Michael Snoyman

https://www.snoyman.com

Programmer, economist, author, speaker, weight lifter, Bitcoin enthusiast. Born in 🇺🇸, living in 🇮🇱

עזרי מעם ה' עושה שמים וארץ

Public Key

npub1uwa9uxsxuywgvqpkkhz7dzqp9032s3mq40qxdtp55zv4xhjrxdjsmxcjh4

NIP-05 Address

michael@snoyman.com

Profile Code

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relay.damus.io

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Author Public Key

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Last Notes

2025-12-15 03:13:53 UTC

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2025-12-14 09:12:04 UTC

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2025-12-12 03:42:35 UTC

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2025-12-11 05:25:16 UTC

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2025-12-09 14:47:05 UTC

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That's ridiculous, you'll need to wait at least 20 years for that 😁

2025-12-09 05:01:49 UTC

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2025-12-08 07:58:38 UTC

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2025-12-07 04:49:22 UTC

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2025-12-05 04:38:52 UTC

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2025-12-04 03:54:57 UTC

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2025-12-03 03:07:19 UTC

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2025-12-02 04:22:52 UTC

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2025-12-01 03:58:59 UTC

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2025-11-30 05:46:42 UTC

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2025-11-28 09:16:34 UTC

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2025-11-27 05:36:39 UTC

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2025-11-26 03:52:47 UTC

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2025-11-25 08:41:04 UTC

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2025-11-24 05:09:56 UTC

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2025-11-23 07:36:47 UTC

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2025-11-21 08:09:51 UTC

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Almost like this is all just macro level bullshit

2025-11-21 06:27:40 UTC

I’d love to go back to mid-2000s me and say, “Hey, you know that whole semantic markup/HTML5/CSS3 thing and how it’s going to fix web dev?” Then explain React generating divs and spans with inline styles versus Tailwind’s utility classes.

2025-11-21 04:43:22 UTC

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2025-11-20 05:53:11 UTC

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I'm long on beef https://image.nostr.build/6e8b8849463487d75e928d1d11a10d862db13b4091c1cfc1d808d1cb5753d72b.jpg

2025-11-20 03:50:08 UTC

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2025-11-19 14:48:32 UTC

Absurd Rust? Never! A blog post on bottom types, non-terminating functions, Infallible, and the never type (!), with a decent sprinkling of Haskell too. https://academy.fpblock.com/blog/absurd-rust-never/

2025-11-19 06:10:34 UTC

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2025-11-19 06:10:04 UTC

The five stages of writing a blog post (or doing anything):
1. Denial: this will be easy
2. Anger: why isn’t this working?
3. Bargaining: maybe I can find a simpler approach?
4. Depression: I’ll never get it done
5. Acceptance: time to block off 4 hours and get to work

2025-11-18 12:13:21 UTC

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I wonder if it depends on which data center is being hit.

2025-11-18 12:00:48 UTC

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A coworker just told me that they updated their status page:
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2025-11-18 11:46:20 UTC

Did Cloudflare just take down the whole internet? Anyone else experiencing it?

2025-11-18 08:18:09 UTC

A lot of people think spirituality means “beating myself up until I'm perfect.” But that's not true. Self-torture is the enemy of growth. Self-kindness is the beginning of repair.

2025-11-18 06:28:17 UTC

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2025-11-17 04:50:01 UTC

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2025-11-16 05:38:54 UTC

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2025-11-14 04:07:17 UTC

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2025-11-13 17:21:07 UTC

Bitcoin’s core story is different from most cryptocurrencies. It has no centrally issuing authority. A few others have tried to do that, and one of them (zcash) just had a major surge, but ultimately Bitcoin beats all of them with the balance between transparency, new coin issuance policy, and first mover advantage.

2025-11-13 06:30:50 UTC

Remember, every time you’re sitting in a compliance meeting at work, government busybodies just stole a piece of your life.

2025-11-13 04:15:13 UTC

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2025-11-12 03:38:08 UTC

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2025-11-11 03:44:55 UTC

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2025-11-10 16:11:00 UTC

After experimenting with about 4 different desktop environments, 5 different distros, and a half dozen different combos of Snap/Flatpak/native install of apps... I'm back on Fedora+Gnome and avoiding Snap and Flatpak wherever possible.
I'm surprised at all the weird bugs that popped up from Flatpak+Gnome+Wayland given that it's essentially the Fedora default way to do things.

2025-11-10 09:21:23 UTC

Really happy that I got to pick up some discount sats last week :)

2025-11-10 04:33:23 UTC

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2025-11-09 05:24:10 UTC

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2025-11-07 04:39:43 UTC

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2025-11-06 05:15:18 UTC

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2025-11-05 05:27:33 UTC

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2025-11-04 04:04:22 UTC

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2025-11-03 06:13:51 UTC

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2025-11-02 05:33:11 UTC

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2025-10-31 01:47:41 UTC

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2025-10-30 05:22:46 UTC

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2025-10-29 03:34:53 UTC

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2025-10-28 11:00:22 UTC

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Reporting for duty. Let the mocking begin!

2025-10-28 05:54:09 UTC

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2025-10-27 05:07:16 UTC

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2025-10-26 06:11:35 UTC

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2025-10-24 10:29:55 UTC

It was a huge mistake to rename BC and AD to BCE and CE.

2025-10-24 03:17:56 UTC

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2025-10-23 05:54:25 UTC

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2025-10-22 08:36:56 UTC

I’ve been playing around with an idea for the past few months, and I’d like to kick it off with a poll.
Do you consider yourself more an individualist or more a collectivist?
Do you believe, in general, we’re better off striving for greatness or perfect?
I’ve got a three part theory based on this. First part: when we look at the political debates going on today (progressive vs conservative, totalitarian vs libertarian), ultimately for most people the debate boils down to individualism vs collectivism. The best example of that today is the “woke right.” I believe there’s nothing “right” about them, it’s a counter to “woke left” anti-white collectivism with pro-white collectivism. The problem isn’t the skin color, it’s the race-based collectivism itself.
Second part: many debates today come down to “great” vs “perfect.” Take gun control. Pro-gun control people will generally want to avoid any senseless deaths (which, for the record, is a laudable goal). Banning guns is the only way they see to achieve it. By contrast, anti-gun control people believe that there are trade-offs both with and without guns, and overall we have greater safety with gun rights.
Third part: these two categories overlap significantly. Individualism values the judgements and appraisals of each individual. One person’s “perfect” doesn’t match another's. Therefore, in an individualist world, we can’t strive for perfection. Instead, we live in the messy world of a bunch of individuals doing what they think is best. Collectivism, on the other hand, necessarily leads towards a centralization of decision making, which means we must define a goal.
Is the overlap perfect? No, not at all. Even within the relatively simple part 1, we know that there are socially progressive individualists and socially conservative collectivists. But overall, it seems to line up empirically, and provides what I think is a good paradigm for today’s political debates.
Going one step farther. I think this may also be why there’s a strong correlation between belief in God and individualism (though far from a complete correlation). The weak point for individualists is the “grand plan.” Free market economists address this with the invisible hand of the market. But the religious get something even more reassuring: all is part of God’s ultimate plan.

2025-10-22 03:10:42 UTC

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2025-10-21 07:24:52 UTC

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#MeToo

2025-10-21 07:24:17 UTC

I finally broke through my overhead press plateau! I have an old shoulder injury that's been interfering, finally got enough mobility work underway to overcome it. 🏋‍♂️

2025-10-21 05:11:47 UTC

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Greetings Honorable Gowron! Qapla!

2025-10-21 04:58:45 UTC

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Thank you friend, good to see you!

2025-10-21 04:49:24 UTC

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2025-10-17 05:50:19 UTC

Coddling evil is evil

2025-10-09 03:26:47 UTC

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2025-10-06 04:26:44 UTC

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Tell me more

2025-10-06 02:38:32 UTC

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2025-09-11 09:59:27 UTC

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I didn’t get very far before getting distracted with other work. And I wasn’t really enjoying it that much, probably won’t go back

2025-09-04 15:17:10 UTC

Finally going through an OCaml tutorial just for kicks

2025-08-25 12:12:45 UTC

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2025-08-24 06:47:46 UTC

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2025-08-22 05:09:54 UTC

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2025-08-18 06:10:42 UTC

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2025-08-05 15:42:14 UTC

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Is this a relatively new entry? When I was looking for tooling when I got started with Nostr (I guess about a year ago now), I don't remember seeing it.

2025-08-05 15:41:24 UTC

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I've been using Coinos as my lightning/zap wallet for most of my time on Nostr, it could definitely be a recommendation for someone starting new fresh. Thanks for the recommendation!

2025-08-05 15:28:33 UTC

I told my cab driver I was going to a Bitcoin conference. He's really interested in getting into Bitcoin. What's the simplest wallet onboarding experience for a newbie I could recommend?

2025-08-01 16:01:44 UTC

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2025-07-27 15:18:00 UTC

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2025-07-25 04:52:44 UTC

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I’ve got more 😀 #memes #memestr
https://image.nostr.build/ab59f61e24d1f6f5d2a93bba7f08056ddfadc0d631aed9a75895b93a7bffcaca.jpg

2025-07-24 16:11:39 UTC

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Thank you! It’s always an honor 🙇

2025-07-24 15:36:54 UTC

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2025-07-14 05:02:16 UTC

I made a haiku about OnlyFans
He gave her money
So the whore whored whorishly
Neither were happy

2025-07-11 05:50:13 UTC

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2025-07-07 09:10:09 UTC

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It's OK, but have you seen the tokenomics on UltraMooseHeadCoin? It's going to the moon!

2025-07-07 07:29:53 UTC

Wishing you a glorious day @npub1y80…87je https://image.nostr.build/dbfa648ff9c2066797668c671d236df4801ad8016962f85d0b1f0a78e0e641fe.jpg

2025-07-07 05:26:32 UTC

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2025-07-06 09:24:08 UTC

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2025-07-04 06:32:08 UTC

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Seems consistent, we're hoping that the president does it to save the country. Bitcoiners will be fine either way, it'll just take longer to recover if the US fails.

2025-07-04 04:44:19 UTC

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2025-07-02 18:48:13 UTC

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2025-07-01 07:24:41 UTC

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2025-06-30 06:44:27 UTC

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For the Rustaceans: [(Scissor, Scissor); 2]

2025-06-30 05:02:09 UTC

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2025-05-19 07:35:31 UTC

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Karma?

2025-05-19 06:52:09 UTC

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I'm not happy that this is the state of the world. But it's good to know it's widespread. I can figure out how to live in this new world as opposed to continue to figure out which doc on "how to properly report error messages without just saying 'it's broken help me'" I still need to write.