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nos.lol

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2024-09-04 12:57:59

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Oh -- so Sparrow is basically acting like a UI for the Coldcard at that point, right? Because the Coldcard is obviously not a web browser.
If my understanding is correct then Sparrow, in that respect, is DISPLAYING the same information from the Coldcard as if the information from the Coldcard was a mobile or laptop with a UI enabling it to interact with the outside world via the internet.
I thought the steps with Sparrow included the requirement to send all the bitcoin to a NEW & DIFFERENT address within Sparrow first before you sent it Coldcard, making two transactions rather than the one.
The information displaying from Sparrow, in what you described, is all the same stuff on the Coldcard making it one transaction, it just isn't exposing the key to Sparrow and thus not to the outside world.
Do I have that right?

2024-09-04 01:25:53

I'm back to square one on my bitcoin self-custody solution search.
I watched Coldcard "how to" videos, but I'm still scared I'm going to screw that up somewhere. Like, really scared.
I promise, I can follow directions (I write them for a living), but often the directions I'm looking at do not match the current workflow exactly and my intuitive choices in those moments can mess up a process.
This is not something I want to chance.
I opted for a Bitkey because I could buy it and have it transferred there in one step, *not two*. When it arrived today, I couldn't set up the app. Turns out my up-to-date phone does not support NFC. 😔 (It's less than a year old, I never use the NFC function on the phone, and I thought it just came "standard" like an option in a car, so I didn't think about it.)
How do you buy bitcoin and have it go directly into a cold-storage wallet in one transaction?
Ideally, that's the setup I'm looking for.
#asknostr

2024-09-02 14:00:36

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My understanding is that the more relays I publish to:
- the more options a person has for finding the information
- the more people it could reach (because not everyone uses the same relays all the time)
Is that not the correct way to do it?

2024-08-31 03:07:00

My long-time girlfriend called. We were discussing the generally high tensions in people.
Today, while she was in the grocery store, someone tried to run her over with a grocery cart.

2024-08-28 18:14:09

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I accepted Islam almost two years ago. Things have been a process.
Not every woman in Islam wears a headscarf. It is an obligation to cover our hair, from the studies I've done, but we are not forced to.
It's an individual thing for a woman. Some women do it right away, immediately. Others, it takes time. It's taken me some time. I started changing how I dress and carry myself. Then I began wearing a headscarf in my online profile pics and for videos. Now, I'm wearing it when I go outside.
As an American, I've been afraid of this for some time.
When I was investigating #Islam, I was surprised to learn that "hijab" is not just a headscarf. Hijab is a concept and principle applying to both men and women.
Hijab includes:
- Men and women are instructed to lower their gaze
- Men and women are instructed to dress modestly (for women, this includes covering their hair, and depending on the school of law a person follows, may also believe it includes covering her face)
- Men and women are instructed to speak well, use manners, and avoid foulness of all kinds
Does that help answer the question? If not, let me know. I'll try to answer it in a different way if I can.

2024-08-28 15:19:20

Today is the day.
It's time to wear my headscarf full-time as part of #hijab. I stepped out in front of neighbors and strangers this morning.
I'm sure my adrenaline is still racing, but the chores are done and hopefully, I can spend the day #proofreading.

2024-08-27 13:53:51

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I'm very glad Alby subaccount options exist. It will make it easier :
* to save sats for loved ones
* distribute things like, say, part of an inheritance
* avoid probate in some cases
* pay allowances
* send emergency funds
I'll have to spend more time working towards understanding all the working components. What works. What doesn't work. What's allowed. Keeping them all synced up. Nostr integrations for people who don't have keys vs. those that already do.

2024-08-23 19:30:43

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I like the 2nd one, the top-right corner. It looks like a legacy brand a family might pass down. The first one feels disconnected. The third one adds an element of mysticism, but since you have no idea what that's about or which way that leans, as a potential buyer, I wouldn't want to spend the money to realize it wasn't for me.
Judging by a cover only, I would be more likely to pick up the 2nd one, read the dust jacket, part of the first chapter, etc.

2024-08-23 19:19:44

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I used to live in the Salt Lake Valley. I've driven near this exact facility.
You can't fully drive all the way up to it without the proper clearances, of course. At least there was a place to turn around.
The closer you get, the deader the air feels around you and your hair stands on end.
It just feels evil.
Every time I passed by on the nearest highway/freeway, same feeling. I don't know any other way to describe it.
I tried to chock it up to the incredible computing power inside and water amounts they suck out of that area to cool their servers as having something to do with it.
But...👀

2024-08-23 13:30:35

What happens to the zaps?
If a person's wallet/node isn't up and someone sends zaps but the other person can't receive them (becuase their stuff is down), what happens to the zaps a person sent?
Are they stuck in some inbetween cyber-limbo? Or do they get a failed transaction notification?
Example:
Yesterday, I asked folks not to zap that article I posted. Today, I see Highlighter shows 24k zaps. Is that attempted zaps or did those zaps go somewhere? Will people get them back eventually because they didn't get my wallet/node?
https://m.primal.net/KJMi.png

2024-08-22 01:44:36

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OMG IT WORKS!!!!!
THIS IS SOOO COOOOL!
I'm gonna do it again.

2024-08-22 01:40:45

Sending this from Obsidian to Nostr

2024-08-22 00:06:34

1 package of 24 roll toilet paper
1 small bag consisting of post-its, hair clips, straight pins, and flea spray
$71
I used the word "deflation." Loudly. In the grocery store.

2024-08-21 03:14:09

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Russian accent.
Somehow it got passed along to my daughter who speaks it to her babies when she "means it."
All emotion disappears. The Russian accent appears. The kids listen.
Or laugh.
Sometimes they laugh. 🥰

2024-08-20 14:20:21

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I'm a technical writer by trade. 😭
A LOT of #documentation needs a lot of help.
I'd like to get the point where I can freely send surprise pull requests that fixes it, like someone would just wake up and find it all spiffed up and ready to merge.
I felt your post deeply. Bad documentation is bad for the world.

2024-08-20 14:16:23

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I don't mind hearing opposing viewpoints, but when people start with or devolve into rage-baiting each other, I can't take any of it seriously anymore.
I'm fatigued by it. Sorting through it on X to find better stuff to respond to is also fatiguing because of the current state of their algorithm.
Besides my current mute list on X, I'm now considering muting all things political and related to all types of rage bait, even at the expense of not getting the news. That's how bad it's gotten on social media.
People need to relearn how to have discussions and civilly argue again.
Many young people need to see what that looks like, modeled in real-time, to see how it works.

2024-08-20 14:09:38

I can't write in my #Arabic #Quran, but I also cannot recognize on site yet where in what ayat on what line I left off the day before.
Are there any best-practice recommendations for solving this?
I thought about using those peel-and-stick-sign-here-tabby things to mark it.

2024-08-20 14:08:47

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Done

2024-08-20 03:17:12

Is it required to have our profile picture recreated with red or orange gleaming eyes?
What does it mean?
#asknostr

2024-08-20 01:54:23

About 25 years ago, I learned that someone stole my social security number to get a job. It came up on an employment background check.
It turned out the #IRS was very happy to receive #taxes being paid by two different people using the same SSN number.
They never said a word.
With the massive data breach that we knew was probably true, is the IRS now looking forward to collecting taxes from multiple people using the same social security number?

2024-08-19 03:56:48

If you answer enough of these one-line questions people place for engagement farming, you actually disclose quite a bit about yourself.
- Previous locations
- Lifestyle habits
- Pay
- Assets
- Debts
- Previous incidents
- Family vulnerabilities
Be careful about that.

2024-08-18 18:30:25

The train's horn sounds like the dark suspensful music you see in the old black-and-white movies.
High, then low, then lower. It's still loud, but the tone is all wrong.
It must be broken. That was both a little awesome and creepy.

2024-08-18 17:59:20

I haven't slept well in so long. Now that I am, it feels good to start seeing the creative juices come back again.

2024-08-18 12:38:20

My wallet/node thing has been sorted.
The break gave me some needed time to discover more how I want to publish going forward.

2024-08-17 16:45:33

My wallet connections are broken right now. I have no idea what I did to break it or how to fix it.
I'm working with Alby to get it sorted, but I don't have an ETA.
My stress levels are kind of high due a combinations of things this morning. I'm putting my devices on do not disturb in about 20 minutes.
I wasn't planning on investing the amount of time I had this morning on any of what I ended spending my time on.

2024-08-17 03:03:48

Yesterday, I realized the difference between trying to become a syndicated newspaper columnist 30 years ago and publishing on the internet today, both with the same end goal.
I know what my instincts are nudging me toward, but I don't like it, mainly because I've spent so much time building over the last 18 months.
Today, I saw some of the new analytics on my X account. It was incredibly eye-opening. It's not what I intended.
I know I could take it in one of (probably) three different directions. Right this second, I'm unsure of the best way forward.
My instincts are showing me an obvious path forward for part of my future work. But it's just one part. Things feel fuzzy, and tonight, my brain is unwilling to dissect and analyze the possibilities.
I will decide once I can get some perspective and clarity.

2024-08-16 17:19:23

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Thank you for the recommendation. It's on my list to explore. What others might be available?
I want to explore them all so I can create a good strategy for long term.

2024-08-16 16:29:31

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I can't open this article on Highlighter on chrome. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. It crashed chrome. I exited out of it.

2024-08-16 16:26:12

I need open a can of worms.
On #Nostr, how do I sell or provide full-length guides or courses available for download?
If this isn't possible, which client allows me to #publish full-length guides/books/and courses that include videos in one post or one spot?

2024-08-16 04:12:18

My son got a junk catalog in the mail. I grabbed it from him as it's one of the ones my grandmother used to get in the mail.
Flipping through it, I found an Ostrich pullover. #Nostr
https://m.primal.net/KBEP.png

2024-08-15 22:56:50

Every time I read the notes on #Nostr, I learn more.
The world's oligarchs cannot stop people who insist on remaining free.

2024-08-15 16:23:59

In the next 20 minutes, I plan on asking the office about the lifted late-'90s navy blue Crown Victoria with brand-new off-road truck tires and dark-tinted windows.
I saw them when I pulled in. It was like they were checking something out.
It could be innocent, but I did not get a good vibe from them at all. My hair stood up.

2024-08-15 15:47:04

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Alby has a good thing going. In the end, it's probably the best way to go. I know you guys are working hard in the right direction.

2024-08-15 15:46:19

You have to have a special energy/way about you to clip a dog's nails without them freaking out.
Maverick has always had difficulty with this aspect of his care since pulling him off the streets.
Today, Maverick had a quick and calm nail-trimming visit.
His success formula = his prescription stress pills a full day and night before, the morning of, and him being wrapped just so in one of their blankets, plus butt scrunchies.
I ensured this vet tech communicated this, and it was documented yet again.
This was not done during the last visit. At the last visit, muzzles were involved, and the phrase "alligator roll" was used. The tech and the tech team did not use the blanket.
Hopefully, this will be better going forward.

2024-08-15 13:23:58

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I hear you, but that's not the experience I had when onboarding. I'll have to try again another day on a test account to see if I can get that to happen.

2024-08-15 01:44:22

Make old-school customer service great again.

2024-08-14 19:47:53

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This is also something I want to know. I love what Alby is doing, but a new user, it wasn't easy getting it figured out or sorted. There's no way I can put my friends or families through all that. Plus, if I ever wanted or needed to start over fresh, I'd want a very simple way of doing so:
1. Client.
2. Wallet that sends and receives.
It works. Nothing else.

2024-08-14 19:28:09

Grok is generating images now. I tried generating a picture of myself + my dog, and it broke... ahahahah.
So here's a pretty picture instead.
https://m.primal.net/JzWu.jpg

2024-08-14 02:36:41

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All day, I've intended to get to a task I feel is important. All day. I have an hour left of my day. And I here I am.
"I'll just check the notifications. It'll be quick." Then, "I'll just check the latest feed. What can possibly be there?"
HAHAHA.
Because of things I found in the feed, I ended up learning about a slightly new topic, went down one rabbit hole (partially), and ended up backing up my entire password manager with a different one.
I intended on none of those things today.
I don't spend all day on social medias, but I spend quite a bit of time switching between platforms, websites, and communities. Each day is a different.

2024-08-13 20:16:47

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And the ironic thing is -- I didn't have time to get to Best Buy. I was going to feeling like I would have had a better experience, but I couldn't get there.
I'll keep my eyes peeled next time I venture out that way.

2024-08-13 18:27:08

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I needed the gear today. I bought something that was good enough.
Thing that bothered me the most was being discounted and the total unwillingness on his part to hear me or investigate further. My experience and knowledge didn't mean anything to him because "It says so right here." And that was the end of it.
I felt like I was watching this scene all over again.
https://m.primal.net/JyZP.png

2024-08-13 17:07:43

After I'd explained to the tech guy at my local office supply store what I was looking for and what I needed with exact specifications, he said, "We don't have that." Then, he explained something different than what I'd requested.
When I further explained that I'd seen those specs on boxes and product descriptions for the items in question because the technology is smaller and these items contain it, which is why I was specifically asking which of those items in the store had that, he simply said, "Uh-uh. I looked it up."
He points to the Google/Gemini-#AI-generated blurb of what I'd asked for and says, "That's not what it is," then tapped on his phone. "It says so right here."
I kept a straight face, took a breath, smiled sweetly, thanked him for his time, and proceeded to the cash register with what I had.
I have no words.

2024-08-12 19:50:24

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So here's a very serious question:
How does a person truly remain private in communicating their thoughts via an electronic or digital medium?
There has to be a way around this.
For example, my current npub uses my real name and face. There may come a time when I want to start a fresh one but have it completely segregated and private as possible, yet still communicate with the outside world via Nostr.
How does a person truly do this?
Some basics:
- Never use your real name, face, job description, etc.
- Never post pictures of buildings that can be used to identify your location.
- Use a VPN before you launch the Nostr application
-- But what else? --

2024-08-12 19:42:39

I'm editing some footage.
I found raw content I filmed in January. It was kind of basic and crappy. I've gotten better at it since then.
Hoping to take pieces of the earlier videos and use them in lessons on how life is always changing.

2024-08-12 00:38:00

With Nostr, I feel like I'm in a coffee shop where people are talking.
Except, you're free to join conversations and others are mostly welcoming to your contribution. Then you can leave again and go back to reading your book in the corner with no pressure or expectation.
Regardless of what you do, others are happy you're there. Even if you never spoke to anyone, it feels like I spent time with people.
Except, unlike other places, I don't feel the need to perform.

2024-08-10 17:47:30

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Now that I think about it, I probably would not have resold the rummage items. My parents might have. Back then, I was more interested in the stories I could find or invent.
Something always had a story.
- The story behind the jacket that was hung earlier or the old postcards in the bin by the books
- The legend of how the valley was protected in the deep winters
- How the china dolls in the stamp and stationery store came to be
- Whether the Pony Express came through and what their lives were like
- The truth behind the late nights the sheriff and his deputies put in back behind the conference room. The upholstery was from the '70s, and their ashtrays were full of butts.
- How many novels my English teacher had actually written
So many memories and interesting things.

2024-08-10 16:00:07

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Admittedly, I don't know know a lot about Monero.

2024-08-09 19:26:00

When I was a teenager, my family of four had to move into an 18-foot Class C RV.
My dad took a job across the state, and we had nowhere to live and no money. My parents did the best they could.
We eventually moved into a little double-wide for rent in town.
People might look down on that, but I'm telling you right now that summer and the next 18 months were my childhood's two most memorable years.
We did free things and drove almost daily into the region's outskirts. My brother and I would explore the ruins of abandoned cabins, peeling back layers of wall insulation of the day (newspapers) to reveal dates from the early 1900s.
We played outside because the inside was really only for sleeping or shelter during storms.
We went to every museum and attended every free event downtown put on.
We became experts at which washing machines and dryers worked the best in the local laundromat.
We spent copious amounts of time in the libraries, especially the one that had the basement where a rummage sale happened each week.
We experienced extreme weather bouts where we learned so much about ourselves and the world around us.
We hiked on the weekends.
Mom had to take a part-time job. I used to help her periodically and learned some things by doing that, too.
I learned about angry yellow jackets, bucket rides that helped you scale mountains, and legends of the local Native Americans.
Forest fires happened the following summer. After that, we joined the mushroom pickers for a chance to make extra money. I remember I got to keep around $20 for putting up with Dad dragging us up the mountainside.
Mom wasn't 100% pleased, that I remember, but it was a good adventure, and by the end of the day, my brother and I were too tired to argue.
The wildlife was unmatched for that part of the world.
I'm sure my parents had an entirely different perspective on things, but those two years were full of imagination, awe, and discovery. Thirty-five years later, I still remember the most details from that period.
I never would have had those experiences had we not moved into that tiny RV, no matter how temporary.
https://m.primal.net/Jtpj.png
#story #stories #memoir

2024-08-08 19:42:13

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This has always been one of my favorites. It always got me scared. My grandmother loved the movie called Duel ('70s). It always scared her.
I haven't seen Rear Window in years. I'm not sure what brought it to mind last night.

2024-08-08 19:06:45

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No, I have not. I will take a look at it.

2024-08-08 19:05:59

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I wasn't referencing this one. I'm still trying to learn my way around, exploring corridors and such. So far, it takes me far less time to get through the feed on this one than some of the others.

2024-08-08 15:59:13

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Sunlight, fresh air, movement, and hydration fixes many problems. Others have solved the problems you face now. You are not inadequate because you feel stuck. You just need some perspective. You can do this.

2024-08-08 15:52:56

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As a new #Nostr user, I didn't realize until I'd gone through the signup process and "spinning up a node" and all of that, something like two weeks later — that using crypto is absolutely **not** required to use Nostr.
I had no idea!
As a #new user, I would have been far more comfortable onboarding, knowing I could leave the whole crypto thing to the side and use Nostr to stay in touch when there's no other way of staying in touch with family or what have you.
I could have had time to do more research to see which setup I may have preferred otherwise. I like to research when I have time and evidently, there are several choices to choose from.

2024-08-08 15:42:07

Part of the challenge of being on #social media is that I have the belief that every time I step foot onto a platform, it's going to be a fast and easy trip.
Nope.
Opinions flying. Things you can help with. Things to laugh at. Sometimes you can make a difference.
But I have to change a bit how I do this. There's things in the morning I want to accomplish first.

2024-08-08 02:42:46

Mood.
1954. Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window.
https://m.primal.net/JrpR.png

2024-08-07 14:05:02

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My recipe for homemade powdered laundry soap:
1 part Washing Suds
1 part Borax
1 bar of soap of your choice
You're going to shred the bar of soap using a cheese grater. I find the smaller shreds work better, as they dissolve more easily in the wash.
I prefer to measure in cups. 1 cup Washing Suds, 1 cup Borax, 1 bar of shredded soap.
Mix together well. Add to a container with a secure lid. It only takes 1-2 tablespoons per load. Because I had kids, dogs, and cats, I always used two.
When you first use it, it won't seem like that's all you need, but it is.
You can scale this recipe to as large or as small as you want. I always made three batches at once. It lasts for several months.

2024-08-03 19:10:35

You either know the truth, or you don't.
Once you do, you act on it, even if it's strategically.

2024-08-03 14:47:12

One of the most significant gaps I see in #documentation is failing to document anything other than the happy path the company built it for.
Engineers and product owners like to only document the perfect happy path a user is supposed to take.
They subconsciously forget to document certain things because they are used to the one primary use case.
It's common not to consider that what's already written, such as product messaging, marketing, etc., might have already planted specific expectations in a user's mind about the product or service.
Only once I play with the product as a user do I spot all these inconsistencies and gaps.
- What happens if you try this path?
- As a user, I expected it to do X, but you're blocked at Y.
- The UI said such and such, so I assumed it could this and that, but it can't.
You must tell the users what the product or version should not be doing.
If workarounds exist for known issues, provide them, especially in an #MVP product where early documentation versions are necessary. If the public should refrain from implementing those workarounds, instruct them not to take the actions that lead to the problem.

2024-08-03 14:46:01

Got Maverick to eat a little this morning and take some medicine. Had to break out the special "My-tummy-is-sick-food" reserves from the freezer I put up a few months ago. Gave him just a little.
The bird that sounds like broken air compressor is back.
Things are looking up.

2024-08-03 14:10:05

The lights were on when I went outside last night and turned the corner.
It wasn't just my breezeway, but all of them in my row. Some floodlights, too.
One of these lights illuminates the center of four apartments, not just mine. Four families are now safer because of this one light.
These lights haven't worked in the entire year I've lived here. With the close-call incidents in the last two months, I've been pushing to fix them. The apartments were working on them, but it has been challenging.
This area was pitch black before. Others have used these spots to hide, wait, and avoid detection.
It will be exciting to see the others fixed, eventually.
I legit happy cried as I saw these. I had to cover my mouth to quiet my little squeals of joy.
Nearing bedtime, I heard kids outside discovering the same. They didn't quiet their squeals of joy, and I went to bed smiling.
https://image.nostr.build/1905d77b04df1cea4393581601eba92241394291aced8cccddeb2a0dee6a352c.png

2024-08-03 01:44:28

If I write a long-form post on habla.news, will it show up on other clients if the other clients have a post character limit that is less than the length of the article?
If it does show up, does only the first maximum set of characters display based the client's maximum post display length?

2024-08-02 17:17:19

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I love the stove.

2024-08-02 16:23:12

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I've been experimenting with trying to like only positive or feel-good content too.
It hasn't worked. It took around 2 weeks for it to really start working, but it only lasted a few days.
Then I went through and ruthlessly muted any and all words and phrases that I know posts with drama contain.
It relieved 90% of the problem, but I'm still be fed things I wish I didn't see. It's been 2-3 weeks since I did that.
It feels like an uphill battle to get the algorithms to work with you and it doesn't matter which platform I've tried over the years.
I'm starting to wonder if leading people to believe they can influence the algorithm somehow isn't actually true, like an illusion to keep people trying.

2024-08-01 15:00:16

https://m.primal.net/JlDP.png
My contract ended yesterday. Many have asked if I plan on looking for a job.
No.
For the first time in my life, I get to work on my personal projects, skills, and financial goals without the typical requirements of a person on a standard W-2 work arrangement, even if it is a contract.
And I'm guarding this time carefully.
It hasn't been even 24 hours, and already, much of my stress has lifted. I feel three times more creative than I did yesterday, and there's a little more color in my cheeks.
I'm still busy, and there's still pressure, but it's different now that it's on my terms.
I've worked hard to gain this space.
Within one year, I plan on:
- Finishing my website(s) overhauls and recreating them on decentralized technology as a backup
- Have a minimum of one source of solid income stream (but in reality, there are two)
- Lost weight and become physically fit
- Finishing learning about Islamic marriage contracts
- Read Arabic smoothly
- Finishing writing both books
- Publishing regular bulletins to The Stealthy Scribbler Society
- Learning all about Bitcoin and Nostr technology
- Extracting all the knowledge I can from my current business mentors for my library
Toward the end of this period, I will reevaluate and decide whether I want to return to a typical W-2 arrangement.
If I fail at my efforts, I have backup plans in place.
Tomorrow is a hope and never a guarantee. Today is all we have to make as much of a positive impact in our lives as possible and in the lives of those around us.
Let's make the most of it. 🎉

2024-08-01 14:24:54

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My adult kids have never seen it.
I tried watching it last night, but my contract just ended and I need a break from all things "office" and "corporate" for a little bit before I jump back into that. I couldn't watch more than a few minutes.
I must have been triggered a little bit.
I didn't get to finish Jaws.

2024-08-01 02:29:04

There's nothing to watch on social media anymore.
I have the choice between Office Space and Jaws.
Jaws it is.

2024-07-31 23:37:17

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I used the Zero-brand water filters for a time. There's a metal counter that comes with it. You stick it in the water and it tells you the levels of metal. It also comes with a chart that shows the average amount for each state.
You'd be surprised what's in the tap.
I don't drink from the tap anymore unless I have to.

2024-07-31 19:47:56

Someone might want to look into Clippy's whereabouts.
Between CrowdStrike and Microsoft Azure, I have my suspicions.
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2024-07-30 15:36:29

I don't want AI spontaneously generating and synthesizing content on the fly for me.
Bring back CBs and pirate radio. Combine them with the internet.
Oh, wait. #Nostr already did that.

2024-07-30 15:00:29

Don't ever come to me and say you have nothing to do.
Ever.
I'm a #mom and grandma.
I have plenty of things for you to do.

2024-07-29 18:07:45

5-6 shots fired SE of my location.
Chickens.
Do that where people can see you. Let us catch you one time on tape cowards.
The neighbors are sick of it.
More and more of us are getting cameras because we're done.
This is Texas, fool.
Your time is short.

2024-07-29 16:00:33

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Well said.
It's interesting that you bring this up.
I have a lot to say about the topic of traveling. I've spent almost two hours trying to reply, and it's almost 1,000 words long. I'm having trouble shortening it and still explaining.
Basically, this: I and other travelers have started having issues with employers and banks using a physical address from South Dakota which lets you use their mail-box traveling address on your driver's license.
It's all happening subtly and behind the scenes. It's not overt unless it's happening to you individually. I suppose they do not lose a bunch of customers all at once because of it. It's only been so much more so in the last 9 months or so that I've noticed an uptick in the problems, where there wasn't problems three-four years ago when I began traveling full-time.
There's folks on Reddit talking about it. I've lived in the apartment now for a year and I'll have to modify how I work with all of that in the future if I get to do more full-time traveling.
You're right about the capital gains tax. I put it out of mind because we still have to pay federal income tax regardless. If we could only pay one or the other, I see the benefit.

2024-07-29 13:23:06

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I miss picking these in Oregon. Endless blackberry cobblers.
If I had land I wanted to work for the rest of my life, I would plant miniature fruit trees, have strawberry patches, and blackberry and raspberry and blueberry bushes.

2024-07-29 13:14:14

You guys are such a bad influence.
Surfing and exploring #Nostr is like taking me to an electronics store and telling me I can play with all this new tech I wish people had but never knew existed.
So many rabbit holes.
Do you have any idea how many new tabs I have open just because now I need to check out or read about such-and-such?
More coffee. ☕️

2024-07-28 19:22:40

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I guess I should have pointed out that they would have to accept this type of verification as a method of authentication to skip that part. You're right. They would still want to do it their way.

2024-07-28 19:21:26

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I know. LOL. I laugh at myself almost every time I click it. It's just so ingrained.

2024-07-28 18:10:10

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Someone, somewhere, probably feels some of my posts could be anti-semitic.
Thanks to Nostr:
* I can treat others like grown ups again and expect them to manage their feelings by themselves.
* I won't get canceled or have my livelihood threatened because I made an algorithm or group of people angry.

2024-07-28 17:53:14

Bitcoin can't be stopped per se, but the governments that want to will do everything in their power to make it either illegal or extremely difficult to hold, spend, trade, or use.
Currently, financial institutions treat you like a criminal for withdrawing the cash you've already deposited.
The paper trails are already in place to clearly show where you're getting your funds. However, when you finance a house, boom—everything is scrutinized and examined several times before closing and sometimes even up to several years after, depending on how you financed the home.
It was a shock to learn back then that if I had stuffed the money in the mattress and came to deposit it when I was ready to buy a home, the bank would not accept that as valid funds because I wouldn't have been able to provide a paper trail for its source.
This morning, I realized that I'd have to maintain a fiat bank account to purchase groceries or pay a utility bill.
To have a fiat bank account, you must have a physical address.
To maintain a job, pass all electronic screenings without issue, and get money into that fiat bank account, your physical address on the application has to match what's on record at the DMV, government agencies, and credit bureaus, depending on which institution you're working trying to access.
The rent, mortgage, and property taxes must be paid to maintain the physical address.
To be genuinely free, at least in the United States right this second, you almost have to be a homeless vagabond, transacting in Bitcoin only (or other crypto), and be self-employed and unbanked.
Barter, Bitcoin, and gift economy. No permanent physical address. No bank account. No assets.
The extreme tradeoff to this is legal or government authorities threatening you with jail if you don't hand over your secret phrase or having the IRS do all your "missed taxes" for you (much like the Department of Child Support guesstimates how much money they think you should be making at your age with your educational background vs. how much you are) and then the IRS saying that you now owe back taxes into oblivion. They'll use this as justification to seize what they think is yours or, again, still have you imprisoned.
Hmmm. Choices. Choices.
When I solve or accept that problem, I will choose.
#note1apy…h920

2024-07-28 02:47:12

I can't believe how programmed I am to hit the like button/icon.

2024-07-27 23:20:39

Wasn't planning on seeing a dentist this weekend. Saw one anyway. Just had a tooth pulled.
It was $600 or $3,500 for the root canal and the crown.
For $3,500, I could fly to Mexico, have the dental work done and stay for a month.
I'm still numb and probably won't post after I start my pain meds.
Tooth fairy owes me $600.

2024-07-27 17:37:17

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2024-07-27 12:42:19

Notified the neighbor about the guy trying to look in his window in the middle of the night.
He didn't know the guy.
He was concerned, mad, and grateful that I told him.
It will be interesting to see what he does to beef up his current security measures.
They have kids.

2024-07-26 17:58:00

With #Obsidian, if your search results aren't working properly, open the settings, navigate to core plugins, find the search plugin, and toggle it off and then back on again.
Try your #search again.
It fixed it for me.

2024-07-26 17:52:03

Yesterday, I got called a writing angel.
Today, someone told me I know everything about documentation.
💅

2024-07-26 17:14:14

150 words are not long form.

2024-07-26 16:14:32

I check the doorbell camera footage regularly.
At 1:10am, it caught a man walking around the corner, pausing at my neighbor's, looking down into the cart sitting under their window and then actively tried looking through the blinds into their living room.
I'm still trying to reach the neighbor.

2024-07-26 01:06:54

My first Quran in Arabic arrived in the mail today.
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2024-07-25 19:03:34

In my possessions, I still have a Russian ruble with the number "2" in the corners and Stalin's face squarely in the middle.
My first Russian pen pal sent it to me in the late '80s, before communism fell in the USSR. He lived in Kyiv. Kyiv was still part of Russia then and spelled Kiev on the map.
It took six months to get a letter back from a pen pal in Russia. I was told all the incoming and outgoing mail was read and checked before passing it along. We had to be careful of what we said so the letters would be allowed through.
His family didn't have money, so it was considered a great feat for him to send it to me and for it to actually reach past the icy grip of Gorbachev's communism.
At least, to my teenage mind, it was.
I keep it because it reminds me that truly evil leaders can rise to power and have no qualms about killing their own people, that others live under oppressive regimes, and because it was a sacrifice for him to send.
When I last heard from him, he was 17. He had to serve the mandatory two years in the Russian army, and I never heard from him again.
That was almost 40 years ago.
Today, we see the oppressions manifesting in other ways with those in power many are too afraid to confront or discuss.
Going against the ones responsible for your paycheck and whether your family eats this week is scary unless you're able to build a way out.
All those people in that room applauding when and how they did, to me, looked like a bunch of trained seals at a circus, like the ones from the old cartoons.
I wonder what rewards they've been promised for good behavior.
I wonder when they'll realize it was all a lie.
The woman in the red dress.
Stalin.
Stalin's red dress: agendas and lies wrapped in polyester and diplomatic laundry.
Indeed.

2024-07-25 03:10:22

As an American Muslim, I'm not interested in tearing down the American flag.

2024-07-25 00:07:10

My son watched me use my vacuum+mop contraption the other night.
When I explained how it worked, he said, "Mom, your vacuum is a decepticon."
#jokes #funny #family

2024-07-24 23:22:24

Could someone post their last Will and Testament on Nostr and have it considered legally binding?
A person's signing key would help ensure it really was from the deceased, and therefore, it could be considered automatically #authenticated and permissible to use as #evidence. 🤔
I'm not sure what made me think of this.
#legal #document #willandtestament #usecase

2024-07-24 22:12:32

The first rule about dental pain is that we don't talk about #dental pain.

2024-07-24 20:21:13

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I wasn't aware that Proton had to hand over meta data in the past.
That's good to know.

2024-07-24 16:51:47

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I dunno. Might need a local permit for that.

2024-07-24 15:56:34

I'm waiting for the Excedrin to kick in.

2024-07-24 15:54:28

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Here we call them yellow-jackets or wasps.
These can make nests in things or underground even.
They typically get angry and aggressive during the mid-late fall right before winter hibernation.
These are not honeybees.
These are not your friends.
Do not allow them to stay.
Their stings hurt worse than honeybees.
On on the internet, there are some homemade traps you can make, but this may cause them to swarm and attract others in the vicinity.
Everyone, what are you recommendations, (outside of using a flame thrower) to safely get rid of these?

2024-07-24 15:39:40

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Last week on X, I muted several words and phrases used by accounts that inflame and use drama for engagement. The X-peer-ience (😂 - I make lame jokes and then laugh at them -) has improved quite a bit.
Scrolling through it all was stealing my energy. I decided I no longer wanted to give permission for that to happen.

2024-07-23 22:26:39

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I only write cover letters if:
- they are required
- I'm applying directly on the company's website
I only apply on the company's website directly if I'm very excited or interested in the company or opportunity.
Selective cover letters.

2024-07-23 17:43:27

It's shocking to me how many people just want the easy way out of something.
You cannot build something meaningful without calculated and consistent effort in which you are also applying the things you learn as you go.
There is no shortcut to this.

2024-07-22 18:04:36

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I've been saving all my content in Obsidian for at least the last three years. I've got more on an old hard drive somewhere.