M0053

Cantankerous.

**BE ADVISED**

"Zaps" sent to an onchain address derived from my digital identity (npub) can be considered burned, as I may not ever move them.

Public Key

npub1qktjyk0vdqlfss7wztawdnka5phx2p3vlvq50x0z402jk2fjhtnqlx9qas

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsqt9ezt8kxs05cg08p97hxemw6qmn9qck0kq28n832h4ft9yet4espz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsx0u2xz

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relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub1qktjyk0vdqlfss7wztawdnka5phx2p3vlvq50x0z402jk2fjhtnqlx9qas

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2026-05-21 04:10:26 UTC

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Is the nsec derived using something unique from the user along with the hash of the account?

2026-05-21 04:06:57 UTC

Seems I slept through the use Npub(/priv) to derive a public (taproot?) address to send "onchain zaps" proposal.
I guess thanks?
Thanks for creating something that will end up burning a decent pile of BTC and thereby make all the other coins slightly more valuable.
But its too bad people will be burned along the way.
Perhaps the next iteration could try #silent payments or something.
Also I predict this will end up directing attention on #Monero.

2026-05-19 03:48:23 UTC

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Right!
Basically tiny little helicockters?

2026-05-14 18:08:46 UTC

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I know. I didn't mean it that way, but it does kind of have a little snarl to it. Imagine a little six-year-old girl with pigtails saying it. Stompn her feet.

2026-05-14 01:57:12 UTC

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02f859be038ab79284966331036ed7176aad77e2796fe3964fdadcfbfda528bc12@yq2gxcqgzrgg3ptyccnqdb6nqbeniiipyp3fmlex2gcceutl5ujwrbid.onion:9735
If you don't open a channel to me, I'll just open one to you. 🫎

2026-05-13 19:33:58 UTC

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Heeheh... "Vibe coded".

2026-05-11 19:30:22 UTC

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Looks like it might be a Bambu bedslinger. I have an A1.

2026-05-02 19:15:40 UTC

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Here you are describing the US-American culture to some extent.
My generation was particularly targeted by the message that things other than being a wife and mother are more desirable for women.
And it permeates my culture enough still that even just saying this could draw ire from people who see that as an attack on women.
I believe this shift in a culture was part of a revolution that is still being attempted that is kind of like the "four olds" from China.
Do away with the old ways. Women can work. They don't need to have children. And this benefits the state.
In the US, it's no longer a choice, really. Without two incomes, life becomes very difficult for a family.
Some of the women of my generation gave away the most amazing thing humanity can do to be able to be a slave to the system. And it was called freedom liberation.

2026-05-02 00:57:03 UTC

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Needs water!

2026-05-01 23:12:49 UTC

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Resterdaunt

2026-05-01 23:12:00 UTC

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I never watered my fish, which totally explains why it always stayed the same size.
🫎

2026-04-29 15:12:06 UTC

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So I did have a bad day. It's just that I didn't have to, so it's my fault as well. Thanks, Frog. 🤪😁🐸

2026-04-29 15:04:28 UTC

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I love that at 3:50, you see that he's using a rice cooker lid as he coats one of his layers. (honestly, "coats one of his layers" is about as far as I can follow him.)

2026-04-26 20:26:20 UTC

Shouldn't the mentalist have predicted the shooting attempt?

2026-04-25 22:42:32 UTC

So certainly everybody's heard the sound bites or read about the American admiral, the one who was talking about how the military is now running a node and talking a lot of the Jason Lowery type thesis when it comes to "power projection". While acknowledging Bitcoin's financial aspects, the admiral suggests the military's interest lies elsewhere... in how this technology could benefit a nation strategically.
What on earth could that be?
Well, I think we can compare it to something that's not on Earth, and that is GPS. Like the internet itself, GPS was designed and deployed by the US military. And the entire world "benefits" from it. (and, well, there are certainly surveillance and privacy implications, and this topic could go on for hours on multiple tangents.)
The Admiral keeps rattling off: Cryptography, Blockchain (as a immutable ledger) and Reusable Proof of Work. He recognizes that the Bitcoin network provides an unforgeable verification method for communications.
Being nearly impossible to change, the data in the blockchain can be reliably shown to solve an ancient Math(s) Problem!
The Byzantine generals’ problem. Remember that one?
While modern technology has reduced some validation needs in communications, it has simultaneously created tools that compromise security. The problem still exists... well it DID.
GPS illustrates this dual-use pattern: civilians use it to navigate to restaurants, while the military uses its more precise version to guide weapons. Similarly, Bitcoin allows society to securely transfer value, while the military can use it to transmit and verify any message through transaction hashes or other methods. I suppose they would be FOR the larger OP_RETURN? Lol.
Securing this network requires participants to dedicate substantial computing power... either to maintain its integrity or potentially compromise it (though game theory makes the latter extremely costly and low benefit). This creates incentives for abundant, clean energy production while delivering an unhackable communications system and immutable value storage.
Downstream of this, I have some serious questions. For example... Are we TRULY to believe this was NOT developed by the CIA/NSA? Internet... Bang. Location... Bang. Truth... oh shoot... we forgot that one. Lucky some fella with the initials N.S.(a) handled it for us.
But my friends here in 2026 (and those of you reading this in the future), Nothing stops THIS *train! Not clear about all the destinations.
CCMF
* hatip npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a

2026-04-25 20:06:19 UTC

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Oh no! I will see if I can describe it. It compares three words Horror, Horrible, and Horrific. And then a similar construction Terror, Terrible, and TERRIFIC! ;) The last work in the second set is a HAPPY word. The point being English does not always make sense! But you are still learning it!

2026-04-23 16:12:36 UTC

It is inevitable that calls for halting things on the Bitcoin blockchain rise up.
And it could get dramatic, but remember, even if there was a fork. Bitcoin just shrugs those off.
#nevent1q…nwcz

2026-04-23 01:27:29 UTC

@nprofile…xx0r This joke made me think of you! You are learning English so well even though, as this picture shows, it can be confusing sometimes! 😄 https://blossom.primal.net/e6814392b3874d10305d80d5fe7eb61c8d9688f8d179d3da777dfb40a3c283cb.jpg

2026-04-23 01:17:59 UTC

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Looking forward to understanding the "new lightning address payment flow"

2026-04-22 20:43:52 UTC

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You can say that again.

2026-04-20 20:49:55 UTC

I'm listening to Tucker Carlson interview his brother, Buckley. Lol. And this may be the whitest thing I've ever heard. And at the same time, it's actually pretty good so far.
But I totally wouldn't be surprised if at some point it came out that they have an uncle named Thurston.

2026-04-18 16:58:39 UTC

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Lol.

2026-04-18 13:56:42 UTC

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I do not appreciate your criticism. You know little about me, tonta.

2026-04-17 15:48:38 UTC

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Guys with no record deal and a platinum hit in the US. Kind of all you need to know. They own their own shit. They are cool.

2026-04-04 09:16:02 UTC

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Dead. Enough of this.

2026-04-04 09:04:27 UTC

Fuck all of it.

2026-04-02 19:46:18 UTC

The thought that the US is doing these things entirely out of stupidity is probably the prevailing thought, and certainly the message in all the various Lego movies, etc. Now, that could be possible, but at the same time, it's probably the less likely one. People who like Trump (still somehow) are losing trust in him because he COMPLETELY reversed on "no war". People who hate him make the mistake in thinking that he (and, more importantly, this administration) is just an idiot and take things at face value.
I would suggest what's happening right now has been a plan for a very long time and I would bet $100 that it hasn't just been Trump's posse doing the planning.
The military objectives which have been said over and over: destroy navy, deplete rockets, destroy nuclear program, destroy leadership... These have been fairly well executed, but these are not the only objectives during this action. Not even the main ones.
I have asked before why is Scott Bessent talking so much?
There is something much bigger in play here.
One theory could be that the U.S. is basically choking off the energy supply to the world establishing viable energy supplies in the western hemisphere. And then there's the NATO angle. The US has been projecting power on behalf of NATO for the better part of 100 years. It seems to me this administration is setting up the stage to actually have our old allies ask us to leave and then I wouldn't be surprised if we did exactly that. And the conflict is much more pronounced for the eastern hemisphere than the one the U.S. is in. Sadly, this may also not be an accident.
Cuba, Greenland, areas in Central and South America, Canada, all this bluster. Why? Well, it fits into this thought. This is our hemisphere. This is our empire.
Why would we want energy/Chem/fertilizer to be cut off? Perhaps to force populations into the corner where they have no choice but to take things like digital ID so they can then have universal Basic Income and eat again. All issued in a digital dollar straight to your phone, et cetera, et cetera.
When an enormous swath of the people can't feed themselves anymore, they're going to line up to get the things that they're rightly fearful of currently.
I believe it's possible that while the often ridiculous President of the United States is broadcasting constant confusion and chaos, the actual plan that has been in the works for quite some time is rolling along just as they would wish.
I don't think it's likely that this is just one big blunder. I do think it's likely it's one of the most risky gambits that has been played in probably centuries.
Most nations outside of China, at least, are not positioning themselves to avoid the inevitable collapse. They're positioning themselves to survive and profit from it. At least the smart ones would be. But I don't know who's who.

2026-03-23 14:40:39 UTC

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The spirit of this age is increased division and war.

2026-03-21 04:17:20 UTC

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A little...

2026-03-14 04:22:19 UTC

Been underwater a bit. Sorry.

2026-03-07 01:44:43 UTC

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Well, it is the right number of syllables, isn't it?

2026-03-06 22:43:31 UTC

Going through the motions. So I don't fall off the treadmill. Skin my knee.

2026-03-06 08:36:40 UTC

Hard to believe where we are.
The gates of hell unlocked.

2026-03-04 22:20:53 UTC

Oh, I want to listen to Simon Dixon now and then because I think he has interesting things to say, but it's like hearing a chainsaw.
Rrr rr t rrrr. Complex Rrrrrr rrr mrrr mmmrrrr industrial... hrrr mrrrr

2026-02-28 00:37:43 UTC

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Your Verizon number can be also using IP-based services for MMS. But where you set that up is usually specific to your carrier OS, etc. For me, for example, I have an option in the app that goes with my carrier, which is Mint, because I'm a cheapo.
https://files.sovbit.host/media/05972259ec683e9843ce12fae6cedda06e65062cfb014799e2abd52b2932bae6/9bca18819773f5f1e0946396578bf6b31f64b0288213d9c7acdec6bef0aea982.webp
I'm not sure about graphene,( although I'm about to install that on this phone) but most Android distributions also have a Wi-Fi calling setting, which can also imolicitly work with texts.
https://www.verizon.com/support/wifi-calling-faqs/
Based on the info you've given, I would put a little money on it being somewhere in there.
And I appreciate the Zap consideration and I'm surprised it didn't work. I think I have a wallet of Satoshi address set up. Huh, I wonder what's wrong. But you don't need to zap me. 😁

2026-02-27 17:48:08 UTC

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Yes, I answered your earlier question with some ideas, but you confirm here that you are enabling Wi-Fi, and messages can go over Wi-Fi under the right circumstances. There's more than one way that could happen.

2026-02-27 17:46:14 UTC

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So there are possibilities here.
First of all, if you are correct that you have received and sent messages while in airplane mode, then you have to have another network connection somewhere and the most likely (only one likely) would be Wi-Fi, which can be turned on in airplane mode.
You say that you sent and received SMS, which is a specific protocol. That should be impossible. But if you mean that more generically and that you sent a text message and received a text message, there are other protocols that can use Wi-Fi. Like RCS.
And it is possible that you are using a VoIP like layer for your texting if that is enabled by your phone and carrier, etc. SMS over IP gateways can be used, but you would certainly know if you would set something like that up.
So chances are, you are using a messaging app that will fall back to IP texting one way or another, or you're using a protocol that does that natively like RCS.

2026-02-26 04:09:17 UTC

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Monero has the same problem, but achieved a slightly different way. And it is thanks to its best-in-class privacy. It was easy for exchanges to be deeply short Monero and close down withdrawals for "technical reasons". Remember that?
Monero has, from the very beginning, kept away from the digital gold type narrative. Spend Monero, don't buy it.

2026-02-26 02:13:01 UTC

I'm getting to the point where if a specific app asks me to enable notifications more than once I'm just deleting it.

2026-02-25 19:09:30 UTC

And absolutely excellent summation of the BIP 110 situation, in my opinion.
#nevent1q…mesr

2026-02-25 19:08:08 UTC

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I don't know. That last one would rig some kind of explosive inside of the new carvings and blow the whole thing to smithereens eventually, probably. But I don't know, maybe that's a good idea anyway.

2026-02-24 04:30:55 UTC

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I hope someday I can visit China, but in some ways it seems it could be restrictive.

2026-02-24 03:50:38 UTC

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Hmm. I usually use amethyst on my phone but was using Primal on my computer. I wonder if that is blocked.

2026-02-24 03:39:18 UTC

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I know that you are smart.

2026-02-24 00:28:31 UTC

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https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsdvyjvespyf5rmj8uc5s0epsmjh6vyz6v05h075hc56c3vfdf878qq3guge

2026-02-24 00:28:00 UTC

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The implementation is perfect! Keeps it non HTML, but gives you the ability to render. This is super nice to be able to dig out a MFA code or the like. Sending a small zap!

2026-02-23 05:58:55 UTC

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Sounds like his nsec was compromised. Assuming coinos was a wild guess how. (Doubt that's how)

2026-02-22 17:20:00 UTC

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Not cool, me.

2026-02-19 19:56:52 UTC

You know how bars of soap eventually turn into little waxy rocks, and you try forever to squeeze out the last little bit of actual soapiness and perhaps coax them into something useful by attempting to combine 3 or 4?
Well the soap @nprofile…f08g sells does not have this "feature"
Currently using Clove. It is lovely.

2026-02-19 06:39:57 UTC

Stand up!
... they will say.
Wake up!
... don't you see?
But don't listen to them.
Take the side of truth.

2026-02-19 05:34:39 UTC

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And she's right!

2026-02-19 05:33:53 UTC

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Amethyst has it too!

2026-02-19 05:24:06 UTC

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Waaaay before that.

2026-02-16 02:10:19 UTC

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That totally makes sense. And actually it doesn't happen that much.

2026-02-15 17:29:12 UTC

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Cool!

2026-02-15 16:05:58 UTC

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Every now and then I'll get a host cannot be found type of response.
Usually the lasts for several minutes.
could totally be on this side somehow, not sure what causes it, not super frequent.

2026-02-10 18:14:38 UTC

@nprofile…2h5q Y'all still there?

2026-02-10 06:46:14 UTC

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Gronk Moogle.

2026-02-09 03:02:33 UTC

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First you misquoted me, you put quotes around a phrase I never said. And the thing that you misquoted is right after I said I feel like Bitcoin lost someone who was good.
I will wrap this up and start battering you because I don't see us coming to any kind of connection here. You are also projecting a whole lot of shit onto me that's not there in the first place.
And you're basically saying that because I hope that people who fill roles on the Bitcoin core team are aligned with values and ideals that I hold it makes me a shithead.
And it seems to me the difference between us is I'm willing to accept you and your viewpoints and have challenging, constructive conversations with you without calling your names or speaking down to you. But you're not going to do the same for me.
For some reason, you feel justified in calling me a shithead because of an opinion I hold.
It is what it is and it basically makes my point.. and you can call me whatever you like.

2026-02-08 21:02:32 UTC

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But it protects the individual.

2026-02-08 21:01:44 UTC

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I think this is where the discussion becomes very interesting, because almost unbelievably it is following a predictable divide.
People who value community highly enough to feel it is righteous to ask others to make sacrifices for the community based on what the community wants those sacrifices to be.
And
People who value individual liberty, individual property, and personal responsibility above what the community needs while believing that adhering to those core values is the best way to serve the community in the end.
It's two fundamentally different world views that are always fighting one another, both with a pretty reasonable narrative and a good argument to be made.

2026-02-08 20:54:39 UTC

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Well, that isn't what I would have said, but you've already had your discussion with that fictitious version of me. I'm just going to assume that that is the idiot shithead version of me.
And you should understand, I think I have a reasonable grasp on why you would jump to such conclusions, because you've seen it over and over and over again, just like Gloria saw the shitheads and all the abuse that she was having to take, some of which was vile.
And that experience will color the way you interact with people that you don't know because you're playing against some kind of median version of the community.
I did not like her laissez-faire attitude around Bitcoin being in the eye of beholder, what you use it for, whether that's cat pictures or whatever.
And we could go from here to talking past each other really quick. Because I do understand that there is currently little to be done to stop the things that I do not consider financial transactions and I understand that ultimately what is a valid Bitcoin transaction is fully in the eye of the beholder.
In the end, the important parts of the argument have less to do with cat pictures or the sensational child porn worries. They have to do with minimizing the attack surface. And there's disagreement on what that means and how to do it.
That doesn't make me a misogynist and idiot or a shithead.
But I am a long time Bitcoiner and a member of this community.

2026-02-08 00:31:43 UTC

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Yes, this is my point said much more clearly than what I was trying to say.

2026-02-08 00:27:39 UTC

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And yes, calling us idiots is also in the same exact thing I'm talking about.
And why would I not recognize that shitheads were having a terrible impact on Gloria? Of course, I recognize that. She was being torn down in social media, mocked, ridiculed, and worse.
And maybe it seems to you from your vantage that that's just the Bitcoin community. But I don't accept that. And it may seem that I'm pedantic. And at least needing to hear when this kind of thing is said, "a subset of", maybe even "a minority" of the Bitcoin community is this way. Very vocal and very wrong.
But it's not just that black and white frame. I think it's every Bitcoiners right as a human being to be able to speak what they believe and even to disapprove of what seemed to be some core beliefs of someone that handles the most important code in the world.
It's possible for me, for example, to both be saddened that we did indeed lose what was obviously an extremely bright mind but at the same time, hopeful that the people who step up to fill that role will a line more closely with what I and many other Bitcoiners want to see from a philosophical view.

2026-02-06 05:47:43 UTC

Time to change my avatar again. I seem to hate the universe again. Avatar change fixes that right?

2026-02-06 04:54:17 UTC

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Saying "the Bitcoin community is filled with absolute shitheads". Is something that many long standing members of that community who are NOT shitheads feel sums up much of core's attitude towards the users.
The only difference between what you dislike Gloria having to face vs what you just said about the users is you know her. But you don't know me. Or the other millions of users that contribute to the community you say is full of shitheads.

2026-02-04 19:29:41 UTC

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Haha. The wisdom of the little ones.

2026-02-04 03:35:20 UTC

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They don't need Bitcoin for that. The risk is Epstein was directly connected to the major banks, central banks, and the Rothschilds.

2026-02-04 03:32:50 UTC

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But it is imperative that you decide this for yourself.

2026-02-04 03:31:26 UTC

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That demands a fairly complex answer, but since they use the blind oracle, it's worth thinking through.
My short answer is, I think it is unlikely to pose any attack surface unless there's something really wonky about the blind oracle. And even then, I think if one was using a BIP-39 passphrase, you'd be in pretty decent shape.

2026-02-04 03:25:11 UTC

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Unless you're innocent, then the best move would be a little different, don't you think? It's actually game theoretically poor once you get past the first level... I now see your next post too though ha, so I was not enough levels deep to understand your point.
But it sounds like Adam's pretty deep and something also sounds like he might benefit from saying something.
I wonder if his lawyers are advising him on what to say and not to say yet.

2026-02-04 03:08:11 UTC

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And if that's the case, then it's perfectly reasonable to assume that it's the same reason that the rest of them aren't talking either.
And people can yell about how that shouldn't be assumed, but there's a really easy way to fix it.

2026-01-30 03:34:24 UTC

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Mutt O'Dawg?

2026-01-29 21:27:37 UTC

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Obviously sold your soul to the interesting podcast industrial complex.

2026-01-27 18:21:41 UTC

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Congrats on realizing your goodness.
to the people who are making snarky remarks about it being long... that's crazy... you guys are fiat as fuck. 🤪. Too busy waiting to get rich. Lol

2026-01-26 03:30:46 UTC

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Those things are super cool looking. I have no idea what they are though. Are they some kind of dab rig or something?
I'm just a mostly CBD tincture sort of fellow. 😁

2026-01-25 17:55:50 UTC

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This one was Star Blazers. And it fits some of what you describe and might have even been it, but I feel like what you're talking about is something else I remember, but I'm not quite sure.

2026-01-25 17:54:23 UTC

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I knew it's not a good way to make a brand. But I've never really wanted to do that anyway. And it lets me express my mood at the time. Actually, I recently grew a beard, turned out it looks more like the one in that picture than what I remember my facial hair looking like. Our will, time comes for us all.

2026-01-25 03:52:00 UTC

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MEERKATS!

2026-01-25 03:50:42 UTC

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Aye. But a salty sea dog from a Japanese anime cartoon from the 80s. https://files.sovbit.host/media/05972259ec683e9843ce12fae6cedda06e65062cfb014799e2abd52b2932bae6/b7ff0622b7426826faf57289c7e4b56ea039910fdecb62f0c9a492b49c759201.webp

2026-01-25 01:05:45 UTC

#Wordle 1,680 3/6
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Luckypants McM0053

2026-01-24 20:47:21 UTC

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Well, first of all, he has long teeth. Secondly, he wears odd clothes.
Three! Three! Ah ah ah... He has this weird counting habit.

2026-01-24 20:35:52 UTC

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This is a very odd but interesting string of notes.
Are you part of the CIA?

2026-01-24 20:33:44 UTC

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Did you actually just write in Esperanto?

2026-01-24 00:33:28 UTC

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In the same way that social media imitated and even replaced community... Something like an idle game replaces your drive to achieve and build and do things with an easier to achieve tap.

2026-01-23 23:53:21 UTC

So, I'm not making this up. I'm telling the absolute truth.
The matrix glitched glitched for me today. I can't say exactly how because what if it really did happen?
But it glitched and it kind of shook me.

2026-01-23 23:52:34 UTC

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Well, I don't know if I'd be good at clarifying it that much, but the basic idea is just to dopamine circle that they put you in. Always log in, check for whatever's changed. Make sure you've fed your geese or rang the bell or collected your free prize for the hour.

2026-01-22 05:41:25 UTC

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Agreed.

2026-01-18 15:21:42 UTC

#Wordle 1,674 3/6
🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Totally got lucky on this one. Can't believe that with the answer honestly.

2026-01-17 21:28:53 UTC

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Do at least take a quick glance at Reaper if you haven't already. It is in my opinion one of the technically finest audio programs created and I do believe there is a native Linux version.
Smidge of a learning curve, but if you ask the question, can it be done? The answer is almost always, yes.
reaper.fm

2026-01-16 18:54:25 UTC

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That means you are absolutely normal. Lol.
If Linux audio seemed in any way natural to you, it would worry me.
(pipewire really is a fantastic advance. I don't want to completely poo-poo it, but oh well.)

2026-01-16 15:16:54 UTC

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There is actually quite a bit of great audio software on Linux.
Reaper is, in my opinion, a top-end DAW.
And you may curl your lip at this, having seen you mention Ableton 😁, but Bitwig has a native implementation. (i'm a bitwig fan, but I'm sure if I had been using Ableton for years it would be a very hard switch even as similar as they are.)
But the devil is in the smaller details for this one, and I think you mentioned your Apollo. Let me know if you want to sell it. I think you have access, therefore, to some of the best DSP available and also fabulous preamps and converters. And I know Linux is Linux, but Thunderbolt is a really weird move at this point I don't know why UAD did that. But then again, again, I personally would think I could get Thunderbolt working with Linux, but I've never tried.
But it's the little stuff, the software instruments, the hardware compatibility, the plugins.
And, I have occasionally given it a shot because I am a curmudgeon who believes one should be able to make great sounding stuff without every single whizbang tool and indeed you can, but you can also build a house with a rock and wooden nails.
Finally, Linux's audio subsystems are some of the most convoluted software ever created by human beings. Alsa/pipewire can be configured to do just about anything and do it well that that configuration may kill you in the process.
I do praise pipewire. It did take Linux audio from being something designed just for tan colored computers to something that could do anything I wanted it to do, but it's just so damn complicated.

2026-01-16 03:55:22 UTC

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#nevent1q…ljhx

2026-01-16 03:55:03 UTC

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To answer my own question, that is Luke Groman.

2026-01-16 02:51:54 UTC

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Who is this genius?

2026-01-16 01:57:20 UTC

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Another reasonable theory for what might have lit the fire is demand caused discussion around the Clarity Act in the U.S. Evidently privacy took a dent in revisions of the act, and that may have stimulated buying in privacy coins.

2026-01-16 01:39:44 UTC

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I've been running Linux since the 90s on any machine that I use that I'm not doing audio on. All my laptops.
You'll get there. It's bumpy, but it's solid as hell. Eventually you'll wonder why you didn't try it earlier.
I started with Slackware and ended up on Arch. (did LFS and Jin2 along the way? I guess I'm a glutton for punishment.) EndeavourOS is solid. If you stick with Pop, I hope you work it out. I hear good things about that one.

2026-01-16 01:34:11 UTC

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Indeed, the angels did a double take when He made us.

2026-01-15 18:01:49 UTC

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This is an interesting question because seemingly unlike that abomination Zcash, this is not some planned pump and dump. Or at least if somebody's trying to do that they're doing a terribly bad job. Because there's no hype.
One contributor to what we are seeing is almost certainly the lack of monero being on so many exchanges, and particularly certain exchanges.
This has two effects. One is it reduces the ease of liquidity. Makes it harder to buy and sell. That friction causes price swings and differentials you can see this on some of the decentralized markets, the narrow prices can have a big spread and they can be north or south of what's happening at the exchanges that do handle it.
But then your next question should be, if that was the case, then why, when it was on so many more exchanges, was it so much closer to simply holding value for ages upon ages and not moving much.
Monero was being sold short and very often by certain exchanges. So think of it this way.
You're a big, let's say, Asian exchange, and you trade in Monero. And 95% of your customers just leave their coins on your exchange.
When someone buys Monero from you, you have a treasure trove of it to send them. You can just take coins out of your bucket because probably your other customers aren't going to all of a sudden try to take ownership of their coins.
And monero's privacy is a liability in this case. Well, for the users and the price, not for the exchange.
No one knows what you hold. They can't even try to figure it out. So you can short sell all day long and no one can see it.
But what happens when too many of your customers choose to do withdrawals for some reason or another? And I would posit that that exact thing happened multiple times.
Well, the exchanges guilty of this dark trading would shut down Monero withdrawals... " for maintenance! ". Of course, they will still allow you to sell your XMR to them. And they'll credit you if you want to buy some.
But this is why certain exchanges would not allow withdrawals for sometimes weeks and weeks and weeks on end because they were rebuilding their stack.
So, if you've read this far, then here's the punch line. There's not as much of that going on anymore. So, if there is a real demand for the best-in-class private on the base layer cryptocurrency, then it gets expensive.
That's at least one reason. I would say probably the main one.

2026-01-15 04:18:46 UTC

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AI.