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2024-10-18 23:40:14 UTC

douglas macgregor is always worth listening to, but this recent interview is the best i've heard. should be listened to carefully and repeatedly.
https://youtu.be/Z6Pvmjpf3Bc?si=9NZwwgT81LN8FJ5p

2024-07-20 20:44:50 UTC

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if you dont want to pay big bucks for data recovery, might try putting it in freezer for a couple of hours and see if that fixes it. if yes, get what you can off it before it fails again.
sounds like disk itself is bad but might also try plugging it into different computer running different OS (e.g., Linux if you've only tried to access via Windows).

2024-02-23 01:07:34 UTC

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i have been using sylpheed to view emails as text-only for many years. may not be an option for those if you who have been corralled into using webmail in which everything is custodied by 3rd party and said 3rd party's web interface is oplortunity for said 3rd party to bombard you with advertisements daily.

2024-02-23 01:00:56 UTC

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first step is to make a bit-by-bit clone of drive so nothing further gets overwritten.
the data should still be there if has not been overwriiten.
been a long time since i used apple but i would be surprised if open source or relatively low cost recovery software cant retrieve.
if is smartphone, might involve jailbreaking (rooting) device, and i'm not sure whether you can access drive via data cable etc.

2024-02-20 14:43:12 UTC

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Thanks for the reply!

2024-02-20 07:40:43 UTC

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how do i install? what platform? is there a link i missed?
many thanks!

2024-02-19 22:11:07 UTC

not sure why preview doesnt seem to work (i've been lurking in nostr for awhile but havent posted much). anyway, reposting this with explanation in case you cant see preview.
is prof john mearsheimer statement urging UK court NOT to extradite julian assange to US (UK court has big decision to make today).
https://twitter.com/i/status/1759026549309989102

2024-02-19 22:05:00 UTC

https://twitter.com/i/status/1759026549309989102

2024-02-15 19:41:30 UTC

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dinosaurs on the verge of extinction

2024-02-15 13:47:50 UTC

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coincodex app (android; may be on other platforms as well) lets you change in settings

2024-02-15 13:40:43 UTC

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us gov wants 10k usd for everything these days.

2024-02-11 22:42:08 UTC

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p.s. "different indices" = odd vs even (is selectable when you specify mix-to wallet, iirc)

2024-02-11 22:39:31 UTC

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you can run another instance -- usual way is with sparrow server (also called sparrow terminal) installed on your node or linux box but can also be done with samourai -- just need to be sure that you set different instances to mix to different indices.
also will help -- regardless of whether you run one ir two instances -- that machine stays up and has good connection to internet, otherwise you will be temporarily banned, which will really slow things down.

2024-01-15 09:54:02 UTC

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it's like what happens with a ball on a spring where restoring force is proportional to distance from neutral position. ball repeatedly overshoots neutral position as it goes back and forth. interesting thing is that maximum velocity is reached as ball wooshes past neutral position where restoring force is zero, and minimum velocity (zero) is where restoring force is maximum at extremes where ball stops and turns around. damping is due to frictional forces. lots of similar examples in nature: basically anywhere you have "springs" or "waves" you will get sinusoidal motion. "spring" in case of btc chart could be some trader or bot (e.g., grid bot) that increases size of bet that price will revert to mean ("restoring force") with increasing distance from some moving average ("neutral position"). but if so, i expect that sooner or later they will get rekt, like the Nobel Prize winners who made a killing for about 6 months before almost crashing the Western financial system in 1999 (i.e., check out story of hedge fund called LTCM = Long Term Capital Management).

2023-10-08 05:23:46 UTC

thanks for adding cointoss entropy creation workflow to seedsigner (realize is not in official release yet but looks close!).
if i understand what's going on, i will need to zap this (my own note) to split zaps three ways among keith, seed, and nick. may take a few tries but i'll figure it out eventually. (apparently is easier to zap someone by clicking lightning bolt on their note rather creating note to them oneself...)

2023-09-30 10:30:09 UTC

https://fountain.fm/episode/PRS603NEVXn3otUVtUUF

2023-08-24 13:34:41 UTC

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4 GB raspberry pis are especially prone to crashes. disabling fast-sync helps but i still saw crashes. as somerfeld recommends, during initial sync i did nightly backups of db so i didnt have to start from scratch on crash. in my case, cause of crash was bitcoind connection error; may have sthg to do with communication with ssd. in any event, what i ended up doing was monitor fulcrum log and stop fulcrum for maybe an hour or so whenever i started seeing bitcoind connection errors.

2023-07-30 06:22:54 UTC

i wonder if michael hudson is a bitcoiner...
https://michael-hudson.com/2023/07/global-economic-history-in-2-5-hours/

2023-06-18 02:56:55 UTC

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Please provide link to your video. Thanks!!

2023-06-02 22:56:56 UTC

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amazing interview!

2023-05-30 05:03:05 UTC

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Adam Back also mentioned that Snow Crash is a favorite of his

2023-05-22 02:12:49 UTC

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count me in!

2023-05-22 00:18:35 UTC

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that makes sense, since later similar attempts with different counterparty resulted in hung transaction (no timeout. no notice of successful payment. i eventually hit cancel.), which i took to mean invoice had already been paid by someone else. so looks like invoices are single-use. not following balance to know whether payment/balance reverse, but at least 30 min or so following transaction, my recollection is that was still in history. therefore looks like app debits/credit transaction amount from balance despite failed payment but would need to test more carefully to confirm.

2023-05-21 13:03:01 UTC

Fedi Alpha 100 sat signet request:
lightning:lntbs1u1pjx5yhedqqpp58pc7kc0kch9xcxtt2632zruzspcz8w26q8tydlwgrhhsgcd940yqsp5azcaua8m72az8k9udkp8mjxx0znweepvtndx2xrwhfvsxhr20g2s9qrsgqcqpjnp4qv282dcj6z99vfzh99cpr79ntf7jlje9ujylnp83yrn44n8kfzagzxqrrssrzjqftf3ny6cc3lt5d67433puh3kcklllhy8l7dktpqej65racyjl25qqqqqqqqqqqqqyqqqqqqqqqqqqqqrc4enzhcsuja5xzj7l0w7xpsxyxpwx8xkg8300ct7ftpu24w7ctxjjnseyfamswvgxe6r7078qmt3n0gtgckscl30eq5wmp24aalyk9cgphdvz4v

2023-05-19 08:36:48 UTC

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I think it's called the prayer of st francis of assisi that goes something like "grant me the ability to change those things i can, to endure those things i cant, and the wisdom to know the difference between the two."
if you're a survivor, you'll notice what works, e.g., how to cheer yourself up and not let stuff you can't control get you down, but as others have written, some stuff just has to be endured.
i don't know about you, but i want to strong enough not to be defeated by my own sadness, for my own sake and also so i can continue to be a support for those who rely on me, but i also dont want to become numb, cold, or uncaring.
so i would feel good about yourself if you're sensitive enough to care but have the practical survivor instinct that keeps you from caring so much it becomes dangerous. it may be a little like distance (maai in japanese) in martial arts: there's sort of a natural safe or comfortable distance: too close and you cant move fast enough to defend yourself; too far and you cant engage without overextending.
for me it is not pain but meaningless pain that is hardest to bear. if someone has hurt me (not that they necessarily have deliberately hurt me) but i can do a good thing for them and for myself by enduring it (and i have it in me to bear it!), then sometimes i think to myself "i dont care how bad it hurts, let the pain come if it's going to".
i mean, of course i am not deliberately trying to make things more painful than they are; rather, the idea is that i want to remove the grip that pain has on me and not let it manipulate me (at least to the extent that i am brave enough to pull this off!).
there's a fourway thing that the buddha said that goes sthg like:
"just because a thing is painful does not mean it is unwholesome;
just because a thing is painful does not mean it is wholesome;
just because a thing is pleasant does not mean it is wholesome;
just because a thing is pleasant does not mean it is unwholesome,"
even though we cant always control whether we are happy or sad now, it is a mistake to feel helpless, because whether we will be happy or sad in the future depends on what we do now.
it may not be easy to see how this happens, but even just believing that it happens for a reason and trying to figure out how it all works is itself a wholesome and healthy action that will be a cause of future wisdom and happiness.
lately i've been listening to this monk. i apologize in advance if you dont share my interest in religious-sounding things, as i know anything that sounds even faintly religious can trigger some people. i try not to be biased either for or against but just try to understand and use what's helpful.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l01syReXGis

2023-04-28 00:05:19 UTC

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Yes, can't be censored, deplatformed, cancelled, etc.

2023-03-27 21:53:33 UTC

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Dr Peter McCullogh, citing solid research as is his way, recommends sniffing a dash of 50:50 hydrogen peroxide:water up the nose, then lean head back and let it coat upper sinuses, for those times when you feel like you're coming down with a touch of covid.

2023-03-26 14:58:09 UTC

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hey rico. 9 secs from when i hit send via zeus from my node.

2023-03-24 21:51:25 UTC

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only 4 GB physical ram. wish i had known i needed 8 GB to do anything interesting. and i guess trend lately is toward old notebook computer and away from raspberry pi entirely...

2023-03-23 13:04:41 UTC

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thanks, nick. got your zap. hopefully you got mine from earlier.

2023-03-23 10:15:16 UTC

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sorry about that. was a bech32 encoded onion address. should work (or so i thought). guess i need to throw in the towel and use WoS. if you want to try again in 2 mins, will hopefully work this time 🤙

2023-03-23 09:53:32 UTC

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thanks for letting me know. i think i fixed broken LNURL if you want to try again.

2023-03-23 09:41:37 UTC

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should be fixed now if you want to try again.
thanks for all your work on seedsigner!

2023-03-23 07:06:23 UTC

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Nick, good to see a fellow SeedSigner fan! Did the error give any hint as to what I did wrong?

2023-03-23 06:40:17 UTC

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perfect timing. i finally figured out how to receive zaps (i think)
ザップされると気持ちいい!

2023-03-21 09:01:21 UTC

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so if i run my own node and am reasonably technical, what are my noncustodial wallet options?
AFAICT, zap, zeus, muun, etc. do not provide lnurl.
is only solution serving lnurl myself on my own domain? does not sound very good re privacy.
is there a way to serve lnurl over tor via onion address, use paynym, or some other way to be reasonably anonymous?