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As someone who eats only meat, yes. And the health and energy benefits alone are enough to endure whatever you may not enjoy. There's no way I going back to the way I used to eat.

2025-08-28 00:34:00 UTC

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Probably not.

2025-08-10 20:59:28 UTC

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That's a pretty fire list of things you like. 😃 🔥

2025-08-02 21:00:27 UTC

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Good point tbh.

2025-08-01 08:52:40 UTC

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God bless you, Yarnlady! 🙏 😄

2025-08-01 08:50:20 UTC

Man, nostr is awesome. I really need to keep myself from forgetting about it. 😩

2025-08-01 08:43:36 UTC

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Um... I agree that the commercial isn't great but not exactly for that reason. I mean, they're advertising their business. Not Bitcoin and their business. So IDK... Not my favorite commercial I suppose. 😕

2025-08-01 08:39:09 UTC

I haven't checked in on nostr for a long while. Let's see what's up! 😉

2025-05-14 03:55:33 UTC

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Incredible. I'll be looking into this... 🤔

2025-05-06 19:33:12 UTC

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NP, here's also an issue on GitHub that talks about it a bit more and with nuance. https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/5594

2025-05-06 19:21:34 UTC

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I don't want to give false information here and it's been a while since I looked into this but this is what I remember... There were arguments over whether LND should adopt BOLT 12.
Arguments against:
-LNURL & LN Addresses work just fine
-"LNURL is great for businesses" which is somewhat valid because people like using human readable addresses
-BOLT 12 has a lot of stuff in it; it could be bloated so let's be careful
-LND devs should just stick to implementing "taproot assets" (which could mean stablecoins and other scam garbage)
Arguments for:
-BOLT 12 implements something called a resuable "offer" that would make LNURL and lightning addresses obsolete in a sense. It would allow people to have the functionality of a lightning address without the human readability part. You would have a QR code or long string of characters.
- BOLT 12 seems to enhance privacy by doing more things over TOR (this I'm a little fuzzy on and it seemed to certainly be more technical at the time I came access BOLT 12)
-I really don't remember all the features so I'll link to the BOLT 12 website. https://bolt12.org/
There was a debate about BOLT 12 vs LNURL at a Bitcoin conference once...
https://youtu.be/Vk7Eyi9SHj0
That's kinda all I know so far...

2025-05-06 19:05:59 UTC

@nprofile…a6r0 Thanks for your recent videos on Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots. I've sent some sats your way. Also when you have the time, look into LND and BOLT 12. IIRC LND has been slow to adopt BOLT 12 due to prioritizing "stablecoin" support. I could be getting this all wrong and it might be more nuanced than the Core vs Knots discussion but I thought I'd bring the topic up.

2025-05-06 19:02:50 UTC

Okay so hear me out... Bitcoin Core is attacking the network, right? The solution is to run Knots and encourage miners to filter the spam too. Well what about LND and their refusal to support BOLT 12? Aren't they trying to prioritize support for "stablecoins" right now? Shouldn't we be concerned over that as well? I'm thinking about it right now and I might ditch LND for Core Lightning. It'd be nice if we could just use BOLT 12 offers. 🤔

2025-04-14 18:30:45 UTC

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Same! I hardly watch any. If I do, it's usually because I hit the seven seas to watch an episode or season from a show. That's something I seldomly participate in.

2025-04-01 02:27:21 UTC

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Now I haven't really watched Star Wars nor engaged with a lot of Star Wars media in general but my gut feeling, even as a kid, was that Star Wars is trash. I have yet to become curious enough to challenge this stubborn, unobserved, and very uninformed opinion. 🤔

2025-02-28 02:13:06 UTC

Hey @npub1kyk…ea0g, I know someone in my life who's worried that I'll end up losing muscle on the carnivore diet once my body has utilized its stored fat. She keeps telling me to "add more calories" but I feel satisfied after my meals. That and I keep getting told that I need "other healthy proteins that aren't animal proteins." As far as I understand it, I'm getting the best and most bioavailable protein through meat I'm consuming. However, I haven't started my journey with exercise yet.
So I have a few questions. Is it necessary to exercise on carnivore to retain muscle? I believe it certainly builds muscle and requires more food as you build those muscles. But is it necessary for retention? As in, you could be somewhat sedentary and not lose muscle mass. If this is the case, what's the long term viability of not exercising on carnivore in relation to muscle retention?
Next, what can I say to the notion that I need to "add more calories" or "add in plants?" This is more of a social sort of situation. I don't really want nor think I need to do this. Especially since my body will tell me of I need to eat more aka "eat more calories" with less satiation and just still being hungry.
She believes that she's "not on a fad diet" and listens to Dr. Mindy Pelz. She thinks that she needs to eat carbs or plants for her hormones. I've watched some of Pelz's YouTube content myself and I'm a little unsure of the information she presents.
She seems like she's genuine but I also feel like she could have been mislead, confused, or wrong in some areas. God forbid she's not genuine but I'm giving the benefit of the doubt. She does advocate for carnivore diets but it seems like she focuses on plant based dieting with a little bit of meat or dairy, particularly for women. She also seems to assert that diet should change as you age, at least for women in the case of hormones. It seems to me like she's supporting the idea that women need plants and more "variety" than men.
Those are only my feelings, some of my biases, and some of what I've observed. While I have gone through one of her cookbooks, most of it being plant based, I don't have your knowledge or expertise to really know for a fact if my gut feelings or right or wrong. I just get a very suspicious unsure vibe. Perhaps you've had the chance to speak with her or have ran into her content and advice. I'd like your professional opinion at the bare minimum and perhaps your person opinion depending what you determine to be appropriate, provided you even have one.
I feel like this has been an awkward series of questions that aren't all necessarily easy to answer but this is becoming a point of contention considering we see each other often and I'm still losing weight on carnivore. It's generating friction and I think I might need some help. It's very possible I could also be wrong somewhere. Thanks for your time.

2025-02-21 02:11:20 UTC

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Ah, there's the bottleneck.

2025-02-20 21:08:45 UTC

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Seems like that's the truth. Now why hasn't Primal, for example, not supported BOLT 12 offers? Or am I blind?

2025-02-20 03:18:06 UTC

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Great question. I don't know why it's a thing. I also don't know why LND decided to pursue taproot assets on lightning over something like BOLT 12. 🤷‍♂️

2025-01-31 07:15:53 UTC

Crazy low fees alongside crazy low demand for block space right now. Perhaps now is the time to make some new lightning channels. 🤔

2025-01-26 22:35:05 UTC

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Fucking awesome. That guy won't even remember in 10 years time anyways.

2025-01-24 05:43:56 UTC

I have sort of a tech job offer. Not sure what to make of it and not sure if I really should go for it. There are several positions open; I don't even have the education. I'll research, inquire, and maybe give it a shot. 🤷‍♂️

2025-01-05 17:42:31 UTC

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Ya that's a pattern I'm seeing too. Yes God does act supernaturally in the stories but it seems he gives plenty of choices. Like, it's actually fascinating. God will be narrating how these curses will be brought upon someone and then there's a sudden transformation that person undergoes such that the deterministic future God lays out changes fundamentally towards a blessing. It goes to show that while God technically has the power to do whatever he pleases he doesn't just weild such power hedonistically. It's extremely admirable and it makes a lot of sense. If you're at the top of the dominance and power hierarchy and if you aim to be excellent and to keep your position, you have to be just and you have to be discerning and responsible with that kind of power.
I'm thinking about what if God kept changing the nature and structure of the universe through supernaturally altering physics each day such that there was no underlying pattern or logic whatsoever. That's just unfair and perhaps cruel. In this context, the question of why God would allow all sorts of things becomes pretty clear. Like God isn't the genie in the bottle, he has to be negotiated with and he's contractual. Because if he wasn't then things that no one wants to get out of hand could get out of hand quickly. So the characterization of God in the Bible is pretty amazing to say the least.

2025-01-05 01:06:26 UTC

This is a little embarrassing for me to post but I want to get it out there regardless. I just got a Novation Launchpad Pro MK3. Ya, I dunno exactly what I'm thinking either. Alright so I know, I know... I just bought something that might have been a little overkill for someone who's a bit of a music noob.
Don't get me wrong, I feel like it could have been a bad decision. I guess that's kind of imposter syndrome talking. But there's a point to this. This is a new direction. It's something I've never really done and I have to start moving out of my comfort zones. Why not thrust myself into the unknown and give some new things a try?
Not only that but two thirds of the payment came from Christmas money. So I'm chilling on the money perspective. Back before the carnivore diet I had thought to do something like this but I didn't and it stewed in my mind for several years. Nothing ventured was nothing gained.
Here's to the hope that I find playing or making music into something I can do and love. If not, then at least I invested in myself and learned something about myself. In the worst case scenario I'll find a use for it in some other way. Maybe if I have kids they'll love it. 🤷‍♂️

2025-01-05 00:47:46 UTC

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First off, WOW! No kidding on the memory thing. That's extremely amazing! I wonder if the limit on our natural lifespan is longer than we realize. Seeing as many people are going carnivore these days, I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing that typical expected lifespan increase for those who stick to a mostly meat based diet for a long period of time in their lives.
Ya man I don't know if our government is just blind, willfully ignorant, clumsy, misinformed, or malevolent in this regard. Maybe a combination of all the above in several circumstances considering how many people work in the US government. Ever since the US started moving away from gold, I think we forgot who to blame for what. We're just on this flawed operating system of pretend money, bad diet, and who knows what else could be flawed. It's all culture now and there are also legal tender laws too. I dunno what people can really do other than the right thing for themselves and their families.
On another note... Funny thing on the living forever idea, I've been reading through the bible out of curiosity and there are early stories where people live to ages 900 or more. It's an interesting anecdote; that someone had thought to write that years ago. Another funny thing about the book is that there is precedent for the carnivore diet. It's not like there's an endorsement or an outright command from God exactly, but there's a precedent that people preferred meat and ate a lot of it. Especially considering the fact that meat and livestock can feed a lot of people and can be used as a method of food preservation. If you keep your cow alive, then you're preserving food and perhaps increasing the food output if you feed and take care of the cattle properly.
There are also symbolic links and meaningful things regarding lamb. Lamb makes sense in a narrative context. When you kill a lamb to eat its meat so you can survive and thrive, you're effectively making a sacrifice in regards to the emotional connection and bond you would have with that animal.
It's even harder than killing a cow because sheep look really cute, at least comparatively in my opinion. This is all to say that people sacrifice sheep in the old testament stories to something higher than themselves, which would be God in context of the story. Livestock is something that's high value nutritionally and emotionally. It goes deeper with new testament stuff too but I haven't read that far in, I can just see some of the connections already.
It's a fascinating symbolic and narrative invention. It kind of comes off as genius to us these days considering we've forgotten all about the carnivore diet and had to have science rediscover it. I suppose that might have been the purpose, embed truth inside a narrative for people to discover. Though to be honest the idea kind of backfires, considering how difficult it is to actually pick up on the fact without the knowledge of the carnivore diet before hand. I dunno, the bible might be the greatest work of fiction to exist. I can see why it's transcended beyond fiction and into religion. Just food for thought! 🤔

2024-12-21 19:17:44 UTC

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My gut and intuition tells me that it might be more than a 10% to 20% increase in quality of life. If we're talking subjectively, of course.

2024-10-18 22:57:49 UTC

55 sats/vb!? God I guess people are kind of hyped about the price getting close to $70,000 again. 🤷‍♂️

2024-10-01 19:10:19 UTC

I also finished playing The Talos Principle, the DLC, and the sequel. I haven't completed The Talos Principle 2's DLC. I have some thoughts on the game and it's story but they're still cooking, so to speak.
I actually started to really like the characters in The Talos Principle 2 by the end of the game. It really clicked with me at that point. So much so I might want to replay the second game just for the story and to choose some different dialogue options. Though there's DLC to get to first.
There's something wrong with me since I just don't find the puzzles traditionally "satisfying." Like you should feel satisfied with completing the puzzles and rest assured, I am sure the majority of people will be very satisfied. The only reason why I didn't is certainly more on the "I have a screw loose" side of things.
Perhaps puzzles aren't for me but that's not completely true because I really did enjoy what little I got out of it. Most of the fun was playing it while a friend watched. My friend loves Talos so it was a blast.
These aren't all my thoughts on the game and it's story. This is just a short reaction or retrospection just after finishing most of what the Talos franchise offers. Believe me, there's a lot more that could be discussed in regards to Talos and it's story.

2024-10-01 18:52:31 UTC

I finally finished all of Sonic Frontier's story. Here's what I will say... I like the main story and the main game quite a bit but the "Another Story" DLC was kind of bad. On the upside, at least you can play as multiple characters in the open world. The DLC is artificially difficult and frustrating. It's not particularly worth playing. The alternative ending is also slightly underwhelming.
I also don't necessarily care about Sage and Eggman's father and daughter relationship enough. I guess I could just decide on a whim whether I want to care either based on reasons or how the voice acting makes me feel. This is kind of an anime game afterall. So I guess I've decided reaons for now.
That being said, I don't completely get it and see it in Eggman to be kind to anyone. Eggman is supposed to be that simple "evil villain because he is" sort of character as far as I know. Not only that but I simply don't know how he's grown or changed as a character between say Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Frontiers. That lack of knowledge could be my fault entirely. I guess asking for such development, even if it exists, might be a little too much for a Sonic game. I won't lie, Sonic Adventure's story is bad too but it's kind of a "so bad it's funny and good" trip now that I'm an adult. That and nostalgia but that's besides the point.
At the same time, I need to keep my conclusions in check due to my initial tempered expectations. I knew this game was going to be very anime and fairly kid friendly in its dialogue, story, and voice actors. With that in mind, does it live up to the sheer vibes and "trip" of the Sonic Adventure games in my opinion? Not really but it's still good and fairly acceptable in that regard.
The voice actors for Sonic and Amy in particular sometimes rub off as wrong for some reason. At other times they do a really good job. So I'm conflicted and mixed on those two. Sometimes I feel like "hey these two new voices make a lot of sense" and other times I'm thinking "oh my god you cannot pull off a line like that." Like when there is this cringey anime kind of camp that pops up in the dialogue I'm expecting a naturally higher pitched voice or a different kind of delivery I can't quite put my finger on. I guess I'm too used to hearing the previous voice actors.
Ya but all in all, I'll be playing the main game's story again sometime. Otherwise it's best for me to stick to occasionally exploring and unlocking achievements with this one. There might be mods to make the game better too. Honestly, this might be the best 3D Sonic game but my love and nostalgia for the adventure games clouds my judgement. That being said, it's not so good that I'll be rushing to play it on repeat and explore the world for countless hours just for my enjoyment. It's definitely good but not capturing me.

2024-09-22 04:15:26 UTC

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🤨

2024-09-21 05:20:23 UTC

Holy on-chain fees! I honestly thought I wouldn't see fees as low as 2 sats/vb after the fee environment we had for a long time. 🤩

2024-09-20 21:08:45 UTC

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Awesome! One step at a time. 😄

2024-09-20 21:03:28 UTC

Rough day today but I'm alright and emotionally healing. 🤗

2024-09-20 21:02:27 UTC

I'm playing through Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. When it had released and when I had watched it for the first time, I felt a bit mixed on the story. Now that I'm playing it myself I totally understand the premise and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. The only thing I feel mixed about is that it's the mainline Batman Arkham story and timeline. I could see why they decided to go with the Suicide Squad over a Justice League game. Technically, I believe the Arkham Batman games already reside in the DC universe as it is. So it gives the writers some creative license to do something like Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Hopefully this opens the door for Rocksteady to make more DC games.
Now I haven't completed the story nor anything DLC related but from what I've heard, the end game is a little rough with grinding. The always online requirement is also a little ridiculous. Overall, I'm enjoying the game a good amount. For what it is, I think I got it at a steal for the discount I paid. That and I might not be so favorable to the game once I'm finished with it. Who knows? I might write more about the game after I'm done. 🤷‍♂️

2024-09-18 17:46:55 UTC

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Very exciting! Can't wait! 🤩

2024-09-18 05:01:32 UTC

Since I'm kind of in a flow state right now here's roughly where my head was and how it went for me from when I started Bitcoin to now. These are some of the questions and thoughts I've had for a few years now:
1. What is Bitcoin? What makes it different vs the other coins? Is there any use for the other coins?
2. Well I guess I'll just put a little money in Bitcoin since it's the first one and that's probably the safest bet. I'll dip my toes in and figure out what an address is. Electrum seems to be a good wallet.
3. I should get a hardware wallet because that seems to be the safest way to store any cryptocurrency. I guess I'll get a Trezor because that's popular. Maybe I should get a BitPay debit card for spending...
4. Cool, I've got a hardware wallet! Time to ditch Electrum.
5. Oh hey, there's a capital gains tax on the conversion from Bitcoin to USD. Maybe I should be careful with that... Hmm, not so sure how I'm going to spend Bitcoin for things. It would feel cool if I could do that. I shouldn't play with fire with my BitPay debit card...
6. Hey these gift card merchants and options are a little expensive. They have some fees and I don't know which ones are useful.
7. Oh, BitRefill seems to be really reputable but the time for a transaction to confirm on Bitcoin is pretty slow. Still not sure how I'm going to use or spend Bitcoin daily on expenses. I'm not even sure which gift cards I should be looking into.
8. Hey I'm not understanding these other alt coins and don't really seem to have a use... I'm still curious though.
9. I just read the Bitcoin Standard and holy crap this Bitcoin thing is actually a political thing and really useful! It's not just for making money! It's serious about being money and it's actually trying to make money better as a technology. This thing could probably fix a lot of societal problems! I also now know what a Satoshi is. This is really cool and easier to look at versus the long decimal point.
10. Hmm... Kind of a mistake to start talking about Bitcoin with certain people. It's hard to change people's minds and orange pill. Maybe I should be more aware of who I talk to about it. I should probably respect the fact that it's not easy to understand and that not everyone will really care. I really wish I could talk about it though...
11. Everything is clicking. No wonder these altcoins don't have a use. They're literally designed to be scams.
12. I should probably set up a Bitcoin node for myself. It's the next step after getting a hardware wallet. If I get a node, I won't have to necessarily use Electrum again. Let's look into Umbrel.
13. Nice, I've got a Bitcoin node! Now what? How do I use this lightning network thing and how does it work?
14. Oh nice, the lightning network is like a bar tab. That's really clever!
15. But is it really instant and cheap?
16. Okay so I need a lightning channel. Let's look up some tutorials about that.
17. Coming back to the question... How can I spend and live on Bitcoin?
18. Okay I'm getting more confident with the whole lightning channel thing.
19. OH WAIT HOLD THE PHONE. THE LIGHTNING NETWORK IS AMAZING, WTF!
20. Ohhh... Wait, that BitPay card idea wasn't actually a good idea and now I understand why merchants like BitRefill are so good. You can use the Lightning network to pay for the gift cards. And hey, it looks like they have more selection now! I also really like The Bitcoin Company.
21. Time to look up how gift cards exactly work.
22. Now that I've done that I know what gift cards I'm looking for and how to ensure I'm maximizing the most I can out of them.
23. Oh shoot, not everyone accepts gift cards. Welp, I guess I'm gonna have to start being strategic with my bank account and Bitcoin.
24. Hey this book called Softwar is pretty interesting. Bitcoin as a weapon, that's a cool idea. I should return to this because this is a little over my head right now.
25. Hm... My Bitcoin node that's on my Raspberry Pi is going down an awful lot. I should reflash the SD card.
26. Okay, that's done and it seems to have better up time. I should wait and figure out how long it'll stay up.
27. Ugh, 15 days. That's not very good and I don't like having to go over and reflash the OS onto the SD card. I should probably use a different computer for my node so I can have better uptime.
28. Cool, I'm taking a trip to California! I'll be able to test and see if I can access my node all the way from Cali!
29. NICE! It works and it works really really well! That's kind of impressive!
30. Hey, if I just spend my lightning sats within my means I might actually be able to get ahead a little in savings. That way I won't be tempted by bull markets nor over spend during a bear market. Hey, this thing might help lift people out of poverty if they establish good habits... I'm starting to like bear market conditions way more than bull markets.
31. Man, I want to just use only Bitcoin in my life instead of my bank but there are still a lot of things you can't just buy with Bitcoin indirectly.
32. Oh... Oh my god... That bit about food in the Bitcoin standard is actually real? Wait WTF? There are people on YouTube talking about the Carnivore diet? Hey wait a second what's going on here? Are we all being poisoned?
33. Oh my god the carnivore diet is healing my mind and body. Wow! It feels like this is the modern panacea. Why was this hidden? Why is American culture so mess up with food? Is gluttony a real thing?
34. Please, don't tell me this is real. I can't believe what I'm reading in the Fiat Standard. Is greed also really that destructive that it has forced gluttony onto an entire country? Holy crap hold on, these things aren't like some fantasy demon creatures or ghosts, they're real concepts and problems. WTF? Thank goodness for Satoshi, the carnivore diet, and everyone who's done the research and leg work to figure these things out.
35. Now I really want to read more Bitcoin books and maybe get some Bitcoin merch. Though that would paint a target on me for anyone who might want to steal Bitcoin from people... I guess I'll try to wear orange more? Lol!
36. Maybe I should look into the capital gains tax thing and think about conversion for really huge purchases that can't be done directly or indirectly in Bitcoin.
37. Borrowing based on my Bitcoin could be a solid idea for those huge purchases...
38. Time to upgrade to some better hardware for my Bitcoin node. I've got an old computer that used to be on 24/7 and it had no issue. I'll just use that.
39. Sweet, it's up and now I'm confident that my uptime has been thoroughly extended. The external hard drive attached to my Raspberry Pi was getting a little full anyways.
40. In emergencies, credit cards might be nice to use in conjunction with Bitcoin if I'm not going to have any dollars in a bank account in the far future. But that would trigger a capital gains tax and I'll have to pay back the card. Not gonna play with fire until I know what I'm getting myself into. Eeeh, best to wait and see if things change on the US dollar side of things...
41. Let's put that credit card idea on the shelf for now... I want to get back to stacking more sats.

2024-09-18 03:09:45 UTC

Oh and I might as well mention, a lot of my comments on YouTube have been very well received. I feel like I'm doing pretty well over there and it's nice to know people read what I have to say and resonate with it. 🤗

2024-09-17 21:44:18 UTC

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That's a hard question. I have yet to orange pill anyone myself. So I'm kind of trying to figure out the question myself. 🤔

2024-09-17 21:39:03 UTC

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Fascinating! This will be interesting to keep up on.

2024-09-14 01:13:16 UTC

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Nice! Smart move! 😁 👍

2024-09-14 00:49:16 UTC

Welp, guess not everything is running smoothly yet. I've been having some routing troubles with my lightning node. Zaps through my lightning address aren't working quite yet. 😩

2024-09-13 23:38:08 UTC

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Ah yes, mainstream media. Your average mainstream media enjoyer will find this contestant so funny, unique, random, and yet somehow impressive. On the scale of random, funny, and out there this gets a 2 out of 10 in my opinion. But not only that, but your point is spot on. It's not a talent. 😒

2024-09-13 06:23:32 UTC

GM
https://m.primal.net/KoVt.webm

2024-09-12 02:39:55 UTC

Using noStrudel on my new node. Not gonna lie, this is much faster than what I was using before. 👍

2024-09-11 02:32:49 UTC

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Welcome to nostr, friend! 👋

2024-09-02 18:25:30 UTC

On the upside though, I'm playing through Sonic Frontiers. Got it on a discount. I gotta say, I'm glad I went in with the right mindset. I'm really digging the game so far. I used to love Sonic Adventure 1 & 2 when I was a kid. 😁

2024-09-02 18:15:40 UTC

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Those are students, not necessarily experts. "Students" aren't usually students nor experts. They're just starting out and they're incubating inside a thought bubble. And if you can stomach some harsh words, most "students" are willingly institutionalized and brainwashed by a university. They're trying to rub up to someone and in the process their minds aren't their own. Perhaps this is more apt with the kind of students mentioned. 🤔

2024-09-02 18:06:58 UTC

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Indeed!

2024-09-02 18:06:03 UTC

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While I did use AIM when I was a kid, I am certainly younger than 30.

2024-09-01 01:23:21 UTC

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2024-08-29 16:04:12 UTC

Forgot to talk about Borderlands 3. The story's ending is extremely anticlimactic and quite awkward. That's fine because the gameplay itself isn't bad. I'm not exactly itching to get back to it and play through the other vault hunters quite yet. I still have several side quests to complete before I get to that. Which I suppose is a thing I'll try to do off and on. I've actually never been huge into the Borderlands games. They're very good and enjoyable, just not my exact fix. Unfortunately I think Borderlands 2 will still be the best regardless of quality of life improvements in the 3rd game but only time in the end game will tell.

2024-08-29 04:15:45 UTC

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God, it's beautiful! 🙀

2024-08-28 06:49:15 UTC

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Wow! Fantastic photo. Absolutely beautiful. If you're at leisure to say, where in the world did you take this? I'm a bit of a laymen in the world of "geo guessing."

2024-08-28 06:41:47 UTC

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Very kind of you to the newbies. Welcome new Nostriches! 👋
(I'm not necessarily new so please don't zap, thanks lol).

2024-08-24 15:13:13 UTC

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ikr

2024-08-24 15:12:43 UTC

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Dang. Well, try it get it back. Or maybe we just need a nostr powered YouTube alternative. 🤔

2024-08-23 16:55:03 UTC

I just thought of something a few days ago. Ethereum is not a real currency, it's an attack on our finances and Bitcoin. Likewise the vegan diet is not a real diet, it's an attack on our health and the carnivore diet.
Here's the connection I'm making... When you haven't researched Bitcoin or any of the cryptocurrencies, it all looks too similar. So the uninformed and those who don't care as much believe Bitcoin to be a scam.
When you haven't done your research and you're still on something like the standard American diet, all the diets seem ridiculous. It seems too hardcore to eliminate down. And if you're looking at vegans, you realize that not only is something off about them emotionally but also physically. So you believe that if people do any kind of elimination diet, that must lead to problems. Therefore a "varied and balanced" diet is better, also known as the SAD or "just eating whatever you want to eat." Though there is an advantage to just eating whatever you want which could help lead to a carnivore diet. I digress...
A vegan diet is an elimination diet. You eliminate everything but vegetables. It's an attack on the carnivore diet which is also an elimination diet. The difference is that carnivore is the logical conclusion to the elimination process for the sake of health and the vegan diet is elimination in the name of "compassion, morals, and mother nature."
It's the same sort of attack and it's probably been playing out for longer than Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. It's an absolutely genius attack strategy that is almost guaranteed to fool a great amount of people.
If we're to talk about how people will eventually come around to Bitcoin, I'd suggest to look at the world of diet and ask if everyone eventually comes around to the carnivore diet. It's just not always the case. It's also not so obvious and discernment is tough. People might need more help than they're willing to admit and receive. And that's a struggle whose worth needs to be in constant re-evaluation on a case by case basis. Crazy, right?

2024-08-22 23:47:18 UTC

"No one's doing anything about it." If only he knew about Bitcoin... 😔
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GumiLIxLMM

2024-08-22 17:42:10 UTC

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https://youtu.be/P2RacS_BvWo

2024-08-20 18:51:45 UTC

Bro. Just got done playing the Borderlands 3 story for the first time and just 30 minutes ago as I wake up this gets released. https://youtu.be/VEEkW7y_tZU

2024-08-19 16:55:38 UTC

I do believe I have been anonymously zapped for the first time. To whoever zapped... 🎉
https://youtu.be/DnoqzFrQ_aY

2024-08-19 03:59:50 UTC

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TARDIS spotted! 👀

2024-08-18 15:51:10 UTC

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Lol!

2024-08-18 15:38:30 UTC

Wait a minute... I accidentally liked my own note and I can't remove it on Primal? Well that's annoying. 😒

2024-08-18 15:32:10 UTC

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I disagree on some things here but fair enough. Onward friend! 🎉

2024-08-18 15:26:46 UTC

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Ya I agree. Though there's something a little odd here... With a protocol that lets you say just about whatever you want, you would think there would be more bad actors.
I guess Primal and maybe relays might be doing some heavy lifting to filter some of that. So I suppose it makes it feel like an "immaculate conception." Maybe that feeling is still right considering that people are nice on nostr. Those that aren't don't really get my attention.

2024-08-18 15:18:53 UTC

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Thank god. I've never really investigated this but this makes sense. You have no idea how annoying it is when people say "we don't know how the pyramids were made." How could we not know? All that's needed is to essentially apply Occam's razor.
Just venting now, I have a family member who loves "Egyptology" and believes we don't know how we made the pyramids. I've been annoyed with this stupidity for way too long. It's simply not interesting and there's a lot of "we must not use our brains to ensure we can milk a non-existent neverending mystery!" 😩

2024-08-18 15:06:51 UTC

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Lol!

2024-08-18 15:01:23 UTC

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Use uBlock Origin's advanced user mode to block the advertising JavaScript. It works and I haven't seen ads for years.

2024-08-18 04:22:12 UTC

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This is a very good point; albeit up until saying "making clients that can use multiple crypto currencies." I don't think we should be encouraging other crypto currencies.
I think your line of thinking is right but the conclusion that we should encourage or support scams for adoption is wrong. Of course, nothing's stopping anyone from making a client that does support such crypto coins.
Did we forget ordinals and Bitcoin magazine's scam shill articles? I understand mentioning this isn't exactly directly related to your point but I bring it up because I think I'm seeing a pattern here. I think it's a slippery slope that's down the same avenue of thinking that made those kinds of articles happen at Bitcoin magazine.
Is nostr a Bitcoin thing? Honestly, yes. But could it exist without money being attached in any way? Absolutely. But I think that hardly matters given our reality.
I think it's just the nature of the beast and the unfortunate reality that people will immediately turn away if bitcoin is mentioned. In time they will learn either the hard way or the easy way. That's okay and people will find utility in nostr as much as they will in Bitcoin. Patience, we don't need to play games to try and "get people on nostr." Though I think such a thing is fun to ruminate on and speculate.

2024-08-17 19:18:43 UTC

Just had a thought... Perhaps people don't really want the freedom nostr provides. They would rather be coddled by centralized entities who censor words, ideas, and filter spam. I genuinely think people think that's more valuable than decentralized, censorship resistant communication.
Because until we can emulate algorithms, AI filtering, and whatever else a big centralized entity can do on cheap consumer hardware, lots of people won't touch nostr. Each should be able to have the experience they want right outside the box. That's a tall and tough order for a decentralized communications platform like nostr.
The only reason why people might say they want something like nostr, and yet never move to nostr, is because they believe that if they complain and throw a large enough trantrum, authority will give them what they really want. It's an extremely abusive relationship. Network effects don't help either.

2024-08-17 19:05:28 UTC

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I think that would be taking a few steps back. Honestly, I think adoption is a very slow burn. People will use it but it'll have to spread by word of mouth. Perhaps a company down the line will use nostr and it'll be huge. That happened with Linux gaming, Valve, and the Steam Deck. So it's possible it happens again.

2024-08-17 04:48:28 UTC

God, Flux is impressive. I just tried making a lora and I deliberately used an auto-captioning llm to do the work. Even with the bad captions if I prompt correctly, then flux can get it right each time. Of course, I would rather not have long prompts filled with unnecessary details about something I want the lora to do implicitly. So basically, time to get to work and actually write good captions myself.

2024-08-17 04:37:05 UTC

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You're not wrong.

2024-08-17 04:35:36 UTC

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Maybe we shouldn't use terms like "censorship resistant" and instead say "you can post whatever you want and no one can stop you." Because that's the reality of it, yes? This might be a little misleading but maybe we could also say that you can "make money" off of nostr since a lot of clients have lightning built in. You could also say "hey you can make an infinite amount of accounts on nostr with no workarounds needed." That would also spark people's interest but also turn some away. As far as I know, couldn't we also say that you can post a note that contains volumes of text? I've also seen some nostr streams on noStrudel. I feel like I'm being a little too obvious and shallow here; I haven't really deeply thought about this and this is just my first reaction thoughts.

2024-08-14 23:29:12 UTC

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Perhaps. Though, to be honest I'm completely clueless to how ETF's and taxes function together.

2024-08-14 20:10:14 UTC

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A hard fork is usually a very huge step. So we'll need to really think very carefully about something like this. Why do we need a hard fork in this case? How would this benefit people in differing regions with different governments? As for what Satoshi would have wanted, I haven't looked for any quotes regarding this particular issue. But does it necessarily matter what Satoshi would have wanted? He made the way, gave it away, and then went away.

2024-08-13 17:02:45 UTC

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Hm, that's sounds highly probable and lots of people already don't pay taxes. You make a good point. With voluntary tax you could have a weak military. So the alternative is enforced mandatory tax. But could that be a slippery slope towards fiat currency and tax via inflation? I think you've thought about it this more than me, so I'm curious and open to listen.

2024-08-12 23:51:40 UTC

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I was thinking the same thing.

2024-08-12 17:43:31 UTC

So I've been playing Borderlands 3 and I'm really enjoying it so far. Is the story better than Borderlands 2? Probably not but the game itself is pretty good. I'd say I'm enjoying it equally or more than the original Borderlands; which I'm also replaying on occasion. Not to mention I think the story is probably about as good as the original Borderlands. I dunno, we'll see how I feel once I'm done.

2024-08-12 17:40:09 UTC

There are some LORA's being created for Flux. Apparently some aren't exactly LORA's and some are. It's pretty early so I'm waiting until we get some concrete tools and methods to make them. I dunno, with how good Flux's image cohesion is, I really feel like all we'll need is an NSFW finetune and then we're off to the races with LORA's. But that's just a guess. Maybe we'll only need an NSFW lora.

2024-08-11 19:33:10 UTC

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Perhaps. I guess I haven't thought about it enough. 🤔

2024-08-11 18:04:55 UTC

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I wonder if the pessimism might be due to depression from malnutrition. Could be a possibility.

2024-08-11 18:00:48 UTC

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I think it might be "harder" this time around since Bitcoin is money and people try to be very careful with money. So maybe people are more likely to be slow to understand and change.

2024-08-11 17:57:45 UTC

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Absolutely.

2024-08-11 17:57:04 UTC

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That, ego, or both. You're definitely right.

2024-08-07 00:13:20 UTC

I only just found out about this today. Death to jpg and png (and maybe gif too)! Long live jxl or jpeg xl! The king of image file formats! Better image quality, lossless images with smaller files sizes than png, hdr support, and more! Just played around with it and it's way better than its predecessors and competition. 🤯
https://youtu.be/FlWjf8asI4Y
https://youtu.be/t63DBrQCUWc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG_XL
https://jpegxl.info/

2024-08-05 22:16:02 UTC

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

2024-08-05 22:15:31 UTC

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

2024-08-05 04:38:07 UTC

Just started using my own instance of noStrudel. It feels faster and seems better than Snort in general. As of right now, Snort isn't working very well on my node.

2024-08-03 18:14:51 UTC

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Guess I'm going to read the Genesis Book thanks to this note and those who have replied. I suppose I ought to brush up on some history.

2024-08-02 17:52:29 UTC

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Could you please reduce our rewards to 1 sat every 100,000 purchases? 😏

2024-07-28 22:14:52 UTC

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

2024-07-28 22:07:15 UTC

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It seems to be the case. Maybe in a few more years everyone will know for certain. 🤔

2024-07-28 17:50:31 UTC

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Ya there's a neverending pushback of centralized and decentralized forces. Like, camera surveillance for a grocery store is fine and it makes sense. Though I draw lines regarding surveillance from a purely tech perspective. I know I draw some lines about what's ok for me to do in regards to decentralized tech but that's more a personal "don't" than "the tech needs to be limited."
In regards to taxes in the west, man I would love it if we were on a Bitcoin standard. Then maybe we could become educated about issues that the government could help with and we could vote with our tax money effectively. If someone doesn't agree they don't have to pay the tax. Taxes could actually function and work properly according to what the people deem reasonable. As long as the people can be reasonable. Which might also be a tall task in and of itself. At least this could be a systematic nudge towards something better.

2024-07-28 04:11:51 UTC

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I used to think Monero was a great idea. But honestly, I'm not so sure anymore. @npub1s33…252p has a great video talking about this issue. I think he's brought some good points to the discussion. https://youtu.be/1LTT7wwyUAQ

2024-07-28 01:01:19 UTC

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Interesting. 🤔

2024-07-28 00:18:59 UTC

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Ya I dunno man... This is for the gilded cage and it is real to a certain extent. But how would this be implemented in a world where people only use Bitcoin? "Here, use our software to prevent people we deem criminals from buying things at your establishment." Are bitcoiners really going to fall for that?
Regardless, I used to listen to Snowden's speeches a lot and I've read his book. After a period of time I found that he's very paranoid and I suspect that paranoia was foolishly and unknowingly engineered by his own hand due to some kind of inner personal demons. That is not to say he was wrong about leaking and what he leaked. That is also not to say he doesn't have a high threat risk situation and that's not to say his advocacy for privacy is entirely wrong.
My point being is that I think he has some tunnel vision and perhaps some issues. He used to praise Monero's privacy first design a lot in the past and due to his privacy tunnel vision he hadn't thought through Bitcoin and the Lightning network's privacy tradeoffs and implications. I haven't kept up with how he views Bitcoin and Monero today, which is certainly a fault in my point and my suspicions.
But if his mind hasn't changed much, then I doubt he would have any peace of mind if he was pardoned. He would still be living in fear. I respect what Snowden has done and he should be pardoned. He's right that the US government does indeed spy on its citizens. But above all I think he needs some help, he deserves to no longer live in fear.