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If a relay already chooses what notes to store, censor, serve, etc. isn't it already exercising this function? Isn't the next logical step to let relays run algos? You could choose which relay has the best algos like competing rating agencies, or even swap algos within the same relay.

2024-09-02 00:38:17

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Could you have competing algos on clients to assign tags/ categories/ priorities? Couldn't these act on incomplete info?

2024-08-31 13:17:29

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He probably has a literal or metaphorical gun to his head

2024-08-31 12:40:27

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Looks beautiful

2024-08-29 23:51:37

If you preface in your head everything a woman says with, "The way I FEEL at this exact MOMENT is..." then they will make a lot more sense.

2024-08-29 20:06:30

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Great intro clip

2024-08-28 15:26:21

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Of course, it's the same thing with gold. BTC can be used and verified directly, but that's not widely understood yet.

2024-08-27 23:40:09

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Wow

2024-08-27 23:36:27

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Osho is an O.G.

2024-08-26 19:34:06

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The lyrics of this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2CliA8PuRM

2024-08-24 16:59:06

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I like how he hooks his hands in his shorts so they don't fall off the seat

2024-08-24 16:53:14

well said

2024-08-23 17:09:48

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I study the courses on meditation available at bota.org

2024-08-23 15:48:23

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One of the biggest shockers in my life was discovering that America is secretly socialist 🤯

2024-08-23 14:00:53

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I get it, but that take isn't 100% black and white. I don't trust him, but what % is fake is anyone's guess. Obviously, we shouldn't rely on him.

2024-08-23 13:14:33

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I don't get the Elon hate, he is very flawed but seems much better than nothing for now.

2024-08-22 21:41:29

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Maya

2024-08-21 21:11:25

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pure signal. the kommuna acceleration argument is a bit over the top imo if you want to survive to the Moon

2024-08-20 19:23:15

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Smooth yet grungy alt rock
#nostrmusic #tunestr #music #radio
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3X86QInWg7yupxaU3fvvjB

2024-08-20 16:19:02

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Let's not mix babies with food please thanks

2024-08-19 21:30:33

smooth yet grungy alt Rock
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3X86QInWg7yupxaU3fvvjB?si=We4rrmc5SiajaYya0MdiKQ

2024-08-19 15:42:48

https://m.primal.net/KEgz.png

2024-08-18 19:50:06

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looking forward to it. can you link it from Twitter, at least in some indirect way?

2024-08-18 15:20:56

connected successfully to 11 relays on @npub12vk…pugg Android yet my latest feed won't load.

2024-08-17 15:08:16

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wow really quality

2024-08-16 16:37:03

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Eat the burger, throw that abomination on the right away. Food was not meant to be soggy or drowned in insanely unhealthy liquids.

2024-08-15 19:26:52

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exponential functions FTW

2024-08-14 18:05:07

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NICE... now make it a BTC note to replace the fiat ponzi dollar

2024-08-14 18:03:18

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I take hot showers, it's like a cold plunge but the opposite

2024-08-14 16:25:05

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I see a lot of people say "We need ___" without providing any tangible opportunity for people without connections to able to assist in providing it.

2024-08-13 19:38:11

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Same

2024-08-13 18:32:55

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For a bear, laziness is a survival mechanism

2024-08-09 16:43:12

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Doesn't special hardware increase centralization?

2024-08-09 13:33:53

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Considering that the founder of Christianity was literally a Jew, I don't think this is a fair comparison unless you leave no allowance for any progression of the human condition.
Your argument basically boils down to one of Jewish supremacy, which is not very different from several ideologies which would see you extinguished. I suppose that could be considered a manifestation of Geburah, the universe's undeviating justice?

2024-08-09 13:14:20

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Interesting, considering how Judaism has recently done everything in its power to distance itself from Kabbalah. The Hebrew language and spiritual system is wonderful, but I'm not sure of the merit or utility of claiming exclusive purview. Personally, I have found great value and spiritual growth studying it from an extra-Semitic lens.
"People of all faiths are welcome to study the teachings of this Order. B.O.T.A. recognizes Qabalah as the root of Judaism and Christianity. The Order’s ultimate purpose is to hasten the true Brotherhood of mankind and to make manifest the truth that love is the only real power in the universe."
https://www.bota.org/bota/about-us

2024-08-09 12:48:17

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Oh, because Yesod is out of place?

2024-08-09 12:47:34

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Why?

2024-08-07 11:46:03

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I thought the same thing

2024-08-06 18:47:07

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...and it seems you're living up to another female stereotype of being unable / unwilling to engage in rational intellectual debate. Another terrible quality for a ruler.

2024-08-06 17:12:34

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I like equality of the sexes as long as people understand there are serious differences. Women don't get in many fights, so they don't understand the insane cost of violence and going to war. Makes for bad rulership.

2024-08-04 16:04:21

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Sounds like they have some work to do to make your stuff break more...

2024-08-04 14:56:59

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word of mouth works a lot better when 100 million people can verify and analyze something rather than 10 people.
the corruption would most likely take the form of minor price movements you wouldn't think anything about. you don't know why monero is trading as low as it is currently, perhaps it's already being cheated.
best of luck

2024-08-04 12:56:53

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I just think you need to consider how it might play out a little more thoughtfully. I have no idea why you assume it would happen in such a way as to give you an early warning.
Monero could have a pre-mine, meaning the original creators have a large stockpile unfair advantage that they can spend or not spend at whatever rate they want. But they probably wouldn't spend it in a way that would make it obvious, although if they did they'd spend it all at once, and you certainly wouldn't have time to react. There are plenty of other ways too, without delving too deep into Monero's technical specifics.

2024-08-04 00:12:02

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"Anti-racists" will tell you that black people can't figure out how to get IDs

2024-08-03 20:54:29

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An exploit, especially if intentional, probably wouldn't work like that. It's unverifiable, it could be any of 1,000,000 ways you get wrecked. And anyone who copies you and doesn't understand that might save a bunch and get super wrecked. Therefore your support of monero could unnecessarily ruin people's lives, especially when BTC lightning can be used privately.

2024-08-03 16:48:13

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Check out this post on X or with instructions.
"It would be a real shame if ordinary Venezuelan citizens learned from Myanmar and started learning how to make their own firearms, rocket launchers, equipment at ctrlpew dot com"
https://x.com/Wild_Arms_RandD/status/1818691325811720275

2024-08-03 16:14:59

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Do you guys know how to 3d print arms and drones?

2024-08-03 15:01:22

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Badassin's Creed

2024-08-03 14:58:07

Resentment kills its host. Feel that energy in your chest when you're sleepy. Is it a happy feeling? Is it healthy?
Love your body and soul. Practice complete and unconditional forgiveness of everyone who seems to have wronged you most.

2024-08-03 14:55:02

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I don't think word of mouth by itself is strong enough to counter malfeasance. If that was true, we wouldn't have the Federal Reserve.

2024-08-02 18:55:51

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So cool. Imagine doing a scavenger hunt with clues like this, maybe for bitcoin keys

2024-08-02 18:51:31

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great lighting

2024-08-02 18:49:36

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Looks like 1 month is where it's human enough

2024-08-02 18:48:16

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Looks like she's already sizing up the mark

2024-08-02 14:33:35

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ROOOOOFFFFFFLLLLL I feel this daily

2024-08-02 13:16:36

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I'm more in the Highlander there can only be one camp, given the network effect of currencies. There is logic to your argument, but anyone who copies you without understanding the caveats is liable to get wrecked. That's dangerous IMO. I'd rather promote private use of lightning and avoid the pitfalls.

2024-08-02 12:53:03

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Fair enough, as long as you're aware that you're potentially trading the value of your savings for convenience. IMO it's incredibly important to explain that whenever promoting Monero.

2024-08-02 12:28:11

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It's a great skill to be able to think of prices like that

2024-08-02 12:11:05

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True, but like @npub159w…csm3 says I believe we can achieve similar levels of privacy by leveraging BTC tools properly, such as lightning.

2024-08-02 12:05:23

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I think this could easily not be true:
"I think we would indirectly know someone was printing hoards of it by the price tanking towards zero in a short amount of time."
Obviously, whoever would be reaping Monero would have as their top priority to not kill the golden goose by taking too much. It's the exact same principle as 2% inflation. How many people noticed?

2024-08-02 11:15:30

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it seems like he had a decent track record to me. what reasons did you have to dislike him?

2024-08-01 11:37:52

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AFAIK there is no way to verify total supply which means there could easily be groups printing it or hoarding premines just like the Fed. You can't have your cake (privacy) and eat it too (verifiability). Gold is doomed vs. Bitcoin because of this, and I don't see how Monero is different. XMR/BTC seems to agree.
In general I think privacy is great so if you want to bet on Monero that's fine. There can be a case for both maybe, but Lightning etc. can be highly 'safe' or however you want to define it. Bitcoin obviously is the SoV king either way.

2024-07-31 19:40:40

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Why is liquid bad?

2024-07-31 16:18:42

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RP the legend

2024-07-31 15:12:26

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good luck verifying total supply. you traded the coin part for privacy when you could have just used Bitcoin without kyc

2024-07-31 13:34:43

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You say that as if those are the only prerequisites for money. They're not, and you fail at the other aspects of money compared to bitcoin. There is no way to verify total supply. People could be creating more. That is the whole reason bitcoin exists is to stop the infinite printing vampirism. Just learn how to use bitcoin pseudonymously. You can be anon just fine.

2024-07-30 16:24:03

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privacy doesn't get you anywhere if you failed with the money part. good luck auditing monero or verifying any of the properties which would make it be good money

2024-07-29 15:40:14

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Obviously the people who care more about ideals than money aren't going to pay out the nose to go to a fancy place far away and schmooze.

2024-07-28 13:33:57

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There is always something in common. They like sportsball because Mr. Strongguy heroically supports his team. You like btc because it heroically supports humanity.

2024-07-26 15:37:12

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Born too late for the frontier. Born too early for space.

2024-07-26 15:24:54

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Yeah, the cheese is 'free' until it isn't. May your cheese forever remain free, because there is a big metal bar over your head.
The USA has plenty of problems, also, but at least they don't espouse totalitarianism. HK is owned by CCP. You are at their mercy.

2024-07-25 13:59:33

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congrats I guess. most cults and psychopaths will drown you in praise and love. I'm sure they have lots of reasons to want Western friends. time will tell how sweet your deal really is

2024-07-24 20:58:59

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how is the CCP treating you?

2024-07-23 19:34:22

Freedom can never be given. It can only be taken.

2024-07-23 15:10:23

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Meanwhile the entire leadership of the Episcopal diocese of Texas is basically communist and pushing a radical agenda. Only Bitcoin can fix this but I'll certainly take someone who at least espouses for Bitcoin in the meantime.

2024-07-22 14:47:05

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Worked for a few loads, but now we're back to <50% @npub12vk…pugg load rate. Large variance.
https://m.primal.net/JaNM.png

2024-07-20 18:56:33

I consistently have to open several tabs of @npub12vk…pugg with @npub1get…0nfm on Brave win10 in order to get my account info to load reliably
https://m.primal.net/JXyM.png

2024-07-19 16:10:34

Republicans' plan to end the Fed?
https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-24.pdf
MONETARY RULE REFORM OPTIONS While the above recommendations would reduce Federal Reserve manipulation and subsidies, none would limit the inflationary and recessionary cycles caused by the Federal Reserve. For that, major reform of the Federal Reserve’s core activity of manipulating interest rates and money would be needed.
A core problem with government control of monetary policy is its exposure to two unavoidable political pressures: pressure to print money to subsidize government deficits and pressure to print money to boost the economy artificially until the next election. Because both will always exist with self-interested politicians, the only permanent remedy is to take the monetary steering wheel out of the Federal Reserve’s hands and return it to the people.
This could be done by abolishing the federal role in money altogether, allowing the use of commodity money, or embracing a strict monetary-policy rule to ward o! political meddling. Of course, neither free banking nor a allowing commodity-backed money is currently being discussed, so we have formulated a menu of reforms. Each option involves trade-o!s between how e!ectively it restrains the Federal Reserve and how di"cult each policy would be to implement, both politically for Congress and economically in terms of disruption to existing financial institutions. We present these options in decreasing order of e!ectiveness against inflation and boom-and-bust recessionary cycles.
Free Banking. In free banking, neither interest rates nor the supply of money is controlled by the government. The Federal Reserve is e!ectively abolished, and the Department of the Treasury largely limits itself to handling the government’s money. Regions of the U.S. actually had a similar system, known as the “Su!olk System,” from 1824 until the 1850s, and it minimized both inflation and economic disruption while allowing lending to flourish.23 Under free banking, banks typically issue liabilities (for example, checking accounts) denominated in dollars and backed by a valuable commodity. In the 19th century, this backing was commonly gold coins: Each dollar, for example, was defined as about 1/20 of an ounce of gold, redeemable on demand at the issuing bank. Today, we might expect most banks to back with gold, although some might prefer to back their notes with another currency or even by equities or other assets such as real estate. Competition would determine the right mix of assets in banks’ portfolios as backing for their liabilities.
As in the Su!olk System, competition keeps banks from overprinting or lending irresponsibly. This is because any bank that issues more paper than it has assets available would be subject to competitor banks’ presenting its notes for redemption. In the extreme, an overissuing bank could be liable to a bank run. Reckless banks’ competitors have good incentives to police risk closely lest their own holdings of competitor dollars become worthless.24 In this way, free banking leads to stable and sound currencies and strong financial systems because customers will avoid the riskier issuers, driving them out of the market. As a result of this stability and lack of inflation inherent in fully backed currencies, free banking could dramatically strengthen and increase both the dominant role of America’s financial industry and the use of the U.S. dollar as the global currency of choice.25 In fact, under free banking, the norm is for the dollar’s purchasing power to rise gently over time, reflecting gains in economic productivity. This “supply-side deflation” does not cause economic busts. In fact, by ensuring that cash earns a positive (inflation-adjusted) rate of return, it can prevent households and businesses from holding ine"ciently small money balances.
Further benefits of free banking include dramatic reduction of economic cycles, an end to indirect financing of federal spending, removal of the “lender of last resort” permanent bailout function of central banks, and promotion of currency competition.26 This allows Americans many more ways to protect their savings.
Because free banking implies that financial services and banking would be governed by general business laws against, for example, fraud or misrepresentation, crony regulatory burdens that hurt customers would be dramatically eased, and innovation would be encouraged.
Potential downsides of free banking stem from its greatest benefit: It has massive political hurdles to clear. Economic theory predicts and economic history confirms that free banking is both stable and productive, but it is radically di!erent from the system we have now. Transitioning to free banking would require political authorities, including Congress and the President, to coordinate on multiple reforms simultaneously. Getting any of them wrong could imbalance an otherwise functional system. Ironically, it is the very strength of a true free banking system that makes transitioning to one so difficult.
Commodity-Backed Money. For most of U.S. history, the dollar was defined in terms of both gold and silver. The problem was that when the legal price di!ered from the market price, the artificially undervalued currency would disappear from circulation. There were times, for instance, when this mechanism put the U.S. on a de facto silver standard. However, as a result, inflation was limited.
Given this track record, restoring a gold standard retains some appeal among monetary reformers who do not wish to go so far as abolishing the Federal Reserve.
Both the 2012 and 2016 GOP platforms urged the establishment of a commission to consider the feasibility of a return to the gold standard,27 and in October 2022, Representative Alexander Mooney (R–WV) introduced a bill to restore the gold standard.28 In economic e!ect, commodity-backing the dollar di!ers from free banking in that the government (via the Fed) maintains both regulatory and bailout functions.
However, manipulation of money and credit is limited because new dollars are not costless to the federal government: They must be backed by some hard asset like gold. Compared to free banking, then, the benefits of commodity-backed money are reduced, but transition disruptions are also smaller.
The process of commodity backing is very straightforward: Treasury could set the price of a dollar at today’s market price of $2,000 per ounce of gold. This means that each Federal Reserve note could be redeemed at the Federal Reserve and exchanged for 1/2000 ounce of gold—about $80, for example, for a gold coin the weight of a dime. Private bank liabilities would be redeemable upon their issuers.
Banks could send those traded-in dollars to the Treasury for gold to replenish their vaults. This creates a powerful self-policing mechanism: If the federal government creates dollars too quickly, more people will doubt the peg and turn in their gold to banks, which then will turn in their gold and drain the government’s gold.
This forces governments to rein in spending and inflation lest their gold reserves become depleted.
One concern raised against commodity backing is that there is not enough gold in the federal government for all the dollars in existence. This is solved by making sure that the initial peg on gold is correct. Also, in reality, a very small number of users trade for gold as long as they believe the government will stick to the price peg. The mere fact that people could exchange dollars for gold is what acts as the enforcer. After all, if one is confident that a dollar will still be worth 1/2000 ounce of gold in a year, it is much easier to walk about with paper dollars and use credit cards than it is to mail tiny $80 coins. People would redeem en masse only if they feared the government would not be able control itself, for which the only solution is for the government to control itself.
Beyond full backing, alternate paths to gold backing might involve gold-convertible Treasury instruments29 or allowing a parallel gold standard to operate temporarily alongside the current fiat dollar.30 These could ease adoption while minimizing disruption, but they should be temporary so that we can quickly enjoy the benefits of gold’s ability to police government spending. In addition, Congress could simply allow individuals to use commodity-backed money without fully replacing the current system.
Among downsides to a commodity standard, there is no guarantee that the government will stick to the price peg. Also, allowing a commodity standard to operate along with a fiat dollar opens both up for a speculative attack. Another downside is that even under a commodity standard, the Federal Reserve can still influence the economy via interest rate or other interventions. Therefore, at best, a commodity standard is not a full solution to returning to free banking. We have good reasons to worry that central banks and the gold standard are fundamentally incompatible—as the disastrous experience of the Western nations on their “managed gold standards” between World War I and World War II showed.

2024-07-18 15:16:05

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The ultimate test for any system is enemies from within

2024-07-17 18:00:35

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Solar panels on the side might not be worth the hardware since they won't get a great angle for the Sun. I think some lightweight thin white plastic shaders held out on the sides so that there is room for airflow might be most cost-effective.

2024-07-17 17:55:09

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At least give the hw some better shade, eh?

2024-07-17 17:25:01

Bankman-Fried... Cheatle... the simulation really does choose apt names

2024-07-17 15:25:40

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Don't trust the bbc. If the lamestream media wants you to believe something, it's probably false. Several people were injured and killed.

2024-07-16 16:55:53

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@nprofile…eh6r

2024-07-16 12:47:30

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Lay off the deranged ravings of this pseudo-teacher

2024-07-16 12:46:50

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Hitler liked dogs

2024-07-15 16:07:15

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I see a white swimmer too

2024-07-12 17:48:11

why does the giant zap button which primal Android always displays only work with the kyc @npub12vk…pugg wallet? shouldn't it link up to a third party wallet once you've connected it?

2024-07-12 15:38:05

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Woulda been better alive

2024-07-12 13:23:01

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Wouldn't mentos sink to the bottom or float to the top of the ice cube before it freezes?

2024-07-12 13:18:19

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Wow thanks, you think I had to consult a dictionary? So you're impressed with my basic vocabulary? 😄

2024-07-11 14:53:10

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Rezifp is close enough to Reseph for me. Reality is better than fiction

2024-07-11 14:52:22

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Crypto? Spook? 😂
Sophomoric midwit take