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2025-11-02 11:20:55 UTC

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Totally! It's a little counterintuitive. With an increasing population of desperate people, the opportunity is growing.

2025-10-10 22:51:25 UTC

I was on LinkedIn reading a post where someone was complaining about not getting paid for his services for some work done over Christmas or something.
First I thought, bitcoin is 24/7 so getting a deposit over Christmas wouldn't be an issue.
Then, I wondered, isn't a lightning channel essentially an escrow?

2025-10-08 22:37:07 UTC

Any BJJ practitioners around the South East US? What city? I'm thinking about going on a gym tour.

2025-10-08 22:32:36 UTC

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Lighten up. What's the worst that can happen?

2025-10-08 22:27:13 UTC

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Me too. Last day is 10/17.
I'm more of a mechanical guy but we should talk, just share ideas.
I have the most fiat job ever, working for a state university on federal contracts. Mostly a giant boondoggle, you've probably heard of it.

2025-10-05 11:47:31 UTC

The demand for positive experiences is infinite. I think I'm going to leverage this by just being cool to people.
Can't hurt to try. What's the worst that could happen?

2025-09-28 23:52:36 UTC

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I dabble in software (many personal projects, a few websites, a lot of scientific computing) but I've been a mechanical engineer for the last 15 years.
If your building a physical product I can probably be helpful immediately.
As far as software goes, I've worked with python and done web development with html, css, javascript, a little Angular, and django for the back end.
Otherwise, between me and my son, we can figure it out. Just might not be fast.
If no response, I think I'll take you up on Opt 1.

2025-09-28 14:13:44 UTC

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I'm down. Can you point me towards someone building something? I'm fixin to have a bunch of free time (probably.)

2025-09-28 13:43:08 UTC

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Bought my ticket. What time should I be there?

2025-09-27 11:14:21 UTC

Is there a quick start guide for ecash? I'm thinking as a user, not a developer.

2025-09-23 21:25:26 UTC

Even if you believed that the government should be funded at it's current levels, you have to admit that the income tax is the most convoluted and f'd up way to fund it.

2025-09-17 18:17:27 UTC

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Say, through some catastrophe, Bitcoin died.
I don't think the movement dies with it. Too many have glimpsed what is possible.

2025-09-15 13:39:08 UTC

I think everyone should know about Daryl Davis.
His technique for talking to those who hate you is becoming more valuable over time.
https://youtu.be/AvMNaDDfrN0?si=TUxjnqz46Q2N8U8g

2025-09-15 00:33:45 UTC

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It's weird. It seems lost on most people that advocating for government action is in fact advocating for violence.
I may be being generous when I assume that they don't know what they are doing.

2025-09-15 00:14:39 UTC

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I've always thought young fathers have a bigger responsibility in raising their children.
Those of us with grown kids should be the ones shouldering this burden. I just don't know how.

2025-09-14 20:56:01 UTC

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Cool.
Here's hoping you don't even remember this next year.

2025-09-14 10:09:55 UTC

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Perfect!! That is obvious in hind sight.
I'm serious, this is a real revelation for me.

2025-09-13 12:29:19 UTC

If you DM me and I don't reply, don't take it personally, I just assume you aren't a real person. Not sure how to get past that.

2025-09-05 14:41:31 UTC

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Lovely picture.

2025-08-31 20:50:21 UTC

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Where do I go for info on the September events?

2025-08-31 16:28:52 UTC

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Is it ironic if it was intentional? Genuine question, I don't really know what irony means.
You know, I've been thinking a lot about this. Simply getting to know your neighbors is the first step to correcting the issue.
The government checks will begin to bounce (maybe soon). Desperate people are dangerous so keep an eye out and head off that desperation as it appears. It's both generous and self interested.

2025-07-13 16:22:10 UTC

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Actually a fair question. Maybe he meant it sincerely.

2025-07-11 21:46:43 UTC

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Chaotic Neutral but by necessity.

2025-06-22 12:47:07 UTC

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Probably a good idea to move away from major population centers within the US.

2025-06-19 13:22:29 UTC

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A little hackey but can't you just pay $400 by just charging $200, twice? Maybe they covered that little easy loophole but it gets stupid fast. Laws are dumb.
$200 is about 2.5 weeks worth of groceries around here.

2025-05-27 11:57:37 UTC

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You don't roll the interest into the next loan? Perhaps that is my disconnect.

2025-05-26 22:31:29 UTC

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I've done some calculations based on some assumed rates of return with some random variation and eventually concluded that I wouldn't go more than around 10% of your stack. Under my assumptions, its riskier than it seems at first.
I imagine they get theirs when you die or something?

2025-05-26 21:55:59 UTC

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Thanks man.
Really, I'm just wondering under what circumstances it makes sense to take out a BTC backed loan at 10% (for sake of argument) if I can get a different form of credit at 8%.
Is it just that you can just roll it over and essentially never have to pay it back. (i.e your collateral BTC tends toward zero)

2025-05-25 11:37:28 UTC

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I was looking into BTC backed lending the other day. It still doesn't make sense to me.
Is there a benefit if I can get a lower rate some other way?

2025-05-25 10:04:27 UTC

There's a fake Jeff Booth on the loose.
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2025-05-25 09:53:41 UTC

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Saifedean is the man. I heard him going off on therapists the other day.
It was hilarious.

2025-04-15 13:04:47 UTC

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Wait, What!?

2025-03-29 22:18:16 UTC

Anybody need any help?
I'm good at the following:
Mechanical Engineering
Math
Little programming (especially in areas related to the topics above.)
BJJ
probably some other stuff
Not looking for a job, just hoping to meet people and maybe build something cool.

2025-02-16 17:21:03 UTC

I gave up on trying to set up Alby on windows. Is there another way to connect lightning to nostr? Lets start with opening a lightning wallet on windows.
Any suggestions?

2024-12-26 15:38:10 UTC

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What's the significance of 6.15?

2024-11-27 17:55:15 UTC

I am thankful that
1) my family and I are healthy
2) that I was born in the US
3) I have a chance to live in such a consequential time and make a difference to those around me
probably more, I got to think about it some.

2024-11-24 15:19:16 UTC

What if bitcoin does wind up being only accessible by nations or the uber wealthy? Maybe this falls short of what you have in mind but I believe hard money at the level of nations at least makes war less likely. That's not too bad.
I'm not really sure of the mechanism that would cause bitcoin to be unusable by individuals. Is it just that utxo's owned by ordinary people will be so small that fees will render them unspendable?
I think the genie is out of the bottle anyway, if not bitcoin, something else will come along for us average folks to transact in.

2024-11-11 17:28:12 UTC

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I suggest trying Jiu Jitsu. Find the right club though.

2024-10-01 18:39:59 UTC

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It began months ago.

2024-09-10 22:01:01 UTC

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Wow thanks, this is my first interaction with a person on nostr.

2024-09-10 21:51:42 UTC

I'm Dave,
Mostly just a random dude.
father, mechanical engineer, bjj brown belt, former Marine, new business owner.
#introductions

2024-09-04 14:26:41 UTC

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This might be out of place, sorry if it is.
My first exposure to the movie fight club was channel surfing. I caught the last 15 min of the movie. Totally screwed it up for me.

2024-09-02 21:49:31 UTC

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Help me understand why.
Why are individuals going to be able to posses and use bitcoin at scale? I'm pessimistic that if the price shoots up before mass adoption at the individual level, the bitcoin wealthy will be scapegoats.

2024-09-02 00:46:50 UTC

A picture of bitcoin's trajectory is starting to form for me. In the future, I see bitcoin used primarily by nations with ordinary people essentially excluded.
This isn't all bad really, nations will use bitcoin to restrain one another. Perhaps it will make going to war for resources less productive.
Where am I wrong?

2023-10-22 23:53:15 UTC

Does anybody see this?

2023-10-01 21:12:37 UTC

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say what?

2023-09-22 23:29:03 UTC

https://iris.to/npub1w5stul9738wq2qte6z9zrxl509pfv3474xyp8weyad4q2p6hmq3q9zr0dp

2023-09-22 23:23:42 UTC

Any opinions on Collaborative custody? I imagine there are some privacy issues but my biggest concern is leaving my bitcoin to non-technical family.

2023-09-09 13:17:28 UTC

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It's unethical but I think, in fiat land, taking on as much debt as possible is the smart move.

2023-09-09 13:14:52 UTC

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What's up with that dude's glasses?

2023-09-08 22:17:27 UTC

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Maybe I'm a stick in the mud or just too old but I think everyone should ask themselves, is this device making my life better? Try to answer honestly.