Matt
Matt 🛸

Go zap your favorite below deck creators. Or buy something from them. Especially the backend/infrastructure people. Their work gets very little attention. And @npub17ty…3mgl is important
#nevent1q…lagt

2026-06-02 00:20:50 UTC

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That's the only way I can get out bed lol

2026-06-02 00:19:30 UTC

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Fish is eating everyone's cake out here

2026-06-02 00:18:32 UTC

One of the coolest #cigar bands I've seen in a while. They're usually so overly fancy and gold that they all look the same after a while. And I'm not just biased because I'm American. Canada has a weak but beautiful flag. There, I said it. I like their flag. Not biased at all. I wish our flag had a tobacco leaf. Would've made a lot of sense at the time.
https://i.nostr.build/k3BlaClKiZHMffPX.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/8jM0nHSnA5f9DrYe.jpg

2026-06-02 00:05:45 UTC

Looks like some of you are trying to steal my job as the asshole of nostr. Well, I'm gonna drink about it.
https://i.nostr.build/19HHRWt6g1J43kmg.jpg

2026-06-01 23:50:20 UTC

@npub1yzv…rf8q does a really cool thing where it shows the tagged npub's profile pic. Simple but nice touch.

2026-06-01 23:49:07 UTC

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Uh oh

2026-06-01 23:45:27 UTC

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@npub1m4n…c2jl when you comment here I'll zap you. It's not much, but it's honest.

2026-06-01 23:43:38 UTC

Hahahahaha such a good clip
#nevent1q…2je5

2026-06-01 23:41:34 UTC

Fuck it. I'm starting OpenMatts.
The first micro grant goes to @npub1m4n…c2jl

2026-06-01 21:44:49 UTC

Guy does the equivalent of a Lightning micro transaction and the salad hands lose their minds.

2026-06-01 19:52:52 UTC

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Lol Or a certain guy rigs it and never puts a ticket in......😬

2026-06-01 19:51:23 UTC

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But if it was keeping people alive, it would be working 😂

2026-06-01 19:50:48 UTC

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It's an US machine for IVs. Nothing critical. It's just old and needs a new charging connector. Probably isn't even made anymore.

2026-06-01 19:36:12 UTC

I applied for a biomedical engineering tech job yesterday. Maybe I should send them this as a portfolio piece. This is the sort of high quality work to expect.
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2026-06-01 19:34:32 UTC

This was supposed to be a temporary rig job a couple years ago. Happy to see my redneck engineering has held up well 😂
https://i.nostr.build/ytIAr5k5NrnFTe7c.jpg

2026-06-01 19:13:07 UTC

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I feel like most of us here would either get the side eye or end up being on a CIA patsy list 😂

2026-06-01 19:11:18 UTC

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It definitely is. I honestly can't tell you what the fuck my plan would be had I not stacked my nuts off during and after Covid. And even doing that you could just get wiped out in the US.

2026-05-31 15:46:50 UTC

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That's pretty much why I left the south. That was the general economic reality there. But everything is tradeoffs. Nothing new there.

2026-05-31 15:44:52 UTC

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Same lol

2026-05-31 15:19:52 UTC

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Yeah it's pretty easy to hop to something else. That's been my approach when I update and get rugged. Well, I actually have my own custom desktop client and there are others on mobile (which I could also build, or even clone). So honestly this is a pretty good life. Takes me like 30 seconds to uninstall and move on.
Where I get annoyed is when I spend time testing, giving feedback, reporting bugs, sending funds, etc only to get a 180 rug in the end. So now I'm not doing that anymore. This is a two way street. Yes, it's "free" but I do contribute where I can. Lessons all around.

2026-05-31 04:22:51 UTC

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I think some are better at developing problem solvers than others. Depends what the goal is. Some careers value things other than strictly solving problems. And it doesn't need to be an economic decision, even though it is for most people. I guess my point is it doesn't need to be as bearish as it is these days. It all depends on the school, program, and goals. I ended up with a different result than I expected but not a bad one after thinking more on it.

2026-05-31 04:19:04 UTC

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🤔

2026-05-31 04:01:54 UTC

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Wise words.
I like to say that the most dangerous man is the one who has nothing left to learn.

2026-05-31 03:59:54 UTC

I know I've commented that I would have been better off stacking sats instead of paying for a CS degree, but I'm starting to think that may not be true.
If nothing else, the classes forced me to practice what I (now) think is the core of CS and pretty much any technical pursuit today; applying research and logic to solve problems.
I'm finding that a lot of the skills I practiced can be applied outside of computing. In fact, it's been very helpful in my amateur automotive mechanic journey. I tend to view things as a larger system more than I used to (I still fall short sometimes, but I'm at least aware of it).
I used to look at problems in a more isolated way and I think it hindered me. Now I tend to zoom out and not get tunnel vision. I'm better at testing and troubleshooting.
CS isn't all about programming, which is what a lot of people tend to focus on. It's sexy and tangible. I get it. But I'm starting to appreciate the deeper aspects of the discipline. At the core, you're just finding solutions that make sense within a given context. A computer isn't necessarily required, but they are often involved.
Maybe it's just the whiskey and this will make less sense tomorrow 😂

2026-05-31 02:05:20 UTC

The more I learn, the more retarded I feel.

2026-05-31 01:54:25 UTC

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Or @npub1w4j…30zp is assembling a team of retards hellbent on taking over the world.

2026-05-31 01:53:12 UTC

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Maybe a middle approach? I work three 8 hour shifts per week for what I think is a good balance. A 9-5 would have to pay significantly more and I'd just stack my absolute nuts off for some period just to get to a better situation even faster. I struggle working for people too. There are benefits though.

2026-05-31 01:34:37 UTC

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Would be cool to see your comparison of the products and services built around Bitcoin vs Monero and the acceptance/adoption rates for the two.

2026-05-30 22:22:04 UTC

How much of the community is funding anything? Isn't that the whole problem?
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2026-05-30 21:09:41 UTC

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You've made several seemingly disconnected notes without a clear point, so yes.
But if you want a strict answer to only the first note and none of the others, no, that doesn't necessarily rise to autism. It could mean you have no mouth or just suck at communicating ideas. If you have some social issue with communication, maybe, but not necessarily. There's overlap between autism and other possibilities.
Now I've given my opinion on all the possible meanings I can derive from the totality of your notes.

2026-05-30 20:50:37 UTC

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To be fair, they probably walked everywhere and very far (it was an empire, after all).
They typically retired in their 40s (meaning the bulk of that was probably as young, healthy, well fed men - they got better healthcare and nutrition for being soldiers) And the average lifespan of a roman man was about 40 anyway. Soldiers lived longer probably from the food and healthcare, but not much longer.
So it's tradeoffs.

2026-05-30 20:43:14 UTC

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"Not denying that" implies that you are denying something else (some claim or point is being made).
I'm lost in the sauce here though. Better to just bow out.

2026-05-30 20:41:25 UTC

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A big issue here is what you mean by "figure things out." My calculator example demonstrates this issue. You can figure out (solve) A=πr^2 without necessarily understanding it. I can give you the rules of algebra and you can solve that without ever knowing it's the area of a circle. You'd have no idea how to apply it. You can also use it to "figure out" the area of a circle (apply it) while having no clue how the formula is derived.
You could "figure out" how to calculate the area of a circle. Chances are, if you can derive the formula, you can literally explain it (the formula is the explanation, since math is a language). Now whether you can teach it to a man but not a child is a totally different issue.

2026-05-30 20:30:17 UTC

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What exactly are you denying? It isn't clear.

2026-05-30 20:29:41 UTC

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*until you understand how it works and why it works. This seems fairly elementary. Would you let a surgeon perform a surgery on you if he had no idea why he was doing it? The whole issue here is that a surgeon could just follow a recipe. But what happens when something in the process goes wrong and he has to fix it? It's not in the recipe. He may have to come up with a novel or rare solution to a problem to keep you from dying. I've literally watched this happen in a surgery. Atypical scenarios happen. And in those times, you better understand the low level aspects of what you're doing. For this reason we don't allow dermatologists to perform heart surgery.

2026-05-30 20:24:47 UTC

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One thing I definitely don't understand is the point you're trying to make. I think you're conflating issues. Performing isn't necessarily understanding and you don't always need to understand. It's perfectly fine in the right context. You can start and drive a car without knowing how it works. But you aren't going to be a very good mechanic or automotive engineer.

2026-05-30 20:20:54 UTC

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I understood that a recipe called for and that the food tasted good after I followed the recipe. I understand that turning the key in my ignition will start my car. Neither of those mean that I understand chemistry, culinary theory, or internal combustion engines and how they are started.

2026-05-30 20:18:54 UTC

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None of them are necessarily right or wrong, but they aren't equal. I've vibed a Nostr client for personal use. I would not vibe software for an airplane or CT scanner. One is fine, the other is immoral.

2026-05-30 20:17:33 UTC

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I've experienced this in programming too and it's one of my chief complaints with the state of things. A person can totally build something that "works" but that doesn't mean it was built efficiently or safely. This why I make a distinction between software engineers, software developers/coders, and vibe coders.

2026-05-30 20:15:15 UTC

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*it's not always perfectly enforced

2026-05-30 20:14:46 UTC

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You're getting into territory where you can't possibly be wrong. It's fallacious.
>It's unenforceable
>It's not always perfectly enforceable, but it has been
>Oh that's just theater. It's a conspiracy.
There's no discussion to have. You're right no matter what.

2026-05-30 20:12:25 UTC

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The first time I used baking powder I had no clue what it did, but it worked. I ended up with good cornbread. Now I know what it does and I've used it to create my own recipes. That's understanding vs not.

2026-05-30 20:10:54 UTC

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I wouldn't call it wrong... It depends on the context. If you want to be a teacher, then yeah it's wrong. You have no business teaching that topic.
If you want to be an innovator or something like an engineer, you goddamn better be able to tell me why your bridge won't collapse. It isn't good enough that it just came to you and I have to trust that. Show me the math, materials, and how you reached that conclusion (you could be wrong, but you still prove why you're wrong - this is where peer review comes in).
If you just want to replicate something then you don't necessarily need to understand it. Like following a recipe. Someone else did the understanding for you.

2026-05-30 20:06:43 UTC

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And yet it has been. But it has also been violated.

2026-05-30 20:04:29 UTC

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But a mathematician can be a calculator or build one because they understand mathematics.

2026-05-30 20:03:50 UTC

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I think the point might be that one can do without necessarily understanding. A savant might be able to do some crazy mental calculations but have no idea the implication of them or how to make them useful in any way. Just as a calculator isn't a mathematician.

2026-05-30 20:01:18 UTC

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I see your point now, but I think there's more than one issue here. There's chance (gambling, guessing, luck), memorization or application without full understanding (following electrical codes without necessarily knowing why they exist, or solving a mathematical formula using steps without actually knowing why), and language or communication of ideas. I was on the language aspect of it. I've had shitty professors who I think understood the concepts. They just sucked ass at teaching.

2026-05-30 19:52:22 UTC

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I've never understood this stance. Just because you understand something doesn't mean you're able to effectively communicate or educate others. That's the whole reason we have entire careers dedicated to education. It turns out that there are many different ways in which people learn and understand concepts. Knowing how to tailor communication to educate is a skill that not everyone has.

2026-05-30 19:48:43 UTC

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But if I had the space I'd totally have a tear down vehicle just to take it all apart for no reason.

2026-05-30 19:47:59 UTC

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I sometimes have to fight the urge to go looking for shit to do on vehicles and balance the hobby/learning side with the practical/financial side.

2026-05-30 19:45:31 UTC

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Even space issues are generally a monetaty constraint if you boil it down.
I'd build a rocket if I had the resources 😂
Some of us humans are just like that. For me, I always have to ask myself if what I'd like to do is worth what I'd have to do to fund it. As of now, building a rocket is not worth all the shit I'd have to do to fund it and do it safely.

2026-05-30 19:41:26 UTC

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1. I was posting this as more of an observation than a complaint. It was shocking to me.
2. Is your response not a form of complaining at its core?
3. I'll post whatever the fuck I want to.

2026-05-30 19:24:01 UTC

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I'm fortunate to have a two bedroom apartment with a single car garage. I don't think I could go back to not having shop space.

2026-05-30 19:23:05 UTC

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Are you just renting a room?

2026-05-30 18:29:31 UTC

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Feeling that too, bud. Even a camper or very small house.

2026-05-30 18:28:41 UTC

Indiana and Illinois are absolutely covered (along the interstate) with billboards for civil law attorneys. It's kind of incredible. There are an obnoxious number of billboards in general.

2026-05-30 17:41:33 UTC

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It's certainly easier with practice. It's easier for us. But we probably aren't average. But there's also the issue of volume. It isn't just a matter of language. We have laws passed with thousands of pages in them, some of which are totally unrelated to the original topic.
I don't buy that any average person can know all the laws and regulations they're subject to. Now I don't know necessarily that they should be able to (I'd have a very small government so they probably could), but something like the tax code seems designed to fuck people. And then you have things like Antitrust that's so vague it can be used to convict a business on either side of a case depending how you spin it.
At some point you have to ask whether *can* is equal to practical or feasible. If I have to hire a dude at hundreds of dollars per hour just to do basic life stuff without going to prison (work, use my property, start a business, write code, etc), I don't think such a system is just. And then the legal system probably has to become a tangled mess to manage it.
That's my retarded non-lawyer take anyway. That's how I feel as a citizen.

2026-05-30 17:30:40 UTC

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I think it's made worse when the state has virtually unlimited resources (stolen) and no consequences when they lose. I know we have a right to criminal defense, but it definitely isn't equal to the resources of the federal government. Maybe the founders should have included a prosecution resource cap.

2026-05-30 13:52:35 UTC

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Same issue

2026-05-30 05:38:52 UTC

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I think advanced users may and that's cool. There should be tools for us. I personally do care about media hosting. But I consider myself at least an intermediate user. I don't think average people would care for the most part as long as things are reliable.
The relay situation does sometimes frustrate me.

2026-05-30 04:51:16 UTC

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I'm not. That's why I differentiated the two.
While it's impressive that people can reimplement already known solutions in a domain, that does mean that's the entire state of affairs.

2026-05-30 04:43:12 UTC

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Error occurred while generating invoice - Hope that helps (lol)

2026-05-30 04:42:04 UTC

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AI models stand on the shoulders of people who already solved the problems they've been trained on. So if the state of the software development industry is to repeatedly solve the same problems, then great. If not, there's more to the story.

2026-05-30 04:38:08 UTC

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Yakihonne

2026-05-30 04:36:26 UTC

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I'm faced with several philosophical question: is there justice in a system that the common man is unable to navigate, understand, or withstand? Should he be held accountable to laws that an average person can't even comprehend? Who does such a system really serve?
Perhaps justice for those who can afford it?
What are your thoughts?

2026-05-30 04:29:29 UTC

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I get an error

2026-05-30 02:17:52 UTC

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Lol

2026-05-29 23:56:49 UTC

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I assume you mean 90C. I do 200F but maybe I'll try the 190 setting

2026-05-29 23:48:25 UTC

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It would take a large dent for me to even notice anymore lol

2026-05-29 23:47:30 UTC

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Buddy you fucking scared me lol

2026-05-29 23:46:25 UTC

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It's hard to know how it will all play out but I don't buy the 5D chess shit.

2026-05-29 23:45:34 UTC

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I'm a pour over cuck but all I drink is black coffee. Takes like 30 seconds to make and it tastes better because I've developed specs for my perfect cup over the years.
I've wanted to try espresso