes into #value4value . 

In growing  the v4v model, I wonder to what degree this idea of "generosity that bitcoiners learn to trust over time"  is tied to the bitcoin ecosystem and how much is #v4v
 + reciprocity?  Are there ways we can shorten these feedback loops?

nostr:note1cre0wzufmguwevz2rhqdq6dnvufkv6p6as48qc8j93x4atk958sqgyum8p  
 As a chef I am constantly scanning menus for value.  Noting prices on items that are deals and ot... 
 while it's more difficult than ever for restaurants to survive, the price increases without any increase (and frequently decrease) in value mean more home cooked meals for my family.

I want to support the local spots and still have my haunts (mostly for inspiration or stuff i can't cook easily), but hey, at least I don't have to freak out about PUFAs at home. 

Screw pay $20 for a mid-tier burger.  
 I'm writing a few articles on #value4value and am trying to collect some useful data but most clients I've tried have not been particularly useful. I've tried nostrudel (tons of options just not the ones I want) and primal (limited to last 24 hrs). 

What nostr client (if any) can I use to pull:
- Most zapped notes of all time (by sats or # of zaps)
- Most zapped hashtags
- Most zapped users
- Most zapping users

#asknostr 
 the state is violence.
if you want to stop the violence you undermine the state.

not simp for po... 
 Ross is a political prisoner and Bitcoiners set their terms for a temporary alliance with Trump. Sure Trump may back out of a promise he's reiterated no less than half a dozen times, but you work on your jailbreak plan on the side and we'll see which one works out first.
 
 Do you really need a VPN? 
Basics recap for consumer VPNs:

1. Not everyone needs a VPN. It depen... 
 high quality education is the best marketing. gj @IVPN on Nostr!

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 Interesting #value4value implementation with their sats4ads. I’m curious to see how the lead quality is for advertisers.
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 I will make a promise. If Trump pardons Snowden and Ross, I will wear a Trump shirt everywhere I ... 
 Snowden in as sec def. let's fucking go! 
 It wasn’t a promise before. It’s a campaign promise now. 
 still very skeptical because like you said, it's a campaign promise. But by now he's ATLEAST quadrupled down on it which is a lot better than the zero chance  Ross has under Kamala. 
 Just a PSA to people out there:

There is no entitlement so deep as just insulting someone and th... 
  @TheGuySwann plz don't feed the trolls. you've got better stuff to do. 
 These political activists on Twitter and Reddit mouth off,

But if people were using PGP arbitrat... 
 use the tools! 
 who wants Testflight (iOS only) access to a NIP-60 wallet app I'm building?

10 largest zaps get ... 
 Anyone have recommendations for screen and voice recording software on Ubuntu? I need to record m... 
 Do you realize how hard it is to be the baddest bitch in a 100 mile radius when you’re deployin... 
 not very hard at all? 
 very important post.  running routing nodes is not a profitable venture for all but the very  top of the game. the vast majority will lose sats. 
 The globally recognized symbol for bitcoin is a GOLD COIN with a B on it

We have failed miserabl... 
 but sir, it's orange.  
 The yield that MSTR could generate by lending a portion of its bitcoin holdings could offset the ... 
 Everyone wants yield on their stack. Unfortunately, all they usually get are rugs.  
 Bitcoiners should stop simping to any political banner or system  and realize that they are a new... 
 an added benefit to this is that we can organize across borders unlike current political parties. For example US bitcoiners with power (large business owners, orange pilled politicians etc.) can put pressure on Europe to treat their Bitcoiners properly or risk larger international consequences. 
 it will take time but I do see a difference between what US politicians do about UK politicians mistreating their own people and what Bitcoiners do about politicians mistreating Bitcoiners.

If Trump follows through with his campaign promise to free Ross, it would mark a major milestone in Bitcoiners fighting politically for our own on a national stage. It only snowballs from there. 
 to @erikcason's point, even if Trump reneges, our negotiation power keeps growing along with our understanding of how to channel it effectively. All this makes our next move far less easy to back out of. 
 Isn’t that the same level of data Signal provides to LEO requests?  
 my point was that they both provide IP and phone number to LEO requests  but from a trust model Telegram is worse because they can access the messages but Signal cant.

of course  WHAT is being shared may be less important than what they are capable of sharing. 
 setup a speaker playing Higher on repeat and I bet the Bears will stay far away. 
 Wondering how to block spam? Go through rspamd internals. E-mail, nostr, whatever who cares. It... 
 interesting point. i wonder if the pros would be willing to share some insights? @Proton Mail @Proton Wallet  
 I’m obsessed with the $1 crustless 7-11 sandwiches in japan. $2 lunch 
 Try the family mart chicken too! 
 The real point of $58k gang isn't to be bearish. Not at all!

Some of us have been around too lon... 
 a dopamine fast to make that hopium hit harder! 
 What does your moral compass look like if you want to grow up and be a professional spammer? 
 Was not surprised at all the see that dog sniffing trumps farts in the background  
 Reported the clearly TDS ones for
Discrimination. Fuck ‘em!  
 nostr:nprofile1qqsvextkm9nssu5u3yp8cyfhxspenl63ra78g9trk399k8760wu9pzcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhspcp49u 👀 
 Gonna need some beefsteak quality Big Macs 
 So any connected lithium battery is the new attack vector?

Pagers, Walkie Talkies, Solar Cells, ... 
 how do we know motorola wasn't in on it? they haev a long history of cooperation with israeli govt 
 their state media claimed as such.

"Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television showed what it said were images of Motorola pagers that were being used before the attack. “These pagers were detonated with high-tech by the Israeli enemy,” Hezbollah lawmaker Ibrahim Mousawi told the group’s TV network. 

Motorola Solutions did not immediately respond to Bloomberg’s requests for comment."

the bloomberg article is paywalled but this references bloombergs article

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/exploding-pagers-in-lebanon-spur-theories-on-sabotage-method

 
 interesting. maybe bloomberg got it wrong. 
 He was referring to the UK central banks’ fraudulent sale of war bonds but seems he misspoke.  
 Every time I've shared a nostr note with normies using the share link from primal, they complain: nothing loads, what is this sketchy site, etc. I tested it myself in incognito, and it's true-- the note never loads.  Is this due to no default relays being set for new users?

Ditto.pub works with just sharing a note link, but primal is my ride or die and I really think linking to fire notes is a great purple pilling strategy. 

Is this the same for everyone else? What's the fix?  
 wild story. Especially doing that in states with very high gun ownership! Also interesting:

"Although the members of this violent conspiracy tried to cover their tracks through encrypted communication and anonymous financial transactions, they were not beyond the reach of our dedicated investigators and prosecutors." 
 interesting option. have you tried clarified butter (or just buying high quality ghee)?

I mainly use tallow, clarified butter and avo for daily use. 
 its open source and self hosted so...how much do you trust yourself? 
 I've never been able to get the hang of the Beatles, no matter how hard I try year after year, th... 
 Roll up a fattie and turn on Magical mystery tour. 
 IMO most if not all of the UAP phenomena is just from the U.S. backdooring our own military tech ... 
 Fermi is riled.  
 I can't imagine being in my 40s and still not being a dad. It's the best thing ever.

I'd probabl... 
 being dadpilled is the best. I went from manchild to man and my time preference dropped through the floor. kiddo's pretty based too! 
 public means public. it amazes me how people treat personal data in public squares. 
 great post! my first thought with the communities was how we could build something like skool.com
that allows people to build/interact with/monetize communities but in a nostr permissionless style. 

its much easier to get people over who have existing communities tied to them than convincing people to move a few folks at a time.  
 There have been many people in my life who I had the ability to help and they would not allow the... 
 “You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him to find it within himself.”  - Galileo

Not your job to educate. If you must then just poke their wounds a bit and let them know there are options but they have to dig with their own motiviation. 
 Primal has barely been loading for me for the last few days - just me? 
 I don’t get it.

#Bitcoin price action is slight negative if people think Kamala Harris is goin... 
 Kamala wins => more devs going to jail
Trump wins => more Bitcoin affinity scams. 

Even though you're right, the people moving the price currently don't see Bitcoin as resistance money. 
 Just redid my home network with OPNsense 🎉

My old (OpenWRT) router lives on as a dumb AP. Can... 
 just starting down the rabbithole. is the project just for fun or what are you trying to get out of OPNSense? What kind of hardware did you spring for?